Steven was in position. He looked to his left and saw Turquoise and to his right he saw Citrine.
They were just waiting for the soldiers to leave the escape pod area. They were hiding behind an arch in the dark. Emerald should be starting to numb them any second. They waited.
Steven whispered to Citrine,"How much longer?"
"I don't know. Maybe she's been spotted. It's been about ten minutes."
"I hope shes not in trouble.",Steven said this with real concern.
The various gem soldiers all started looking around. Steven was thinking that the numbness must've kicked in. He smiled as he watched them move around.
Then one saw his foot from behind the pillar.
Steven didn't see the soldier that spotted him. he was on the opposite side of the pillar.
"I found them!", The quartz soldier yelled out to all of her other soldiers.
All three of the hiding gems yelped in surprise. Steven thought the soldiers were just feeling weird. They must have gotten an order from somebody telling them they were missing.
"RUN!",Citrine yelled and grabbed Steven's hand. She yanked him forward towards the escape pods.
"Waaaah!" Steven was pulled very fast as Citrine and Turquoise were pushing the quartz soldiers away and running towards the nearest pod. The pod was an ovular shape with a yellow window covering a quarter of the front of it.
An amethyst and another Citrine managed to block their way and the buff amethyst had a destabilizer. She leaped at Citrine. Citrine was hit in the shoulder and she tensed.
Citrine flailed her arms out. Electricity surged over her body. Then poof, her shoulder grew yellow veins and they quickly spread to her body. Her arms and legs all detached. A huge orange brown and red poof filled the room. The vapor filled the room. Steven let out a scared scream and grabbed her gem as it fell to the floor. He grabbed Turquoise's hand and kept her going in the direction they were heading before. He couldn't see anything but the vapor was starting to recede. An amethyst hand nearly grabbed him but missed by inches. He could make out an outline of an escape pod. He pressed his hand to the screen on the side. It opened. He was worried for a second there!
He pulled Turquoise in and put Citrines gem in his pocket of his new baggy yellow clothes that Yellow had made for him. He went to the hand sensors and put his hands in. The pod turned on and lit up. Then, he heard loud banging on the door. They must be able to see now! He didn't know how to get the pod out. How! How! How!
"Turquoise! HOW DO WE GET OUT OF HERE!!!"
"HERE!"
She slammed her hand down on a specific yellow button on the other wall. As she did that a soldier must've hit the pod door really hard. A large dent formed by where the door was. The pod flashed yellow as it sped off away from homeworld.
They could see all the quartz soldiers standing in the space where the pod was. In the middle of the soldiers Steven saw something that made him furious and explained their whole struggle of escape. Emerald was standing with a tear streaming down her face. She was holding a radio wave transmitter. She must've told Yellow about them. She was not helping them at all! She lied to them!
With Stevens new burst of anger he flew the pod forward and into the unknown depths of space, red lights flashing all around him.