"So What Do We Do Now" Asks Kanaya, her eyes drifting towards Sollux who kept his eyes straight passed the trees.
"is s0mething wr0ng, s0llux?" asks Aradia, sheepishly.
"i keep hearing s0mething," he pauses, "and i d0n't kn0w what it is."
Everyone takes a listen.
"i cant hear anything." Dave says.
"SHH!" Karkat hisses, listening closer now.
Passed the trees, the sound of panting comes toward the group.
"D0N7 W0RRY, W3 AR3 ALM0S7 7H343." A small tiny voice says.
"BUT, KiTTUR, iM TiRED." Another small voice says.
"L00K, F143, KAY13!"
Soon, two small figures descend from the trees. It causes Terezi to smell the air.
"TWO SM4LL GRUBS," Terezi pauses, as everyone looks at her, "TH3Y H4V3 TH3 S4M3 BLOOD FL4VOR 4S K4N4Y4 4ND K4RK3LS."
"how can you tell?" asks John.
"TROLL BLOOD H4S SOM3 SORT OF SM3LL."
"okay . . ." John pauses, "but how can you tell that they are grubs . . ."
"JUST TH3 W4Y TH3Y T4LK 4ND TH3 BLOOD FL4VOR 1S K1ND4 F41NT."
"ARE THEY ALIVE OR WHAT?"
Terezi takes another deep breath in.
"4L1V3."
"But how?"
Before anyone could answer, the jade blood runs into Karkat, with arms around the mutant's waist.
"H3LP US!"
The mutant blood goes up to Kanaya and falls into the jade troll's arms out of pain and tiredness.
"THEY ARE AFTER US."
"Who Is After You"
"7H3 CA7!"
Karkat looks at Kanaya with a worried look.
"AND THE SPiDER!"
Kanaya returns the worried look back at her moirail.
"D4MN!"
"Y0U M3AN . . ." the jade blood pauses, "Y0U KN0W 7H3S3 Z0MBI3S?"
Kanaya turns her eyes away.
"Sadly Yes"
"WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO YOU?"
"W3LL, W3 W3R3 WI7H 07H34 G4UBS AND W3 W3R3 ASK3D 70 J0IN 7HIS A4MY 0F Z0MBI3S."
"KiTTUR AND MYSELF RAN AS FAST AS WE COULD, SEEiNG OUR FRiENDS SLOWLY TURNiNG iNTO ONE OF THEM."
"KAY13 AND 1 RAN AND HID F0R A WH1L3," Kittur pauses, "W3 W343 B31NG F0LL0W3D, 7H3N W3 F0UND Y0UR CAMP AND SL0WLY MAD3 0UR WAY H343."
"that makes a lot of since." John says.
"well then." Dave says.
Karkat happened to notice Kittur looking at Kayie.
"IS SHE YOUR MOIRAIL?"
"Y3S, 1 AM HOP1NG 7HA7 W3 W1LL B3C0M3 MAT3SP417S."
"I'M SURE YOU WILL."
"7HANKS."
"NO PROBLEM," Karkat pauses, "I'M KARKAT VANTAS."
"N1C3 7O M337 YOU KA4KA7."
"YOUR NAME IS KITTUR, RIGHT?"
"Y3S, S1R."
"NICE TO MEET YOU."
"AND iM KAYiE."
"Pleasure To Meet You Kayie" Kanaya pauses, "My Name Is Kanaya Maryam"
"NiCE TO MEET YOU KANAYA."
Kanaya smiles.
"well then." Sollux pauses, "sh0uld we . . ."
Some more sounds fill the air.
"G0G N0, T3LL ME TH3Y HAV3N'7 F0UND US!"
"FUCK!"
Terezi takes a deep breath in.
"FUNNY."
"What is it?" asks Rose.
"1 SM3LL MOR3 4L1V3 GRUBS," Terezi sniffs the air to check again, "BUT SOM3TH1NG DO3SN'T S33M R1GHT."
