Authors Note: More life keeps happening and I absolutely hate it. :( All the sadness and funerals. But on a brighter note this is another chapter. Its been read over like twice and lengthened so its not like the first version of it. But i didn't really go hardcore with making it perfect this time. Not really in the mood, and don't really have enough energy to do anything like that.
A New Life
Chapter 6 - The Final Boss
Karkat was currently with the other 11 trolls currently in the session while they made plans about what should be done during the final battle. They had made their way through all the gut wrenching trials that the cruel game had thrown at them. Now they finally had nothing but the final battle to win then the prize would at last be theirs. Yet everyone was less than happy with their current situation. Even if they had made it basically to the end of the game this finally battle would be hard and they weren't necessarily sure that they could take win. Not to mention they weren't sure what they would do after the fight. They understood that when they traveled to claim their prize then they would leave the session. Yet they couldn't leave with the current situation as is.
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When it first happened Karkat was beyond panicking about the situation. His moirail had gone missing as if he had never existed in the first place. John had just disappeared suddenly one night after they had arrived in Vriska's world. Karkat refused to leave the planet but Vriska had taken control of him moving him along against his will with them until he gave in and just continued along in the game of free will. Yet he felt like dying since he had allowed his Moirail to go missing. When Vriska had first released her abilities he had snapped at her and the others. He had yelled until his voice had gone coarse which was strange for Karkat since he never stopped yelling.
Yet Vriska wasn't one to take his bull shit and once he was done she yelled right back, "YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE SUFFEREING KARKAT! STOP FREAKING OUT AT US JUST 8ECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP GOING IN THE GAME. I MEAN I'M WORRIED ABOUT JOHN TOO 8UT WE CAN'T JUST STOP IN THE GAME OR IT WILL 8E THE END FOR ALL OF US. WE HAVE A TIME LIMIT AND THERE IS NO POINT IN ALL OF US DYING IN A FUTILE SEARCH FOR JOHN."
Karkat blinked and then frowned. Vriska sighed knowing that the little troll wouldn't apologize already, "We know that you' re worried about John, 8ut we all are. Even though you're the one who 8ecame his moirail we're all his friends. We all are missing him a lot so don't take out your frus8ion on us."
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The situation hadn't changed much since that day. They still didn't have even the slightest clue about where John had gone. The only thing that they had to go on was what he was doing before he disappeared. Virska and Karkat had both claimed that John had been acting strange before he disappeared. Karkat also brought up the point that John seemed to always know too much about the game. Which confused him since John had even less involvement with the game the then rest of them. He wasn't even a player in their session so why would he know so much about it. The others didn't believe him though when he said John knew something they didn't. He knew that the reason John was gone had something to do with the way he had been behaving.
They all had come to the conclusion that he had to still be somewhere here in the session. They were all stuck in this game so they knew that the blueblood had to be here somewhere, yet no matter what they did they couldn't find him. They were beginning to think that maybe John knew how to escape the game somehow. Maybe he had stumbled on to something that removed him from the game before he could tell anyone.
Even though they were all rather calm about the situation now it hadn't always been that way. When the two teams had finally gotten together and Eridan was told that John was missing he really lost it. Eridan had punched both Vriska and Karkat when he heard that they didn't know where Karkat was. He was hopelessly worried and beyond pissed because he had trusted them to protect his matesprit. He had trusted trolls of lower blood because one was his matespirits moirail. He had believed Karkat and Vriska would give their lives for the blueblood but he knew now that he must have been wrong. He regretted leaving his matesprit in their hands now.
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John wasn't surprised that they couldn't find him because he had made sure that no matter what they wouldn't be able too. He had quite a few years of experience on them with using his godtier powers compared to the other trolls, and his powers were very useful for disappearing as he had learned when running from Jade in the original timeline.
Hell he had learned so much while surviving in the game escaping Jade. Who he had to say was way stronger than any of them in the new session. So he was sure that by turning himself in to the wind that they wouldn't find him and he was more than right. Even when Vriska tried to use her powers to find and control him she had failed. Since they didn't know he could become wind then they couldn't find him. The only one with even the slightest chances of catching him would be one of his own aspect. Which was Tavros, so he didn't have to worry about that since Tavros wasn't going to become god tier anytime soon.
John had been with them all from the very beginning of the game. Even when Karkat was yelling running around Vriskas world he was their right beside his Moirail. He felt guilty watching the small troll freak out over and over again but knew he need to do this. He knew that Karkat was more than strong enough to deal with him being gone. So he stuck to his guns for as long as he possibly could. Staying hidden became a lot harder though when Vriska told Eridan. He just wanted to reach out and hug his matespirit as the violet blooded troll screamed. When Eridan hit Karkat John almost lost control of his powers. He was beyond close to breaking with how the situation was when he saw Vriska step in. He had to hold himself back to keep from appearing and stopping the fight.
While he was calming down Terezi came over to where he was floating and took a deep sniff of the air. A sudden smirk broke out on Terezi's face and Johns eyes widened as he instantly knew that he had been caught. He knew that Terezi knew that he was there. He was sure she didn't know how he was there but still could smell him there. Of course she'd be able to smell him like Jade had if he let up while using his powers even slightly. He was surprised when she remained quiet though not telling anyone in the group of her most excellent detectives find.
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John had been watching from a distance now as his friends came closer and closer to completing the game. He was trying to effect what happened during their session as little as possible to respect the original timeline. Even though it meant that he would be staying away from his Moirail, and his Matesprit. All of his friends had been messaging him and he did his best to ignore them because he knew with his strength he could fuck their timeline up permanently. If he interfered more then he already had he could change the future beyond repair. So since the Terezi incident until the end of the game he kept his distance and watched to make sure they were all okay.
He watched them fight the black king and he watched as Gamzee lost control killing him easily. A battle that should have taken a few more of them being god tier was made simple by the highbloods abilities. Gamzee's bloodrage happening at that exact moment had been the best situation for the 12 trolls. Had he not gone made at the exact moment then they may have failed in the end. They weren't really strong enough to take on the final boss. Yet since they had beaten the boss John was happy because he could be back with them again.
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John smiled and waited for the moment when they were about to claim their prize following them around and right when jack noir was about to attack he interfered. With his hammer held in hand he waited for the exact moment to appear. If he timed it perfectly he might be able to destroy the enemy that had been such a bother for so long. He didn't think of the effects ending Jack noir would have he just felt the need to defeat him. All the trolls were clearly both confused and very worried when the dog man appeared but before it could do any more damage than it already had John was interfering. Before anything else could get in the way of his sisters dog he blocked its attack and raised his hammer again to strike back.
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Karkat was happy as they were finally about to beat this horrible game and claim their own universe. They were about to be gods of an entire universe and he was beyond excited to be terrible rulers to the people of this new world. Yet that future of happiness as gods was destroyed as quickly as it was made. A black half dog looking jack appeared and attacked them. He destroyed their prize and when he was about to go for both Eridan and Karkat a flash of blue stopped him. Karkat was shocked, "John."
John glanced back as he swung his hammer releasing wind as he fought with the dog it wasn't the first time he had to fight jack. As he was fighting the Aradia bots registered what was going on and he allowed them to take the role they did the first time back. He turned to the rest of them as they were already making their move to escape although Eridan and Karkat were just standing there watching him. He flew towards them quickly grabbing their hands and pulling them in the direction that the rest of the trolls had gone. Quickly everyone had made it through the portal to safety.
Authors Note: So ya that was the new chapter. Were getting out of the trolls session and getting some answers soon. But this also means that some really sad stuff is gonna be happening soon. So I am giving you warning so you can all prepare your feels. They might not be needed in the next chapter but they will be needed soon. ^_^.