Jade looked up at the old apartment looming in front of her and Dave.
"Ready?" Dave asked her, slightly turning his head to look at her.
She bit her bottom lip, anxiety building up in her heart, but she nodded, taking a step towards the stairs leading to her stalker's room. Dave got onto his knees, pulling out a lock pit. She stood behind him awkwardly hoping that no one would find them too suspicious.
Jade's attention snapped back to Dave when she heard the door click open. Dave got back up, sliding the lock pit back into his back pocket. He waited patiently for her to go in, watching her stare at the room in front of them. He grabbed a hold of her hand, giving it a light squeeze.
"It's ok, you can do this, Jade." he encouraged, kissing his childhood love on the forehead.
She gave him a nervous smile. "Let's go."
And into the darkness they went.
iii
Jade fumbled around in the dark, hands groping for a light switch. Her hands curled around one, and she quickly turned it on by instinct. When the room around her came into focus, It seemed to be a normal room at a glance. She walked around a bit, not touching anything. There was nothing wrong with the room, It looked just like any other old room. Dave walked behind her, waiting for her to finish looking around.
"It's over here," He said, heading towards the bedroom.
The bedroom was normal, too. Jade took a look around this room too, but when she past his desk, something caught her eye. She scanned it over and realized that it was her poem! Frantic, she ripped open drawers and went through multiple papers, discovering that they were all pictures of her and her poems that went missing. The poems had certain words or stanzas underlined and circled, as if he thought that she wrote them thinking of him.
She threw the papers back into the drawers and slammed them shut, looking for more of her things. On the bed she found her old green scarf, and many of her shirts that have gone missing during gym. Jade didn't know what to do. she melted onto the bed, shaking and scared. Dave wrapped his arms around her, trying to get her calm down and stop the tears that were falling.
"It's gonna be ok, Jade. It's gonna be ok. I already gave photos of the evidence to the police, they'll be here soon. He won't come after you anymore. You're safe and sound with me," Dave assured, pressing a lingering kiss onto her cheek. "Let's go now, ok? we can wait for the police to come while we wait in the-"
"Go? I don't think you two are gonna fucking go anywhere."
It felt as if something squeeze her heart to the point where it would explode. He's here. And now both her and Dave are going to die before anyone can come and help them.
Dave stood up, ready to knock the shit out of Karkat.
"DAVE-" Jade cried, reaching out to him, tears flowing down her face.
Karkat snorted. "Do you really think you can beat me, you fucking nook sucking human? That's pathetic."
Dave threw out a punch.
...
The Rest of it was a big blur of anger, blood, and violence to Jade. At one point, she felt something snap inside her and she grabbed the lamp on the bedpost, smashing it against Karkat's head. That was when the fear settled deep inside Jade. Karkat turned around, blood pouring out of the spot she had just hit him, eyes wide with pure anger and hate.
He stalked over to her, grabbing her by the hair. He held the pocket knife he was fighting with over his head, a dark chuckle leaving his lips.
Jade screamed as the knife dove into her torso again and again, never stopping. Karkat was howling in laughter above her, taking delight in seeing precious human blood everywhere. She sunk to her knees in defeat and started crying, the dried blood and salty tears mixing on her scarred cheeks.
He stopped stabbing her, and brought his hand up to her cheek, softly caressing it. The bloodied object slid across her skin, daring to cut into her pale flesh.
"Baby, baby, I just want you to understand that you're mine. It's as easy as soper pie..." he whispered, nails digging into her neck.
Then He was suddenly off her, being held back by a police officer. Dave rushed to her side, bleeding just as badly as she was. He held her, shaking just like she was, crying just like she was. When she heard Karkat being sentenced to jail, her eyes closed, finally feeling free.
iii
7 years later
Hands entwined, Jade and Dave walked down the streets of Houston, enjoying the early morning. The couple had married 4 months earlier, and were enjoying the fact that they were finally together, like they promised all those years ago.
He really was her knight, and was ever since they were children.
"Can we get some coffee?" Jade asked, pointing towards a cafe' on the street.
Her lover shrugged, but walked towards the cafe' anyways. Dave sat down at a table and Jade bounded up to the counter.
"Hello, Jade. Would you like your regular, a 16 ounce Caramel Macchiato?"
Jade's heart stopped when she read the name tag.
Jade's heart stopped when she read the name tag.
