Terezi visited him everyday. Whenever he asked how she was getting in, she would laugh and shrug her shoulders, then say, "I don't know, I can't see." Karkat knew it was a bullshit response, but maybe it would be better to not think about it. Of course there would be an entrance of some sort, but if he knew about it, he'd spend too much energy worrying about what seemed like his imminent death.

It took a week for Sollux to fix Karkat's phone. Terezi brought it to Karkat with a note from Sollux, calling him an ungrateful asshole. Terezi told him that Sollux had asked her to punch Karkat square in the nose, but she didn't want to, and Karkat wasn't going to protest. Instead, he added his newfound knowledge of Lil' Cal and the PA and onto his note sheet. He added the mayor's involvement and Lil' Cal's real name. Before he could take a message to send it, Terezi grabbed his arm. "Wait, Karkat, stop."

"Why? Rez, I need to get them involved and updated if I want everyone safe."

"This is sort of a huge bomb to drop on them."

"Didn't you already tell them?" Terezi didn't reply. "Terezi, I asked you to fucking tell them! It's not just for my benefit, my stupid ass got them in a situation where they could get hurt!"

"Yes, but have you taken into consideration that this is Feferi's mom we're talking about?" Terezi replied.

"Feferi's mom?"

"Yes, Feferi Peixes is related to Mayor Peixes. Karkat Holmes strikes again."

"Shit." Karkat put his hand in his hair, trying to push his bangs out of his eyes. Shit, when was the last time he got a haircut? "But Feferi is so nice! How is she related to that bitch?"

"Attitudes don't run in the family, Karkles. Just be careful. Feferi deserves to know, and she's strong, but this is a huge accusation."

"Right. Do you think I could get Eridan to tell her?"

"They have been friends since hatching, but Eridan is an ass at the best of times," Terezi said. "You could try Sollux."

"Sollux has the sensitivity of a brick wall sometimes," Karkat replied. "Kanaya is good with sensitive stuff?"

"Yes, yes she is."

"Got it. I'll tell her about this."

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CG: I NEED YOUR HELP.

GA: As Is The Norm Now

GA: What Do You Need

CG: I NEED TO BREAK THE NEWS TO FEFERI THAT HER MOM IS A MEMBER OF A POWERFUL GANG AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MY DAD'S DEATH.

GA: Well Dont Do It Yourself

GA: Youll Butcher Than Conversation And Destroy Her

CG: GEE THANKS KANAYA. WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT YOU?

GA: I Dont Know

GA: Ill Break The News For You

CG: THANKS. TELL HER TO MESSAGE ME IF SHE NEEDS TO KNOW MORE. OR IF SHE NEEDS A PLACE TO STAY.

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"Done," Karkat said. "I'll probably have to talk about everything with her afterwards. Oh, you should probably leave soon. Someone should be showing up with food or something."

"You just want to see how I manage to get in and out of here," she said, sticking her tongue out. "Besides, who died and made you leader?"

"My Dad," Karkat scoffed.

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"I'm sorry that this all came back."

"No, it's fine, it was a joke."

"Karkat, your father was murdered and now you're digging through old memories"

Karkat shrugged. "Yeah."

"Hey, if you can manage to pull together a political revolution in this country, and get rid of the growing desire to reinstate the hemocaste, you'll be the best fucking leader in this world."

"I'm not a leader" Karkat sighed.

"None of us are."

"We both know that Vriska is the best leader in this group."

Terezi laughed. "Sure, if we needed to pull of a bank heist or something. Maybe blow up a few orphanages on the way there." With each word, she laughed harder. Karkat gave her some time to catch her breath. "Well, that last one is a bit extreme, but you get the point."

"Yeah, loud and fucking clear."

"I'm going to head home now, Karkat. Tell your brother that my super rad, totally awesome sister says hi."

"How can I do that without getting you in trouble, moron?"

"Oh yeah. Whatever. See you later." Karkat waved good bye, forgetting how pointless that was, and she left. Karkat leaned back on the couch, rubbing his eyes. His Dad would've handled this, somehow. He was the leader of this fucking family.