Steven

The New Lapis

She was just sitting in the corner huddled up in a little ball. She looked like she was shaking.

" L-lapis?" She didn't answer and stayed in the same position "What did you do to Lapis?" I said looking up at Yellow Diamond angrily.

"I just improved her a little bit, that's all." She laughed at her statement. "Would you like to speak to her?"

"Yes."  She raised her hand and brought it over the her other hand. She dropped me on her palm and I ran over to the cage.

"Lapis?" She didn't answer.

"LAPIS!!" Yellow Diamonds voice boomed throughout the room. Lapis started slowly turning her head toward Yellow Diamond. I noticed her left eye was a glowing yellow.

"Someone wants to see you."

Lapis's eye scanned the room, until they landed on me. Her eyes widened and her eyebrows furrowed. She immediately got up and ran over to the edge of the cage. She gripped the bars and grew a devious smile.

"Steven, I've been waiting for you!!" Lapis laughed. Her voice and laugh were raspy.

"Lapis, what did they do to you?" She didn't answer. Tears were starting to form in the corners of my eyes. I turned towards Yellow Diamond and said

"C-can she hear me?" A single tear rolled down my cheek.

"Of course not. Her only job is to destroy. If she could hear you, you would talk her into destroying me, and because she loves you, she would help you, and we don't want that now... do we? Only she can hear me." Yellow Diamond smiled.

"Why?" I said.

"What?" Yellow Diamond said.

" WHY??!!!" I screamed.

"Why what?" She said. Tears were rolling down my cheeks.

"WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO HER AND PERIDOT AND CONNIE?!! THEY DON'T DESERVE THIS!! THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG!! .........  WHY ARE YOU SUCH A CRUEL, HEARTLESS PERSON?!?!?" I started hitting her with all my might, but it was useless. She raised her other hand and touched her thumb and index finger together. She flicked her index finger forward and flicked me across the room. I slammed against a wall and then slid down. My lip was bleeding , I had a black eye and I had a headache. I looked up at Yellow Diamond and she was unlocking Lapis's cage.

"I wanted them to kill you, Steven. I told my rubies to come down to Earth and take the ones who were close to you. My rubies brought me Lapis and Connie and I 'upgraded' them to kill you. They then, would come back down to Earth and try to shatter you. I didn't take control of the Crystal Gems because I wanted to shatter them myself." She laughed but then grew a frown." I don't want the son of a traitor to live.  That's why I want you dead... Pink Diamond didn't deserve to be shattered by her own kind. Rose Quartz should have been shattered." I heard a slight gasp from the other side of the room. I think it was Pearl. I felt the urge to get up and try to hurt Yellow Diamond again, so I slowly stood up. I started to run but I tripped over something. My head was throbbing and my ankle had a gash in it. I lifted my head up and saw a yellow Pearl staring down at me. She laughed.

"Pathetic human." I swung my leg by her ankles and tripped her. I got up and started running.