Meanwhile, Sollux was dreaming about Karkat. Why though? Because he was a friend? No, that wasn't it. Again, the reason of their relationship was still a mystery. Anyway, back to the dream. Sollux was on a boat, sailing towards an island inhabited only by a single troll. But Sollux didn't know that yet. That troll was Karkat Vantas, the same one that was in the tent dressing Sollux at this moment. The island had one house, which was made out of some form of wood and the roof was thick grass, supported by beams on the ceiling of the house. Karkat was inside, roasting an imp on a stick with the little fire that he had going in the corner of his house. It wasn't really a house anyway. It was more of a bathroom, living room, bedroom and kitchen combined into one room. It wasn't exactly homely either, as there were no pictures or anything decorative inside.
Sollux walked in, and quickly fell to the floor due to an excruciating pain in the back of his head. It appeared that someone or something had hit him with a rather hard object. What would he do?
Sollux jumped up to his feet, still experiencing an unreal amount of pain in the back of his skull. He probably had a split in it. Sollux Captor was NOT going to get pushed around by some loner; after all, he was the pinnacle of epic-ness.
He started to throw himself to the other side of the room so that he could get some distance away from the danger, but Karkat began to follow Sollux. He jumped at the wall, hoping it would split under his pure force. No such luck. He barely had time to move out of the way before a fist came pounding at his previous position, smashing through the wall. That troll must be strong! He would have to get out of this, one way or another.
Sollux grabbed a part of the wood that had fallen when the wall had split. He swung it around, hitting the troll on the face. That must have hurt! The troll fell to the ground, quickly trying to recover from the blow he had just received. "DUDE!" Karkat shouted. Sollux replied with a quick punch to the trolls face. "WHAT THE HELL. I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU!" screamed Karkat. Sollux froze mid-uppercut. "How are you helpiing me?" asked Sollux. Karkat replied "I'M STOPPING YOU FROM HAVING SEX WITH KANAYA."
Sollux didn't understand. Kanaya? Oh yeah, that's right. He was on his way to her hive before he became unconscious. But… He wasn't going to have sex with Kanaya. Was he? And how did Karkat know? "How do you know what ii'm goiing to do?" asked Sollux. "I'M REALLY A FUTURE MEMORY. SO PUT IT THIS WAY, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE YOUR FUTURE SELF HAS MEMORIES." Said Karkat. Wait... Future self?! Sollux didn't understand. How could he have a future self? Wait. He gets it. Karkat means that his future him has memories. And Karkat must know these memories. But won't that cause a time paradox? If Sollux doesn't do it, the timeline will change. Anything could happen.
"ANYWAY. YOU NEED TO WAKE UP. SOMETHING IS GOING ON." Said Karkat. With a quick flick to the forehead, Sollux awoke.