"Urgggg.."
Clink.
Karkat sat up. "Who the hell?.." he said, in a slight daze.
He looked over to see a guard opening the cell. He looked over to see Rose and Sollux still asleep, so he shook their shoulders a bit to wake them. "No, don't put that there.." Sollux muttered.
He looked at him a bit weird but shook it off. They finally wake after a second. "Bout time you're all up." the guard said.
"What do you mean?" Rose said, yawning.
"I've been waiting here for two hours."
"For?" Karkat asked.
"You all to wake up."
"Why?" Sollux asked.
"The execution is going to be in an hour."
Sollux, Rose and Karkat stood up fast. "What?!" Karkat about yelled.
"What time is it?" Rose asked.
"3:30 PM." he said.
"The fuck?! We were out for THAT fucking long?!" Karkat yelled.
The guard flinched a little at the loudness of Karkat's voice. "Yes. Now, if you all will follow me, I'll take you to where you're to be observed." he said, unlocking the cell door.
Karkat looked at Sollux. He shrugged and walked out, Rose followed then Karkat shortly after.
"Gamzee.." Dave said.
"Yeah, bro?" Gamzee replied.
"Are we gonna get outta this?"
Gamzee shrugged. "I'm honestly not in the motherfuckin know, bro."
Dave sighed. "God dammit, I wish I still had my pager."
"What happened to it?"
"They searched me and took it when they took us."
"Damn." Gamzee sighed.
Gamzee and Dave had been taken from the room they were in and had been lead to another room. Soon, they would be led out of there to their execution site. Jack walked in the room. "Ah, gentlemen. Good evening."
Dave glared at him. "Whatcha doin here, Jack?" Gamzee asked, not making eye contact.
"To see you youngyuns off." he grinned.
"Why are you doing this?" Gamzee asked, his eyes filled with sadness.
"It's something that must be done, Makara."
"Why?" Dave almost shouted.
"To get a point across. You rebels will pay. Pay for all the destruction."
"Destruction? Bullshit!" Dave said.
"We've destroyed nothing." Gamzee said.
"Oh? Well then, boys, I'll have to show you some stuff. Follow." he said, beckoning the two.
He led them up a couple floors and into another room. Inside Gamzee and Dave gasped. "What.. What is this?" Dave said numbly.
What they saw made them question the side they were a part of. They saw newspaper articles of destruction apparently caused by the rebel faction. "No fucking way." Dave said, shaking his head.
"What you see is true, my boys. You all have caused untold misery and death."
"No.. we personally had nothing to do with such motherfuckin actions." Gamzee said, rage building up.
"Ah?" Jack said, his right eyebrow raising.
"Yeah, seriously." Dave muttered, skimming through the articles on the walls.
Gamzee had gone to the back of the room looking through everything. "So. Why exactly are we going to die, Jack?"
"Come to think of it.. Didn't you tell us you'd give us a chance to join you?" Dave asked.
Jack smiled devilishly. "That was to make it seem as if you resisted us. The reason you die, now.. Is really too difficult to explain. But in worldy points, you die to show those who run the rebel faction we mean bussiness, and will slaughter them if we have to. This is simply a warning."
"But that makes no damn sense!" Dave said, "Why don't you just let us go, and we go back and talk to them about this mess?"
"Because. You may be the best tactician in their ranks. And you, Makara, may be the unviolent backbone of this faction, but they will not listen to what you have to say. Why do you think you don't know about their recent goin-ons?"
Gamzee tried fighting back the rage that threatened to burst out. "You make a valid point." he sighed.
"What? Gamzee?" Dave said, staring at Gamzee.
Jack grinned. "Glad you can see from my point of view."
"Still dunno why we couldn't try." Gamzee said.
"Oh? Couldn't? Accepting your fate?" Jack cackled.
Gamzee sighed. Dave sat against the wall, his fists, eyes and teeth clenched. "God dammit.." he said hitting the floor.
"C'mon now, Strider boy, death isn't that bad. You'll be remembered, surely." Jack said. "I'll give you both a moment to take this all in." he said, walking out.
"Dammit Gamzee.."
"What, bro?" he replied, taking a seat next to him.
"This is all bullshit.. This can't be true.."
Gamzee shook his head. "Sorry, bro, but unfortunately, it is. I had my doubts about our 'leaders' from the start, so I worked as hard as I could to bring peace. The faces I saw light up with joy.." Gamzee talked, tears falling, "No matter how things got, how long I had to go without food, I did all I could for everyone."
"You know, Gamzee.. I remember how you were shortly after the split long ago. You punched someone's face in if they looked at you wrong, without a second thought. God you were such a troublemaker." Dave said with a small laugh, "Back then I never would have thought you'd become who you are now." he sighed, "I just wish we didn't have to go so soon."
Gamzee smiled at what Dave said. "Yeah, me too.."
"Boys, time to go." Jack said from the door.
Dave Gamzee stood up and offered a hand to help Dave up. Dave looked up too see tears streaming down Gamzees face then took his hand and got up. The duo walked out, following Jack outside the building. A couple minutes of walking, they reached a type of walkway, as people were in two seperated sides, yelling. Gamzee and Dave stared at all the people. They felt a push from behind. Jack went ahead of them. The two walked ahead. Gamzee recognized many, and Dave knew few.
A little bit ahead, Gamzee saw a little girl and her mother. Their eyes were tear filled. Gamzee tossed a smile at them. "Hey, don't look so sad." he told them.
"But why?" the little girl said, sobbing between words, "Why do you have to go?"
"I don't know. But be strong, okay?" he said, tusseling her hair, "Your mommy needs you." he said, smiling.
"Your name is Gamzee, right?" the mother asked.
"Yep."
She gave him a hug. "You brought meaning back into my life, you showed me hope that I thought was long gone. Thank you." she said, sobbing into his shoulder.
He patted her back. She pulled away. He was about to walk when the little girl grabbed his pants. He looked down at her. "Don't go please."
He smiled again. "I have no choice. But," he said, bending down, a hand on her head, "take care of your mother and your friends for me, okay?"
She nodded. "Promise?" he asked, holding out his pinky.
"Promise.." she said, locking her pinky with his, then hugging him. He patted her on the back, then she pulled away.
He stood up. "Take care of her, please." Gamzee told the mother, and she nodded, so he smiled and walked on.
Dave waited for him. "You.. You're really a good person, Gam." Dave said, trying to hide his teary eyes behind his sunglasses.
"Thank you, bro." Gamzee said, patting him on the back.
A woman called out to Dave. "Dave!"
"Huh?" he said, turning around.
He was greeted with a hug from Jade. "Jade?!" he said.
John walked up behind her. "Dave!" he just about shouted.
"What.. what're you doing here?" Dave asked.
"We had to know who was being executed, and I just can't believe it's you and Gamzee.. After all this time, we finally meet up, and it's like this." John said, tears streaming.
Dave gave him a playful punch on the shoulder. "C'mon, don't be a pussy." he smiled.
A guard pushed him. "Go."
Dave growled at him. "I'm sorry, we have to go.. Please, John, Jade, tell everyone everything isn't as it seems." he said.
Jade kissed him. "Mmph!" Dave gave a sound, shocked.
Gamzee honked. John laughed. Dave was pulled away by the guard, and stared at Jade, walking away. Gamzee followed. "God dammit!" Dave yelled.
Gamzee laughed. They almost got to their destination. There were stands, and Gamzee guessed they were for the government workers. Someone called out to them. He looked around, as did Dave. Dave shook Gamzee and pointed. Gamzee looked and saw Rose, calling to them. Then the next two he saw shocked the hell out of him.
"Dave! Gamzee!" Rose yelled.
Karkat had saw the two when they started walking up. He couldn't believe his eyes. He saw how the people cherished him, and how much it hurt Gamzee to see them go. "GZ?! Dave?!" Sollux gasped.
Karkat just stared. He met eye contact with Gamzee. Their feelings connected with each other through their eyes. Karkat's tears streamed harder. Gamzee's tears were streaming too, and he gave a simple smile. Jack was in the center. "Quiet, everyone!" he yelled, his voice resonating.
As everyone quieted, he spoke again. "Now, now, we are all gathered here to witness the execution of the 'young leader' Makara, Gamzee, and the best tactician of their faction Strider, Dave, the backbones of the rebel faction."
The croud got into a whisper. "God dammit! No! You can't do this!" Karkat yelled out, but was quickly quieted by some guards.
Gamzee and Dave stared at Karkat. Dave spoke out. "Calm your tits, we've done what we could, and this is how it'll end, I guess.."
Gamzee spoke aswell. "Everything we thought we knew was crushed. I've done all I could to bring peace, but no matter how much effort I put in, it didn't happen." he said, tears still streaming.
Jack laughed. "Great last words, boys."
Jack stepped away. "Ready to say goodbye, boys?"
Dave spat at him. "Fuck and you."
"Why don't they run?" Karkat asked Sollux.
"They don't want to harm any of the thivilianth." he replied.
Karkat punched the ground, kneeling down. "DAMMIT!" he yelled.
The firing squad lifted their guns. "Rea-dy!" one called out.
"Set!"
Gamzee looked at Karkat. He smiled and mouthed 'be safe.' "GAMZEE!" Karkat yelled.
"FIRE!" the voice rang out and shots were heard.