Karkat looked at the town, which was visible through the trees. The forest they were in was so big it had taken them two days to finally find some civilization. Of course, they'd also had to stop when someone got tired or had to go to the bathroom. But either way, they were now looking at a town.
The buildings were all a boring white and looked the same. There were a few buildings that didn't look like that with people going in and out of them a lot. Karkat wondered what they were. Some had signs that said "Superstore" or "Thrifty Foods" on them and stuff like that, so Karkat was pretty sure they sold food or something.
"What do we do now?" Sollux asked.
"Nepeta, can you sneak in and find us some food?" Karkat asked. Nepeta nodded and crouched down, preparing to sneak into the town. "Remember not to be seen."
"I know. Don't worry." she said.
"-got to be around here somewhere." Karkat and everyone froze. Shit! The scientists! They all looked to Karkat with wide eyes.
"This way!" Karkat whispered. He led them behind one of the buildings, which Karkat realized was a house, and into a small building behind it with a car inside. There were a bunch of boxes and other crap in there and they all hid behind them. They waited quietly, hoping they hadn't been spotted.
"Maybe they didn't see us?" Nepeta whispered. Then they heard footsteps and all went quiet.
"-tell your bro to ask before borrowing my dad's car next time. And not to park it in the garage, my dad likes to keep it outside." The person speaking sounded like he was around their age.
"Yeah, okay. But don't blame me when he doesn't listen." The other boy speaking seemed to be the same age. Karkat watched the two boys walk into the building. One had messy black hair and rectangle glasses. The other had white hair and dark shades.
"Aw man! Dave, your bro got a scratch on the car! Dad's gonna be so pissed."
"Oh. Shit. Well, just tell him it was Dirk and you won't get blamed, right?"
"Yeah, but the car's brand new!"
"Maybe we can paint over it."
"…Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to try. Where's the paint?"
"I'll look over here. You check that side." Karkat ducked his head as the kid turned their way. He waited and listened to their footsteps. Fuck, don't let them see us. Please don't let them see us. The footsteps stopped and Karkat glanced up. The boy with black hair was staring down at them with a look of shock on his face.
