The call went straight to voicemail again. "Goshdarnit, Vriska." he said.
"Please leave a message after the beep." BEEP.
"Vriska, answer my calls, would ya? Tried checkin on ya at yer house but I guess you're not there. Call me back please. Kj."
Kj sighed as he closed his phone. He had been trying to get ahold of Vriska for a couple hours. Stopping by her house about an hour ago, he recieved no answer. So he just went to the tree he usually sits in while he's thinking. He kept thinking about how he's going to apologize to Vriska for what happened long ago, he can't seem to find the words to describe it all. Sighing, he took in the landscape, listening to the birds, staring at the top of trees, since this one was higher up than most, and he went to the top. After a while he started climbing down the tree. When he got to the bottom he reached for his phone. "Coulda sworn I left in in my pocket..." he muttered when he couldn't find it.
A giggle was heard. He looked towards where he thought it was coming from. "Come, come, if you want your precious phone." a voice said, sounding slightly flirtatious.
His body seeming to move on its own, he walked towards the voice.
...
"Goddamnit!" Karkat exclaimed.
"What ith it now?" Sollux said.
"I don't even know anymore." he replied, sighing.
"Thurprithe, thurprithe. How'th your back doing by the way?"
Karkat rolled his shoulders. "It's fine I guess. Sore as a bitch riding a unicycle with no seat."
"Cauthe that maketh complete thenthe."
"More sense than you can fucking speak."
"Hey, I take that offenthively."
"Take something else in another way then."
"No thankth, I'm not like curiouth Karkat."
"Fuck you."
"Not my job."
"Didn't say it was."
The two were sitting in Sollux's livingroom. "Hey.. What happened to Mituna?" Karkat asked.
"What'th with the emotional change all of a thudden KK?"
"Just.. shut the fuck up and answer me. I used to see him all the time, then one day he wasn't around, I've been wondering about it."
"Well.. Actually that'th hard to anthwer. One day he wath fine, the next he tellth uth he'th leaving. It wath kinda hard to underthtand him though."
"Ah. Shit."
"What?"
"That sucks."
"Eh."
A knock came on the door. Sollux got up and opened it to see Gamzee.
"Oh, GZ, what bringth you here?"
"Checkin up on mah best motherfuckin bro." he replied.
"I'm fine, shithead." Karkat replied.
Gamzee smiled and walked in, Sollux closing the door after him. "Whatchy'all up n doin?" he asked, taking a seat on the chair near the wall on the left by the window.
"Jutht talking." Sollux said.
"About?"
"Mituna."
"Ah. Who?"
"Noone, fuckface." Karkat said.
"Honk. Okay then. Anyways, shit's calm for now."
"Well, I'd presume so since there's no fucking monster trying to rip us apart or fucking screeching."
"Acthually, KK, what ever happened to Kankri?"
"Fuck. He went to college and that's that last I heard. That's it." Karkat sighed.
"I remember that motherfucker." Gamzee said.
"Oh?"
"Yeah, always gave those long speeches."
"That's him."
"What about Kurloz?" Karkat asked.
"Shiet, bro. He all up and left one day too. Except he had been covering his mouth area the whole time, and didn't speak. Bro only wrote, saying he was leavin."
Gamzee's phone buzzed. He took it out from his pocket and checked who sent him a message.
arachnidsGrip started messaging terminallyCapricious
AG: H3110 g4mz33 ;)
TC: uHhHhHh, VrIsKa?
AG: G00d gu3$$. but n00000 ;)
TC: wHy YoU uSiN mY sIs'S pHoNe ThEn?
AG: D0nt y0u r3m3b3r m3, b!g b0y? ;*
Memories flooded into Gamzees head. That person who had texted him, 'obsessiveBlooder' is the same one that's using Vriska's phone.
TC: wHaT tHe FuCk HaVe YoU dOnE tO mY mOtHeRfUcKiN sIs?!
AG: T3mp3r, t3mp3r ;)
TC: wHaT tHe FuCk Do YoU wAnT?!
AG: S00n 3n0ugh y0u w!11 f!nd 0ut. ;) By33333 ;*
arachnidsGrip stopped messaging terminallyCapricious
Gamzee nearly crushed his phone. Karkat noticed this. "What the fuck just happened?" he asked.
Gamzee showed him and Sollux the messages. "Fuck." Sollux said.
"That's my line." Karkat said.
"Honk.. Honk.. Honk.."
"Shiiiiiiiiiiiiit. We don't need you goin into a rage here and now." Karkat said, patting Gamzee.
...
She giggled. "Don't you have work to do?" a man asked her.
"Yeah, so? Noone says I can't have a little fun."
"Yeah, yeah, just make sure you get this shit done."
"Got it!" she exclaimed, popping up from her sitting position.
She walked to the cell they were keeping the male prisoner. "Wakey, wakey." she said, poking him on the forehead.
"Momma, I dun wanna ride 'em cowboy.." he muttered sleepily, eyes slowly blinking open.
She giggled again. His eyes shot open. "Ey, where the 'ell am I?"
"Now now, boy, didn't your mom ever teach you not to go directly to a voice without asking?"
"Didn't 'ave much of a choice, now did I?" he smirked.
"Oh, why is that?"
"I know yer powers, Sierra."
Sierra giggled. "Ya sure do giggle a lot, ey?" Kj said.
"I'm ecstatic that you remember me, Killigan." she said, getting close, her face inches away from his.
Kj tried to back away, but his bindings against the wall held him still. "What do you know about Strider, Vantas, Makara, and Serket, Killigan?"
His memory flashed, remembering Gamzee, Karkat and especially Vriska. "The fuck you talkin' bout?" he replied.
She pressed her body to his. "You know.. I know you read the files."
He gulped. "Ah.. Ah dunno what yer t-talkin bout." he said, trying to move his head to the side.
"I'll know what you know soon enough." she replied, her lips closing in on his.
...
"...and that's the situation so far." Kanaya said, finishing the explanations.
"Some deep shit." Dirk said.
Roxy had dozed off. "Huh?"
Jake and Jane nodded. "So where do we come in, in all this?" Jake asked.
"Some of you have intel on the organization. Also skills that could help us." Kanaya answered.
"Might as well. Though, if it's infiltration, it's kinda outta the question." Jane said.
"Why might that be?" Kanaya asked.
"Well they kinda put a hit on Dirk."
"Hell yeah. Teach them to look at me wrong." Dirk said
"What exactly happened?" Kanaya asked.
"Let's say we didn't quit. Back when we worked for the organization, before it got crazy and shit, someone had a lazy eye, and Dirk assumed he was looking at him funny. So he through him out a window, then proceeded to beat up the printer and some security guards. Me and Jane tried holding him back, so they said we were assisting him and fired all three of us." Jake said.
"What about Roxy?"
Roxy hicced. "Them fuckahs didn't know their ass from their ass."
"When the fuck did she get wasted?" Dirk asked.
"Well, she.. I don't remember." Jake said.
"She was fired for drinking on the job." Jane told Kanaya.
"Oh." Kanaya replied, "Well, until I get things sorted with some others I'll let you know our plan of action. You may continue on with your days." she said, dismissing them.
The group nodded, and Jake and Jane helped Roxy out. Equius walked in as he saw those four leave. "Done briefing?" he asked.
"Yes. Do you require something?"
"Not really, just checking how you're doing."
"I'm fine, stressed, but fine nonetheless." Kanaya said smiling.
"Don't overexert yourself."
"I'll give it my best attempt."
...
"Feel any better?" Sollux asked Gamzee as they walked back to Equius's hive.
"I've calmed a bit." he replied.
They walked inside, as Aradia greeted them outside. "Let me thee your phone, GZ."
"Why?"
"Jutht do it."
Gamzee grunted then handed his phone to Sollux, who proceeded to walk to the back where Kanaya is.
"Go ahead and have a seat." Aradia told Karkat and Gamzee.
They complied and sat on the long couch by the hallway. They sat there and small chatted for half an hour, while Sollux was consulting with Kanaya, when there was a knock on the door. "Fucking knocks." Karkat said, standing up and going to the door.
He opened it. Noone was there. "The fuck?" he said, taking a step outside, poking his head out to look around.
An arrow came from seemingly nowhere, giving Karkat's cheek a small cut impaling the wall. "Of fucking course! Let Karkat be the target for every fucking one of those bastards.." he said, frustrated.
He noticed a note at the end of it. "Oh, this cliche bullshit." he muttered taking the note, the arrow disintigrating.
"I've seen enough this week." he tossed the note to Aradia.
"Where are you going?" she asked him.
"To fucking sleep. Fuck this. Fuck them. FUCK." he said, walking into the hall then into the room on the far left.
"What's the note say?" Kanaya asked, walking in.
Aradia opened the note, Kanaya and Sollux looking over her shoulders, Gamzee still sitting. 'Pr3p4r4t!0n$ 41m0$t c0mp13t3, g3t m4k4r4 and V4nt4$ r34dy ;*'
The three stared at it for a second. "Preparations?" Aradia said.
"GZ and KK?" Sollux said.
"Get them ready for what?" Kanaya said.
"What'd y'all say?" Gamzee said.
"Things may be happening soon." Aradia said, gulping.