The warp pad in the newest gem location they warped to started to glow brightly revealing the large group Crystal Gems. If they had to add anymore members they were going to have to go into two groups. They looked around for a few seconds before stepping off of the warp pad towards a gem ship. It was a Icosahedron (a polyhedron with 20 faces) ship but it was nothing like the other ships some of them had seen during their time on Earth.
"Have any of you been here before? This is the strangest ship I have ever seen," Steven said looking at it.
Most of them said no and it was no surprise. A lot had changed over time since most of them came here to Earth to live. White Pearl, Yellow Pearl, Pink Pearl and Blue Pearl stepped forward staring. Everyone stayed quiet for a few minutes before Yellow Pearl sighed and ran a hand through her yellow hair.
"I remember this place. The memory won't ever fade no matter how hard I think about other stuff."
The three other pearls looked at her feeling the same way.
"I know you guys don't know but this is a Diamond Bunker," Blue Pearl said quietly.
"What is a Diamond Bunker for?" Amethyst asked scratching her head.
Blue Pearl turned to the side with Pink Pearl as Pink Pearl started to speak, "This was something that the Diamonds would go into for defense if things became too hectic."
"More or less it was a quick get away. Sometimes even for the Diamonds things would get too risky. They could take their gem soldiers with them too in there."
Pearl tapped her chin and walked up next to the other pearls staring at the oddly made ship.
"It makes me wonder why they didn't take with them when they retreated Earth. It seems like something important to them so why leave it behind?" Pearl asked.
All the pearls shrugged in unison.
"Maybe they forgot it when they retreated," Soren said and everyone seemed to nod in agreement.
"That has to be it. There's no other reason for it really," Amethyst said looking at Soren who smiled.
Everyone just stared at the strange ship. They knew that the Diamonds weren't there on Earth anymore but that didn't mean anything. Anything or something could be hiding inside. Pink Pearl walked closer to it and placed a hand on it. It was smooth but it was dusty like it was there a really long time.
"I remember there was a button here… It has to be somewhere but it wasn't too obvious if I remember right…"
Everyone stood back while Pink Pearl touched a few places here and there until she hit the right spot. The ship looked perfectly flawless like there were no doors or windows to it but that had to be part of the dense so no one could get inside. Suddenly the ship rumbled and the doors clicked out and opened up blowing dust towards them. Everyone coughed but headed inside without a second thought.
Peridot and Jewel were walking side by side holding hands. Peridot never heard of this kind of ship and yet, it was so interesting. She really wished she knew more about it. Jewel's eyes wandered around the room they stepped into taking in the area around her.
"I do have a question," Peridot said, her voice echoing, "Why are we here for? Is there a corruption here?"
"Well, Onyx and I had discovered something. It was in the back of our room in the Temple. Something like a strong force… Come to find out that there is an item here that could be very useful to our Temple to help bring up our defenses just in case anything happened. Whether it is a corruption attacking or anything from Homeworld too."
This was a very important mission. It wasn't like taking down a corruptions or destroying a red eye from Homeworld…. This was important to their safety. This could be stop any of them from being seriously hurt. They could even hide the humans of Beach City inside if it came down to it.
Pearl led them to a tall hallway and they made their way through until they stopped at a blockage. The blockage was made of rubble from the ship itself. It was pipe, gem shards, glass and other things. The strange part was that there was plants and vines growing there but it was only odd because the ship looked sealed shut like nothing could get in.
"You think there might be a way through?" Steven asked touched the rumble in their way.
The Crystal Gems started looking around seeing if there was a way to get through it or move the stuff.
"It just looks like a one way hallway," Amethyst said.
Soren leaned in and looked closer at the vines and plants growing in the rumble. He pulled his sword out ready to make a way through for everyone.
"Stand back everyone. I don't know what will fall through after I cut through this."
Soren swung at the rumble. The only part that let out was the bottom half of the pile which was mostly plants and other organic plant growth. After inspecting it to make sure it was going to hold up, they all crawled through to the other side. The hallway seemed like it was going on forever but it was unsure if it was a tactic to confuse the enemy or for other safety reasons.
"Blue Pearl, is there a chance that the Diamonds had this place armed in case of unexpected guest?" Lapis asked looking at Blue Pearl.
"I'm not one hundred percent sure but we might have to be careful."
Thirty seconds after Blue Pearl said that, Soren stepped on a tile setting of the security. Three wall turrets rolled out and a red light washed over them quickly scanning for a threat. They heard rumbling in the walls but they summoned their weapons before the turrets could fire. Once the turrets were gone, the floor started opening up revealing more traps and the walls started to close in.
They rushed out of the hallway faster than any of them had ever moved. If one of them got caught in there, that would be the end…. Permanently. They finally made it to the center of the Diamond Bunker without too much effort on their part. The center of the bunker had a door exactly like the one on the outside but this set had the Diamond emblem on the front.
The doors slide open easily without them touching anything. They all looked at each other and stayed quiet.
There wasn't too much of a surprise on the inside of the room. There was a bigger table in the center of the room with four large chairs that were colored for each Diamond. There were a few levitating panels in the same colors as well. Everyone was eyeballing the place unsure if something else was going to come out and attack.
"What are we looking for anyways?" Onyx asked.
"It's another Icosahedron but it's smaller. There it is!" Pearl said pointing up.
Soren held Pearl up and she grabbed the small item.
"Got it!" she said cradling the object.
Suddenly everything went black without warning and then the place lit up with red like a warning. Everyone jumped wondering what was going on but the pearls had to guess the dense system had dropped causing the red light everywhere.
"The defense is down!" White Pearl yelled.
A soft voice came over but no one knew who it was, "The Bunker will self destruct in eight minutes. The Bunker will self destruct in eight minutes-
The voice kept repeating making it more nerve racking. Suddenly, a part of the wall opened up as Jewel touched it with her back by accident.
"Hurry everyone!" Pearl called and everyone headed for the exit in the wall.
Jewel grabbed Peridot and held her close as she jumped out holding her girlfriend. Everyone else followed suit jumping out in pairs. They landed on the ground but it was on a different floor of the bunker instead of the actual outside. They ran a different way touching the wall hoping to open another exit. The original way was more than likely destroyed now.
"The Bunker will self destruct in five minutes. The Bunker will self destruct in five minutes-
The floor to the hallway they were in collapsed and everyone fell through. Amazingly, it was on the first floor. Much like they thought, the first hallway they came into was crumbled to nothing but the exit to the outside was still good. Everyone ran as fast as they could, dodging debris on the way out. Without warning a giant chunk of the Bunker landed in front of them.
They all slid to a stop.
"We're almost out everyone, don't stop no matter what!" Pearl yelled and started running again.
Once they got out and into a far distance to another Warp Pad they looked back in time to see the entire place blowing up after it turned dark, angry red color. They all collapsed from exhaustion in front of the warp pad looking relieved because they almost didn't make it out. That place was well thought out to fall apart that quickly. Everyone looked up at their leader. She was covered in dust and dirt just like them but she had a smile on her face.
She held out the item they almost died for. It glowed brightly and was the same shape as the ship before it blew up.
"When we get back, I'll plug this into our Temple to raise up the defense. We did such a good job today!" Pearl cried happily trying to make everyone feel slightly better, "Everyone let's go home!"
They piled onto the warp pad and headed for home in Beach City.