Chapter 22


I sat on my knees leaning over the toilet, puking for at least 10 minutes straight. Lapis then came into the bathroom, and I tried focusing my vision on her, but it remained blurry. "Hey *hic* Panc-Peridoot...y-you okay?" Lapis slurred, holding onto the wall of the stall for support. I was surprised that Lapis even came to check on me considering how drunk she was. 

"N-not really...I think I had too*burp* much..." I mumbled, leaning backward and resting on Lapis's leg. Lapis then slid down onto her knees and wrapped an arm around my waist, and stroked my hair with her free hand. "Do ya need m-me tew ge-uh...get you somethin' fum Aquariariuyoom...?" Lapis slurred, and I just pursed my lips. 

"That ain't a p-place, Lappy...but you could get m-uh me some water, and um...." I tried finishing my sentence but my mind went blank and I ended up just forgetting what I was gonna say. "M'kay....be back in a m-moment babe..." the bluenette muttered, letting go of me and wobbling over to the door to leave again. I was then left alone once more, and I just stared at the wall for the meantime. 

Vomit began to come up again, so I quickly bent over the toilet bowl, and puked more Devil Springs into it. "Euuuaaggghhh..." I groaned, falling onto my back on the tiled floor, feeling miserable. Regrets.....so many.....regrets.....

The door slammed open, and I sat up in alarm, turning around to look at Lapis. I was expecting her to bring me a glass of water, but she ended up bringing a bunch of dripping ice cubes in her hands instead. She held them out to me with a lazy smile, and I looked at her, giving that are you fucking serious expression. I slowly took them from her hands, and as she walked away, I threw them into the toilet. "Love you, Pitchfork!" Lapis shouted, wobbling out of the bathroom. Sigh...

I decided that my stomach was completely empty and there was literally nothing to barf out at this point, so I stood up and dusted myself off. I flushed the toilet, and walked up to the counters. I looked in the mirror, and I saw that I had dark circles under my eyes, and my skin was paler than usual. 

My hair was messy and ruffled, and I tried fixing it, but I ended up making it worse than before. I sloppily washed my hands, accidentally pumping soap onto the counter a few times. My vision was still a little blurry, and I felt quite dizzy, but I managed to walk out the door, ready to drink more (Yeah, Peri doesn't learn her lesson XD).

I was walking out, but then I felt a large hand grab my shoulder and yank me into a corner where no one else was. "What the he-MMPPH!!" I yelled before a hand clamped over my mouth. I tried to pry it off of my face, but it literally felt like it was glued to my face at this point. The hand finally released my face, but as soon as it did, my arms were pinned behind my back and I was slammed into a wall. 

3rd-Person POV:


"Ay guys, Imma go check on Pajamas again, I'll be back..." Lapis slurred, blinking several times, talking to no one in general. She trudges to the bathroom, and accidentally bumps into someone on the way. "Whoops, sorry dude..." Lapis apologized, walking past the tall person without a second glance. 

She walked into the bathroom, and looked in the stall that Peridot was previously occupying, but she wasn't there anymore. "...Peri?"


Peridot's POV:


The two large people pressed me harder against the wall, and it was getting more difficult to breathe. I then heard Lapis's voice as she was telling something to the gang members out there. As soon as Lapis's footsteps got closer, I began to squirm, attempting to call for help. One of the figures then pulled me off of the wall and wrapped one of their big-ass arms around my neck, putting me in a choke hold. Their hip was jabbing my ribs, and they put their coat over the rest of me, suffocating me.

The second figure then stood in front of the one choking me, hiding us. Lapis accidentally bumps into the figure, and shoots a quick apology before walking right past us into the bathroom - probably looking for me. I tried screaming, but the more sounds I made, the more the coat was pressed on my face.

As soon as Lapis was out of sight, they lifted the coat off of my face, released me from the choke hold and grabbed each of my arms, dragging me out the back door. We were now in an alleyway, and they threw me onto the ground. I fell onto my knees, and I turned around to see who these guys were. However, my vision was too blurry, and it was too dark outside to see the faces of these two.

"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME!!!" I shouted, backing up quickly into the corner as much as I could. One of the guys then walks up to me, and pins my arms against the wall, and rests their knees on my legs, restricting me from any movement. The other one the came forward and grabbed my jacket, pulling it off after a few attempts. 

They used the jacket to tie my arms behind my back, and next they reached for the hem of my shirt. They roughly tore my shirt off, and I tried screaming for them to stop, but one of them shut my mouth once again. The figure who pulled my shirt off stood back up, and ripped my shirt clean in half. 

They used one half of the shirt to tie a gag around my mouth so I couldn't make any noise. The other half was used to blindfold me, and now I couldn't see, move, or speak. - and it was terrifying. I struggled as much as I could, but nothing worked. 

They began to punch me, kick me, and beat me senseless until I felt pain from head to toe. I was crying, but instead of the tears rolling down my face, they just soaked into the blindfold as my dry sobs were restricted by the gag. After about 15 minutes straight of them beating me up, they finally decided they were done, and they left in silence, not even bothering to untie me from anything. 

Lapis's POV:


I looked everywhere for Peridot, but I still couldn't find her anywhere. "What's wrong, boss?" Bismuth asked me, concerned. "I cu-can't find Peri an-uh anywhere and I'm soooper worried 'bout herrr..." I slurred, still feeling dizzy as fuck. The stress was not helping me with my drunken state, and I felt like a mess. I decided to check in the back again, to make sure she wasn't passed out somewhere. 

When I looked around the counters and floors, I suddenly heard quiet sobbing coming from outside. I opened the back door, and followed the sound, putting a hand on my gun through my jacket pocket. I turned a corner and almost screamed in terror at what I saw before me.

Peridot was blindfolded, and a gag was in her mouth, quieting her cries. Her arms were also tied behind her back, and she was shirtless, exposing dark purple bruises all over her stomach and ribs. "PERIDOT!!!" I yelled, immediately running to her, and untying her blindfold. I then removed her gag and put my hand on her chin, tilting it to search for any bruises on her face.

"Are you okay?!" I asked, and she wasn't very responsive. I couldn't tell if she was unresponsive because she was too drunk, or if she was unconscious from whoever did this to her. She looked at me with lazy eyes, and finally just passed out - and I panicked. "BISMUTH! BISMUTH! BISMUTH?!" I called her name, but there was no answer. It was probably too loud in the bar for her to hear me. 

A couple of Jaspers came out to see what was going on, and they immediately ran to my assistance. After some struggling, we finally sat Peridot in the back of a Jasper's car, and I noticed that her jacket that was used to tie her up was torn. I took off my jacket, and draped it over her shoulders, making sure she didn't freeze.

One of the Jaspers then volunteered to drive her back to the building, and I thanked her. I quickly got onto my motorcycle and followed the Jasper's car back. I swerved a few times, but luckily didn't crash, even though it was extremely difficult to see clearly with my blurry vision and splitting headache.

Who the hell would do this to her?

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