This is set after Jailbreak. If you haven't watched the episode this might not make any sense. I should be asleep right now :{ However I wanted to finish this up first. Might do another chapter if this gets any positive reviews.

The day was a warm and welcoming day for beach city. The sun was shining, and Steven relaxed. After the nuts fight the gems faced against Jasper, and Peridot, a little r and r was needed. The day had been going fine. Steven had been reading one of the books that Connie lent to him. Fantasy books truly were adventurous. The cool kids were right. Taking things slow and easy was a good idea. He looked out the window, wondering what their day would be like.

"There's no doubt in my mind, Garnet." Pearl said in her usual serious tone. They were discussing something, and Steven couldn't help but listen in. "There's another one on the island. It might be Peridot, and if it is, then we have to check right now."

Steven's eyes widened with excitement. He leaped from the couch. "Hey, are you guys going to Mask Island?" He said wondering if they were going to go on an adventure. If they were he was ready. Maybe it would be an easy breezy trip. Different from the total chaos that happened recently.

Amethyst gave a nod. "We sure are. We think Peridot made her way over to the island. The warp pad won't take us there, so we're gonna check it out. You wanna come with?" She asked as they made their way towards the door.

"Do I ever?!" He said catching up to them. "Wait, how are we going to get there? If the warp pad is down, won't we have to find another way there?"

"You're right. We'll have to go by boat." Garnet nodded. She held the door open. "There were reports of a girl on the beach, of the island, but when we tried to warp, we were unable to, which can only mean the warp pad is damaged. There's a possibility that Peridot made her way there, and destroyed the warp pad to prevent us from following her. We need to check it out."

The group had gotten a lift from a local fishing boat. Eventually they made it. Steven suddenly felt a strong sense of unease. He looked at the other three. They didn't seem scared. Probably because without Jasper they knew Peridot would probably be easier to deal with. But if they were confident he would be confident too. "Alright. Pearl, you look on the high hill tops. Amethyst, you look on the far end of the island. I'll look up on the higher levels. She can't hide forever."

"What about me? What do I do?" Steven asked curiously.

Garnet crouched down. "Steven, you stay on the lower levels and look around here. You scan the flat areas, and leave the climbing to us." She grinned. Garnet always knew how to keep him included, while still making sure he was safe. He nodded and gave them a "Yeah!" of optimism.

They all spread out, and Steven started walking around. He scanned the island, having had plenty of memories when he first visited with Sadie and Lars. He figured that if it was Peridot she would most likely be around the warp pad. Amethyst had that area covered though, so he would leave it be. He kept walking around, but suddenly heard a groan. Was that Peridot? He felt a shiver run down his spine. It certainly wasn't the gems. He listened, but it was no longer there. He followed from where he thought it come from.

He turned a corner and saw somebody. It was without a doubt a gem. Her clothes were torn, and there was hardly any fabric left, so of course a few of her private parts were showing, but he wasn't worried about that considering she was laying flat on the floor shaking. She seemed hurt, and badly. Well, the good news was that it was certainly not Peridot. He ran over to the gem. She was a dark orange like color. Her body was thin, and frail looking. Her hair was straight flat to her head, and hung down like a curtain to her waist. She was probably taller than Pearl. About an inch or two, but far shorter than Garnet.

When Steven rolled her over, he saw the gem on her left shoulder faceted in. She opened her eyes, for a brief moment, and closed them letting her head fall back down. He helped her head up. "Wake up... please." He shook her a few times lightly. "Help." He said quietly to himself, but then he snapped back to reality. "HEEEEELLLLLPPPP!"