Here have a long ass chapter. It's time to take down the spider bitch! I still don't homestuck. If I did Tavros would not be wearing socks with sandals, not on my patron troll! Okay here's the story!


Chapter 7: This is the part where the shit goes down

Karkat and Gamzee walked into their English class and where met by John and Aradia. "Is Tavros going to be okay? Are you going to be okay? The whole school knows about what happened yesterday. Vriska is going to be on the war path, oh my God, you guys need to watch your backs." John said frantically. Aradia put her hand on his shoulder to make him calm down.

"John take deep breaths, you look like you're about to have a panic attack." She looked towards the boys. "So what will you do?"

"Well if the bitch really is after us then I guess we'll have no choice but to defend ourselves." Karkat said nonchalantly. Aradia gave him a sly grin and said "Would you want back-up in case you become outnumbered?" John immediately started shaking his head in agreement. "Yeah, I can guarantee that there are a few people who would love to take Vriska down a few pegs."

The brothers looked at each other then back to their friends. "I don't up and motherfuckin' see why not. But, why do you want to help all of a motherfuckin' sudden?" Gamzee asked. John looked down guiltily "Well, in all honesty, we've wanted to get back at Vriska since she started attacking Tavros and even before that. They didn't exactly have a healthy relationship, but after the incident she started treating him like crap. He went through a lot when he was being held hostage. He probably didn't explain this to you, but while he was there they drugged him. He had to go to rehab for a little bit and-"

"Mr. Makara is there a reason in particular that you are not in your seat?" Mr. Scratch asked looking at Gamzee with slight annoyance.

"Sorry teach, John here was telling me a story and I up and forgot where I was." Gamzee said ignoring the stares he was getting and giving the teacher a lopsided grin, looking like the king of calm.

"Would you please take your seat?" Gamzee just shrugged and moved over to his seat, and zoned out as soon as Mr. Scratch started speaking.

'Drugged, carved up, but what happened to his legs? I'm gonna need more motherfucking information.'

~Time Skip: Lunch~

"So Egbert, wanna continue your motherfucking story?" Gamzee asked as he sat down with John and Karkat at the table. Terezi, Nepeta, Equius and Sollux were already there.

"What story?" Equius asked.

"Um, about Tavros' time with The Scorpions, I kinda told them about how he was drugged-"

"You did what?" Equius asked rising and slamming his hands down on the table making a small dent. "You know why we don't talk about that Egbert, just because he isn't here does not mean you can tell them without his permission." He said angrily.

"Then just text him and ask if it's okay for them to know EQ. They have a right to know more about the person they helped. They were going to learn about it anyway, so let's get it over with." Sollux said not even looking up from his laptop.

"Fine!" Equius said as he pulled out his cell phone and Nepeta started to wipe sweat from his face as he sent Tavros a message and got a reply.

"He said it was fine, but why was it brought up in the first place?"

"Well it started as a conversation on how these two were going to handle Vriska since she is now out for their blood. Aradia said that we'd have their backs and then Gamzee asked us why we care and, yeah." John said sheepishly.

Aradia came and sat down. "Would any of you also like to have a hand in making sure these two don't get severely beaten?"

"Yeah I'll help." Sollux said looking up from his laptop.

"Count me in. Vriska's reign of unlawful tyranny has gone on too long and it's high time she get a taste of justice." Terezi said letting out a cackle and flashing a creepy mischievous grin.

"I've wanted to claw her eyes out the moment she broke poor Tafurros' heart." Nepeta said showing off her sharp nails.

"Good to fucking know, now will someone please explain what exactly happened to Tavros while he was being held hostage by people who I assume are either rotting in Hell or a prison." Karkat snapped wanting to hurry this conversation before lunch ended.

"So, he was drugged for the whole time he was there. They made a video and sent it to his father showing Tavros tied to a chair, getting injected with heroin, and told him to give them an obscene amount of money that even Oprah didn't have, it was basically a declaration of war. Tavros was off limits to any of his father's partners and enemies. A clear violation of this was met with The Summoner's wrath. After Tavros was released from the hospital he had to get admitted to rehab. Between withdrawals, his father's trial, the custody case, his nightmares and getting used to using a wheelchair, Tavros was unraveling. Things got better as he detoxed and went through physical therapy, but when he was finally out he just stopped talking." Equius explained his face turning solemn.

"So what happened to his motherfucking legs?" Gamzee asked.

"I guess you didn't see the scar. He was shot in the back while he was trying to run away from the guys who kidnapped him. The bullet was 2 centimeters from his spine." He said the last sentence laced with venom.

"Another thing, how the fuck are you related to Tavros?" Karkat asked.

"I'm not, my dad, the man who got him from your house is his Godfather and was given custody."

"He looks way too young to be your dad." Karkat stated.

"Black don't crack." John stated with a small snicker.

"Genetics has been very kind to him." Equius said with a shrug.

"Well now that all that's cleared up, I'm gonna go get some shit out my motherfuckin locker. See ya'll later." Gamzee said, getting up from his seat and heading out the cafeteria.

"I better go with him, who knows where Vriska could be lurking." Karkat said leaving his seat.

"Or if someone did something to his locker, it's happened before." John informed him.

"Good looking out Egbert." Karkat said as he left.

Karkat went to where his and Gamzee's lockers were and found Gamzee staring at something that was in his locker. Upon further inspection he saw that he was staring at a piece of paper with a drawing of a black widow spider and underneath was a time, 3:30 pm.

"Now we have a time, but what's the motherfucking location?" Gamzee said as Karkat opened his locker.

"The soccer field." Karkat replied as he pulled out a sheet of paper that had the same drawing on it.

"We should probably let the others know." Gamzee said noticing that a few kids were staring at them.

"WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A FUCKING PICTURE AND PUT IT ON YOUR PATHETIC EXCUSES FOR BLOGS THAT ONLY HAS 2 VEIWS A YEAR YOU FUTURE HAMBUGER FLIPPERS, IT WILL LAST LONGER!" Karkat shouted causing them to scurry out of the hallway.

The bell rings.

~Time Skip: 3:00pm~

"Okay, does everyone know the plan?" Karkat asks the group of friends who are gathered around in a hallway that led outside.

"We hide inside the school and until Vriska forces her lackeys to make the first move. Terezi, Nepeta and I fight Vriska and incapacitate her. Sollux and John bring out the cars. We load up and bring her to Tavros, and make her apologize for treating him like shit and making his life Hell." Aradia says with a small smile on her face.

"You motherfucking got it. Alright, ya'll better up and get out of here." Gamzee said to John and Sollux who left while he and Karkat walked towards the soccer field.

"You took your pill today, right?" Karkat asked looking at Gamzee's painted face.

"Don't worry I took it this morning I motherfucking swear. I won't kill anybody." Gamzee said sounding serious despite the grin on his face.

They walked into the middle of the field and surveyed the area around. Karkat checked his watch.

"Well you'd think she be on time for a meeting she arranged her fucking self." Karkat said grumpily.

"Aw, how cute you actually showed up. This is going to be easier than I thought." said a voice coming from behind them. They turned around to see Vriska and three other guys standing behind them. Gamzee let out a low growl while Karkat just sneered.

"When a psychopathic bitch invites you to a meeting dedicated to making her back the fuck off, and making sure she gets payback for relentlessly attacking someone who's in a fucking wheelchair you show up. Perhaps we should we have brought snacks to this meeting, or a line graph that charts the amount of bitchiness you acquired over your pathetic life?" Karkat retorted, reddish brown eyes never leaving icy blue.

"All this talk is boring, I want to watch your faces get punched." She snapped her fingers and all three guys ran toward Gamzee and Karkat.

All Hell broke loose. The biggest of the group was tackled to the ground by a flash of blue, Equius. Karkat gave a roundhouse kick to a brunette's side, then pounced on him knocking him to the ground and began punching him in the face until the kid passed out. Gamzee got his attacker into a chokehold and he waited until the boy passed out before letting him fall to the ground. By then Nepeta, Aradia, and Terezi were fighting Vriska. They got her on the ground and started tying her and blindfolding and gagging her, all according to plan. Equius was having trouble with his guy who had managed to get off the ground and was trying to punch Equius in the face, but he kept dodging. "Yo Eq, duck!" Gamzee shouted. Equius ducked to the ground right as Karkat ran up and used his back as a vault and punched the last of Vriska's crew in the face. The boy held his nose and Equius swept his leg out from under him, Gamzee then kicked the boy in the jaw, knocking him out.

"Guys we got her, let's go, it takes forever to get to Tav's house." Terezi called holding up a struggling Vriska.

"Can someone make her calm the fuck down?" Karkat said eyeing the girl who was trying to get out of Terezi's grasp. Nepeta walked up to Vriska and punched her in the face, causing her to slump. Terezi let Vriska fall to ground with a thud.

"Oops!" she said with an evil grin.

Cars were honking from the street. The group turned to see Sollux and John waving at them.

"Alright time for phase 2 of the plan. Equius please carry Ms. Serket's bitch ass to a car." Karkat said as Equius lifted Vriska up and swung her over his shoulder.

"I'll take her in my car." Equius said as he walk to a dark blue SUV.

"This is going to be great! You don't think Tav will be mad do you?" John asked now growing concerned.

"We'll just have to see when we get there motherfucker." Gamzee answered shrugging.

~30 minutes later~

After a long drive and a few phone calls to parents about their whereabouts, the teens ended up at Tavros and Equius' house.

"This is where you guys motherfucking live? " Gamzee asked looking at the mansion with awe.

"Yes." Equius replied dragging a now conscious Vriska out of the car she was still tied up but the blindfold was removed. She looked around with wide eyes recognizing where she was. Equius walked up to the front door and it opened immediately revealing a mustachioed man in a suit.

"Hello Arthur, do you know if Tavros is awake?" Equius said to the middle aged butler.

"Yes he's in his room." He said eyeing Vriska with a look of disgust in his eyes; yes he knew who she was.

"Thank you." Equius said as he started climbing the stairs.

"Eq won't your dad be concerned that we have the bane of Tavros' existence here in the house?" John asked as they walked upstairs to Tavros' room.

"Maybe," Equius said with a shrug. He knocked on the door and waited until Horuss opened the door. "Please tell me there is a good reason for this." He said pointing to Vriska who was being held by his son.

"Yes, there is I promise." Equius said looking his father in the eye… probably it's hard to tell with the sunglasses. Horuss opened the door wider and everyone walked into Tavros' room.

'Damn this place is huge.' Gamzee thought as he looked around the room.

Tavros was sitting on his king sized bed which was against the back wall. In front of the bed sat a few bean bag chairs that could sit two people. On the front wall was an entertainment system with a flat screen T.V. with various gaming systems hooked up to it. The T.V. was currently paused on the movie Hook. On the right wall sat a guitar between the door to the bathroom and the door to the closet. On the left side of the bed was a dresser, in front of which was Tavros' wheelchair, and on the right a desk. The rooms color scheme was light brown, green and black.

Gamzee brought his attention back to Tavros who was staring with wide brown eyes at everyone in his room. He was wearing a black muscle shirt and brown cargo pants sitting cross legged in the center of his bed.

"Hey Tavbro, spider-bitch here has some shit she needs to tell you." Gamzee said as Aradia untied the gag that was around Vriska's mouth. Vriska and Tavros stared at each other, until Vriska finally spoke.

"Tavros I… I'm sorry for everything. For being the worst girlfriend ever, for treating you like crap after the incident and for never visiting you while you were in the hospital or rehab, and I'm sorry I broke up with you by text." In the middle of her speech she had started crying and she was choking back sobs trying to speak. "Please forgive me, and I swear you'll never have to see me again."

Tavros stared at her for while watching her sob, his face was expressionless. Everyone looked around the room not sure what to do. The room was filled with an uncomfortable silence save for Vriska's sobs.

"Was the date we were supposed to have that day real?" Everyone looked towards Tavros who was still staring at Vriska who stared up at him in astonishment. Did he just?

"Well? Was it real or not?" Tavros asked with an edge to his voice. Vriska looked down guiltily then shook her head.

"No."

"Get her out of here." Tavros said with venom in his voice. Everyone winced.

"Tav please let me explain, I was a member of The Scorpions, and when the leader heard that I was dating you I had no idea who you were-"

"That was the point! I didn't want people to know that my father was The Summoner, main supplier of drugs to clubs and cracked out celebrities in all of Los Angeles!"

"I know and I'm sorry but they made me lie to you about that date. I didn't know they were going to hurt you, and I couldn't disobey orders." Vriska explained trying to stop herself from crying.

"Yeah I know." Tavros said with a sympathetic look. "I met your mom when she tied me to a chair and filmed me getting high off my ass against my will." Tavros spat out at her, he could feel tears forming but he pushed them back. Everyone in the room was silent.

"I'm so sorry, if had known about what she was planning, I would've…I'm so sorry." Vriska said sobbing again.

"I forgive you for being a crappy girlfriend. I forgive you for treating me like shit at school. I even forgive you for yesterday." He said not noticing a few tears going down his face. "I don't forgive you for setting me up, and I never will. The shit I went through in that house was the worst two days of my life. I still have fucking nightmares, I remember the things they did to me while I was high. I can't look in the fucking mirror without having a damn flashback about being carved up like a Thanksgiving turkey!" he exclaimed shaking and wiping the tears away. "Good-bye Vriska, I never want to see you again."

Everyone was in stunned silence. No one's heard Tavros' voice for almost two months, and no one has ever heard him sound that angry, Vriska's confession was unexpected and this was just really confusing.

The door to Tavros' room closed with a soft thud, and everyone turned to see that a tall, red headed woman wearing a teal pencil skirt, a red blouse and red pumps was leaning against the wall. In her left hand was a recorder.

"Vriska Serket you are under arrest for being an accessory to the kidnapping of Tavros Nitram." She said as she walked up to Vriska bringing out handcuffs. "You have the right to remain silent. What you say can and will be used against you in the court of law-"

"Aunt Latula?!" Terezi asked surprised that she hadn't smelt her in the room.

"We'll discuss this later." She turned to look at her niece then turned back to Vriska. "You have the right to an attorney." Latula continued as she took Vriska out of Equius' hands and walked her out of the room as she continued reading Vriska her rights. Everyone turned to face Tavros, still surprised to have heard his voice and now very confused as to why a cop was in his house. Horuss got up from his seat.

"I have some things to take care of. It's nice to see you all again." He said as he left closing the door behind him.

"Can someone explain what the hell just happened? I mean seriously, what the actual fuck?" Sollux said plopping down on a bean bag.

Tavros looked at everyone a sheepish smile on his face as he scratched his arm.

"Okay guys well, um, just sit down somewhere and I'll explain."

Gamzee, Karkat and Aradia sat on the bed with Tavros and Equius. John, Terezi, and Nepeta joined Sollux in the bean bag pile. Once settled everyone turned to Tavros expectantly.

"Okay, so Latula was here mostly just as a family friend. She was on her way out when you guys showed up. I guess she decided to stick around just in case, something happened. And something did so, yeah." Tavros said wiping away some stray tears. Gamzee stared up at him from where he was laying down.

"So all of what just up and motherfucking happened was basically a motherfucking coincidence?" Tavros nodded at Gamzee a small smile on his face. Gamzee felt his stomach twist a little, but in a good way.

"Yeah, I guess it was." Tavros said as he ran a hand through his thick strip of hair.

"Heh, miracles." Gamzee said smiling at Tavros.

"Well I guess we should be heading out, my folks are going to freak if I don't get home soon." Aradia said as she got up from the bed. "Oh before I forget Tavros I have some homework assignments for you." She said getting her backpack off the floor. She handed him some papers.

"Thanks, and not just for the homework. For always being there even when I pushed you all away." He said looking at his friends.

"Thank you guys for helping me yesterday, and for today. It feels good to speak again, even if the circumstance kind of, sucked." He said looking at Gamzee and Karkat.

"No problem motherfucker, we know what it's like to need a few friends when you're going through a tough time." Gamzee said still smiling at Tavros, who was blushing a little bit.

'Motherfuckin' adorable.' Gamzee thought.

"Thanks Tav, but seriously we should get going, we got school tomorrow. Will you be coming in tomorrow?" John asked.

"Yeah my wrist is doing better so I'll be there tomorrow." Tavros answered. Nepeta pounced on him and gave him a hug.

"I missed the sound of fur voice so much." She said as he hugged her back.

"Eq, mind giving me a lift? I wanna see these guys out." Tavros said to Equius.

"No problem." Equius said as he stood up and turned around and crouched down to the floor. Tavros moved to the edge of the bed and hopped on Equius' back. Equius then began to carry him piggy back out the room.

As they went down the stairs Gamzee walked behind Tavros and Equius and noticed Tavros' shirt had ridden up and there was a circular scar near the center of his lower back. He also noticed that Tavros had some scars on his shoulder blades.

"So, Tavbro now that spider-bitch is up and out of your motherfucking life for probably ever, what are you up and going do now?" Gamzee asked as he came next to the duo.

"Throw a party." Tavros answered with a smirk.

"How about it guys? Are you free to hang out this weekend?" Tavros said addressing the group.

Tav was answered by a chorus of "yeahs" and "this will be funs."

"Alright I'll take that as a yes." Tavros replied looking back at Gamzee with a smile.

"Well count me in Tavbro. I'll see you tomorrow." Gamzee said as he walked out the door.

"Bye." Tavros said as he watched Gamzee and Karkat get into Aradia's car.

Equius turned and went to the dining room where the cook Jane was putting food on the table. "Can I just say that what that was back there was a pathetic excuse for a romantic advancement?" Equius said as he placed Tavros in a chair.

"What do you mean?" Tavros asked confused.

"Oh, so what happened back there with the clown boy who speaks in a very lewd manner, that was not terrible flirting?" Equius asked raising an eyebrow. Tavros' cheeks turned red and he started to fluster.

"Estas loco?! No I wasn't flirting! All I did was invite him and like six other people over for a party! You've been with Nepeta for too long. Why would you think I was flirting?" Tavros exclaimed blush now rushing all over his face. Equius still didn't understand how that was possible.

"I felt your heartbeat change when you talked to him." Equius stated simply. Tavros just stared at him incredulously.

"You can be so creepy sometimes, you know that?" Equius just shrugged. "Whatever you say." he said with a small smirk.

"Shut up and eat your food." Tavros said in a small smile.


Hope you enjoyed that! Now the romance can start! \(^o^)/