Steven Universe: Beyond The Mirror

On The Whips

Lapis' chest pounds against itself as she stands her ground, her body convulsing. A deep, somewhat raspy voice speaks through the darkness within the hole in front of the intruder. "Well what do you know."

The speaker scoffs as a purple hand reaches out into the dull light of the Kindergarten. "I should've known you would be here at some point. Garnet told me herself." Amethyst pokes her head out with a glare fixed to her face.

A few hours ago, Lapis had bullied Amethyst, spitting out such hateful remarks and slurs to her face. Much to her surprise, everything that Lapis has said was disturbingly correct. Lapis attempts to resist a grimace as she curls her fingers into fists.

Amethyst stands in front of her hole with her hands on her hips and a raising eyebrow, shifting her eyes back and forth in search of something that should be in her precense...but isn't. "Where's Steven?"

Lapis takes a step back as Amethyst reproaches her with a trembling finger pointing directly at her. "What did you do to him? Where...is he?" Amethyst's chest heaves up and down as her nostrils flare, fearing that Lapis has done her companion in to help her selfish self escape.

As much as Lapis doesn't want to give away the location of Steven's dying body, she knows that there is only so much she could do to help Steven out on her own. "He's on the warp pad! We were at this Strawberry Battlefield and there was a corrupted Gem over there that damaged Steven's gem."

Amethyst gapes, her eyebrows crossing. "You're telling me that Steven's gem is cracked and you just decided to leave him on the warp pad to rot?!" Lapis takes another step back. Amethyst stomps forward, gripping her whip.

"Amethyst, please! You need to help me get Steven to his mother's foutain. I mean, we're running out of time here!" Amethyst bends her head down, the top of her face darkening. "You just expect me to help you help Steven after getting himself hurt in your dirty hands? Fat chance."

Lapis stands up straight as she counters her argument. "Well don't you care about Steven? I mean, the longer we put this off, the shorter the time we have to help him." Amethyst clenches her teeth, reaching into her gemstone as it shimmers. "Let's make a deal."

She brings her head back up, thrusting the warp whistle out in front of Lapis. "You think you're so high and fancy talking down to me? Why don't you prove it?!" She lashes out her whip as Lapis' eyes bulge. She dives out of the way and she starts running.

Her water wings pop out of her gemstone as she pants, her stamina depleting as she slows down. She leaps into the air...only to have her leg caught up in the ends of the crystal whip. Amethyst grunts as she pulls down on the whip just as Lapis turns her cheek the other way to notice.

Lapis screams as she crashes down into the dirt below. Amethyst smirks, tugging on the whip as Lapis pushes herself up--only to crash down on her back. Amethyst taps her fingers against the whistle in her left hand as she chuckles.

"So you just thought you could come up to me and expect my help but then fly away afterwards? You're one crazy water witch for ever believing that." Lapis attempts to get back up again, turning on her side to reach for the unreachable. She grunts as Amethyst tugs her back down again.

Amethyst presses a boot down on Lapis' back just above her butt as she casts her eyes down on the gemstone only inches away from her. She reaches down for it as Lapis attempts to turn herself back over to knock her off. Lapis squirms to no avail, grunting as Amethyst closes her fingers around the gem.

She starts tugging on it as she presses her other boot onto Lapis' back. She grunts as her muscles contract with Lapis desperately seeking a way out of her dilemma. If she doesn't do something quick, Lapis will poof and she will be turned in and bubbled away by her underestimated nemesis.