"Stay low." Lapis whispered, pulling up the hood of her jacket. "It's kind of hard to stay low when you're tall." I retorted pulling up the hood of my own jacket over my peach coloured hair. Lapis rolled her eyes at me and we started walking in to the city.
"Lapis, why are you helping me?" I asked, dodging a short lamp post.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, if I'm defective aren't you supposed to be taking me to Yellow Diamond?"
She sighed.
"All of my friends died because they were defective. I've already told you that."
"Hmm."
We carried on walking.
We had been walking for 3 hours. I sat down on the pavement, rubbing my thin feet. I winced in pain.
"Are you okay Pearl?" Lapis asked, sitting down next to me.
"Yea, I just have a bit of a headache."
Lapis looked carefully at my gem.
"Oh no."
"Lapis, what's wrong?"
"Oh no, this can't be happening! We're not even off the planet yet!"
Lapis stood up.
"Your gem is cracked."
I stood up as well, concerned.
"My gem is...cracked? What do you mean cracked?! How?!"
"I don't know! Maybe because it's defective!"
"Well what am I supposed.."
I winced in pain again, touching my gem.
"Come on Pearl, we need to get you somewhere where we can heal your gem."
I nodded and we started walking faster.
Another 3 hours.
By this time I felt light headed and the buildings in front of me were dancing. I looked at Lapis. Her dark blue eyes were focused on the horizon and her long sapphire coloured was blowing in the wind. I put a hand up to my head and winced in pain. Lapis looked at me, but kept walking.
All of a sudden, she stopped in front of a large black building.
"We're here." She pulled the hood on her jacket further forward and lowered her head. I did the same and walked next to her.
"Where are we?" I asked, looking up.
"The hangar." She said, getting a key out of her bag and placing it in to the lock on the door. She turned the key and opened the door, revealing a vast space, filled with different spaceships and contraptions. I gazed in awe, forgetting about my headache. Almost.
Lapis walked over to a thin, white ship, sliding the door open and throwing the backpack in. I walked over to her, looking inside the black interior of the ship. The blue gem sat down and started flicking switches and pressing buttons. I sat down next to her and fastened the belt around my waist.
"Okay, are you ready?" Lapis asked, fastening a belt around her waist as well. I nodded and the ship slowly started to descend into the sky.