Shortly after he left the group at Karkat's place to take a walk, he had gotten lost. He didn't know how, though, as he had grew up in these woods. He sighed and tried his phone again. No signal. "Fuckin piece of shit.." he said.
He tried going back the way he came, but it seems like he went on forever, as he left a mark on a tree here and there, he was sure he had a mark on most, but he never saw a mark again. He sat against a tree, feeling a bit tired. He saw something out of the corner of his eye. But when he looked to see it, it wasn't there anymore. A shiver ran down his spine. He almost swore he saw a smuppet. He shook his head though, dismissing the idea, as it was fucking illogical.
He decided to get up and try getting out of there again. He walked for another hour. Or so he thought. He checked his phone and it said 4:32 P.M. "Impossible" he murmured.
It had been 4:30 P.M. last time he checked. He saw another movement out of the corner of his eye. This time, he was sure about what he saw. It was a giant fucking smuppet. He pulled out one of his many random swords and sliced it in half immediately. "What the fuck's going on?" he said.
More movement. Bushes bustling, leaves swaying and twigs snapping. He turned to see a whole bunch more smuppets. Dave stood there for a minute, staring at them. He began to cut them down, several at a time, but it seemed like for every one he took out another popped out, so he chose to run away.
~ "Dave?" John said, looking over the unconscious Dave.
He poked him with a stick. A twitch, but nothing else. Dave murmured here and there, something about giant smuppets chasing him. He sent out another text.
Messaging memo: Dave?
EB: I found Dave
GA: WherE WaS HE LocateD
EB: He's unconscious. In the forest.
TT: Is he okay?
EB: How the hell should I know?
TT: Does he have a pulse.
EB: Oh. Yes.
CG: I JUST REMEMBERED KANAYA YOU TOLD US TO LEAVE CORRECT
GA: YeS.
CG: YOU REALIZE THAT WE WERE AT MY HOUSE RIGHT
GA: ApologieS KarkaT
CG: ITS FUCKING ALRIGHT JUST MAKING SURE YOU KNEW
EB: Ahem, Dave?
GA: ApologieS I'lL SenD EquiuS TO BrinG HiM BacK SO I CaN ExaminE HiM
EB: Okay :B
Messaging memo closed.
John gave a sigh and sat next to Dave.
~ "Go fetch Dave, will you?" Kanaya directed at Equius.
"Why?"
"Because I inquired in a nice manner."
Equius gave a small grunt. "Fine, where is he?"
"Message John for their whereabouts."
Equius nodded and left the room, sending a message to John asking for where they were. He recieved the response, and went there. He found them after about 10 minutes. "Hello" John said.
"Dave is still out, I'm guessing?" Equius asked.
John nodded. Equius sighed and picked up Dave. "We should get back to the hive.
John got up and followed Equius back to Karkat's hive. They arrived, and walked inside. "Where do you want me to put him?" Equius asked.
Kanaya pointed to a room right across the hall from Nepeta's. He complied and put Dave on the bed in the room. "Is my place going to turn into a fucking hospital?" Karkat asked, walking in.
"Not quite," Kanaya answered, "this is just temporary. Nepeta needs to heal and Dave.. Well, I still must figure out."
She proceeded to put her hand on his forehead. Then she opened his eyelids, examining his eyes. She hummed a bit and checked his pulse and heartbeat for a couple minutes, looking at his open eye closely. "He's in a trance-like comatose state." she said.
"What the hell does that mean?" Karkat asked.
"He's awake. But, he's not. See, he's dreaming. A very lucid type. Yet his eyes move around as he sees things, his pulse and heartbeat drops and raises."
"In this dream?"
"Yes. This isn't something that just appears, though. He was put into this state. The only way known to fix it is to find the user."
John finally spoke up. "So, do we have to kill the person or just convince?"
Kanaya looked up in thought. "It would be better to convince, and, if possible, convince to our side. But the latter will work too."
John nodded. Gamzee, hearing the conversation, said, "The only question is, how do we find this motherfucker?"
"That I cannot conclude, as I am not sure." Kanaya said.
"The only thing we can do is look, highblood." Equius added.
Gamzee nodded, looking out the window. "Well, this is still much to process for everyone, so, if you all would not mind, I would like everyone to go home and rest. Karkat will stay, as this is his hive." Kanaya said.
"I would like to stay and make sure nothing else happens to Nepeta." Equius said.
Kanaya put a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry about her, I've got it taken care of. Besides, Karkat's not too bad in the fighting scene, either."
Equius gave a sigh, and thought for a bit, before giving in. "Fine. Make sure nothing happens. I'll be back tomorrow morning to check in." he said, walking out.
John looked around. "I guess I'll go home.."
"Actually, I'd like you to stay, as I'd like to ask you some questions concerning Dave." Kanaya said.
Taken by surprise, John nodded. "I'm gonna go look around the motherfuckin forest, see if I can find some clues and shit." Gamzee said.
"Very well then. You have all of our contact information if you find anything out." Kanaya replied.
Gamzee walked out, heading towards the forest. Kanaya looked over at John and Karkat. "John get me a bucket of cool water. Karkat, get me one of warm water."
"EW! I AM NOT TOUCHING FUCKING BUCKETS!" Karkat exploded.
"Get over it. They're not gonna vanish. Besides, they are benificial in the medical field for humans, and that is what we have at our disposal." Kanaya replied.
Karkat walked off muttering, and John followed. Kanaya shook her head and gave a smile.
...
Gamzee walked to the spot Equius told him he found John and Dave. He looked around, trying to spot anything out of the ordinary. His search came up fruitless for several minutes. Then he spotted something in the corner of a tree branch. He climbed up the tree, looking for what he saw. He found what he was looking for. It just wasn't what he expected. He found John, tied up and duct taped, wriggling and letting out muffled yelling.
...
Kanaya walked into Nepeta's room to check on her. "Hi.. Kanaya." she said weakly.
"How are you feeling?" Kanaya asks.
"I'm getting.. better slowly."
"Anything you need?"
"No.. I'm good right meow."
"Understood. Karkat and John are fetching me some water, so they'll return shortly."
Nepeta looked confused. "John?"
Kanaya looked at her. "Yes, John. Why?"
"I didn't smell him. I recognize everyone that's near by smell sometimes. I smelled someone vaguely familiar, but couldn't put my paw on it."
Kanaya looked up for a second, something finally clicking. 'John didn't ask if Dave or Nepeta was gonna be okay, at all.' she thought. Also, he wasn't wearing his normal glasses. John's were black. These were a slight neon blue. "I'll be right back" Kanaya said to Nepeta, quickly walking out of the room.
...
Karkat carried his bucket, with a disgusted face the whole time, with John to his kitchen. He tried to turn the faucet on, but it didn't work. "Fucking piece of shit.." he murmured.
"We can just go down to a nearby stream? It's clean" John suggested.
"Sure, as long as Kanaya doesn't bitch at me."
John took lead, letting out a wicked smile, it dissapearing as Karkat stepped next to him. Karkat had left a note near the sink, telling Kanaya the sink wasn't working and where they were going. After a good 15 minutes, they reached a stream. "Looks fucking clean" Karkat said, stepping up to it.
"Yep, told you." John said.
"We'll just fill these fuckers up and see if we need any more when we get back."
"You won't be going back.." John murmured, his voice being distorted a bit.
Karkat stared at the stream. Something wasn't right. "What the fuck'd you say?"
"I SAID.." John grabbed Karkat's hair, quickly pulling him to his feet, then plunged a knife into his back, "you won't be going back.." he whispered into the cancer's ear.
Karkat felt dizzy. He felt the grasp let go, and he dropped to his hands and knees. He put an arm behind him, searching for the knife. He didn't make it that far, as he collapsed, hearing that girlish giggling again.
Kanaya saw the note Karkat left. She tried the sink, and it worked just fine. Her phone buzzed.
terminallyCapricious started messaging grimAuxiliatrix
TC: kAnAyA, sIs, WhErE tHe MoThErFuCk Is JoHn?
GA: HE WenT TO GeT SomE WateR WitH KarkaT WhY
TC: GET TO HIM NOW ItS nOt ReAlLy JoHn I fOuNd HiM tIeD uP iN a MoThErFuCkInG tReE :o(
Kanaya almost dropped her phone, and she now ran to where this stream was, as she had made a couple visits herself. She saw the stream, and quickened her pace. She looked up a bit, blinded by the sun a little, when she tripped and almost fell on something big, and it gave a grunt. She looked down to see Karkat, blood seeping from his back, the knife still there, with the imposter John nowhere to be found. She pulled out her phone.
GA: GamzeE GeT OveR HerE NoW KarkatS HurT BadlY
TC: aLrEaDy On It WiTh JoHn
Kanaya stooped over, and slid the knife out of Karkat's back, quickly covering it with some cloth she kept. She looked over to the bucket and quickly filled it with water from the stream, taking another cloth and tried cleaning blood off of the unconscious cancer's back. 'Gamzee hurry, at this rate and the area he was stabbed, he may not last long' she thought, silently pleading for Gamzee to get there.