The Survivors

Chapter 6

It was then Jasper turned her head to the side, her yellow wet eyes glittering. Lapis had shapeshifted to look like Jasper's mother. Although she didn't have the right colours, Jasper finally remembered what her mother looked like. She sat up, leaning out to hug Lapis. The warm embrace of her mother's hug... she felt like a cub again.

"I love you Mama."

"I love you too Jasp."

Everything was silent before Jasper pulled away and she stood up once again. She wiped her eyes, going off to do all of the things she had listed. This time she didn't suddenly burst out in tears.

Lapis shapeshifted back to her original size and she looked up to Steven who looked down to her and frown. Honestly the two felt extremely bad for Jasper. The two sighed and they decided to go back to the house, walking inside. Not surprisingly, Lapis went over to the drawer with her and Jasper's collars along with Jasper's blanket. She opened it up, looking inside.

The fabric of the shirt which Jasper called her blanket was all torn. There were a few stains that Steven was never able to wash out, nor Lapis. The collars were in perfect condition although they had a few scratches and tears. She closed the drawer and then looked over to the fridge at Jasper's scribbles which was supposedly a drawing of her mother. Lapis gently sighed and she frowned a little. The blue gem opened up the fridge and she looked inside. There was no light on inside the fridge and it obviously didn't work. There was no food inside the fridge, just containers of fresh water. There probably was no water in the containers anyway. Jasper had probably drank it all in the middle of the night like she always does.

"It changed too much around here.. especially after everyone left and this place became.. abandoned. It's boring. All me and Jasper can do is hunt. We can't even do anything much. We're especially not going back to that place with Smoky, either. She's probably dead though. Hopefully she is." Lapis muttered under her breath.

Steven nodded in agreement. "Me and Lion might go into town later. We'll bring back treats. Maybe we'll go to the grave to visit Dad and Connie. Well, I will at least." He murmured softly. "Maybe we can go check out the carwash too.. The Big Donut..." The boy sighed. "I just miss being little. It isn't the same.. there's no power, I can't play my games, and well.. Beach City is pretty much dead. If we soon run out of fresh water and food, there's a guaranteed we're all going to die and there will be no heroes of the world. It'll be doomed."

Nodding in agreement, Lapis went over to sit onto the couch beside Steven. The couch made an unsettling crack noise as she sat down. Her brows furrowed a little and she then leaned on the boy with a sigh. "I miss being little too.. Now I'm just old and I don't even know how old I am actually. I don't know how old Jasper is either. I kinda miss home.. It just had that nice feeling to it but I guess we're here now. Here forever." She cooed.

With a frown, Steven pressed against Lapis. "I know how you feel." He sighed, stroking Lapis' hair. It was then Jasper entered the house. The two looked shocked.

The large gem had a bunch of bright flowers in her hair. The flowers were also stuck into her uniform. Jasper would of looked really pretty and adorable if she hadn't had a deer in tow along with blood smeared over her mouth.

"I'm back. I brought back a snack." She purred and looked over to Lapis who got up to join her. Steven also got up and he went over to the door. "I'm going for a while, I'll bring back more snacks and drinks."

Both Lapis and Jasper nodded before Steven then left. They turned to stare at each other before Jasper warmly smiled. Oh how she looked so much like her mother when she did that.

With a gentle purr, Jasper shook the flowers off of herself and she then handed them all to Lapis in which she brightly smiled. "Aww, Jasper... thank you." She smiled and put one of the flowers in her hair before she got up, deciding to decorate the house with the other flowers. Jasper simply watched her friend until she came back. The two leaned in closer to each other, Jasper booping Lapis' nose with her nose gem before pulling away. They had started doing that before every meal. It was then the two gems leaned down to start tearing the deer apart, both of them eating it together.

After they had finished their meal, they cleaned themselves off and then groomed each other. Jasper had took the remained of the deer to bury outside before coming back inside to sit with Lapis.

She yawned softly, rubbing her eyes. "Do you think things will ever be the same again..?" The large gem frowned a little. "Or.. will we ever see Smoky again? I hope not. If we do see her, we're gonna become cannibals and eat her."

"I don't think we have to go that far Jasper." Lapis softly spoke as she crawled into Jasper's lap, snuggling up against her. "Just seeing her dead is good enough." She mumbled gently. Simply, Jasper responded with a grunt.

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A few hours had passed before Steven finally returned. He had a bag full of snacks and bottles of fresh water. Most of it is what people gave him due to him preforming his act of shapeshifting and summoning his weapons. People also paid to pet Lion so they were able to buy more food and stuff later. The town he went to was rather small although many people lived there. Everyone seemed shocked that he actually lived in Beach City.

Steven went over to Jasper and Lapis with a gentle smile. "I'm back." He smiled as the two gems slumbered together. He shook them awake in which they groaned.

Lapis' eyes fluttered open as she pressed closer to Jasper's chest. She stared at Steven before her eyes brightened. "Oh! Jasper! Steven is back!" She chirped, pushing at Jasper in which the large gem pushed Lapis away.

The large gem sat up with a grunt and she loudly yawned. "Mmmnn... Steven?" She slurred, her brows furrowing. Jasper stared at Steven and the grown man simply handed her a bottle of water. He also handed Lapis a bottle of water. It was then the three guttled down the water.

Steven placed the bottle of water back in the bag, Lapis and Jasper doing the same. It was then