7300 years ago: some time after
"Sapphire! Sapphire open up!" Citrine calls as she bangs on Sapphire's door.
"For gems sake Cit, where's the fire?" Ruby says as she opens the door.
"Where's Sapphire?" Citrine calls in a panic.
"I'm right here. Come in Citrine," Sapphire calls from her place at her desk.
Ruby steps to the side to allow Citrine to enter before she turns and closes the door behind them.
"What's got you in a gemfury?" Ruby questions as she makes her way over to Sapphire.
"They're coming for Jasper!" Citrine says hurriedly.
"What do you mean?" Ruby questions.
"It's gotten to that point?" Sapphire questions.
"She's got until the end of the work day. If she doesn't come out, they're going to drag her out."
"So, what does that have to do with us?" Ruby asks in a clipped tone.
"Well..." Citrine trails off as she looks down at her feet. "I just thought ... "
"You thought I could talk to her?" Sapphire throws out.
"She wanted you to what!" Ruby exclaims. "No! Let whatever's going to happen to her, happen," Ruby huffs out.
"Er, maybe I should just go," Citrine says and starts inching toward the door.
"Thank you Citrine," Sapphire says and Citrine nods before quickly rushing out.
"I'm not going to let you help Jasper. I'm not!" Ruby says and begins pacing the floor.
"Ruby," Sapphire starts.
"No! She attacked me, nearly cracked my gem ... and yours!" Ruby fumes as steam rises from her feet.
"Ruby, the floor," Sapphire says but Ruby keeps on like she doesn't hear.
Sapphire stands and sprays ice on the floor wherever Ruby walks, but stops after the fifth time seeing as she can just request new floors.
"I can't get through to her, but I think Garnet can," Sapphire let's out.
Ruby stops dead in her tracks, the steam quickly bellowing around her. "You what? Garnet doesn't even like her," Ruby says.
"Garnet just needs a reason. She and Jasper will be happy, she just needs a push to help her see. I think this is that push."
"No, absolutely not." The heat beneath Ruby's feet disperses.
"Ruby, think of Garnet. We've found happiness and love, don't you want her to experience the same?"
Ruby doesn't answer but sighs in either resignation or defeat.
'Everyone deserves happiness and a chance at love. It's few and far between,'Ruby remembers Sapphire telling her once.
"Fine," Ruby says and outstretches a hand for Sapphire to take.
Sapphire looks at Ruby and smile. Sapphire grabs Ruby's hand and pulls her toward her, claiming her lips in a kiss. Ruby smiles in the kiss and in a flash of white light, Garnet emerges.
"Jasper," Garnet calls as she knocks on Jasper's door. There's a rumbling inside the room, but no one came to the door. "Jasper, open the door before someone comes."
It takes a while but soon the door to Jasper's room slides open a crack.
Garnet quickly steps through and slides the door closed behind her.
She looks around and notices Jasper's room is a mess. Papers are strewn everywhere, Jasper's desk is toppled like she had a gemfit and tipped it and where Jasper's regenerative bed should be, there's nothing.
Jasper, herself is pacing back and forth across the floor, hands flying every direction as if she's having a heated conversation with herself. Never before has the mighty gem been seen like this ... besides the one time with Sapphire.
'This can't all be because of me,' Garnet thinks to herself.
"Jasper," Garnet starts as she takes a hesitant step closer to Jasper. "Look at me," Garnet says.
Jasper, for a moment freezes and looks at Garnet. Quickly, Jasper turns away from Garnet and continues on with the conversation she was having with herself.
'She looks so broken,' Garnet thinks to herself. Somehow, this scene feels familiar.
"You haven't been at work lately. There's word they're coming to drag you out if you don't come out your room." Jasper freezes at Garnet's statement.
"I've been to work. I've done my job," Jasper says off-handedly.
"But you haven't been doing a good job. You've been distracted and you know it," Garnet says as Jasper clinches her fist.
Garnet steps closer to Jasper. Garnet wants to reach out and touch Jasper, something in her is telling her that she should, but something is also telling her that she shouldn't.
Jasper turns toward Garnet, her eyes glossy. "What are you doing here?" Jasper asks, a hardnesscreeping into her voice.
"I came to help. I heard what they were planning for you and I figured I'd try and talk to you first," Garnet replies.
"They want to destroy me. I'm being labeled 'defective'. All because I had to fall for a fusion." Jasper turns and slams her fist into her toppled desk, causing it to crack a little. "Ugh! Why Jasper? Why!" Jasper slams her fists against her skull.
"Stop it." In a second, Garnet's in front of Jasper with Jasper's fists in her hands. "Look, the fault is not all yours. I admit that this too is my fault. I was so scared and worried that we wouldn't last as long as Sapphire and Ruby or that you just wanted me because of Sapphire, that I completely ignored your cries for help."
Jasper looks at Garnet and shakes her head. "You're lying!" Jasper roars.
Something told Garnet that no matter what she says, Jasper would not believe her, so she decides to take the only action she knew would have a positive reaction.
Quickly and before Jasper could pull away, Garnet crashes her lips against Jasper's in a heated kiss. Garnet drops Jasper's hands and places them on either side of Jasper's cheeks before she pulls back and looks at Jasper. "I'm not fond of lying," Garnet says.
Jasper looks at Garnet before smiling. Jasper grabs Garnet by her waist and pulls her closer. "I just want you. Doesn't matter how long, I just want you Garnet." Jasper pulls Garnet's body flesh against her own body. "Only you," Jasper whispers before she captures Garnet's lips in another heated kiss.
Garnet melts slightly into the kiss and allows her hands to wrap around Jasper's neck before pulling Jasper closer.
Jasper smiles and picks Garnet up and places her on the toppled desk. Garnet moans into the kiss as Jasper parts her legs to stand in between them.
"Jasper, open up!" a deep and rich voice booms from outside Jasper's door accompanied with a loud bang, causing the two to break from their heated kiss.
"You should get that," Garnet whispers.
"What about you?" Jasper asks and eyes Garnet's puffy lips.
"I'm going to unfuse. Fusions and single gems are not allowed to be within contact," Garnet says quickly.
"Jasper open the door or we'll bust it down," the voice booms again.
"I'm coming!" Jasper's voice raises slightly so it'll carry through the door.
"We'll meet again," Garnet says and pulls Jasper into a quick kiss. Garnet pulls back and watches as Jasper walk to the door. Garnet smiles at Jasper before she unfuses and splits back into Ruby and Sapphire.
Jasper opens her door to reveal an angry supervisor; a Pycnite.