The last thing Pearl remembered was being taken out by Jasper and her horrible weapon, if her memory served her right it was called "destabilizer" and both she and Amethyst fell to a simple touch of the device.

The sensation still haunted her, feeling the energy from the destabilizer entering her body and painfully taking over every molecule of it while tracing on her a complex pattern of regular yellow lines before feeling herself becoming numb and fall to the ground defeated, shattered into pieces, their victory in the war now meaningless as every line of Earth's defense fell under the strenght of the modern Homeworld technology.

Hoewer her biggest regret was losing Steven, her heart was in pain as soon as he was captured by that horrible Jasper, it would've been better if Steven never came back to save them from the space ship weapons, at least he would've been still free.

Pearl looked at her sourroundings, she was sitting in a small room, judging from the green color of the weird metal it was inside Peridot's ship, in front of her was visible an energy barrier, it looked similar to the power from Jasper's destabilizer, touching it would probabily prove to be a bad idea yet, somebody in a cell near her screamed in pain.

"Argh!

Stupid energy barrier, let me out of here!"

It was Amethyst voice, of course she would've tried to escape but it was obvious to Pearl that their situation was desperate and she yelled to her friend:

"Stop it Amethyst!

You can't pass that barrier and these walls are too strong for your whip or my spear, whe're trapped!"

The purple gem stopped her thrashing and come closer to the wall separating her from her companion:

"P.?

Is that you?"

Pearl's answer came right away:

"Yes, it seems we're trapped, I guess Sapphire and Ruby will be in separate cells, did you hear them?"

"No, sorry P. it's just you and me, no Steven either."

Of course, Jasper was more interested in Steven than them, just the thought of her baby trapped in a cell like that made the entire situation unbearable, Pearl's big eyes began to water and soon she was crying.

She failed both Steven and Rose, she didn't protect the planet Rose was so attached to, she didn't protect the humans and all the other living beings she loved so much and worse than everything else, she wasn't able to defend Steven.

Amethyst slouched on the wall next to her fellow Crystal Gem before hitting it and yelling:

"Hnnng Pearl!

Crying will not solve our problems, we need to think a way out and I'm not good with this stuff!"

Pearl stopped her crying and began to shout at Amethyst as well:

"Oh sorry Amethyst, we're just trapped in prison and going back to Homeworld to face death or worse!

I wouldn't care so much for us but Steven is here as well and we don't know what those monster might do to him!"

The purple gem expression darkened as she responded:

"I've never been to this Homeworld and Lapis sounded really scared in her message, are you suggesting to take her advice and be nice and obedient so that maybe they will treat us a little better?"

Pearl wiped away her tears with a hand before answering to Amethyst:

"That would be usless, even if we cooperated they would never let us free, if we're lucky they might just execute us, but probabily they are thinking about something worse."

The purple gem interrupted:

"Like putting us in a mirror?"

Pearl slouched on the wall as well before answering:

"Something like that..."

Lapis Lazuli pretty much sold them off to Homeworld, not a good way to repay Steven's good intentions when he freed her from her prison, he din't deserve to be alone and afraid on this horrible ship, such irony since she was the one willing to show space to him, now she would gladly gave her life to help him go back to Earth safe and sound.

Probabily Amethyst's toughts were on the same line before getting back up in alert when both of them heard some heavy footsteps coming closer to they cells.

The two Crystal Gems eyes became incredibly hostile when they noticed the muscolar gem coming closer to them, Jasper looked at them with an expression mixed between boredom and disappointment, she didn't seem really interested in what they had to say at the moment and she replied only when they asked what happened to Steven:

"Rose it's taking a nap in her own cell and she will remain there until we get to Homeworld, but if I were you I will be worried about myself and luckily there's a chance to improve your situation."

Both Pearl and Amethyst looked at Jasper with a puzzled look, they were glad that at least Steven was safe but the homeworld gem couldn't have any good intention, of course they might have began to collaborate like Lapis told them to, but it would've been futile and they both knew it.

Their captor began to speak once again:

"I need to know anything related to Rose Quartz and you two have the information I need, talk and I will grant you a better treatment on Homeworld, otherwise I will need to find another way to take those informations from you."

Pearl and Amethyst were tense, they couldn't tell Jasper anything related to Steven or Rose, they spoke almost at the same time:

"You will never get any information from us!"

Amethyst continued:

"Yeah, we'll never betray the little man, now get lost!"

Jasper got dangerously close to Amethyst's cell, looking down on her with a confident expression:

"You have attitude for an overcooked runt, but I don't think you would be so confident if you knew what Homeworld does to traitors, we will certainly make a good example out of you."

Then she moved to Pearl's cell before speaking again:

"You on the other hand have been there, you might be just a defective Pearl but you should be able to tell what your destiny might be if you don't collaborate with us."

Pearl looked away from Jasper then she spoke:

"I know... despite this, I will not betray Rose!"

Jasper looked annoyed by this but she didn't seem mad, to the contrary, a scary grin began to appear on her face, making her appear even more intimidating:

"It seems like we hit a point of stall, very well, remember that you asked for it."

And hitting a code on the wall next to Pearl's cell she dissipated the energy keeping her trapped before catching the pale gem by the arm, her hold was incredibly strong and the Crystal Gem was unable to free herself from it despite her efforts, Jasper give a strong pull before dragging her in the corridor, Amethyst was clearly distressed and she uslessly tried do force the enegy wall in front of hearl screaming Pearl's name over and over.

The pale gem asked to Jasper in a clearly distressed tone, she had all the reasons to be scared and she couldn't hide her fear to the enemy:

"Where are we going?"

Jasper didn't turn in her direction continuing to drag her along while answering:

"I offered you an occasion to be useful and get some mercy from Homeworld, since you aren't cooperating I guess I will be forced to extract those information in a more forceful way."

Pearl's mind began to run wild with hypothesis about her destination, was it possible that Homeworld developed some sort of mind-reading technology?

And what kind of effects could it have on gems?

Jasper stopped her march in front of a metal door, Pearl tried to extract her spear from her gem with her free hand but the warrior quickly slammed her on the wall making the pale gem gasp in surprise, Jasper blocked the other hand as well looking Pearl in the eyes before telling her:

"You're just a Pearl, you are usless on your own and you can't win against me, try something funny again and you will be back in your gem before you know it!"

Jasper then released one of her hands in order to open the door and pull her prisoner inside telling her:

"Now get in, it's time for your questioning!"