Steven and Connie were on a mission. Garnet felt that this mission was small enough to let them do it alone. Peal of course argued but Garnet won. Steven and Connie were supposed to retrieve an ancient emerald from a cave. It was a small cave and Garnet thought there would be no monsters in it. She was wrong...
Steven and Connie were walking through the jungle toward the cave. They only had three miles left. Steven wasn't wearing anything different than he usually did but Connie had a huge back pack full of survival stuff. Connie held the scathed pink sword in her hand.
"Connie, do you want me to carry that? It looks kinda heavy. I'm pretty strong sometimes.",Steven shrugged.
"Um, okay. But just because it's really hot out here.",Connie stopped and took off the back pack and gave it to Steven to carry. He put it on his back.
"So how much longer do you think we have?",Steven asked her.
They started walking again. "I think we have about a little more than two miles.",Connie said as she thought about the directions the gems told them to go.
They walked together towards the cave in silence. Steven was huffing in the hot jungle sun and Connie was swatting away bugs. They both had a good layer of sweat on their faces. That didn't help with the bugs.
Connie cut through a bunch of vines with the sword. Behind them, was the cave. It looked like a giant mouth protruding from the rocky earth. The outside of the cave was covered in vines and ferns. The entrance to it was about eight feet tall. They would both easily walk through. They walked to the mouth and stopped.
"Break.", hugged Steven.
"Okay.",Connie agreed."We should probably keep ourselves hydrated."
She took out two water bottles and gave one to Steven. He drank the whole bottle and then sighed in relief. Connie drank half of hers and saved the rest for the way back.
They laid down in the jungle dirt and looked up at the sky. They couldn't see it. The Forrest canopy was too thick.
Steven sighed, "I wanna go home."
"Me too, but we are already here, we might as well keep going." Connie turned to her side and looked at Steven. The jungle floor was cooler than the air so it felt nice. "You look sweaty", she commented.
"Thanks. I am sweaty. It's really hot here.", he looked at her. "But it's bearable with you by my side."
Connie smiled at him. "We should probably get going. The sooner we get the emerald, the sooner we go home."
She got up and held out a hand for Steven. He grabbed and they both got ready to go again. Steven put on the back pack and dusted off his back.
"Let's go!", he said and started moving into the cave. Connie followed him this time. It got dark really fast and when they were only a few meters in he stopped.
Connie bumped into his back. "ugh!" she got up, "Sorry. I can't see".
"That's why I'm looking in your pack. did you bring a flashlight?"
"Yes. I brought two of them. I figured we'd need them if we're going in a cave.",she laughed.
Steven found them and turned one on, immediately blinking in the bright beam that was on his face.
He handed that one to Connie and turned on the second one. It didn't turn on. "Aww. this one's out of batteries."
"Oh. I didn't think to check them. I'm sorry. We'll have to just use one I guess."
Steven then had a thought. "Oh wait! My gem can light up like a flashlight! I've seen the others do it before." He lifted up his shirt and looked at his gem. Nothing happens so he closed his eyes and concentrated on what he wanted. He opened his eyes again and saw no difference. "I'm sorry, Connie. I can't figure it out."
"It's okay, Steven. I'm sure we will do fine with one light.", she handed him the light again because she was in the lead and couldn't really lead him easily. The cave was tall but only a few feet wide.
He grabbed it and moved forward. The dirt on the ground eventually turned to gray stone as they tracked deeper.
"I thought this cave was supposed to be small.", Steven said to her. His voice echoed throughout the whole space and pebbles rained down on them.
"shh. This doesn't look that safe. We have to keep quiet.", Connie whispered.
They continued on for a long time in the cave. The air started to taste stale and musty as they got farther in. After a while, Steven walked into a large chamber. His flashlight couldn't even touch the other side of the rock with all the dust floating around. A loud roar erupted from the back end of the chamber. It shook the whole cave and rocks started to crumble down.They both screamed, not helping the situation. Stevens gem then lit up the rather dark cave. "And now it works!"
A large rock fell onto the stone in front of them, crushing the smooth stone to tiny bits.
"We need to hide!", Connie grabbed his hand and pulled him to the side of the cave. The sides of the chamber were polished smooth and black. There was nowhere to hide. They both stayed by the wall and watched rocks fall down onto the center of the chamber and shake the whole ground. Steven grabbed Connie and he formed a large bubble around them.