Peridot sighed happily. She was home! Finally home! And not only had she checked on the Cluster, she had also captured the Steven.
"Hey! Bring me back to the Crystal Gems!" Steven struggled.
"No. I'm to bring you to Yellow Diamond, Steven." Peridot replied, holding the boy still with her tractor beam. "Or should I say, Rose Quartz."
"I'm not my mom!" Steven retorted.
"Excuse you?" Peridot took out her screen to set up a meeting with Yellow Diamond, only for the screen to black out! "No! Don't tell me you're dead!" She yelled out as the beam falered, dropping the Steven.
"Huh?" The Steven asked.
"Stupid malfunctioning equipment." Peridot muttered. "Stay right there." Peridot left to replace her equipment.
Why is it always MY stuff that malfunctions? She quickly took off her remaining foot and her arm extensions and dumped them into the trashcan nearby. She then moved to her equipment room, pausing at the full-length reflecting wall that showed her flaw. Despite being a technician for Homeworld, she had one major flaw. She had not grown properly, and thus, was small as a result.
"And this is why I need the leg extensions." Peridot sighed. She hated those things- they hurt her gravity connectors- But then again, they helped to make her more like everyone else. So she dealt with the pain.
"Aww, you're so cute~" Peridot jumped at the Steven's voice behind her. She turned around angrily at the Steven's starry vision spheres. "You're like an angry slice of pie."
"No! Get out!" She tried to shoo him away, but he stepped closer into the equipment room.
Well, I guess it can be amazing to someone who has never been here. Peridot admitted. She too had spent plenty of time there when it was built. The room was a green one, the walls lighter than the floor, with some peridot gems- fake ones, thankfully- decorating the walls. Rather than what would be a normal light at the top of the room, the peridot gems lit up the room in a green, starry night sky. She loved it.
"Wow, it really is something in here." Steven commented. "Are those real?" He went to touch one of the fake peridots.
"No! DON'T TOUCH IT!" Peridot smacked his hand. "They're fake, obviously. Just…don't touch anything. Oh, and while you're at it, get your butt out of here." She grabbed a gem stabilizer from the emerald green desk next to her. Steven paled and quickly ran out.
Whew…it seems like he forgot that it doesn't work on him…for whatever reason. Peridot quickly grabbed one of the colorless leg extensions, and bracing herself for the pinching of her gravity connectors, she roughly shoved it into the extension. She immediately held back a yelp as the extenders stabbed into her gravity connectors. Wincing in pain, she grabbed the other one, watching in amazement despite the pain, as it changed to a green color to match her skin. She then shoved the other leg on. Standing up, she felt the pain as she walked. But hey, it was a relief to have both gravity connectors on for once. She slipped the gloves back on, and walked back to out to grab Steven.
"Hey Peri- whoa!" He gasped as he saw the gloves turn green to match Peridot.
"Don't call me Peri." Peridot muttered.
"That was cool! What else do you have?" Steven asked.
"Well, you'll see it in time." Peridot replied. Not. "Anyways, let's go get you to Yellow Diamond."
"O-okay." He looked at the Earth Warp. "..Do you think they'll come?"
"Doubt it. If they haven't come by now, it might be because they either don't care or the warp isn't working." Peridot said, tapping her gravity connector impatiently. "Let's go! Move your gravity connectors."
"Gravity connectors?" Steven asked.
"Those things on the ends of your legs." Peridot replied.
"You mean feet?" Steven stood up.
"Whatever they're called. I don't have time for any of this, honestly." Peridot walked off.
"Hey! Wait up!" Steven ran after her. "What's Yellow Diamond like?"
"She's like any ruler. She's strict, and runs a very tight ship around here." Peridot explained.
"Is she nice, like my mother?"
"Your…mother?" Peridot was confused.
"Rose Quartz. My dad was from Earth, but my mom was Rose Quartz." Steven held up his shirt, showing his gem.
"So, you're a hybrid? How does that work?"
"It's a ballad I like to call, 'The love of Greg and Rose'." Steven smiled.
"I really don't care." Peridot deadpanned. "No, Yellow Diamond isn't the type of person I would call 'nice'."
"Oh." Steven frowned. "D-does anyone else here have future vision?"
"Future vision?" Peridot frowned. "We did during the war. But she was lost to the rebels."
"She died?" Steven was surprised.
"I have no idea." Peridot admitted.
"Well, Garnet has future vision. But it's because she's a fusion."
"Huh?" Peridot paused.
"Yeah, one of the gems that makes her up has future vision."
"Hey," Peridot turned around and kneeled down to Steven's level. "Do yourself a favor. If she asks about the gems, don't mention any of the others."
"What? Why?" Steven asked.
"Yellow Diamond will destroy Earth if she finds that there are gems. She will capture and likely shatter the gems. Their crimes are punishable by death."
"What? What are their crimes?" Steven asked, shocked.
"That Pearl disobeyed orders and joined the rebels. Amethyst is an overcooked runt. And it's illegal to fuse unless you are in a war."
"You can be shattered if you're not fully formed?"
"Yes." Peridot winced internally.
"But why?"
"Here, we don't need waste. We destroy anything that is malfunctioned. And Amethyst is a malfunction."
"But aren't you-" Steven started.
"That's enough of you." Peridot froze him with her tractor beam. "Let's go."
Wow, five followers already! Thank you so much for enjoying A Successful Catch!
Really quick, the only reason I did the POV thing in the last chapter was because I was writing it from third person POV focusing on both Peridot and Amethyst. I apologize for that, and it won't be a problem again because the rest of this will be written with third person focusing on Peridot. Also, I apologise if Peridot is OOC, I haven't written her before.
I'm writing this really quick today because I am going to be in Tahoe today! I have a performance there. I'm not leaving for about three more hours, so I'll try to get a few more chapters written today.
Thank you for reading, don't forget to review, and have an awesome day/afternoon/evening/whenever you read this!
~Skater