Chapter 14

Jail Break

Inside of Jet's Mind

Jet was looking into infinite darkness, it was how he was feeling at the moment. He knew he failed his friends and now his mind was tormenting him for it.

"Leave me alone!" He yelled into the abyss. "I know I failed. Just stop!" He kneeled on the ground and punched it.

"Stop yer whining." He heard a voice say. "It'll do you no good." Jet looked around to see who it was.

"How about you show yourself and say that to my face?" Jet said, getting ticked off. Suddenly, a woman with long jet black hair showed up. She was about a foot taller than Jet, her red eyes piercing at him. She had on garments that consisted of the color red. She was a beautiful woman and Jet instantly knew who she was.

"Mom?" He asked, standing there confused.

"Yeah, the one and only." she said, folding her arms. "Now, are you gonna standing there looking as dumb as yer father or are ya gonna gimme a hug?" Jet know that his mind was projecting this image to him but he didn't care. He went over and hugged his mother, almost crying in the process.

"You've been through a lot." his mother said, stroking his afro. "I've seen it."

"You've seen it?" Jet said, pulling back from his mother. "What do you mean by that?"

"Well," His mother started. "When I gave birth to ya, my physical form disappeared along with my gem. It doesn't mean that I've died, it just means that my consciousness was implanted within yours along with my gem."

"Umm..." Jet said, twiddling his fingers with a blush intact. "When you said you've seen it, does that mean you've seen everything else that I've been doing?" His mother started to laugh.

"No." She said. "But I do know that you're a little bit of a womanizer." Jet turned his head to the side and folded his arms. "The reasons that I'm talking to ya now is that you're severely unconscious. That brute yer were fighting almost killed ya. He was right about one thing though..." She paused, making Jet look in her direction.

"That so-called form that you go into, the one were your rage rules out all logic, is called Berserker Mode." She explained.

"Berserker Mode?" Jet asked.

"Yes." She said. "It's a rare trait amongst the Jett gemstones and its power is something that many desired. Although, it increases the user strength, it's nothing without proper control. You'll need training for that." Jet looked at the ground. "But..." She paused, causing Jet to look up. "There's a way to beat that Topaz character without relying on it."

"And that is?" Jet asked.

"Fight him without it." She said, causing Jet to look at her blankly.

"Riiiight." Jet said, rolling his eyes.

"Look, you were already stressed before even going into battle." His mother said. "The site of seeing your friend defeated, just added to it. You went into that mode with just pure rage, you need more than that. Listen, if you just fight him with a clear head I'm sure that you'll surprise him and you might even surprise yourself. Try tapping into the power little by little if you can."

"I'll try my best." Jet said, pounding his fist together.

"Mom?" He asked, getting her attention. "I've always wanted to know... what's your name? Dad never told me. He always referred to you as 'mom' so..."

"It's Jetta." Jetta said. "Like yours, of course. Now wake up, you've got to get off this ship. And one more thing before you wake up...I love you."

Jet eyes shot opened and he groaned. He felt as though his head was laying on something rather soft and sat up. He noticed that he was laying on Lapis lap. He blushed and started to apologize to her. She smiled and shrugged it off.

"It was my fault." Lapis said. "You looked so injured that I attended to you a little."

"Thanks." Jet said, looking around. The room he was in was small and he looked to his left and noticed that it was a yellow force field keeping them in. "We're on the ship, right?"

"Yes." Lapis said. "We're in a cell."

"Wait... why are you in this cell? Weren't you with them." Jet asked, sitting close to her.

"No." She said, looking down. "I was only an informant. My usefulness is gone."

"Don't say that." Jet said, causing her to gasp to herself. "Everyone's useful. I know you are too. Now, to find a way to get out of this cell."

"You can't." Lapis said. "It's for keeping gems locked up. You'll hurt yourself if you touch the force field." Jet started to laugh at this. "What's so funny?"

"Well, I'm not a full gem." Jet said. "I'm like Steven, I'm only half." He touched the force field, which only stung him a little but his hand was able to go through it. "You coming?"

"No." Lapis said. "I don't want your help. Things are bad enough as it is."

"I'll come back for you," Jet said, slipping through the force field. "Rather you like it or not." Lapis sat there with a look of shock on her face. Jet waved and ran off.

'Where are you, guys?' Jet thought, running into a massive hall. 'Oh, shit!' Jet looked around and noticed he must've ran into the control room because Jasper, Topaz and Peridot was sitting down, messing with controls. They stopped when they seen him, staring at him as if they seen a ghost.

"How did you get out?" Jasper asked.

"Gotta go!" Jet said, running out of the control room.

"After him!" He heard Topaz say. Jet kept running until he bumped into Steven.

"Steven!" Jet said.

"Jet!" Steven said. "You're OK!"

"Same to you." Jet said, until he noticed that Steven had a black eye. "Except for that... I'll make that woman pay tenfold..." He felt his anger rising, that's when he took a deep breath. He remembered what his mother said, that his anger is his weakness. He looked and noticed that there was someone with Steven. She looked like a little girl and she was holding the side of her head, as if searching for someone. She had a headband on her and she looked annoyed.

"Steven, who's that?" Jet asked. Steven was about to answer until he heard the sound of feet edging closer to them. "Never mind, just go." Steven nodded and him and the girl took off. Jet adjusted his coat and summoned a single katana blade from his gem.

'Focus.' He thought, taking a mental breath and closing his eyes. 'Do not let your anger get the best of you. Fight who's ever coming with a clear head and you will not lose.'

"Ah, look who we have here." Jet eyes shot opened at the voice that was speaking. It was no other than Topaz, who was still wearing his cape. "You should've kept running, Jett stone. But if you like punishment, I'd be glad to pound your face into the dirt some more." Jet started to laugh, causing Topaz to raise an eyebrow.

"So, is that how you knocked me out? Good one, dude!" Jet said, still snickering a bit. Topaz smiled and summoned his buster sword from his gem, which was located somewhere behind his back.

"Well, I'm glad you found your defeat to be so funny." He said, frowning a bit. "Now, let this be your final battle." Jet held up his hand, causing Topaz to freeze up.

"Before that happens..." Jet said. "Can we fight somewhere with more room?" Topaz looked around and noticed that they were in a small corridor. He couldn't fight with his full strength in an area like this.

"Very well." Topaz said, "Follow me, Jett stone."

"Lead the way." Jet said. He followed Topaz until they were inside a huge room, with two green circles on the floor. Jet wonder what the circles were until Topaz spoke up.

"This is the ship's training room." Topaz said. "We can fight until your heart desire, but we both know the outcome of this fight, Jett stone." Jet started to laugh, once more. "Tell me, what's so funny?"

"Last time, I wasn't fighting with a clear head." Jet said, holding his katana with two hands. "You knew that and took full advantage of it. I can't be mad with your tactics, I am your enemy after all..." Jet started to gather electricity around himself. "Now, that I'm not blinded by rage...let's do this!" Jet eyes started to change from black to a bright orange. Topaz widen his eyes at this.

'What's going on?' Topaz said, shielding his eyes from the bright light that the electricity was causing. 'Don't tell me that this stone has mastery over the Berserker Mode? No, that's not it. His eyes would be golden if he did...' Topaz couldn't finish his thought as Jet was right in his face. Topaz tried to block but he wasn't fast enough as Jet kicked him in the stomach, causing Topaz to cough up spit. Topaz went flying through the wall from the impact and Jet walked over, hoping to cause the same amount of pain Topaz caused him. When he walked over to were Topaz was, he looked around and noticed that Garnet and Jasper were fighting. They paused to look at what happened.

"What the?" Jasper said, noticing Topaz was on the ground. He was still coughing up spit. She noticed that Jet's eyes seemed to glow as he made his way to Topaz. "No way! Topaz is on the ground? What is that thing?" Garnet stared at Jet, she never seen this side of him.

"Hey, Garnet." Jet said, noticing her. "Where's Steven and that girl that was following him?"

"He's freeing the others." Garnet said. "As for the girl that was following him, she's me. Well, half of me anyways." Jet raised an eyebrow. "I'll explain it another time... look out behind you!" Jet remained looking at her as he lifted his sword behind him, blocking Topaz sword strike. All of them looked at Jet with shock on their faces.

"How is this possible?" Topaz asked, his sword shaking in the progress. "Is it possible that you were holding back on me?" Jet turned his head to look at him.

"Nah. I was fighting you with everything I had." Jet said. "But, just because I had all that power didn't mean anything if I couldn't control it. It was eating me alive, like you said. Right now, in order to hold you off, I'm tapping into it in small bursts. I know it's not the right way to do it and I would need training to fully master it but if it's working, I'm not complaining."

"Jet..." Garnet said.

"Alrighty, then." Jet said, elbowing Topaz in the stomach. The impact made Topaz slid back into the room where they originally were. "Garnet, she's not all that tough. Finish her off so that we can go home."

"What did you say, brat?" Jasper said. Jet gathered electricity and started to walk toward Jasper. Jasper took a step back.

"Tch." Jet grunted, turning around. "Cautious of me, now? I was gonna pay you back for hurting my friends, but I'll pass that torch to Garnet..." Jasper gritted her teeth, as Jet walk back into the training room. Jet walked into the room and noticed that Topaz was kneeling on the ground.

"That's twice, you've strike me." Topaz said, getting up. "Consider those your last." Jet took a stance and Topaz charged at him. They collided swords, the impact caused a mini explosion around them.

"Are you trying to take down everyone on the ship?" Jet asked.

"If it means taking you down, then yes." Topaz said, eyes showing rage.

"Man, you are nuts!" Jet said, breaking sword contact from Topaz. "Let's go!" The two clashed again, causing another mini explosion.

As Jet was having his battle with Topaz, Steven managed to set Pearl and Amethyst free from their cell. They were making their way to the control room. They did and Peridot was there, trying to set a course for home world. She noticed them and grab the gem destabilizer, swinging it towards Steven. He grabbed it and threw it to the side. Amethyst saw this as her opportunity to draw out her weapon and wrap Peridot around it, subduing her for the moment. Pearl took a seat in the main control chair to try to re-route their course.

"Don't touch that!" Peridot said, trying to free herself from Amethyst's whip. "You clods don't know what you're doing!"

"You got this, Pearl!" Amethyst said, as Pearl worked the controls.

"OK, ship! Turn us around!" She said, pulling on a switch.

There were many explosions around the ship, causing the gems to lose their footing. Peridot managed to wiggle herself from Amethyst's whip and she pressed a switch on the floor. This switch allowed her to be encased in an escape pod and she vanished from site. Amethyst tried to stop her before she disappeared but to no avail. Garnet suddenly appeared in the room, as she appeared to be in bad shape.

"Garnet!" The others said in surprise.

"This ship is going down!" Garnet said.

"What about Jet and Lapis?" Steven asked.

"There's no time!" Garnet yelled, as the ship's system was telling them to evacuate immediately. The ship was reentering the Earth atmosphere at an incredible rate. Steven encased himself and everyone around him in his bubble. The ship exploded as it landed near the temple, with Steven and his fellow crystal gems safely inside his bubble. Pieces of the ship's debris landed in the water and there were bits of the main ship in front of them.

"Nice work!" Garnet said, as Steven let down his bubble shield. A hand from the rubble emerged and it was no other than Jasper, severely injured from her fight with Garnet. She yelled as she scattered the debris from her. The others looked at her in shock as she kneeled to the ground, coughing up spit.

"Don't think you've won!" She said, glaring at Garnet. "You only beat me because of what you are... a fusion! If I had someone to fuse with I'd-" She stop to see another hand emerge from the rubble. It was no other than Lapis Lazuli. Jasper went over and pulled Lapis out of the ship wreckage.

"Lapis!" Steven yelled, trying to reach her but Pearl and Amethyst held him back.

"Lapis, listen." Jasper said, holding her by the arm. "Fuse with me!"

"What?" Lapis said, looking at her.

"How long did they keep you trapped here on this miserable hunk of rock?" Jasper asked, letting Lapis fall to the ground. "These gems are traitors to their home world. They kept you prisoner, they used you. This is your chance to take revenge. Come on, just say yes."

"Lapis, don't do it!" Steven said, pleading with her. Lapis stood there for a moment then she turned to Jasper, with her hand stretched out. Jasper let a twisted smile form on her face as she pulled Lapis close to her.

"Noooo!" Steven shouted, as the two begun to do their own take on the fusion dance. Jasper let out one more twisted smiled before she was covered in a bright light. The group had no choice but to watch as a giant figure started to form before them. The gems took a few steps back as the giant figure glared down at them. She sported white hair and she had four eyes piercing down at them. Her skin was a bluish color and she had making over her face. She had a gem that was visible were her nose should be and she was also sporting four legs. She laughed as she gathered a water hand from the ocean. She let out a gasp with the water hand locked on to her forming a chain.

"Huh?" She said, as more water landed on her to form more chains. "What?" She was trying to free herself, but to no avail as the chains were slowly dragging her into the ocean.

"What are you doing?" She asked herself in Jasper's voice. Lapis voice could be heard next. "I'm done being everyone's prisoner, now you're mine prisoner and I'm never letting you go!" More water clinged on to her, dragging her faster into the ocean.

"Lapis!" Steven shouted.

"Now, let's stay on this miserable rock together!" She shouted, as she plunged themselves into the depths of the sea.

"Yikes." Garnet said, as the fusion disappeared from site. "They are really bad for each other." The group remained silent until they seen an object float down towards them.

"That must be Jet." Steven said, looking up.

"Well, he just missed the party." Amethyst said.

"Umm, I don't think that's him." Pearl said, as the object came into view. It was Jet's trench coat, as it landed on the beach right next to them. Amethyst went to pick it up.

"What this doing here without Jet?" Amethyst said. "Garnet, you don't think Jet's..."

"I don't know." Garnet said, adjusting her visor. "Let's hope not." Amethyst hugged the trench coat tighter to her and the group remained quiet, that is, until Steven's phone started to ring. Steven let the phone ring, at a loss of words at what just happened.