Sollux slammed open the front door open as soon as he got there.

"Eridan?!" He yelled even though he was already out of breath from running. Karkat,who was standing by the door, thrust his hand out to block the psion from moving any further into the hive.

"Eridan look, Sollux is here now." He says slowly.

The seadweller was standing by the kitchenette, and he looked horrible. His hair wasn't styled so his curls hung loosely and framed his face. His clothes were disheveled and his eyes were wide and frantic; the grey orbs kept darting between the two almost like he was trapped in a cage.

And the knife. He held one of his military knives in his shaking hands pointed towards his abdomen and it made Sollux have serious déjà vu.

"E.D," Sollux said holding his hands out. "Hey baby you alright?"

"S-stay back S-Sol," Eridan sobbed out. "Just st-ay ovver there."

"How about we stay over here and you can put that thing down." Karkat said taking a step closer. Eridan backed away and shook his head.

"No I c-can't!"

"Why can't you?" Karkat urged taking another small step. Eridan's face screwed up and fresh tears trailed down his cheeks. He gripped at his hair with his hands and shook his head.

"C-cause I'm such a f-fuck up!" He cried, his whole body moving from each sob that escaped past his lips. The Cancer looked at Sollux and nodded his head toward Eridan.

"No you aren't E.D, you're not a fuck up." Sollux gently said taking his own little step closer.

"You w-wwouldnt knoww th-that! You don't know what it's like t-to be me!"

"But I know you well enough to know that you aren't what you think you are. You let your patht control you."

"This isn't about the past!" Eridan yelled, gripping harder onto his hair. "I-I keep doin this shit to myself and I-I knoww it's just gonna end bad! I-I screww myself ovver, a-an brin evveryone dowwn w-with me and I'm sick of it! I-I try so hard to not repeat all my fuckin disasters b-but I can't! Just keeps happenin!"

"Okay then Eridan, put the knife down and let's all sit on the couch and talk about it like normal trolls." Karkat motioned to the furniture.

"No! No I'm not goin to do this again!"

"Do what Eridan?"

"Let people get to c-close. It alwways ends the s-same an I nevver fuckin learn my lesson."

"Lithen E.D," The Captor moved forward again only to have Eridan move back,almost against the wall. "I know your life had it'th shitty momentth but everyone hath them. Take it from me, I fucked up pretty badly and inthtead of me trying to fix it I made it worthe."

"Wwhat are you talkin about Sol?" The Aquarius asked lowering his weapon.

"I'm talking about what happened between uth. I don't know if you believe what happened or not E.D but it wath the truth, and I fucked up even more by being matethpritth with F.F. But it'th ok now, becauthe F.F and I aren't together anymore and-"

"Wwait," Eridan held up a hand in disbelief. "You and Fef broke up?"

"Like I didn't see that coming." Karkat said under his breath.

"Yea me and F.F are done E.D."

"Wwhy?! Wwhy wwould you twwo do that you wwere meant to be together Sol?!"

"Becauthe of you E.D!"

"WWHAT?!"

Karkat jabbed the psion hard in the ribs.

"Are you fucking stupid? Choose your words wisely asshole, not sure if you see the giant fucking knife in his hands that he's ready to plunge into his stomach."

"W-wwhy wwwould you do th-that?" Eridan choked out, shaking worse than before.

"Because I realized I didn't even like her like that E.D, I only like you."

"Oh cod," the sea dweller shook his head. "This is all my fault, evverythin is my fault."

"No it's not Eridan, it wasn't meant to be." Karkat argued.

"I'm the reason Sol and Fef aren't t-together! It's my fault! I-I can't livve wwith myself knowwin I keep screwwin wwith evverythin and everybody!" Eridan cried a final time before placing both his hands on the handle of the knife and then forcing them back down towards his stomach.

But the blade didn't go through. The tip was just touching his stomach. Red and blue electricity was covering the handle and froze his hands in place. The first sound in the stunned to silence room was Karkat's sigh of relief.

"Sol," Eridan breathed out. Sollux shook his head.

"I'm not going to let you do that." He said. "I would never let you."

"Sol let it go!"

"I'm not going to let you hurt yourthelf!"

"Sollux just keep him there, I'll pull him away."

As Karkat made his way over, he never got the chance to. Eridan thrusted his body onto the blade, and he could feel every inch of it slide into him. His black shirt began to grow a wet spot where the handle was sticking out from his gut and was spreading fast.

Sollux had cried out and bolted to Eridan who had sagged onto the still frozen in mid hair weapon as Karkat stared in horror to shocked to move. He released his psionics and fell to the floor with Eridan cradled in his arms. Eridan's eyes were half lidded and blood was steadily trickling down his chin.

"I-I'm calling an ambulance." Karkat finally said as he ran for the phone. Sollux stayed on the floor rocking Eridan gently.

"Hear that E.D? K.K ith going to get you help. Jutht thtay awake baby, ok? Keep your eyeth open and on me alright?"

"Sol," Eridan coughed allowing more of his violet blood to paint the psion's t-shirt.

"It'th ok E.D you don't have to thpeak, I've got you." Sollux tried to hold back his tears but it was proven to be impossible because they fell and splashed against the sea dweller's cheeks.

"You're going to be ok."


After the ambulance had come and loaded Eridan into the truck, Karkat and Sollux found themselves sitting quietly in the waiting room of the hospital, the only sounds that could be heard was the ones that pertained to the environment.

"Wvhere is he?!" A voiced roared. Karkat and Sollux glanced at each other because they both knew who it was. Cronus bounded in followed by Kankri.

"Wvhere is Eridan?!"

"They're doing tests right now." Karkat answered with a sigh.

The older Ampora turned to Sollux and growled.

"This is all your fault Captor!" He yelled. "He wvouldnt evwen be in this shit if you two hadn't hooked up!"

"It's not his or anyone's fault Cronus! You know it's not right to go around placing blame on others!" Kankri shot back ignoring the glare his matesprit shot him.

"Don't evwen try to pull that bullshit Kan. Eri wvas doin fine before this one came into the picture."

"And he was doing even better with Sollux!" Kankri placed a hand on Cronus' shoulder. "I know you're scared Cronus but putting blame on others isn't going to help this situation at all, we could do that all day. But you're brother is in the Intensive Care Unit and you should be more focused on him."

But Cronus wasn't finished and he was going to make sure everyone knew. The two started to go back and forth and would have done that the rest of the time there if Karkat hadn't told them the "Shut the fuck up its a gogdamn hospital!"

"Is someone here for Eridan Ampora?" A human female doctor asked.

"Yeah that's me," Cronus made his way over to her. "Please tell me he's ok."

is doing alright for now, we had him in emergency surgery because of slight internal bleeding. After that we stitched him up and put him into a sleep that will allow him to get some healing done. All and all I'll say he'll be alright but we're going to keep him here for a little while to make sure his wound doesn't why infected and for suicidal purposes."

"And if he's ok he'll make a full recovwery?"

"Yes sir, but I suggest that he stay with someone for maybe a few days just to be sure." Cronus turned to Kankri.

"Course he's going to be staying wvith us you knowv."

"Of course Cronus, but we can't be overwhelming when he does come back with us-Ah!"

The group watched as Kankri doubled over. Karkat even got up and held his other arm while Cronus took the other.

"Kan are you alright?"

"The... The egg."

"Now?!"

"Now!"

Then everything got hectic. The doctor had called for assistance as Cronus told Karkat to call Porrim. Before they whisked him away, Kankri took hold of Sollux's hand.

"Listen Sollux, w-we might not be here to get updates on E-Eridan." His grit his teeth and groaned before he continued. "Please.. you have to be here for him. Even if he is unconscious, you need to be there."

"I will." Sollux managed before he was taken down a different hallway. About an hour later Karkat came back looking tired.

"How'th it goin out there?" Karkat flipped into the seat.

"Lots of pain and swearing, s'why we used a mother grub. How's Eridan."

"Thtill althleep, no vithitorth."

"That's stupid."

"Not our hothpital."

The two friends say in another silence, the effects of that night hitting you both like a sledgehammer.