1. Chapter 1 (1/2)

missing

disclaimer: i am not the wonderful guy named andrew hussie, not matter how many times i wish i was.

a/n: i am not responsible for any negative feelings you have.

your weren't sure when you noticed it, but you did.

.:.:.

your name is karkat vantas, and despite what everyone says you actually care. you just happen to be what is called a troll; with grey skin, black hair, varying shades of orange/yellow horns, occasionally described as "candy corn horns", and yellow eyes with grey irises. you speak in a very loud voice that tends to be referred to as yelling. you are often referred to as grumpy guy who needs to learn to chill, but honestly, you don't give a shit about that sort of nonsense.

but what you do give a shit about is your fellow leader, despite proving otherwise multiple times by yelling at him. and he, is seriously hurting your thinkpan with his nonsense. oh, how you hate nonsense; especially coming from him. and that just happened to be spewing from his mouth at the moment.

"-nicolas cage is completely perhaps the best actor there is and-"

"will you shut the fuck up, egbert?" karkat spat out, pupils dilating drastically as he focused on the blue-clad derp's face, narrowing his golden eyes and flicking his pointed ears. black locks of hair fell in front of your face, "nobody gives a flying fuck about your nicolas human mage."

"it's cage, karkat and-"

"like i said, i don't give a shit. seriously, shut up before i make you."

john closed his bucktoothed mouth with a soft clatter, his baby blue eyes looking hurt for a moment before he laughed it off, shrugging it away. you frown again, the occurrence usual for you. nobody has ever seen you with a smile. well, except for when you shoosh papped gamzee but seriously, somebody had to calm him down. guess it had to be you.

"haha, alright, karkat."

your frown deepens. he never gives up that easily, especially concerning nicolas cage. but you let it slide.

"heyyy, karkat, do you want to come with uuuuss?"

you turn at the sound of your name, noticing the jade human run towards you with a wide grin on her face, her arm raised upwards, her white howlbeast ears cocked forward as bit, snow-coated tail wagging ferociously. her black locks of hair blew in the wind -seriously, where the fuck did that shit come from?-, bouncing against her back and the tank top she wore instead of her god tier robe.

"what are you fuckasses doing?"

"checking out the new alchemizers."

you agree, because seriously, what other shit do you have to do?

"did you ask john to come?" you ask at some point as you walk with her towards the others.

"nah; don't worry about it." you knew he would be interested in it. why would jade simply pass up asking her

other to come with them? this seems odd..

but you say nothing.

the next time you notice it is when you all are sitting around the table, all of the post-scratch trolls and the pre-scratch humans, chowing down on any thing that they could have scrounged up with the alchemizer. as trolls, your teeth is more designed for carnivorous purposes so you found yourself tearing into a steak that the rose human made.

but you can't help but notice the lone seat across from you where the john human would normally sit. you also can't help but notice that nobody else seems to notice.

"where's egbert?" you ask to no one in particular, you voice barely heard over everybody else's. they don't answer you, instead too caught up in their conversations.

it almost seems like he never existed.

you decided to confront him.

he's nowhere to be found. and you can't help but feel your worry mount.

"where the fuck are you..?"

when you finally check out his room, you find it long since vacated. when you ask everybody about him, they avoid the question like the plague.

you still worry.

then finally, you confront rose.

"why the bloody fuck is everybody ignoring my questions?"

"it's all a matter of opinion, mister vantas. they all, have in fact answered your question."

"yeah, because when i ask where the fuck he is, they all answer 'everywhere', or 'somewhere', or 'nowhere'. tell me what the hell is going on."

rose's violets eyes are clouded over when she looks up at you. "why not ask him yourself?"

"you fucker. that's what i'm asking everybody! where is he?"