Tricksters, Demons, and Trolls, oh-fucking-my.

Chapter 3

The group woke up around 9 AM, and were hungry as all hell. Taye and Kaylee were acting a bit strange, but everyone just left it alone, thinking it was the stress of what had happened yesterday. John was disgusted to see Betty Crocker, but was glad to see that it was in a burn box. Dave was drinking apple juice and eating poptarts (what else), wile Dirk was sitting on the counter, Jake next to him. 

Be the ironic cool-kid. Be Dave Strider   ======>

'God, yes. Apple juice is the shit,'  you thought, smirking to yourself. It was perfect, and nothing Egderp said was going to make you stop drinking it. Not even when he said it was monster piss in a bottle. You really couldn't care less. 

Looking around, you couldn't help but feel a stab of sadness when you saw Kanaya with Rose. The troll reminded you so much of Karkat, and you forced the memory away. You WILL  find him.

You are no longer the ironic cool-kid. Now your just kinda here, i guess?

An hour later, everyone was laying outside in the yard, soaking up the warmth of the sun when [redacted] came out, muttering to himself. "Hey, Erwin, where'd you move the burn box to?" Jake looked confused when Gage replied. "I moved it to the kitchen place thing." With a nod, [redacted] left again, heading inside the house. he came out a few minutes later, carrying the box to the garage before joining the group in the grass.

"Hey, so, uh, what happens if you get bit by one of those things?" Taye blurted out, looking at the group with fear clearly written on his face. "...Why?" Bree tilted her head, confused. "You didn't.....?" Taye nodded, rolling up his sleeve to revel a hastily bandaged bite on his arms that was colored a bubblegum pink. "We have to amputate the arm," Jake said from behind Dirk. The anime-shade wearing Strider had put his boyfriend behind him; protecting him from any potential danger.

"I don't want to loose my arm!" Taye protested, Kaylee nodding in agreement. Both their faces had tears dripping down and landing on the grass as they thought about loosing the other. "You have to, idiot!" Dave agreed with Dirk, standing  up. The fight continued until [redacted] spoke up. "Shut the fuck up. We can't amputate his arm." The sighs of the other were cut off by his next statement. "It's too late for him, anyway. Cutting off an arm won't be able to save him now."

Kaylee was shaking her head, not wanting to believe the words, while Taye his his face in her shoulder, sobbing as [redacted] continued. "He's already infected. He's going to turn into a Trickster."

Breeze sniffled, and their close friends were trying to deny what they all knew now. Their friend was going to turn into one of those candy freaks. Taye was holding on to Kaylee as the couple sobbed, not wanting to accept the fact. 

"How do you know!? You could be wrong!" Taye screeched, angry and afraid. Kaylee was red in the face, tears falling faster. "He's going to live!" [redacted] only shook his head. "It's too late. Assuming he got bit last night, he's only got till midnight tonight at the latest."

Kanaya nodded. "Terezi got bit, and barley lasted 12 hours before going 'trickster', as you say. I'm suprised that you've lasted as long as you have." John nodded, remembering. The one troll they hadn't gotten split away from, and she got herself turned into a weird as all fuck candy lady with horns. Not something you wanna see. 

Taye had stopped moving a few minutes later, and his breathing was shallow, so they thought he was just trying to stop crying.

Oh how wrong they were.

His hair went to a bright yellow, a lolly pop sprouting from the side of his head as his cloths changed color, turning pastel. Despite her friends yelling for her to get away, Kaylee continued to hold on to her boyfriend, tears flowing down her face as she watched him turn into a candy zombie. But Taye went still, and she set him gently on the ground before standing. 

"I guess he only changed color instead of coming back alive," Kaylee started to say before a small laugh was heard. Taye sat up, a huge smile on his face as he giggled madly. "Hey, Kaylee! Look! I'm all happy now! You can all be happy!" He staggered to his feet, looking drunk. But this was way worse then any drunk could ever be.

He spun around in a circle, giggling, and ran at them. "Scatter!" Rose screamed, and everyone got out of the way- except Kaylee, who raised her arms. "I'm here for you!" She smiled, and Taye lept at her. The Trickster that was once their friend was gone, replaced by this... thing. 

The sound of gunfire filled the air as Jake shot at Taye, but in the panic, he missed.

The pastel boy giggled, tackling Kaylee, and violently bit into her shoulder, making the blond girl scream out in pain.

A shot rang out, and Taye flopped to the ground beside Kaylee, blood splattered all over him. His crazy smile remained, but as the life drained from his eyes, he looked so sad and was silently thanking them for killing him. He hadn't wanted to be a trickster, and he sure as hell hadn't wanted to kill the one person he had left that he loved.

Jake sat on the ground, and Dirk pulled him close. "Shh, you did what you had to do." Jake had shot Taye, saving Kaylee for the moment. "Ta...taye?" Gage stammered, tears falling like small streams from his eyes as he sat on the ground. His best friend was gone.

Be the depressed, magical lion. Be Gage=====>

'No... he can't be... he can't be dead,' You think, biting your lip as you stared sadly at the brightly colored corpse. It didn't move. He was gone, and he wasn't ever coming back. You dropped your head to your hands and sobbed, shoulders shaking and not caring who saw. 

You are no longer the sad lion.

Kanaya, Rose, Jade, Breeze, Bree, John, and Dave were gathered around Kaylee, trying to stop the bleeding. The bite wasn't deep, she wouldn't have died from blood loss. What worried them were the candy colors they could see slowly tainting her blood  as Kaylee screamed in pain. Because of the fact that saliva and blood from Taye Trickster was in her shoulder, the process was sped up twice as fast, so they had little time. 

[redacted] was standing off to the side, face grim. "Guys, open the door. Gage... nevermind. Rose, Kanaya, Jade, one of you help me get her to the basement." he picked up Kaylee, who was shaking with sobs; both from pain and the sadness for Taye. Jade ran over, supporting the greving girl by the feet as they carried her down to the basement, where a large cage stood in the center of the room. 

There was nothing there except blankets piled on the floor, a plastic cup of water, and some food as [redacted] and Jade set their friend down. [redacted] made Jade get out before helping to stop the bleeding from Kaylee and sewing the wound, wrapping it in gauze before the taller girl fell asleep and [redacted] left the cage, locking the door behind him and putting the key on his necklace, tucking it in his shirt before going upstairs and back outside with Jade.

The group was silent except for sobs and trying to comfort eachother. Dirk held Jake close, comforting him. Dave was sitting with John, the two of them trying to comfort Gage. Kanaya, Rose, and Jade were comforting Breeze and Bree, letting the girls cry.

Though some hadn't known Taye and Kaylee long, they felt awful about what happened to the girl and her now-dead boyfriend. [redacted] was leaning aginst the side of the house, head hanging, but not one cry was heard from him. No one noticed the small blade he held in his hand, slicing over the skin. This was all his fault. 

You are now [redacted]=====>

'THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! YOU DID THIS! YOU SHOULD'VE CHECKED EVERYONE FOR BITES INSTEAD OF BEING WEAK AND SITTING ON THE ROOF!' The voices in your head scream, telling you how much you've failed the group. Pressing your sweatshirt sleeve to the wounds to stop the bleeding, you stand up a few minutes later.