Alright, here's the sad ending. Not really sad tho.
As cheesy and cliche of an ending as it is, an ending.
So, here we go!
"What are we gonna do with her?" Amethyst asked Garnet, the two of whom were standing on the front deck. "I mean, we can't leave her there forever." Amethyst took a quick peek inside, to see Pearl boredly looking at the TV.
"I just have a hard time believing it was her." Garnet said, also looking in at Pearl. "It feels like we're missing something. Like the final piece to the puzzle."
Amethyst nodded, and looked back at Garnet. "Then what is it?"
Garnet shrugged, and sighed. "I can see Pearl running away if she's mad. I can even see her hurting me if she's very mad. What I can't see, is her hurting Steven. That's what confuses me."
Amethyst nodded. "Should we talk to her?" She asked.
Garnet shook her head. "I should talk to her."
Anethyst walked in the house, then opened the door to her room. Garnet sat down on the end of the bed, and turned to Pearl. "Why did you do it?" Garnet asked, putting her hands on her knees.
Pearl looked the other way, and hesitated before saying anything. "Untie me and then I'll talk." She snapped, turning to glare at Garnet.
"Then I guess we won't talk." Garnet replied. "But I'm staying here." Garnet crossed her arms. Pearl wasn't going to cooperate, she knew that much, but even the slightest bit of info could help.
"Why." Pearl said blandly, still not making eye contact. "Do you care so much?" She almost yelled that last part, but her voice couldn't let her.
"Because you're a part of the team." Garet said kindly. "I want to know what's up."
Pearl looked at Garnet, and felt her eyes well up with tears once again. "I don't know. Something just told me to do everything. I couldn't do anything about it. It's like it was controlling me..." Pearls cheeks were now stained with tears, and she felt her hands get free, having the gauntlets removed. Pearl sat up, realizing the ropes were gone too.
"Garnet?" Pearl said, as Garnet stood up and began toward the door.
"Stay on the couch." Garnet stated, walking out the door. Garnet had remembered something she'd seen on the moon base. There were files of every gem, maybe this had happened to other Pearls before.
Garnet looked around for Lion, who she found sleeping under the deck. "Come on." She said gently, walking Lion up. "We need to go somewhere."
Lion stretched and rolled over, continuing his nap. "Lion, this is important." Garnet repeated. This time, Lion stood up, and walked over toward the beach. "We need to go to the Moon Base. Are you up for that?" Garnet asked, climbing on Lion. Lion began to run out into the water, gaining speed. He let out a roar, sending a portal in front of him.
Finally they were on the moon. "Thank you." Garnet said to Lion, who was already sleeping on the floor of the base.
Garnet used her gem as a flashlight, looking around at the murals on the wall. She found the different tile Peridot found last time, and swiped it with her fingers. The staircase materialized, as each one of the steps shot up from the floor. Carefully, she walked up the steps to the control panel.
Her assumption was partly right. Someone had been tampering with the machines, as the screen was on. Some numbers and data were on one side of the screen, while a picture of Pearl was on the other side.
The picture was old, maybe taken 20 000 years ago? It was Pearl, wearing a servant outfit with a diamond in the middle. Garnet read the info on the side.
"Number.. Faucet 294 97 Cut X5G"
"Gem type.. Grade A Pearl-former"
"Owner-former..." Garnet gasped. She couldn't believe it.
"White Diamond..."
Garnet was taken aback. She hadn't realized, not thought of, who Pearl had belonged to before the war. Garnet had always just assumed she had always belonged to, er, followed, Rose.
Garnet was also curious to why her file was up. She kept reading.
"Owner-present.. No current owner"
"Secured by Invess"
Garnet was confused and curious. 'Invess'? What was Invess?
Garnet looked around the base, then walked back down the stairs. "Let's go home." She told Lion.
"You don't know what Invess is?" Peridot snickered, right after Garnet had asked her what it was.
Garnet rolled her eyes behind her glasses. "It's important. Just tell me what it is." Garnet asked, not in the mood for Peridot in general.
Pedidot snickered again. "You clods are older than I thought! Invess is something Pearl owners put in Pearl gems to make sure they don't run away and stuff." She said, matter-of-factly.
Garnet was both intrigued and disgusted. "What else does it do..." She cautiously asked, almost scared to know what else was in Pearl.
"It's just something that their owners can use on Pearls to make them do certain things, or feel a certain way about stuff. Why? Does Pearl have it?" Peridot exclaimed.
Garnet nodded.
"Probably nothing to worry about, Rose isn't here anymore, she can't use it. Well, unless someone else has her files and stuff." Peridot said.
Garnet felt sick. Someone did access Pearls files. Someone else was controlling Pearl, putting thoughts in her head. "Would Pearl, by any chance, know she has it?" Garnet cautiously asked.
"Nope. It's kept hidden from Pearls." Peridot replied. "And it's nearly impossible to get out."
Garnet just nodded, and went to see how she would be able to tell Pearl. There wasn't any nice way of breaking this to her.
Oh hey, there's something in your gem that can control your every move! Just thought I'd let you know!
Someone else is controlling your thoughts, yeah, it's impossible to reverse...
Your basically a mindless clone right now, someone's controlling your thoughts.
Garnet sighed. Pearl was gonna flip.
Garnet was right. Pearl was freaking out.
"HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN IN MY GEM?" She screamed at Garnet.
"Uhh..." Garnet hesitated. "Forever, I think."
Pearl was having a full blown panic attack. "What of im not thinking for myself right now? What if im not moving for myself right now?" She was frantic, clinging to Amethyst for dear life, tears running down her cheeks.
"Pearl I don't think..." Amethyst started, but was interrupted by Pearls immense squeezing. "IM GOING TO DIE!" Pearl yelled.
"Pearl calm down." Garnet said. "You're not going to die."
"Do you know that for a fact?" Pearl said, still clinging to Amethyst for dear life.
"It would've killed you by now. Your ancient." Amethyst said, giggling a bit. Pearl didn't find any humour in it. "Hardy har har. I'm only 27 000." She snapped sarcastically. "But what if it takes time to kick in?" She was frantic, and stared to cry again.
"Pearl relax. Just tell me if you feel anything telling you to do something." Garnet picked her up off Amethyst and carried her over toward the temple door. "We can hang out in my room." Pearl sniffed and nodded, being carried into Garnets room.
There wasn't much to do on Garnets room, but to just sit down and watch Garnet take care of stuff. She'd burn things, bubble things, and the occasional gem mutant spawning again. After about an hour, Garnet sat down next to Pearl. "Has it ever done that before?" Garnet asked.
"Done what before?" Pearl asked, hugging her knees to her chest. "Has it ever told you to do anything?" Garnet repeated. Pearl shook her head, then stopped to rethink her answer. "I don't know..." She said, her eyes welling up again. Garnet sat quietly. "Im sorry." She said. "I shouldn't have been so hard on you."
Pearl looked up at her. "You had to." She breathed, scrunching up in an even smaller ball than before. "I disobeyed you. I stole. I damaged warps. I hurt you. "I-" she trailed off. "I hurt Steven." She finished, in a hush tone.
Garnet sighed. "You didn't. Someone else did."
The two gems sat across from each other, neither one knowing what to say. "I bubbled you. I ran away. I lied." Pearl breathed. "That was me..."
Garnet didn't know what to say. She knew it wasn't Pearl. But Pearl didn't. "As much as I'd hate to say it, we need to see Peridot and find out any info we can about this."
Pearl just nodded, while Garnet picked her up.. "Let's go back into your room." She opened the door to her room, and allowed Pearl to open hers.
Alright, I know this went in a bad direction, but trust me, I have everything under control and planned out.
Next chapter will make a lot more sense, and won't be as cliché-ish.
Not one piece of info in this chapter isn't important! Nothing is just out here for filler, or just for drama!