An hour earlier...
Tourmaline was terrified. She couldn't see, she could barely breathe, and was being held hostage by a Diamond. Unfortunately, she couldn't exactly use her powers to escape since that would reveal her identity as a Gem, and possibly as a fusion. Both would end up with her shattered.
So all Tourmaline could do was wait. A loud whoosh woke her from her thoughts.
"We're here." Said Blue Diamond.
Blue Diamond walked to the entrance and set Tourmaline down. Holly Blue Agate was at the door. "MY DIAMOND!" She said startled.
"A-" "This human is special to me. See to it that it is put in the Zoo." Blue Diamond said interrupting her. "O-of course my Diamond!" She said. "Amethysts, escort this human to the assimilation bay."
The Amethysts grabbed Tourmaline by the arms and carried her to a door. The door opened, and Tourmaline was shoved inside. It was dark for a moment, but after the lights came on it was obvious where she was. A large corridor stretched out before her, ending at the middle of the so-called Zoo.
Floating fingers, similar to that of Peridot's limb enhancers surrounded Tourmaline. They took pictures of her and even tried to take her clothes off. Thankfully though, they were melded to her body. After some more prodding from the fingers and a pair of purple earrings being put on, she noticed a loud banging noise. Looking ahead, she saw a pillar come crashing down on the conveyor belt, before retracting into the ceiling. This deadly cycle continued as Tourmaline was pulled closer.
She tried running in the opposite direction, but that didn't work.
She couldn't see a way around it, so she braced for the impact. With another whoosh Tourmaline found herself in loincloth. Then there was silence.
Tourmaline looked around. There was nothing as for as the eye could see. Just space and pink glass. But before she could think, the area she was in was flooded with water. Tourmaline gasped for air, and tried to swim to the surface.
The floor then opened up and like a giant bathtub, the room emptied into the hole. Tourmaline was thrown in every direction as she tried to get out of the water.
And just as she thought she would pass out, she was thrown up into the air-"Wait, air?" She thought-Before being dropped on a beach. Tourmaline stood on all fours coughing up water. After a moment she noticed something in the trees behind the beach.
She paused and looked around. Not seeing anything, she phased her visor back on and tapped the side.
The visor lit up and began scanning the area. There were signs of life, but what? "Thermal scan." Tourmaline said. The visor changed and showed multiple warm...things, in the treeline. Tourmaline tapped her visor again and the scan stopped. "I-it's okay." She said standing up. "I won't hurt you."
The bushes rustled and out came a crowd of people. "You are a Gem?" One of them asked. Tourmaline stopped.
They'd seen her visor. "Yeah. I am." Tourmaline answered with a sigh. The humans seemed startled and whispered amongst themselves.
After a moment two stepped forward. "Usually Gems do not enter here. There was a story of one helping someone who was "hurt", but that was a long time ago." The female (J-10) said. Tourmaline thought for a moment.
If there was a way for Gems to enter, then she had to find it! "Where did they come in?" Tourmaline asked. "I don't know." J-10 said. "Is there a door around here?" She asked. "What's a door?" J-10 asked. "You know, a section of a wall that opens and closes?" Tourmaline said confused.
The male (Y-6) laughed. "Walls do not open. They are walls!"
The other humans laughed at Tourmaline's apparent lack of knowledge. Tourmaline sighed in annoyance. She realized the humans would be no help at all. So she decided to go on her own to find the door.
It was obvious where the enclosure ended, so logic would dictate that there would be a door along that border.
Tourmaline sprinted off in the direction of the trees with Flash-like speed, leaving the "Zoomans" shocked.
Tourmaline found the edge quicker than she thought. Unfortunately, there didn't seem to be a door. So she sprinted around the edge until she came across a large, pink door.
Tourmaline searched for any way to activate it. To her dismay, there wasn't. So she tried a different approach. She swung her as hard as she could into the door, only for a resounding bang to be heard. Tourmaline then tried using her "laser hand". "Have to work on the name." She thought.
She steadied her hand and fired. A loud explosion and flash of light ensued. The door however, remained untouched. Tourmaline growled in frustration.
Then she remembered what J-10 had said. "There was a story of one helping someone who was "hurt", hurt,hurthurthurt" the word repeated in her head. Tourmaline looked around. If that was the only way to get out, then so be it. But it had to look real. She climbed up a tree and made a scene of falling off of it.
On the ground she pretended to cry in pain. After a moment, an Amethyst guard rushed in. "Woah are you okay?!" She asked.
To Tourmaline it looked like she was genuinely concerned. Tourmaline glanced at the open door. With her speed she just might make it.
With a quiet "sorry," Tourmaline bolted out the door. She bolted down the hallway only to see guards coming her way. Running the other direction she came across a door. Noticing the control panel, she opened it and ran inside. Panting she looked up to see cubbyholes with Amethysts and Jaspers staring back at her.
"Really should've thought this through..." She thought.