"okay" Ella smiled hopping on her harely and heading there, Jake smiled wrapping his tail around Karkat and following Ella to Gamzees place he still seemed nervous about the fact that zil is gonna be there. karkat sighed and leaned forward hugging jake " it'll be alright" he said noticing jakes slight unease. " if he does even the slightest thing to you me and Rufio will kick his ass." he smiled into jakes back. wrapping his own tail around jakes waist to comfort him, mindful of it tickling him. Jake bit his lip to not giggle but ent up giggling anyway "okay thanks Kar" he smiled parking beside Ellas bike and hopping off his and helping Karkat get down. karkat got off the bike and smiled his tail swished happily from side to side. Zil had a big place. like this house was HUGE. karkat never really understood why because he lived alone. he shrugged. walking up to the front door and ringing the doorbell. a few seconds later a tall figure appeared through the gall window. karkat smiled as the door swung open and they were met with gamzee. " hey motherfuckers." his smiled lazily. " well come on in my friends.." he stood aside for them to walk in and karkat heard tav calling from upstairs " uh,, just come right up! " Jakes tail wagged softly "hey Gamzee, hi tav" he waved walking in with karkat and his sister, "hey Gam" Ella smiled lightly "your house is wicked huge" she commented. gamzee frowned slightly. " yea i know." he shook it off. " anyways my brothers and sister. why dont you guys all up and head upstairs? tav is up there, i'll be like motherfuckin, 10 seconds." he turned around and slinked off to do what ever it is gamzee waved over ella and jake " c'mon" he started walking up the stairs. at the top tav was waiting " uh, hey guys! " he said happily. he wasnt in his wheelchair so it was kind of weird for him to talk like this. "u-uhh,, can we maybe go to gamzee's room,, this is kind of awkward." karkat tsked. " you could have just stayed there so you wouldnt have to scooch around like that." tav looked down " s-sorry i just wanted to,, uh..-" karkat sighed " c'mon tav, its fine. -" gamzee walked up the stairs and up behind karkat. " yea it's chill brother." he picked tav up and tavros blushed "u-uhh!" gamzee smiled and carried him to his room, looking back "come on this way "he said to jake and ella. Jakes ears were back in a way to show his gaurd was up he followed keeping close to ella and karkat, "don't worry Jake you're fine with us here" Ella soothed him stroking his hair. karkat pet jakes head lightly " yea it's safe dont worry" they alked into gamzee's room and karkat plopped down on the small couch by the wall patting the cushion next to him for jake to come sit. gamzee set tav down on the bed and sat next to him. he gestured to a comfy looking slouch chair and looked at ella " you can have that one sis, best motherfuckin seat in the house" he smiled. Jake sat beside Karkat his tail wagging softly, "thanks" Ella smiled sitting down on the couch Gamzee'd ushered her to.
Jakes tail wagged softly his ears flickering in every direction possible he was on red alert, "Jake calm your tits bro we're fine, I'm not scared of the dean big doesn't always mean powerful" Ella soothed sitting on the arm of the couch next to Jake and running his hand through his hair soothing him "he can't do anything to us here, he touches you and he'll regret it" she reassured Jake kissing her lips between his ears softly. gamzee made a move to talk but froze as he heard the doorbell. "i'll be right ba-" he was cut off by the sound of the door opening and Zil's voice pirecing the quiet morning air. " motherfucker why are you at my house!" he yelled. karkat cringed even though they were upstairs it was still loud as fuck. the reply came from a calmer more taunting source which could only have been Rufio. " uh, because i drove here?" gamzee twitched yep that was gonna set him off. Zil paused for a moment. ".. get your skinny punk ass OUT OF MY HOUSE!" Rufio stared at Zil with an iiritated expression. " how bout no?" he pushed his way past Zil and looked back " now if you will exuse me.. i have FRIENDS that would like to chill. if you have any compliants please write them down and shove them up your ass." he turned back around without another word and stalked up the stair sighing. he walked into gamzee's room " eheh, sorry about that,," he scratched his head. ella laughed into her hands hearing rufio "damn you got guts man" she laughed smiling at him, Jake waved his tail had gone between his leg "hey rufio" he called out smiling. Rufio waved and sat on the floor by the door crossing his legs. " so what are we doing huh?" karkat grinned and looked at jake. gamzee cocked his head slightly and tav and Rufio looked confused " what?" Jake blushed smiling softly, Ella shrugged softly and sat on the couch offering for rufio to sit next to her. Rufio nodded and walked over falling back onto the couch and sighing. karkat looked at jake and then looked around the room and bit his lip smiling. " we have some pretty bitch tits wicked news guys" he looked at jake grinning. Jake grinned sheepishly softly gripping karkats hand in his paw softly, Ella smiled then got a confused look "really?" she asked lightly. karkat nodded and bit his lip. gamzee broke out into a fit of chuckles." miracles bro, i told you." tav gasped and then a goofy smile spread over his features. " aha!,, uh that so great!" Rufio looked around at everyone with the most confused and lost expression on his face "what did i miss?" he stared at karkat and jake. "they're a couple now" Ella smiled lightly exposing an overbite smaller then Jakes, Jake smiled and his tail wagged faster he curled lightly laying his head on karkats shoulder "don't chew your lip off" he whispered in a teasing tone. karkat blushed slightly before poking jakes nose. but he still stopped. he sighed contently and slouched back into the sofa wrapping his arms around jake. " hmm " he hummed sofly. then looked at Rufio. " get it now?" Rufio nodded. " sweet. but seriously, what are we gonna do?" he looked at karkat. who looked back and smiled again. " we're throwing a party later. first off you guys are coming, second i wanted to ask gam if we could maybe have it here, because this place is the biggest out of all of ours..." gamzee shrugged and nodded "as long as my old man decides to all up and be less- well.." he was at a loss for words when Rufio piped up. " bitchy? self-absorbed? stupid? take your pick." karkat looked at Rufio. " you alright man?" Rufio shrugged "mhm Zillypoo just riles me up sometimes is all" gamzee cocked his head at the odd nickname and shrugged " yea i guess you can all up and stay here. how many brothers are coming?" karkat zoned for a minute counting. "around like 20? at least. yep that should be good." he nodded. it's been forever since everyone has got together. Ella bit her lip abit "I wonder if it'll be safe to leave otto on standby mode for a long ammount of time" she said softly, Jake cuddled him his tail wagging fast "he should be fine Ell you gotta socalize" he said smiling at her. Ella chuckled softly "good pont Jakey he'll live" she smiled at her brother. Karkat got to work contacting everybody while gamzee and tav went shopping for supplies and Rufio went wandering around the house. after karkat finshed he looked at the ceiling " man it'll be nice to get everyone together again, it's been ages. like i havnt talked to terezi or dirk in the longest time.." Jakes ears perked "you know Dirk?" he asked with a wag of his tail, Ella had gone with Rufio to explore the estate curious how the dean lived outside the school. karakt looked over to jake " yea why?" he raised and eyebrow. "he's on of my best friends, he's the one that gave me and Ella Otto" Jake commented softly cuddling closer to Karkat, "place is huge, must be to hold his ego" Ella commented looking out a nearby window at the veiw. karkat smiled and held jake tight "well you'll get to see him today then!" he kissed jake softly.
Rufio looked back over his shoulder and tisked, " i hate rich people that think they're better that everyone else, it's disgusting." he huffed and continued walking down the hall grumbling to himself " bastard should never have gotten out of there.." "out of where?" Ella asked strainging lightly to keep up cause he was a tad taller then her, "yay" Jake smiled kissing Karkat back putting a paw lightly on Karkats belly his tail wagging. Rufio stiffened and turned his head slightly. ' fuck she heard me..' he sighed no use covering up for him now. " promise you wont tell jake or tav, i dont want them to leave gamzee alone because of him.. Karkat already knows." he bit his lip in concentration. he looked down at her with a furrowed brow, " prison. after two years he managed to bail himself out." he cringed at the thought." never should have gotten out of there." "I'm not tellin noone" she soothed patting his arm, "that doesn't surprise me and I agree with you that buttutter should still be in jail I don't trust him. jusy his yelling had jakes tail darting between his legs, I nearly punched him when I went to get my dorm." she admitted grinding her teeth together. he swallowed hard. " they used to call him picasso. if you can guess why,," he looked down and clenched his fists he shook his head and kept walking. " but enough of this. it's giving me a headache" "here" she soothed pulling an asprin bottle from her pocket opening one of his fists lightly placing the bottle inside it "two should help" she smiled lightly. he sighed lightly and his expresion eased up a bit. " thanks" he popped back the asprin and swallowed dryly. " tastes aweful.. " he wiped his tongue on his shoulder. before handing back the bottle. he looked around. the fact that he knew his way around here so well made him sick. down the hall on the left was the kitchen though that, about 10 feet to the right there was a huge closet. he shuddered. " lets head back the other way.. this place dosnt sit right with me." she couldn't help but giggle at his reaction "I doubt your shoulder tastes any better" she teased softly pocketing the bottle, "good idea" she gave a faint whimper and turned to head back being sure he was still near. once they got back to the entrance they were met with gamzee and tav and a shit load of food. " woah, think you guys got enough there?" Rufio stared. gamzee smiled wide " haha, this party is gonna be motherfuckin sick nasty bro, gotta have the wicked munchies too man." tavros smiled clumsily " y-yea, its gonna be ,,uh,, bitchtits up in this house." gamzee chuckled and ruffled tav's hair " damn straight" Rufio shook his head and snickered. " alright, let me help you guys take this stuff in." ella giggled at Tavros "here I'll help too" he said taking half of what Tavros had, Jakes tail wiggled and he had slumped laying his head and arms on karkats lap lightly. "Gam and Tav are back" he stated. karkat nodded. "we should probably go help set things up huh?" he looked down at jake. " you really are too adorable.." he lifted jake up so that his paws were now resting on karkats shoulders and he was at eye level. he nuzzled jakes nose and then brushed his ear. watching it flick. he smiled again and kissed jake. " but yes seriously now. we should go help " he chuckled out. jake giggled at the bit with his ear and kissed him back "fine but you owe me a bellyrub before bed tonight" he commented getting down and stretching, Ella smiled and helped the guys set up the room. "I could bring a couple of the covers me and Jake did" she offered lightly. gamzee looked and smiled " yea sis that would be all kinds of miracles.." he smiled as he set out a big bowl of chips. " oh, man this is gonna be motherfucking amazin." Rufio glanced at her. " covers? you guys sing?" "yeah it's our favorite passtime, if you can give me a song I know well enough i could probally give the chorus right now" she smiled lightly grabbing her bag and pulling out some tabs and faygos. gamzee looked up " hey sis could you throw me some of that?" Rufio paused for a minute and then nodded" dead hearts by stars" it's one of my favourite duets. Ella smiled and Gamzee and chucked him a grape faygo "think fast" she giggled, she bit her lip faintly and started to tap the tempo out on her lap and let the chorus just flow from her
"I could say it, but you won't believe me
You say you do, but you don't deceive me
It's hard to know they're out there
It's hard to know that you still care
I could say it but you wont believe me
You say you do but you don't deceive me
Dead hearts are everywhere
Dead hearts are everywhere"
she sang lightly tapping her hands on her legs softly nodding her head. he grinned wide " you got a good voice. i will make sure we get to do karaoke tonight!" he snickered and spread his arms looking down at his clothes then back to ella. " i dont know if you noticed from the obvious clothes or not, but im in a band heh heh! lead pianist/singer.. also a bit of drums but i hate bragging." he ran his hand through his bright red and black hair. giving her a quirky smile. " see you in a bit then eh?" she giggled smiling "yeah see you" she said stroking her hair out of her eyes, "Jakey Karkat you guys ready to head back so we can get ready?" she asked. karkat stretched a bit and nodded his head taking hold of jakes hand " mhm, lets getgoing huh? " he looked back at the others " see you guys in a bit huh? trick this place out like wicked." he grinned toothy and waved leading jake to the door. "yeah let's get home" he smiled, Ella giggled softly and waved before following the boys out the door and hopping on her harely. karkat sat on the back of jakes bike and wiggled excitedly. " this is gonna be so fun!" he giggled out. Ella giggled softly at him "such an eager kid" she laughed softly, Jake giggled and wrapped his tail around Karkats middle softly and kicked his bike to life. karkat hugged him until they got home. then he hopped off the bike and bolted to the door. his tail was going crazy with giddiness as he waited for jake at the door. he opened the door and held it for them. Jake rushed in his tail wagging fast "so do I get my bellyrub before or after the party?" he asked, Ella smiled coming in "be careful with his belly" she grinned at Jake when he blushed. karkat snickered " before i guess cuase i get the feeling we'll be crashing at gams tonight." he grinned wide "c'moonn lets go!" he wave at Ella and dragged jake into their dorm. he kicked off his shoes and jumped onto his bed throwing off his shirt. he needed to change anyways. he smiled at jake and stuck his tongue out while patting the bed. Jake giggled and hopped up onto Karkats bed his tail wagging fast, Ella laughed and went to her dorm to get ready for the party. karkat hugged jake and nuzzled his hair. then he fell back onto the bed dragging jake with him. he let go rolled onto his side and brought his hand up and scratched jakes chest lightly and the sitting up on his elbow and rubing jake belly. Jake smiled and tried to keep his giggling to a minimum as he relaxed soothed/tickled by the bellyrub his foot twitched faintly like most dogs and his tail wagged like crazy. karkat giggled softly and couldnt keep from glomping the other boy " aack you are way too adorable!" he hugged him tightly and washed soft butterfly kisses over his face. " love you love you love you." he smiled. Jake broke down into one of the most unmanly gigglefits ever "I love you too" he smiled cuddling Karkat his tail wagging fast. karkat sat up " alright, we should get ready so we dont keep Ella waiting too long. haha" he stretched and went to he drawer scratching his head. he shrugged and pulled out a pair of ripped red skinny jeans Rufio had gotten him, he'd never worn them because they were way to bright for him liking but they should do perfectly for today. he also got his favourite shirt, it had the cancer sign on it. he crinckled his nose and stuck out his tongue as he went to change in the bathroom. when he got back out he was dressed and ready to go. Jake smiles and pulled on his favorite tshirt it was white with a green skull on it, he also put on a pair of black pants "ready?" he asked sliding on to a slight embarassment/cuteness a dogcollar. "can you get the little box off my dresser please?" he smiled softly. karkat walked over to the dresser and picked up the box and looked at jake with a raised eyebrow. then he saw the collar and snickered, " suits you.." he opened the door and let jake out first turning to lock it. Jake took a small tag out and attached it, "a joke gift from Ella I only wear it at parties" he blushed knocking on ellas door. Ella came out wearing a blue dress like shirt and black skinny jeans her hair was hanging open down her back "you boys ready?" she smiled. karkat nodded " you look nice" he commented before grabbing jakes hand and walked with them down to the bikes. he hopped on and texted gamzee - WE'LL BE THERE IN 10- gamzee texted back -tHaTs cOoL, oNlY TwO otHeR mOtHeRfUcKeRs aRe hErE.. aNd oNe iS eQbRo.. sO gEt yOuR aSsEs oVeR hErE lIKe aSaP.- Karkat giggled," gamzee says toy hurry up cause equius is being a creep. haha" ella giggled "got it" she giggled packing a few of their covers, "let's go" they both cheered. karkat let out an excited howl and a fist pump before they head off. Jake busted up laughing and parked in front of Gamzees, Ella smiled parking next to Jakes bike and hopped off hers smiling smiled and knocked on the front door "it's us" Ella called. karkat hopped off the bike. it was around 8:30 now. he knocked on the door and gamzee opened up. " hey there motherfuckers! man you guys look miraculous. fuckin wicked bros. and sis" he added on looking at Ella. he smiled wide and welcomed them in " welcome to the dark carnival brother" in side every thin was black but then gamzee flipped a switch and the black lights came on, " holy. shit." karkats jaw dropped. they had decorated the place with that sweet paint that glowed in black light, and set up laser lights he handed each of them a bunch of glow braclets and necklaces. " bitchtits" she giggled softly "amazing" Ella and Jake said together as they walked in each taking the others color of necklaces and sliding them on Ella had connected two green necklaces and was wearing them about her waist, she got a cd out of her bag and went off to find rufio. karkat took a bunch on red bracelets and sliped then on along with some rings on his tail. he looked at jake and grinned wide yep this was awesome.
Rufio turned around after putting on his several glowing item some of witch were his kick ass earrings. he was decked in glowy shit. he looked up and saw Ella standing there " oh shit! ah, god you scared me.." he held his chest. and then smiled " hey" ella giggled at him she had in glow in the dark saphire blue earings, "I'm sorry" she apologized lightly. "I brought the cds and put the best of them on a cd for you" she smiled holding a cd out to him with a softly smile, Jake giggled he swapped one of karkats red tail rings for one of his Green ones and kissed him smiling at him. karkat blushed smiling. walking around to find gamzee. it was so weird, the way this place was decorated was really fucking creepy. but it was just so badass. karkat smirked gamzee was in his element. " like it motherfucker?" karkat jumped about 10 ft into the air and yelled "aaahhh -jesus christ gamzee!" gamzee had walked up behind him in the dark. his shirt was splattered with the special paint and he had put some on his face and hands too, he was covered in rainbow coloured glow things. Rufio took the cd, " sweet thanks. these'll be great, i'll have to give them to dave to play later.." he smiled and walked with her back to the main room where karkand gam were along with jake. Jake caught Karkat when he landed "poor thing don't scare him like that Gamzee" Jake said grinning at the way he was dressed them he rested Karkats head on his shoulder, "Dave?" she asked lightly looking at Rufio seeming confused but intrigued. Rufio looked at her. " yea dave is our dj. also a good friend. but he can be kinda.. odd so if he comes off as rude dont sweat it thats just how he is." he smiled and then looked around. " hey you wanna come find tav with me? he said was going to get all decked out but i havnt seen him.. " karkat huged jake " thanks man" gamzee scratched his head lightly " sorry bro couldnt help myself you know i motherfuckin love the spookies heh heh heh." he walked over to the table and called over. " oh! i made pie bro!" "sure" she smiled lightly grabbing a cola faygo and heading off with him, Jake kissed karkat and set him down gathering some dropped rings and replacing them on his tail. "are the pies safe to eat?" he asked karkat curiously. Ella looked around the rooms for Tavros sticking by rufio incase Zil showed up. karkat raised an eyebrow, " haha whats you're deffinition of safe?" Rufio walked upstairs and into the bathroom. he grinned wide " hey tav whatcha up to?" tav jumped slightly. man everyone was getting spooked today. " uh, i told you i was getting ready! " he pouted slightly at Rufio and then smiled sheepishy when he saw Ella. " hey" he waved soflty. tav was just putting paint on his face, " i'll be out in a minute! " "Hi Tav, want some help lilbuddy?" she offered him, "eddible" Jake giggled. Ella was abit relieved she hadn't been spooked yet she was a total derp when she got scared. karkat nodded and chuckled darkly, " it is edible, but i dont recomend eating it now." he warned.
tav shook his head and blushed slightly " gamzee told me to paint my face,, uhh i wanna do it myself," he giggled softly as he put in his glow earrings. and clapped his hand " , uh, there! aha done" "looks good" she smiled down at him "want some help getting down to the party?" she offered him, Jake nodded "got it" he commented his tail glowing. "Hey Kar read the tag" he smiled sitting on the couch showing Karkat the tag he'd put on his collar. karkat leaned in and read the tag and looked up and jake.
Rufio smiled. " it does look pretty sweet. " tav nodded yea a lil help would ,, uh be nice " he lifted his arms up for Rufio to lift him. " come 'ere" he picked tav up piggy back style and stood again smiling at Ella " shall we?" he gestured to the stairs. "yeah" she said picking up Tavros' wheelchair and following rufio "you're such a good brther, plus Tav's the cutest lilguy ever" she smiled softly putting a hand on Tavros' back softly for support as she walked downstairs with smiled the tag read 'name Jake if found please call Karkat Vantas immediantly' and under that read karkats cell number. karkat blushed and stared up at him. he hugged him and kissed kim " damn right" he chuckled.
once Rufio got tot the bottom of the steps he waited for Ella to set down the wheelchair down before setting tav down tav waved and set off to go find gamzee. Rufio looked at Ella snd smiled sheepishly, " there he goes " he sighed and a motherly look washed over his face " he's growing up way to fast.." Ella smiled waving lightly "I know the feeling, I basically raised Jake because our nana did nothing but bake" she giggled but grimaced too, "it feels like one second their in your lap demanding attention and the next they're off to college" she smiled rubbing her eye lightly she had the same motherly look but her eyes had tears in their corners, Jake smiled and kissed Karkat his tail wagging. Rufio hugged Ella consolingly. " shh hey dont cry, we're at a party! cheerup." he threw her a bright smile. he walked towards everyone else waving Ella over.
tavros wheeled around the dark room " uh,, gamzee? a-are you there?" he heard a noise behind he jumped " g-gamzee?!.." there was a soft tapping sound and then it got louder and louder and the only thing visible was bright glowing colours. dark purple and orange and red all of the rainbow. and then it was gone. tav whimpered "gam- zeee..?" someone grabbed him from behind and he screamed. there was a chuckling from behind him and then whoever was holing him let go. he looked back and saw gamzee lying on the floor holding his side and laughing " oh man tavbro.. the look on your face! oh man, that was a mothetrfuckin miracle" he got up and climbed onto the back of his wheelchair and kissed him " too motherfuckin cute bro." tav blushed and kissed him gently then pouted. " gamzee!" he sighed and shook his head while wheeling back to everyone else " found him!" Ella smiled and dried her eyes before following rufio towards the group, Jakes ears perked and his head had snapped in the direction of tavs scream but once he saw tav and gamzee he relaxed. "surprised noones scared the snot out of my sister yet" he commented pulling karkat onto his lap. karkat blushed and snuggled back into jake. " oh dont get you're hopes up jakey " he chuckled darkly at Ella " she'll get it before the party's over" he smirked and and twisted around to kiss jake. " mm" Rufio cocked an eyebrow " heh better stick close Ella.. you heard karkat." he chuckled. she giggled lightly "I'll get him back if i can scare you i can scare karkat" she smiled softly taking anothe sip out of her faygo she wasn't willing to admit how easy it was to scare her not around her crush at least. Jake wrapped their tails together and kissed karkat "be nice or you won't get a footmassage when we get home" he cooed softly. "this party is amazing, I've never seen anything like it" she smiled lightly sliding one of her necklaces off and putting it around rufios neck lightly smiling on her tiptoes due to his over-average height. karkat raised an eyebrow " mmm that sounds nice" he nuzzled into jakes shoulder purring lightly. he licked the side of jakes cheek " what is that like a bribe?" he chuckled lightly. Rufio cleanred his throat. " hey love birds, you are in a public vacinit-" he turned his gaze slightly and caught a glimps of tav and gamzee. his eye twitched slightly " h-hey! what did i just-" gamzee had tav on his lap facing him and he was sitting in the wheelchair. he turned his head slowly with a lazy expression licking his lips " you say something brother?" gamzee drawled out. Rufio closed his mouth and looked away with a small blush "n-nope." karkat giggled. " awe is Rufi feeling lonely?" he sat up and stretched " mm we should probably go help the poor people stuck wandering around like idiots in the front. he snickered. gamzee perked up. " my pleasure motherfucker." his face stretched into an inhumanly wide grin. quite frankly it was a bit creepy he fell back against jake again caught a bit offgaurd by it. Jake squeezed karkats side "be nice", "Jake take it easy in public" Ella told Jake standing Beside rufio. gamzee set tav down before slithering off into the dark again. tav sighed. " he's just too awesome.." Rufio looked over a him and smiled he shifted and his hand brushed against Ella's he blushed and moved it away clearing his throat "s-soryy" "it's ok" she smiled lightly blushing lightly when she took his hand in hers holly fuck she felt small compared to him but in the cool way. he blushed darker, man he felt like chick! get it together Nitram! he exhaled and griped her hand softly smiling at her a bit. her hands were so small, she was like one of the little animals he took care of at the vet's. he scratched his head with the other hand. you wanna go see if we can spook anyone?" his eyes became mischievous and he crinkled his nose. ella giggled "we should go after Gam since he's scarin the snot out of everybody else" she pointed out with a soft mischievous little smile. Rufio grinned and nodded. " Shall we?" he offered her his arm.
Gamzee slinked up behind an unsuspecting guest. he stood behind them and waited. he looked over their shoulder and out on the biggest grin he could. all that was visible in the black light were bright splattered colours and huge sharp teeth. he raise a club in one hand and it glowed with bright red. there was a girl infront of the one he was preying on. her eyes went wide and her jaw dropped, she took a step back letting out a quiet squeak, gamzee cocked his head slightly and she screamed and ran off the guy infront of her was frozen. he was shaking too. oh gamzee was in heaven. the guy turned his head slowly and gamzee let out a dark chuckle. he lunged and the boy screamed in terror and gamzee broke out into laughter as he hugged his friend " Hey motherfucker!" Ella smiled lightly and took it then followed him following the trail of screaming guests. "go distract him I'll scare him" she giggled softly walking with him. Rufio Snicked softly " oh you're going for the top dog eh? well good luck" Rufio walked over to gamzee ruffling his hair " having fun?" he smirked at the currently recovering guest. " hey there sollux you doing alright buddy?" he looked up at gamzee and pouted slightly. " jeez gz that wath totally not cool." gamzee snickered . " i beg to differ." he laughed quietly to himself. and looked at rufio " where's sis?" Ella had nudge rufio in the ribs for teasing her before he'd walked off then slowly she put her glow rings in her bag before sneaking up behind Gamzee totally hidden tho rufio could see her earings she smiled and gave a silent giggle before popping up right behind Gamzee and saying right in his ear "guess who" it sounded silly but creepy too. gamzee's eyes widened and he flinched his reflexes kicking and he almost punched sollux in the face. thank god he ducked gamzee looked back at Ella and grinned huge. " heheh looks like you got me sis," he giggled excitedly " nice going" the haze normally present in his eyes was long gone. they were a vibrant pulsating indigo. he smiled and waved " im gonna go to the front yard heh heh heh see you two motherfuckers later.. " then he wandered of into the dark again. Rufio snickered and set his hand on Ella's shoulder. " well not exactly the desired effect, but you should be proud you managed to spook him anyways" "I'm worried rufio his eyes are abit different I mean he almost hurt this guy" she said motioning to sollux since she didn't know his name she looked abit shook up as she put her rings and bracelets back on. Rufio Shrugged " he seemed pretty damn happy to me.." sollux stood up. and dusted off " naw it'th cool gz wath alwath a bit weird" he stuck his hand out " the name'th thollux " he smiled lightly. "Ella" she smiled shaking his hand lightly, Jake stretched and stood up rubbing his back it was feeling abit stiff. "so what should we do now?" he asked. karkat got up and stretched he looked at jake swishing his tail happily. " we should go join everyone, its getting about time when people should be getting here." he smiled grabbing jakes hand and pulling him off into the direction they last saw gamzee and the others go in. " man this is so sick.." he smirked to himself. he caught a glimpse of bright colours lurking in the shadows and smiled. he turned following the splattered rainbow. " hehe! c'mon gamzee i can see you" he wathced as the glow kept moving. he furrowed his brow " gamzee i can see you get your butt out here." it stopped and then disappeared. karkats tail flicked nervously at the unexpected disappearance. "... gamzee.. it's not funny .. come out. " he saw a dash of clolour out of the corner of his left eye and he twitched backing into jake. "gamzee?.." he whispered. there was a dark chuckling, but it wasnt the same as gamzee's it was different. deeper. more, cruel. karkat turned to jake with wide eyes he whispered into the others ear. "... jake.. thats not gamzee.." Jake grabbed Karkat and took him towards Ella and Rufio "was it his dad?" he asked. karkat looked a bit edgy. " for the sake of most peoples sanity i hope not. but from the sound of it yes.." he flicked his tail dismissivly. " but try not to think about it. he's like gamzee in this setting. he just wants to scare the shit out of people.." he followed jake to Ella and Rufio, they were standing with another, who, from what karkat could see was sollux. he waved " hey sollux long time no see my bee friend." sollux rolled his eyes. " hey kk." he looked at jake " and who might thith be?" "I'm Jake I'm Ellas brother and Karkats boyfriend" he smiled holding karkats hand in his paw, Ella noticed they nervousness in the flicker to karkats tail "Karkat you okay?" she asked him. karkat gripped jakes hand a little tighter he flicked his tail and smiled at ella reassuringly but then looked to Rufio a bit more nervously. he looked at the other three people before saying anything . no one would understand accept for the ones who knew. which to his knowledge was only Rufio. " picasso is painting." he flicked his tail again before sighing and hugging jake soothingly " mm dont worry Ella im good." he reached out a ruffled sollux's hair. " shall we go find the others before gamzee scares the shit out of everyone?" Ella whimpered faintly and inched abit closer to rufio trembling faintly but since they were holding hands he could feel it, Jakes tail flickered and his ears twitched "picasso?" he asked curiously. karkat wrapped his tail around jakes and kissed his forehead softly. " dont worry about it jakey" he smiled into jakes skin.
Rufio gripped Ella's hand a bit tighter and stroked it lightly with his thumb. he looked at her he reassuringly. but his eyes showed worry. sollux was just completely lost and right now didnt really give a shit. he shrugged" alright are we going to thtand here all night of are we gonna go find gz before thomeone patheth out from creepy ath clown overload." Jake nodded softly and took Karkats hand in his "let's go Sollux is right" he commented, Ella trembled lightly againsts him "I don't trust that Zil is loose" she whimpered into his forearm. Rufio wrapped his other arm around her and nuzzled her head. " shh" they walked wrapped up like this the rest of the way. he squeezed her lightly his hands shook a bit. " Its not him im worried about .." he mumbled into the top of her head. he looked at his watch and he sighed nervously. " its been 4 hours since gamzee has taken his 'meds'" "I told you something was different" she spoke into his ribcage walking with him she'd timidly put her arm around his middle, "we gotta get him to take it" she sounded abit less scared but it was still there. karkat smiled and introduced jake to his friends and then walked over the striders. "- and this", he smiled widely "is dirk and dave."
Rufio nodded." you've never seen it thank god, but a sober gamzee is not a good one..." he pet her head softly. "he keeps them upstairs." he siad looking to the glowing staircase. he scanned the room. the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end. " where's tav?.. " he bit his lip worriedly, " why does it feel like... something very bad, is going to happen?" his voice cracked a bit on the last part. he looked at Ella " maybe you shoudnt come.." "I'll go look for Tavros" she said reluctantly releasing his hand and going off to find tavros, Jakes tail wagged fast "nice to finally meet you in person Strider ol' chap" Jake smiled at Dirk holding out one of his paws for a handshake his beanie had been long since removed. "Tavros?" Ella called softly looking about for him straining her ears to focus on the shifting metal in the tires of his wheelchair. dirk looked at jake and raised an eyebrow. he nodded and shrugged grabing his hand and pulled him into a brohug. " its pretty sweet to see you too." dave tipped his head at karkat " yo" karkat rolled his eyes and smiled " hey dave. you're our dj tonight a assume?" dave shrugged and gave karkat his ' whatever sure' look. karkat ruffled jakes hair "we got some pretty sweet tunes." then he looked back at them both. " try to tone down the wicked irony tonight huh?"
Rufio bit his lip reluctant to let her go by herself. he sighed and shook his head. she's a tough cookie. right? she can handle a little horror.. he took a deep breath and went up the gloomy looking stairs. he went into gamzee's bed room. it was dark and glowing in here too. man gamzee sure liked this shit alot. he shuddered and started looking through gamzee's dressers and bags. he huffed. he was getting anxious and he still hadnt found the meds. " fuck!" he cursed out falling back onto the floor rubbing his temples. calm yourself Rufio, you're losing your cool man! he took a calming breath and closed his eyes. he opened them a bit more relaxed now. but as he did so his gaze was met with smeared glowing colours and huge sharp teeth, " hey motherfucker. DIDNT I SAY... to get out of my house?" He screamed and scrambled backwards as a giant hand covered his face.
tav wheeled around in the corridor. he went off in search of gamzee a while ago. he scratched his head. where'd he go? he looked out the window at the bright moon. he sighed lightly. he turned down the hall. 'so thats where the kitchen is..' he rolled into it. maybe gam was getting some faygo? ...'nope' he let out a long frustrated groan. he wheeled out of the kitchen an into another hall he turned right and was met with a huge door. maybe he's in there? tav shrugged and opened the door slowly there was a light on so he relaxed a bit. " gamzee?" he wandered into the giant closet. but as soon as he wheeled in past the door, the lights went out and the door closed " epp! g-gamzee haha y-you got me,, uh, you can turn the lights back on now." there was no answer. " gamzee?" he whimpered. Ella ran to the door and opened it "Tav it's me" she said wheeling him out, "you haven't seen Gamzee either have you?" she asked lightly looking down at him shook up and worried. she jumped hearing the scream "that sounded like rufio" she commented. Jakes tail wagged softly, he looked for karkat sniffing softly. karkat jumped up behind him and hugged him. "boo!" he chuckled and snuggled into jakes neck. " mm, hey dave you should go start the music eh? get this party pumping." he smiled. tav was shaking, his eyes watered lightly " Ella" he whined " gamzee's not feeling well again isnt he?" tears tracked down his face. the makeup smudging. he hugged himself. crying softly. he stopped when heard the scream. his face contorted into fear and even more sadness " Rufio.." he choked out with wide eyes. he was shaking his head and in disbelief " h-he's .. hes got him again.. he's got Rufio again Ella!" his hands were clenched into fists. he looked up at hEr " we have to go NOW." Ella took tav to jake and karkat "watch him do NOT let him go off" she told Jake before running up the stairs to Rufios side "get OFF him!" she yelled lunging onto Zills back, Jake yelped softly softly then let Karkat down and comfort Tavros "hey hey what's wrong Tavros?" he asked handing tavros a napkin. tav was shaking like a leaf. he just kept saying "oh god Rufio" over and over. he looked up at karkat and jake and shook his head. " karkat gamzee's not feeling well again.." Jake ran his hand through tavs 'hawk "It'll be alright Tav Ellas on it" he soothed him hugging Tavros. "it's the pills he takes isn't it" he looked at karkat as he comforted tavros, Ella grabbed a nearby club and swung it cracking zil in the head with it "don't you hurt him" she cried out hitting him with each word. karkat nodded " yea. they keep him calm. gamzee is schitzo. i did mention it earlier because i didnt want to scare you but i guess now, isnt the best time to keep that shit quiet."
Zil cackled " brave little girl!" he chanted. he had a grip on Rufio's neck. Rufio was clawing and kicking at Zil's arms chest, anything that would make contact and get his hand off of Rufio's windpipe. there was a solid thud as he kicked his square in the chest as hard as he could. Zil's grip faltered and Rufio pulled his hand away gasping for air. he looked at Ella with wide eye as she pounded away mercilessly at Zil. the tall man was getting iritated. he threw her off of him "Ella! " Rufio cried. he lunder forward at Zil " bastard taking it out on a girl you dont even know! you're sick!" he growled and punched him had in the face. " i hate you!" he yelled fire in his eyes. Zil looked up from the place he had fallen back to and smirked at Rufio licking the blood from his lip. "oh is little fly upset i-" Rufio growled louder " SHUTUP! and stop fucking calling me that!" he kicked Zil in the gut and then knee'd his head. "goddamnit just shutup.." angry tears ran down his face." you fucking tore my family apart you sick bastard!" he picked the other up slightly by the collar of his shirt. " you should have died! i dont even remember why i pitied you!" he threw him back down onto the floor. spitting on him "pudrirse en el infierno" he cursed him. Zil grinned up at him " but you helped me tear it apart little fly, oh you were such a good bo-" Rufoi turned on his heel and kicked Zil straight in the jaw as hard as he possibly could. there was a crack and a pained groan as Zil fell on he side clutching his head Rufio stared down at him disgustedly. " didnt i tell you... to shut the fuck up?" he turned away from the broken body and looked at Ella striding over to her quickly " Are you alright " he said inspecting her for and wounds. Ella hugged rufio tight her face burned bright as she pushed her lips againsts his her fingers woven into his mowhawk there was a long cut on her arm but she ignore it as she kissed her saviour tears streaming her cheeks making her make up trickle down her face she broke the kiss and hugged him tight "it's okay" she repeated softly one hand letting go to caress his face, "wow" was all Jake could manage to say. Ella used the hand that was caressing Rufios cheek to dry away his tears, "it's okay" she soothed him blinking away the tears from her own eyes. karkat nodded. " yea, his family is part of a certain cult, they like worship.. clowns? i dont even know. but when gamzee is sober, he reverts back to old practices.. purging if you will." karkat hinted as much as he dare. Rufio held her tightly. he bit his lip as tears streamed down his face. "I'm so you had to go through that..." he hugged her to his chest and picked her up. He carried her out stepping around the groaning man on the floor. he didnt really care about him at the moment. he was more focused on patching Ella up. he froze cursing softly " shit, i forgot about gamzee!" he set Ella down gently before running back into gamzee's room and fetching the small bottle of his meds. he ran back out pocketing them and scooping up Ella again and heading downstairs quickly. he set her down beside tav and looked at him. " stay with Ell,i need to find a first aid kit-" he turned and looked at karkat an Jake. he bit his lip. pulling out gamzee's meds. " can you guys-" Karkat snatched the meds and nodded at Rufio grabbing Jakes arm and turning " all ready ahead of you." he pulled Jake into the direction of the front yard. Jake yipped worriedly seeing his sister then yelped in surprise when Karkat dragged him away, Ella sat by tavros holdinh her arm to stop the bleeding it was a shallow cut and most likely wouldn't leave a scar. "He didn't get too hurt Tav don't worry" she smiled at him keeping the pressure on her cut while rufio was gone. tav bit his lip and nodded. but when he saw the blood on her arm he became much less calm " u-uhm! Ella you're bleeding! what happened up there?.." he wasn't quite sure he wanted to know the answer to that but he had to know. "!.. Zil is he still..-"
karkat ran down the dark hallway to the front entrance. he was going full speed and he was breathing hard, they needed to get to gamzee before gamzee got to someone else. they stepped out into the cold night could see his breath. he stopped for a moment to try and hear anything. a scream, a laugh... anything. but he couldnt. it was dead silent. karkat stomach did a flip bad refference. he stepped forward and stopped. he looked down and saw he'd stepped in a puddle... it hadnt rained in a week. he took a deep breath okay, its just a puddle nothing wrong wi- okay it's red. he closed his eyes tightly and exhaed long and ragged, " please just be paint, please just be paint.." he knew in the pit of his stimach that that was too good to be true. he squeezed jakes hand and continued in the direction of the streaks and small drips and drops of the red on the ground. they led to the side of the house. karkat's tailed whipped around anxiously. he foze again as he heard gamzee's giddy voice singing an unfamiliar tune. by the sound of it, it was one of his religious things. karkat pressed himself and jake against the wall. he looked at him with worry. then he looked back in the direction of gamzee's voice. " one, two three, get on your knees. the mirthful massiahs aint easy to please. miracles happen one by one, and another will happen when this motherfucker's done. from you veins will drip out miracles, to paint the wicked pictures. brothers and sister gather round... the motherfuckin dark carnival is in town." karkat shuddered and gulped he wathced as gamzee came into view and he lurched back into Jake with wide eyes . oh god he was goin gto throw up. gamzeee was smiling and singing while he dragged nepeta's body out of the shadows. and he was wearing sollux's glasses.. oh god oh fuck oh god..
