Below, in one of the many hangar bays, things were not going fine for Yellow Pearl. Namely because the Rubies refused to go to her Diamond's briefing. The commander, known as 'Doc', according to the designation her Diamond had graciously informed her with, refused to leave until the other two rubies in her squadron ha-
"You forgot to count yourself." She'd mutter, as Doc thought about it for a moment, before sheepishly grinning. Rubies.
"Well, we're still not going without Eyeball!" Doc stated, redundantly, as two of the three rubies behind her nodded. 'Army' and 'Navy'. The third, known as 'Leggy', raised a hand, in questioning, no doubt. "Er, are we allowed to say no to Yellow Diamond?" They asked, while trembling. An excellent oppurtunity, Yellow Pearl thought, as a shrewd grin momentarily appeared on her face. "No, you're not allowed to deny an official request from one of the three gem maitriarchs. Any mor-"
A hand was raised, from Doc herself, a stern glare on her own face. "Don't you mean the three remaining gem maitriarchs?" The entire hangar bay, formerly filled with the noises of troops, technicians, and pilots, fell mostly silent, besides the hum of some engines, as Yellow Pearl herself froze.
"How do you know abou-" Before the rest of her question could be answered, the hangar bay opened, as the first Roaming Eye, Eyeball inside, no doubt, flew in at a slow, leisurely pace. Standard proceedure stated that the sucessful Roaming Eye was to return first, when many were deployed.
Yellow Pearl had wondered on the trip why a single squadron of Rubies could be so important to her Diamond. Now, she had a single piece of the puzzle. Though it wasn't like Yellow Diamond to keep around relics of 'her'.
As the Roaming Eye completed its own descent, the hangar bay shields keeping gems from being sucked out into a temporary vaccum, she stopped, as the rubies, starting with Army, and eventually ending with Leggy, saluted. For a moment, she was glad to see they were finally treating her with the respect she deserved, until she heard the oddly quiet noise of clanking footsteps behind her. Familiar footsteps.
"M-my Diamond." She stated, as she hurriedly turned, as Yellow Diamond looked, oddly enough, not at her, but at Doc, as her mouth began to move. "Doc." She stated, with a tone as hard as iron, before her voice went into a softer tone. "Had my Pearl not been clear in her instructions to meet me on the bridge?" She asked, as Yellow Pearl herself attempted to resist the urge to speak up. As much as she loved informing her Diamond of insubordinate behavior, her Diamond did not allow speaking out of turn. She had learned that early, though she loved her new form now. So what if she had to be 'poofed' for disobidience?
"My Diamond, you instructed ALL of us to report to you on the bridge." Doc replied, as she saluted. "Eyeball wasn't on board, so I decided that we should wait for her." "You decided?" thought Yellow Pearl, as she awaited her Diamond's natural response, which would likely be to poof such a disobident, insolent Ruby.
She wasn't expecting her Diamond to chuckle, as she picked up Doc in the palm of her hand. "Well, I suppose my order did sound similar to that. Has Eyeball left the ship yet?" As if on cue, the Roaming Eye opened, revealing...a yellow tinged Agate, attempting to stay in front of a Ruby with a gem for one of her eyes.
"My Diamond, as ordered, I have foun-" That was as far as the Agate made it, before being shoved aside by Eyeball, whom was already speeding down the ramp. "ROSE!" Eyeball exclaimed, as she began to hurriedly and rather irritatingly, begin to ramble on something called a Steven, and bubbles, and the moon outpost... Yellow Pearl didn't care for it. However, her Diamond reached over, Doc still in that hand, and scooped up Eyeball and the others, as she joined the group.
"Pearl, I'll be going to my personal command center." Yellow Diamond stated, as she pointed with her other hand. "Inform the Agate who discovered Eyeball to temporarily share command with you. Understand?" To this, her Pearl would nod.
"That will be all." Her Diamond stated, as she began to exit, not even giving her a secondary glance. It was clearly a public dismissal. So, as the hangar bay began to fill up with noise again, mostly talk about her Diamond, she approached the Agate, and gave a nod.
To the bridge they went.