"Feferi!" Aradia cried and in a second she'd unlocked the bathroom and run. Sollux followed her screaming "AA! Don't!"

We stood there in shock. Then Nepeta let go of my hand and darted after them, Equius behind her. I looked at Gamzee "Don't Gamzee," I whispered but he too left. I ran after them with one thought in mind. 'We're all going to die.'

Feferi was in the guy's bathroom not far away. Aradia had almost literally broken through the door. When we entered we saw Feferi pinned ageist the wall, trying her best to fight the person pinning her there but with no success.

The person pinning her against the wall was a man wearing a black hoodie. The hood had fallen off revealing his hair which stuck out in all directions like how you'd picture a crazy person. He had a holster with a gun in it and a knife in one hand. Feferi was fighting as hard as she could, but it was useless. She probably only weighed 90 pounds.

"You're such a pretty girl," the man said, "If only you'd smile more." He smiled and cut the sides of her month and blood ran down her face, staining the front of her shirt.

That's when Aradia came in. She ran at him and I knew she didn't know what she was doing. She had one thought on her mind. Save Feferi.

He hadn't seen or heard her; either that or she was too fast for him to comprehend right away. Anyway, she caught him off guard and he staggered backwards, letting Feferi fall to the ground. I had no idea what he had done to Feferi before we arrived but she was covered in blood and she slumped to the ground as if suddenly all her limbs had been rendered useless. Aradia clung to his arm and tried her best to push him up against the wall but he got his bearings quickly and Aradia, like Feferi, wasn't very strong. He threw her up against the bathroom wall and she clenched her teeth in pain. Feferi was trying to stand up, but couldn't.

"Aradia," she whispered, "Oh God." Her voice was weak and raspy. Aradia ignored her and readied herself to run at him again. He smiled and pulled out his gun.

No Karkat no! Wake up! It's all a dream! A horrible, realistic dream. Just wake up!

Before Aradia could run at him again he shot her. I didn't know if he had meant to shoot her there or if he had terrible aim, but he hit her in the shoulder. When that happened only one thought went through my mind. I knew that shot wouldn't kill her.

Then there was a cry, not of pain but of fury. Nepeta darted past me and jumped him, which surprisingly knocked him down. She didn't have any sort of weapon at all. She sunk her finger nails into his face. While this wouldn't do much for most, Nepeta's finger nails were long and sharp, which I had learned the hard way. The man simply laughed at her feeble attempts at stopping him and he grabbed her arm. She tried to get away, but it was useless. His other hand was holding his knife. I tried to force myself to move but my feet were glued to the floor. I was unmovable.

Then Equius came in. The second he saw Nepeta I knew something was going to happen, fast. Where was Sollux, where was Gamzee? Everything was happening so fast. Why, oh why, couldn't I go help my friends when they needed me most?

Karkat just wake up! You know how this ends! Don't force yourself through this again.

Equius pinned him up against the wall in seconds. He had dropped his gun and Aradia picked it up off the ground. What was she going to do with it anyway? I knew Aradia wasn't a murderer, even if the guy was a psycho, I doubted she could kill him. Then again, I didn't know her that well. Maybe she was willing to do it if it meant saving her friend's life.

The man smiled at Aradia and kicked Equius off him easily. Apparently he was much stronger then he seemed. He turned and Aradia was pointing the gun at his heart. Her eyes were big and she was breathing heavily. It was silent. Pure silence. I turned to Aradia and had one thought.

Pull the trigger.

Why? Why couldn't she just do it? Sure she would be a killer, but she would be alive. They would be alive and with me. I wouldn't be so alone. Was it worth it? Was it worth it to die and watch your friends die because you couldn't pull a trigger?

Or was it worth it to die innocent rather than to live a monster?

He smiled at her and then gripped his knife. I hadn't even realized he still had it in his hand. He took a step forward and stabbed her just beneath her rib cage.

For a moment she stood there motionless. Then both her hands went to the knife and she dropped the gun. Her legs gave out and she fell to the floor. She didn't scream. All she made was a deep sigh and she sunk to the ground. The knife was deep in her and she closed her eyes and fell on her back. Blood started pooling around her. The he grabbed his gun and shot Equius right though the heart.

It all happened so fast. It took place in a few seconds. SECONDS!

My life changed forever in matter of seconds.

Nepeta suddenly stood up. She hadn't been moving much and even now you could tell it hurt her. "Equius," she yelled. Her voice was filled with pain and sorrow. Then her eyes met his and she growled "You're going to pay!"

He smiled. He had a knife in one hand and a gun in the other. I knew he could kill her in a second. She knew that too, she just didn't care.

"NEPETA!" I cried and for a second I was able to move. Just not fast enough.

She ran at him and he just laughed. I heard a gun fire and I looked up. Nepeta had been shot in the shoulder. She clenched her teeth. I saw tears fall from her eyes yet she stayed standing, staring him in the eyes. She was not going down without a fight.

Wake up you idiot! You know what's coming next!

That's when Gamzee, Sollux, and Tavros came in. Sollux saw Aradia and Feferi and he instantly ran to their sides, ignoring the already dead body of Equius. Gamzee saw what had happened and he pushed Tavros behind him and whispered, "run."

Why was this happening so fast? I could barely comprehend everything that was happening. It seemed I had just run into the boy's bathroom and now three of my friends bodies were on the floor and I couldn't tell if they were breathing any more. Nepeta was bleeding from her shoulder, barely standing.

The killer seemed as though he didn't notice the new arrivals. All of his attention was on Nepeta. He shot her in the other shoulder. It didn't seem as though he was trying to simply kill her. It was more like he was toying with her. She let out a mangled cry.

Gamzee pushed Tavros back again and ran at him. That's when I realized I was right; he hadn't noticed the new arrivals. He hadn't seen Gamzee arrive. I saw Sollux next to Aradia. He was kneeling in a pool of blood. I could tell he had no idea what to do. "AA," he whispered, "AA you've got to be ok." I thought I heard her whisper, "Don't worry Sollux. I'm still alive."

One thought went through my mind, 'Where are the police? Shouldn't they be here? As soon the bell went off the police were notified. So where were they?'

As strong as Gamzee was, the man was much stronger. He staggered back but that was mostly because he was caught off guard and he got his bearings back quickly. In a moment he shot Nepeta twice in the stomach and this time she finally fell. The man ignored her now, his attention fully on Gamzee. He obviously thought she was going to die. He had another knife clenched in his hand.

Wake up Karkat! Just wake up!

"Gamzee!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. I tried to run and save him, but I was too late. The man had Gamzee pinned up ageist the wall, knife in hand. He cut him from his forehead to his collarbone. Then again from there down to his heart. The knife went in deep. He dropped him and Gamzee fell to the ground. Aradia, Feferi, Nepeta, Equius, and now Gamzee were on the ground, bleeding to death. Someone was running to his side. Tavros.

"Gamzee!" he yelled, "No!" He was by his side, "No. Gamzee don't leave me." Then there was a gun shot. Tavros had been shot in the spine.

Then his attention turned to me. He held up the gun and aimed it at my heart. Then he pulled the trigger and my life flashed before my eyes then…

Nothing.

He was out of bullets.

I also realized he was out of knives. One was in Aradia and one was in Gamzee. I looked at him and whatever instincts my friends had experienced caught up to me then. I was filled with rage. Not sadness. No, the only thing I thought about now was killing him. I didn't know how but I would. I was going to kill him.

That's when the police came. Too late. It was too late now. There was nothing they could do. There were shots and yelling and someone called an ambulance and suddenly I was by Nepeta's side, staring into her olive-green eyes.

"Nepeta?" I said, "Oh, please, please, please be alive!"

"Karkitty?" she looked lost, like she had woken from a dream, "Karkitty are you there?"

Karkat wake! Don't go through this part again!

"Yes! Yes Nepeta I'm here!"

"Hey, Karkitty," she said, "What happened?"

"I, I don't know," I said. Suddenly it was all catching up to me and tears started forming in my eyes.

"There, there was a guy. He had a knife, and, and a gun," she said then moaned in pain, "Oh Karkitty it hurts all over."

"No it's all right Nepeta. Just stay with me," I said desperately.

"Oh no, it's not Karkitty," she smiled a tiny bit, "and you know that. But that's ok."

"No, no, no it's going to be fine. It's going to be alright."

"What about Equius? He got shot too didn't he?" she said, ignoring my failed attempts at reassurance. When I didn't reply she seemed to mentally put the pieces together, "He did, didn't he? Oh no…"

"It's going to be fine. You're going to be fine, Equius is going to be fine." I knew that was a lie. He had been shot straight thought the heart. He was dead already.

"No Karkitty, It's not," I felt the tears stream down my face. "Karkitty?"

"Yes, Nepeta?" The tears were coming faster and I tried to force them to stop so Nepeta couldn't tell I was freaking out. She knew anyway. Tears fell from her eyes too, slowly and soundlessly.

"I want you to know, even if I'm going to die now, that you and everyone else have given the best life I could ask for. Now I'm passing on."

"No. No you'll be fine! Trust me!"

"I trust you Karkitty. That doesn't mean I'm gonna live."

"No. NO!"

"Uh," she made a cry of pain, "But Karkitty before you go I have to tell you something."

"No, Nepeta. You'll be fine. You can tell me later, when we're passed all this."

"Fine. Let me tell you now just in case. If that's the case here I just want you to know as soon as possible, in case I don't make it though."

I sighed, trying to stabilize my voice yet it was still shaky, "Yes Nepeta?"

"You know how you would ask me who I shipped you with." I could hear the ambulance pull up in the background.

She sighed and before I could protest she continued "You and me, well, we were my OTP." She sighed again "One true pairing." She was losing herself.

"NO! Nepeta stay with me!" I said

"Oh Karkitty," she smiled, "Equius is standing up now."

"What?" I said.

"He's never going to stand again .I think I'll go join Equius now. We can go role play and have fun." She smiled contently. "Maybe I'll get to see my mom. I've missed her so much. She died when I was seven."

I was full out crying now, not even trying to stop it, "No Nepeta! It's fine. It's ok. Stay with me."

"Oh Karkitty it's all beginning to fade away. I can still hear your voice. And see you eyes. I love your eyes. They're beautiful."

"No, Nepeta don't leave me! Please don't leave me!" I cried.

"Karkat, please, please let me die."

"What?"

"You're the only reason I'm not dead yet. I'm holding on for you Karkitty but I can't much longer. Please let me go. Let me go home. It hurts everywhere. It won't hurt there. I'll finally be safe and sound."

I looked at the hurt in her eyes. Her eyes that used to shine so bright. Eyes I had thought would shine bright forever. "OK Nepeta. You can go home now," I whispered.

"Karkitty," her eyes are strained, like she's barely with me "I need you to promise me something."

"Y-yes Nepeta."

"Please, please, please, always remember why you're here; always know you're here for a reason. I think that only in the instants before you die do you realize why life is worth living. Just-just always remember that."

"O-ok Nepeta."

"Thank you Karkitty," she shut her eyes, smiled and sighed. "One last thing Karkat."

"Yes Nepeta?"

"I love you."

"I love you too."

R.I.P Benjamin Wheeler, 6, September 12 2006- December 14 2012 and Allison N. Wyatt, 6, July 3 2006- December 14 2012