Karkat closed the phone cutting off the call. He dropped the phone, crushing it under his foot. "Now you've done it fuckass." He yelled, "She's deader than dead now. And I'm taking you somewhere else to finish you off." He slammed Dave's head into the table knocking him out. He quickly untied him and carried him to his car, throwing him in the backseat. He was careful to leave no evidence behind, making sure the cops would have no reason to investigate his house. He drove quickly to Jade's house, dragging Dave to the basement and tying him up on a table. While he waited for Dave to wake up he collected different knives to torture him with.
"W-What? Dave?" She bit her lip, starting to panic. Maybe she should just go there herself first, just to make sure...
Dave grunted as he hit the table, eyes flying open. "Where is she?! Where am I?!" he started to scream. "Don't you dare hurt her!"
Karkat stayed upstairs a little longer, letting Dave suffer. He decided to drive by his house quickly to see what is going on there. He knew Dave was tied down good enough to be left alone for a few minutes. He quickly drove to his house, pulling up in front.
Aradia ran up the driveway a while after he had pulled up, going up to the front door and knocking quietly.
Karkat answered the door. "What the hell do you want?" He snapped as soon as the door was open.
"I, um... My... friend called..." She rubbed her neck awkwardly. "He told me to come here."
He smiled and opened the door, letting her in. "Come in." He laughed.
She walked in, looking around. "Is... Is he here?"
He shook his head, "No." He stood there staring at Aradia, knowing he could never kill her. It be as bad as Dave killing Jade, he had no real reason to hurt her, he just had to make sure Dave thought he did. "Look, just ignore the call he gave you. Jade died, and he is blaming me for it because I took her from him. He left town for a little while to think things through." He sighed.
"But... Why did he tell me to call 911..." She looked up at him, confused.
"Because he hates me and wants to see me go to jail. He thinks it's my fault Jade died and keeps trying to blame me for it." He sighed.
She stared at him, confusion clear on her face. "Where is he? I want to talk to him."
"Like I said, he left to be alone for a little bit." He sighed.
"He doesn't mind me. Please, you have to tell me where he is. I need to talk to him, he sounded so scared on the phone..."
"I don't know where he is, he just said he was leaving town for a little bit."
"Can you help me find him, then?" Her eyes sparkled a bit with hope.
He nodded, "Sure, but lets give him a couple days first okay? In the meantime I will ask around and see if anyone knows where he went, okay?" It killed him to look at her hope filled eyes, it reminded him of Jade.
She sighed a bit, looking down. "He's... Not really out of town, is he?"
"Why would you say that?" He asked, acting clueless.
"Because I know him. He doesn't just... shut down."
"Trust me, I saw him. He does shut down, he loved her." It almost made him sick saying that, he still couldn't believe Dave ever loved Jade.
She fell silent, the hope in her eyes fading. She fixed her gaze on the ground.
"Just...go home and forget about Dave, okay?" He sighed, "It's the best for you."
"No." She looked back up. "I want to see him."
"You can't see him. ...Just... leave, I don't want to hurt you."
"W-Why would you hurt me? Why can't I see him?"
"Because I'm with the Suns and I'm having a little talk with him."
Horror quickly seized her. She lost the ability to form a complete sentence, stammering and backing away from him.
He sighed, "I'm not going to hurt you. I could never do that. Just leave, okay? Forget about Dave and leave."
"B-But... Where is he...?"
"Somewhere else."
"Where?" Her voice regained its confidence, the word spilling out as a demand.
"I'm not telling you. Now be a good little girl and leave, or maybe I will have to hurt you."
Her wide eyes narrowed at him. "I am not a little girl," she hissed. "Tell me where Dave is."
"I'm not fucking telling you." He yelled, stepping closer to her, he pulled his knife out. "Look girly, this is your last warning. Leave and forget anything happened, or I will make you forget."
She didn't move, eyeing his knife. "Please... I need to know. Please."
"You don't need to know, no one needs to know." He pushed her against the wall, holding the knife at her throat. "Are you going to leave and forget about Dave or not?"
She shook her head a bit. "I'm not on Derse Demons for no reason," she growled, her hand going to the waistband of her skirt.
He laughed, "So you are going to strip your way out." He grabbed her hands, pinning them above her head. "Nice try, but I've been doing this for a long time. I'm not stupid enough to assume you would come here empty handed."
She brought her knee up to his crotch hard. "Yeah?" she growled.
He hissed in pain, not letting her go. He tightened his grip on her hands, putting enough pressure to cause her pain. "Bitch, I should gut you for that." He growled.
She bit back the comment she'd intended on using and spat at him instead. She kicked out at him, nailing him in the stomach.
He growled at her and punched her in the gut. "You really want to die today don't you?" He hissed, "I gave you a chance to leave, you stayed and keep pissing me off."
"I want you to tell me where he is!" she screamed. stomping on his foot.
"I'm not telling you that." He screamed. He put his knife back in his pocket, and grabbing her throat. "Now, be a good girl and stop." He hissed at her, starting to put pressure on her throat, he wasn't pressing hard enough to choke her, but the action was still threatening in itself.
She glared at him, her hand flying to her skirt and whipping out her own knife. She slashed it across his wrist in an attempt to get him off her.
He hissed in pain and grabbed her wrist, pushing it back, forcing her to let go if the knife. "Now that wasn't nice was it, and to think I invited you into my house and everything."
"Fuck you," she hissed right back, trying to shove him away.
"Now that's not nice either." He laughed, he grabbed her wrists in one hand and dragged her to his couch. He grabbed some duct tape and taped her wrist together, throwing her on the couch.
She screamed, landing hard on her back.
"Now we have a few options here. Either you sit here quietly until I'm done with Dave, and then I let you go and we all move on, or you keep pissing me off and I kill you now. Your choice."
"Done with him?!" she yelled, scrambling up again.
"Wow someone really doesn't want to leave here alive." He sighed, "Forget Dave, you can't do anything to help him, you'll just get yourself killed too."
"I can't forget him! I love-" she cut herself off, falling off the couch as she tried to escape.
He picked her up and put her back on the couch. "You might as well. He is as good as dead, and you will be too if you don't stop."
"Shut up!" Aradia screamed, spitting at him once more. "Fuck you! Let me /go/!"
He sighed, "I can't let you go now. You know to much." He covered her mouth in duct tape. "Now just be quiet and behave, maybe when I'm done with Dave I'll let you live."
She panted heavily, staring up at him with pleading eyes. All she wanted was to be with Dave.
He looked away, unable to look at her eyes, they reminded him too much of Jade. "Look, I don't want to kill you, but I will if you keep getting in the way. You can't do anything to help Dave, just give up."
She shook her head, screaming through the duct tape. She /knew/ she could do something.
He sighed, "You realize this is useless? You can't do anything to save him. You came here alone, without telling anyone might I add, he isn't even here, and you are bound on my couch. This isn't going to end well for you, and you are doing this all for someone who choose someone else over you, Dave doesn't give a shit about you."
The look on her face changed from one of determination to one of pure heartbreak. The words rang through her head. She didn't have to speak to show it.
He sighed, hating hurting her like this, but he knew it was the fastest way to end this without killing her. "Why do you think he told you to come here, when he knew I would hurt you if he did? Why didn't he just lie and take me like a man? You're just another gang member to him."
She closed her eyes, tears rolling down her face. It would've explained a lot... Half of her wanted to keep fighting just so he could kill her.
He hated watching her cry, knowing he caused it just made it that much worse. He picked her up, and started to carry her to his basement. "Look, I'm not going to hurt you now that you have calmed down, I'm just going to lock you down here until I'm done with Dave. I'll be back to let you go later." He placed her down gently.
She didn't move or look at him. She just sat there, crying silently.
He walked away, locking the door behind him. He grabbed some things he could use to torture Dave and quickly drove to Jade's house.