Day 8

"EQUIUS!"

"Nepeta, you're alright!"

The two ghost kids flew over to each other at full speed, overjoyed. Nepeta hopped on Equius' transparent back and declared that she was ready to get out of this creepy (not to mention dangerous) place. Then, as of on cue, another horde of Soul Demons made their way toward the group. They absconded immediately.

They were now back in the state of Nevada, resting peacefully in the middle of the highway.

"You know, out of all the places I've ever slept, these past days have provided some of the weirdest spots." Sollux said. The whole group agreed.

"You don't really think about a lot of things until you're dead. I've started to re-evaluate my life." Aradia said thoughtfully. A couple "me toos" were heard from the group.

"So Nepeta and Equius, how did you two die?" Jade asked.

"Well there was this funny clown guy who was always really nice, and really high all the time. He was really peaceful and would always talk about miracles at school. But one day, his drugs got taken away..." Nepeta said, trailing off. She didn't want to continue in fear that she'd cry in front of everyone. Equius sensed this, and picked up where she left off.

"The young man went mad and went on a massacre. He killed Nepeta and I in the process."

"Wow, lots of school murders, huh?" Karkat said, looking back at Kanaya. She nodded, but looked like she was in deep thought. After an awkward silence, Sollux told the group that it was time to figure out a way to get past the demons. The wall was getting thicker and taller by the day, and pretty soon they feared that they'd be stuck there forever, or sent to Hell if they were caught. This was going to be very hard.

After a few hours of brainstorming, they came up with a plan. A dangerous one, but a plan nonetheless. The first thing they would do is take the fastest people of the group (Nepeta, Jade, Aradia, Sollux) and have the demons give chase to them. Then, they'd take the stronger ones (Karkat, Equius, Kanaya) and have them fight the demons. It may have not been the best plan, but they didn't know what else to do. Jade, Aradia, Sollux, and Nepeta took their positions in front of the wall. The hungry demons noticed them as expected. However, instead of running away after one followed, they managed to get about three hundred per person to follow.

Damn, I guess they were really hungry. Jade thought as she flew in all different directions.

Thankfully, the demons didn't close the gap that had formed, but new ones began taking their place.

Shit. Karkat thought as he pondered how he should go about this. Equius was the first one out of the whole group to step forward and fight. He just went in with his fists flying, sending demons whimpering to the other side of the wall. Karkat and Kanaya followed in his footsteps. Pretty soon, the three of them had made good progress.

Finally, after two hours of working to their wits end, Karkat, Kanaya, and Equius made ther way past the border. They called their other group members over. Jade and Nepeta were first to hear the call, and rushed over. Sollux and Aradia were second, but Sollux was in a bit of trouble. He had somehow managed to get himself in a corner, thinking he could hide in the building he was cornered in. Soul Demons surrounded him, and they growled with anticipation. Sollux started to float into the building, but one of the demons caught his leg just before he made it in. Aradia screamed as she watched the whole thing unfold.

"Sollux!" was all she could get out, before she witnessed the most horrifying thing ever. The demons tossed him up, and ripped him to shreds. They then devoured his soul. Aradia, with tears streaming down her flew away wanting to scream. She eventually found the group, and they quickly made their way across the wall of demons. Once they had ran away from danger, they sat down in a forest, and rejoiced. Jade hugged Karkat really hard and they both told each other good job. It was during that moment that Karkat would've felt his heart speed up. Just being around her made him a little bit happier. However, Aradia's crying was now very apparent to the group, and the sweet moment would have to happen later.

"Aradia, what's wrong? And where's Sollux?"