All of the Crystal Gems were in the beach house. Everyone but Pearl, Onyx and Yellow Pearl were on the warp. They all stared at their fearless leader. Pearl was going to send them off on their own without her this time.
"Now remember the mission everyone, you need to work together and find that Corruption that's loose in the Forest of Cloudburst Calamity," Pearl said with a big smile.
She had her hands together with a bright smile like she was in a good mood.
Steven raised a hand and asked, "What's the Forest of Cloudburst Calamity?"
"It's off limit forest in the world that brings nothing but weathers of disaster to those that enter it," Onyx answered with a straight face.
White Pearl shivered from hearing the name.
"I remember that place from the old times I use to visit it."
Everyone else stayed quiet.
"It was a place that other gems were wary of.
The other pearls nodded in agreement with White Pearl.
"The weather changed constantly there...And I mean bad weather," Pink Pearl said.
Blue Pearl went on to explain, "Heavy Rain, Thunderstorms, Blizzards, Fog, and so many others I can't even remember. Some of them are even hard to describe."
Yellow Pearl rubbed her arms and looked at the floor, "I know how dangerous it is there everyone, but don't worry. As long as you all work together and stay together everything will be fine. We're sure of it."
The Crystal Gems all looked at each other and gave a nod with a smile. They all had to believe that they'll be safe in they stuck together.
Soren scratched his head, "Where would we be able to find this Corruption?"
"In that forest. Probably in the middle."
"Is it the cause of all the weather problems?" Soren asked, wondering.
"Yes, in a short answer. You'll see when you get there."
"Remember to stay together!" Pearl said waving to them.
"We'll be back soon!" Steven said waving back.
They nodded to her and they warped away to Forest of Cloudburst Calamity. Pearl, Onyx and Yellow Pearl stood there looking at the warp pad for a few moments before they smiled at each.
"What should we do now?" Onyx asked.
"We could check up on Beach City just to make sure everything is ok. Since they're away, we are all that's left to look. Just in case… Anything could happen," Pearl suggested.
"I think we should. We have the time to do it. Since the Temple is more protected, it'll be fine if the three of us go together," Yellow Pearl said, taking Pearl and Onyx's hand.
"I don't think we would have to physically patrol it… Steven and Amethyst did that this morning."
"To the Temple then?" Onyx asked.
"To the Temple," Pearl said with a smile.
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Inside of their room in the Temple, they were standing in front of a screen that was made up of the water pillar. The water pillar was in the center of the room and Pearl used her gem on her forehead to make a holographic Gem panel. They gazed at the layout of the city to see if there were any problems but there seemed to be none.
"Well, everything looks safe."
They looked over the screen two more times just to make sure but it was completely clean.
"Cool. Let's start off by making some popcorn and getting some soft drinks in the kitchen. After that we can watch a movie," Onyx said with a smile.
Both pearls nodded in agreement and they headed to the Temple door to exit the room.
Once inside the Beach House, they went to the kitchen to prepare some popcorn and drinks for themselves. Pearl and Yellow Pearl started grabbing drinks out of the fridge then sat them on the counter. Onyx grabbed the pot, oil and popcorn salt. He started making the popcorn and he looked over at his wife and girlfriend.
"Pearl, are you sure that the others will be ok for the mission we sent them on?"
She nodded, "I'm sure they are, Lapis will be able to prevent any water or electricity from hurting Steven. Soren can help guide them in case it gets foggy or dark from the fog or storm."
After getting the popcorn and soft drinks ready, they began to head upstairs to Steven, Lapis, and Blue Pearl's room. Pearl and Yellow Pearl laid at the end of the bed while Onyx sat on the floor between them. Yellow Pearl picked up the remote and turned on the TV. She began searching through the movie channels before they agreed on a channel that was playing a movie that they all liked.
About two hours later, the movie ended and the end credits came up. The three of them finished off their drinks. They started talking about their favorite parts of the movie and how the ending went. Pearl and Yellow Pearl got off the bed and started cleaning up their cans while Onyx cleaned up the three bowls that the popcorn was in.
"That was fun. I wonder if they're doing ok?" Yellow Pearl said as she sat on the bed again.
"I think they'll be fine. One of them could come back and ask for help if things got too bad. White Pearl is with them too, she's the newest member so I think they'll be ok thanks to that as well," Pearl said with a smile.
"I think that at some point in time we all will have to go solo or small party missions. There still is a lot them on that mission so it'll be just fine," Onyx said with a smile.
"Alright then… What should we do now?" Yellow Pearl asked as she played with a loose string on Steven's comforter.
"I know what we should," Pearl said as a light blue blush rose to her pale, white cheeks.
Pearl pulled Yellow Pearl up to her feet and grabbed Onyx's hand. They headed down the small flight of stairs and up to the Temple door. It lit up and opened allowing them to walk through to their room. They climbed onto their king-sized bed and embraced each other.
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"They weren't kidding when they said the weather was really bad!" Soren called.
"I'm doing the best I can to collect most of the rain!" Lapis called, "The wind is just really strong!"
"We have to take this corruption out no matter what!" White Pearl called.
"What should we do?!" Amethyst called.
"I think the best thing is that we just charge in! That seems to be the best option from what I've seen!" Garnet called.
"I think Lapis needs to continue what you're doing! Soren blind it and maybe we can get it somewhere. Everyone charge in at its face when Soren blinds it!" White Pearl called.
"Sounds good to me!" a few of them called.
"GO!"
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Pearl, Onyx and Yellow Pearl laid on the bed with tired smiles on their faces. Pearl held her girlfriend's hand and her husband's in the other. It seemed like a wonderful afternoon. They watched a good movie and they each had the confident feeling that the mission the rest of the Crystal Gems were on would come out victorious.
"I love you Pearl and Onyx."
"I love you too," Pearl and Onyx said together.
It was an hour later when Yellow Pearl, Pearl and Onyx were sitting on the couch reading. They were waiting for the rest of their team to return. Onyx finished reading the Beach City newspaper when the warp pad. Everyone appeared, soaking wet and dirty but they had smiles on their faces.
"I take it everything went well?" Pearl asked giving them a smile.
"Yes, it did!" Steven said throwing his fist into the air.
The trio of lovers got off the couch and headed towards the rest of them as they stepped off of the warp pad. They went on explaining how the mission went and how difficult it was. Pink Pearl held out the bubbled gem. Pearl grinned happily and took the bubbled gem. She sent it off to the Temple room with the rest of them.
The spent some of their afternoon taking turns talking about how they got through the Forest of Cloudburst Calamity and defeated the corruption.