Crazy trouble with love part 8
Greg and Jay Ten
Series: Steven Universe
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"Aaaaahhhhh!" Greg cried as he burst through the water, floundering around in confusion. He sputtered and shook his head while the hole he came out of closed. "Hey! Let me out of here!" He cried before looking around and saw a nearby beach. 'What is this place, is this some kind of gem thing?'
With nothing better to do he swam over to the beach and climbed ashore while looking at the weird clothes on. "I don't get why I have to wear all this, my old clothes were just cleaned." He muttered as he rubbed the weird gem earrings that had been forced on him. "Also did they pierce my ears? What's up with that?"
He noted the sand felt like the kind back home and walked up while noting what looked like a jungle ahead. "Huh, that's weird. If I was taken all the way here, you'd think they'd throw me in some kind of jail cell or something." He said before he began to hear something in the distance, it sounded like...people? 'Are those humans or gems?'
Greg looked around and grabbed a small stick and gulped. He began to make his way to the sound while trying to keep it together. 'Alright Greg, you gotta be ready. If those are gems, well...at the very least I might be able to talk myself out of this, I think.' He thought as he made his way through the brush. "Um… excuse me, hello?"
The sounds seemed to grow louder and came towards him with the foliage rustling.
The sunburned man stopped and held up his stick warily. 'Ok, stay calm Greg, it's hopefully a human… maybe?' he gulped and raised it higher, but the rustling got closer making him close his eyes and lunge out, only to trip over a rock and land face first. "Owwww… stupid rock?"
"Hello? Is someone there?" Came a man's voice as the rustling stopped followed by a gasp. "Hey, who are you? Why are you laying down on the ground?"
"I'm Greg, I was kidnapped?" He groaned as he looked up only to see a human wearing the same thing as him. "Hey, you're human too!"
"Why of course, and you are too!" He smiled as Greg stood up. "But what do you mean 'kid-napped'? Were you taking a nap?"
"What? No, I was brought here against my will, like you!" He said as the man tilted his head in confusion.
"Brought… from where? There is only here."
"What?" Replied Greg confused before he saw more humans wearing the same clothes emerge from the foliage. "Wait, there's more of you guys?"
"Of course, there is all of us, like you." Said the man happily.
'Ok, what is going on? Were they all kidnapped too?' He wondered as they all seemed...very upbeat. "Uh, I'm Greg."
"Ga-Reg? That is a strange name, mine is Zee-Four." Said a short child.
"I am Es-Twelve." spoke an older man.
"And I'm Jay-Ten!" Said a blonde girl happily. "It's wonderful to meet you Ga-Reg."
"Uh, actually it's Greg." He corrected before looking around. "So I'm a little lost here. Aren't you all, you know, prisoners?"
"Prisoners? What are those, what is that word?" Asked one dark skinned male with poofy black hair with curiosity.
"Well, it's when you're held against your will." Replied Greg. "You know, when you don't wanna be. I mean, that is why you're all here, isn't it?"
"Oh, then we are not prisoners, we like it here, we've been here since forever!" Said Jay-Ten, shocking Greg. "It is where we eat, sleep, and do all the fun stuff."
"Why would anyone want to leave this place? It's home." Said another as the rest chimed in.
"Home?" spoke Greg surprised before the tags on their ears glowed.
"It is time to enjoy some delicious fruit to fill your stomachs, doesn't that sound nice?" Called a calming voice, making him jump in surprise as the others closed their eyes and held their hands close to the earings.
"That does sound nice." Nodded Jay-Ten as the other humans began to walk off before she smiled at Greg. "Ga-Reg, please come with and enjoy the berries with everyone."
"I...ok? Maybe." He said hesitantly. He followed the two into the jungle while noting how the ground felt soft and was devoid of that many things to trip over. He saw the humans stop at some trees and bushes that made dozens and dozens of red fruit that they ate up with smiles and picked one up while noting it seemed to have a shape of a square. "Do all the fruits grow this way?"
"Grow? I don't know, when the voice tells us to eat the berries are there, it's very nice." Said one as Greg leaned down to inspect the trees and began to notice that the stems and branches weren't made of wood, it seemed to be a soft rubber like substance.
He raised an eyebrow at it and the fruit, but saw everyone didn't seem bothered and took a small bite of it and munched on it. "Huh, this is actually pretty good." He muttered as he gathered some more and ate them up.
"So Ga-Reg, where did you come from?" Asked the puffy haired man walking over with curiosity. "We have never seen you before."
"Well ...let's just say I'm new and come from a pretty far off place." He said with a chuckle. "A really, REALLY far off place."
"Really? Please tell us, what sort of place do you mean?" Asked the man with a tilt of his head. "Do you mean on the far side of home?"
"Well not exactly, but let's just say it's kinda like this place, but it doesn't have much of a jungle like this, or fruits like these." He replied with the man looking even more confused.
"Then how do you get your berries?"
"Well, I have to buy them, they don't grow like this where I'm from."
"Buy? What do you mean?"
"Uh...it's like...giving one person something, and then they give me the fruit or something else I need." he replied while Jay-Ten walked over.
"What are you two talking about?"
"Ga-Reg was talking about where he came from. Apparently it's somewhere not on this island." Replied the man making her gasp.
"What? But there's nowhere else around here."
'Should I tell them? Do they know they're on a spaceship?' wondered Greg. "So...what's it like living here?"
"Oh, it's really nice, the water is soothing, we get berries, we get chosen and we can relax." Smiled the man. "Oh! How silly of me, I never introduced myself. I am Wy-Six."
"Cool… so no one ever leaves this island? Ever?"
"Why would we? We like it here." Smiled Jay-Ten.
"Besides, there's nowhere else to go to." Spoke Wy-Six without losing his smile.
"But don't you guys go out swimming? Like swim out in one direction to see how far you make it?"
"We tried, but the waves sent us back to shore."
"It was the most fun."
"Yes, I suppose it was."
'Waves? Huh, I guess they do that to keep them from realizing they're in a cage.' Thought Greg before the tags glowed again.
"Now that you've enjoyed a tasty meal, why not go out and exercise?"
"Ah, that does sound nice."
'Exercise? Why do I feel like a pet right now, being told when to feed, when to run, this is weird!' Thought Greg before seeing everyone walk off and followed while tapping his chin. 'Is this what gems see humans as? I know we're not as advanced as them, but that's just plain rude.' He thought as the other humans began to run. 'Now that I think about it these guys seem pretty used to this, like they've been doing it for a long, long time...were they all born here? How long has this place been around?'
The humans all cheered as they ran down a steep hill with a few tripping and rolling, but the ground kept any of them from getting an injury with Greg trying to keep up as best as he could.
"Oh man… I'm out of shape...whoo…." He huffed and puffed as he tried to keep up. "I really wish...I had...gone to the gym."
"Keep running Ga-Reg, it is good for you." His earing said, making him groan.
"Easy for you to say, you don't gotta do this." he got out.
"Just keep running." It urged as he saw the others at the foot of the steep as he tried to keep going. "You are capable of doing anything you put your mind to."
'Ok, thanks.' He thought as he kept running. 'Are they trying to get me to like this place so I don't cause any trouble?' When he reached the others he grabbed his knees and panted with the others cheering.
"I knew you could do it Ga-Reg!"
"You were amazing!"
"Very good!"
"Heh...thanks...a lot." He smiled while trying to get his breath. "Do you guys...do this… everyday?"
"Oh no. Yesterday we had run rolling down the hill. It was most fun." smiled Wy-Six.
"Ok… what else do you guys do?"
"Well, the voice tells us." Smiled Jay-Ten. "It always tells us what we should do next."
"Ok… but what about when the voice doesn't tell you to do something, or if you don't want to do what it says?" He asked with Jay-Ten looking surprised.
"What do you mean? Why would you want to do something else?"
"Well… what if it asked you to eat a bad berry, would you still do it?"
"What do you mean 'bad'?" Asked Wy-Six.
"Well, what if a berry was rotten or squashed, or it made you sick?"
"That's silly Ga-Reg, none of the fruit is ever rotten."
"Really? Never? You've never taken fruit with you after you were done eating and had it go bad?" he asked in surprise. "Not even one time?"
"Well, there was once… but he was ok later and the voices told us how to avoid it now so it'd ok."
"So you just rely on the voice to go about your day?"
"Yes, and now do you too, isn't it wonderful?"
"Uh...well truth be told, it's a bit unnerving." He said scratching the back of his head. "I'd rather live without them and be allowed to make my own mistakes."
"But why? The voice makes sure we don't make any."
"Well I'm just saying, what if it told you to sleep, but you weren't tired?" He asked curiously. "Like you still had energy to spare and you wanted to stay awake?"
"Then we lie still until we do, or the fun clouds will appear around us and put us to sleep."
'Fun clouds? Wait, do they mean knock out gas?!' He thought with surprise. "And nothing of that seems off to you?"
"Nope, this is how things are, why?" She asked as she tilted her head curiously.
"Uh...well ...nothing, just curious." He waved off. 'I think I'm starting to understand things. No one here's a prisoner, we're just in one big zoo for humans! That's why they make us dress the same and have these tags.' He thought as he pulled at the earings. 'I wonder what would happen if I take them off?'
That's when the tags glowed. "Now that you've had some exercise, you're all probably tired and could use some rest. A nap would be very helpful."
"Yes, that sounds wonderful." The other humans responded as Greg frowned.
'I'm not tired though… eh, I'll just try doing something different and see what they do.' He thought before seeing all the humans lay down on the ground to get comfy with him putting his hands on his hips and looked around. "Hmm, maybe some jumping jacks can do the trick."
"Ga-Reg, what are you doing, now is the time for naps." Spoke Jay-Ten while yawning.
"I know, I'm just gonna try and tire myself out so I can go to sleep." He said as he kept moving. "In fact I think I might go for a swim too, it's too early for me to go to sleep."
"That's quite odd." She remarked as he started doing jumping jacks as the tag on him glowed.
"Ga-Reg, you need to lie down and rest now."
"I know it's nap time, but I'm not all that tired. Just give me a little bit to wear myself down and I'll be snoozing like the rest in no time." he spoke while getting a new sweat up.
"That is not ok Ga-Reg, it is nap time so you must nap now, the voice knows best."
"Five minutes is all I need."
"No Ga-Reg, nap time is now." The voice said, sounding a bit stricter.
"No, I don't want to sleep, and I am not a child, I am a father who was taken here against my will, so why am I listening to you?" He said with a frown. "I might be all for naps, but only if I say so. And I'm saying I'll get a nap when I feel tired. So there."
"Then perhaps assistance is needed." The voice said, making him blink.
"Wait, what?" He said before hearing a hissing sound that sounded like gas. He smelled something near him and held the tag. "Hey no fair! That's...chea...ting…" He let out before falling down on his stomach and started snoring.
"Good, enjoy nap time Ga-Reg."
(Later)
"Ow...ugh, that sucked…" Groaned Greg as he rubbed his back. 'Stupid gas, are they just going to do that if I don't do what they say?'
"Ahh, what a nice nap." Smiled Wy-Six stretching his arms out as the other humans woke up too.
"Speak for yourself, these stupid things gassed me when I didn't go to sleep!" Frowned Greg crossing his arms. "I felt like one of those nutjobs at a hospital they need gas just to keep them calm."
"What is this 'nutjob'? And 'hospital'?"
"...right, you've never left this place… so, what are we doing now?" Asked Greg while standing up. "I mean, we've already eaten, exercised, and had a nap."
"Now that you've all had some rest, it's time to get nice and clean." Came the voice over the tags.
"Let me guess, go get in the water?"
"That sounds like a wonderful idea." Smiled Jay-Ten as the humans headed back into the jungle.
"Uh guys? Where are you going? The water's over here." Greg pointed to the shore.
"That is for fun, not where we go to get cleaned." Said Jay-Ten, confusing Greg. "Follow us and we'll show you."
"Ok… is this going to be weird?" Wondered Greg following them while looking at the foliage. "I mean, I usually bathe on my own, but with others? I hope we don't gotta all get naked."
"We are almost there Ga-Reg."
'Do they bathe? Did the gems do that?' He thought as they reached a pond in the middle of the jungle with a structure that had numerous spots on it to sit with water running down them and into the water as the humans went in without waiting. "Huh, this doesn't seem so bad." He said as he followed them in. "So, where's the soap?"
"Soap?" spoke Wy-Six in confusion. "Whatever do you mean Ga-Reg?"
"You know, soap. What you use when you get cleaned up."
"I don't think we use this soap you speak of."
"Uh, then how do you get clean? 'Cause from where I come from, we don't just soak in water."
"The magic powder of course." Said one of the humans as one of the stools opened up to show some white powder that began to make the water bubble and turn soapy. "They make so many fun and tiny bubbles and make the water so much fun and foamy."
'It's soap.' He thought with a deadpan. 'Well on the upside, they at least keep everyone from smelling.' He thought while noting all of them kept the clothes on and smiled. 'And I won't have to feel self conscious about myself. These guys don't look like could kick my butt if I got them mad.' He submerged himself to get wet and popped out with a sigh and tried to relax. "This isn't so bad, definitely warm just right."
"Once you are all clean the choosening shall commence." Spoke the voice with the humans letting out cheers with Greg confused.
"The what?" He asked while Jay-Ten swam over while playing with the bubbles. "Uh, Jay-Ten? What's 'the choosening'?"
"Oh, it's where the voices will pair us off with a new mate! You're lucky, it doesn't happen that often!" She smiled while blowing some bubbles out and giggled while Greg stared at her in disbelief before chuckling.
"Hehehe, that's a good one Jay-Ten, you almost got me." He laughed with her looking confused.
"What do you mean by 'got'? Did I take something from you?"
He chuckled some more, but saw her expression and stopped. "Oh, sorry, I thought you were pulling my leg."
"I didn't grab it, should I?" She asked as he just sighed and shook his head.
"No, it's an expression. It means joking with me. Like the choosening, saying the voice pairs us up with someone on it's own, that itself sounds so ridiculous it's funny. Get what I'm saying?" He said, only to see her frown.
"Huh? I don't think it's funny, it's very serious and special, this is where we get our mate!" she smiled while Wy-Six swam over.
"When we get our mate, we can then get to making babies." He smiled. "It is a most glorious moment in our lives."
"Wait, you mean the voice even decides who gets with who?" Spoke Greg in disbelief with a blush. "But...how is that fair?! I mean the feeding and nap time, I kinda get that, but even picking who you end up with? Don't we get a say?"
"No, because the voice knows best, it always has and always will."
"Well it just seems ...wrong." Spoke Greg while internally thinking. 'Keep it easy Greg, you probably won't even get picked. I mean I just got here after all.'
"Wrong how? It's the most important time in our lives."
"I mean deciding who you get with. Like here's a question. What if you didn't like who you were, uh, choosened with?"
"Well, that's impossible, we get along with everyone, so there's none for us to dislike!"
"Besides, no matter who is choosened with who, we all still have fun. Nothing changes." Smiled Jay-Ten before she floated on her back and do some back strokes with Greg seeing the water trickling down her breasts making him blush and look away.
'Get it together Greg, she's probably younger than you!' He thought while grabbing some soap to get himself cleaned. 'Besides, the chances of me being chosen are way low. There's no way this place is gonna pair me up with someone.'
(Later)
'So what, we just sit in this circle until our names are chosen?' He thought as the humans sat in a circle and seemed to wait. 'Kinda thought we'd be standing in front of a platform and get our names called.'
The fire in the middle of the circle began to grow as the voices started up again. "Thank you all for being here, the choosening shall commence."
'I'm getting some serious Logan's Run vibes here.'
"When you are called, please make your way over to your mate."
'Ok, let's see how this goes.' Greg thought as he tensed up a bit nervously. 'Please don't pick me, please don't pick me.'
"Jay-Ten, please stand up."
The blond stood up while looking excited and had her hands together.
"Now, Ga-Reg, please stand up, you two shall both be mates." Spoke the voice making Greg go wide eyed.
"Say what?!"
"Yes! We're mates! Oh isn't this wonderful Ga-Reg!"
"What? No! No, I can't, sorry, but uh… I already had one back on earth kinda." He spoke up as she held his hand. "I mean, technically it was a while back, and it's been a while…"
"But I don't see her here, and now we can be new mates." She said with a smile.
"But I...uh...um…" Greg was at a loss for words while the voice started voicing other people's names who went near each other and was blushing. 'Oh man Greg, what have you gotten yourself into?'
(Later)
"Thank you for being here for the choosening, please take your new mate back to your sleeping huts."
All the humans smiled, minus Greg with Jay-Ten hugging his arm while he looked nervous before seeing everyone walk off. 'Ok Greg, what are you going to do now, you can't just stay here with her or do any of this mating stuff, Steven is coming to get you out of here!'
"Please, follow me Ga-Reg." Jay Ten pulled on his arm in a direction. "I will show you where my sleeping hut is. Oh! Sorry, now that we're mates, it only makes sense it's called our sleeping hut."
"Yeah… ok, so… are you taking this whole mating thing seriously?"
"Of course I am." She smiled while he followed her. "The choosening is the most important part in all our lives. Now that we have mates, we can begin with making babies."
"Babies?!" He blushed with wide eyes and stared at her. "H-Hold up! Isn't that rushing things?"
"No, we're mates now so it's ok, the voice said so."
'Ok, I can not go through with this, this feels like I'm taking advantage of her because she doesn't know any better!' He thought before seeing a round blue hut ahead near others as the other humans entered the huts as doors slid closed. "Uh, Jay-Ten, we need to have a serious talk."
"About what? Can we do it after baby making?"
"No, we can't." He spoke as they entered the hut before the door slid shut and purple lights turned on inside. He looked down and let out a heavy sigh. "Jay-Ten, I can't be your mate."
"What? That isn't a very funny joke Ga-Reg."
"I'm not joking." He looked away while pulling his arm away as she turned to him confused. "Look, I understand this is a big deal for you and all the others, I really do, but...I can't make babies with you."
"What? Why not? Do you not know how?"
"It's not that, lord knows I have first hand experience, but that's not what I mean." He spoke sitting down. "Jay-Ten, the truth is, I can't make babies with you because I'd feel like I'm taking advantage of you."
"Huh? Why? We're mates no-"
"No, we're not, a damn computer just put us together, that isn't fair to you!" He spoke up loud making her flinch. "Sorry, I didn't mean to yell, but Jay-Ten, I'm not from here. To be precise, I'm from a completely different planet. I'm from Earth."
"What ...what is Earth, and why does that matter?"
"Well you see, it's like this. You might wanna sit down, because it's a lot to take in." He said with a sigh. "I'll try to explain it the best I can, but it'll take awhile."
Jay-Ten still looked lost, but sat down and listened as Greg began to explain what Earth was like, how it was similar and different here, all the people on it, and how things were much bigger and wider, and of course how he use to be with Rose and having a son.
"And that's why I can't be your mate, much less make babies with you, I can't stay here, I have to get back home." He finished with a deep breath. "I'd feel like I'm taking advantage of you because it feels wrong. Like I'm urging a girl from another country to do what I say because it's 'cool' or 'what we do here', like something a scumbag would do just to get laid."
"Laid?"
"Another way of saying having sex, or in your way, making babies."
"But this is just how things are done here, I always wanted a mate!"
"Yes, but that's no reason for me to take advantage of you, I barely know you, hell I bet they just paired us together to try and diversify the gene pool and nothing else!" He threw back while Jay-Ten looked conflicted and grabbed at her chest. "What's wrong?"
"My body, it feels...like there's an ache in it."
"An ache? Oh god, are you ok?"
"I...I don't know, it feels...bad?" She said as her eyes began to water.
"Oh, I see what's going on." He spoke feeling guilty as she touched the water.
"What's going on? Why is water coming from my eyes."
"It means you're sad, you're crying." He said with a sigh. "I guess when you live your whole life in comfort, happiness and bliss you never really get a chance to experience the other emotions, huh?"
"It hurts." She sniffled with tears running down her cheek. "Why does it hurt so much?"
Greg moved over and tried to hug her and rub her back as she cried harder into his shoulder. "I'm sorry Jay-Ten, I didn't mean to make you sad. I just wanted to be real with you without lying. I feel bad about all of this. I mean you all deserve a chance to see what your home planets like and experience all sorts of fun stuff, not stay locked up here like a bunch of animals."
"I-I didn't have a problem with it before...why does it hurt now? Why do I feel so sad looking at everything, looking at you?!"
"Because you've learned there's other stuff out there." He spoke pulling back and helped wipe the tears away and looked her in the eyes. "Sometimes the truth can hurt, but that's sometimes what a person needs. Being oblivious to other stuff and not understanding is no way to grow. I mean look at me, I didn't ever think I'd have a son with an intergalactic gem alien, but I did. Life can be harsh and throw all sorts of stuff at you, but if you're willing to learn and understand, you can grow and become really tough. Heck, Steven's growing up faster and faster and dealing with all sorts of crazy stuff right now. By the time he gets to my age, he'll be twice the man I am, maybe more."
"But...I liked not feeling this before, can I go back to not remembering this feeling?!"
"No, you can't, I'm sorry." he sighed while she hugged him tighter. "I'm sorry for making you feel like this, but I know something that might help you relax."
"I-Is it baby making?"
"No, no it is not." He patted his lap with a smile. "Rest your head here and I'll hum a song, it always helped my son sleep if he got fussy and couldn't go to sleep."
"O-Ok." She sniffed as she did what he asked. She felt him rub her head as he started to hum a catchy tune with her closing her eyes to try and focus on it. 'This...this feels pretty nice.'
(Later)
"You sure about this?"
"Yes, just give me a little bit more."
"I mean I just don't want you to overwork yourself." Spoke Greg as Jay-Ten was making a flower wreath. "I mean I once tried to make something like that, and I couldn't even get it for three hours. Way too hard."
"No need to worry Ga-Reg, I've been practicing my whole life. Sometimes I make some without thinking." she smiled.
"Ok, if you say so… am I doing this right?" He held up what he had made, which fell apart on the ground making him sigh as she chuckled.
"It's alright Ga-Reg, here, take mine." She held the flower wreath up and set it on his head.
"You sure?"
"Of course, there's plenty of flowers around so we can always make more. Besides, it looks good on you."
"Hehe, thanks." He chuckled before hearing a large splash from the water. He turned his head and stood up. "Did you hear something?"
"I think I did, did it come from the lake?" She said as he and her got up and began to make their way down towards it. That's when they saw a young boy with puffy hair pop out with a gasp.
"Steven!" Cried Greg with a smile making his son turn and smile.
"Dad!" He laughed as he ran towards him before tackling him in a hug. "You're ok!"
"Yeah, so are you." Smiled Greg as the two hugged while feeling a huge weight of relief . "I was worried you'd get hurt just trying to find me."
"Well I almost crashed a spaceship, but that's a different story." He chuckled sheepishly. "The important thing is I'm here and we can get you out of here."
"That's great, but how do we get out of here?"
"We ...uh…" Steven looked back where he came and didn't see any doors. "Uh...I'm not sure."
"Oh...ok, then uh… we'll just have to look for one." Greg said before perking up. "Oh, Steven, before I forget this here is Jay-Ten. Jay-Ten, this is my son, Steven."
"Greetings Steven." smiled the woman. "Ga-Reg has told us much about you."
"Um, hi… dad, who is this, did Blue Diamond kidnap her too?"
"Not exactly, turns out this place is more or less a zoo." He informed. "And it's filled with the descendants of all the humans who were first brought here."
"...what?!"
"Yeah, my thoughts exactly when I first got here, and it's not too bad once you get past the whole voice controlling everything we do." He remarked with Steven looking confused. "The tags, they let some computerized voice talk to everyone and it's kinda what lets them know when to eat, sleep, stuff like that."
"Dad, that sounds really creepy, can't you just ignore it?"
"I tried once but then I got gassed." He admitted rubbing the back of his head with a sigh. "But it's given me a reason to wanna get out a lot sooner than later."
"Ok, so, this place is a cage, right? That means there has to be a door too!" Smiled Steven.
"Well if there is I haven't found it. Believe me, I've looked high and low all over." Sighed Greg.
"Well, I'm still gonna give it a look, I'll come get you when I find it!" Steven gave a thumbs up and ran off into the jungle.
"So that was Ste-An, he seemed nice." Jay-Ten said with a smile.
"Yup, best thing I ever made." He said proudly.
"Ok. So, what happens when you leave?" Asked Jay-Ten with a dreadful feeling.
"Well, me and Steven will hopefully find a way to return back home to earth."
"And… what about me?" She asked with Greg looking at her and saw she looked sad.
"Well that's simple. When we get the chance, we're gonna free everyone here." He promised. "I promise I'll come back and take you to earth, show you everything that the world has to offer, I promise."
She looked unsure and looked at the ground as he walked up and hugged her.
"I can't take you with right now because a lot of stuff's been going on and I don't want you to get hurt. Right now this place is the safest place for you, but I guarantee the first thing we do when we reach earth is showing you around Beach City."
"O-Ok, I'll hold you to that." She said as she began to smile again.
"Heck, I might get you hooked on the fry bits like Steven." He joked.
"Fry...bits?"
"Ah, right, all you eat are berries. I'll show you when I bring you to earth." He patted her back. "I don't know how long it'll take, but I'll be back as soon as possible. Is that alright with you?"
"Yes, yes it is, and then… will you give a shot at us being real mates?"
Greg blushed and coughed. "Well...after everything's calmed down ...we could talk about it."
"I'll take that as a yes then." She said with a smile as Steven came running back.
"Dad, dad, I found it, I found a door!"
"Really? Where?"
"On the wall, some vines had grown over it!"
"...wow, now I feel like an idiot." He said as he shook his head. "Can we even open it from this side?"
"I don't think so. There were no handles, buttons, or windows."
"Huh… ok, what if we get them to come to us then?" Suggested Greg. "I mean if this is a zoo, they must come in from time to time when they need to. Jay-Ten, didn't you say gems came here one time and took away one of the other humans?"
"Yes, when they went into a very, very deep nap that we couldn't wake them up from."
"...ok, so that's not an option. Hey, do you remember the night where you had those bad emotions, sadness?" Greg asked, getting an idea.
"Yes, it was something I'll never forget." She admitted looking down. "Why?"
"Well, what if the other humans had them and we didn't calm them down, that might get the gems to come!"
"You mean make everyone cry?" Asked Steven.
"Yeah. Steven, they've all lived in bliss their entire life, all they know is happiness, they're unfamiliar with sadness, fear, andger, all of the other emotions." He informed. "If we got them all to cry, it might get the gems running this place to come in and try to calm them down."
"That sounds kind of evil dad…"
"It's either that or get used to living here forever." he spoke firmly. "It's mean, and it'll be guilty, but it's either that or wait for the others to bust us out."
"Uh, they're kinda distracting the other gems right now." Steven looked away while rubbing the back of his head.
"Then that's our answer." Greg said with a nod. "Jay-Ten, can you get them worked up enough to get the gems sent in while me and Steven hide by the door so we can sneak out?"
"I am not sure. I have never done that before." She spoke unsure.
"Just… tell them that the voice is reconsidering changing who their mates are, that should get them riled up."
"Ok, I will try." She ran off with Greg gulping.
"Oh man, I'm gonna feel like the biggest jerk in the universe after this." He groaned as he and Steven bolted towards the door.