"That is," Jasper continued in a deep gravelly voice "if you're willing to pay." She tilted her chin up, grinning menacingly.
The gems stared at her in shocked silence.
Jasper erupts into booming laughter, "I'm kidding; I don't want anything from you." She shrugs, "I was just playing up the drama of the moment, is all."
Greg laughs nervously, then breaks down crying.
Jasper continues, "No. I'm going to take down that spineless rock for nothing, 'cause this..." She turns and faces the ocean, staring darkly into the blue depths. "This is personal."
She turned back at the crowd, they gaped at her, expectingly.
"Look, my hair's gone," she pulled lucious white mane back to reveal a large bald spot. Everyone gasps.
"The sonofabitch must have got it while my back was turned, the coward!"
The crowd cheers in sympathy.
"And I'm going to get back what's mine!" She says triumphantly.
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Can You Spare a Gem? ( STEVEN UNIVERSE FUTURE / SPINEL FANFIC )
FanfictionSteven is 16 and he is the emotional support for all the traumatised gems in New Homeworld, but it's really starting to wear him down. He thought after he stopped Spinel from destroying the Earth, things would settle down. He was very wrong. Spinel...
