Sorry for the long wait but here it is chapter 9. I hope you like it and if you do please comment so I can know what I need to improve.

like always the sorry is based on "we are the crystal ducks" from toonfreak and the cover picture belongs to tttooohappy, thanks buddy for all your help

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Follow the yellow trail

On the street, Pearl, garnet and Amethyst were still looking around for their friend. Days had passed without them getting any real information about her, yet they didn't give up. Thus the group kept walking all over the neighborhood where the diamond corporation building was located. They would stop once in a while asking random natives if they had seen Pink or any of the females responsible for her disappearance. Most of them said no despite knowing full well who those humans were. Finally an old canary lady commented on how the three females would alway come into the building in the long black vehicle they called a limousine and explained how humans used vehicles to go from their homes to other places so they could transport themselves faster.

With that information they reached the black building once again. At the entrance the same black vehicle was been watched by two humans in dark uniforms. Garnet turned to look at Pearl and had gotten out from other native bird singers that a long black vehicle always drove from the building Pink was abducted and towards some sort of destination.

"Pearl this is ridiculous, we have tried this before it never works!" Amethyst said as she followed the dove maiden. It wasn't as if they hadn't tried to sneak into the building before but they were always caught in the end. Amethyst was beginning to fear Pink had been forced inside only to be devoured by the three terrifying females. Been a predatory person herself, she knew what it was like to see a delicious looking animal. Even if Pink wasn't a basal she was afraid none of those females would mind the difference and so they would sentence her friend to be their easter dish. Her blood often ran cold imagining the fluffy little bunny maiden being eaten by the massive humans.

"what if we are too late?" she asked flattening her ears down nervously

"It has to work!, we haven't seen Pink in days and that was the vehicle they used when they abducted her so maybe she is still inside the building or inside the car or who knows where!" Pearl chirped distressed and kept looking around.

"Pearl calm down, even if we manage to find that thing, it won't do much, we had heard rumors of it coming back into the office and nobody ever saw Pink getting out of it, plus we always loose sight of it!" Amethyst said looking around.

"Besides Pink is not going to be in that building, they took her from there, plus if the rumors are true and that car gets used by those women to travel from their homes to that building, chances are they took pink there." Garnet said

"Ok how do we manage to sneak into that car thing without them noticing?" Amethyst asked.

"Oh leave that to us." Bismuth said coming from behind a building with Peridot. The canine and feline maidens were both holding two cylindrical metal objects. "P-dot, what do you have there sis?" asked Amethyst as the objects were settled down.

"these are paint cans, we will use them to leave marks so you guys can follow the car" Peridot said. "but shouldn't we check inside the building just in case?!" Pearl asked.

"We can't it's too risky, lets do this, we will distract them, you guys try to sneak into the car, if it doesn't work we will just follow it, now are we ready?" Asked Bismuth and the gang nodded. "alright lets go Peridot" She said and Peridot stretched before she ran to the vehicle meowing and hissing, Bismuth followed her along yelling after her. "hey get back here you flea bag!" she yelled and Peridot hissed. "Get lost you mutt!" she yelled as she ran around the human males.

"Hey settle down you two!, what's going on?!" they asked but Peridot jumped at one of them, almost knocking him down and Bismuth went after her. The other man had to try to keep bismuth away while Peridot clung to the first man's shirt as he tried to remove her.

While the group was busy, garnet and Amethyst began fastening to cans beneath the trunk with some tape to hold them together. While they did, they noticed a pink and white blur that flew up to the garden and landed on the grass looking around. Garnet gasped and followed it "Pearl wait!" she whispered and snook in. The fox maiden had to chase after the dove girl and even jump to cross the fence of the inner yard, where she finally found her hiding beneath a bush frozen in place. Garnet trotted back to her and snatched her up, the dove maiden squeaked and chirped at the sudden ambush only for Garnet to pin her down and shush her. "Pearl what the heck?!" She whispered "Garnet please look!" Pearl said and used her wing towards a few feet away.

Garnet and Amethyst gasped as they slowly went closer to the spot. Right there on the wall, wrapped in a puffy pastel pink sweater and held by what they assumed was a pair of human hands, Pink was smiling at the nothing as she held an egg in her hands. Above her some characters in bright pink shades were displayed.

"w-what does this mean?…why did they put a picture of Pink?" asked Garnet confused and Amethyst stared a bit more. "It says coming in soon the easter bunny." Amethyst said.

"t-that's a good thing right?!…I mean didn't humans love the easter bunny?" Pearl asked.

"So we thought and they abducted Pink…whatever they have planned, we have to stop them." Garnet said when they heard the creak of the door opening. Pearl fluttered behind a couch and opened her wings, bending her knees her wings ready to take flight through the door but Garnet was quick to grab her and run out along with Amethyst.

"wait!, put me down!, put me down!" Pearl chirped but soon they were back at the other side of the gate where the guards were trying to prey bismuth down while Peridot kept hissing. Upon seeing the group returning, Peridot let go and ran to the corner. Bismuth followed her after Garnet tackled down one of the guards. the pair of males ran after them, yet eventually they had to stop when they run down the corner.

As they returned from the building, Pearl fluffed up "why did you grab me like that?!, I could have gone to look for Pink!" she chirped "WHAT THE HECK WERE YOU THINKING SNEAKING INTO THE BUILDING LIKE THAT?!" amethyst scolded as she panted "What if you were eaten too?!" she asked as she flattened her ears and shook her whiskers. "Amethyst calm down!, you sneak into things all the time!" Pearl said "but YOU . are the careful one!, you are the one supposed to stay safe!"Amethyst said going back and fort. "She is right Pearl you went out on your own!, you could have been caught, any of us could have been caught!, hank goodness Bismuth and Peridot stuck to the plan otherwise the guards would have seen you getting in!" Garnet said "I had to go look for Pink!, she could be there!, we can't take any risks" Pearl said

"why are you convinced she is in there?, you saw her leave in that car!, by logic she is not there! and why didn't you listen to me, this isn't like you!" Garnet said "BECAUSE SHE HAS TO BE THERE!" Pearl chirped as tears ran down her eyes. "she has to…if I check the car and it happens she is not there neither around those people's lair….then she could probably be in that building and I can't leave her in that building not again…I have to do everything I can to bring her back, she is alive and I know it, I saw them!" Pearl said looking down "how they went from angry to soft spoken to her, how they gushed at her as if she was a chick….they liked her, they saw how sweet and noble her intentions were and they liked her…and because of that they took her away, as if they were entitled her charisma and her sweetness and…how caring she is, they took her away…and I was useless in stopping them from doing so." Pearl sniffed "I was supposed to keep Pink safe" she mumbled.

"Oh Pearl." Garnet said and gave her a small lick on the cheek. "you tried your best and I know you want to make sure to cover all possible ways to find her but…we can't…and the more we try to do everything the less we are likely to find Pink, so we need to find a strategy and stick to it, that's how we will find Pink." Garnet said. Bismuth went up to her "You know, you could have been caught or trapped or hurt and we can't afford to loose another friend can't we?" she asked as she shed a single tear and gave her anuzzle "we will find Pink just…don't endanger yourself like that ok?!" she asked and Amethyst went up to Pearl and simply glomped her and nuzzled her.

"alright, this is all very sweet and touching but if we are done with the soup opera or whatever we should focus on getting to work." Peridot said and pointed to the car been opened by one of the guards. They heard the roaring sound of what they by now recognized as a vehicle. Turning around they noticed the black long car been opened and the pales looking female they ever saw was getting in. Dressed in all white dress and a black blazer with fur around her neck. A sudden silence took over them as they had heard enough storis o know who that human was. The clacking of her high heels sounded deep as she bend over to enter the vehicle, long black claws holding a flash of pink fluff that was gone behind the closing door as soon as it was seen.

The car moved away from the building and eventually the silence was broken.

"This isn't good at all!" Pearl chirped and flew after the parting limousine. The group followed her only for Pearl to fly to the cans and start to poke and peck at them to break them, after the most intense minutes of her life the yellow liquid began to drip down and Pearl had to slow down to catch her breath. She was lucky she managed to land on Bismuth's back as they all trotted behind the yellow trail. It took them countless turns and miles but after what they felt was an eternity, they managed to find the limo going through some huge iron black gates surrounded by walls. The doors closed in front of them as some people in uniforms looked at the car inside some strange square like box trunks where they remained sitting.

Pearl flew up to the wall and looked ahead. Countless of houses, most of them the same shape, were setled one next to the other, most of them surrounded on white fences with huge green patches of grass around them. A huge grey road divided the area in two, with one line of houses at each side. Trees were settled every few meers with perfectly trimmed looking tops. The brightest most colorful vehicles went back and fort at a slower speed as numerous bird chirpings could be heard from the trees.

"Pearl!, where did they go?!…what is that place?" Asked Amethyst as she stood on her hinds.

"This is it guys, we will have to come in." Pearl said flying down. "In where?" Asked Bismuth.

"To pure human territory. these are what Peridot described" She said and they approached the gate slowly and took a peek through the bars.

"She is right…so this is where they have Pink…the suburbs." Peridot said.

They slowly poked their heads near the gate and observed through the bars, they finally had an understanding of humans building communities. while black towers and buildings were completely alienating as no human could be seen once they were lost in those rectangular cocons., this was the first time they understood how humans lived alongside each other, their lives in plain view in front of them.

The sun of the afternoon shone all over the houses and gardens, dying the sky and concrete with some orange, golden like shade on that peaceful afternoon. The breeze was gentle and blew through the trees slowly. Vehicles could be seen going slowly on the pavement, stopping in front of houses or disappearing on the big main grey pavement road. Some humans could be seen walking around the street enjoying the day. None of them aware of the plotting taking place outside, those very gates that they had built to keep them distanced.

"Ok so these are the suburbs this is where humans live?" Asked Bismuth "Ha! they wish!, this is where the higher ranking humans live!, how could we not think of this?!, these people probably have Pink in some sort of super luxurious tower or something." Peridot said looking around. "Well we need to get in and the place it's gated an there are people at the gate….you think they will let us in?" Asked Amethyst. "Uhmm it might be better if I do it my self." Peridot said. She groomed her face and straightened her fur before walking towards the guards, tail up in pride with the tip curled up. She walked p to the gate only to be stopped by the two men.

"Excuse me but you must be a resident or a visitor to come in here." One of the men said "I am a visitor, I come to provide my important services in pest control." Peridot said with her head up in pride. "I see, do you know the lot or last name of the of the family you are coming to visit?" the second man asked. "Eh…well no I do not remember it but I know how to get to the house, plus I am sure you will benefit having an experimented feline maiden like me helping around your premises~" Peridot said rolling on the ground and exposing her belly.

Five minutes later she was tossed by the scruff to the front of the gate. "Those jerks!, how dare they throw me out?!" she hissed. "Oh boy it didn't work." Amethyst said "The great and lovable Peridot!, I am telling you!, those two are a pair of uneducated basal monkeys!, no wonder why they are stuck guarding the gate!" Peridot ranted on with her tail up in offense. "Alright let me see what we can do." Bismuth said. The Pitbull lady walked away from the gate, following the walls that surrounded the community. The group followed her and eventually after doing at least three blocks Bismuth found a decent place that was not surrounded by pavement and began to dig.

"Are you crazy?!" asked Peridot "people inside will see you!" she said "no they won't as long as someone is acting as watch in case someone from any side comes" Bismuth said "right on it!" Pearl said and perched on a near bye telephone post. Garnet, Peridot, Amethyst and Bismuth began their digging and after two hours a decent tunnel was made. The canine lady had to squeeze herself in. The process was a bit painful but after her, the others could go through without any issue.

Upon entering the group gasped, if the rows of houses looked big before now the place looked completely towering around them. The huge suburbs looked like some sort of parallel land, it wasn't completely alienating as the big city, as the big patches of land plant life, gave it a familiar and even welcoming atmosphere but the size of the houses and the amount of them, were enough to make the group feel thrown off