Now Spinel has been known to fear almost nothing, the list is extremely small, and no it doesn't include the usual everyday fear that everyone has. Is she afraid of dying? Everyone is afraid of that. Getting mugged? Hell, Spinel is probably the one that'll mug you if she was in a money bind, which was a rare situation for herself to be in. Yep, Spinels list of fears is pretty small, only until recently did her list expand by one more thing, and that was the fear of losing Steven. She's already had to go through that once, and once was enough for her to determine that she'd never ever wanted to experience that fear for a long time. The second thing she was scared of is the sound of thunder, yes yes you'd think someone that's used to the sounds of gunshots and other loud sounds wouldn't be scared of thunder, but it was just the fact of something so unpredictable, so natural, and something out of her control that scared her ever since she was a young child. Spinel, for little over a decade, has had to deal with thunderstorms all on her own, with the music turned up and many blankets covering her cowering form. However, the one thing she feared the most, were her own guardians, her leaders, otherwise known as the Diamonds. Yes they taught her how to survive in an unforgiving world, how to defend herself, they taught her how cruel they can be when something crucial doesn't go their way and Spinel has been a witness, and a victim to that cruelty on a few occasions. Right now, Spinel's knee's would've given out if Steven hadn't kept his fearful grip on her forearm from behind, but that didn't stop her from nearly shaking in place. "Starlight do I need to repeat myself? You know how I hate that~" Blanca explained as she smiled softly, however, it was more unsettling than warm, and in fact it was downright creepy. Spinel shivered from fear, and the chill that ran up her spine from hearing Blanca's cold tone. Steven could feel the tension in the air grow thicker, like he was drowning in the deepest depths of the ocean, and he decided to use an excuse that would more and likely will not work. "W-We're uh...." Steven paused for a second before gulping out of nervousness, "g-going to get some C-Cookie C-Cats?...." he stammered his excuse. The Diamond sisters raised their eyebrow at Steven, Pearl prayed that Amethyst or someone would come help rescue them, and Spinel glanced at Steven that was still standing behind her quivering form and gave him a look that questioned every little thing in his statement. "C-Come along you t-two, w-we should get g-going before the s-store closes!~..." Steven laughed awkwardly as he attempted to pull Spinel and Pearl closer to the door with him. However, he didn't even get to take the first step before the sound of a gun went off, and he found himself barely an inch from being killed when he noticed a freshly shot bullet nestled into the wooden material that made up the doorframe. "That is a warning, I suggest you back away from the door now, I am known to not miss twice" Amber spoke coldly, her hand gripping the gun tightly, her right index finger resting on the trigger as smoke bellowed from the barrel of the gun. Steven gulped once again as he urged Spinel and Pearl to back away from the door, and he was now shielding the two from the three sisters. "Spinel, please answer Blanca's question" Celeste pointed out softly, showing that she was the more or less the nicer one of the trio, but that didn't make her any less deadly. Spinel was standing behind Steven, almost hiding herself as she clenched her fists on the back of his shirt tightly. "I......" she paused, biting her lip out of fear and hesitation, "i-i was helping Pearl and Steven escape...." she finally admitted.

    In sync, all three sister's turned their attention from Spinel, and onto Steven. "So.....this is Steven Universe? I thought he was dead....." Amber pointed out her belief, as well as pointing out exactly what her sisters were also thinking. "Even our most incompetent underlings screwed up an accidental death....." Blanca sighed, "no matter, we'll deal with them later, after we deal with him....and Pearl" she finished speaking. "H-Hold on, l-lets just lower the gun and talk? Right? I-I mean we're r-reasonable adults here......right?" Steven smiled awkwardly, hoping to ease the tension ever so slightly. "Hmph.....why should we listen to the son of Rose Quartz? The one that killed our youngest sister?....." Celeste asked with a cold tone, however her eyes showed that she was attempting to hold back tears. Steven bit his lip at the mention of something that his mom dead, that particular something that started everything, and that made him slightly angry that these three ladies would compare himself to her. "Listen, I'm not my mom ok? I didn't do any of the things she did, so do NOT compare me to her!" Steven huffed in annoyance, which earned a surprise glance from Spinel since she's rarely seen him assertive like this. "Amber, Blanca....he does have a point....." Celeste pointed out softly, "besides.....even if he has nothing of value to say, we can still call the others to come "take care" of our problem" she explained. Steven gulped at that comment, but he shook his head so he could focus on the deadly situation before him. "L-Listen I know you're extremely angry at how much trouble my mom, and her friends caused you" he started to explain, also indicating to Pearl that she is also involved in most of her mom's actions, "but I know you're in a lot of pain because my mom killed your sister, and I am extremely sorry for your loss. Yes I don't know what it's like to lose someone dear to you, but my dad does, Pearl does, SPINEL does, they know and feel that exact pain all three of you are feeling right now. But please stop this, I'm tired of the fighting, I'm tired of the blame, please PLEASE stop taking your anger out on everyone else. I just want peace, I want both sides to unite once and for all, and just improve the city to where it'll be better for every citizen...." Steven explained gently as he took a few steps forward, away from Spinel and Pearl, and closer to the three sisters. Blanca, Celeste, and Amber seemed a bit taken aback from how much courage Steven has to even attempt to talk them down, but even then something felt......familiar to them, like they've seen this scene happen in a life long ago, like a distant memory that was locked away for so long. Amber huffed as she aimed her gun directly at Steven now, the barrel of the gun almost pressing against his forehead, and he would've almost pissed his pants if Amethyst and Garnet hadn't bursted into the room.

     "Steven! Are you- WHOA!" Amethyst was about to ask before she saw Amber pressing the barrel of the gun right at Steven's temple, which prompted her to draw her gun. "I'd suggest you lower your gun before I empty mine into your friend here..." Amber spoke lowly, and she showed that she wasn't kidding by clicking the safety off by using her right thumb, and by pressing the barrel of the gun even more into the skin on Steven's forehead. "Amethyst....it would be wise to do as she says...." Garnet suggested as her left hand reached up and squeezed Amethyst's shoulder in hope that she'd listen then acting on impulse for once. Amethyst huffed in annoyance before lowering her weapon since she trusted Garnet's word. "Now, just because you sound like her doesn't mean we'll let you walk away...." Blanca explained, her smile had faded into that of a slightly curved slit on her face, and her eyes leaving a chilling presence on Steven. Steven did shiver ever so slightly from those cold, unforgiving eyes, "J-Just because I s-sound like my mom doesn't mean I am her!" he pointed out in a Stern tone, well, as stern as he could muster up in this type of situation. "Blanca doesn't mean your mom, Rose Quartz, she means our sister, Pink...." Celeste spoke softly, her eyes glazed over as she held back tears, "you.....sound just like her...." she added on in a hushed whisper. Pearl then mumbled something that not even Spinel could decipher despite the fact that she was standing next to her. "I do hate mumbling, if you have something you'd like to share Pearl then speak up.....if you know what's good for you" Blanca pointed out as she gestured her pale hand to Pearl. "I.....I said I wouldn't be surprised if he sounded like her...." Pearl spoke up a bit louder, her pale blue eyes that were avoiding the crowd were now focused entirely on the sisterly trio and Steven. "What are you playing at?" Amber asked, her yellowish brown eyes focusing on Pearl, and yet she kept her guard up since she was aiming the gun directly at Steven's head. "Don't you find it odd that Steven, Rose, and Pink have many similarities between each other?" Pearl asked in a low voice, her tone almost tiresome, as if she was just done running and hiding from something. "Pearl what are you saying?...." Steven asked softly as his brown eyes slowly gazed over to Pearl, and he noticed how she was being hesitant about something, "please say something...." he pleaded with her. "I'm SAYING that Pink and Rose are one of the same, and they're both your mother Steven!" Pearl blurted out, her fists clenched tightly to where her knuckles almost whitened from the restricted blood flow. Everyone besides Garnet were in complete shock at Pearl's announcement, "I've been keeping that secret for twenty five years, all because Pink asked me to.....and look where it's got me, everyone else...her son in danger, and many others lives are put on the line because of what she decided to do. I helped fake her death twenty five years ago, helped change her appearance so "Rose Quartz" could finally make a debut as the leader of the Crystal Gems......all because she wanted to fight against everything she was raised to believe in......" Pearl sighed, her face twitching slightly as she glanced to the floor, expecting some sort of shouting or a barrage of questions. "That's.....not possible.....the fire consumed everything......and Rose Quartz was already known a year prior to Pink's death...." Celeste pointed out since she, Blanca, and Amber were baffled enough to lower their guard by a sliver. "It's easy to escape a fire if you know exactly what you're doing......Steven knows that especially....." Pearl spoke lowly once again, "and it's easy to fake a person if you keep their appearance hidden, it's easy to fake a death if you have a plan, and it's easy to change your appearance if you know exactly who want to look like. Gaining weight, changing your makeup, changing your style of clothing, dying and using hair extensions until you're able to grow out your hair is simple enough as is......Pink was able to do it after a year.....I just helped pull the ropes until she was ready to be Rose Quartz...." she sighed softly, as if a large weight had been lifted off her mind, soul, and shoulders. "Pearl are you serious?....are you fucking kidding me??" Steven asked angrily, he was just done. Done done done with everything that his mom had done to inflict this hell on him, and on everyone else, "I don't believe that shit for a minute! Unless you do a type of DNA test, I won't believe it!" he pointed out. It seemed for once, the Diamonds were also in agreement with Steven, "we'll do a DNA test....but until then you, and Steven will be our "guest" until then...." Blanca pointed out, "and if you both behave we will be as....."hospitable" until that time" she smiled that same cold smile from before.

    Spinel felt absolutely helpless as she watched everything that happened, but there was just something that was eating away at her mind, "Pearl if what you're saying about Stevens mom is true..... Then what you said about my parents is true....isn't it?" she questioned, her pink colored eyes studying the tired leader of the Crystal Gems. Before Pearl could confirm her words once again, Garnet was the first one to speak up, "Spinel I personally knew your parents, and they were one of us.  They weren't killed by anyone in our group, they were killed by someone else...." she explained calmly, her shades hiding her eyes and emotions extremely well. Spinel was genuinely confused now, for years she's been told that her parents were murdered by the Crystal Gems, at least that's what she's been told by the Diamonds. Then suddenly, the blacked out lightbulb inside her brain finally lighted up inside her head, and her face twisted into a type of maddening anger. "You!" She hissed as she quickly drew her pistol from her shorts and aimed it right at Amber, "you were the one that found me that day! You were the one that killed my mom and dad!" she shouted. "No she didn't!" Celeste shouted at Spinel, "it was an accident that wasn't supposed to even happen!". Spinel sneered at Celeste, "shut the fuck up, you lied to me, you ALL LIED to ME! MAYBE YOU SHOULD JOIN YOUR SISTER HUH?!" Spinel screeched at the three sisters, her finger on the trigger, ready to exact her revenge by using three bullets, and three bullets only. However, even though Spinel was quick to take her aim, but Steven was quicker to grab her wrist in an attempt to disarm her, "Spinel hold on! Killing her isn't going to solve anything, nor does it mean she killed them!" he pointed out. Spinel growled angrily as she attempted to twist her wrist out of Steven's grip from left to right, and she also grabbed at his hands with her left hand to also aid her escape. "DAMN IT LET G-" Spinel started to scream once again, however, the sound of a gun going off interrupted her words and their struggling. What Spinel noticed next was that it wasn't Amethyst's gun that went off, nor Amber's gun since that clattered to the ground, but it was Spinel's own pistol that went off since she found her index finger still squeezing the trigger. In a split second, the cries of someone in pain could be heard, as well as someone slumping to the floor. "Blanca!" Amber shouted out of worry as she rushed to aid her wounded sister, as did Celeste when she rushed to help as well. Steven couldn't believe the sight before him, the red from Blanca's blood mixing with her silver clothing to create a horrific color of pink as she held her wounded shoulder. Spinel gulped as she dropped her pistol out of shock, feeling and watching Steven rush away from her to go help Blanca, and she saw that look of concern shine on his face. "A-Amethyst! G-Garnet go find a med kit or something! GO!" He shouted at them with urgency, his eyes never left Blanca's wound as he attempted to slow down the bleeding by using her elegant clothing. Steven however did glance back at Spinel, his brown eyes showed worry, and dissapointment before turning back to the situation at hand. Spinel saw that look, that look she hoped she wouldn't see in Steven, the dissapointment she knew he has for her, and that started to slowly manifest the idea that he doesn't want to be with her anymore. As the chaos ensued, only Pearl barely noticed Spinel rushing out of the exit door, and away from anymore dissapointment she'd have to face.