Smart And Strong

Chapter Two: The Wreck

Emerald's POV:

My hand still stung from engraving my gem on the temple door. If only my mom, Jasper, could see me now. Homeworld kicked me out because she was the only family I had left. They said that she was killed by some gem rebels. If I knew who, I would kill them, but lucky for them I do not know who...yet.

I was walking through my new room. It was pretty. It had light green walls and a green carpet. I loved it, and I also found a bed, and it had green sheets. In the corner of my eye I saw something hanging on the wall. I looked and saw it was two swords. They were silver. I got up from my bed and took one of the swords off the wall and looked at it. "Cool." I said and began to swing one of them around. I looked at the handle and saw it had my name engraved in it and I also saw a piece of paper sticking out of the handle. "Ruby and Sapphire killed your mother." That is what it read, and at the bottom I saw it was signed by Yellowdiamond. She had access to every single gem door that has ever been created. I stood the not being able to move. "They killed my mom." I whispered to myself. One way or another I was going to get revenge, and someone will die.

Steven's POV:

I just got done from seeing Connie, unseen of course. I decided to call my dad to ask him to pick me up. "Hey dad, do you think you could pick me up?" I asked. "Yep, I will be there in a few minutes." He said and he sounded tired. "Ok...be careful." I said and hung up the phone.

I waited there for about an hour and started to get worried. I knew I had to call him again, just to make sure he is alright. The phone rang for a bit, until someone picked it up, and it wasn't my father. "Hello, who is this?" Someone asked me. "Steven Universe. Where is my father?" I asked them. It sounded like a male voice. "Your father...is in the hospital with severe injuries." That sentence made me feel like I was going to throw up. I decided to stay calm and ask questions later. "Ok, is there any possible way I can see him?" I asked the man. "Yes, but you will need an adult and a ride to get into the hospital." He said. "Ok. I will be there soon." I said quickly and hung up the phone. I knew what I had to do, no matter how much they hated me, I had to ask Connie's parents to drive me.

Greg's POV:

I was driving down the road at the speed limit, I did not want to get pulled over by a cop. I put in the one of my albums in the CD player and began to sing. "Let me drive my van into your heart~ahhh!" A deer ran out in front of the road and directly in front of my van. I swerved the van, so I didn't hit the deer. I went into a ditch and smashed into a tree. There was broken glass everywhere. I tried to move, but couldn't breathe. I felt a sharp pain in my stomach and saw that I was stabbed be a tree branch. I was losing a lot of blood, the entire seat and my shirt was covered in blood. "Help!" I yelled, but it was only a whisper. My vision was blurry, so I closed my eyes. My ears rang, but it didn't sound like a ring, it sounded like a siren. An ambulance was coming.

I heard footsteps coming close and out of the corner of my eye I saw a man. "Sir! What happened?" The man yelled. "Deer." I whispered. "We need to get this man to the hospital stat!" He yelled, and a few more people came rushing to my aid. "Stay with me." The man said, and before I knew it I blacked out.

I woke up in a hospital and looked around the room. There was the beep of the machine and my heartrate. My sheets were new and clean. I still felt the terrible pain from earlier, so I looked down and saw a giant white patch covering my wound. I heard a door creak open and saw a nurse come in. "Your awake." She said with a smile and I gently nodded my head. She took out a clipboard. "We will need to X-ray you, to make sure you do not have internal bleeding, or any broken bones." I nodded my head again and she began to wheel me down the hallway. I had to squint my eyes because of the florescent lighting. Right now, I wasn't worried about myself, I was worried about Steven.

Steven's POV:

I got up, I was sitting on the curb trying to calm myself down, only to find out it couldn't be done. I walked over to the door and knocked on it gently. I felt hot, like I had a fever, but I knew it was nervousness. A few seconds later Connie's mother answered the door and looked at me in disapproval. "What are you doing here?" She spat at me. "Look I am sorry, but I need a ride to the hospital my fathe was hurt and he has severe injuries, I need your help." Her face was hard and emotionless. "Get in the car." She said quickly and pointed to the car. She went back in the house and I saw Connie come out with her mom and walk over to the car. Connie got in the backseat with me. "You two are not allowed to talk to each other. Do I make myself clear?" We both nodded our heads. "Good." She said and drove off. I felt something warm on my hand. It was Connie, she placed her hand on top of mine. I squeezed her and and intertwined my fingers with hers. She usually calmed me down, but in this situation that was impossible.