"God dammit!" your name is Dave Strider, and you hate yourself. You saw Karkat get knocked out by Spades Slick. He got hurt. He was taken. God dammit! He was taken! He fell on the ground in front of you, and when you were about to go 'All Mighty' on Slick, that motherfucker took Karkat and slipped in a portal that closed before you could even come close to it.
You screamed Karkat's name over and over, as if it was the only way to open the portal. You ran to your sisters Roxy and Rose with a red pitiful face. Roxy hugged you tightly as Rose's eyes opened with worry,
"Not Karkat. Not Jake." she mumbled.
Dirk wasn't too happy either, but he was less aggressive than you were. He cursed under his breath and held the bridge of his nose like he was having a massive migraine.
Rose gathers everyone and here you are now with the entire army of the Gay Bar, with weapons in hand, all ready for battle.
Everyone is at the middle of the beach looking at Rose and Feferi. Feferi walks away and everyone follows. She will point to the portal that is open to the planet Derse. When she comes across an open grassy area where you saw Karkat last, she points to the direction where the portal should open.
"It's supposed to be here." Feferi says.
"I tried to walk through it, but it closed." you point out.
"It's here I know it." Feferi takes a step forward, but jumps back when a large hole cuts through the air. The portal is outlined with a bright white and is shaped like a flower of a lily-pad.
"Ah! Here we go!" she sighs, "Who wants to go in first?" she claps her hand together like this is some sort of game.
"I'll go." both you and Dirk volunteer.
You both look at each other. You remember when Dirk became a soldier before you. He went through a trial that was easier than what you been through. The Queen seemed to like Dirk more, but decided that your wings should be cut off by your father. After the incident you ran as fast as your legs could carry you to your family's house. That's when it all started. That's when you realized that the system was fucked up and everyone needed to leave.
"I can do this." you say to Dirk.
"I won't let you be the hero."
"I never was a hero." you state, "I just need to save Karkat and Jake."
"You always were a hero," Dirk sighs, "Lets just get this over with"
"Allright, together then." you nod to Dirk.
"Okay! Dave and Dirk are going in first." Feferi announces.
"Please shut up Feferi, lives are at stake." Rose huffs.
"Sorry." Feferi covers her mouth.
Dirk and you take a step forward. The view of the cursed buildings make you gulp. The stench of fish reminds you of the terrible memories. You grab your brother's hand and he looks at you. You both nod.
"One," you say.
"Two," Dirk continues.
"Three!" you both jump in the portal to hell.
You land on purple ground. Everything around you is purple, the buildings, the bridges, even that stupid large castle in the distance. That is where Karkat is, you know it. You know how against mutants the Queen is.
You and Dirk walk forward with your katanas ready. Both your sunglasses hiding where you are looking. Soon Rose and Roxy jumps through the portal and is with you. You remember that this planet has more magic than Earth and you see Roxy's and Rose's wings sprout out of their backs. Same with Dirk's. Another reminder that you are an outcast in this planet.
Terezi is next. She jumps through the portal with her cane. The magic in the air makes her body change. Her body grows, and her clothes rip off. Her white skin turning into teal scales. Her face shifts into a reptilian face and she grins and stretches her dragon body, and teal wings.
"My my, it's been forever since I was in my true form." her red pupil-less eyes seem to look at you. It's still hard to believe she is actually blind. Dragons are weird.
"Shh! Terezi," Rose glares at her.
Terezi flicks her tongue at Rose and whispers loudly, "Sorry."
Despite the rest of the creatures from the Gay Bar jumping in Derse, the rest of the place looks deserted. What happened here? Usually armies march in the streets, and creatures would be doing their jobs in other buildings. But now it's… quiet. Too quiet. Not a Derse creature in sight.
"Something isn't right." you state.
"Doesn't smell right either." Terezi sniffs the air, "creatures were here. But it's as if they had just… disappeared."
"Yeah, keep a look-out." says Dirk.
"Yes, I sure will look out for you guys with my seeing eyes."
"Oh my god, Terezi, now's not the time."
Terezi lightly cackles at Dirk, but does shut her mouth after that.
You and everyone walks together, eyeing every open crevice of Derse. The castle is getting closer and there is still no creatures. Everything in your head is screaming at you that this is a trap. But Karkat is in trouble. Jake is in trouble. Karkat might die because you were stupid enough to leave his side. God dammit. Karkat. You desperately hope he is okay. Whoever hurts him will get to know what a Strider is made out of.
You are at the entrance of the castle, still no one is around. How can an entire planet seem… empty?
Both you and Dirk open the doors to the castle. The room is disgustingly wet. Seaweed climbs on the walls, and the horrid rotten smell slaps you in the face.
"Ugh! Gross!" Terezi covers her nostrils with her claws.
"I can't smell anything but dead fish! I can't function like this!"
The throne room is empty and everyone walks in with their feet hitting the ankle-deep water.
When everyone is in the room, there was still nothing except the stench.
"Maybe princess Peach is in another castle," you say before the loud slam of doors shuts behind everyone.
"Shit! Motherfuckers got us trapped." Gamzee shouts in the crowd.
Dave's instincts were right, soldiers hiding from high in the pillars jump and fly down with their demonic wings.
"Shit!" Dirk yells, unsheathing his sword, "It was so obvious, dammit!"
You also unsheathe your sword. The demon soldiers coming after you with no mercy. You are ready for them. They attack from above, but your sword can cut their stomach which makes them screech in pain.
"Outsiders!" they chant, "Runaways! They must die."
The thing is, you know the Gay Bar has an advantage here. Why? Well, because the Queen only uses demons as soldiers. Demons against a bunch of well trained diverse amount of creatures? There is a chance.
"Where do you keep your prisoners!?" you yell, but of course none of them answer.
"Dirk, catch me a demon!" you order.
Dirk nods and jumps up in the air with his feathered wings carrying him towards a soldier. He wraps his arm around their neck and squeezes himself against the back of the demon's wings and stops flying. Gravity pulls both of them down, and Dirk angles both of them so the demon's chest hits the ground that made the tiled floor crack slightly.
The demon screams, but Dirk holds them down.
You walk up to the wounded demon and point your katana at the demon's neck, "Where do you keep your prisoners?"
"Stupid outcast." the demon spits, but whines as their body heals to the impact Dirk created on them.
"I said where are the prisoners?" you press the blade against the demon's neck and the demon begins to cry, "Okay! Okay! They are upstairs at the top of the tower!" the demon shouts and you pull your blade away.
Now you know where to find Karkat.
Dirk socks the demon in the head to knock him out then stands up, "I will join you."
"I am not against that." you respond.
You watch the crowd of creatures fighting with each other. Terezi opening her jaws wide to blow fire at the flying demons in the air. Rose is using her wands to fight multiple demons at once. Roxy is shooting bullets with her shotgun, while Sollux is standing next to her shooting power beams out of his eyes. A demon catches Tavros out of his wheelchair, but he grabs a large bullskin from his seat to wrap around himself. His body shifts to a tan-colored bull, and begins charging at the demons that fight on the ground.
They will be fine. You know they can fight.
You run up a spiral of stairs with your demonic speed, but Dirk picks you up under your arms and flies up as fast as he can.
We are coming Karkat. Just hold on.