Everyone went pale. No one could expect that this could happen. Punishments were regular, but shattering, that was unheard of, and it was clear from how everyone reacted that they knew that.
"They are shattering gems? Why would they do that?" To Pearl, this was shock to her, it reminded her of the war. Incompetent gems were shattered. But this wasn't like the war. They were being shattered because of one "incompetent" gem.
"I…. did this to them. It's my fault they are dying. I have to go back." Peridot was distraught, she knew so many other Peridots on homeworld, her friends were shattered because of her. The very thought of all her few being shattered because of her- it was truly unreal.
The Era 1 Peridot stood up, and towering over Peridot, tried, and failed to give her a playful punch, and knocked her flat on her butt.
"Ouch." Peridot groaned. "What the heck was that for?" She stood up and tried her best to look angry, but the sheer magnitude of their current situation made her start crying, and she immediately sank to the floor.
The Era 1 Peridot did something that resembled slapping the air and groaned,
"My database is fried, I can't pull up anything."
Curious, Steven asked "What was that? You just slapped the air."
The Peridot tilted her head as if she had just been asked the stupidest question in the history of the universe. "What do you mean? Have you never seen an Era 1 before?"
Steven shook his head, and immediately look embarrassed.
"Oh, well, I'm an Era 1 Peridot if that wasn't obvious enough." She gestured over to Peridot, "5-X-G here is an Era 2. She's probably told you that by now. Anyways, era 2's have limb enhancers, Era 1's have no need. We can access data logs and information with a wave of a hand." She slapped the air again to show the motion.
Silence engulfed the beach for a few moments, until there was a deafening crack. And then again, and again.
"Run! The pods gonna blow!" The Era 1 Peridot said, as she immediately ran for her life, everyone followed, except Peridot, who just sat and stared at the ship, it was clear she thought she deserved to blow up, but she didn't, she couldn't have known what would have happened if she disobeyed a diamond. The Era 1 ran out from behind their cover and, running as fast as she could, grabbed the small green gem a chucked her over to where the rest of the gems were hiding, she started to run, but it was too late , the pod exploded.
