"HEY MOTHER FUCKER!" Gamzee yelled as he got close to the Subjugglator. "It's show time..." He said in a deadly soft voice before moving out of the way of the club.

The Grand HighBlood let out a low evil growl. He stepped forward, the ground shaking with every step. He raised his huge club and brought it down over Gamzee, who nimbly stepped out of the way. He was huge. His hands were the size of Tavros' whole body. He swung another swipe from the side, trying to knock Gamzee to the ground.

Gamzee jumped, landing on the club itself before running up the club and his ancestors arm. He quickly jumped again onto his head, landing by a giant horn. Gamzee ducked as the older troll tried to grab for him. He was glad for his reflexes. "For Tav..." He chanted to himself.

The huge beast growled, whipping his head back and forth, trying to knock gamzee off balence.

Gamzee grabbed some of the hair that surrounded him, holding on. He was suddenly grateful for the long fingers that he had as he brought his club down on the head of his ancestor. It would take a lot more than that to kill the Grand High Blood.

"You guys... Gamzee is standing on top of the giant purple thing..." James said as he entered the room. "He's beating the things head in with what looks like a juggling club..."

"That's his weapon..." Karkat said softly, holding Tavros in his arms. "He'll be okay Tav."

Sollux sat holding a bright ball of red and blue energy around them. "Jutht incathe thingth get out of hand and the apartment getth blown in." He let out a shaky sigh. "Let me go and get everyone elthe down here. " he looked at Jameth. "Protect them. I'll be right back." He let go of the field and got up, heading out the door. He ran up to the top floor, finding everyone's rooms. He knocked on Vriska's door with a loud thud.

"What the hell do you want Captor? I'm getting my weapons together!" Vriska shouted. "Where are we stationed?"

"We're in Tav'th and Gamthee'th apartment." he shouted back. "The Grand HighBlood ith out here. Gamthee ith taking care of him... I'm thure he needth help." he said, frowning. "I... I want to help. I'm gathering everyone together. Meet me down by my apartment." he said, before he turned to go down to Nepeta's apartment. "Nepeta!" he pounded on the door. "Terezi"

"Hi Sollicks! I heard you when you were talking to Vriska. We're ready!" Nepeta said, guiding Terezi by the hand.

"Tav. You know how strong Gamzee is. He'll be fine. He's doing it to protect you." Karkat tried to reassure him.

Gamzee started to wail the club down on the Subjugglator's head, watching and laughing as the purple blood came out from the broken skin. If he could just move a little closer to the temple... Then he could kill him. Even without injuries, he was covered in his blood color although it was not his blood. He saw his chance and jumped for it, smashing both of his clubs against the vulnerable area of flesh beside the eye of the Grand HighBlood.

The creature's eyes rolled back in its head as it fell backwards, hitting the ground and cracking the concrete below it. Blood pooled around it. Sollux watched and gasped.

"Gamthee..." he whispered, looking at it.

Gamzee landed on its chest. "Sollux? Where's Tav?" He asked, jumping down off the chest of his ancestor.

"In the bathroom in your room." he said, his eyes dark. "Ith he dead?" he asked, watching the blood flow freely.

"Yeah." Gamzee said softly, running toward his apartment. "Tav?" He said walking into the bathroom. "Oh Tav..." He scooped up his love in his arms after dropping the purple covered clubs.

Tavros quivered against him, his hands digging into Gamzee's blood soaked shirt. "G-Gamzee..." he breathed.

Sollux watched the sky carefully. From behind him, another Subjugglator, smaller than the Grand HighBlood, came up behind him, papping his club in his hand, offering a warning growl. Sollux turned around, right before the club came down on his head. He used his powers, holding the club up. He growled and held it tight. He took a step back, almost slipping in the blood of the Grand HighBlood. "SOMEONE! HELP!" he screamed, shifting his powers to the side, watching as the creature lost balance for a moment before he took off running. He was quickly followed, being knocked to the side with the giant club, landing a couple hundred feet away, his knees scraped. "Nngh..." he wiped blood from his mouth as he got up, using his powers to coat his hands.

Karkat ran out of the bathroom, sickles in his hands. "Fuck..."

Gamzee came out side, carrying Tavros. "Fucking stop."

"Are you the one who killed the Grand High Blood?" The Subjugglator asked. Gamzee nodded.

"Kar. Take Tav." He said after giving Tavros a gentle kiss on the cheek. "I am and you hurt my fucking friend."

"Are you a low blood, like your shirt suggests." Gamzee shook his head.

"No, my blood is the same as his." He pointed to the dead body in the middle of the parking lot. "This is the shirt of the person I'm fighting for. That adorable little mother fucker over there." He pointed back toward Tavros. "I would gladly wear his symbol." The Subjugglator looked between Gamzee and the body of the Grand HighBlood.

"In our culture, that makes you the new Grand HighBlood."

Sollux walked over to Karkat, wiping his mouth.

Tavros quivered against Karkat. He had never been this close to another Subjugglator. It made him cringe. Gamzee was related to THAT? He shivered. What a monster...

"And that means what exactly?" Gamzee asked, taking a step forward.

"That you have control over all Subjugglators, HighBlood." The giant creature got on one knee, his club crossing his chest.

"Really?" Gamzee smiled. "Did you hear that Tav? I control them now..."

Tavros looked at him with big wide brown eyes. "W-Wow..." he breathed, his eyes wavering between tears of happiness or sadness. He turned his head, gently smacking Karkat's face with his horns. "S-Sorry, Karkat..."

"You're fine." Karkat said softly.

"First things first. See these people, they are my friends and I don't want anyone to touch them." Gamzee said, walking over to Tavros and Karkat. "Especially not Tavros."

"But he is a lowblood." The creature started.

"NO ONE IS TO TOUCH HIM." Gamzee yelled, covering Tavros' ears.

Tavros cringed.

Sollux jumped slightly. "Fearthome new leader." he said, grinning a little bit.

"Understood Highblood. I will inform the other Subjugglators." The Subjugglator bowed his head before standing and taking off running. Gamzee's attention immediately turned back to his shaking Tavros.

"Tav, are you okay?" He asked, taking him from Karkat. "This means that I can protect you better..."

He gently attached himself to Gamzee, holding on tight. He was stained from tears and from bits of blood from Gamzee's shirt. "Thank you." he said, smiling. "T-Thank you Gamzee..."

Sollux smiled. "I wonder... What thith meanth. We thtill have the culling droneth to take care of..."

A group of 15 Subjugglators came toward the apartment complex, the ground rattling with their collective footsteps. "What?" Gamzee asked, looking at them with warning in his eyes.

"Men, this is the new Grand HighBlood. He has ordered for us to leave these trolls alone, especially the one in his arms." The one that had already met the new leader of the Subjugglators said. "Do you have another order for us?"

"Kill any culling drone you happen upon. Inform the Subjugglators that are spread around the world that they are to kill a culling drone on sight." Gamzee said. The group gave a loud collective honk. "Go."

"Where ith Fef?" he looked around. "I told them to come here..." Sollux bit his lip, looking around with a sort of fear.

"Over there!" Nepeta said softly. Eridan and Feferi walked hand in hand past the group of Subjugglators.

"Soory guys... I was... Indisposed when you called..." Feferi smiled rubbing her stomach. "Will someone explain the blood?"

Eridan walked alongside her, his hand in hers. "It looks like..." he looked at Gamzee. "Gam... Did you... Kill the Grand HighBlood?"

"Yes..." Gamzee said, nuzzling his face in Tavros' neck. "Why?"

"Wwoww..." Eridan said softly. "T-That makes you the Grand HighBlood..."

"That's amazing Gamzee!" Feferi said. "That's quite the title!"

"Thanks but I just want to do whatever I can to protect Tav..." He smiled, softly kissing Tavros' cheek multiple times. "I thought I told you motherfuckers to leave." Gamzee said and then entire group of Subjugglators turn and ran. "That was kinda cool..."

Tavros kept his eyes closed tightly. "C-Can we go inside?" he asked quietly. "I... I want... To get away from this..."

Eridan nodded. "Lets go to Sol's place and regroup."

Sollux nodded. "Leth go."

Gamzee didn't say anything but just started walking up to the apartment. "It's okay Tav." He whispered to his love. "No one can hurt you now." He smiled softly, the bloodlust fading.

Sollux opened the door, still finding James inside. "Good." he said, walking into the apartment. He clicked on the TV. London was a mess. There were dead people everywhere. The culling drones had wiped out half the city.

"Fuck..." Karkat said, standing by Sollux. "We can't get over there..." He said softly.

"The Subjugglators have a way of communicating. They will start doing what I ordered soon enough." Gamzee said as he sat on the couch, Tavros in his lap. He felt like a king... The Purple King...

"What the fuck was that thing?" James asked, standing on Sollux's other side.

"Gamtheeth anthethtor." he sighed. Her Royal Condesce had stepped back into her ship. It had taken off and was headed towards the US. "Thit..."

Karkat reached for Sollux's hand. "Feferi?"

"I'll try to talk to her." She said quietly, holding on to Eridan. "Eri, I want you to come with me. Sollux, can you patch a communication line to her?"

"I can try..." He said. "With what though?" he asked, his eyes dark.

"My laptop." Karkat said softly. "It has a webcam and is the closest thing we have..."

"I agree. She would want to verify that I am who I say I am. Besides, it doesn't need to last long. Just until I can find out where she is landing..." Feferi said softly.

Sollux nodded. He grabbed the laptop, fighting with the internet connection before he finally was able to work on a code. He fought and fought with it, typing quickly as finally he got a patch through. "Fef come here." he said, his eyes dark as he stepped away from the computer.

Feferi stepped in front of the computer. "Hello Condesce. This is Feferi Peixes." The sound of her last name felt weird. She was so used to saying Feferi Ampora now. "I would like to have a dicussion with you and request to know where you are landing."

"I will be landing in Denver." The voice on the other end said.

"Thank you." Feferi smiled before waving and shutting down the computer.

"What the hell did she just say?" James asked. "I've never heard that language before."

"That's Alternian." Karkat explained. "It's a lot easier to read."

Feferi got up and walked over to Eridan. "I hope this works..."

Eridan wrapped his arms around her. "Shhh..." he said, holding her close. "I hope it does too." he whispered.

Sollux shivered. "KK..." he said quietly. "I want to go into that thip... I... I have to look for thomething."

"I'll come with you." Karkat said softly, squeezing Sollux's hand gently. He knew that the entire reason Sollux wanted on that ship was to see if he could meet his ancestor. Karkat wondered for a moment about how the Psiioniic would reacto to finding out that his Descendant and the Descendant of his dear friend the Signless were matesprits. "I can get you on the ship. Can't I?" He asked Feferi.

Sollux felt a little sad, and it showed in his face. He just hoped he was still alive.

Eridan nodded. "You should be able to."

"We'll find him. You have a highblood as a matesprit." Karkat smiled.

"Wait... I thought Karkat was a lowblood..." James said.

"I was but something happened when we became trolls again and now I'm a highblood." Karkat answered.

Sollux nodded, his eyes dark. He had a bad feeling about this. "How long do you think it will be until the geth here?" he asked Feferi.

"About an hour from what the countdown in the background said." Feferi stated. "Sollux... I think he's alive still... Her ship wouldn't be going as fast if he wasn't..."

"Her thip can already go the thpeed of light." he said quietly. "Pthionicth are amathing thingth... They made the thip go almotht thix... Or even eight timeth of that... Ith dangerouth..."

"One of the servants on the ship has been keeping me and Eri informed. She was about 150 light years away yesterday. Without a psionic, she would still be out in space right now." Feferi said.

Sollux felt a little hope return. "I... I hope heth okay..." he whispered, his eyes filling with tears. He was sure James was completely clueless.

Karkat wrapped his arms around Sollux's shoulders, pulling him close. "I love you."

"I love you too." he whispered, his voice soft.

Karkat leaned up, kissing him gently. "I wonder how he'll react to us..."

"I... I don't know..." he said quietly, sinking down a little.

"I bet he'll be happy to know that you found love." Karkat smiled at him. "Please try to be happy, love..."

"I'm trying." he said, clenching his fists.

'Come with me to the bedroom.' Karkat thought, pulling away and walking toward there room. "I need to talk to Sollux." He said aloud.

Sollux got up. "Okay..." he mumbled. Everyone nodded, and watched as Sollux walked back into the bedroom with Karkat, the door shutting.

Karkat pulled Sollux close to him, kissing him gently. "Sollux, what's wrong? Is it your ancestor or...?" Karkat asked softly. "Talk to me."

"I'm worried that... I'm going to walk into that thip and find him dead." he said, his voice soft. "It thcareth me... I... I don't want to thee that... I've alwayth thought of him ath a father figure... Thith great... Thith great hero who rode alongthide the Thignleth... To find him dead..." he felt tears well up in his eyes, streaming down his cheeks.

"You heard what Feferi said. If you want, I'll find out before I let you get near the room. How does that sound?" Karkat asked, running his fingers through Sollux's hair.

"I know..." he said softly, shaking his head. "I... I want to be the firtht one heth theeth."

"And you will be." Karkat said softly. "I don't have to walk in to see if he's alive. I was going to ask someone."

Sollux nodded. "Okay." He let out a shaky breath as he held onto him tightly. "I feel... That the will be here thoon."

A noise, louder than that of an airplane overhead, sounded. "That should be her..." Karkat said softly. "It'll be okay." He leaned up kissing Sollux gently. "Let's go find your ancestor." He smiled.

Sollux kissed him back, his cheeks yellow. "y-Yeah."

The ship hovered over the main part of the city, covering a large part of the sun, making it dark. A huge bridge came out from the bottom of the ship, leading down to the center of the complex where Feferi, Karkat, Sollux and Eridan were waiting. Sollux swallowed hard, watching as the Condesce and that strange man from before walked down the steps to the ground.

Karkat looked over at Sollux. "It's okay."