Can't Live Without You

Brother Mine

*Sorry I didn't clarify, nobody knows that Blinky and Aargh are a couple*

Jim strolled into the caves, whistling quietly, only to stop dead at what he saw. Toby smacked into his back, but Claire stopped in time to avoid his mistake. The caves were in total disarray; trolls were overturning their shelters, calling out, and generally making a big mess. When they saw the trollhunter team, one large female troll explained the situation.

Jim frowned and asked, "Are you sure you've checked everywhere? You said that you found some of his stuff outside the east entrance, could he have just gone for a walk? The sun's up now so maybe he's just stuck under the trees somewhere." This logic seemed to calm the trolls, and they went back to their various duties. All of them except for Aargh; he still had a worried frown on his face, convinced that this was more serious. While his human friends fanned out to search the nearby woods, Aargh got as close to the entrance as he could without touching the sunlight and waited for a glimpse of his dearest friend.

*With Blinky, location unknown. Warning for future/hinted torture*

Someone was tapping Blinky's face, a roughly impatient staccato dragging him out of unconsciousness. A familiar voice growled, "Foolish impure. You gave him too much! He was supposed to be paralyzed for a short time, not unconscious for two hours. Is he reviving yet?" Someone with small, cold hands slid a needle into Blink's arm. He cringed away from it with a groan, forcing his eyes open. Blinky's senses flooded with horror and fear when he realised who he was with; none other than Dictatious! The small blue changeling next to his brother cowered and slunk out of the room after giving Blinky yet another shot. Even with the overwhelming shock of the situation, Blinky had to wonder where they had gotten needles that strong, to pierce the stony skin of a troll.

Dictatious smiled eerily, baring his teeth at Blinky while saying smoothly, "Hello little brother. What a... treat... this is. You were doing such a good job as a leader, I just had to have you taken. We can't have rebels getting organized now can we? Gunmar has ordered that I keep you until the trollhunter and the rest of your group are captured; then you will be executed to destroy their spirits before we destroy them as well. This will be so much fun- well, for me at least."

Ignoring Blinky's frantic struggling, the blind troll ran his hand down a low table before finding what he was looking for; a short stick with a viciously pronged end. Pressing a button made electricity leap from the end. "It's been far too long little brother- let us play together."

*At the cave*

It was nearly dark again by the time the humans got back to the cave. Drall had joined Aargh at the cave entrance, and the two trolls' faces flashed from happy to disappointed when they saw the humans return, but without Blinky. Jim approached first, holding his hand out towards Aargh silently. He dropped a small red dart onto Aargh's large palm, reporting, "We found this in the grass near the east entrance along with drag marks. I think he's been kidnapped."