Back at the safe human's house. Karkat sits on the couch, next to Terezi.

"YOU W3R3 AMBUSH3D?" Terezi exclaims.

"At My Hive" Kanaya asks, leaning into Rose.

"IT SEEM LIKE THEY WERE PLANNING ON YOU BEING WITH US, KANAYA."

"wh0 came and attacked?"

"equius, nepeta, and . . ." John starts.

Sollux came from the other room.

"j0hn, i am starving, y0u sh0uld make us s0me f00d."

Karkat stood up and ran to Sollux, pushing him to the floor.

"WHAT THE HELL, CAPTOR?!" Karkat hisses, "YOU TRIED TO KILL US!"

"what the fuck are y0u talking ab0ut?"

"YOU WHERE THERE, AT KANAYA'S HIVE," Karkat pauses, "YOU TRIED TO GET THE INFORMATION FROM US ABOUT WHERE WE WERE HIDING! WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU BETRAY US LIKE THAT?"

"w0ah, kk, i was here the entire time y0u and the 0thers were g0ne."

"he was." Aradia says.

"THEN WHO THE FUCK DID JOHN AND I . . ." Karkat makes the connection, "SOLLUX, YOU ARE ONLY HALF DEAD, RIGHT?"

"yeah."

"OH FUCK!"

"you mean, solluxs other half is what we saw?!"

"OH MY GOD." Karkat puts his wounded left hand to his head.

"TH4T SCR4TCH W4S FROM N3P3T4, W4SN'T 1T?"

"YEAH."

Kanaya looks at everyone.

"This Is My Fault," she pauses, "I Put Everyone In Danger"

"No, we shouldn't let our guard down, Kanaya." Rose says.

"IT'S MY FUCKING FAULT THAT NEPETA GOT A HOLD OF ME."

"equius was right behind me, ready to bite." John says, "karkat saved me."

"THEN THEY WERE GONE."

"gone?" Dave asked.

"they disappeared." John says.

"NEVER MIND THAT." Karkat gets the backpack off his back.

"karkat here is your photoalbum." John says passing to him.

"THANKS. BY THE WAY KANAYA."

"Yes"

"I GOT YOUR RED DRESS."

"Oh Thank You Karkat"

"AND I ALSO GRABED THESE."

He holds up a purple and black dress and a purple and jade dress.

"Kanaya . . . Did you make those for . . . For me?" Rose asks.

"Yes I Did"

"I THOUGHT YOU DID." Karkat says passing the dresses to Rose, then grabbing the red dress for Kanaya.

"Thank You Karkat This Means A Lot To Me"

"YOU'RE WELCOME KANAYA."

"Oh my . . . Kanaya, these are absolutely darling."

"I Knew You Would Like The Colors"

Karkat smiles, opening his photoalbum. Looking at the pictures. Terezi, looks at him.

"K4RK3LS, BR1NG 1T OV3R H3R3, 1 WOULD L1K3 TO SM3LL TH3 P1CTUR3S!"

"WHAT THE FUCK, PYROPE?" Karkat laughs, "FINE, I'M COMING."

Kanaya looks at him, sitting in between her and Terezi.

"I Remember This Picture"

"IT'S WHEN YOU AND I FIRST MET," Karkat says, "WASN'T IT, KANAYA?"

"Right Before You Met Anyone Else"

"YEAH."

"w0w, kk, y0u l00ked really happy."

"SHUT UP, CAPTOR."

"s0 this is what y0u have been keeping a secret fr0m all 0f us." Aradia says, holding Sollux's hand in her own.

"YEAH."

Karkat flips the page. Tears filling his eyelids.

"Those Were The Days"

"YES, THOSE WERE INDEED THE DAYS." Karkat pauses, "I WISH WE COULD ALL GO FUCKING BACK."

Karkat flips the page. Looking at the picture of him, Gamzee, Terezi, and Kanaya.

"I REMEMBER THIS."

Terezi sniffs.

"W4S TH1S P1CTUR3 W1TH M3, YOU, G4MZ33, 4ND K4N4Y4?"

"Yes I Remember That Day"

Karkat flips the page. Looking down at a picture of him and Nepeta. Tears came out of his eyes.

"NEPETA . . ."

He glances over at the picture next to that one. Kanaya sighs.

"That Was When Vriska And I Were Moirails"

"You looked really happy to be with her." Rose says.

"Then Everything Went Downhill She Broke My Heart"

Karkat flips to another page, seeing the picture of him, Terezi, and Kanaya with the four humans.

"I REMEMBER THIS PICTURE." Karkat pauses, "JOH N WAS PRANKING EVERYONE, AND I GLARED AT HIM."

"DON'T YOU DO TH4T 4NYW4Y, K4RK3LS?"

Karkat turns the page, showing a picture with everyone. The twelve trolls and the humans.

"THAT'S WAS BEFORE, WASN'T IT?"

"Yes Before The Outbreak"

"we all l00ked s0, happy." Aradia says, sheepishly.

Karkat flips to the last page in the book.

"THEN THERE IS US, THE ONES WHO SURVIVED."

"3V3RYON3 W3 KN3W," Terezi pauses, "B3C4M3 ON3 OF TH3M."

"Hey, Karkat, could you turn back the page?" asks Rose.

"why?" Dave asks.

"I thought I saw something in the photograph of all of us."

Karkat turns the page back, to the picture of all of them.

"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU SEE?"

Rose takes a closer look, her eyes are drawn to the shadow behind Gamzee.

"What the hell is that?" asks Rose.

"WH4T? WH4T 1S WH4T?"

"There Is Someone Behind Gamzee"

"i d0n't see anything." Sollux says.

"WHO THE FUCK IS THAT?"

"he looks kinda strange." Dave glances at the photo.

"1 C4NT SM3LL 4NYTH1NG WRONG W1TH TH3 PHOTO."

"THERE IS SOMEONE THERE." Karkat pauses, "TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, THAT IS FREAKING THE FUCKING SHIT OUT OF ME."

Terezi bends a little more, sniffing.

"WO4H, TH3R3 1S SOM3ON3 TH3R3."

"His Hands Are On Gamzees Shoulders What Does This Mean"

"i d0n't kn0w, he l00ks similar t0 gamzee," Aradia pauses, "d0esn't he?"

"Yes, it does." Says Rose.

"but who is it?" asks John.

"I HAVE SEEN THAT FACE BEFORE." Karkat says.

"So Have I" Kanaya pauses, "Didnt Nepeta Show Us The Cave Of The Ancestors"

"FUCK."

"It's the Grand Highblood"

"the grand highblood?" John asks.

"G4MZ33'S 4NC3STOR."

"w0ah, y0u mean, he might be the mastermind behind all 0f this?" Sollux asks.

"That's a possibility." Rose intents.

Karkat grabs his scratched arm with his other hand; there was a sharp, stinging pain. Kanaya tenses up in pain; she can also feel the sharp pain. John sees them both flinch, but brushes it off.

"so then . . . what does this mean?" he pauses, "this was when everything was happy with us."

Kanaya glances over, painfully at Karkat.

"Did He Start This"

"I DON'T FUCKING KNOW, KANAYA." Karkat hisses, "FUCK, THIS PAIN!"

"It Stinging . . . Sharply"

John looks at the both of them.

"hey, are you guys okay?" he pauses, "do you need to rest for a little bit?"

Rose gently puts her arms around her wounded matesprit. John puts his hand on Karkat's shoulder.

"is there anything i can get you?"

"NO."

"okay, let me know if i can do anything, alright?"

"YEAH, YEAH," Karkat hisses, "I FUCKING HEAR YOU."

Kanaya glances up at Rose, then back down at Karkat.

"We Have No Choice Do We"

John looks at her with a confused, but though he knew what she was talking about.

"nope!"

Karkat glances over at Kanaya.

"WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO ALTERNIA."

Terezi clenches her cane in her hands.

"M4N. TH4T PL4C3 G3TS CR33P13R 3V3RY T1M3."

Rose looks at the group, gossiping about leaving.

"Wait, before we leave, shouldn't we make bigger weapons?"

Dave turns to face her.

"alchemizing new rad weapons?"

Sollux jumps to his feet.

"s0unds like a plan!"

"new weap0ns." Says Aradia, taking Sollux's hand into her own.

John smiles, standing up.

"cool!"

"L3TS G3T ST4RT3D!"

"FUCK YEAH!"

They all go to John's alchmizer and start making new, better, weapons.