Well alright, that first chapter wasn't actually badly recieved. It was a little rushed though, so I spent a little more time on this chapter. I appreciate the reviews, and would love some criticism. Don't hold back, I want to make this the best that I can.

Greg Universe

It was a quiet day at the car wash, but I didn't mind. I would have checked up on Steven, but he's been training with Connie lately. Man they were adorable together...

Anywho, so I was just relaxing by the van, playing some old tunes when I heard some ruckus close by. "Oh great..."I stood up, cracked my back a few times, and walked towards the noise. "Sure hope it's not another monster or something..."

I grumbled, but my eyes widened when I saw some teen falling over and hitting the ground. Fatherly instincts kicked in and I sprinted towards him. uh, then stopped after a few feet to catch my breath and speed walk. What? I'm old!

But yeah I got there and saw one of Kofi's daughter's trying to help him. "What's-whats wrong with him?"I managed to say in between breaths.

She was doing CPR on him then, "I-I don't know Mr. Universe, he came into town like this and just..."

I looked the kid over. Just looked like the usual teen about ready to give up on his dreams, but something about him was...off.
He was in pretty bad shape, his duds were all ripped up too. Then something caught my eye, I could see it through one of the tears in his hoodie. It seemed like his skin went from white to pure grey on his stomach.

Yeah it pretty much screamed "THIS IS A GEM SITUATION' at me, because that didn't look like any kind of bruise I've seen.

""Hey, uh...I think it's best if I take him to the gems-"

"What? No, he needs a doctor!" Kofi's daughter...what was her name? Kaykay? Koko? Ki...Ki-KIKI!-Yeah she really wasn't having it.

"Oh cmon, Steven can heal him up better than any doctor can. Besides, he might have been attacked. He looks really roughed up..."

"Which is why he needs a professional, and not some 14 year old boy!"

"...Kiki he can heal people with his spit."

"Ech, Gross!...but..."She was really searching for a reason, but we both knew I was right! She sighed, "Fine! But let me know how he turns out alright?"

"Gotcha! Hey, say hi to Kofi for me alright?" I smiled. She helped me lift him up into the back of my van. "Don't worry, He'll be just fine."

I started the van up and headed to the temple.

Uh...I may...have hit a few bumps on the way though. And my stuff might have kept falling on him. Maybe that's why he kept groaning?

As soon as the house came into view, I saw Garnet standing right outside the door, watching us from the fence. I'm not going to lie, she scares me. Considering how tall she is, and those three eyes staring at me...bleh!

But I had to do this for the kid. I parked and waved at her. "Hey Garnet, we got...kind of a situation here."

She raised her eyebrow at me and jumped from the stairway, landing right in front of me. "What would that be?"

"This kid here, help me bring him inside. He's really messed up."

Garnet's eyebrow was still cocked at me but she picked him up anyway, and that's when her demeanor changed. She got really interested, real quick.

"...Who...who is this?" She looked at me curiously.

"I have no clue..."I rubbed the back of my head nervously, "I just saw him come into town all ripped up like this." I walked with Garnet up the stairway, kinda freaked at how weird she was acting. "...Uh, you good Garnet?"

"...I have no visions of him."

"Huh?" I blinked a few times. I know Garnet has that weird future vision thing, but I've never heard of anything being able to block it out. Steven loves to ramble on about his missions, and I'm pretty sure that's something he'd mention.

"He...has a strange energy. No visions of mine include him...but I can't focus on him either. I think something is blocking my powers."

"Well...I did notice he has a strange color on his stomach." I shrugged. "Maybe he's actually a gem? I didn't look."

"Lets find out."Garnet grabbed the bottom of his hoodie and rolled it up. I have never seen Garnet jaw drop so far and that scared the daylights out of me.

"...We need the others, now!" Garnet immediately sprinted down the stairs, "Steven just left to go to the big donut, get him!" She stopped at the warp pad and disappeared in a beam of light.

"Psh...I wish I could do that..."I huffed as I sprinted out the door and into the van. I had to find Steven, and fast.

Jack Lincoln

I have no idea where I am.

While waking up in a bedroom and not a hospital is nice, I would have preferred something...in town. You know, close to my goal.

As I look out the window and see nothing but the beach and the ocean, I realize something.

This is actually the complete opposite of that.

Fantastic.

I sighed and took a look around my surroundings. A TV, video games, plushies and toys, yeah I was in a kids room. Jeez, someone passes out and instead of calling an ambulance you lay me in your kids room. I mean, sure, why not? Who would take an injured person to the ER?

Gah, I rolled my eyes as I made my way down the staircase.
It made me think though...why wasn't I hurt anymore? I remember falling down that cliff vividly, I know it wasn't a dream. My clothes can attest to that. Speaking of which...

I looked down at my body, grabbing my stomach. What if my...'saviors' had seen it? What would they think? Would they treat me like-

No no no no no, don't think about it. It's going to be okay, I'm going to get fixed and then they'll love me again and everything will be back to normal.

I took a deep breath to stop the tears. "Everythings going to be okay..."I whispered to myself. I looked back at the mirror and clenched my jaw as I watched my bruise fade away
into nothing...

"Everythings...going to be okay..."