The Peacekeeper

Chapter 33

It was an honest mistake. It really was. Anyone could've made that very same mistake. Anyone hiding a potentially dangerous (though not really) alien in his room could've made the very same mistake Karkat made. At least that's what Dave kept trying to convince himself as he was being violently dragged down through a strange place, his face covered and hands tied up, as aliens dug their sharp nails- claws really -into his skin and yelled in their weird alien language. It was terrifying but Karkat would stop them and take Dave home soon enough. Right?

Dave hit what felt like a corner and groaned in pain. The trolls that were dragging him away thought that to be some sort of threat so naturally they gave him a nice kick to the ribs. The albino wheezed as quietly as he possibly could in this situation. He was really hoping Karkat was somewhere nearby. Maybe he was around the corner? Yeah. He was there, with his sickles in hand all ready to jump these two. He'd probably kick their asses. Yell at them or some shit. Then he'd take Dave back to his room and untie him, maybe give him some weird alien medicine for all the cuts and bruises he was getting. Then they would go home. Yeah. Yeah that would happen.

The two trolls stopped and spoke in their weird language. Usually Dave found the troll's language to be interesting, cute even, but now it was just terrifying. A door creaked open loudly and Dave was suddenly being dragged some more. The air felt cold and smelled like death. Disgusting, rotting bodies. He gagged and earned himself yet another kick to the ribs. They stopped again. Hands grabbed Dave by his underarms and he was being half thrown half shoved down and farther into an unknown room. The rag that had been covering his eyes was yanked off so he could properly see, not like he really wanted to. The unsightly faces of the other two trolls were so close to him he nearly asked for them to blind him again. One of them, a golden blooded troll judging by the color of her eyes, spoke and jabbed Dave hard in the chest. He did nothing, afraid he'd probably get stabbed instead of kicked this time.

The other troll, a gigantic bronze blooded chick with muscles bigger than Dave's head, stood from her crouching position and walked to the very end of the room. Dave's eyes followed her but they wandered to the many dark stains on the floor and walls. He grimaced, already knowing where those stains had come from and what they were. The buff troll lady came back with a malicious smile on her gross face. She was holding chains.

"No. No no no. You are not chaining me up. Don't do that." The golden blooded troll yelled something and gave Dave a nice slap the face. He should've guessed he'd get that if he yelled at an alien in an alien language. As guessed he was chained up. Arms and legs were now completely immobile thanks to the too tight metal or iron or whatever kind of chains around them. The two trolls spoke to one another (most likely about how pathetic Dave looked right about now), shared a laugh and walked out, leaving Dave alone in the cold room that reeked of death.

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"Where is he?? Fuck where is he?" Karkat was acting stupid. Not much else to say other than that. "God fucking dammit. Fuck, shit, fuck." He threw open his closet doors and began tearing everything out. He was expecting Dave to pop out and yell gotcha! but no such luck. Although subconsciously he knew Dave wouldn't be in there.

"Dave, Dave please come out. Come on..." He ran to his recuperacoon and poked his head in. He was really grasping at straws now. Why would Dave even be in there?

He's gone. They took him. You know this, actually do something about it instead of running around like a complete dumbass, moron.

"No. They didn't take him. Shut up." Karkat ran to the windows and pushed them open, poking his head out of them. Maybe Dave was just casually floating outside? Admiring the view? Yeah. He was just casually floating out there in front of a palace filled with trolls that see him as a threat to the Empress who just happened to be inside.