Roles Reversed

My Debt

Time skip [Senior year]
***Trigger Scene Advisor***

Lapis POV

It has been three years now, and it was the end of the year, months away from graduation.

BOOOOoooom, the loud thunder cracked the night sky, lightning like fireworks during fourth of July celebration illuminated the night sky, the flickering street lights here and there like an horror film, and then there was me, completely drenched head to toe, running bare foot, attempting to wrap myself up. Chills rang down my spine, I finally reached my destination and began to bang on the door loudly, my sobs an whimpers being drowned out by the overwhelming noise you could not tell I was even crying. The door swung open.

"I got an waffle iron and im not afraid to use it!-" he cut his sentence off shortly, a bulky man with long brown hair, white tank top and shorts stood there ready to attack with an waffle iron in his hand, "Oh my stars! Lapis?! What are you doing out in this weather, c'mon get inside, You'll catch a bad cold!" He gestured for me to come inside, an I entered "Steven Lapis is here can you bring some towels!" "Lapis?" As I heard Steven rush out of his room, shocked when he sees the state I'm in, he doesn't speak an immediately run off to find some towels. Greg motions for me to sit down on the island barstool while he makes coffee in the kitchen. Steven returning with a hand full of towels he could find. "Lapis what happened, your soaking wet did you really walk in all this?" He sits on the barstool next to me concerned, I sit there still mute. "Where are your shoes? What happened to your clothes, they're all ripped up?! Was it Jasper again ?!" Again with the million questions but I was too in shock of what happened, still trying to process all of what happened in this last hours to moments, I did not realize I zoned out.

Lapis

Lapis...

La-pis..

"Shhhh, hey hey, don't cry, this will only hurt for a second" a hand running through my hair while the other covered my mouth to prevent me from screaming. Blinking back tears, wanting to scream but there was no use. As I laid in the comfort of my own bed being pinned down by the body towering over me, he leans in sniffing my hair "You smell really good~" he licks my earlobe. A smirk spread across his lips, I squirm underneath. He forces more of his bodyweight on me "Shh shh hey, what did I say, your mother is trying to sleep, you don't wanna wake her up now do you? I'm gonna remove my hand now, okay? An you better NOT scream or else" he slowly starts to remove his hand from my mouth, I go to scream but that was short lived, because he pulled a knife out of his pocket an held it to my throat "Ah ah what did I say?" I bit my lip, whimpering. Someone, anyone, please. M-mom, d-dad, PERIDOT! That night I only wore an oversized t-shirt to bed and underwear. Which was now ripped in half only enough to expose my breast,he started to trace his other free hand over, before sinking his sharp kanines into my neck, an I yelped but bit my lip, because he took the cold metal edge an placed it firmly against my neck, I felt the blade slightly cut into it, as the tears continued to stream down my face, suddenly everything went black, then gunshots, those glowing amber eyes, full of pure evil an rage, blood, limp bodies. I look down at my hand marinated with blood, bruises on my legs up to my inner thigh, my vision came back but soon went blurry another limp body an pools of blood.

Pow! The sound of a gun being fired.

Steven POV

Lapis just sat there, as if she was going through a trance, I stood there with worry plastered all over my face but also a mixture of anger. She was covered in bruises from her legs up, her oversized shirt was partially ripped, she was drenched from head to toe an remaining stains of blood on her hand.

Lapis?

LAPIS?!

My dad gently shook her, calling her name then suddenly.

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! A high pitched blood curdling scream, I covered my ears, her eyes rolling back, she fainted, body limp. Luckily my dad caught her in time before she fell off the barstool. "What in the universe was that?!" He held her in his arms "d-dad..." I sniffled "Is s-she d-dead?" Tears swelled up even more till they pooled over "n-no S-steven it's okay- she's just unconscious, everything will be fi-fine she'll be okay, she's still breathing, Rose! Rose!?" Light foot steps being heard from down the hall "what's all the noise, is everything okay darling, I heard screaming?" A thick woman, pale with big light pink curls, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. "Oh dear what happened?!" She noticed the state lapis was in an that I was crying "Oh Steven" she rushed over an hugged me, an I relaxed into the hug "Don't cry" she wiped the tears from my face "She'll be okay, okay.. we'll take care of her" she gave me a quick peck on the forehead an I nod with a small smile, she gives me a gentle smile, she goes to retrieve Lapis, she carries her down the hallway to the bathroom closing the door. My dad let out a deep sigh before we get interrupted with another loud knock to the door, more banging. I look at my dad hesitant as he returns the same look as we then glance over to the door with more loud pounding. He staggers over to it, slowly unlocking it then twisting the knob carefully, cracking the door slightly open. "U-uhm...hello?" I peer over, two police uniforms.

Officer 1: is this the home of Mr. And Mrs. Universe, are you Greg Universe?

"Yes, I am. Is something wrong officers? " He replied

Officer 2: Sir do you happened to know an Lapis Nora Lazuli

We both look at each other hesitantly, the officers notice me in the background, why are the cops looking for Lapis? What's going on? Is she in trouble?

Officer 1: May we come in sir?

"S-sure, yeah...it's pretty bad out here c-come in officers..." As my dad motion for them to enter , one officer a big woman with short blonde hair and hazel eyes, badge reading the name topaz looked with a stern expression.

"I do, know a Lapis Lazuli, she's Stevens friend, they go to school together, what's the occasion, is everything okay?" Silence as the officers faces turn from serious to light, the I have some bad news written on their expression. silence. He, the officer, takes a deep breath, an pinch the bridge of the nose. he looks the same as the woman, last name read Topaz too.

Officer 1(woman topaz) : We have some bad news, that we need to report to Ms. Lazuli, there has been a murder...we found her step father AND mother in their home...dead, and- . She was cut off by the other Topaz.

Officer 2(male topaz) : and we received reports of seeing a big woman, attempting to leave the scene of the crime, goes by the name of Jasper Quartz, when we got there we found her unconscious, she was suffering from a gunshot wound but she was still alive. We immediately took her to the hospital until she recovers for questioning however we found no trace of lapis lazuli, we are just going around questioning close relatives and friends of her if they know her current whereabouts.

Officer 1: we also received information of possibly seeing Lapis Lazuli during the scene of the crime leaving the premises with the woman, so the probability is high that she was an aid in the killing of David Sloan and Marissa Lazuli. Due to reports of neighbors seeing two people enter the home shortly after followed by gun shots then the last one reporting possibly seeing ms. Lazuli leaving the scene of the crime ...

I felt my blood go cold and my stomach drop.