It was already late in the day when they were headed for their next mission. They had waited most of day for Garnet to give the go ahead for when it would be the best time to go. This new Corruption was in an uncommon place, not too many of them had visited before. It really looked like no one had used it too much from what they saw on the warp pad.

The light faded around them and everyone looked around. There was tall, white metallic building that looked severely run down. It was hard to tell if there was a Corruption in there because it looked untouched. They walked closer before Pearl stopped in her tracks and turned to face everyone.

"I want everyone to be careful. I know I say this every mission but please do be careful. Inside this building is the Corruption and it could be anywhere."

Everyone smiled and gave her a nod.

"Also… It's been living here for some time now and that's why the place looks untouched. It could be anywhere… It knows this place than we do," Jewel said smiling at her mother and Pearl nodded.

"That's very true."

Onyx placed a hand on his daughter's shoulder and she smiled at him.

"This old gem facility had been abandoned since the defeat of Homeworld."

They entered the building looking around. It was dusty and smelled slightly moldy. Pink Pearl looked at the ground seeing clean, new foot prints on the dirty ground. She looked around trying to see if there was any on the walls but they all seem to be on the ground only in that first room. Pearl was knelt down looking at the ground too after seeing Pink Pearl taking an interest in the floor first.

"I wonder how big this place is," Lapis said aloud, "Does anyone know?"

"It's about twenty-five stories high… If I remember right."

"So, we are on the ground floor?" Steven asked.

White Pearl shook her head, "No. The rest of the building is underground… so really we are on the eighth floor."

Everyone looked slightly stunned.

"If you were an enemy but you would think that the building didn't go any further. Then… you kept going and then got lost, it would be easy to attack you," White Pearl said shrugging her shoulders, "We had to be crafty with the way some of the rebels were."

Pearl smiled and blushed slightly. White Pearl gave her a slight nod of approval.

"Pearl?" Yellow Pearl said looking around.

"Yes?"

"Do you feel that?"

Everyone stopped moving and became quiet. The building was shaking some but it was barely noticeable. Soren, Onyx and Steven looked around trying to figure out where the stairs were. It had to be the Corruption instead of an earthquake. The shaking wasn't hard enough, but it was getting closer.

"Everyone get ready! I think it knows we're here!" Pearl yelled.

The men turned around in time to see the Corruption fly into the room, sliding across the floor. The creature was one of the strangest ones they had seen yet. It looked like a dragon with no wings with legs like a millipede. Pearl looked slightly concerned from the looks of it.

"I think it's a fused corruption!" Onyx said and Pearl nodded, swallowing hard.

"That's the strangest Arthropleura I've ever seen," Peridot said, "I looked it up on the internet but they are extinct."

The creature let out a weird sound and headed for the window quickly.

So much for the windows, Pearl thought.

Without warning, Steven and Lapis were out the window to attack from the outside. Its head came back inside and it reached out grabbing Pearl. It jerked her back outside making everyone yell, frightened for her safety. Pearl stayed calm but she was slightly panicked with her arms pinned down. She tried wiggling but it was no use.

"Pearl!" Steven yelled.

Lapis swooped in as Steven slashed at the claw holding Pearl, barely making a dent. The creature made another weird, angry sound and slammed its body through the building making some of the floor they were standing on collapse. Yellow Pearl and Onyx climbed out the window jumping on the tail end of the Corruption. Everyone else jumped down into the collapse floor.

The Dragopleura continued to go downward and the rest of the Crystal Gems continued down through the floors chasing after it. They could hear Pearl yelling at the creature until it hit the third to last floor. The creature stopped and roared at them as they landed onto the floor with it. Lapis and Steven were already on the way down after them.

Without warning, it grabbed Yellow Pearl too. This time she had her arms and hands free. She pulled out her weapon and fired at the claw holding her hostage. Pearl managed to get free and blast her way to freedom. The creature screamed and headed out through a wall and through the ground before getting to the surface. Lapis and Steven made it to the surface first then everyone else followed.

"It keeps weaving in and out of this building! It's going to collapse soon!" Blue Pearl yelled.

"We need to hurry this up!" Pearl yelled, "Onyx, Yellow Pearl, Peridot and Garnet to the top floor. Soren, Amethyst, White Pearl and Lapis to the middle floor. Steven, Jewel and Pink Pearl to the bottom. I'll stay outside!" Pearl called.

The Crystal Gems separated into the floors they were supposed to. Pearl waited nervously outside. This creature was extremely unpredictable. The Corruption made its way back outside, crashing into the ground. Soren, Amethyst, White Pearl and Lapis came with the creature. Pearl now could see the three gems glistening on its back under some scales. It was a fusion.

"Everyone! Don't hold back! We need to finish it this time!" Pearl yelled.

They all jumped on it attacking with everything they had. They were exhausted from chasing it and now it was time to finish it. The creature slammed into the building again. Everyone rushed back inside and poofed the Corruption just in time. They headed outside as the place crashed into the ground.

They all stood there watching as the dust cleared.

They warped back to the Beach House, leaving behind the destroyed facility. Some of the Crystal Gems went to bed, exhausted from the erratic chase they had. Pearl and Onyx stood in the Gem room where all the others were bubbled up and floating in the air. Onyx leaned close to his wife and put an arm around her shoulders.

"You think that corruption will be back soon?" he asked.

Pearl looked at him with a smile, "What makes you think it got away?"

He looked at her with a weird look.

"What does that mean?"

Pearl held the fire looking gem. It glowed beautifully.

"It was three gems. It fused into one… It is so pretty."

"I guess it's nice they wanted to spend the rest of their life together."

"Yea."

They stood there for a minute.

"Onyx, you never have to worry. I always make sure we return with the corrupted gem. One day we will be able to fix them all."