Escape

Chapter 6

"Kankri!!" Cronus yelled. "We need help!" He panicked and placed Eridan down. Kankri started to collapse. He fell forward, letting Karkat hit the ground as well. Kankri was losing blood fast. "HELP!!" Cronus yelled in English as he saw the American soldiers. "Please!! Help!!" He ran towards them.

"Woah! Woah what's wrong??" One of them asked. They were only a few years older than Cronus. "What's happened??"

"My friend's been shot! His brother is sick! People are chasing us! Please help!!" Cronus was frantic. His English was covered in his thick German accent.

"Okay, okay! Show us where your friend is!" The soldier instructed. The other ten soldiers followed, they stayed aware.

The German soldiers were almost to Kankri. They saw the American soldiers first and started shooting, the Americans fired back. Only one was hit, but the Germans fell back as most of them were wounded or killed.

Kankri had passed out and Karkat was trying to get him to wake up.

"Jones, pick up the kid. Me and Anderson got the other." One of the soldiers said as it happened. Cronus understood and Eridan got the gist of it.

Karkat didn't at all. When the soldier picked him up he started screaming. The soldier tried to calm him down, but Karkat couldn't understand him.

"Karkat! Calm down! They're helping us! Kankri is going to be fine! We aren't being chased anymore! Calm down! He's going to be fine! Please! Let them help!" Cronus said in German so that Karkat could understand. This seemed to calm Karkat as he spotted moving and relaxed on the soldier. Cronus picked up Eridan and followed the soldiers back to their camp. It was very hidden in the woods in a rural part of France.

Kankri was taken to a doctor along with Karkat. They were in separate areas so they didn't see each other. Suddenly Karkat started yelling and no one knew what he was saying. Cronus ran into where Karkat was.

"We don't know what we did! He just started yelling! We're trying to help him!" One of the soldiers said, letting Cronus calm Karkat down.

"Karkat, you have to calm down!" Cronus spoke calmly.

"No!! They took Kankri and won't let me see him! I don't know what they're saying! I'm not in Germany! I don't know where I am! I saw people get shot! My brother got shot!" Karkat's eyes filled with tears as he looked at all of the concerned soldiers. He looked back at Cronus, hyperventilating. He started coughing again and blood came up.

"We need to help him!!" A soldier got in front of Karkat and tried helping him again. "Let us help you!"

"No!! I want Kankri!" Karkat yelled and none of the soldiers understood.

"Please translate!" The soldier begged Cronus. "We're getting no where!"

"Okay." Cronus turned to Karkat again. "Karkat, sie versuchen, ihnen zu helfen. Bitte, lassen Sie sie" (Karkat, they're trying to help you. please, let them)

"Nein! Nicht, bis ich Kankri sehen kann! wo ist er?!" Karkat yelled back.

"No, not until he sees his brother. He does know where he is." Cronus translated.

"Your brother passed out from blood loss! He's being treated right now, you can see him in the morning. Okay?"

"Kankri ist wegen des Blutverlust ohnmächtig geworden! Er wird gerade behandelt. Du kannst Morgen zu ihm. Okay?" Cronus tried to get Karkat to understand, but he wouldn't.

"Was werden sie mit ihm machen ?? Was wollen sie von mir?" Karkat was still hyperventilating and looking around the room as he spoke.

"What are you doing to him, what are you going to do to me?" Cronus translated.

"You're going to be fine. We're going to give you some medicine and lots of water. You'll get lots of rest and we won't let you get hurt. Your brother is safe. They're stitching him up and letting him rest and regain his blood. He'll be awake in the morning."

"Es wird alles wider gut. Wir werden dir etwas Medizin geben und viel zu trinken. Du musst dich ausruhen  und   wir passen auf dich auf, so dass dir nichts passiert. Kankri ist sicher. Die Ärzte nähen die Wunde zusammen  und lassen ihn ruhen damit sein Blut wiedergewinnen kann. Er wird am Morgen wach sein"

Karkat nodded and looked up at the soldier. "...okay..." He said meekly. A sigh of relief washed over the room as Karkat was being helped. "Er muss bleiben!!" He pointed at Cronus.

"I stay." Cronus nodded. "That is  fine with me. It will keep him calm."

The soldier nodded and gave Karkat medicine and water. They told him to do a few things, which Cronus translated. Karkat didn't feel as scared anymore, but he still didn't like not being able to understand anyone talking to him.

When Karkat had been treated he fell asleep peacefully. He was curled, clinging to a pillow. Cronus stayed with him the whole time. He had gotten Eridan and fallen asleep with him in his lap.