p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.4799995422363px;"Dave couldn't keep his focus, as Jack slowly walked towards the beaten boy. "All that show for so little entertainment. I can say I expected much, MUCH more out of you all. Especially you, my dear Nepeta." Jack said, turning his gaze to the girl holding her /br /With that devilish grin that never left his face, he now walked towards her. Dave tried to shout, but ended up coughing up blood, feeling an intense pain as his adrenaline slowly diminished. He pressed his hand against the area of his chest where the pain was, and cried out. He determined a couple of his ribs were broken, and one may have punctured his lung. All he could do is watch the end of all he loved, including /br /Karkat couldn't muster up the strength to move as he watched Dave in his pitiful state, and Jack slowly heading towards his next target. He scanned the area around him for anything he could distract Jack with. He picked up a small piece of debris from the wall, as that was all he would be able to lift, and weakly tossed it at Jack. It was way off target, and Jack turned that infuriating grin towards him, which filled him first with rage, then hopelessness. He looked over to where Gamzee laid, and his heart broke almost as much as his left arm did. Gamzee was still as death, not even the heaving of his breath was seen. "God.. Damnit.." Karkat whispered, mustering up the strength for his voice. "GET UP YOU DUMBFUCK!" he shouted at Gamzee, that immediately followed with a coughing /br /Karkat waited a couple seconds, and could see no noticeable changes in Gamzee's demeanor. Jack's almost childlike laugh filled the room. "This hopeless situation is delectable, it's so soothing. I can't get enough." he said, nearly reaching Nepeta by /br /Karkat could only feel his heart sink as it all played out. Jack had reached Nepeta, and had now lifted her up by her neck. Turning to the fallen Gamzee, Jack taunted, "Oh, is there no more fight in that notoriously big heart?"br /br /His grin spread wider, and his grip tighter, making Nepeta cry out in pain. Dave sat quietly, on the brink of unconsciousness. Karkat saw Nepeta's eyes tear up, and much to his dismay, he still couldn't do a damned thing. He thought he saw Gamzee's hand twitched, but shortly dismissed it as his weakened state making him see things. Jack brought Nepeta up to his face. "You are quite lovely. Such a shame that you had to be on the opposed side" he started, "But then again, I think I like this so much more" he finished, licking the tears that dripped down Nepeta's /br /She gave a panicked scream, and tried to claw at his hand and face, to which he responded with a swift kick to her working leg, shattering that one. She screamed and cried, shattering both Dave's and Karkat's hearts. Jack laughed maniacally, giving a look towards the wounded. It didn't register that one was missing, and as he turned his head back to the screaming girl, he noticed she was gone. Along with half his arm, up to the elbow. A puzzled expression crept onto his face as this /br /Karkat's eyes looked back and forth between Jack, and the spot that Gamzee had once been. Glancing over to the opposite side of the room, where Dave sat, he saw Nepeta sat now, unconscious. His mind raced, and he turned his head back to where Jack stood, to see that Gamzee had impaled him through the chest with the arm that had been ripped off. Karkat looked to Gamzee's face, which dripped with blood from the wounds, and had a most frightening expression planted. He felt a shift in the room, and thought it was his imagination, again. "Well.. That was... Delightful.." Jack said, his voice dripping with a mixture of venom and /br /Gamzee said nothing, as he pulled out the once attached arm and tossed it to the side. Jack turned to face him, his torso dripping with black goop, that grin still plastered on his face. "Now that's what I was expecting from the beginning, my boy. To feel such a rush is a delight that I rarely get to engorge on." he said./p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.4799995422363px;"Gamzee only stood there, staring at the villain. Jack shook his head, "I guess there's not much to say that can't be said with expressions at this point. I guess only-" he was cut off, Gamzee punching him square in the jaw, with a resonating crack sounding, that sent Jack through the /br /Karkat stared with his mouth wide open. Dave was able to muster up enough strength that let him push himself onto his feet. "Karkat.. Can you stand?" he /br /He nodded, surprised at the amount of strength he had at that moment. While his left arm was still unusable, he was able to limp across to where Dave stood, staring at the statue like stature of Gamzee the whole time. Dave sized up Karkat, saying "Can't use both your arms, huh?"br /br /"No" he replied, "My left arm's pretty fucked up."br /br /Static started growing loud, and as the two looked around for the cause, they noticed Nepeta's communicator near the door. Dave limped towards it, picking it up to a panicking Tavros. "Nepeta? For gog's sake, woman come in!" he /br /"Tav.. Tavros?" Dave /br /"Dave! What's going on? Are you alright?" he /br /"Shit's going down.. Ya know, usual stuff. I think I have a punctured lung, Karkat broke an arm, and Nepeta has no use of her legs."br /br /"Gamzee?"br /br /Dave's gaze went to Gamzee, still standing there. He could feel and see some sorta aura emanating from him. "He's... Fine.. I think. We need to get out of here. We can get started, but we definitely will need some help." he told /br /"Of course.. L-let me contact Vriska.." his voice trailed /br /"Tavros?" Dave asked after a second, and hearing a shifting sound from the wall Jack was punched /br /"You all need to get out of there now. T-there's a massive surge of power going through the building."br /br /"What do you mean?"br /br /"The electricity in the building i-is dimming from the ground u-up.."br /br /As soon as he finished, Jack darted out from the hole in the wall, and crashed into Gamzee with his shoulder, knocking him off his feet. Gamzee spit out blood, and was on his feet in no time, rushing at Jack. He aim a punch at Jack's newly hardened torso, which was knocked away, and a swift kick was given by Jack to Gamzee's stomach, followed by an uppercut to his jaw. Gamzee stumbled but didn't fall, and immediately rushed to the left of Jack, kicking the back of his leg, with another kick crashing into Jack's arm, sending him across the /br /Dave watched in dazed awe at the scene laid out before him. Vriska had come in right before the event took off. "Holy shit.." she /br /Karkat motioned for the two to pick Nepeta up, at which they complied, but barely took their eyes off of Gamzee and Jack's brawl. Gamzee's aura became more and more mencacing as time went on. Dave and Vriska had carried Nepeta to the doorway, and were about to make their exit, as Dave saw Jack rushing towards Karkat. He quickly told Vriska to hold Nepeta, with a nod as a reply. He saw Gamzee rushing for Jack but knew he wouldn't make it in time. Against his better instincts, he was intent to save Karkat's life, so he ran at him, /br /As he rushed, he felt as though everything was getting slower. Karkat was bracing himself for an impact, but Jack's momentum seemed to lessen considerably, so Dave continued to rush. He reached Karkat first, pushing him down, watching as Jack was within a breath of him. His legs stopped with fear as he felt everything speeding up again, and he could only see tspan style="font-size: 1em;"he slight confusion in Jack's face as he neared impact./span/p
p style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.4799995422363px;"Gamzee only stood there, staring at the villain. Jack shook his head, "I guess there's not much to say that can't be said with expressions at this point. I guess only-" he was cut off, Gamzee punching him square in the jaw, with a resonating crack sounding, that sent Jack through the /br /Karkat stared with his mouth wide open. Dave was able to muster up enough strength that let him push himself onto his feet. "Karkat.. Can you stand?" he /br /He nodded, surprised at the amount of strength he had at that moment. While his left arm was still unusable, he was able to limp across to where Dave stood, staring at the statue like stature of Gamzee the whole time. Dave sized up Karkat, saying "Can't use both your arms, huh?"br /br /"No" he replied, "My left arm's pretty fucked up."br /br /Static started growing loud, and as the two looked around for the cause, they noticed Nepeta's communicator near the door. Dave limped towards it, picking it up to a panicking Tavros. "Nepeta? For gog's sake, woman come in!" he /br /"Tav.. Tavros?" Dave /br /"Dave! What's going on? Are you alright?" he /br /"Shit's going down.. Ya know, usual stuff. I think I have a punctured lung, Karkat broke an arm, and Nepeta has no use of her legs."br /br /"Gamzee?"br /br /Dave's gaze went to Gamzee, still standing there. He could feel and see some sorta aura emanating from him. "He's... Fine.. I think. We need to get out of here. We can get started, but we definitely will need some help." he told /br /"Of course.. L-let me contact Vriska.." his voice trailed /br /"Tavros?" Dave asked after a second, and hearing a shifting sound from the wall Jack was punched /br /"You all need to get out of there now. T-there's a massive surge of power going through the building."br /br /"What do you mean?"br /br /"The electricity in the building i-is dimming from the ground u-up.."br /br /As soon as he finished, Jack darted out from the hole in the wall, and crashed into Gamzee with his shoulder, knocking him off his feet. Gamzee spit out blood, and was on his feet in no time, rushing at Jack. He aim a punch at Jack's newly hardened torso, which was knocked away, and a swift kick was given by Jack to Gamzee's stomach, followed by an uppercut to his jaw. Gamzee stumbled but didn't fall, and immediately rushed to the left of Jack, kicking the back of his leg, with another kick crashing into Jack's arm, sending him across the /br /Dave watched in dazed awe at the scene laid out before him. Vriska had come in right before the event took off. "Holy shit.." she /br /Karkat motioned for the two to pick Nepeta up, at which they complied, but barely took their eyes off of Gamzee and Jack's brawl. Gamzee's aura became more and more mencacing as time went on. Dave and Vriska had carried Nepeta to the doorway, and were about to make their exit, as Dave saw Jack rushing towards Karkat. He quickly told Vriska to hold Nepeta, with a nod as a reply. He saw Gamzee rushing for Jack but knew he wouldn't make it in time. Against his better instincts, he was intent to save Karkat's life, so he ran at him, /br /As he rushed, he felt as though everything was getting slower. Karkat was bracing himself for an impact, but Jack's momentum seemed to lessen considerably, so Dave continued to rush. He reached Karkat first, pushing him down, watching as Jack was within a breath of him. His legs stopped with fear as he felt everything speeding up again, and he could only see tspan style="font-size: 1em;"he slight confusion in Jack's face as he neared impact./span/p