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“KK look over here.” Sollux called, waving his arm in the general vicinity of the other troll. Karkat looked up from the pile of random parts he was sorting through.
“What? Did you find your stupid cable?” He questioned as he walked over to his friend.
“No, but this machine seems to be working.” The small-horned male rolled his eyes.
“Oh yeah. Lets mess with the unknown thing that could possibly fucking murder us all and end our worthless existence even though that would be counter-fucking-intuitive you shitstain.” He scoffed while rolling his eyes.
“Thut up KK, it hath a timer and ith got like five minuteth left.” Sollux lisped.
“Wait, what? What the fuck did you do fuckass?!” Karkat ranted, looking at the looming numbers at the top of the machine.
“Nothing, it wath like thith when I found it.” Sollux shrugged, eyes widening behind his glasses when the timer suddenly jumped down to fifteen seconds.
“Thith, KK move!” He shouted and dragged Karkat towards the door. As he reached for the handle the door opened and Kanaya stepped in. The three collided and before they could get up, the timer hit zero and a blaring alarm went off. A bright flash of light enveloped them.
The trio appeared in mid-air and gravity dragged them downwards. Karkat landed first and let out a torrent of curses when the other two dropped on top of him. Kanaya got up and dusted herself off, a faint jade blush appearing across her face at the indignity of the landing. Sollux just laughed and had to be shoved off by Karkat before he got up. Grumbling, Karkat heaved himself off the ground. They looked at each other and then at their surroundings, which caused them to gape in shock.
The sky was a dark midnight hue, illuminated by the moon and stars above them. Trees and grass were a vibrant green, but the near silent forest, save for the wavering breeze, gave the area a chilling, almost haunting aura.
They were home…On Alternia
“What, the absolute fuck is going on?” Karkat shattered the silence with his proclamation of disbelief.
“I’m afraid I’m not certain. I had ventured to ensure the both of you were still alive. What happened?” Kanaya inquired.
“Well, KK and I were looking for that cable to fix the alchemither and I found a machine that had a timer counting down from five minuteth when it juth glitched to thirty fucking thecondth!” Sollux explained, looking over his shoulder, clearly agitated by their surroundings. Kanaya’s eyes widened momentarily before her face slid back into her usual expression.
“Regardless, there must be a way back home and the sooner we discover it, the better.” The female troll stated. Karkat attempted to speak, but was cut off by distant shouting that was rapidly coming closer.
“Thit, everybody in the treeth.” Sollux whispered already using his psionics to lift himself up.
“Hey! I’m the fucking leader Captor. I call the shots.” Karkat whisper-shouted, but climbed the tree next to him nonetheless. Kanaya rolled her eyes at the boys’ antics and quickly scaled a tree herself. A moment later, four people broke through the brush and stumbled into the clearing. The second tallest one was wearing a yellow and black jumpsuit and what looked like a yellow headband. It was quite obvious that he was a psionic mustard blood by the telltale double horns and fangs. Sollux stared at him before shrugging; he had other things to worry about anyway. The tallest was wearing a black and jade dress and had the Virgo sign etched into the fabric. But what caught Kanaya’s attention was the formation of her horns that mirrored her own. The other female was clothed with a black dress and leggings with an olive Leo sign and stripes wrapped around it. The last troll was the same height as the aforementioned female and a grey cloak hid his face from view, but his candy corn horns were peeking out through holes in the top of the fabric. There was bright red visible as stitching and as a slash, but that was all that was visible about him. Karkat froze, barely daring to breathe. It couldn’t possibly be-
…
Oh who the fuck did he think he was kidding? Of fucking course he would have the absolute worst fucking luck and see his fucking ancestor. Karkat felt like banging his head against the tree, but refrained… Barely. He didn’t have time to think up a course of action before more trolls burst into the clearing. They were indigo-blooded if the ghastly white face paint was any indicator. There were three males and one female. The yellow-blooded troll who bore a resemblance to Sollux charged his hands with psionic energy, preparing to attack. But before he could release it, one of the purple-bloods took out a strange small creature. It let out an unholy screech that caused everyone in the vicinity to clap their hands over their ears. However, it caused the adult psionic to fall to the ground.
And Sollux did too.
“Oh come the fuck on!” Karkat shouted incredulously, jumping down with his sickles in his hands. Kanaya followed suit, uncapping her lipstick. The both of them protectively stood over Sollux on either side. “Hey!” Karkat called for attention, “I don’t know why you fucking clowns have a problem with these people,” He said, gesturing to the four adults that were behind him. “But it stops right the fuck now because I have had enough bullshit in the past five minutes for the rest of my worthless existence.” The purple-bloods laughed and honked and one of the women stepped forwards.
“Oh? And what are you going to do about it motherfucker? I think pathetic lowbloods should know their motherfucking place.” She threatened, swinging her bats around. In response, Karkat tightened his grip on his own weapon. Before either of them could make a move, a person slipped between them.
“Now wait a moment,” The Signless began, ”there is no need for violence here.” Karkat rolled his eyes, but flinched when the adult mutant laid a hand on his shoulder. The indigo took a menacing step forward. At Karkat’s left, Kanaya muttered to him that the sun would be rising soon and that they needed to leave now. The young leader looked at Sollux, sighed, reached down and grabbed a stone. He chucked it with perfect accuracy at the strange creature and its neck was severed. Almost immediately, the adult troll groaned and regained consciousness, but Sollux showed no signs of awakening.
“Of course you would continue to be a piece of shit.” Karkat grumbled and hoisted Sollux onto his back. He started running away, but threw a “fuck all of you!” over his shoulder. He and Kanaya disappeared into the trees. The adults looked at them in shock, and the Psiioniic broke the silence.
“What the fuck? Is that a mini-me?”
END CHAPTER ONE