Arrow through the Heart

3: John Egbert

"Oh god oh god oh god..." now you made a foul and fucked up mistake. But you suddenly don't regret it cause it was pretty fucking hilarious. You're such a dumbass sometimes, but hey. A top-knotched, professional prankster, such as yourself, couldn't help but tease the poor lil Strider. Lol. You hate leaving things undone, but whatever. Strider can't be serious about beating you up. He can be a tad bit too dramatic. Oh yeah! Let's get on the road and visit the bastard. You did everything you needed done before planning this shit out.

Alright. Let's test these babies out. You've zapped around the whole entire universe to be able to control them and use them properly.

Okai

"one"

No going back now.

"two"

You really hope this doesn't fuck up.

"THREE!"

As soon as you counted three you immediately zapped yourself to Dave's location. Really hoping your zappy, windy powers came through for you. Also, you shouldn't have used your powers while your eyes were closed. Well you did open your eyes just a little to see if you managed to get to Dave's apartment. And to the right timeline. Wait. You're not technically a time player so you didn't need to worry about that part.

But as you expected, kinda, you arrived! Well if being on the top of his roof counted. Suddenly, you hear noises. The clanging of two metals to be exact. You decided to hide yourself behind a structure that looks like an air conditioning thing. You couldn't help but take a peek of what was going on.

Holy shit! You couldn't believe what you were witnessing.

Dave and a grown man, you assume is his Bro, are strifing up on the roof. But were they really strifing?

You leaned in closer to watch the battle closely. You can see that Dave wasn't really into it. He was exhausted and scarred up. And it doesn't even look like Bro was dented with a scratch. So, you decided to do something. So as you turned around and lean your back up against the metal wall. You whipped out your PDA, hoping Strider had his phone on him.

{ectoBiologist began pestering tunrtechGodhead}

EB: hey dave

EB: i'm already here

EB: in your room to be exact

EB: where are you? should I look around the place and try and find you?

"Cmon dammit. Cmon. Please whip out your phone..."

You really wanted to see that message pop up. But then you heard a ding. It wasn't coming from your phone. It was Dave's. You turned back to see if he goes ahead and answers you.

He isn't able to. It looks like he's being held down by the throat with Bro's foot and having his sword pierced almost close to his head.

That's it. You can't bare the sight. You just gotta fake that you weren't here to begin with and pop up in front of them. Okai here goes. again.

And just like that. With enough concentration you managed to zap yourself in front of them. Above of Dave's head. He's staring at you. Well tilting his head up to you enough for him to see you. Well shit. It looks like he didn't want you to see him like this. God it's awkward. Gotta break the ice.

"Uh...hey, Dave. Are you currently busy right now? I should've guessed. You didn't answer me, after all." You chuckled nervously, while rubbing the back of your neck.

Bro took his foot off of Dave. "Guess training has to end here, Bro." He said while leaving back inside.

You sighed with relief. Then you remembered Dave. You immediately went ahead and offered your hand to help Strider to his feet. You really hope he's going to be alright when he's in this state. "C'mon, Strider. Let's go an-"

"Why did you come?" He said. Sounding tired and frustrated.

"What? What do you mean why did I come? I said I was coming over! I even said I was in your room when I arrived."

"But you weren't, were you?" He looked up at you with a fucked up and bruised expression. You didn't know what to say. But you just averted his eyes and looked down, while shaking your head lightly. "No..."

The air grew with both of your silences. You wanted to say something. You really did, but you didn't know what. All you did was take Dave to his bathroom and try and look for the first aid kit. You've been to his apartment to know where things are around the place.

You got down on one knee and made him take off his ripped up cool guy shirt. You made sure to show respect and not give a shit about him being shirtless in front of you. Goddamn! You thought the outside of his shirt was bad, but it got worst when he took it off. The closed up scars was opening up again.

"Dave! Oh god. How about we just go to my place and hang out. How does that sound?" You wanted Dave to be safe. And by that, you wanted him to be safe out and away from his apartment.

You'd be damned if this is how he was raised and doesn't know what the difference is between training and abuse is. Wait- this isn't your place to judge, so for now you need to keep it to yourself, until it is the perfect time to say something.

"If that's what you want, bro..." Dave isn't being his usual ironic self. Was his ironic cool guy just a cover up?

"Dave, I wanna do what you wanna do. So what would you like to do?" you wanted to make Dave feel better and you had to find out how.

"Bro, I don't know. Maybe you shouldn't have came today." He said placing a hand on your arm that was dabbing a alcohol cotton swab on a bruise on top of his stomach.

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You know what!! Let's be someone else for now. These two needs to work something out. Hey! Let's see what Karkat is up to right now!!