"Well hipster douche bag, you gonna' answer me?" his voice sounded bored and a little croaky like he had just finished a huge screaming rant with one quick gulp of air, and with what I've been told probably was
"Depends if you're going to be nice or not" I smirk the voices chiming with excitement
Growling, he sat back down on his chair instead of looming over his desk. Watching him relax in his chair he stretched "Whatever, so Vriska said. Well for some fucking reason almost cried that you were coming to join. Whichever one you made her get into that flustered state, well fucking done" Glancing over to Nepeta she was practically drooling from where she stood, if this kid didn't know what this chicks feelings were to him then he's either ignoring it or just seriously dense.
"So Mr Shades, got any mental illness? Of course you do no sane person wants to join. Whatever it is just don't go and fucking kill someone who works here I don't need that shit on my plate with everyone else dying except that fucking Egbert. God give him the fucking hardest missions and he comes back with barely a scratch" He mumbled that last part to himself but man am I glad I strained my ears to hear "Also you look like shit, Nepeta did you make him walk over here?"
"Yes!" She answered a little too quickly straightening up
Sighing Karkat straightened his tail coat "Whatever, OK! Dave you're going to get a partner because I don't need you fucking up on your first time then getting some mob on my ass. Got that? You're getting a partner. It's then their problem weather you die of a stabbing, shooting or hunger. Either fucking way" The then started to scowl to himself, probably thinking what dudes going to be partnered up with me "Nepeta, you spent time with this prick what do you think he's going to be good at?" He groaned, stretching on his chair staring blankly at the ceiling
"He's fast with good stamina, he could almost keep up with me" That got Karkat's attention, head snapping from the ceiling staring at me "He's great with a sword, shoving it through a grown mans torso without much effort and killed an entire family mercilessly, which includes two adults and three children. He seems good with words as he made the mother have a mental break down befurr he killed her in that timing even though she had a weapon on her"
"Well, aren't you a bag full of luck and joy" Karkat smirked "Okay I've decided for your training you'll be with Aradia for two weeks to see if you any good after the two weeks training you will work with Sollux on an explosive mission, he'll tell you what to do and you do it. That proves if you're worth any fucking time" Looking back up at the ceiling he twiddled with a clump of hair between his index and thumb "Then with the scores they give you I'll see who you could work with best, Nepeta show him the fuck asses he'll be working with. See if that cat instinct they gave you works or not. Leave now"
Confused at that last sentence we closed the doors behind us Nepeta let out a deep breath, I did too, I didn't know I was even holding it in.
"You're lucky, he's taken a shine to you" She beamed "Also, he's in a good mood"
"Are you joking? With that glare I thought he was going to lash out and murder me"
"But that's just part of his charm!" She reasoned
We stepped into the elevator while she was talking about the people I would be working with
"Aradia, her speciality is the knowledge of the human body, her weapon of choice is an electric glove. If she turns the volume up high enough and places it in the right place she could kill you in an instant" Nodding she carried on "Although her other weapon of choice is trickery, if she spotted something that would at least knock you out she would use it, she notices the little things that no one else does, if there was a wire in the way she would get you to trip over it and take that to her advantage" Giggling she added "One time she was a hostage she convinced her captors she was a witch. She's strong though she doesn't really look it and because of very close encounters with death she's spent most her time in the laboratory, Karkat doesn't want her to take the risk of dying with her stealth and close up attacks. So she rarely goes on missions anymore"
"So what about this Sollux?"
"Sollux, a computer genius, his code name is hacker if you're on a mission and referring to him through viva Bluetooth. He doesn't use a weapon because he is never at the scene of crime. With his computer he could hack the military, which he has done once or twice. When you give him an electronic he can do anything with it, if it can connect to the internet you're screwed, if it can't he'll find a way. His specialty is computers; he's least likely to die so Karkat's rather good friends with him" She stopped as the elevator came to a halt and someone got in
It was a female she had short hair, shorter than Nepetas, which was purposely spiked up at the back, her skin was almost glowing but didn't look unhealthy. Her eyes were a deep green, clothes made from a company I didn't recognize. None the less looked bitchin', a short jacket with long sleeves wearing a pinstriped dress holding a black purse.
"Hey Kanaya" Smiled Nepeta warmly
The rather tall woman had plush lips covered by black lipstick; I was speechless on how beautiful she was.
"Hello Nepeta, lovely to see you again" Her voice was motherly and I almost meted where I stood "Oh, who is your friend I don't believe we've met before" She smiled, i detected a French accent
My mouth almost dropped, thankfully for my poker face skills I held out my hand "Dave Strider"
"Kanaya Myrim, pleasure to meet you"
That's when realization hit; this hot babe has murdered someone, probably more than one person
"Kanaya…" I said thinking to myself "aren't you the same gal' who sliced up Eridan?"
Blushing bashfully she brought a black gloved hand to her mouth letting out a melodic chuckle "I see you heard, yes I was. But if I did not then he would have killed everyone, don't worry though he is still breathing today, I'm just not his favorite person"
All fear gone, no fear left. Forgiven. Don't care if she's a psychopath, too nice to care.
"At least there's that" I smirk just as the elevator stops "Later" and me and Nepeta walk off at the 4th floor
"You were all over her" Sniggers Nepeta
"Yeah, yeah. Shut up or I'll enlighten Karkat about your little crush you got goin' on"
She went a very deep shade of red "D-DO NOT!"
Wincing at how loud she was I tried to change the subject "Okay, yeah whatever. Doesn't matter, what matters is that we both look like a train hit us and I need to go change before I see any more hot babes on the block"
She pointed to the men's bathroom "Best I can do"
Groaning inwardly I went to change and made sure I came out bitching. I changed my dirty clothes with a white shirt rimmed with red, wearing my red jacket and black skinny jeans, slightly ripped for effect, my hair restyled. I had cleaned the blood I missed off of my weapons, one shitty sword poking out my bag the other around my back in a holder. The knuckle duster snug in my jacket pocket and gun strapped around my thigh, thankfully my jacket was a lot too big for me and was easily hidden. The rest of my stuff reorganized, all trash gone.
"Alright let's go" I smirked as she lead the way
I was in a pretty good mood, after the homicide the voices have been almost purring. Of course unless another opportunity struck, thankfully I didn't listen to it. The voice that has been the loudest was the sweet honey voice, it made me feel welcome and put me in a good mood.
"Hey Nepeta, how'd you end up here?" I question
The girl freezes all together, the air around her shifts and feels cold, almost evil. When I look at her face her features seem dead, almost like a hungry animal. When she spoke her voice was cold too "Me? I don't know, I was just a young girl in love. I witnessed things I shouldn't have and in the end I carried on following my love, my family joined too. He shouldn't have, now he's an ass licking over protective brother of mine who I almost hate, but I can't…not after what I got him into" She lifts her head staring straight at my shades, lifting a hand removing them and putting them in my hand, looking deep in my red eyes that were wide themselves.
"I was just a child, Dave, a child, 12 flushed for Karkittie. Oh the feels he gives me Dave, all the feels" Growling slightly "He's an only child, not always at one point he had a brother, Kankri. The boy looked a lot like Karkitty but his eyes were a paler grey. I witnessed Kankri's death he was shot" She pointed her index finger to the space between her eyebrows "Here and" She pointed to her heart "Here, the man was standing in front of Kankri at the time, a friend of his. When he did it he was…crying. But that didn't stop him, but Karakt saw it aswell" She started screeching "he…he made karkitty sad, Karkitty was crying! Karkat doesn't cry!" this was some real shit, she was using Karkat's real name "He doesn't cry and if he does he makes sure they won't tell, but he didn't see me watch him cry over his brother's corpse. This made something in me click...and I killed the assassin, I killed the man for him. Cronus was his name, Eridan's brother. When I told Karkat he was a bunch of mixed feelings. Soon though he accepted it and a group was formed, this group. The T.R.O.L.L. organisation, named like that because were 'trolling' the world" Looking up at me her eyes were leaking
"Nepeta, are you ok?"
I look up the unfamiliar voice, praying they could make this situation less awkward.
Nepeta looked up and more tears slipped out.
Fuck.
The woman had long brown hair, curling at the ends; she was wearing a lab coat and was curvy with chocolate coloured eyes. Without warning Nepeta pulled the girl into an awkward hug and she cried into her shoulder, the girl patted Nepeta's head shushing into her ear. Realizing I had no shades on I quickly put them back on while the woman was occupied.
Peeling Nepeta off her Shoulder she whispered "You don't have to talk about anything you don't want to" She then shot me a glare
"S-sorry, I was just curious" I mumbled I said hand uncomfortably playing with the back of my neck
Sighing the woman stood straight and asked "I'm guessing your new, I'm Aradia"
"Dave"
Nepeta sniffled calmed down somewhat "Y-you have to trai-train Dave f-for his first mi-mission with Sollux"
"Oh sure I just came back from the lab anyway so I'm free for now" She looked up at me and not glaring this time "How long in till then?"
"Two weeks"
I could feel her groan but smiled none the less "Okay then, we start now. Nepeta go find Equius maybe he will roleplay with you if you ask nice enough"
Brightening up immediately Nepeta ran off calling for the male's name.
"So Dave if you're going to want me to help you, you're going to have to tell me the situation and how you got here" She directed me to a cafeteria we sat down to a booth in a sectioned area so just about no one can hear us "Spare no details I want to know everything" a mischievous smile on her lips
"I…well…"
"Please Dave, I'm not judging"
Sighing I knew I was defeated "I just wanted to be like my Bro" I started off "I had a twin, Bro liked him more. That's what the voices have been tellin' me anyway" My Texas drawl that I usually try to stop slipping in "My twins name was Dirk, he had a natural talent like my Bro did for makin' things" Sighing "I wasn't like that, he had better grades too. Surpassed Bro in the makin' area an' started using machinery pieces instead of felt. Bro was so happy, how amazin' he turned out. Then there was me, the only thing I could do was fight, so Bro taught me how to kill a man with a paper clip, how to get out of hostage situations, all that jizz" Laughing a little mechanically, almost forced "I bet he wished he didn't bother…Then when I was 13 Dirk was murdered in front of my eyes, the voices in my head set off and Bro ran in after hearing my screams. I don't even remember doin' that y'know they just slipped out. Not of fear or sadness but of the screamin' goin' off in my own head" My eyes glued to the table "I could have stopped the man, me and Dirk were just talkin' I saw the guy creep in but somethin' was talking to me in my head, the voice was like an angle. Then it started screamin' at me in the commotion Dirk was killed, Bro ran in the guy got away and I haven't spoken barely anythin' to the guy since" I sum up
Looking up Aradias eyes were transfixed on me "How did Nepeta find you" Her voice was almost like a hallucination
"Well throughout the years of speechless trainin' with Bro, I learned how to handle a sword pretty well, the only company I really had was the voices, grades slipped lower and my 16 birthday was comin' up. I don't know what came over me I just…Flipped, ran out the house Bro easily caught up with me though. Tied me down to a chair while I was screamin' things at him, thing the thoughts have been telling me for all those years" Letting out a harsh breath "He called a mental asylum, locked himself in the bathroom and I escaped with a pocket knife. Down the line I realized I couldn't keep myself stable without a job or money and there was no way I was sellin' my shit, I was in a pretty unknown neighbourhood, climbed a house. Killed people, took their goods and got the hell out of there. Fixed the evidence and Nepeta caught me on the roof, with some Vriska chick. Asking me to join something called T.R.O.L.L.S, Vriska pushing me into a corner I went with Nepeta to this so called 'bank'. Now here I am explainin' my fucked up life to chick I haven't known for about ten minutes"
Watching her gulp was all I needed to realize how fucked up I was.
"Okay…" She almost said in a whisper "I…I'll get you a place to stay with running water and food…If you prove good as that story I'll make sure everything is good form here on out"
"Awesome" I mumble the voices making me wince with a high pitch screech in my head
"Wait here for the moment" She then stood up walking up to a boy, dropping all guard I let the pain sink in, my ears ringing, feeling a droplet of sweat trickle down my neck. The voices have hurt me before but never as much as this.
When she walked back I got up despite the pain shooting through me.
"Heyyy" My voice slurred "I didn't know you were a twin toooo" Holding my hand out to apparent air, my vision blackened and the last thing I remember what my face colliding with the floor
Whooooo another chapter! For this one i wanted to get back stories out of the way.
Why was Kankri killed?
Does Aradia really need his back story?
Is there more to this corrupt place then meets the eye?
Why the hell do they need a laboratory?
Will I ever answer these questions? Probably not.
But hey now your thinking about it, so that's something. Haha, I'm laughing because i have all the answers I'm just going to stretch it out for pointless drama :D
later~