Chapter 3

"Hey! Watch it!" I yell at the surprised…man? It must be. In this universe everything's messed up, remember Lenin? I shake my head and my eyes land on his sign. Damn it. Had to run into one of these huh? I smile faintly more alarmed than mad right now. I press a button on one of my bracelets and a large shield spirals outwards.

"Can I leave without a bone being broken?" I ask the…guy in front of me. He nods still inspecting my shield. I scoot towards the door and that's when he decides to speak.

"Who made this? They must have been really STRONG to craft such a beautiful thing."

I myself thought it was one of Mare's shabbier pieces of work but, eh, who wanted to argue with a freak who liked to build robots then fight them? "Uhh…yeah. She…is? Was? I don't even know anymore," I reply still trying to get out the door. He nods and lets me out. I race down the hall and I press the button again. The shield folds in on itself and I burst into the room I woke up in.

"There's a Builder, Inventor or something out there! Ew ew ew," I practically shout as I wipe his sweat off of me. Dave chuckles and I flip him off.

"Don't test me," I growl. He laughs so hard he falls off the bed. I growl and stalk over to Karkat and the Killer Clown. I sit down and I take out a deck of cards. Well, not really take them out…more like I kinda turn a piece of the sheets on the bed into dust and then turn them into cards. KK and KC watch in amazement as I do this. I see them staring and I smirk.

"Can't you idiots do something to amuse yourselves?" I laugh. I flick the cards into the air and they turn to dust. I make the dust swirl and swell. Dave watches too and I form a figure that looks like one of my friends. Her hair is black with yellow stripes in it. She has her normal 3D glasses on. She's holding a tablet in one hand that's decorated with a red and blue Gemini sign. In her other hand she has a phone with the words 'Don't touch. Lenin.' scrawled across the back. The phone is held up to her ear as she types on the tablet.

Karkat gasps and he reaches out to touch her. As soon his fingers touch it explodes into candy red birds. I smile. I used to do this trick for Kankri. But now I can't see him ever again. At least Kenny's protecting him. So are what's left of my friends. I sigh and the birds turn into my big brother. His eyes are bright red and he's chuckling. His sweatshirt looks like it's been through hell. Mostly because last time I saw him he had been. He's looking right at Karkat and I make the sand reach out to touch his shoulder. Then the figure explodes into multicolored dust. I laugh at the expressions on the three boys' faces.

"How can you fucking do that?" Karat asks.

"I've had experience. Having a friend that tries to kill you every time she sees you teaches you to hone your talents pretty well."