Nothing. It was nothing but darkness all around. The only thing that filled the void was whispers.

"Where am I?"

Complete silence.

"It's so dark. I cannot see. Where am I?"

They turned around looking but there was nothing to look at. They turned again but something stopped them in their tracks. A leash of eyes opened up. They had a glowing gray color to them with evil, black pupils. Black veins surrounded the iris and throbbed eerie like. The eyes locked on the person who was whispering to themselves.

"Every universe and living thing in the cosmos will be in my hand," said a deep voice before the three eyes closed in, causing a flash.

The flash was gone. It had been a strange dream. Jewel shot up in her bed clutching her chest with a gasp. It took a few seconds to calm down. Shock was expressed on her face and dead filled her. She looked around wildly seeing she was in her home.

"I'm at home."

"Are you ok?" said a muffled voice.

"Huh?"

"You jerked up and woke me. Are you ok?"

"Yea... yea, it was a bad dream."

Peridot sat up and took her girlfriend's hand.

"Well, tell me. Maybe you'll feel better?" she suggested.

Jewel's face darkened with embarrassment as she continued talking about it.

"That does sound really weird."

"I guess it was a nightmare after all."

"It sounds like it," Peridot said as she threw the covers off her small, green body.

"It's just hard to explain. The weird feelings I had."

"I think it's nothing more than a nightmare. Just a bad dream and I don't think it is anything to worry about."

Jewel nodded and smiled.

"I suppose but it felt so real."

"Want to go to the beach house? Maybe they are making some breakfast. That should make you feel better."

"Sure."

Jewel got of bed and stretched.

Just a bad dream. That's all.

X

Peridot and Jewel stepped off of the warp pad into the beach house. Everyone waved to them with smiles on their faces. They were all placing the plates on the table full of food for everyone. They sat around the table and some were in the living room on the couch.

Pearl was smiling, looking over everyone on this beautiful morning. Onyx looked over at his daughter the same time as Pearl. They both could see the weird look on their daughter's face. Pearl got up and crouched down by Jewel.

"Are you ok? Did something happen?" Pearl asked placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Yea... It was a dream," Jewel said.

"A nightmare?"

Jewel nodded and lowered her voice.

"All there was, was darkness Mom. There were three eyes and they seemed colorless. Insidious..."

Everyone stopped talking and turned to look at Jewel who looked disturbed still from her dream.

"What else happened?" Yellow Pearl asked.

"Nothing really... There were whispers. What it said was the creepiest thing."

"What was it?" Steven asked.

"There was a dark whisper... It was deep and menacing. It said 'Everyone and everything in the cosmos will be in its hand.'"

No one said a single thing. White Pearl finally cleared her throat and spoke up.

"The Diamonds were supposed to have gotten rid of him a long time ago."

"That's right... I thought so too," Yellow Pearl said and looked at Pearl with a weird, fearful look on her face.

"Let's not jump to conclusions ok?" Pearl said standing up, "He should still be imprisoned."

"Maybe we should check?" Onyx suggested, "Just to make sure."

"What's going on? Who is him and why are guys so freaked out about it?"

Blue Pearl placed a hand on her boyfriend's shoulder and gave a nod to Pink Pearl. White Pearl ran a hand through her hair and looked at Pearl with a pleading look.

"We can can go. To the warp pad immediately everyone... Let's go," Pearl said looking at her girlfriend who nodded in agreement.

"It was a long time ago. The Diamonds had created something vastly different than themselves and us... It almost became the end of everything. Diopside. He wasn't just a gem like us... He was superior... but he wasn't done. He was an incomplete weapon."

Onyx nodded.

"He was the first one. He was the weapon to wipe life off the planet Earth. Something went wrong. It began attacking the gems working for Homeworld. They managed to poof the creature and trap it away."

"Where?" Steven asked.

"In the center of the planet we live on," White Pearl said.

Jewel looked back at her mother.

"The fact you had that dream means his prison may not be holding up well anymore. If Diopside breaks free, then it could be the end of everything."

Jewel looked worried.

"Everything will be ok," Peridot said taking her girlfriend's hand.

Once the stream disappeared and they had traveled to their destination. It like like the warp pad to this place was underground. It looked like the place was still in slightly good condition. There were holographic screens and some of the power crystals were still working. The place looked more damaged by time than someone or something destroying it.

I'm beginning to get that same weird feeling like I had when I was in the we getting closer?

Jewel looked around, her eyes scanning the area around her.

"Look!" Lapis said pointing ahead.

They had reached a doorway. It had the colors of pink, white, blue and yellow. For some of them, it was like looking into the past. It seemed they had escaped Homeworld without many problems but it seemed they were reminded when they saw things like this.

"The doors are magically shut."

"Could we get through then, Mom?"

Pearl bit her lip.

"I have no idea if this door is part of the seal keeping Diopside inside."

"I think we should go through."

Onyx nodded, "We have no choice. We could be down here forever waiting or it could break without us knowing way sooner."

"We can open it," White Pearl said with a stern voice.

Pearl turned to see Pink Pearl nodding.

"We retain some power from our Diamond. We should be able to open it," Yellow Pearl said.

Blue Pearl summoned her spear first.

"Are you guys ready?" she asked.

The other three summoned their spears and stepped forward leaving a foot between them and the door.

"Go!" Pearl yelled.

The four pearls slammed their spears into the key holes and turned them. The door rumbled and disappeared in a flash of light. They looked inside, walking slowly to make sure nothing had jumped out or had gotten loose. Jewel was clutching at her chest not wanting to see Diopside if it was loose.

"He's still imprisoned."

Everyone looked relieved. There were four beams, colored to match the Diamonds.

"Let's go back."

Everyone started heading out of the room but Jewel walked closer to the window.

I can't believe that's him.

Her eyes drifted upward to see something on the ceiling. She squinted trying to see it since it was shrouded in darkness.

"Mom! Dad- guys! There's something in there with him!"

Pearl rushed over to her side and covered her mouth in shock. There was a nest of corruptions on the ceiling.

"It looks like a wasp and a bee!" Steven said.

"It looks like it has miniature copies of itself or it had babies!" Amethyst said.

"What's it doing?" Soren asked.

"It's feeding off of the power crystals," Onyx said looking at his wife then at his daughter, "That's why you heard him."

"We have to go inside," Pearl said.

Jewel gave her mother a weird look but she wasn't wrong.

"Alright... Let me go."

"Are you sure?" Onyx asked.

Jewel pushed open the window and it opened up surprising easy. She crawled through.

"I'm coming too," White Pearl said.

Pink Pearl climbed in next.

They made quick of the wasp like corruptions coming at them while avoiding the stingers being shot at them. Jewel took out the mother corruption and sliced it in half. It poofed and the gemstone hit the stone ground. She picked it up and bubbled it. She sent it back to the temple and turned to the other pearls.

"Mission accomplished."

They climbed through the window and joined the others. They gave her a smile and she beamed back at them. Out the corner of her eye she saw the lights flicker. The smiles disappeared and were replaced by fearful looks. Everyone started backing away, leaving Jewel staring through the window. The gem had started to glow.

"I don't think this is going to end well," Steven said.

Oh, no.