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Dave laid there, breathing heavily. His breath was short from screaming so much, the pain winding him.
Karkat pulled into his driveway and ran inside. He ran to where he was holding Aradia. "Hey do you still want to see Dave?" He asked her.
Aradia nodded slowly, watching him closely.
He smiled, "Good, then you're coming with me." He picked her up and carried her to his car, throwing her in the back.
She didn't object at all, staring at the car ceiling.
He drove her back to Jade's. He picked her up out of the car and carried her downstairs to where he was holding Dave. "I have a little present for you Dave." He laughed, throwing her on the ground, and removing the duct tape on her mouth.
Dave sat up when he heard the thud, followed by heavy breathing. "Dave!" she cried out, struggling to stand despite her feet being bound.
"I know you can't see her Dave, but I did bring you your precise Aradia." He laughed, pushing her back down. It was slowly hurting him less and less to do this, even though she reminded him so much of Jade. He was becoming a harder crueler person. Jade's death broke him, and it was slowly becoming more and more evident just how broken he was. He was building a steel wall around his heart, no longer caring for anyone. No one could hurt him anymore.
"You told me she was dead!" he shouted. Aradia kicked at him, trying to get to Dave.
He pushed her down again, getting pissed at her. "Well, I lied to you." He picked up one of his knives, "Now you may not be able to watch me hurt her, but you sure as hell can hear her scream." He laughed.
"Don't you dare!" he yelled, thrashing. Her eyes widened. "N-no, please..."
"What are you going to do about it Dave?" He laughed, cutting her shirt off and slicing down her stomach. "You know this bitch deserves to fucking die. She got in my fucking way."
Her scream pierced the air around them. She tried hard to squirm away from him. This was pain she wasn't used to. "Stop it! Get away from her!" he yelled. "Don't hurt her!"
"Like you can fucking do anything." He laughed, pinning her down to stop her from moving. "Hold still." He growled at her.
"Get off of me!" she screamed, continuing to thrash. "Aradia, don't let him lie to you, okay?! I really do care about you!" Dave panicked. He couldn't move. He was still tied down and he couldn't help her.
He held his knife to her throat. "Stop." He hissed.
She gasped, staring up at him with agony-filled eyes. She went silent, trying to breathe normally. He panicked even more when he couldn't hear her protesting. "Aradia?" he asked quietly.
He looked in her eyes feeling nothing. He pressed the knife harder, starting to draw a little blood. "I can make you hurt so much worse." He hissed, smiling a sick twisted smile.
"D-Dave!" she cried out, pressing back into the ground as much as possible.
"What are you doing to her?!" he yelled.
"Having fun." He laughed, removing the knife from her throat and stabbing her in the gut.
She shrieked at the piercing contact, sobbing loudly as she begged him to stop.
He twisted the knife and pulled it out. "I'll go have some fun with Dave now." He laughed, getting off of her. He knew she would eventually bleed out and die, but in the meantime he would give her the pleasure of hearing Dave scream in pain.
"Let her go!" he yelled, spitting at him. "She doesn't deserve this!" She closed her eyes, crying silently in pain.
"Yes she does, she is a Derse Demon, you all deserve to die." He spat back. He took the knife he stabbed Aradia with and softly ran it down Dave's chest, making sure he could feel that it was coated in blood. "Now, while I wait for her to die we can have a little fun."
"No!" Dave tried desperately to sit up, crying out her name again.
He plunged the knife in Dave's shoulder, using it as leverage to push him back down. "Forget that bitch, she'll be dead soon enough."
"I won't fucking forget her! You're gonna get what you deserve, you hear me?! Something terrible is gonna happen to you, fucker!"
He laughed,"That's never going to fucking happen. You won't live long enough to do anything to me, and your stupid fucking gang has no chance against me."
"Yeah, right! When my Bro finds out what you've done..."
"He won't give a shit. Or did you forget, he's on my side. You run enemy gangs, you mean nothing to him. He'll be glad I got rid of the leader of the Derse Demons." He laughed, reaching into one of the gashes on Dave's side and ripping it open even more.
Dave screamed, writhing as he did so. "No he won't! He tried to save me today!"
"Shut up! He'll be glad I got rid of you both" He screamed, ripping him even more.
That had struck a nerve. "He's still my brother and he still loves me!" he screamed. "He'll rip you apart!"
"I'm the best in his gang, he would never do that. He holds more respect and love for me then he will ever hold for you." He ripped Dave's side even more, basically ripping his whole side open.
"I doubt-" He broke off, screaming in agony. He could practically feel everything inside of him spilling out. Aradia struggled to sit up. "Dave..." she whispered. Her time was coming to an end quickly. "I'm sorry! Aradia, I'm so fucking sorry, it's all my fault. I love you, don't let him lie to you!"
"Shut up!" He screamed, taking a lighter out f his pocket. "You'll like my next surprise Dave." He laughed, sticking his his hand and the lighter inside of Dave. He flicked the lighter, turning it on. He was literally burning Dave from the inside out.
"I-I love you too," she whispered back to him, hoping he heard her. The last thing she'd heard was his agonized scream at the burning.
He held the lighter in Dave for a little bit,when he started smelling burning flesh he pulled it out.
Dave broke. He'd heard Aradia collapse again. She really was gone now. He could feel the pain, but it was dulling now. Thank god, it was almost over...
Karkat could tell Dave was going to die soon. He already lost a lot of blood. He picked up his largest knife, placing it on Dave's chest right where his rib cage ended. He pushed it in deep and started sliding it down, slicing open Dave's stomach. He then cut vertically, making his slash resemble and I. The half he already ripped open fell to the floor. The other half he peeled back.
He didn't have it in him to scream anymore. He could only suffer until it was over.
"Why did you stop screaming?" He yelled, starting to stab Dave's open gut randomly, almost as if he was throwing a temper tantrum. It was pretty obvious Jade's death broke him.
"I-I can't." He bit his lip.
"Fuck you!" He screamed, backing away. He was done, he got his revenge. He was going to wait for Dave to bleed out and then he was going to call Bro to help clean everything up. Karkat was covered in both Dave and Aradia's blood, but it didn't bother him at all, he just want to end all of this.
It didn't take too long, to Dave's relief, for it to be all over. After around five minutes of silence, he realized that he could see again if he opened his eyes. So that was it. His life was actually over. Maybe Jade would forgive him in this life.
After Dave finally died Karat picked up a rag and cleaned his hands. He pulled out his phone and called Bro, not knowing what to do now. He still felt nothing, no remorse or guilt for what he just did, or joy from getting revenge either. He didn't even feel the pain of Jade's death anymore, though he knew that pain would come back soon, no matter how hard he made his heart.
Bro picked up on the first ring, very unlike himself. "Where the fuck are you?"
"Why the fuck does it matter?" He snapped back, wondering why Bro was looking for him.
"Because it's been at least three hours and you wouldn't pick up the goddamn phone! Now answer the question!"
"Why the fuck does it matter where I am? Why were you even fucking calling me to begin with?"
"Because we need you, Demons are out to get us! Get your scrawny ass down to the bar!"
"Fine, but first I need help with something."
"What?"
"I need you to get rid of two more."
"What are you talking about? I'm not taking on any of them without you there."
"No, I just need to know how to get rid of them. Like how you got rid of Bec."
"You mean... Bodies? You killed again? Two more? Holy shit, Karkat, you're on a roll." He laughed dryly.
He sighed, "Yes, just help me get rid of them Bro."
"Alright, you want me to come or do you just want instruction?"
"I don't fucking care."
"I'm coming. Where are you?"
"Jade's house." His voice almost broke when he said her name.
"Oh, um... Shit, alright, I'll be right there." He walked outside, taking out his keys.
"Thanks." He sighed, he looked down at himself. "I need you to bring new cloths for me too."
"Yeah, I have your clothes in my car."
"Thank you. How long until you get here?" He sighed, starting to take his cloths off.
"Like ten minutes." He got in, driving there.
He waited for him, staring at Dave the whole time. He still felt nothing.
A few minutes later, he walked into the house. "Karkat? Where are you?"
"Basement." He called up to Bro, he looked at Dave one last time before turning to face the stairs.
He walked down the stairs, freezing in his tracks when he saw the bodies. His eyes locked on what used to be Dave, but was now a mangled corpse.
Karkat watched him, waiting for a reaction. He knew he would either be happy that he killed the leader of the biggest rival they had, or he'd be murderous because he just killed his little brother.
"Please tell me this isn't him." Those were the only words out of his mouth. Behind his shades, he was panicking. A lot.
"He killed Jade, he had to pay." He whispered, his eyes hard. "He was the leader of the Derse Demons, I did the gang a favor."
"He was my brother." He stared at the body. "You killed my little brother."
"He hurt my Jade. He made her life a living hell. He killed her." He growled, "I loved her and he took her from me."
"He didn't kill her!" He screamed, lunging at Karkat. He slammed him against the wall, bashing his head there.
"He fucking tried to, twice." He screamed back, he didn't fight back.
"If it was anyone's fault, it was mine! He didn't have anything to do with her death, it was your blade anyway!" he screamed, punching him in the jaw.
"I was fucking protecting her. You fucking pushed her in front of my fucking knife." He yelled. He took Bro's punches without fighting back, he was numb to the pain.
Bro brought his knee up to his stomach. "He had nothing to do with it!"
"He was the reason she died. If he didn't come looking for her she would be alive right now."
"You didn't have to kill him!" he yelled, slamming his head into the wall. "I'm going to fucking end you!"
"And how the fuck do you think the gang will survive? I am one of your best and you know it. Without me you guys are dead."
"Then maybe I'll just make you do all my dirty work." His hands slid to his throat.
"Like I don't already fucking do that."
Bro growled. "I should just snap your fucking neck."
"Do it." He dared, he wanted to be dead. He wanted to be with Jade again.
He stared him in the eyes for a while before dropping him. "You know what? No. You're gonna suffer here."
He glared at him, not saying anything.
"Burn them." He turned around, heading for the stairs.
"How the fuck am I going to do that without setting the house on fire? Aren't you going to fucking help me?"
"Set the house on fire, then. You don't deserve help," he snarled.
"I can't burn down Jade's house. She would hate me." He snapped back, forgetting she was dead and wouldn't know.
"She's fucking dead, Karkat!" he snapped.
He was silent for a minute. "I fucking hate you." He hissed.
"Burn it." He headed back upstairs.
"I had so much fun killing him." He shouted back, "I will do the same to you someday." He threatened.
"You say that like I wouldn't kill you first!"
"You will never fucking kill me and you know it. You're not nearly good enough to ever kill me."
"I could do it right now."
"And yet you are walking away."
"I said I could. I won't because then you'd be happy."
"And I could kill you just as easily. It wasn't too hard to kill Dave, it will be just as easy to kill you."
Bro ignored him.
Karkat glared at him. After Bro walked out he started to burn the bodies. He picked Aradia up and put her body on top of Dave's. He coated both of them in gas and lit them on fire before running out to get his clothes from Bro.