Conflicts Occur (Human Steven x Human Spinel Gang AU)

chp 3 (questions)

     A few days had passed since Steven was snatched from his dressing room, and he kinda lost track of time when he wasn't watching TV. The camera that was set up secretly in his room showed..... absolutely nothing spectacular, he did the usual things as he would've done. Steven slept for most of the part since he wanted this nightmare to end, and ate when he was brought food. Sometimes he was brought a can of beer to drink sometimes but he always refused it, one of the last things he didn't want to do was drink any type of alcohol. Aquamarine yawned as she viewed the monitors, honestly she felt really bored from watching these screens. "Yeesh, he's gonna start a collection if he keeps refusing the beer" she stated, clicking away on a different computer screen. "It's a bit interesting, I've never seen a twenty one year old refuse to even try a sip of alcohol" Spinel mumbled, now also getting bored while watching Steven eat a sandwich. "This is boring, he hasn't done anything interesting except from eating, sleeping, and sometimes singing..." Aquamarine sighed, "shall we try a different tactic?" She suggested. "Like what? Torture?" Spinel asked nonchalantly, crossing her arms in front of her chest. "Eh, to barbaric, I was thinking using one of our like detectors" Aquamarine explained. "Alright, I'll have the Topaz twins bring our guest to one of the interrogation rooms" Spinel stated before getting up and leaving the monitoring room. One second, Steven was sitting on his bed watching the news, and then the next, he was being dragged by his arms by two large burly twins. "Where am I going?" Steven asked, looking at both of the twins for answers, but his question was met with dead air. Soon the twins were placing him in a chair and strapped down, wires placed on his wrists, chest and head. Spinel was leaning against a table, the wires connected to a machine that was on the same table.

"Alright, that's enough" Spinel stated, dismissing the twins as they left the room. Steven looked at the female in terror, wondering if he was going to be electrocuted or something. "Relax toots, I'm just going to ask you a couple questions" Spinel simply stated, turning the machine on and sitting in the chair backwards but in a way so she is facing Steven. "I'm only asking you questions, but piss me off and this will not be fun" she growled lowly. Steven stared at the female, noticing that she was wearing a shirt similar to when he first saw her, but the only difference was that Spinel was wearing a pair of short shorts with fishnet stockings along with her usual combat boots. Spinel noticed this and smirked, "hey pretty boy, my eyes are up here~" she giggled. Steven blushed from her statement and started to stammer "n-no I wasn't-" but he was quickly interrupted. "Can it, I'm not here to flirt, I'm here for answers and this machine here is to make sure whether you're telling the truth or not" Spinel growled as she jerked her thumb to the machine. Steven gulped a bit, "wh-what would happen if I lie?..." He asked gently, nervous on how Spinel would answer. "You'll see~" She smirked in response, "now just tell the truth, and this'll be easy for both of us" she finished, lighting a cigarette for herself. "Now, who exactly that works in the club, who do you think is or was in a gang?" Spinel asked, taking a drag from her cigarette before letting out a puff of smoke. Steven thought for almost a minute before speaking up "uhm, I think Jasper used to be in one of the gangs..... she's good at being a bouncer and handling the people that become to aggressive without anyone else getting injured...." He answered honestly. Spinel looked at the machine to see if it went off if he was lying, but it didn't. "Alright then, do you do anything related to the Crystal Gems? You know, violence and stuff" she asked, looking intently at the curly brown haired male. "No, I don't, I promised dad that I wouldn't get involved with either of them...." He answered softly, looking at his lap. Spinel didn't see or hear the machine go off, and for some reason it annoyed her about how honest this male was being. "Hmm, alright then......do you know anyone that's in the Crystal Gems?" She asked, tapping her foot on the floor. "N-No not that I know of...." Steven answered again, silence filled the air. "God damn it you're useless...." Spinel growled in annoyance, which made the male look at her with a raised eyebrow. "Excuse me?" He asked, a bit surprised from her statement. "I said you're useless, you fucking idiot" Spinel growled louder, irritation molded onto her face. "That hurts, and I've been kidnapped so tone it down with the insults" Steven stood his ground, well as much as he could since he was strapped down into a chair. Spinel was a bit surprised at Steven being demanding, which soon turned to anger as she stood up abruptly, knocking over her chair, and grabbing his shirt collar with one hand while pointing her knife at his throat. Steven was shocked and scared by Spinel's actions, but he tried to keep himself calm in this situation. "Listen here toots, I don't take kindly to demands from some cinnamon roll that thinks he's better behaved than anyone else" Spinel hissed, lightly dragging the blade against his neck and up his cheek, taking some stubble off "so learn your place or I'll take off more than your stubble" venom dripped from her words as she kept a hold on his shirt. Steven breathed in a shaky breath before exhaling "and I don't take kindly to insults from someone who doesn't know me" Steven retaliated, sitting up straighter in his seat to match her intimidation. Spinel had to give the male credit, usually anyone she intimidated backed down quickly, however she kept her face straight as she stared daggers at Steven. "Make me lose my temper again and I won't hesitate to put the knife through your neck" Spinel hissed again before letting go of the male's shirt and sitting back down in her chair. After about an hour of asking Steven questions, Spinel then had the Topaz twins take Steven back to his room. Spinel sighed in frustration, what happened? I usually don't lose my cool like that.... Spinel mentally asked herself before getting up from her chair and exiting the room. "Well that was interesting~" Aquamarine stated from behind Spinel in the hallway. "What do you mean?" Spinel asked in annoyance, rolling her eyes at the small but smirking female. "Did ya forget, I have a camera in all of the interrogation rooms, and I had this one on with the audio working. It was shocking to see you lose your temper, but then backing down without even throwing a punch~" Aquamarine smirked while walking next to Spinel. "It doesn't matter whether I backed down or not, we got the information from Steven which wasn't much at all" Spinel shrugged in response. "True, we can let him go after we inform the Diamonds~" Aquamarine suggested. "Not yet, I have a feeling that he knows something that we don't" Spinel huffed, as the pair walked past Stevens room. "Alright then, I'll go back to the monitors then~" Aquamarine answered before leisurely walking back down the hallway.

Pearl huffed as she folded Stevens shirts, everyone was gathered in Stevens empty apartment, and Pearl was trying to keep her cool by folding Stevens laundry. "Alright, no one has been able to reach Steven, which means he's been taken as was Connie's suspicions, and I have a pretty good idea on who took him...." Pearls words trailed off. "Yea, those damned Diamonds took Steven..." Amethyst grumbled "let's AMBUSH them!" She shouted, Steven was basically her best friend from childhood and was protective of him. "Relax Amethyst, we can't go storming into anywhere, we need to figure out where they're holding Steven" Garnet simply stated. "Yea sis, we don't even know if they're holding him at their base. Even then they change their locations so it's hard to pinpoint where" Jasper huffed in annoyance, ruffling her long white mane of a hair, she'd know since she used to be a member of the Diamonds before being left for dead. "I still don't understand how they were able to drug Steven, and take him when no one noticed" Connie sighed sadly while twiddling her thumbs. "Must've​ happened when Jasper had to separate those drunks before they started throwing fists, and bottles" Bismuth sighed, twirling one of her rainbow colored locks in her hands. During those few days that Steven was kidnapped, it was revealed that his water was drugged with a scentless type of sleeping pill. "What would the Diamonds want with Steven? We all made sure to keep him out of our affairs and to steer him away from what we do...." Pearl grumbled angrily as she finished folded the clean laundry. "Either it's for a ransom..... Or revenge" Garnet suggested calmly, although she is just as angry as everyone else was. "So what's the plan? Kidnap one of their own and do an exchange?" Jasper suggested, honestly feeling a bit bored. "No no, we need to ambush one of their members, and see what he or she knows" Pearl stated calmly, although in her mind she was panicking about this entire situation. "After that, we can think of a plan. For now we wait a bit for the perfect opportunity to gather information and then we act. For now, we need to rest" Pearl continued "everyone go home and we'll talk more tomorrow. I need time to think..." She mumbled. After everyone had left, Pearl gave a heavy sigh as she put away Stevens laundry, her mind shot back to a promise she had made. A promise to be loyal to Rose Quartz no matter what, and now she has to protect Steven Universe from his mother's past.