All was silent except for the sound of foot steps echoing through the abandoned Kindergarten. A green gem was cautiously walking through the old gem birthplace, constantly looking around as if something was following her. Her name was Peridot. The farther she walked the more anxious she looked.

"I hate it here," Peridot grumbled as chills ran down her spine, "As soon as I check on The Cluster, I'm out of here."

She picked up her pace as she neared her destination. The sooner she got done the sooner she could leave. As she neared the chamber of the Cluster she heard a rumbling sound. Before she could even scream the ground opened up and she fell. She fell for some time before she landed, hard. Had she not been a gem she would have surely been dead.

"Where am I?" She asked no one in particular.

As she took in her surroundings, she learned that she was in a large chamber. There were large chunks of the walls that where missing, presumably from age. There were also large slashes along the walls that did not seem natural. She noticed a light at the far end of the chamber. Drawn to it, Peridot walked over to it. it was a large machine with several tubes and what she assumed were power cells protruding from it. In the center there was a small clear window that was covered in dust. Walking over to it, she wiped it off and peered inside. She gasped as she saw a black, downward arrowhead shaped gem floating in the center with gem destabilizers keeping it in place. Peridot turned to her right and saw what seemed to be a control panel. She looked for a way to turn on the panel, and sighed in exasperation when she could find no such way. She did, however, see five holes roughly large enough to fit her fingers in.

'I wonder if I' she thought as she inserted her fingers into the holes.

With several hums and whirs, the machine came to life. She looked back to the control panel, and to her delight, the screen was on. on it said:

Pandora Maximum Security Gem Destabilizer Confinement.

Peridot gasped once again. She had only heard of one prison like this. She read further.

Prisoner: Tektite

And with that her suspicions were confirmed. This was the strongest holding cell in all of gem history, and for good reason, too. Peridot wasn't exactly sure what his crimes were but she knew them to be grievous, for his name was a taboo among the Homeworlders. Even strong gems like Jasper shuddered when they heard his name. His name was Tektite. Horrified, she was about to walk away when she realized something. She could use this gem to ensure her victory against her quarry, The Crystal Gems. Forming her hand computer, she got to work.

"Gem destabilizers, off. Anti gravity confinement, off. And finally, main containment chassis, open."

As Peridot finished uttering these commands, the containment unit sprung into action. She watched as the gem destabilizers turned off and the gem stopped floating. Then the class window opened and Peridot reached inside and took the gem out. Holding the gem she started to feel uneasy. When would it regenerate, if it could at all? Would it be corrupted if it did? She began to doubt her judgement as the gem started to float and emit what she could only describe as black light. Peridot ran behind a large rock in fear of what would happen should things go the gem was done forming, he collapsed to the floor. Peridot, her fear gone, ran to the gem. She knelt down next to him.

"Are you o-" she was cut off as a hand shot out and wrapped around her throat. That was when she got a glimpse of the gems eyes. They were wide open and looking crazily around the room, as if he had just woken up from a bad dream. He then noticed the gem he had grabbed instinctively. Then, as soon as it grabbed her, the hand let go.

"My apologies, ma'am", he said.

His voice was unlike anything she had ever heard. It was soft yet sharper than any blade. As he stood up giving Peridot a full view of him. He was tall and slender, standing at about 6'8'', with sleek ash grey skin. His hair was short, jet black and came up into several messy points that all pointed to one larger point in the center, giving it a spiked look. He had more hair that came down and covered parts of his forehead giving the illusion of bangs. His eyes had irises darker than the furthest reaches of space and seemed to pierce her very essence. He had a short pointed nose and a small mouth. He was wearing what seemed to be a black skin tight bodysuit with thin light grey sections of padding on his arms, shoulders, chest, and legs. His gem was centered right in the middle of his sternum.

"Are you the one who released me?" He asked softly.

Peridot nodded quickly, too stunned to speak.

"Then I must thank you. My name is Tektite, and I would offer you my services, but first I have to settle something with a gem," he said ominously.

"Mind explaining who?" Peridot questioned.

"Her name is Rose Quartz," answered Tektite.

"Actually it would seem our goals are aligned," said Peridot almost giddy with excitement, "I have a quarry with that particular gem and her little ragtag group of gems called the Crystal Gems."

"Is that so?" questioned Tektite with a small chuckle,"Well you know the saying, the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

"Excellent!" Peridot exclaimed."First we have to draw them out that way you can ambush them and then you can defeat them and get to Rose Quartz."

Tektite chuckled as his gem glowed and he donned his normal attire, a black sleeved cloak with a hood that kept his eyes hidden, but left the bottom of his face shown

"Well I guess I oughta start up a ruckus then" said Tektite as he jumped out of the hole that Peridot fell through.

Peridot chuckled to herself. Things were finally starting to go her way.

A/N: Hey guys I am back in action with this new story and it's gonna be awesome. Now you May be thinking 'Shouldn't You be working on your other stories?" The answer is, yes i should be, but I have a severe case of writers block for all of my other stories. So, here I am with this one. Read it and have fun!