AU: JACK ISN'T A REAL THREAT. Also, Feferi is shot but she doesn't die.
"You two tiimiing fii2h face," Sollux marched toward Eridan.
"Wwell, it really wwasnt MY fault," Eridan met Sollux's glare.
"You know iit wa2. Look at what you diid!"
"I don't think I wwill."
"Then we'll have to 2ettle thii2 ju2t liike we diid year2 ago."
"A dual? Wwhat a splendid idea; for a landdwweller."
The two ran at each other with full force.
"Iill kiill you!"
"No, because I'll kill YOU first!"
Sollux's beams collided with Eridan's white magic.
"Give up!" Eridan yelled through the noise.
"Iim not lo2iing thii2 tiime."
"You can and you wwill!" Eridan's beam grew stronger until it threw Sollux to the wall.
"Noww," Eridan huffed, "maybe you'll respect your superiors."
He looked down at Feferi's body on the horn pile.
I did that.
His gaze shifted to Kanaya's body.
That, too.
He looked at Sollux, lying helplessly knocked out against the wall.
Sol...
He bit his lip as tears began forming in his eyes.
No, I wwont cry. I hate them all, remember?
He stepped onto the transportalizer, blindly. He wasn't sure where it took him, but he went straight for his hive.
"Stupid... Good for nothing... Menace," he cried aloud.
He flopped onto his bed. His gaze kept shifting to his desk in the far corner. He walked over and opened the top right drawer.
His eyes wandered around the drawer's contents.
"Wwhere is it?" He mumbled.
"Ah," he held up a small, shiny blade, "here wwe are."
He returned to his bed and rolled up his sleeves. His scarf had been thrown off upon entering the room.
Is this really necessary?
...of course it is. Wwhat else can I do?
He ran his trembling fingers over the pale scars on his forearm.
With the blade in hand, he placed it on his arm.
"Here wwe go again," he murmured.
His arm retracted, with the blade pushing in as hard as he could get it.
Violet liquid soon soaked his bedsheets.
