A look into the soul.
Chapter 1
Connie woke with a start. The light above her was a startling bright green, too much for her eyes to take.
"I don't see what Rose Quartz saw in these, humans. They would be useless in battle."
Her hands and legs were clamped to the table, and cold, crystal tools were poking her from all directions.
She couldn't seem to find the power or strength to make any noise, her chest felt almost too heavy to breath.
"Hmmm... This specimen shares the same characteristics as the Steven..."
With a pristine scalpel, the strange being sliced open Connie's skinon her left arm, making her wince in pain. Blood oozed from the wound, which the human-like being loaded into a test tube.
"Put it back in the cell."
Another strange voice grumbled.
In a matter of seconds, she was tossed back on to the cold smooth floor of her cell, her body aching.
"I think we should conduct the second experiment on the Steven, Jasper."
Connie looked at the cell opposite hers, and watched in horror as an unconscious boy was hauled into the experiment room she had just came out of. Too scared to take a breath, she sat still trying to get a grip on what series of events had taken her to this. Why is Steven unconscious? Who are those beings? Where are the other gems?
She knew one thing for sure. She had to get out.
Soon.
Connie is an intelligent human and she knew well enough that panicking would prevent her from thinking rationally, but it didn't stop the adrenalin pumping in her veins. Her cell was about 1x2 meters and an electric field covering one length of the wall allowed her to see out on to the wall. One finger at a time she slipped them past the field. But when she tried to walk all the way through she was met with a sudden bolt of pain all through her body. She gently felt her forehead, and her fingers touched something cold and smooth... Like a gem. It wasn't real or permanent, just a dummy one that prevents her from getting out of the field.
"Aaaaarrgh! Please stop!"
Sounds of pain echoed from the lab. Sending a shock all over her body. She was panicking and trying to find a way out. She had to, or else they may never. On the left wall outside the cell, she saw a small green button. It must be the button to operate the field! Taking of her sneaker, she put her whole arm through the field and felt around. She was careful not to to put her forehead to close.
"Almost...there.."
Her arm was just the right length and she managed to tap the button in a matter of minutes.
"Oh, oh my gosh! I actually did it!"
The electric field on her cell disintegrated and she was free to roam around the halls. But, footsteps were traveling through the the hallway, out of the experiment lab. In a hurry, she raced back to her cell and switched back on the field. Peridot walked out of the lab, barely holding Steven in her fingers, like he was a piece of trash. She carelessly shoved the unconscious boy in to his cell.
"Where you belong,"
And walked out.
"Steven!"
Turning off the cell electrical field, she ran towards Steven's cell.
"Steven!" She whispered. "Are you awake?"
He slowly stirred at the commotion.
"How... What... Oh no, the gems! Garnet! How are we here!"
"Steven, wait a sec. Let me get you out."
She pressed the button on the right of the cell to free him from his prison.
"Connie, what happened to your arm, and what's on your head?"
He put a hand to her forehead and felt the artificial stone.
"I'm not sure, but I think it was to keep me from passing the field, but I managed to turn it off. Can you try get it off with your healing spit?
It could work."
Steven wiped a lubricated finger along the rim of the gem and it slid off her face. He also healed her wounded arm.
"What did they do to you?"
Steven was concerned for Connie, he was really upset that she was stuck in this mess.
"I don't know, but I think they were preforming tests on my body... I think they did the same to you."
Shaken at the thought of his best friend ever having her life threatened, he took her hand and ran down the hall.
"We have to get out of here."
They ran past a cell with a peculiar gem. She was small and red, and very agitated.
"How did this happen! How the heck are you here!" She pointed at Connie. "Agggghh!" She yelled and punched the wall of her cell. "Wait, how are you guys out! Get me out of here! Please, I need to find Sapphire!"
"There's a button here too! Wait just a minute,"
Steven pressed the button to the imprisoned gem's cell, and she raced out of it, leaving the kids in the dust.
"Sapphire!" She yelled as she flew doe the hallway.
"Do you know who she is, Steven?"
He had just as little knowledge that she had about what was going on.
"No, but she almost, kind of, looks like a mini version of Garnet, right!"
"I guess. Where should we go next," she whispered.
"Maybe the other gems are down this direction."
They tiptoed through the west corridor, until finding another foreign gem.
"Steven, you and your friend..."
She was an icy blue gem, with a long, flowing dress.
"Are you Sapphire? You know, someone's looking for you. I can get you out," Steven whispered.
"By the way, your song is beautiful,"
Connie added, trying to be involved in the conversation in some way.
She pressed the button and unlocked Sapphire's cell.
"Thank you."She took their hands and ran to the centre of the ship.
"Ruby!"
"Sapphire!"
The lovers shared a relieving embrace and a couple of affectionate kisses, before fusing into the gem we know and love, Garnet.
"What!" Steven and Connie roared in sync.
"I can't believe you've been a fusion this whole time!" Steven yelled.
"Shhhh, I hear someone coming. Find Pearl and Amethyst and don't let anyone see you," Garnet whispered.
"Are you sure you'll be able to beat her on your own?"Connie asked.
"Don't worry. I'm never alone."
Garnet kissed Steven's forehead to lend him her future vision, and sent him in the right direction.
"Be careful, you two."
Steven and Connie ran towards the control bridge, finding Pearl and Amethyst in their cells on the way.
"How did you get out! Oh no, Connie is stuck here too..."
Pearl said concerned.
"Garnet said you'd be here. We need to get to the control bridge and fly this ship home."
All four headed north of the ship. They saw Peridot in the captain's seat, and tied her up.
"Let me go you clods!"
Suddenly, a huge crash shook the ship, and Garnet crashed into the control bridge, making a huge hole in the ship wall.
"Steven! You have to bubble now! This ship is going down and we're running out of oxygen in here!" Garnet was right. Connie couldn't survive without oxygen in space, and she was beginning to cough now.
"But what about-"
"GO!"
Steven was forced to bubble to protect his friend, and as soon as he did, Garnet punched the bubble out of the ship, towards earth.
"Nooooooo!" Steven cried as he and Connie clung to each other, watching as they grew closer and closer to the earth's atmosphere.
They both blacked out from the immense pressure that was pressed upon them. It was the first time they ever felt that they were dying.
As you can probably tell, this is a different version of Jail Break. I don't want to write a chapter on how Connie was involved in this, because I want to get started on the main story. You can leave the backstory to your imagination! ;) Hope you enjoy!