A/N: Yeah, the chapter has the worst pun ever, but yeah OuO enjoy
Captor 3
"What do you mean that they are the reason? Didn't you two… well I don't know FALL FROM THE SKY! I don't think you have much control when you do that, that's why it's called falling!"
Okay, maybe he hadn't calmed down yet. And on top of everything they are staring at him, just plain out staring, Aradia with her stupid beautiful smile, Sollux with his blind eyes and Dirk behind his sunglasses. Only Karkat has his mind else where, and Gamzee can't think about something more than a minute.
"Yes, they are here because of us," Sollux sights, and Jake remember a time when Sollux used to lisp before all his teeth got knocked out and the dentist had to fix it.
"We just don't know why yet," Aradia adds, like it's totally normal happening.
Gamzee chuckles again, and is staring at something that neither of them can see. Only a frown is offered from Karkat once Gamzee starts mumbling about something that they can't hear.
"Then let's get the fuck inside, we don't know who is listening here."
"Going paranoid, kk?"
The yellow blooded laughs, and they head inside either way. Aradia tripping after them with a happy smile on her lips, but for the first time Jake sees that the smile is stiff and a little bitter. Whatever going on, it's seems to be bad.
Just before Jake follows after the stars into Aradia's apartment, Dirk drags him backwards. The door is left open for them, but Dirk doesn't move and Jake can't really move.
"Do we really want to go in there?"
"What are you talking about?"
Dirk sights.
"We can't really turn after this, if we go inside we will be a part of this."
He lets go of the other's arm and wait for Jake to make his choice. It is true, if they leave now they can ignore Karkat and Gamzee, they are with… their people? And they have found what they were looking for.
But Jake has a nagging feeling that it isn't that simple, that there is more to it than just finding two people. And he wants to be a part of it, not just for the adventure. No, he wants to help them, however he can.
They step inside in, Dirk following him, but really Jake thinks that the Strider would have gone no matter what choice Jake would have done. And it makes him happy that his friends, that can seem so cold, care about people.
Sollux are seated together with the younger ones, Aradia is bouncing around the kitchen. She takes out cans, mugs and things that Jake has no idea what is, and putting them on the table for them.
Just for them she also takes out marmalade, butter and bread. Altogether it's actually a nice breakfast, only some coffee would have been nice.
The breakfast is eaten in silence; it's a pressed and uncomfortable silence. But no one wants to break it, because then they would not have the time to eat anymore. It's weird, but Jake has a nagging feeling that they aren't wasting any time. The air seems clumped and times runs slow, or it isn't moving at all actually.
It's only proven when he takes a look on the watch, it has stopped and Jake doesn't think it's because it's broken.
He sees Aradia wink at him, the fairy wings fluttering a little.
…
But even if time is still they have to finish sometime, and when they finally do Karkat is the first to speak. Dirk blinks and then time is moving again and the breakfast is gone from the table.
"Do you know who Caliborn is?"
"We heard of him yes?"
Finally Gamzee's looks like he is listening, with his smile slightly crooked and twisted. Something dangerous grows in his eyes, but it's only there for a second. And that's scare Jake, because if it had stayed it had been a normal rage, something he could have handled. But this seemed so fleeting, something he couldn't understand and it flickered down and up under the conversation.
"He's creating stars or purple blooded at least, but we think he may have some lower bloods to."
Karkat makes a disgusted grunt.
"…Why?"
"Hell would I know, he just does, and we wouldn't care if he didn't succeed. But he is making them, and what's even scarier is that we felt some of them call out for help. Terezi have spoken to one of them, they have names, feelings… but no free will."
"I felt it too, but I don't think we should care," Sollux says, "It will only bring trouble for us, and you know that a fallen star can't return to the sky, did both of you leave your home for this?"
The chair that Gamzee has been sitting on smack to the ground as he sits up, he is glaring at the other man. Karkat pales and puts a hand on Gamzee's to calm the other down.
He turns to his friend, "Yes we did! And we had hoped that maybe you would give a shit about it. They're hurting them!"
"They're doomed, all of them will die out either way. Their entire existence is to fragile," Sollux counter.
Dirk sits in silence beside Jake, they don't know very much about the aliens. But what he heard, it doesn't sound very pleasant. If it's like Karkat said, that they are creating purple blood then it seems fairly dangerous. The star earlier mention that the purple ones could wrap reality doesn't sound very good for humans to get control over.
"Well if you want to do something about it why don't you talk to Equius? He will be able to help, because we are a little busy," Aradia offers.
Dirk looks somewhat offended by it that they seem to just throw it on someone else when they don't want to deal with it.
And then she adds, "He won't be seen, you know. By things."
Karkat looks knowingly on both of them and nods; whatever they said before seems to be forgiven as Karkat simply left the apartment without any more words. Gamzee got back to his lazy smile, and only Dirk and Jake was left without knowing what was going on.
…
"What the hell!"
He had gotten used to screaming know, almost could compete with the short trolls shrill voice.
"They are under watch."
"What?" Dirk jumps into the conversation for the first time.
"Equius won't be seen, that means that they are under watch. But the blueblood isn't under watch, not like they could either way. Equius ability is slightly different to others, we just need to find him," Karkat says.
…
His throat is dry and felt like sandpaper. He is lost, and tired and his hands had been scraped to many times. That he can't even stand on his feats don't help him, every two steps he falls and he had almost bashed his head on the street.
The persuader was behind him, but he knew that he would soon be caught again if he didn't escape. His feelings was mixed, that he even had the chance to escape was fantastic, but that he left him behind made him feel guilty and sad.
Something he also needs to consider was that others won't understand what he was saying, he blabbers too much, but of course he doesn't say anything at all, not anymore. Perhaps it was a good thing that he had been the one to escape.
Suddenly he falls again, and rolls down the hill. This time he bashes his head in the street light, black spots dances before his eyes before his body goes numbs and he looses conscious.
A/N: Ohh, who is this mysterious figure that is running. You all probably already know it, but either way hope you don't think it's annoyingly obvious for you.
