The doomed timeline

Chapter 19

A few minutes passed and nothing happened. Dave was still completely still. Karkat was starting to loose hope. He had ended up resting his head on Dave's chest, but he couldn't hear his heartbeat. Karkat let tears slip down his face as he looked at Dave's face. He looked almost peaceful. Karkat continued to cry, closing his eyes and wishing that none of this had ever happened. He wasn't paying attention, but Dave's heart had very slowly started beating and a few seconds later his eyes fluttered open. Dave let out a gasp and started coughing. Karkat lifted his head quickly and looked at him.

"Dave?!" He exclaimed, going wide eyed.

Dave coughed a few more times. "K-Karkat... you're alive!" He looked relived. He was about to try and put his arms around Karkat, when he noticed the rope. "What the fuck happened?"

"There's an alternate version of your, and he's gone insane. He keeps talking about taking over this timeline because his timeline got messed up...? I'm not entirely sure what he wants, but its creepy." Karkat explained.

"Well I kind of knew about the other version of myself considering he attacked me... I meant what happened to you? I thought you were dead?" Dave said quietly.

Karkat shook his head. "That was a different version of me that the other you killed and then cut the arms..." Karkat shuddered, nauseous at the memory, and was glad that from were they laid, the corpse on the bed wasn't visible. "I was stuck in the closet with the other you and I kept struggling against him and... well, you know what happened...." Karkat said, trailing off.

Dave nodded his head as he listened, wishing his hands weren't tied up so he could hug Karkat. "Thank god getting ambushed by a different version of myself and getting my neck snapped by them isn't considered Justified or Heroic..." Dave said, trying to smile.

Karkat just sighed and rested his head back on Dave's chest. "What the hell are we going to do?" He asked softly. His leg really hurt now.

"Now we try and find a away to get this fucking rope off," Dave said, looking around the room. He sounded determined. "I think I have an idea."