"Steven? What's taking you so long? Are you ready to go home?" Connie asked, knocking on the dressing room door. She and Steven were supposed to leave about twenty minutes ago, and she knew that sometimes he ran late, but he was taking longer than usual. Connie frowned when she didn't hear an answer, and went to try the doorknob, and was surprised to find it unlocked. She opened the door to find the dressing room a little messy, which wasn't unusual, but what was unusual was that the chair was tipped backwards. Connie started to feel a bit suspicious, she picked up the chair and studied the room a bit. She soon noticed one of Stevens flip flops under the makeup table, only one however, but it was enough for Connie to confirm that something had happened here. She continued to hold onto the flip flop as she rushed to find someone to tell, in which she accidentally bumped into Peridot. "Gah! Watch it you clod! What are you running for?!" Peridot asked in frustration, smoothing out her outfit. "Where's Garnet, or Amethyst?" Connie asked quickly, standing up while still clutching the flip flop. "They already left, Pearl is still here if you need something" Peridot huffed before leading Connie to the tall female that was cleaning up some shot glasses. "Hm? I thought you already left Peridot" Pearl noticed, then she glanced over to Connie and looked the female up and down for a little bit. "Girlie here wanted to see you for whatever reason" Peridot answered, jerking her thumb at Connie before walking away. Pearl watched Peridot walk away before leaning over the bar's counter to Connie, "did something come up?" she asked. Connie nodded and pulled out the flip flop, she then handed it to the confused Pearl. "I don't..... understand?" Pearl raised an eyebrow when she was handed the sandal. "I only found that in his dressing room, he was supposed to leave with me about a half hour ago but his dressing room was empty, his chair tipped over, and his flip flop was under the makeup table. I think something terrible has happened...." Connie explained as she whispered softly. Pearl furrowed her eyebrows while looking at the flip flop, and sighed before looking back up at Connie "I'll contact the others, for now go home and I'll let you know where we're meeting" Pearl explained before rushing out of the club.

  
   After Spinel left the room, she sighed after locking the door. She wasn't used to kidnapping people. Kill a guy? Not exactly a problem. Raid a drug meeting? No worries. Ambushing rival gang members? She does that everyday. Spinel walked down the corridor of the building, and soon stopped in front of a door, she opened the door to reveal several monitors with a smaller female sitting at the keyboard. "Did ya get the camera going Aquamarine?" Spinel asked, approaching the seat from behind. "Yea yea, don't yur panties in a twist" the female sitting in the seat spoke, her British accent clear as her seat spun around. Aquamarine had dyed blue which was kept in a type preppy school girl haircut "actually, I don't know if ya were panties or not, but then again it's none of my business~" Aquamarine smirked, tapping her pencil against the palm of her hand. "Yea yea, did you make sure the audio works this time?" Spinel rolled her eyes before looking at the monitors. "Aw that hurts my wittle feelings, look I'm crying" Aquamarine whimpered, her finger following the oddly shaped tear birthmark that was on her cheek, indicating that she was being sarcastic. "Whatever, show me that its working" Spinel huffed in annoyance. Aquamarine pressed a couple buttons on the keyboard and a monitor cut to the room Steven was in, only the bedroom shown since the camera was only in the bedroom area. The faint sound of someone vomiting could be heard, making Spinel wince from being a bit grossed out. "Not surprised he's vomiting, the fear of being kidnapped from loved ones must've scared him shitless" Aquamarine shrugged before getting up from the seat "have at it, I need a break from these screens" she waved at the monitors before walking out of the room. Spinel scoffed as she sat on the swivel chair, watching the short female leave before turning her attention to the majority of screens, specifically looking at the screen that showed where Steven would be for an undetermined time. Soon she could see that Steven left the bathroom, looking pale and weak from throwing up. Spinel saw Steven wobble to the bed and collapse onto it, she then heard him start to cry. Hm, never heard a man cry like this before.... Spinel thought as she watched him, the reason that a camera was set up was in case he revealed something when he thought no one was near him. Spinel continued to watch him cry for a little before he sat up slowly and hugged his knees to his chest, he stared intently at the turned off the before sighing. Steven then did something that Spinel wasn't expecting him to do, which made her listen intently.

Life and death and love and birth
And peace and war on the planet Earth.
Is there anything worth more, is there anything worth more than peace and love on the planet Earth?....

  Steven sung softly, it was something he did when he either felt overwhelmed or just feeling down. His voice soothing, yet it always seemed to catch anyone's attention whenever he started to sing. Huh, I can see why he's good at his job... Spinel thought as she continued to watch the curly brown haired male. Steven looked at the TV for a little bit before switching it on, flipping through the channels until he came across an old episode of Crying Breakfast Friends. He still watches cartoons? Spinel asked as she continued to watch the male, wondering who he is exactly. Steven hugged one of the pillows close to his chest, trying to reassure the fact that everything will be alright in the end. Steven tried to remember the good times he had with his dad and friends, he remembered how his dad taught him how to play music, he remembered how he and Amethyst would joke around, he remembered how Garnet told him about peace, love and tranquility, he remembered how Pearl taught him how to be strong both mentally and physically. Steven sighed, his stomach doing flips from being scared, scared about losing his life, and scared about everyone that he loved would get injured. His mind soon drifted to questions on what could happen to himself, his dad, and his friends. What did the Diamonds want with him? And why him exactly, he had no connections to the Crystal Gems besides the fact that his dead mother was the leader of that gang, but that was it, and what did Spinel mean by that he knew the Crystal Gems personally? Steven had no idea, no one came to mind other than his father, but Greg was never involved in that type of work and swore that Steven would never be involved with that type of career. Steven promised his father he wouldn't get involved, but now it seemed as if he was dragged into this conflict against his will. No no, conflict isn't the right word, war was the word, this was a war between the Diamonds and the Crystal Gems. Steven hugged the pillow tighter to himself, he couldn't focus on his favorite childhood cartoon at all. Spinel continued to watch the monitor, intrigued by the male, most of the guys she's had to, well, seduced isn't the right word but it was close, weren't like this at all. The men she had met usually were drinking, smoking, fighting, hard headed macho guys. Steven seemed so......innocent, soft, emotional, and just down right looking like a good hearted, red blooded American poster child. This made Spinel smirk, oh boy would she have fun breaking this boy to bend to her will, and give her the answers she needed.