Spinel had to get out of there, just slip out the door and no one would be the wiser, she knew where her bike is parked at, and if she was quick enough she could get back to her condo without anyone noticing. After what just happened, she just wanted to dissapear and hope that everyone would be to terrified to come hunt her down, and as much as it pained her, she couldn't face Steven after what she had just done. After running for a few minutes, she found her motorcycle tucked away in the nearby alleyway, since no one besides a fellow gang members came down here, it was the perfect spot for her to park in seclusion. Spinel didn't even feel the hot tears that streamed down her face as she placed her helmet on her head, not even bothering to take out her ponytails before hand like she normally does when she goes to put on her helmet, to upset to care as she mounted her motorcycle, Spinel considered her motorcycle, an old school Harley-Davidson Harley, her baby, something that she could care for ever since she received it as a birthday gift from the Diamonds for her 18th birthday. She flinched at that memory, the Diamonds have been her family for a long time, she didn't mean to shoot anyone at all, but she just got so angry that the thought of shooting Amber did cross her mind. But then Steven intervened, then the gun went off, then the next thing she knew she had accidentally shot Blanca in the shoulder. Spinel pulled Steven's jacket tighter against her shaking form as she shoved the key into the ignition, her attention entirely focused on riding away aided her help with completing the necessary steps for her to start her Harley within a matter of a few seconds, and once she was finally ready she immediately drove off with the sound of her roaring engine following behind her. Spinel was so focused on her thoughts, and her driving that she didn't notice that the weather had changed from partially cloudy to a light shower of rain. "I'm so fucking stupid.... I'm such an idiot....I wanted to help them escape but instead I let my anger get the best of me and now I chased Steven away......he's to scared of me to want to come near me anymore.....god why am I such a fuck up???? Why did I have to go be a dumbass and act so stupidly???? Now he's gonna leave me alone and it's all my damn fault!!!!" Spinel continued to think this as she clutched tighter on the handle bars, which made her motorcycle travel faster down her trip home. "Why did I have to fuck up one of the good....no, the best thing in my life?.....now he'll never want to speak to me again, he'll never want to be around me again..... And I wouldn't blame him.....If I was him I wouldn't want to be around someone so emotionally unstable, so angry all the time, so violent, so broken...... just.....someone so unworthy of love and affection......damn it he deserves someone way better...." Spinel's mind raced with these beliefs as she swiftly pulled into the parking lot of her complex. She immediately parked her bike right by the lamppost of the parking lot, turning off the engine and hopping off the bike, landing into a very muddle puddle before running into the building without a care if her bike fell over on its side or not. A muddy trail, that washed away in the rain when the droplets of water grew heavier, followed Spinel as she ran across the parking lot and into the clean lobby of the building, having removed her helmet in the process of her sprint outside had also made her fuschia colored hair dampen from the rain. She thanks her stars that the only thing that went right today was the fact that she didn't want to be seen, and her breathing eased slightly when she noticed that the security guard for the building was no where to be seen for the time being. Spinel took that opportunity to rush to the elevator and rapidly press the button that had the arrow pointing upwards. She didn't stop until the elevator door swished open with a sharp DING! sound. In three long steps she entered the elevator and immediately pressed the button that was labeled for the top floor, and she continued to press that button until the doors closed and the elevator started to rise. Spinel was pacing the floor of the elevator, there wasn't a chance of her calming down as her dirty boots turned the white fabric of the carpet into an ugly shade of dark brown. "Why am I such a screw up?.....I promised Steven that I'd get better and I fuck it up in less than an hour.....why can't I do anything right?!?! Fucking damn it!" Spinel hissed to herself as she clutched the wet helmet in her hands, her panic twisting and churning  into an internal inferno in that elevator, anger slowly rose inside of her, a fire that started to consume every rational thought in her mind. As soon as the elevator opened once again, she rushed onto the floor and headed directly towards her door, the last one at the end of the hallway, away from all of the other neighboring condos, and that's just exactly how she likes it.

   Spinel was quick to open her door, and just as swift to enter her apartment and kick her door shut. As soon as she entered the apartment, she tossed her helmet as hard as she could, and she watched it fly through the air and hit a table that was perched on an end table. Even though it was accidental, it felt oh so satisfying to watch the lamp fall, and to listen to the base shatter as it crashed onto the hardwood floor. That felt good, really good to Spinel, to watch something besides her life shatter into a thousand pieces. That anger continued to bubble inside Spinel as she slowly made her way to her hallway closet, slowly she opened the door and rummaged through the closet until she found exactly what she was looking for. Her pale fingers on her right hand slowly wrapped around the hard, rubbery grip of an old metal baseball bat she keeps in case of an emergency and this was a certain type of emergency that she can execute with the knowledge of one little fact, and the fact was that her walls are extremely thick.

Meanwhile.....

    "Pearl I have to go find Spinel! I know she's freaking out somewhere and I gotta go find her!" Steven exclaimed in a slight, panicking tone. "S-Steven stop for one second! I know you're worried but you need to stop for one second and listen to me!" Pearl urgently replied as she, at the moment, was blocking Steven from rushing out of the exit. "DAMN IT PEARL LET ME THROUGH!" Steven shouted at her, he was becoming more worried by the second, and he felt awful that he didn't even notice that Spinel had run away while he was helping Blanca. "Steven it's wise if you listen to..."Pearl" over there..... you'll want to know about what she has to say...." Celeste explained gently, being the only diamond sister that stayed behind while Amber took Blanca to the nearest doctor, with the aid of Garnet since she volunteered to go along. "What?! What is it then?!" Steven asked out of agitation, his frustration increasing by the second since the only thing on his mind was Spinel, and he desperately wanted to rush to her side since he knew her mind was starting to slowly descend into a very dark abyss. "While you were.....washing your hands.....Celeste and me talked and......we came to an agreement on something that involves both you and Spinel...." Pearl began to explain, her face showed that she was also concerned about Spinel, but also serious about the whole situation. "Wait what? Pearl what is it?" Steven asked as he began to calm down enough to listen to what Pearl had to say, but what was the most surprising to him was that Pearl and one of the Diamond sisters had a civilized talk since they were technically sworn enemies. "Steven I want you to listen to me very carefully, when you find Spinel and calm her down, I want you to text me as soon as you possibly can.   Amethyst and I will be..... guests to Celeste until that happens.....and no Steven this isn't negotiable, it's going to be as simple as that and you don't need to worry about us alright? " Pearl explained quickly, yet sternly since she knew the situation between Steven and Spinel is a dire one. "What??? Why is this ok????" Steven asked with even more concern for both Pearl and Amethyst, he just attempted to help Pearl escape, and now he was right back to where he started. Spinel is somewhere, possibly have a mental breakdown, and Pearl is a hostage once again with Amethyst in tow this time around. "Because.....you're not the only one that's worried about her.....and I know she doesn't want to face me but I need to make sure she's ok...." Celeste spoke up, her voice calm but solemn, as if she was trying to hold back tears, but that failed as a couple slipped and rolled down her slightly wrinkled cheeks. Steven sighed softly as he was feeling conflicted about Celeste, she's part of one of the most feared groups in Beach City, co-leader to the Diamonds gang, yet he could see the somewhat clear motherly aspects in her, and he could tell that she cared about Spinel as if she was her own daughter. "You know what? Fine. But you..." Steven started to speak as he started pointing to Celeste in a sort of intimidating way, well, as intimidating as he could be. "You better take care of Pearl and Amethyst, AND you need to have a long talk with Spinel at some point alright?" He finished his demand before rushing past Pearl in one swift motion, and he was soon out the door without a care in the world except for Spinel, which also meant he didn't care about being caught in the downpour.

    Steven didn't know exactly where Spinel likes to hang out, and so he decided to check out the building where she lived at since the park would be a no go while it was raining. Did he have a ride? No he didn't, he is just a man worried about the woman he loves, yes he could've called a cab, but he wasn't always the most logical thinker during a crisis. Steven continued to run as the rain poured down even harder, searching for the street that Spinel's building is located, and luckily he found the street and Spinels building just in time since he witnessed a flash of lightning at that moment. He didn't slow his pace as he approached the parking lot, but he did take notice of a motorcycle that had seemed to have fallen on it's right side due to not being properly propped up on its kickstand, and the right side mirror crushed in the process due to the weight of the bike hitting the tarmac of the parking lot. Steven figured it belonged to Spinel since a motorcyclist would have taken the time to make sure their ride hadn't fallen over, deducing the fact that Spinel was in a rush to get inside, and that confirmed his belief that she was home and has been for a while. It must've been about an hour since he started his search, and it appears that he's getting closer to finding Spinel finally. "God I hope she's not trashing someone else's apartment...." Steven mumbled to himself as he dashed into the buildings entrance, water dripped from his hair and onto the carpet, and thankfully his left foot barely missed the hand of a carpet cleaner as he was kneeling on the ground. "HEY WATCH IT BUD IM CLEANING!" The carpet cleaner pointed out as he currently has a spray bottle next to a muddy stain, a few rags by his side, and a scrub brush in his right hand. "Damn residents have no respect for clean carpets, dirt and wine is the hardest to get out of these white carpets....fucking idiots can't even use the fucking doormat..... there's probably a trail somewhere else that I'll have to find since whoever the fuck it was used the fucking elevator....." he grumbled as he scrubbed even harder at the spot. "Wait wait hold on, do you know someone named Spinel? She has pink hair in two ponytails and is very very beautiful" Steven asked as he gave a description of Spinel without a second thought, but then the realization of the fact that he called Spinel "beautiful" without hesitation made him blush slightly. "Not particularly, but I know who you're talking about, why do you ask?" The carpet cleaner asked as he stopped scrubbing the carpet to look up at Steven. Steven took the next few seconds to come up with an excuse, one that Spinel may hit  "I'm uh.....I'm Spinels boyfriend, her friend Aquamarine asked me to check in on her since she hasn't been doing so well, I knew what building she lives in,n but I don't know Spinels apartment number..." he answered, his excuse may be half true, but when he called himself Spinels "boyfriend" made his stomach flip and his heart flutter. The carpet cleaner man raised an eyebrow at Steven before shrugging without a care, "I think she lives on the top floor, one of the condos but again I'm not completely sure" he answered "now please leave me to my work, this is going to take a long time to clean up" he pointed out before he went back to scrubbing. Steven smiled, his grin filled with excitement and hope as he dashed off towards the elevator, "thank you so much sir!" he called out after pressing the button that was labeled with an arrow that pointed upwards. The carpet cleaner seemed a bit surprised from being called "sir" as he watched the elevator doors swoosh open for Steven, "huh....you're welcome kiddo" he called out before he watched Steven enter the elevator right before the doors closed once again.

   Steven's right foot tapped impatiently against the recently cleaned white carpets of the elevator as it slowly ascended up to the top floor, his mind racing from his words from earlier. "Oh god I said that Spinel is beautiful and that I'm her boyfriend.....in front of someone, god fucking damn it I shouldn't have said that....I don't even know if she'd want me as a boyfriend, as much as I'd like to be her boyfriend and I'm sure she'd like that as well.....b-but I can't be certain unless she actually says something....ugh damn me and my feelings, I shouldn't make assumptions....." He spoke out loud to himself, his nervousness rising just as quickly as the elevator was approaching the top floor. "Ok....ok if she isn't home I'll just search this building from top to bottom....I gotta find her for Pearl and Amethyst's sake....but more importantly for her sake.....fuck I do hope I find her before something terrible happens....or she does something horrible to herself...." Steven gulped at the sound of lightning clashing, the thunder rumbling was heard once again as the elevator doors swiftly opened on the top floor, and a fading trail of muddy boot prints on the white carpet were revealed to him as he stepped out of the elevator. The prints lead to the right of Steven, to his right were two doors to two different condos, and Steven decided to try his luck at the first door. Sadly after knocking on the door several times, and attempting to turn the doorknob several times to no avail since it was locked. Steven sighed as he slowly shuffled to the next door, now knocking a few times before turning the knob once, and to his surprise he found the door to be unlocked. He turned the doorknob even further and pushed the door open enough to poke his head in. From what Steven could see, nothing seemed out of the ordinary except for a framed painting that was ever so slightly crooked on the wall, but then again he's never been inside Spinels condo before so he can't say for certain that everything seemed ok. "Spinel?....." Steven called out her name softly as he pushed the door open even further, his breathing hitched as his brown eyes scanned the scene in front of him. The large couch has been flipped over with the cushions scattered, the large tv screen that appeared to have been mounted on the wall was now smashed on the ground, a glass coffee table shattered into millions of glass shards, and Spinel near the destroyed glass coffee table with a metal baseball bat laying next to her. She was sitting on the ground with her knees as close to her chest as physically as possible, and her face buried in her knees as she hugged Steven's dirty pink bomber jacket over her head with her back facing him. Steven gulped as he ever so slowly entered her apartment while closing the door behind him, he had to be careful on how to approach Spinel, at the moment it seemed like she acted like a scared bunny, one wrong move and she'd scurry off before he'd even get a chance to talk to her. After removing his flip flops as to not alert Spinel, Steven made every little step count as he slowly approached her quivering form, and once he was close enough he knelt down onto both of his knees and gently pressed his left hand into her back. "Spinel?" Steven spoke softly after feeling her tense up from his gentle hand on her pale skin. Spinel slowly peaked her head out from the jacket that was covering her head, and she slowly glanced back to finally see a dampened Steven. "S-Steven?.... Wh-What are y-" Spinel began to question why he was there, but the sound of another lightning strike made her immediately jump out of fear, and right into Steven's torso. Steven grunted when Spinel basically tackled him into a hug while whimpering, but luckily he didn't lose his balance or he would've fallen backwards into a pile of glass shards. "D-Dont leave me...p-please don't l-leave me a-alone t-tonight....." Spinel begged as her body shook, her hands clutching his damp shirt tightly as she buried her face into his wet chest, but she retracted her head from the shirt almost immediately from how cold his clothing was. Steven hesitated with touching Spinel since he didn't want to scare her way, however his urge to hug her back overpowered his rational thinking, and his arms wrapped around her shaking body out of love and reassurance. "Spinel I promise I won't leave you tonight.....b-but we need to talk....." He explained softly, and he felt Spinel relax even more before pulling away from his body. "Fine....but first let's get you dry..." Spinel pointed out in a soft voice, which was a rare thing for her to even do, her guard lowered completely when she was around Steven, and now tonight may be the most important night of the couples lives.