Uh, whoops. I didn't mean to disappear for so long like that. It'll probably happen a lot, though. I can only write at school, so in between semesters is kind of eh. But! Classes started back today, so hopefully I'll update relatively often! Anyway, let's find out what's happening to Meteor Dave, shall we?
Rose closed her book and looked at Dave as he let out a groan and moved to sit up. "About time you woke up, I was beginning to actually get concerned. How are you feeling?"
Dave turned to look at her and sighed in relief; finally, someone he actually recognized. "I feel like I got hit in the face with something really hard, and my arm is killing me." Despite his complaints, he moved to his feet, unconcerned. His spars with his brother, though playful, were intense, and he'd grown used to the pain a long time ago. "Where even are we, Rose?"
Her expression grew even more concerned at the question. Surely he wasn't suffering any memory loss, his brain hadn't suffered any swelling or other damage. "We're on the meteor, Dave. Don't you remember?"
He almost laughed. "Meteor? You mean like space junk? Come on, quit messing with me. Just tell me where we are."
She put her book down and stood up, moving to inspect him. He was healing just fine, why in the world was he so confused? "Stay here, Dave, I need to talk to Kanaya. I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere." He watched her leave, more confused than ever, and opened his mouth to ask questions as soon as the door opened again.
"Since when do you talk to Kanaya?" But it wasn't Rose, it was the short creature that he guessed had saved him before.
"Kanaya? What are you talking about?" Its – he didn't know what it was – face morphed into a glare as he stared at it silently, not sure how to react. Should he be scared? Was this thing friendly? It pretty obviously wasn't human, which only strengthened his theory that he was dreaming. Never mind the fact that that meant he would have had to have seen this thing before; he knew humans couldn't make up faces in their dreams. "Strider, are you going to fucking say something or just stare at me like an idiot?"
Dave finally spoke. "Who the heck are you?" It was the creature's turn to stare in disbelief.
"Are you fucking joking?" It asked as the door opened again, revealing Rose and another grey-skinned creature, this one with mismatched horns and a more feminine appearance. The short one looked at the two. "He doesn't know who I am. What the fuck is going on?"
"We.." The grey-skinned female – or Dave guessed it was female – hesitated. "We aren't sure. He didn't suffer any major brain trauma, and even if he had it should have healed by now. Based on what Rose has collected from her short conversation, and this new added information, it appears that he has a somewhat severe case of amnesia. We are not sure how long it will last." All three of them turned to Dave, who was suddenly feeling a little uncomfortable.
"First of all, no one's answered any of my questions. Second, I still don't know who – or what – you two are. And third, I don't have amnesia. I remember everything perfectly, except how I got here." He crossed his arms, glad to have realized that his shades apparently had survived whatever weird attack he'd gone through, and hid his eyes so they couldn't tell how much he was beginning to freak out. The female creature stepped forward.
"I believe that the easiest course of action would be to introduce ourselves before we get into where we are and how we got here. You quite obviously are already acquainted with Rose. This is Karkat Vantas," she motioned to the male creature. "And I am Kanaya Maryam."
Dave waved his arms. "Okay, you can stop right there. I know Karkat and Kanaya, and they do not look like this. You know why? Because they look perfectly normal. I'm obviously dreaming, that's the only explanation. It all makes sense. The weird pajamas, the freaky creature coming out of a vent, the two of you being.. Whatever it is you are, all of it, this whole thing."
"What the fuck are you talking about? We've been.. Friends.. For fucking ages! You know us, Strider. Rose, and Kanaya, and me, and Gamzee." Karkat did not like where this was going. "And what do you mean 'normal'?"
"Uh, human, obviously. Which I don't think you are, because I'm not an idiot, and can see what's right in front of me." He received nothing but silent, shocked stares.
"I can't fucking deal with this. I'm going to find Terezi and Vriska. I need to make sure they haven't lost it too." 'Karkat' stormed out.
Dave looked at Kanaya expectantly. If they were who they claimed they were, she'd go after him. But she simply studied him before asking, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Aren't you going to go after him?"
"And why would I do that?"
"Well I mean. He's your boyfriend, isn't he?" Rose stepped forward and took Kanaya's hand.
"Dave.. Karkat's not dating Kanaya. I am." Dave looked down at their hands, then back up at them.
"This entire thing is wrong, and you're all crazy." He had to get out of here. But how? He shoved past them, faster than they could catch, and bolted out. He saw Karkat down the hall and went the other way, not stopping until he was good and lost, despite their shouting for him to come back. This was crazy, this whole thing. Karkat and Kanaya were not weird grey-skinned creatures, they were not on a meteor, this was a dream, and he had to wake up before it got any weirder. He didn't care if running wasn't something he would normally do. Nothing was normal, and he could do whatever he wanted.
Ngh, this feels so rushed to me. I'll probably redo it at some point, but I need to end it here so we can get back to the other Dave. I think I made it longer though, which more than one person has suggested that I do. If not, I'll keep trying. See you next chapter!