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

Chapter 5

Noon came and went, and everyone was just lazing around, enjoying the heat while it lasted. Fall would be coming soon. Once, Jane swore she heard laughter coming from the garage, but everyone knew no Trickster would be able to get in with out one of them noticing.

After being in there for an hour or two, [redacted] came out and sat with everyone else. Gage, Bree, and Breeze sat with Roxy, Rose, Jane, and Kanaya, talking to the other girls as they waited for dark, while Dirk, Dave, John, and Jake sat with [redacted], who didn't say anything. he had started speaking less and less, no longer having long conversations with anyone.

Just as they were about to head inside, Dave froze. "Did anyone hear that?" Everyone fell silent, listening. There was only silence, but it was broken a few moment later by yelling. "BACK THE FUCK OFF, YOU NOOKLICKING BASTERDS!" A familiar voice faintly reached everyone's ears.

Dave bolted to the hole in the fence, running outside with his weapon as he looked around. It took him a moment, and in that time [redacted], Dirk, John, Jake, and Roxy had followed him out, while everyone else stayed inside.  

A familiar short, grey skinned troll was holding two sickles and fighting off some tricksters. Before anyone could help him, though, it killed the few remaining candy freaks before turning around at the sound of Dave's voice. "Karkles?"

"D-Dave?" The troll said softly, and ran at Dave, dropping his sickles as the boys hugged each other. Dave was holding Karkat close, tears of happiness flowing down his cheeks. Said troll was hiding his face in the crook of Dave neck, shaking as he griped tightly onto the fabric of Dave's shirt.

"As happy as I am that this is happening, chums, we need to get inside!" Jake said, and everyone retreated, Roxy holding Karkat's sickles because neither the troll or Dave would let go of the other.

Closing the fence up and going inside the house, Dave was sitting on a beanbag with Karkat sitting on his lap. Neither of them had let go of the other; always keeping some form of physical contact. Even when Kanaya gave him a hug, Dave held Karkat's hand.

Eventually, Karkat was forced to tell everyone what'd happened. "After we got split up from you guys, Sollux left the group and I haven't seen him since. Equis took Nepeta somewhere safe. Most of all the other buldglickers left, saying that they were going somewhere safe, and once they found it, they'd find us. Before they left, Vriska kinda lost her shit and killed them off before Tricksters swarmed. Gamzee and I got further, and made it here. We thought we would be safe.." Karkat looked at the ground. "But we got swarmed, and Gam... he didn't think they would hurt him, saying they were bros or whatever, but... I lost track of him, and..."

Dave held Karkat close, the troll unable to finish, but everyone understood. Almost all the trolls were dead. Sollux was probably dead or a trickster. Karkat looked up eventually. "They smell awful." Breeze looked confused. "What?" "I can smell them," Karkat said, wrinkling his nose. "They smell like a lot of sugar. Like, a lot of motherfucking sugar. They smell like enough sugar that it makes your teeth hurt."

Gage glance at Kanaya. "Can you smell them, too?"  Bree asked, but Kanaya shook her head. "I have not." Karkat looked slightly upset that he was the only one who could smell them, but he shrugged. Dave kept his poker face on, holding Karkat's hand. You couldn't tell what he was thinking with those damned shades on his face.

[redacted], who'd been upstairs, came down. "Who wants food?" Karkat glanced at him before suddenly snapping to attention, a low growl coming from him as he pressed into Dave, teeth bared. "Karkat, what're you doing?" John asked, glancing at [redacted], who was standing next to the wall. Nothing seemed off, but Karkat was freaking out.

"Ummm..... ok...?" [redacted] mumbled before walking in the kitchen, and Karkat relaxed slightly, his grey cheeks tinted with a blush. "Sorry.."

 Dave raised an eyebrow behind his shades. "What is it, Karkles?" Karkat glanced at him before whispering something too him, and Dave's eyes widened, though no one could tell. "Are you sure?" Karkat nodded, and Dave whispered something to Dirk, who in turn told Roxy, Jake, Jane, John, Breeze, Bree, and eventually Gage before [redacted] came back in with several sandwiches.

They all stared as him as he set the plate down before picking up Willow (a fluffy grey cat).  "Ummm... what did I break?" [redacted] asked, raising an eyebrow. Everyone was still staring at her, and frankly, it was disturbing. Becoming uncomfortable, he shrugged, walking upstairs and a door could be heard closing.

"You've gotta be lying. There's no way  that he's one of them," Gage said, frowing. Bree nodded. "Yea. The only time we've gone outside the fence was today, when we got you, and there were no Tricksters. And if he'd been bitten earlier, then he would've already..." John said, trailing off. Everyone knew what he'd been bout to say, but no one wanted to admit it.

"You think I'd screw with you at a fucking time like this?" Karkat snapped, glaring at them.

Everyone shook their heads no before grabbing the sandwiches [redacted] had made as they tried to come up with a plan. "There's nothing we can do for now, so I say we just watch him until something happens," Rose said, and everyone agreed.

Sunset came and went, covering the outside world in darkness. After shutting off all the lights, everyone went to bed when it got late. Rose with Kanaya on a couch, Dave with Karkat in a sleeping bag, Dirk with Jake on a couch, Bree and Breeze sharing another couch, Gage on a beanbag, and Jane on a chair with the black cat, Lucifer, again.

Dave, who had an arm wrapped around Karkat's waist as he held the sleeping troll close, thought about what the nubby-horned troll said for a few minutes before pushing the thought to the back of his head so he could get some rest.

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Hm, I wonder what Karkat said            ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Don't be afraid to say what you think Karkat said; post it in the comments. I cant wait to see what you all think XD. Hope you enjoyed!

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