It wasn't long until it already escalated quickly.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey! Listen, we don't want any trouble!" Ruby had her arms up, while Steven was hiding behind her. In her face was about five bayonets and equal amounts of gun barrels just staring back at her.
On their way to Delmarva, they were stopped right away. They have apparently "walked on their turf."
"You got some nerve!" One guy shoves the bayonet closer to her face.
"HEY! I'm not lying!" Ruby said through her teeth. "Let's not get crazy! There's a kid here!"
Sapphire and Amethyst were out and searching for food.
"Do you think we'll ever leave that hotel?" Sapphire asked as they walked through the dead city.
"As much as we want to, but we still have people from our group out there. We can't leave, what if they come back?" Amethyst has significantly gotten worse with time, but she was still holding up.
Sapphire couldn't disagree.
"Ruby is still gone... Do you think-
"No, I don't think so. I'm sure she's still around, that's why we're still hiding here."
"Right..." Sapphire nods her head.
"Dude, I get that you're missing her, but you have to keep your head up that she's out there."
Sapphire was quiet, but she agreed. She has been pessimistic for a long time.
"RUN STEVEN!" Ruby was able to escape, letting Steven run ahead.
With the mob behind them, they sprinted off without looking back, but they knew they couldn't run straight ahead for too long.
Steven has completely forgotten Ruby, running off somewhere else once the stomping feet behind them quieted down, turning right towards the more darker side of town. Ruby, who was sweating buckets but is getting away from the group very quickly, tries to follow.
He was still visible, running straight down the street, with his burger backpack bouncing around.
She couldn't make any loud noises when there's probably hundreds of zombies hiding in that side. She simply ran, with no lingering feet or groaning or anything of the sorts, thankfully. She felt weighed down by her jacket and big hair getting in her way. In the corner of her eye, she saw Steven's red sweater and stopped, looking at the teen with his knees to his chest and his head in his hands.
"Hey Steven, it's okay... I think we got away..." Ruby said in-between breaths.
He lifted his head up, his eyes filled with tears, but smiled widely when he realizes it's only Ruby.
Ruby sits down on the wet ground, arms on her lap, and let out a deep sigh.
"I just want to go home..." Ruby sniffled. She expected Steven to say that, but it seems like Ruby was feeling that way deeper.
"We're going home. We just... We just hit a bump!" Steven raised his voice slightly, brightly smiling at his current-caretaker.
"I don't know how you do it, kid. All these things are happening, but you still smile."
"Because we're fighting! We're fighting to live and survive. I wish we didn't have to kill them, but..."
"Hey, it's cool, I don't think anyone wants to kill. Except that group, they're obviously crazy."
"Yeah." Steven still smiled.
"Who were you with before?"
"I was with my dad. My mom was with another group and I just hope she's okay too."
Ruby hummed, "You'll see them soon."
"Okay, is there a plan at all? To look for Rose, Pearl, and Ruby?" Garnet sat on one of the couches with her arms crossed over her chest. Everyone was clad in some type of flannel or sweatshirt.
The room has since decayed and became dull in colors and the ambience went from comfortable to eerie and very creepy to be in. It really gives you the cold shoulder and feels like you're being watched being in there.
Garnet, Lapis, and Peridot sat on the now-ripped up couches and Amethyst and Sapphire sat on the dirty floor covered in wet mud and dried-up mud.
"We can't just split apart like that... But we can't leave this place, either!" Peridot interjects. She has gotten used to her single arm; she seems to like it a little bit.
Everyone sat quietly, pondering on the idea on just what the fuck they are going to do.
Garnet clicked her tongue, "I'm out of ideas."
"Me too."
"Agreed."
"Yeah."
The group of five sat there, uncomfortable in that moment.
Sapphire looked only at her lap. She had no opinions to say outloud; the only thing she thought was to just play sitting duck and patiently wait for Ruby to come back.
"The room just got cold." Lapis stared around, confused as to why it felt that way.
"Yeah, I feel it, too." Amethyst looked to her right, where Sapphire silently sat.
"It is nearing winter." Garnet stands up, cracking her knuckles, "I'm gonna try to fix the heating system. Good night everyone."
Everyone said their goodnights to her and sat in the room in silence, but it now only freezing up.
"Got any Peri plans in that big head of yours?" Lapis directed her question to Peridot.
"Hardy-har-har." Peridot forced, "There's really nothing we can do. We can think of everything we can to get around it, but there's always going to be a hole in the plan."
Everyone only sighed and looked down at the ground.
The only thing is hope.
A/N: Hello, I said this in Are You Hyper Now? and that Keystone County is going to be deleted off of here and AO3. My reasoning being that I do not like that story and compared to other stories, it is weak and gets more hate than every other story. I have grown thicker skin against it, but it's more that even I don't like that story.
Will I rewrite it? Maybe! But, for now, it needs to be gone.
I'm sorry to those that liked that one.
Review and shit.