The Warp Pad lit up revealing the blurred figures of the Crystal Gems. The light then faded away and everyone stepped off of the Warp Pad. All of them were exhausted physically and mentally tired. Jewel had her girlfriend Peridot in one arm and she was carrying a bubbled corruption in the other.
"I-I... I honestly didn't think we were going to make it..." Yellow Pearl said as she stumbled forward, catching herself on the couch, "That was so... hard. So exhausting."
Pearl helped her onto the couch before sitting down between her girlfriend and her husband Onyx. Jewel sat down next to her father with Peridot sitting on her lap. Even though Yellow Pearl didn't want to say it, she had. Everyone needed to know how hard it really was trying to get through that mission.
"Who knew a vacant Homeworld Space Station would be so difficult to escape from. The place was so much bigger than it really looked," Peridot said, sighing.
Jewel nodded in agreement and pulled her small green girlfriend closer to her slender body.
"Yeah, but at least we were able to get the Corruption."
Everyone looked around at each other seeing the worn out tired look on each others faces. Peridot almost seemed like she was already sleeping on Jewel's lap. Pearl had her arms crossed like she was thinking about something and Yellow Pearl looked like she wanted to sleep too. White Pearl smoothed back her hair and stretched some before speaking.
"What can we do now, that that's done?"
"I know, what if we take a vacation on Mask Island? We can Warp there and set up some hand-crafted bungalows for ourselves before the afternoon!" Steven said jumping up in excitement.
The Crystal Gems looked at one another then at Pearl who was already smiling at the idea.
"That's a good idea Steven."
Soren, Pink Pearl and Amethyst smiled at each other.
"We haven't been there in a while. It'd be good to stay at the place again," Amethyst said as her mind went back to remembering the time when she, Soren and Pink Pearl were there.
Everyone started agree amongst themselves.
"Then it's decided! Let's go to Mask Island!" Pearl announced standing up.
Everyone suddenly forgot how tired they really were and started getting ready for their small vacation. Blankets and towels were being packed inside of camping bags. White Pearl helped Lapis and Blue Pearl pack food into a few rolling coolers. Steven, Soren and Onyx packed up the giant ten person tents they had stored away in the closet just in case they decided they wanted to use them.
"If everything is packed and everyone is ready, let's split into two groups to Mask Island!"
Pearl, Yellow Pearl, Onyx, Jewel, Peridot and White Pearl jumped onto the warp pad first and they were gone. Sore, Amethyst, Pink Pearl, Lapis, Blue Pearl, Steven and Garnet jumped onto the warp pad next. Everyone was warped to Mask Island. The Crystal Gems gathered together and followed Steven to their camping spot.
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Steven led the way to the middle of Mask Island. No one questioned him as they went further into the jungle. He pointed ahead for everyone to look and there came a few shocked gasps from some of them. There was palm trees, bushes, beautiful colored sand and a deep blue sparkling waterfall. The place looked so peaceful and undisturbed by anything. They all felt relaxed just staring at it.
"We can make some bungalows right here," Steven announced holding out his arms.
Everyone looked around.
"How are we going to make those?" Blue Pearl asked, "We have tents."
"It's easy because we only need some very large leaves to make them waterproof and strong branches to keep it supported. Some vines to keep everything together and rocks to weight it down so the giant leaves won't fly away. We can use the tents just in case it gets too windy but it normally doesn't happen too far in the island," Steven said with a smile.
Blue Pearl shrugged with a smile.
Everyone broke off into three smaller teams to collect everything they needed to get their vacation started. Within an hour they found everything and created the bungalows. The Crystal Gems were all proud of themselves since they looked really nice, almost like real houses. Once they were completely done setting everything up, they all phased into their swimsuits.
They spent a while playing in the nice, unpolluted water. Sometimes they would jump off of the waterfall into the water below. The water didn't even have that salt water taste either which was an extra bonus. They found some unique looking seashells which they stored away into their camping bags.
The Crystal Gems moved on to making sand castles from the colored sand. Garnet and Peridot ended up having a tie with the biggest sandcastles before they started relaxing on the beach on the edges of Mask Island. They watched as the sun started to set, streaking the sky in purple, orange and red before the moon and stars came out.
The waving started crashing gently onto the sand and the wind started to pick up some but it was a nice breeze. The moonlight shined brightly on the black ocean water. They watched as some crystal looking crabs walked across the sand avoiding the Gems as they went about their business. It was so beautiful outside on the island.
Everyone was split off on the beach with their lovers, drinking their sodas and eating some the snacks they had brought along. It was close to nine when they started packing everything up to head back to their hand made bungalows. Everyone said goodnight and headed inside the ones they would share with their lovers for the night.
Steven had started to lay down on the nice leaves and started to cover up with one of the blankets they had brought along when Lapis and Blue Pearl crawled up beside of him. They gave him a kiss on each other one of his cheeks then he kissed them back when he noticed they were both smiling at him. He smiled back at them wondering what they were up too.
"Steven."
He looked at Lapis, seeing her cheeks were a dark blue.
"Yes?"
"After enjoying our day here on Mask Island, thanks to you, we were wondering if we have time for one more thing, just the three of us," Blue Pearl asked shyly.
He smiled at them, "Sure, we always have time before bed."
Their swimsuits vanished off of them leaving the three of them naked. The two blue gems smiled and started kissing Steven tenderly. Soon, their hands were all over each other. They were tangled in each other, soft moans started to filled the small, make shift bungalow. Soon, they collapsed beside each other with smiles on their faces. They looked at each other and let out soft laughs so they didn't wake anyone else up.
"I love you Lapis. I love you Blue Pearl."
"I love you Steven," his two girlfriends said as they cuddled each other.
The trio was out soon since they were tired from the day's fun and their lovemaking.
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It was the next morning already. The sun had started to rise and the air was starting to warm up on the outskirts of the island. Everyone started to stir in their temporary houses. They ate a short breakfast and started to pack up shortly after. They gave the small area one last look before they headed for the warp pad back to their house.
"Steven, your idea to coming to Mask Island was the best. I feel so much better," Pearl said giving him a smile.
Everyone agreed with him, thanking him for the idea. Steven looked at Lapis and Blue Pearl giving them a proud smile as he held hands with them to the Warp Pad. They split off into two groups again and they were gone back home in Beach City without another word.
It was a wonderful vacation and maybe they could go back sometime soon.