A/N DEEDEE MAGNO HALL FANS MUST READ: Okay so I was on a field trip to see a Broadway play called If/Then starring Indena Menzel in AVID today when the craziest thing happened! So there was this one scene with a girl and I thought "why does she look so familiar" and she was talking to this guy named Steven. So all of a sudden the guy says something rude and the girl said "Steven." and that's when I started geeking out while everyone else in this huge theatre was silent, I was giggling. It was Deedee. I then looked it up online to confirm it and found a video about Deedee being in If/Then! After that my friend Jaquie (It's pronounced Jackie) showed me that Deedee Magno was in the list of people in the musical so I died inside and would not stop talking about it on the way back home (it was a two hour drive)

Jasper sat in the cold and darkness beneath the fusion feeling regret and apologetic towards the gems. Lapis heard this in her thoughts.

I'm sorry about all of the pain I've caused you.

I'm sorry that it's my fault that we're in this mess.

I'm sorry that I called you those names.

I would take back everything I said if I could.

But what is said, is said.

There's no turning back now.

And now I am stuck below the sea, alone.

I miss home.

Jasper's thoughts were more apologetic than Lapis expected. Jasper fell silent. Didn't think or speak.

"You didn't hear any of that, did you?" Jasper asked realizing Lapis could now hear her thoughts.

Lapis smiled, "I don't know what you're talking about," But she knew exactly what she meant. Too bad Jasper could tell.

Then, she snapped. "I don't need you!" She yelled.

Lapis froze, "What?" She asked in fear.

"I don't need you or this fusion for revenge!"

"But-"

"Shut it! I'm leaving weather you like it or not!"

Lapis didn't reply.

Both Lapis and Jasper's gems flowed along with the fusion as they de-fused.

Jasper sat in front of Lapis. It had been so long that they were trapped in that fusion that she almost forgot what Lapis looked like, but she could see the drowsiness in her eyes. Jasper could tell Lapis needed sleep badly.

Jasper swam up and looked around her once her head had been out of the water. She looked around for land but saw nothing.

"Oh great," Jasper mumbled. There was no holding her back now. She was finally entitled to her own opinion.

Lapis saw Jasper's escape and shot up after her. She used her water wings to fly out of the water and get a good view of everything. She could see land but it was really far away.

Lapis looked down to Japser. She got an angry look on her face and summoned a shield of water around Jasper.

She struggled to get out as Lapis surrounded the inside of the bubble with water. Jasper couldn't breath.

Thanks to her gem, she could hold her breath much longer than any human but not long enough. Her face turned bright red, then a purplish blue before Lapis let go of her hold on Jasper and let her go.

Jasper took a moment to catch her breath, then shot an angry look at Lapis who gave her the same look back.

Lapis was the first to give up and Jasper gave out a fake laugh. "You're the first to give in, like always," she said and Lapis looked furious.

Lapis surrounded Jasper with water and brought her to her level.

"I will not give up. Never have, never will. I know you think I gave up just now, but I didn't. I didn't let you win. You will never win, do I make myself clear?" Lapis told Jasper sternly but got no more than a simple laugh.

Lapis' confidence dropped. "You can't beat me," Jasper started, "The only real gem that has ever beat me was Rose and, according to you, she's long gone now. So there's no point of even trying,"

Lapis switched her gaze to shore. She wished this would just be over but knew it never would be. She thought she would never get home. She lost focus and Jasper dropped from her grasp. She was free and full of revenge.