Spreading Emotions (Au)

Steven Pov

Blood/Gore/Abuse warning
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I'm jolted awake. "Wake up!" Someone hisses in my ear. They slap me. I look up weakly, my vision a bit blurred. 'Oh no... it's Citrine..' I think to myself.

Suddenly she picks me up in one arm. I whimper as she holds something I can only presume to be a knife to my neck. "L-Let me go!" I say weakly. She laughs. "Shut up. Or I won't hesitate." She presses the knife a bit closer, threateningly.

A second later I hear some banging on the door and muffled voices. Then I hear more banging and the door falls over. A cloud of dust appears, but Citrine doesnt seem bothered at all.

I struggle to keep myself up, so I don't choke or cut myself. As the dust clears away, I see the semi blurry outlines of Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst, and Connie. Tears are falling down my face. "Guys! Save yourse-" I stop as Citrine presses the knife lightly on my neck. I tilt my head higher, and I look at the Crystal Gems sorrowfully.

"I knew I'd be seeing you soon Crystal Gems" she says. "Let him go!" I hear Garnet say, worry and anger filling her voice. "Oh, you mean him?" She asks devilishly. "Why are you doing this!?" I hear Connie ask.

"You don't understand do you dear? We Gems have been here since the beginning of time and one human comes in and changes the ways of our culture? He made the diamonds soft!" She says angrily. "He IS a diamond!" Amethyst says.

I hear someone take a step forward, and Citrine plunges the tip of the knife in the side of my neck slightly to show she's not messing around. I whimper in pain and a drip of blood falls down my neck. I hear someone gasp. "Don't get any closer." She says.

"What is the point of this?! It won't make the diamonds change their minds! It'll just make them angrier at you!" While they're talking I see Connie silently slip away, heading behind Citrine. I smile slightly, hope filling me. "Exactly! Anger! They will be overpowered by anger and they will realize that they were wrong and they need to keep their subjects in check."

Garnet laughs. "And what happens when we tell them this?" Citrine chuckles evilly. "You won't. We will destroy all of the warp pads from earth to space except one. No one but me and a couple of close 'friends' let's call em, knows where it is. So, say goodbye to your little Steven."

She readies her arm to slit my throat and I flinch, before something rams into me and Citrine. We both go flying, however the knife still cuts kinda deep from the side of my neck down to my chest. "Agh!" I scream as I hit the floor. Connie rushes over to me. Blood is flowing from the long cut.

"Steven!" She shouts, crying. "Steven it's okay! You're safe!" Suddenly someone grabs me into the air. "I wouldn't be so sure about that!" Citrine yells.

She quickly aims at my gem and thrusts the knife until we hear something shatter. I can't see anything, as my visions blurry from pain and tears. I can tell that Citrine stopped. I hear something clatter against the ground and a few gasps before Citrine Poofs into Holly Blue Agate. I drop to the ground, sobbing, and Connie once again rushes over to me.

She hugs me, but I gasp in pain. She pulls away. "Oh! I'm so sorry Steven I just.... thought I would lose you." I hear another poof. "Th-Thank you" I say weakly, tears streaming down my face. "We have to get you out of these chains."

I gasp in pain as she moves my broken arm. "Steven! What is it?" I hear Garnet ask. I noticed that Pearl, Amethyst, and Garnet have gathered around me too. "I-I think my arm is broken." I mutter weakly.

They carefully unlock the chains with the keys found on the ground from the poofed Citrine. Connie gets medical cotton from her bag and puts it over the long cut. I cling to Garnet happily crying as she takes me back to Beach City. The last thing I remember before falling asleep is the glow of the warp pad.

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