"Where am I?" Kanaya asks.
She walks around in this dimmed dark room. She couldn't see ten feet ahead of her.
"Am I dreaming?" she asks herself.
She continues to walk around, until she hears a small grunting sound. It made Kanaya turn around.
"h8llo, ex-moirail." A troll hissed.
Kanaya turns to see the troll. Her gray rotting skin held the blue colored blood, her black hair is flowing down her back like a waterfall, her left eye is missing and is covered in blood, and her left arm was all bloody and hanging by muscles only. Kanaya gasps.
"Vriska . . ."
Kanaya sees Vriska slowly crawling up to her, her head tilted, with an eerie grin on her face, and that eerie look in Vriska's eyes. Kanaya backs away slowly.
"where are you going, k8naya?" Vriska pauses, "you will 8ecome one of us."
"No I Will Not" Kanaya hisses.
"your time is sh8rt." Vriska licks her blue lips.
"Leave Me Alone" Kanaya yells.
"rose will 8ecome 8ne of us."
"If You Lay A Finger On Her," Kanaya pauses, "I Will Kill You Again"
"it w8n't 8e me." Vriska's head twitches.
"Leave Her Alone"
"it will 8e j8de harl8y."
Vriska slowly inches closer to Kanaya.
"Stay Away From Me"
"8 won't 8e the one who turns you into a zom8ie."
"You Mean There Is Someone Else Here"
"i will keep that a secret."
Kanaya inches her right hand to her lipstick. She couldn't feel the tube.
"My Lipstick"
"we took that away from you."
"How"
"when you passed out."
Kanaya couldn't get the words out of her mouth. She inched backwards, while Vriska slowly crawls to her.
"rose is not here to save you now."
"Rose"
Kanaya starts to worry about Rose, she wouldn't survive the loss.
":33 come on vriska, let me have a taste." A purr says from behind Kanaya.
Vriska smiles. Kanaya didn't have time to turn around. The olive blooded troll, jumps on her back, holds her head, and then bites down hard on Kanaya's neck. Kanaya feels the venom mixing with her bloodstream.
She gasps, shooting up, awake. She was inhaling and exhaling rapidly, sweating head to toe, looking frightened.
"Kanaya, are you okay?" Rose asks gently putting her right arm on her matesprit's left shoulder.
Kanaya carefully turns around, sees the one she was flushed for.
"Rose" Kanaya cries.
Rose sits on the bed, next to Kanaya.
"It's okay, Kanaya," Rose pauses, gently kisses the troll's head, "you're safe now."
"Rose I Saw Her" Kanaya puts her head on Rose's lap.
"Who?" She asks.
"My Ancestor" Kanaya pauses, "When I Stayed To Fight The Zombies"
"The Dolorosa?"
"Yes," Kanaya sighs, "She Was The One Who Saved Me"
"She . . . Did?"
"After Nepeta Tried To Bite My Neck"
"But you fought against her," Rose says, "that's all that matters."
"But I Am Starting To Have Nightmares"
"Nightmares?"
"I Just Had One"
Kanaya tenses up, the scratches started to sting and burn.
"Tell me about it." Rose says, putting some cream on the burn.
Kanaya bites her lip. She sighs.
"I Was Walking In A Dim Room" She pauses, "I Hear This Small Grunt Behind Me"
"A grunt?"
"Turns Out It Was Vriska"
"Vriska, what was . . ."
"She Was One Of Them" Kanaya says, "She Slowly Crawls Up To Me I Back Away"
"She was a . . . Zombie?"
Kanaya nods.
"Then I Feel Someone Pounce On My Back"
"Pounce . . ."
"It Was Nepeta," Kanaya pauses, "She Held My Head To The Side She Bites Down On My Neck Hard Then I Start To Feel The Venom Mix In With My Bloodstream"
"Nepeta."
"And That Is When I Woke Up"
"Nepeta is haunting your dreambubble . . ." Rose pauses, "Seems like this outbreak is taking effect on you."
"I Guess It Is"
"I am worried now."
Kanaya looks into Rose's purple eyes.
"You Should Not Be Worried"
"I am, Kanaya," Rose pauses, "I don't know why."
Kanaya sighs.
"I Understand" Kanaya knew that she was lying when she told Rose that she shouldn't be worried, "The Truth Is Rose I Am Worried About The Safety Of Everyone"
"Kanaya."
"Yes Rose"
"Don't leave me."
Kanaya tenses up again, the scratches caused sharp pain around her back. When Rose had said those words, Kanaya glances at her. She giggles a little.
"Why Would I Leave You Rose" Kanaya pauses, "You Are Dear To Me"
Those words made Rose blush and smile brightly.
"You should try to get some rest, Kanaya," Rose holds onto her matesprit, "I will be here."
Kanaya smiles, feeling exhausted. She slowly closes her eyes. A few minutes pass away, John quietly walks up the stairs to the room.
"how is she doing?" he asks.
"She woke up, then fell back asleep." Rose smiles petting Kanaya's jet black hair.
"im kinda surprised that she isn't whimpering."
"It's her personality," Rose whispers, "she never complains about things like this."
"sounds like someone else i know."
"What's that supposed to mean, John?"
"you said that she never complains about things like this."
"Yeah, what about it?"
"you kinda have the same personality," John pauses, "come to think of it, i don't think i remember you ever complaining about things."
"I would complain about my mom, though."
"yeah, but your mom is a different topic, though."
"She came home drunk most of the time."
"yeah, i know, you would pester me all about it."
"And you would pester me about how much you hated your dad."
"i wish we could go back," John pauses, "i miss my dad."
Rose looks down at Kanaya, then back up at John.
"If we went back, we would never know the trolls."
"yeah."
"Even though they are not our parents, they are still family," Rose pauses, "they are still part of what made happy during the game. They are the ones who cheered for us, became friends with us. They are our new family."
"and some of them are really close to us," John adds, "like me and karkat or even vriska. but we are not as close as you and kanaya are."
"And I thought you weren't a homosexual."
"im not!" John glares, "i was just making a statement."
"Why did you come up here, John?"
"karkat wanted to know how kanaya was doing." John pauses, "so did terezi."
"Like I said, she is doing alright, she is just very exhausted."
"okay, i will go tell the others."
"See you later."
"bye rose."
