"Jade, how are you moving this ship?" John inquired as his gaped openly at the enormity of the craft.
"With my space powers, when I reached god tier my powers became stronger and I became better at using them." She smiled.
"That's cool. Can you do something else with your space powers?"
"Like what?"
"Can you teleport us to Dave and everybody else."
"Well, I can teleport you if you're asking, but I can't hold it open for me to go through it."
"So you wouldn't be able to come through?"
"No unless we figure out a way to hold open the portal."
"Hmm, could another space player do it?"
"Probably, depending on their class, I mean I think it would be possible."
"Well isn't Kanaya, that's her name right?"
"Yeah."
"Well, isn't she a space player too. You'd have to ask Rose or Karkat or her what her class is though."
"I think that could work, I could open up the portal and she could hold it open long enough for me to get through. Even if she's not god tier, she should be able to hold it open for a few seconds, you still have some powers even if you're not god tier yet."
"Okay, I'll message Karkat."
John pulled out his ear muff computer and opened up pesterchum.
-ectoBiologist [EB] started pestering carcinoGenesist [CG] at 12:47—
EB: karkat are you there?
CG: WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT?
EB: can i talk to kanaya?
CG: WHY?
EB: well, i want to ask her about her spacey stuff.
CG: OK, ONE SEC I'LL GO GET HER.
CG: Hello John.
EB: this must be kanaya, we're planning on teleporting to the meteor.
EB: but we need to know if you can hold open a portal on that side long enough for jade to jump through. She's going to make one, and then i'll jump through.
EB: but she can't jump through the portal herself, so she needs you to hold it open so she can go through too.
CG: Hmm, I Think I Should Be Able To Do That For A Few Seconds.
EB: thanks kanaya, we are going to open the portal next to karkat in five minutes.
EB: so get ready.
CG: I Will Be Waiting.
-ectoBiologist [EB] ceased pestering carcinoGenesist [CG] at 12:59—
-carcinoGenesist [CG] ceased pestering ectoBiologist [EB] at 12:59—
"Okay Jade, she said she can do it in five minutes."
"That's great, do you have all your stuff?" she smiled. Her outfit was similar to one of the witches in the wizard of oz, or so john thought. But Jade most likely had no clue what that was, so he refrained from commenting on her new fancy pyjamas.
"Yeah, I don't need anything, as long as you still have the planets?"
"Yes john, I'm not going to lose three planets." She said.
"Good. Jade, if these are supposed to be pyjamas, why are we wearing shoes?"
"I… don't know John." This question did baffle them, they weren't even slippers but full out, everyday walking shoes. "Okay, I'm going to open the portal," as she said that she put her arms out like a rectangle and opened the portal.
"Can I just jump through it?"
"Yep, once you get to the other side, I'll give you thirty seconds so get Kanaya to hold open the portal, you ready?"
"As I'll ever be." As he said that he jumped through the portal. When he landed it was unexpectedly soft, loud, but soft. He looked down and realized why it was so soft. There was a screaming troll beneath him.
"GET THE FUCK OFF ME JOHN!" John instantly jumped off Karkat. John didn't know what kanaya looked like, he had never seen her before.
"You must be John, I'm Kanaya." John looked at her then ran over to her. She was a lot pretty than he thought she would be.
"Okay Kanaya, just use your spacey powers and hold it open for a few seconds, then Jade will jump through." As John said that she held out her hands and concentrated, after a short few seconds Jade jumped through herself and the portal closed up the moment she was through.
"Whoa, that was cutting it close," She said wiping herself and stepping off Karkat. "What are you doing on the ground…Karkat?" Jade had never seen him either, she hadn't even seen rose. It was like meeting friends you had known forever all over again.
"SORRY FOR HAVING A PORTAL OPENED BEHIND ME WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE." He sighed then brushed his clothing off.
"Dave! You're okay, I thought I had killed you, I mean, I heard you had become godtier, so that's good", said Jade as she ran up to him and gave him a hug.
"The Dave-meister is safe and here to stay." Jade let go of him and laughed at him.
"Did you just call yourself 'the Dave-meister'?"
"Whatever, yo John", Dave waved at John, and a miracle happened, only have happened twice throughout the course of the story, Dave smiled. John also smiled, but a huge grin, unlike Dave's cool and subtle smile. John walked over to him and high fived him along with a short fist bump. It might have been considered the greatest fist pump in the universe, of course, it was probably the first fist bump in that universe, and so it was like killing two birds with one stone.
"Hello John and Jade," Said Rose from behind them with a smile on her face.
"Rose!" John and jade said in unison, both hugging her at the same time.
"Hey guys, it's been too long, and I believe this is our first meeting face to face jade."
"What happened to you Rose, the last thing I remember was getting stabbed, and then I woke up and there you were, you were dead!" John said sadly.
"Yeah, my memories of that are a little fuzzy, but I remember waking up as my dream self on Derse and Dave was there."
"Sorry for, you know, kissing you and all." John said embarrassed. Kanaya shot a look at him and then to Rose.
"Don't worry Kanaya; he did it so I wouldn't die." She said smiling at Kanaya. Kanaya smiled back, but there was definitely an eerie aura in that short second.
"See, my shipping chart was pure genius," Karkat said proudly.
"Enough with that shitty shipping chart, Karkat," Said Dave walking up from behind him.
"Whatever Strider, well I guess you aren't a complete failure John." said Karkat.
"You guys realize I'm also here right," said Terezi peeking out from behind Dave.
"You must be…Terezi," Said john somewhat forced. He didn't have the greatest relationship with Terezi after she killed his other timeline self, all their conversations seemed forced. Jade had never met Terezi before, in fact she had never even heard of her.
"Uhmm, I'm sorry, have we talked before."
"No, I suppose we haven't," Terezi walked over to Jade and grabbed her hand and shook it, "The name is Terezi Pyrope, nice to meet you."
"I'm Jade Harley, nice to meet you too."
"Hey John, It's been a while." Terezi snickers at him.
"Hey Terezi…" John said awkwardly.
"Hey Dave, this is the first time I've met you in person, you're just as cool as you described yourself, I mean, except for your hood." John chuckled at his gimpy hood, it was nowhere near as lengthly or flowy as his own majestic hood.
"What's wrong with my hood, not everyone was granted with a piece of fabric long enough to trip over." Dave said calmly.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me, Dave I have something for you, I honestly don't know why I have it but here." John take an item out of his syllandex, it was an apple.
"Holy shit dude, you don't know how sweet this is. Rose, you can do it now, you can make it, you can make me the apple juice I have been waiting eternity for. Thanks bro." Dave said happily through his cool façade. The girls had already all crowded together and were talking, that left Karkat, Dave and John alone to talk amongst themselves.
"No problem. Hey Karkat you're a lot shorter than I pictured you to be."
"I COULDN'T HEAR YOU JOHN, COULD YOU SAY THAT A LITTLE LOUDER!" Karkat said angrily.
"You shouldn't say that, it sets him off," whispered Dave in my ear.
"I'll remember that," John said to Dave, "Sorry Karkat, I didn't mean that you're short."
"I KNOW I'M NOT SHORT…whatever, I'm fine."
"Okay." John said.
"John, I'm sorry about your, you know, your dad." Said Dave coolly.
"It's fine, I've already gotten over it," John wasn't over it, but he didn't feel the need to get all emotional over it at the moment, he had already had his moment when Rose and him found their bodies. He had looked so hard, He had tried so hard to find his Dad, but it was all in vain. His father was dead and there was nothing he could do about it.
"If you say so. Well we'll be spending the next three years together with nubs mcshouty over here for the time being, this is going to be fun." Dave said sarcastically
"Dave," John pulled out a deck of cards then shuffled them, "Pick a card." He held out the deck for him.
"Are you really going to show me one of your shitty magic tricks?"
"Just pick one, and their not shitty, they're cool."
"Whatever you say man," Dave grabbed a card and looked at it. John smiled and then put it back into deck form.
"Okay, just put it on top, don't tell me what it is, just put it in."
"Okay," Dave put his card on top and John shuffled the deck a little. He spread the deck a little in his hand and waved his other hand over top to add an air of magic. He grabbed a card and held it out to Dave.
"Is this your card?"
"Yeah." Said dave calmly. "Okay, maybe your magic isn't complete bullshit, but it's still just a trick."
"Whoa, how the fuck did you do that John, like seriously, how did you know." Karkat intervened.
"A magician never reveals his tricks." John said pompously.
"Come on john, tell me, you don't understand, how the fuck did you do it."
"I can't tell you." John tittered.
"Bullshit Egbert, you can't do this to me. You don't understand, do it to me then, I want to see through this utter fraud."
"Okay," John shuffled the deck once again then spread them for Karkat, "Pick a card." Karkat picked one up and looked at it, and then he put it back, all the while staring skeptically at John, trying to see through his scam. Of course this proved to be a bigger challenge than he originally thought.
"Was this you're card?"
"How did you do that? You know what, FUCK YOU JOHN, I don't need to know." Said Karkat angrily. Then he was quiet for a few seconds, staring at the deck.
"Do you want to try again Karkat?" Said john inquisitively?
"…-es"
"What, I couldn't hear you."
"WELL MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET YOUR EARS CHECKED! I said yes." And so this went on for a while, Karkat tried as hard as he could to see through it, but neither Karkat, nor Dave could figure it out. Dave wouldn't admit that he wanted to figure it out too, probably not as a much as Karkat, but nonetheless he still wanted to find out.
They all walked inside and sat down in the 'living room', it was probably the closest thing to a living room they had. John and Dave sat next to each other, and Terezi sat next to Dave, her head on his shoulder and their fingers intertwined. John rested against the arms rest and talked to Karkat who sat in the arm chair closest to him. Jade sat next to Rose and Kanaya. John and Jade talked to Karkat until John came up with an idea.
"Hey guys, I have an idea."
"And what would that be?" asked Rose.
"Let's play 'Go Fish'!" John said taking out his deck of cards once again. Everyone agreed, some more reluctant than others, but they still agreed. "So I'll explain the rules," John did and then he gave everyone some cards and then they played for a while until Karkat was losing and decided that no one else should win so he thought that they should play fifty-two pick up instead.
TBC…
A/N: Wow this chapter was not as good as it could have been, whatever, the future chapters will be better I can promise you that. Hope you enjoyed reading.