The door closed as Morion sighed walking away with a wad of money of in his hands.
" how did it go?" Jessie asked standing up wiping sand off her dress.
" There wasn't enough room so they had to kick us out."
" well what are we gonna do" asked Von " that was the only place there was"
" Don't worry" Morion said calming the gem down
" Emerald already bought us a small apartment and spared us some cash" Morion said showing what seemed to be a grand.
" Lead on" Von sighed as they walked into town.
After an hour of getting turned around the three finally made it to a small apartment complex further into the city.
" You ready" Morion asked smiling reaching for the keys in his pocket.
Von shrugged while Jessie looked around.
Morion sighed as he opened the door to a wide living room decked out with glorious furniture.
They all walked in admiring there new home.
" how on earth could they afford this?"
Morion then shrugged and grabbed out the piece of paper Topaz gave him.
on the front was the address and the cost of rent.
" only 320 a week" Morion thought amazed.
he then flipped the page over to see internal information.
The place they were staying was a five bedroom,two bathroom apartment about 30 minutes from beach city.
then all three of them rushed over to their rooms.
Before anything Morion dropped down his backpack that didn't hold much just a map and a few other items.
his bedroom was a small 12x12 room with a small dresser in the corner next to a queen sized bed.
On the other side was a closet and a large window that gave a great view of the lake nearby.
Morion was then shook from his thoughts as he heard a knock on the door.
" Hey Morion can you get that" Von yelled from across the living room.
Morion sighed then walked through the living room and looked through the peep hole that was just the right height.
Morion then smiled as he saw Lapis waiting outside.
Morion the quietly laughed as he thought of the perfect plan.
He then turned around at Von who was eyeing him as if he was a maniac.
" get behind the kitchen counter" Morion whispered hoping he would catch on.
He then slowly stood up and crouched behind the counter.
Morion then rushed over to Jessie's room who was brushing her hair in front of a 4ft tall mirror.
" Don't make a sound" he whispered closing her door then rushing back to the living room.
He then looked through the door again to see Lapis,annoyed walking over to knock again.
as she walked up he slowly opened up the door then rushed behind the counter with Von.
Confused Lapis walked in closing the door behind him.
" hello?" she asked looking around the living room.
Morion almost had to knock out Von who was holding both of his hands over his mouth his face turning red.
She then walked further into the house allowing Morion to sneak behind her unnoticed.
" Mori-" She cut short as she was lifted into the air.
Von then could not hold it back anymore as he laughed wildly.
Lapis giggled and blushed as Morion twirled her around.
" Stop it" she giggled as Morion set her down smiling.
" your looking as beautiful as always" Morion said quietly.
Lapis blushed getting closer.
Not wanting to ruin the moment he went over to Jessie's room and sat down on her bed.
" What is it" she asked as she got done with her hair.
" Just don't go out there" Von Sighed.
Jessie understanding the situation sat down next to him as they began trying to look for jobs online.
Morion smiled as they both walked out of the house making sure to lock it behind him.
They then slowly walked down the sidewalk Felling dumb for not planning ahead.
Then something in his head sparked.
" Have you ever tried ice cream" he asked as they walked towards beach city.
" no why"
" it is only the best food ever" Morion said picturing 2 scoops of chocolate.
" But gems don't need to eat" she remarked.
" but it's fun" Morion said defending his love for the delicious dessert.
Lapis then sighed, "fine" she muttered as beach city then came into view.
" i wonder how the gems are doing" he wondered as everything was oddly quiet.
" That's not important right now" Lapis said seemingly reading his mind.
Morion shrugged it off as they reached a small ice cream stand.
" what would you like" a tall teenager asked looking away from his phone.
Morion scanned the choices having no idea what she would like.
" let's start simple" he thought.
" 2 vanilla please" he asked as they both watched him.
" it's been so long" Morion realized as his mouth was watering just by the sight.
Morion payed the two bucks and handed Lapis her cone who just looked at it confused.
" What do you do?" Lapis asked
Morion could barely suppress laughter at the question.
" just eat it" he said not able to put it more simple then that.
Lapis then reluctantly licked it.
" So?" Morion asked eager for her reaction.
Lapis then looked at him his eyes wide.
" It's great" she said amazed.
" Whats in this thing"
" Just wait until you have the other flavors" he joked.
" there's more!" she said surprised.
" Some other Time " he said quickly.
Lapis frowned and kept walking.
" that's one disaster adverted" he sighed catching up to her who was now in the entrance to a amusement park.
" You wanna go in there" Morion asked amazed that she was already done with the ice cream with was now all over her face.
Morion smiled and pulled out a napkin.
" you really are a messy eater" He joked as he wiped her face.
Lapis blushed as she admired the rides.
Morion then pulled out his wallet and payed for entry.
For about 5 minutes they walked around trying to avoid the crowds while Lapis looked at every ride.
" see any that Interest you?"
" That one" Lapis responded pointing to the biggest roller coaster in the entire park.
Morion gulped as he looked at how far up it went.
" Are you sure?" Morion asked hoping she would say no.
" yea im sure" she said pulling Morion with her over to the line.
" I regret this already"
After about 10 minutes they finally got into the coaster.
They both strapped in,Lapis was barely able to contain herself while Morion stood completely still.
Then it started lifting all the way to the top as normal ready to plummet down.
At this Moment Lapis was smiling with anticipation.
Morion then looked up in the sky to see something yellow zoom by.
" hey lapis" he stopped as the coaster zoomed down going 60 miles and hour.
Through the whole ride Morion had to close his eyes and think on something else.
it felt like ages but the coaster was finally over with.
They both got off Lapis smiling with excitement while Morion was sighing with relief.
" We can go now" said Lapis " im sorry you had to come with" she muttered feeling bad, remembering Morion's fear of heights.
Morion shook his head, "Its alright as long as you had fun" he said casting a smile.
Lapis then blushed as they weaved there way through crowds out of the park and back to their apartment.
" Wanna come inside" He asked shuffling around a mix of keys.
" Sure" she muttered wiping the makeup off her face.
" Sorry about that i just didn't want everyone staring at us" he said realizing he would have to do the same.
He then opened the door and heard hushed voices and shuffling behind the kitchen counter.
" hello?" he asked thinking it was the average robber,He motioned for Lapis to stand still.
He Formed his Scythe as he slowly made his way around the corner.
To see Peridot with Von right behind her keeping her mouth shut.
- 30 minutes Earlier-
" Why are we out here again?" Jessie asked as they walked around in a canyon not to far away from their new home.
" Well" said Von " i just thought that if we are going to live in weird place we might as well know it" he said looking around.
" But this place is so empty" She said her voice echoing off the walls.
now that i think of it something is off.
Von Stopped in his tracks as he heard Foot steps Right behind him.
" Hey you can go ahead i will catch up" Von said not wanting to startle her.
Jessie nodded and walked off.
Von waited until she was out of earshot until he relaxed.
But before he could do anything something wrapped it's arms around his mouth and pulled him into a crevice.
He was to shocked to fight back.
" Who are you" Von asked his voice muffled.
" quiet" The voice snapped tightening it's group.
Reluctantly he did as told and stopped moving and became silent as Voices then became louder.
" GONE WHAT DO YOU MEAN GONE" a voice yelled filled with anger and annoyance.
Then through the cracks he saw a body come into view.
It was a Dark blue/green Gem who seemed oddly small but just by his expression you could tell that he could pack a punch.
" I mean they are gone" the gem said with seemingly unending patience showing a screen in front of his face that showed the silhouette of something else.
"THEN FIND THEM" the voice said coming from the screen.
The Blue gem nodded closed his screen and walked off muttering something under his breath.
Once The gem's footsteps became inaudible the armed loosened it's grip that allowed Von to get himself out of the wall to see a tall green gem squeezing itself out.
" What is your name" Von asked dazed at the beauty of the gem as it dusted itself off.
" Peridot" The gem muttered scowling at him.
" You almost got me caught" Peridot muttered starting to walk off.
Von then grabbed her arm causing her to turn around.
" Don't touch me" Peridot said annoyed pulling her arm out of his grasp.
Felling awkward he just went with it.
" Why did you help" Von blurted.
" Because if i didn't i" Peridot stopped as Von looked at her annoyed.
" you could have just left me there" Von said not believing her.
Peridot then looked away.
" No comment" She muttered then starting to walk off again.
" Do you have a place to stay?" Von asked realizing how dirty she was.
She looked at Von for a couple of seconds then sighed and shook her head.
" Come with me" Von said felling bad for her. " I have shelter"
" why should i trust you" She said looking at him warily
" Do you have a reason not to?" Von countered
" Dully noted" The gem muttered Motioning for Von to lead.
As they started to walk off Von texted the situation to Jessie to just end up running into her halfway there.
" State your business" Peridot asked forming a ball of plasma with her fingers.
Von then got in between them.
" Out of the way Magma" Peridot muttered annoyed pushing him to the side.
Von stood there confused.
" who is magma?"
" she is a friend" Von yelled in desperation.
Peridot then looked at him and backed away.
Jessie then opened her eyes mad at Von for scaring her like that.
" who is this" she asked eyeing the green gem.
" Peridot" Von said as they began walking again Peridot slightly veering away from them.
Von then explained the whole situation and fin-shed as soon a they go to the apartment.
Von then sighed.
" Morion had the only key"
" it's alright" Jessie said leading them to the back to show a open window.
" You first" Von said motioning to Peridot.
Peridot then slowly went in looking at everything as if she was dead for 300 years and everything was new to her.
The rest of them got in looking around.
" Why are we here?" Peridot asked looking at everything as if it was deadly.
" This is our apartment " said Von "shelter" Von reworded witch relaxed the confused gem.
" Umm guys i was gonna sleep so" Jessie said sitting on her bed.
" Come with me" Von said Opening the door then walked to the living room Peridot more slowly following him.
" You can sleep on the couch" Von said cleaning it off.
Peridot was about to object when they heard voices outside the front door.
Scared who was there and how they were going to react to the green gem he grabbed Peridot and crouched down behind the kitchen counter.
" I said hands off me" Peridot muttered as Von did the same thing she did at the canyon.
Then the door knob shuffled as it opened.
" Hello?" a voice asked steeping closer to the counter.
" It's Morion" Von thought recognizing his voice.
They both shrunk back as Morion reeled around the corner Scythe in hand.