Conflicts Occur (Human Steven x Human Spinel Gang AU)

chp 8 (happening all at once)

     Spinel at the moment was sitting at the bar counter, alone as usual as she downed her fifth shot of vodka. This was the norm for her, she always came to this bar almost everyday, especially since this was in the Diamonds territory, yet this bar was also on the edge of both their territory and the Crystal Gems territory. It's also been a couple of weeks since she started her game with Steven, and so far they're on their tenth round, this made Spinel smirk out of amusement, and anger. Whenever she played this game with anyone else, she would usually win in the first two to three rounds, however the male she was currently toying with has proved to be a challenge. Yet the reason behind her smirk was because she always loved a challenge, a challenge always made the game more interesting, and this slowly became her obsession, and her stubbornness wouldn't allow her to lose so easily. Soon a small crowd walked in, about four , hot shot, rowdy people, and Spinel could easily tell that they were part of the Crystal Gems. Spinel gave a growl of irritation, why the hell are a few Crystal Gems doing here?! She asked herself, downing another shot of Vodka. Honestly she's able to hold her liquor very well, but she doesn't dare get so drunk, just a little buzz. Spinel became even more annoyed when the group of people became even louder, and it seemed that they already had a few drinks before arriving here. Spinel downed a couple more shots within the hour and a half that she remained there, the group having already been kicked out due to them breaking a table and almost fighting with the other patrons. Feeling a little buzzed, she soon left after paying for her drinks and started making the trek back to her condo. Now the path home cut through the neutral territory since it was like a square within a larger square, it wasn't the safest but it definitely was the fastest way home. Soon a couple people stepped in front of Spinel, and behind her as well, as if they materialized from the shadows of the night. Now Spinel knew that she shouldn't throw the first punch, however she remained alert as ever when the group closed in a bit. She then realized that it was the same group from earlier, the same members from the Crystal Gems that were at the bar, she smirked as she remembered that they were drunk. "We'll look who it is, I wonder how much the Diamonds will pay to bring your pretty ass home~" one of the members spoke before grabbing Spinels wrist quickly. Spinel didn't waste any time as she delivered a punch to the one that grabbed her, her knuckles connecting with the person's throat, making said person let go of Spinels wrist to hold their throat while choking for air. Spinel then took this opportunity to do a type of roundhouse kick to one of the other members that was behind her, the heel of her boot connected with the persons face, which knocked them to the side; two down, two more to go. One of them lunged at the female, tackling her from the front and pinning her to the ground. Spinel struggled against the person's strength for a couple seconds before resorting to headbutting the person that had her pinned. As the person recoiled, Spinel had just enough room to kick upwards, the edge of her spiked boot connected under their chin, and Spinel swore that she could hear the person's teeth crack from the impact of her kick. Spinel then swiftly stood up, brandishing her knife as she now faced the last one, in which they both began to tussle about. The female figured that once she brought out her knife, her foe would just run, but now they were fighting over the knife. Spinel then felt the knife being ripped from her grip, the blade gleaming in the streetlight before it was plunged into her upper thigh. "FUCK!" she shouted as she felt hot pain shooting through her leg, which only increased as the blade was twisted more in her thigh. Her attacker used this opportunity to finally escape, leaving behind her fellow unconscious, drunken members as she ran. Spinel winced as she collapsed onto her butt, clutching her thigh using both her hands while hissing in pain. Now normally a level headed person would  keep the knife in the wound to slow the bleeding down before wrapping a bandage around the wound, however her knife was stabbed through her skirt and into her thigh, which was now beginning to soak with her blood. Spinel sighed as she realized what she had to do, hissing as she slowly pulled out the knife, then she quickly ripped the bottom of her skirt and tied it tightly around the wound to slow the blood flow. After she was done, she grabbed her knife and used the edge of a metal trash can to help her stand up, the lid that was partially on fell to the ground with a loud clatter.

    
   Steven didn't dare tell his friends about what has been happening for the past two weeks, and if Pearl did find out eventually, Steven would be bared in his apartment. He shivered at the thought, the thought about being locked up again against his will. Steven adjusted his grip on the plastic bag of groceries he was carrying, he was craving spaghetti for dinner and had recently gone out to the grocery store to buy what he needed. Steven sighed as he rounded the corner of a building, only a block away from his apartment building, and as soon as he turned down the corner of the sidewalk, he heard a loud metallic sound as if someone dropped a metal platter. Stevens attention turned to his right, down a short alleyway, and he saw someone propped up against a metal trash can. "Hey, are you ok?" Steven called out to the figure, disregarding his safety as he approached the silhouted figure. Are you fucking kidding me? At a time like this, of all places?!?! Spinel screamed in her mind, upset at the fact that she was seen by Steven injured, but also relieved at the fact that it was someone familiar. "Spinel? Is that you?" Steven asked from behind the injured female, it was then that he noticed the three knocked out people under the street light, "what happened?" He asked, a worried tone in his words. Spinel huffed, and winced in both annoyance and pain, "I'm fine, I just handed their asses to them is all..." She answered softly. Steven then noticed how battered she looked, his eyes traveled over her figure until they widened in shock, he then noticed the blood trickling down her leg, the sticky redness began to stain her striped stockings. "You're injured, let me help you" Steven reached his hand out to Spinel, by now he was faced to face with her, and was genuinely concerned for the female. Spinel went to slap his hand away, but forgot that the hand she was using was to help her keep her balance, and when she removed her hand from the metal trashcan, she started to collapse to the pavement. Steven immediately down on one knee and caught Spinel before her knees connected with the cement, "Spinel? Let me help you out please? You helped me once, now let me help you" Steven simply stated, his voice calm and comforting as he looked at the injured female. Spinel at the time was glancing to her left, not wanting to show Steven her fear and vulnerability, but in the end she sighed in defeat, "fine...." she spoke softly. Steven nodded and snaked his arm around her waist, his other arm snaked under knees, in which he picked Spinel up bridal style, surprisingly still clutching the grocery bag. Spinel squeaked out of surprise, and then whimpered and shivered from the pain shooting through her leg and up her body. "Sorry, but we got to stop the bleeding and the hospital is a mile away" Steven explained, jogging a bit in a direction while still carrying Spinel. Spinel clutched onto the collar of Stevens pink bomber jacket, surprised that he could even jog while carrying her, "where are we going then?" She grumbled, trying not to yelp in pain. Steven hesitated to answer, honestly his idea was probably stupid and would risk his security, but he shook that thought out of his head because right now there was something more important at hand, "we're..... we're going to my apartment, I know what to do to help you so please just bear with me...." He answered. Why is he doing this? After everything, why is he helping me out? I don't understand.... Spinel sighed, mentally questioning his kindness, but even the thought about someone caring for a person like her made her feel all tingly inside.