CHAPTER 7

Note: Hey guys! Read Problem Sleuth! Just thought I'd say that! And sorry for the small chapter! I had a lot of stuff going on today! I'll get more down soon! But Review, and tell me what you want to happen next! I'm up for any type of suggestion!

"Alright you little troll bastards! Get your asses off the ground, and your eyes wide open! We're leaving in 4 fucking minutes! Gotta get our asses on the move! I'm bored as hell!" Jade couldn't help but cringe at the loud voice assailing her ears, waking her from her peaceful slumber. She smashed her eyes closed, rolling on her side, away from Karkat's blaring voice.

And bumped straight into a warm chest. Her eyes shot open, expecting to see the swirly purple N of Gamzee's shirt.

It wasn't an N.

Nor was it swirly.

"Good morning. Did you sleep wwell?" The voice grated on her conscience as she stared at the two rows of sharp zig zags, Eridan reaching his hand out and lightly grasping a lock of her hair, pulling it to his nose. He smiled creepily. She almost puked as she slammed her hands into his chest, her feet on his bone bulge, pushing away from him with all her might.

And slamming straight into Gamzee, who was still sleeping on the other side of her. As Eridan curled into a ball of agony and self pity, Gamzee mumbled in his sleep, wrapping one of his arms around her waist, the other around her shoulders. He snuggled his face into her hair, causing her to freeze. As she sat there, stiff as a board, Gamzee pulled her closer, mubling in his sleep.

"Mother...fucking... Teddybear..."

Jade reached out her hand, grabbing his arm, and attempting to pry it off her waist. It didn't budge. "Uhh... Gamzee. Wake up. I'm not a teddy bear... Gamzee? Gamzee!" She squirmed a little, trying to break free. He groaned in annoyance, pulling her closer, tightening his grip on her. Her heart thumped wildly in her chest as she called again. "Gamzee. Uhh..."

"Oh Jade. Thorry, but you're going to have to thtay there till he waketh up. Gamthee doethn't wake up for thit. We normally jutht toth him in the back of the carriage when we leave. You got caught in hith death grip. He mithtaketh people for teddy bearth all the time. thleepth like a fucking rock."

"Oh... So I just have to stay here?"

"Yeah pretty much."

Jade's face flushed green. "Oh. Well... I guess I can do that..."

"Kay. When we're done packing, we'll jutht throw you in the back. Jutht chill there for a bit, kay?"

"Uhh... Okay..." Jade, still stiff, relaxed as much as she could (Which wasn't much), and tried to calm her heart down.

"Eridan! Get your ath over here and help uth pack thith thit up!"

"Wwhatevver!"

"What?" She could hear the menace in Sollux's voice.

"Coming!" Eridan quickly jumped on his feet, and hopped over Jade and Gamzee, scurrying to help, leaving her line of vision. She stared in front of her, still unable to calm down.

*What the heck? How can he just get away with this!* She fumed in anger and embarrassment. *And does he do this to everyone as he sleeps? How creepy is that? I mean, seriously. This guy must have chugged a gallon of sopor slime, or something! Seriously!* She sighed in frustration, attempting one more time to wiggle her way out of his arms, to no avail. Exasperated, she falls limp, giving up. Instead, she just listened to the speechless packing of the other 11 trolls.

The zips of zippers and the whirr of some sort of electric thing almost lulled her back to sleep, but right as she was drifting off the edge to Prospit, Feferi popped up in front of her.

"Glub glub glub! We're ready to go now! Gonna lift you up and toss ya in the back, okay?"

She looked up at the perky fish troll, and nodded. Feferi smiles happily, stood, and walked away. "Eq! Come get these two Matesprite's on board!"

"We're not Matesprites!" There was no reply besides a slight snicker from Feferi.

Equius quickly appeared, sweating a little as he reached toward Jade. His hand faltered a few inches from her arm, and he quickly pulled away. "Uhh... Can't Nepeta do this? I'm afraid I might break her."

"Oh! You're glubbing right! Nepeta! Why don't you do it?" Feferi's voice rang from behind Jade. Jade frowned a little, upset that she couldn't see anyone other than Equius due to her facing a tree. Equius was looking away from her, and she assumed he was looking at Feferi. Nepeta's voice came from further away.

"Uhh. I seem to be in a purrdicament! Have Equius do it!"

Feferi sighed, speaking a little louder. "But you know how that might turn out! If he's not careful, we may lose our new glub buddy!"

"He's purrfect for the job! Just tell him to be careful! I trust him!"

"Uhh... I dunno... Last time I picked someone up, I kind of broke his leg."

"Oh who cares about that! He can't feel his legs anyway! It's no big deal if Tav breaks a few bones down there! Doesn't make a difference!" Vriksa jumped into the conversation. Jade watched as Equius's eyes darted from where she guessed Feferi was, to where she guessed Vriska was. He sweated even more, little drops of blue liquid running down the side of his forehead.

Feferi spoke again, "True... But this isn't Tav we're talking about! It's Jade!"

"Oh... Right... Equius!" Equius sat upright, staring at Vriska.

"Yes?"

"Pick them up. And don't hurt them! Got it?"

"YES!" Equius reached down to grab Jade and Gamzee.

"Don't you get any mother fucking closer."

Equius froze. So did Jade. Gamzee spoke again, his voice low and menacing. "Step the mother fuck away." Equius scrambled backward. "Good boy." Gamzee's voice regained its light tone as he untangled himself from Jade, and stood, brushing the dust off his pants. "Well! Let's get this show on the road!" He walked away as Jade rolled over and stood. She stood there, dumbstruck, as he easily hopped onto the newly appeared carriage.

The carriage itself was rather simple. It seemed to look like something straight out of Oregon Trail, except much more practical. It hovered a few feet above the ground, and had no pack animal in the front. Instead, two jet engines connected on either side of the wagon sputtered and revved, waiting to be activated. It was a rather small looking carriage, as if it could carry 3 trolls, rather uncomfortably. She frowned, walking over to it.

"Is this really your guys's carriage? It's so small! There was 12 of you before I came. Now there's thirteen! That thing can barely hold a lusus!"

Aradia appeared behind Jade. "Well it's a good thing we don't have any lusus... err... didn't..." She glanced over at Bec, who was sleeping in a corner, now fully healed.

Vriska popped her head out of the wagon. "Oh! Speaking of that! That thing is walking beside the wagon! no way in fuck I'm getting lusus fur all over!"

Jade gawked. "You can't fit 4 people in there, and you're worried about LUSUS FUR?"

Vriska looked at Jade, rolling her eyes. "Calm the fuck down. It's roomy as shit in here. We used Captchalogue technology to deck this shit out. You've even got your own room! Get your ass in here and see!" Her head disappeared back into the wagon. Jade, her curiousity now piqued, walked over to the wagon, and climbed in.

Her jaw dropped. Inside the small carriage was a hallway that seemed to stretch for 20 to 40 feet, lined with 7 doors on each side, 11 of which painted a bright color, 3 of which a dark grey. As she gawked, Aradia entered the wagon behind her, pushing her forward a few feet.

"Kay! We're all in! Ready to go?" Aradia spoke, pulling Jade out of her shocked stupor. She took a few glances back and forth from Aradia to the doors. Aradia smiled knowingly, and pointed to one of the grey doors nearby. "That one is yours." Jade smiled thankfully, opening the door, and walking into her new hive. As she stood in the doorway, she jerked to the side slightly as the wagon began moving forward. As she walked all the way through her doorway, she could hear Aradia attempting to calm Bec down.

"It's okay, boy! She's in here! She'll come see you soon! Just follow us, okay? good boy... good boy..." She cooed. Jade pulled out a piece of string, tying it around her finger.

*Gotta hang out with Bec*

She looked around her room, surveying the supplied furniture.

A bed.

A chair.

She sighed, thankful she had captchalogued as much as she did. Setting to work she quickly turned the room into something that suited her tastes much more. Squiddles lay skewed around the room, the bed adorned with a Blue Skies quilt, weapons organized in the corner, computers lying around everywhere. She smiled, hugging a few of the squiddles before adding the final touch to her room.

She pulled out a pumpkin.

What pumpkin?

She frowned, and pulled out another pumpkin.

What pumpkin?

Her frown deepened, and she pulled out a pumpkin.

What pumpkin?

"GAH!" She whipped around, giving up, and quickly storming over to her door. She opens it, storming out.

She trips on a pumpkin, sprawling on all fours in the middle of the hallway, her door slamming shut behind her.

She stood up, brushing the wrinkles out of her shirt, and looking left and right to check and see if anyone saw her trip over nothing.

12 trolls stared at her, each one trying to keep themselves from laughing.

Jade flips the fuck out.