The doomed timeline

Chapter 3

Karkat froze with fear and slowly opened his eyes. There was someone standing over the side of the bed, and they had a knife pressed against his throat. He wanted to yell, but couldn't get any noise out. Karkat squinted as his eyes adjusted to the darkness. He could now see who was standing there it was... Dave?!

Karkat's mind was racing. Why was Dave holding a knife to his throat?! This didn't make sense! Karkat then felt a slight shift beside him. He glanced over, away from his attacker, and saw Dave again. But he was lying down, fast asleep. He was very confused and scared. The knife positioned at his neck felt all too real.
This can't be real! This has to be a dream, he thought to him self.
Suddenly then knife was pushed a little harder. The sudden pressure behind the sharp blade made Karkat gasp quietly.
Dave looked down and smirked. "Well, look who's awake," he said quietly.
Karkat didn't say anything. He couldn't. His voice wouldn't work. He was terrified. He just lied there, staring wide eyed at Dave.
"Don't worry," his voice was a cold and angry tone Karkat had never heard from him before. "You won't be awake for much longer... " He smiled and chuckled, as if he made a joke.
Karkat started to tremble. He didn't know what to do. Dave moved the knife away from Karkat's neck. Karkat didn't move. He felt paralyzed. Dave lifted the knife above him and brought it down, aiming right at Karkat's chest. Karkat finally found his voice and screamed, squeezing his eyes shut, waiting to feel the sharp pain run through his chest...
But it never came. The only thing he felt was Dave jumping and sitting up in surprise beside him.
"What's going on?!" Dave said, rubbing his eyes.
Karkat sat up and looked around the room, expecting to see another Dave standing there.
"Karkat what's wrong? Why are you crying?" Dave sounded worried.
Karkat reached up and touched his face. He hadn't even realized he was crying. "I... I had a bad dream it... It was nothing... Sorry for waking you up..."
Dave wiped away Karkat's tears "It didn't sound like nothing. What were you dreaming about?"
Karkat hesitated. "Well... remember that stupid dream I had about a person standing in the doorway?" He nervously glanced at the door as he spoke.
"You mean the one you had a few weeks ago?" Dave questioned.
"Yeah.. Well I kept having that dream. I didn't mention it because I didn't want to keep waking you up, so I just tried to ignore it but... But this time, the person was standing there holding a knife to my neck... Like they were trying to kill me and I was terrified... " He trailed off, still staring at the door.
Dave reached over and hugged Karkat, who leaned in immediately and buried his face in Dave's chest.
"Karkat, can I ask who was the person you saw in your dream?" Dave asked softly.
Karkat looked up at Dave. "Well... Umm..." He wasn't sure if he should tell Dave.
"You don't have to if you don't want to. I was just curious," Dave said reassuringly as he moved a strand of hair out of Karkat's face.
"The person was..." He sighed heavily. "It was you." He had to look away. He didn't want to see Dave's reaction.
"What?" Dave said, looking surprised.
"It was weird," Karkat muttered, "because you were sleeping beside me, but you were also the one holding the knife... I probably sound like an idiot. I'm sorry..."
Dave started playing with Karkat's hair. "It's alright. You don't have to apologize. Dreams can be weird and stupid sometimes. I promise nothing like that would ever happen in real life. I would never ever hurt you."
Karkat started purring softly as Dave calmed him down. They lied there for a while.
"I love you Dave." Karkat said, breaking the silence.
Dave smiled. "I love you too Karkat." He leaned down and gently kissed Karkat. Karkat smiled and rested his head on Dave's chest. The two stayed like that and slowly fell asleep.
That was the last night Karkat had a nightmare like that.
But that wasn't the end of it.
This was only the beginning of madness.