Being Human

33. Political Power

Steven looks at the door as he goes to open it.

"Mayor Dewey?" Steven asks surprised to see him.

"Hello there. young Universe. Any of your... sisters home?" Mayor Dewey asks him.

"My sisters?" Steven asks confused.

"Your caretakers! You know....the tall one, the purple one, the hot one." Mayor Dewey elaborates and Steven keeps staring blankly at Mayor Dewey. "Look, the power is out and I've been mayor long enough to know they had something to do with it."

"Oh wow the power is still out? I thought they might have gotten it on by now." Y/n says to himself as he walks to the door now to see what was going on.

Steven was still confused. "My sisters?"

"Is there anyone  else I can talk to about this?" Mayor Dewey asks now.

"Pearl!" Steven shouts into the house.

"Coming!" Pearl's voice can be heard.

Mayor Dewey blushes while fixing his collar as Pearl appears at door now with her machine from the last night in hand.

"Oh, can I help you?" She asks as she notices Mayor Dewey now.

"Yes." He says dumbfounded before he  comes to senses. "Oh hi!" He clears his throat and acts professionally. "Beach city is currently experiencing a wide spread power outage..."

"Oh, don't worry about that, the power should be back on as early as tonight or as late as... never." Pearl tells him.

"Never coming back?!" Mayor Dewey asks panicked.

"Yes?" Pearl replies.

"No, no, no! It has to come back! The people of Beach City can't handle a situation like this, they need their electronic distractions so they won't know that this town is a magnet for disaster!" Mayor Dewey says now.

"Oh, don't be dramatic. I saw humans get on fine without power for millennia. You used to hunt and gather." Pearl chuckles. "What happened to that?"

"Well we evolved." Y/n answers. "I remember seeing a story about a small island with a tribe that still lives like that though. I think it was near...India?" Y/n says.

"You don't understand. "Mayor Dewey interrupts now. "Sure things seem calm now in the light of day but when the sun goes down, so does the town!"

"He's right." Steven says. "Mayor Dewey, this is our responsibility, we'll help you clean up this mess." Steven says now.

"No we won't!" Garnet says from inside the house and Pearl leaves to walk back into the house.

"Um we'll help you clean up this mess?" Steven says again as he looks up at Y/n unsure now.

"Well it's not like we have anything better to do with the power being out." Y/n says. "But can we stop by my house so I can get a fresh change of clothes?" Y/n asks.

"Alright, You can count on us to help Mayor Dewey!" Steven says now.

"Okay, but you're not getting paid." Mayor Dewey tells them.

Mayor Dewey was driving Y/n and Steven in his van and soon he parks it outside the Big Donut.

"Did your dad ask about the power?" Steven asks Y/n.

"My dad probably  won't even notice because all he does now is sleep during the day and fish at night off the shore." Y/n tells Steven.

"All right, we gotta go do damage control now or the boardies are going to get restless." Mayor Dewey says.