Soon after, Steven and Greg were being carried around be the guard that had caught them, Hagakure and the two Perfect Links following close behind, unseen by the Amethyst. Soon, the guard carried them into a room full of holes in the wall. Inside were a ton of Amethysts.
"These the ones?" the Amethyst asked.
"Steven, Greg!" the Amethyst they knew called out as some of the guards stood aside, allowing the humans to see Amethyst being held down by one of the guards. "They found me out!"
"Amethyst!" Steven called.
"I told them about Hagakure, they know she's hiding!" Amethyst said. "You won't believe what I've been through. These Amethysts, they're really, really... great!" she suddenly smiled.
"What?!" Steven asked in shock.
At that moment, Amethyst and the guards burst out laughing.
"Your faces!" one of the guards laughed.
"You were right! That was priceless!" the guard holding Amethyst told her as they let her go.
"What was that all about?" Hagakure asked as Amethyst ran over. "How are you getting along with all these guards?"
"You won't believe this, but these Amethysts, they're all from our Earth! They're from the Prime Kindergarten! Wait! Hey, 8XL!" Amethyst said.
"Yeah?" 8XL asked
"You guys, I'm an 8! Tell 'em, tell 'em!" Amethyst begged
"The Amethyst under me never popped out! We're all waiting, and- pfft- nothing." 8XL explained.
"I'm 8XM! Facet-5, Cut-8XM- that's me! This is 8XG, this is 8XH…." Amethyst introduced.
"I'm J." the latter Amethyst corrected.
"Ah, jeez, I'm sorry! I'm worse than Holly Blue!" Amethyst quipped.
"Aren't we all?" 8XJ asked which got a laugh from all the Amethysts.
"Prime, Prime, Prime… good grief, you Amethysts are so cliquey." a skinny jasper said.
"A Jasper?" Hagakure asked.
"That's Skinny, she's from Beta Kindergarten. Hey, where's Carnelian?" Amethyst asked.
"Celebrating." Skinny said, at which moment a short crimson red Gem rushed up and picked up Amethyst.
"I'm not the shortest anymore!" the small Gem laughed as they ran around the room with Amethyst.
"Hey guys, you're seeing this right?" Hagakure asked over her comm.
"We see it, this is pretty surreal seeing all these Amethysts and Beta Gems." Hope answered.
"Hmm…" CP mused as he scanned the area visible through the camera. "I don't see Alkal anywhere…"
Hagakure gasped. "That's right! Amethyst, wheres Akal?"
"Oh, uh...when Holly Blue came back with Sapphire, she told us Gems to head to this room while Alkal got stuck with 'em." Amethyst explained.
"Then we need to find him, Ruby, Sapphire and Pearl and get them out of-" Steven started before the door opened and revealed Holly Blue and the rest of the group. The first group then quickly hid as Holly Blue walked in.
"What are you all doing in here?! Get to your stations! Even you hideous off-color Betas! Get out of your cubbies and into your places! It's the least you can do for the Diamond that kept you worthless sorry Gems in service!" The Agate barked. "That's right. Blue is back already! Now go pretend your filthy vein of Quartz is capable of gratitude! Go, go, go!"
All of the guards started running out of the barracks.
"Go, just run, all of you! I'll find you!" Amethyst said as the group took off.
"You gotta be kidding me! Blue's back already?!" Eddy shouted in disbelief.
"It's not just her…" Gohan said. "I'm feeling an even greater power as well...and it's the same as Blue Diamond."
"I've got two ships on radar. They look like...two hands. One blue, one yellow." Scarlet said.
"Then it has to be that Yellow Diamond Steven mentioned." Moltar mused.
"They're trapped on that station with two Diamonds? We gotta do something!" Ibuki said.
"We can't! Lest we wanna get on Homeworld's radar." Hope said. "The last thing we need is getting their attention.."
"He's right, we've got enough enemies as it is. We can't have an entire species on our asses." Akane said.
"Yeah, the others will kill us if we have to deal with Gems after us on missions." Emo said.
"All we can do is believe in them." Mark said. "If anyone can make this work, it's Steven. Plus, Holly Blue still doesn't know about Hagakure."
"C'mon guys…" Hope pleaded.
Back inside the Human Zoo, the group entered a room filled with bubbled Gems.
"Who bubbled all these gems?" Steven asked, looking around at the dozens of Quartz-type gems in bubbles, suspended in the air.
"Wow! It's kinda like a birthday party in here." Greg noticed.
Steven then began to tear up, which only could mean one thing. "Oh no! We gotta hide!"
Everyone hid behind a pillar as the doors opened, revealing Blue Diamond as she walked into the room.
"Pearl, close the door." she sighed as she knelt down and removed her cloak. Just a minute later, the door opened again. And in came the aforementioned Yellow Diamond. She was the same size as Blue Diamond, but colored differently with bright yellow eyes with diamond-shaped pupils and black eyebrows, and short, helmet-like bob yellow hair with two spiked tips. She wore a dark yellow and olive bodysuit, a yellow coat with enormous shoulder pads and a cutout for her gemstone, yellow gloves, and olive-yellow, high-heeled boots.
"Please tell me you're joking." she said. "You only just left, and you're already back?"
"Yellow! Wh-what are you doing here?" Blue Diamond asked in a bit of shock.
"I'm here to bring you back to reality, Blue." Yellow DIamond insisted.
"Im fine, just leave me alone." Blue Diamond assured.
"It's been thousands of years, Blue, and you still can't bring yourself to destroy these Gems? She was shattered by a Rose Quartz! The entire cut of Gem deserves the same fate!" Yellow explained.
"But they were hers." Blue Diamond responded.
"They should be wiped out of existence, not kept safe in bubbles!" Yellow Diamond insisted as Steven and Greg tried to get out of the room, but couldn't.
"Yellow, she made them. This is all we have left of her. These Gems, this place, and the Earth." Blue Diamond said. "I would go so far as to say the other worlds would be hers too, if we let her…"
"(They knew about the other worlds?)" Hagakure thought.
"I thought we agreed we need to put that planet and this whole debacle behind us." Yellow said. "You know the other worlds beyond our own are of no interest to our Kind. Our society does not need to mingle with those we have no understanding of. We Gems prefer our own system, our own colonies."
"Why can't you just let me grieve?" Blue Diamond asked.
"You can't keep coming here forever!" Yellow insisted.
"Why not?" Blue asked.
Yellow DIamond knew this was going nowhere and sighed. She then turned to the two pearls in attendance. "Pearl, do something. Sing for her. Make her feel better."
"Yes, my Diamond!" Yellow Pearl saluted and cleared her throat. She then looked to Blue Pearl. "Ahem!"
"Uh…oh." Blue Pearl realized what was going on and the two started harmonizing.
(Music: What's the Use of Feeling (Blue)?)
[Yellow and Blue Pearl]
Aah haa haa, aah haa haa
Aah ha aah ha, aah haa haa
Aah haa haa, aah haa haa
Aah haa haa haa haa haa haa haa haaaaa
[Yellow Diamond]
Why would you want to be here?
What do you ever see here
That doesn't make you feel worse than you do?
And tell me, what's the use of feeling, Blue?
Why would you want to employ her
subjects that destroyed her?
Why keep up her silly zoo?
Oh, tell me what's the use of feeling, Blue?
An army has a use, they can go and fight a war
A Sapphire has a use, she can tell you what it's for
An Agate terrifies, a Lapis terraforms
Where's their Diamond when they need her, Blue?
You've got to be a leader, Blue!
Yes, of course, we still love her
And we're always thinking of her
But now there's nothing we can do
So tell me
What's the use of feeling?
What's the use of feeling?
What's the use of feeling, Blue?
Ohh
How can you stand to be here with it all
[Yellow and Blue Pearl]
Here with it all
Drowning in all this regret
Wouldn't you rather forget her?
Ohh
Won't it be grand to get rid of it all?
[Yellow and Blue Pearl]
Rid of it all
Let's make a plan of attack
Start looking forward and stop looking back
Ohh
Yes, of course, we still love her
And we're always thinking of her
Don't you know I miss her too?
But tell me
What's the use of feeling?
What's the use of feeling?
What's the use of feeling?
Hmm hmm hmm, hmm hmm hmm
Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmmmm
(End Song)
Everyone was watching the whole thing on Hagakure's camera.
"Uh…okay, wow, that was uh…" Gemini said. "What did we just see?"
"I...I have no words for that." SE said.
"I gotta say, pretty good song, all things considered!" ZS said enthusiastically.
"You know...It's not so simple anymore." Mark said.
"What do you mean, Mark?" Hope asked.
"When we first learned about the Diamonds, all I saw was that Pearl was scared of them." Mark said. "I believed that they were simply enemies, but now...I don't think this world has no "good guys" or "bad guys". Just...different views. The Diamonds aren't evil or good, they just see the universe differently than the Crystal Gems."
"It's a good thing they don't have any sort of concern for our worlds." Madoka said. "I'm not sure what would happen if they did."
"Don't worry, as long as the rescue team gets out of there without being seen, they won't have a reason to." Shirou said.
Back inside the zoo, Hagakure was able to get out of the Rose Quartz room and meet up with Akal.
"Akal! Thank goodness Holly hasn't caught on to you!" Hagakure said.
"It hasn't been easy." Alkal admitted. "I've had to speak in robot tones the whole time! What's more, she never stops talking! I swear, if I get the chance, I'm gonna-"
"Shh! She's coming out!" Hagakure shushed. Holly Blue came out with Ruby and Sapphire as Amethyst and Pearl did their best to hide Steven and Greg.
"I never expected to see Yellow Diamond in person. What a commanding presence. You can just feel strength and confidence radiating from her." Holly spoke as they walked back to the hangar. "Don't misunderstand me, of course. I'll always be in Blue's confidence, but if I had been made for Yellow, you wouldn't see me complaining."
"(Akal was right…she doesn't shut up)." Hagakure thought as they went back to the hangar.
"I do hope they appreciate all my hard work to preserve the Pink Diamond legacy. It would really make it worth being stationed here with these sorry excuses for Gems. Oh! It's a shame though. This outpost is so remote, I was beginning to think we'd been forgotten. But we haven't! Two Diamonds, one day! What an honor. I don't think anything could spoil this for me…" Holly was cut short as they stopped talking, seeing the gems trying to sneak Steven and Greg aboard the Roaming Eye, and Falinks and Cramorant roaming about. "What...is… the meaning of this?! Why are these four outside the containment area?!"
"Holly Blue, I can explain-" Sapphire started.
"No need, your Clarity. Not even you could have foreseen how incompetent these Amethysts are. Well, if you want something done right, you just do it yourself." Holly Blue said summoning an electric whip. "You four.. Are coming with me!" she said, lashing it at Steven and Greg.
That was when Falinks and Cramorant's eyes glinted as they sprung into action. Cramorant leaped into the air and caught Holly Blue's whip in his beak. Falinks then separated and attacked Holly Blue with numerous Smart Strike attacks, sending her off balance a bit before the lead one headbutted her in the face.
"AGH! You cursed creatures!" Holly said.
"They've been wanting to do that all day." Garnet said, having refused. "By the way, what's that thing on your face?"
"What? There's nothing on my-" Holly Blue started.
"MAH FIST!" Alkal yelled as he punched Holly Blue in the face, knocking her onto the ground and releasing her hold on the whip. "Cramorant, whip please."
The Pokémon then handed the whip to the auto-man, who then quickly wrapped it around Holly Blue, keeping her stuck on the floor. The Amethysts then laughed at Holly Blue's situation.
"Too bad I don't have a gag…" Alkal mused. "Ah well, you're not going anywhere."
"You have sentience?" Holly Blue asked. "I was never aware of this, what idiotic Peridot created you?!"
"Actually...I was made by a human." Alkal said. "Surprise! Plot twist!"
"You won't get away with this, the lot of you! I'll report you to the Diamonds! All of you! You'll all be shattered!" Holly Blue threatened, but then Pearl kneeled down to her.
"You're really gonna tell the Diamonds that you allowed a band of traitorous rebels to infiltrate a highly-secure facility and escape from right under your careful watch? Doesn't sound like a wise thing to do, Holly Blue~" Pearl mused as everyone got on their respective ships. "So do yourself a favor and keep your mouth shut. That will be all." she bowed as Steven clapped twice.
"OOOOOOH!" Akal cheered. "Yeah, Pearl! I have been waiting for that all day! You get a mic drop for that! Now then, let's get out of here. Alkaline - and the Crystal Gems - out!"
"Famethyst for life!" Amethyst called out as the groups boarded their ships in took off as the guards waved goodbye.
Back on the hero ships….
"Ahahahaha! That was great! Especially that part where you punched that stuck up Agate in her stupid smug face!" Hiyoko laughed.
"I know! I can't WAIT to tell the others about that!" Alkal replied.
"Well, it was a risky move to come here knowing we'd garner a whole race to come after us, but we pulled off the notion that the Homeworld Gems won't be coming after us or the rest of the Alliance any time soon." Hope said.
"I'll say. We're already part of a pirate fleet that's wanted by the World Government, and pissed off one of the Four Emperors, we don't need another situation like that." Nana said.
"Not to mention we learned some interesting information about how the Diamonds view us. The way all Gems see each other is not as clear cut as it seems." Alice said.
"Thanks so much for coming to get me." Greg thanked. "That has to be, like, the third craziest weekend I've ever had."
"We didn't mean to get you involved in this, Greg. We just wanted answers. We all did." Hope said.
"Ah, it's cool. I hope you guys found what you were looking for." Greg said.
"I did. I found you." Steven said as he hugged his father.
"No matter where you go, or when…there's nothing more important than family." Hope smiled.
"You said it, Hope." Mark added. "So, who's ready to head back?"
"I'm fairly certain we all wish to return to Beach City." Double D said. "Prepare for the jump, everyone! It's a six hour flight, so get comfortable!"
