Apparently your body doesn't like being messed with.

As soon as Alex awoke, he was beset by a myriad of sensations, but surprisingly, none of it was a pain. He attempts to breathe in weren't… unsuccessful as he could feel air rushing into his body, but it didn't exactly help the weird tingling feeling that was telling him TO breath.

He was unbound (unlike last time…) and stood up out of his bed, trying to absorb what exactly happened to him. Someone had also changed his outfit when he was sleeping. He had a thick solid blue padded jacket, which he unzipped from it's chokehold at his neck to slightly above the middle of his chest. He left his black and blue fingerless gloves alone, and toyed with his new boots; loosening the strings so they were a little less tight.

I couldn't directly feel my face, but some prodding around with my fingers pointed to the fact I was wearing some kind of helmet, the visor being cut in a squished X, allowing me to see out of my peripherals while keeping maximum armor. "Wait… how do I know that…?"

"I'm glad you asked!" Aqua said, strolling in with a pad in hand. "All the adjustments were successful to at least some degree, and you're bugging out on the floor so I count this a success. If you're wondering, I also put in a database on some gem history and tech."

"That's fine and dandy, but I feel like something the cat threw up," Alex said, clutching his stomach as a wave of nausea rolled over him.

"Who is this 'the cat' and how do you know what being his vomit is like?" Aqua said, tilting her head in curiosity.

"It's an express- nevermind. It would take all day and night to explain that to you." Alex responded. "What do we do now? I think I'm as ready as I'll ever be."

"I... have no idea, actually. I actually was supposed to go with another Peridot on a test mission, but got switched and now I'm here. I suppose we go looking for any signs of them on Earth? I'm sure that Jasper wouldn't have gotten poofed from it." She said, tapping her finger to her chin.

"Poofed? What's that me-" A memory almost literally popping into his skull interrupted him. "Nevermind. It just... appeared in my memories... I guess?"

"Well, we at least know the database works... we'd best be off now. Oh, I almost forgot!" Aqua threw him a weapon that looked like it came straight out of Halo.

"Am... am I supposed to actually... SHOOT someone with this!?"

"What? No. It has destabilizing shots in it. It can only fire one, then you need a new rifle. I'd give you an actual melee destabilizer, but those were on the mothership."

Soon after, Alex found himself crammed into a small ship as Aqua barely had room to maneuver the craft. He sighed softly "This is going to be a long day, I can tell..."