Ch. 6: Bros-in-laws

"HEY DAD!" shouted Steven, as he and Onyx reached Beach City's car wash. Onyx thought it was an unusually place for the man to work at. Still he will not judge after all, this man probably was a great man back in the day. That what he kept on thinking...until a semi-bald, chubby man came out of the back of a van parked outside the place, he thought was there to be cleaned up.

"Hey Steven! Whats up?" asked Greg, smiling as he gave his son a hug. He then looked up to see the black gem. "Who's your friend there?"

"I'm Onyx." said the black gem, with a hand sticking out. Sure he was disappointing in Rose's choice, but still he needed to be polite and see what the heck she saw in this tub of lard.

"Greg Universe." said Greg, with a smile and grabbing his hand and shook it furiously. "Onyx? I think I've heard about you...but aren't you suppose to be-"

"I thought it was time to come back." said Onyx, quickly eyeing Steven. There was a long silence as the two shook hands, you can even hear the wind blow.

"Hey, buddy." said Greg. "Can you go into my van and get my radio out?"

"On it dad!" said Steven, oblivious to the silence that just accord, and went in.

"So...you're Rose's...brother in a way right?" asked Greg, as nicely as he can.

"Yes, and you're the man who took my Rosie away from me." replied Onyx, nonchalantly with his hands in his pockets.

"That was not my fault." said Greg, a bit angry at the male gem. "I didn't know what was going to happen when she told me she was pregnant."

"Relax, I'm joking...sort of." muttering the last part.

"Oh sorry. Just...I dont like anyone talking about my Rose badly or what I did to her." said Greg, looking a bit down to the ground.

Onyx's tilted his head a bit, showing his gem eye. "...You really liked my Rosie uh?"

"I love her, she was like a red-headed angel. And we did everything together. "

"Yeah I can see that." replied Onyx, nudging his head towards the van where Steven when in, and gave a chuckle. "Well she did see the beauty and the good in everything...maybe you have something inside that I can't really see. And that's saying something."

"Thanks, um, I think." said Greg. "So how come you are here, I thought Rose said she exiled you or something like that "

"Eh, exiled, left, sort of the same thing." said the male gem, shrugging his arms. "Still don't tell Steven, just not yet."

"Sure." said Greg, not sure if that was a good idea. "You know, Rose talked about you some times...she did miss you."

"Yeah, well I don't blame her for kicking me off the team." said Onyx, a bit cold. "Someone else is to blame." He then smiled. "You know, I could probably see why Rosie pick you."

"Really? Can you tell me what it is? I've been trying to figure that out for ages." chuckled Greg.

"Nah, I think I'll let you figure that one out." replied Onyx, with a shark-like smile as the two men laughed.

"I FOUND IT!" came the shouting of a young gem boy, who jumped out of the van holding a radio in his hands.

"Thanks Steven." said Greg, smiling as he took the small radio from his son. "So tell me, what's going on with you?"

"Well Onyx showed up, and before that me and the gems went on a mission, where I-"

As Steven talked and told his father his adventures of the week, Onyx looked at the two and smiled and looked up. "You know you could of picked a better one with more hair." he whispered. "But overall, I approve, he's a good guy. Good to your son too." He then tuned in when he heard his name again and being talked about being trained.

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"Exiled? He was exiled?" muttered a creamy-color seagull.

"Yeah, I thought Onyx just left us!" loudly whispired a purple one. These two and a dark red seagull were sitting on top of the car wash building, watching as the three males talked and laughed. Both birds then turned to the dark red one. "Garnet? What didn't you tell us?" asked the purple one.

"Somethings are better not knowing." replied the leader, as she then see Onyx turn and looked at the birds. "We better go, he knows we are watching him." And got up and flew away, followed by Pearl. Amethyst, on the other hand, look down directly at Onyx and watch him looking right back up at her. She then flew up into the air and followed the other two seagulls, knowing later she be having a long talk with her "big brother".

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"We better get going it's getting pretty late." said the black gem, as the three of them finish tossing a frisbee to each other. The two gems decided, well mostly Steven anyways, to spend time Greg and help him out for the day, which was only three cars, while the rest of the time was talking, drinking soda, a bit of water fighting, and tossing a frisbee. "The others are going to wonder where you been all day."

"Aw can we stay a bit longer out please?"

"Sorry Steven, but he's got a good point there." said Greg. "But hey, remember if every pork chop were perfect-"

"We wouldnt have hot dogs!" shouted Steven, happily as the two laugh, while Onyx was confused a bit of the strange saying. He shrugged and chuckled. Yeah, Rosie picked a strange one but after today he definitely approved on her choice. Greg sort of reminded him of Onyx himself, back when he was a hundred years younger. As the two say good bye to Greg, and walked a back onto the beach. "So Onyx, why did you leave in the first place?"

"Again kid? You asked me that already."

"I know but I thought after some more time you would tell me." said Steven, a little hopeful.

Onyx sighed and smile. The kid was persistent he gave him that. "Let's just say...I did a bad thing when I was on the team."

"...A bad thing?" asked Steven, now in awe of curiosity. "Like what?"

"I'll tell you more some other time." smiled Onyx.

"Come on thats unfair!" said Steven, huffing a little. "You can't hold me in suspense."

"Well too bad." laughed Onyx. "If you want to know my story, I guess I'll tell you tomorrow if you're not busy."

"Really?"

"Yeah, why not...how about tomorrow night. It be good to tell a story at camp fire...plus I have a few things to look around tomorrow."

"Really? Can I come?"

"Sorry Steven, but its more of a private matter for me."

"Awwww"

"But don't worry, we are going to hang out tomorrow night don't forget it."

"Good point." said Steven, as they reached the spot to the house. "See you later, Onyx."

"See ya, kid!" as Onyx walked to the side cave, while Steven when up his house.

As Steven walked into the house, he saw Garnet sitting at the kitchen counter, waiting for something...or someone.

"Steven, where were you today?" asked Garnet.

"Um, with my dad." replied the boy, who was sort of telling he truth.

"And Onyx?"

"...yeaaaaah." said Steven, looking down. "But he's-"

"No more."

"What?"

"No more Steven." said Garnet getting up. "Onyx is a trickster, self-centered, and not good. Do not believe he is helping you. I'm giving you one final warning Steven, do not go see him again Do you understand?"

"Yes Garnet." said Steven, looking down.

"Good...now get ready for bed." and with that the small gem went to the bathroom to get ready to sleep as the bigger one signed and rubbed her eyes under her shades. Sure she didnt want to be the "bad guy" here, but she had to stay firm. Steven had no idea who he was dealing with.

TBC

I thought it be best if Amethyst has a chapter with Onyx, since Pearl had one...what do you people think? or should i just have one with steven finds out a bit more of onyx or a confrontation between garnet and onyx alone...um to you people!