Love and Revenge

Chapter 6

Jake's POV

I can't believe Jade stayed with that fucking demon. I'll just fetch her later. In a few hours she'll probably be crawling back to me saying I was right. You can't ever trust a bloody fucking demon.

"Karkat! Where the hell are you?!" I yell as I stomp back into the base.

"HOLY SHIT THE FUCKASS ISN'T DEAD!"

"No. I'm not dead. Pack up everything. The area's has been cleared. We're leaving tomorrow morning."

"FINE BY ME. THIS PLACE WAS A SHIT HUNT ANYWAYS."

Karkat gets some bags and boxes and piles stuff inside them. "WHERE'S JADE?"

"Oh she's in the town talking with some guy she found. He's a prick but he probably won't do anything to her. And if he does he'll get a bullet in the head."

"YES SIR." He says and starts yelling at everyone. "GET YOUR ASSES MOVING BEFORE I PUT MY FOOT UP YOUR SPHINCTER!!!"

I sigh and get my things together. I find my tea maker and prepare a cup of tea. I'm taking a sip of tea and I drop the cup

when I open the door to the other room. I find Dirk lying on the floor, bloodied and bruised with various cuts and gashes on him. He has black eye and his lip is bleeding. He looks absolutely drained and pale as a ghost. I go over to his side. How did he get in here without any other of the hunters seeing? Why am I caring? I should shoot him now while he's down. I grab my pistol and aim it at his head. My hand is shaking and for some reason I can't do it, I can't pull the trigger. I put the gun in my holster and go in the bathroom and grab bandages and other medical shit I can find. I hurry back over to him and wrap up and tend to all the visible cuts and gashes. I clean the blood on him with a rag and then pack everything away. I just have to wait for him to wake up now. I don't know when that's going to be but until then I'll make sure he's okay. When he wakes up he'll definitely need blood and fresh blood at that. I'll worry about that later. I have stuff to do and now I need to keep him hidden from the other hunters. I pick him up and he shivers in my arms. I put him on a cot and pull the blanket up on him. I'll go out for more medical supplies and some blood for him . . .and possibly clothes that aren't blood soaked. I'm guessing though I'll need to help with broken bones or something. He couldn't have gotten away without a few of those. I exit the room locking the door going out the makeshift base. Karkat runs up to my side.

"WHERE ARE YOU GOING?"

"Into town. I'm going to get Jade and some supplies for the road."

"HURRY BACK BEFORE DARK. WE DON'T WANT TO LOCK YOUR ASSES OUT FOR THE NIGHT."

"Right." I traverse the woods and find the town rather quickly. The best bet is that the two idiots are here searching. I walk around for a bit, making stops at helpful stores for the clothes and medicine. I sling the shopping bags over my shoulder and see some familiar faces across the street in the cafe. I walk over and sit down with them.

"I'm not going with-" Jade begins to say before I cut her off.

"Jade I'm not here about that. I found Dirk . . .well more so he found our base and hid there."

Dave gets up. "Take me now. And I swear to Gog if you did anything to him-"

"I didn't touch him except helping with cleaning his wounds."

"He's . . .hurt? You mean to say that my brother, the unkillable, has wounds?!"

Jade goes to Dave and holds his hand. "Everything will be fine Dave." She looks at him sympathetically.