Chapter 4: The Syndicate
When Peridot reformed, she was in a dark room, with an exit that seemed like the end of a tunnel. She was thinking of entering when a voice from a corner of the room warned her.
"If I were you, I won't go in there. It's a labirint. Unless you know the way to exit, well, let's only say that a Peridot would become a Diamond before you'll find the way to exit from there"
"Where are we? I warn you: I'm pretty important in the Crystal Gems. They will come to rescue me."
"Bullshit. The "Steven" has already told us all about the Crystal Gems. You're only a war prisoner"
"Who the hell are you? Why I'm here?"
"I can answer to the first question, but you'll get the answer to the second one later. I'm Peridot facet 6T7E cut 8GO, personal aide of the Manager and the one who saved you from your fate by bringing you here from your cell"
A door opened, revealing nothing, but darkness
"It's the time"
"Time for what?"
Without answering, the other Peridot entered in the new room. Not having any choice Peridot entered too. After some seconds a light showed a little crowd of gems. She could see some peridots, a rutile, some Off-Colors and a semi-corrupted gem, that was probably a seaglass. In the center of the circle that the gem formed there was a sit with a desk, both empty.
"Who are you?"
"Leave me explain" said 8GO "I think because of the position of your matrons you don't know what the Lower Classes Syndicate is, am I right?"
"No, I don't. I heard Matron Jaundice talking about it one time, but..."
"Well, the Syndicate is an illegal association, made by the gems in the lower classes, like the comomn peridots. We help each other and we spread the idea that this society is wrong"
"That's true! I tried to by hired like a physician, but they said that I hadn't the right the qualifications required. Then they hired an amber that attended my course. She was a total disaster and she passed only because she's an amber!"
"That is totally unfair, but please, could we don't change the point of discussion? As I said, our principal focus is to mantain as good as possible the conditions of our associateds. All was going pretty well, but then a lot of restrition was made to a yet vessated caste of gems, the peridots. And why? Because this peridot" 8GO said pointing her finger on Peridot " insulted her Diamond right in the face. This court has approved to find you and impost a trial, but, because of a recent emerged evidence, this court has already judjed you..."
"Not guilty" said a Blue Zircon with a little crack in her gem who has just entered "Excuse me for being late. The Onixes patrol has done a break in my cell for beating me"
"Oh, poor..." 8GO remebered suddenly that she was in a middle of a reunion "Never mind. Sit down"
Sitting down in the empty chair that Peridot has noticed before, Zircon continue "After watching your distress signal, we realized that we have been blind. Castes like the zircons or the pink quartzes has been imprisoned or shattered because one of them rebeled. And we did nothing. A caste of loyal gems like the peridots has been repressed because a desperate one has changed coat after being imprisoned on an alien planet. And we blamed her. We blamed you. We were supposed to were the instrument with that we could overrule the sistem, but we becomed his puppet. We..."
"Bullshit" Peridot said
"What?"
"I said bullshit. Look at you. You continue to blame yourself and saying "We couldn't do anything, help us". Bullshit. I have been on Earth and from what I saw, I can tell you something. The rebellion there is nothing compared to this "Syndicate". How many gems are in?"
"I don't know. I think about 10 milion of associated, on the total population of the Gem Matrix, of over 20 milion gems. But they are mostly technician, not warriors and not dirigeants"
"Well the rebellion has less than ten lucid gems! And think about it. Who moves the spaceships that could reprime a rebellion?!"
"The technicians?"
"Yes. Who moves their superweapons?"
"The technicians."
"Who gives power to their cities, were you wouldn't ever meant to be in?"
The technicians!"
"Exactly! You are more powerful than the Crystal Gems has been, are or will ever be! You are the bottom of the social pyramid? No structure could resist without foundations."
"Yes" Somebody said.
"You are the core that moves Homeworld!"
"Yes!" This time everibody said it.
"And if you don't like it it will have to change!"
"YES!" this time the scream was a roar of happiness, rage and revolution. The gems lifted Peridot. Blue Zircon approached, a smile on her lips.
"You are right, young one. And I thinked I was the smart one. We're going to liberate your friend and you're going to return to Earth. But we're going to stay in contact" She said.