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Wish Alysa (rosechuck_chuck) a happy birthday!

This was actually inspired off of a picture I saw between Steven and Pink/Diamond Steven (that Steven we saw on Fragments) on Deviant Art (Can't show the picture because the artist said no, so the best I can do is give out the link and a transcript between the two characters).

Link: https://www.deviantart.com/beetlejulia/art/He-went-apeshit-835263633

Transcript:

Pink Steven held Steven by the throat with one arm and dangled him several inches off the ground (similar to how Arkham Steven interrogates someone).

Pink Steven: What's the point of holding back?! What's the point of feeling so MISERABLE? 

He switched Steven to his other hand.

Pink Steven: Why do you keep trying to protect those PATHETIC PEBBLES? 

He threw Steven on the ground.

Pink Steven: Who are incapable of understanding HOW YOU FEEL?

Steven tried crawling away. 

Pink Steven: Why can't you stop loving who LIED to you? Who BROKE your heart?

He grabbed Steven by his head.

Pink Steven: Just let it all OUT!

He yanked Steven's head close to his.

Pink Steven: I'm sure you'll LIKE IT!

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This also gives me a chance to sort of prove who is a scarier Steven. Because I was just a tiny bit jealous that the readers voted for Canon Steven to be scarier than Arkham Steven. BUT I can understand why they say that, because of Canon Steven's lack of self control. 

Hopefully, I can kindly change the readers answer of Canon Steven being scarier with this little short. 

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Context: Arkham Steven gets in a heated fight with his canon counterpart.

To help separate the two Stevens, Arkham Steven will simply be called Arkham while Canon Steven will just be called Steven.

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Arkham was thrashed across the room by one simple smack of Steven's backhand. Steven was radiating pink off of his skin and he grew to be a foot or two taller than Arkham. Meanwhile, Steven's other universe counterpart still remained his normal-self, despite being beaten.

"Come on, me! Is that really the best you can do?!" Steven jeered as he approached the fallen human hybrid.

Arkham breathes heavily through his clenched teeth, trying to overcome the pain of broken ribs and waits for them to heal. 

"I'm disappointed!" Steven bashes Arkham's head with a punch and lifts him up off the ground with both of his hands, elevating him above his head.

This was a similar hold that Moonlight once did to Arkham. And it did not end well.

"Face it, me! I'm better than you because I learned that holding back only makes me weak!" Steven bellowed with an insane look in his eyes. "Everyone's more scared of me than they are of YOU! And that's because you're going SOFT!"

Steven slammed Arkham's back onto his knee and dropped him on the ground like a sack of potatoes. 

"It's funny, actually..." Steven grinned at Arkham's silent agony. "You're supposedly my better version, but I am capable of being able to toss you around. You're honestly disappointing..."

Arkham waited for his ribs and spine to heal.

Steven grabbed Arkham by his throat. "Come on, this is it?! I was told how much of an improvement you are!"

Arkham's ribs and spine healed fully and he began punching Steven in the jaw. He was taught by Phoebe to always go for the jaw to knock someone out. But he's going to need more force than simple jabs to knock Steven out. 

Steven punched Arkham just above his gem on purpose. "Show me what you got! I heard so much about you!"

Arkham retaliates by flinging his legs up and around Steven's neck to perform a head-scissor DDT takedown. 

BAM 

That was the sound of Steven's head bouncing off the concrete floor. Steven found that move amusing, but not impressive enough. Arkham was only using technique instead of raw brute strength.  

Steven picks himself up off the floor and watches as Arkham leaps in front of him, grabs a hold of him and headbutts Steve. While Steven was dazed from the headbutt, Arkham used his strength and momentum to slam him into the ground.

Steven laughed at Arkham's fluid motion of combat. "Come on, I know you're holding back."

"Stop messing around!" Arkham snapped. 

"Then make me!" Steven exasperates, smiling similar to how Spinel once smiled at him. 

This reminds Steven of when Spinel beckoned for him to attack her.

'Get away from her!'

"Oh, you're so protective with your REAL friends, and you're so CARELESS with your fake ones!"

'Stop it!'

'Then stop me! You wanna attack me, JUST ADMIT IT! Or better yet: just try it!"

"Admit it! You wanna get mad! JUST DO IT!" Steven sneered. 

Arkham huffed and puffed his suppressed anger. Finally releasing his anger, Arkham glows pink like Steven, sending a shockwave to daze his opponent. Steven was excited to see what Arkham can do, now that he's riled up and furious. 

However, Steven's grin dropped when he realized that Arkham didn't grow to be Steven's height and size. He just remained his normal size and shines brighter than Steven. Arkham bares his teeth as his strides towards Steven.

WHAM 

Steven was punched in the face by Arkham, and he was sent across the room. Steven's eyes made him see little bits of black dots from the impact. Arkham zoomed over to Steven and yanked him off the ground, not done with him yet.

Arkham punched Steven in the stomach, purposefully missing his gem with each inhumanely strong punches getting harder than the previous one. While Steven was trying to process the punches, because his entire ribcage was broken, Arkham lifts Steven up in the air like he was a doll. Instead of doing what Steven did to him, Arkham slammed Steven on the ground.

BRACK

Steven's spine shattered into hundreds of pieces internally. Steven didn't quite experience the pain just yet, because his body was in shock. Arkham knows that Steven's body is in shock, so he needs to do some more painful things to Steven, just to make him suffer as much as possible.

So Arkham grabbed Steven's left leg by the ankle and put his knee on his hip and pulled on it until his leg snapped. The sound of Steven's leg breaking sounded like someone twisting celery stalks until they break. Arkham grabbed Steven's other leg, but only the foot and he twisted the foot until the ankle popped and his foot wasn't stiff anymore. 

And then the pain hit, Steven's back and legs felt like they were on fire. He felt the throbbing sensation of his legs swelling and tenderness. Arkham cruelly stared over the injured hybrid, even though the hybrid's bones will heal eventually. 

Arkham grabbed Steven by the throat and lifted him up off the ground, his skin returning to normal which indicates that his rage was simmering down. This means that Arkham is strong enough to casually curl and lift up Steven's weight with his right arm, proving that he's very strong, even without the pink aura. 

"Who's weak now?" Arkham asked casually. 

Steven was too much in pain and astonishment to focus on struggling free from Arkham's grasp. 

"I was barely even trying." Arkham grits his teeth, but not glowing pink. "If there's anything to learn, it's going all out makes you weak. Because it tires you out and leaves you vulnerable to surprises like this." 

Before Steven could heal his legs and back, Arkham curled his arm to lower Steven down so he can slam his left elbow on Steven's neck to subdue him. 

"And don't forget it." Arkham replied snarky as he dropped Steven like a ragdoll.

January 12th (Alysa's Birthday), 2023. 8:51 PM.