Yo, insane-guy here. Sorry about the lack of updates and such. Been a little down lately and kinda loss my will to write this story. Thanks for those who have reviewed and add this story to their favorite. I know that this story is a re-hash of the original and there is a reason for that. Anyway, enjoy the story and hopeful the next update won't take so long. Later.
Chapter 18
Chille Tid
Jet let out a yawn, it was late and him and the others were out at sea. They were looking for the current whereabouts of the fusion of Jasper and Lapis on a raft. Jet and the others had on life jackets (as suggested by Steven) except for Garnet, who was currently at the bottom of the sea. Jet let out a frown, remembering the broken promise he left Lapis.
Quick Flashback
"Well, I'm not a full gem." Jet said. "I'm like Steven, I'm only half." He touched the force field, which only stung him a little but his hand was able to go through it. "You coming?"
"No." Lapis said. "I don't want your help. Things are bad enough as it is."
"I'll come back for you," Jet said, slipping through the force field. "Rather you like it or not." Lapis sat there with a look of shock on her face. Jet waved and ran off.
End of Flashback
"This isn't getting us anywhere." Pearl said, looking in the sea.
"What's the matter, Pearly?" Amethyst said, mocking her. "Getting tired?"
"I don't get tired, I get results." Pearl said, continuing her search. Garnet suddenly came out of the water and unto the raft. She looked a bit disappointed.
"Nothing." She said, sitting by Steven.
"Ugh." Pearl said, leaning back. " Seems like we've been searching for light years."
"Umm...light years' measures light, not years." Amethyst said, surprising Pearl.
"Whatever." Pearl said. "And I'm sick of wearing these life diapers."
"Safety is no punchline, Pearl." Steven said, picking up a life jacket to give to Garnet. Garnet took it from him and threw it overboard.
"Safety is our job." She said, creating her own. "We must find Jasper and Lapis. As it stands, their fusion is a ticking time bomb."
"Is Lapis going to be OK?" Jet asked, letting out another yawn.
"She had control when she used her powers to drag their fusion into the bottom of the ocean..." Garnet explained. "But a fusion like theirs is unstable, bond together by anger and mistrust. If that bond snaps, their anger will take over and destroy." Jet gritted his teeth upon hearing that. He thought of Lapis as a nice gem and he hated to know that she was bonded with Jasper.
"Don't worry, Lapis." Steven said, tiredly. "We won't let you sleep with the fishes."
"We're going to have to keep looking." Garnet said. "But first, let's take those two home." She pointed at Jet and Steven, with the later snoring on the floor of the raft.
"What?" Steven said, snapping awake. "I'm fine. Let's go fishing..." He started to walk to the end of the raft. "First one catches something wins..." Garnet caught him before he fell into the sea.
"I win." Garnet said. Amethyst felt something on her shoulder and she looked to see Jet's head there. He was snoring lightly and she found this to be adorable.
It didn't take long for the gems to get back to the temple. Jet and Steven were half awake as they climbed up the stairs and into the temple itself. Jet looked at the gems and they looked just as exhausted as he and Steven were.
"We should be out there searching, not in here." Pearl said.
"Sleep is a curse and yet a curse I need to live." Steven said with Jet nodding in agreement.
"Steven and Jet isn't like us, they both need rest." Garnet said.
"You guys need rest too." Jet said, noticing their fatigue.
"Yeah! You look exhausted." Steven said.
"We look awesome." Garnet said through gritted teeth.
"Look." Steven said, grabbing some pillows from the couch. "You can't really not sleep until you try it. And maybe we can throw in a little fun into the mix with a slumber party."
"Fun?" Pearl asked.
"Yeah." Steven said. "All of us together, peacefully dosing off. It'll be like there isn't a vengeful fusing boiling the ocean with hatred."
"Steven's right." Garnet said, placing a hand on Pearl's and Amethyst's shoulder. "We should stay here and relax but I'm going because I'm always relaxed."
'Doesn't look like it.' Jet thought, folding his arms.
"But Garnet." Pearl said. "You can't search the ocean by yourself. Let me...let us help you. We're a team."
"No. Right now, you're a party. A slumber party." Garnet said, walking backwards towards the warp. "Steven, put these gems to bed. There's snacks in the fridge. Don't stay up too late. Bye." And with that, she was off.
"A slumber party, huh?" Jet said. "That doesn't sound too bad. Just let me get changed and I'll be right back." Jet went to the gem door and pressed his hand on the black gem that marked his room. It opened and he went it. He went to the dresser (that he had built) and picked out a black shirt and some sweatpants.
He emerged about 5 minutes later and looked to see that Steven was wearing pajamas. Pearl and Amethyst were still in their regular attire. Jet climbed the latter to Steven's room and Steven had a blanket to cover the floor. He also had an assortment of pillows gathered as well. Jet laid down and Steven had a tray with stuff animals on them.
"Before we get started, would anyone like a slumber buddy?" Steven asked, holding the tray of stuff animals.
"I'm good." Amethyst said, falling asleep next to Jet. Jet raised an eyebrow, amazed at how fast asleep she was.
"Pearl?" Steven asked.
"I'll pass on the slumber pals." Pearl said.
"Okay." Steven said. "How about you, Jet?"
"Thanks, but no." Jet said.
"Alright." Steven said, putting the tray back. "Sleep it up then."
"Right." Pearl said, sitting up folding her legs. "Is this right?" Jet started to snicker and Pearl shot him a look causing him to turn his head and whistle.
"No... you should lay down." Steven said.
"I get it now." Pearl said, laying down close to Jet. "Am I doing it?" Jet started to sweat a little because of how close Pearl was.
"Well, that's better than before." Steven said. "But close your eyes all the way."
"OK." Pearl said, closing them. "Alright. I'm sleeping now. I'm sleeping."
"You can't talk while you sleep." Steven pointed out.
"How's this even suppose to work?" Pearl asked.
"It's easy." Steven said, laying down next to Pearl's other side. "You just lay down, get nice and comfy. Don't move and don't think about anything...zzz..." And Steven was out like a light. Jet followed suit, unable to stay awake any longer.
Inside Jet's Dream
Jet was back on the ship that the home world took them in for some reason. Jet looked around wondering what and why he was there. He looked around and noticed the bodies of his friends on the ground. Jet looked at them, horrified. He turned around and noticed that Jasper and Topaz was there, laughing menacingly
"You two did this?" Jet asked, eyes changing to a golden color. They continued to laugh, as if they weren't threatened by him. Jet growled and summoned his weapon. Topaz charged at him and Jet barely had time to block his attack.
"Using borrowed power, huh?" Topaz asked, looking at Jet with red eyes. "Why don't you fight with your own power, instead of this inherited power you're using?" Jet smirked at this, causing Topaz to frown.
"It's because it's inherited that I get to use it!" Jet said, pushing him back. Topaz smiled and nodded to Jasper. Jasper grabbed Lapis out of nowhere.
"Lapis!" Jet said, running up to her. Topaz blocked his path and Jet growled at him.
"Easy." Topaz said. "We have our own way of inheriting power." Jasper let out a wicked smiled and she started to glow along with Lapis. Jet looked on with horror, unable to do anything.
"Get...out...of...my...way!" Jet shouted, pushing Topaz by merely shouting. Topaz looked at him in shock as Jet made his way towards him.
"No matter." Topaz said, looking up at the combined form of Jasper and Lapis. Jet looked up as well, he couldn't make out anything but a giant shadow with four glowing eyes. The shadow was smiling a twisted smile at him. "The fusion is complete and once again, there was nothing you could do." Jet eyes returned to normal, a hint of sadness in them.
"Don't worry, little boy."The giant shadow said. "I'll easy your pain real soon." Jet looked up and noticed a giant hand coming down upon him.
Jet woke up with a start, sweating bad and shaking a little in the process. He sat up and noticed that Pearl was looking at him. Jet looked at his hand and clenched it, a little electricity streamed out when he did.
"Are you OK?" Pearl asked, noticing how Jet was reacting.
"Lapis." He whispered. Pearl raised an eyebrow at him and was about to ask what he was talking about until Steven woke up, apparently in a state of shock as well.
"Aw, man." Steven said, sitting up. "I had this weird dream that I opened the door and Lapis was there and..." Jet's eyes widen at this.
'Not the same dream, but he was thinking about her.' Jet thought, looking at Steven.
"Well, that doesn't make any sense." Pearl said. " Jasper is fused with Lapis at the bottom of the ocean."
"You've...never had a dream, huh?" Steven asked. Pearl started to think about it.
"Hmm...I don't think so." She said.
"Dreams don't always make sense." Jet stated, still clenching his fist.
"Yeah." Steven said, agreeing with him. "To me, when you dream the thoughts in your head gets all mixed up into a movie and they're hard to explain, which why they are really boring to listen to. Like this one time, I had a dream when these things were being sold to the Big Donut, right? But the front door of the Big Donut lead to the back of my dad's van and...zzzz..." Steven was sleep and Pearl doze off from Steven's explanation. Jet started to fall asleep until he heard the sound of laughing behind him. He raised an eyebrow and looked at Amethyst. She didn't say anything and Steven once again woke up with a start.
"Amethyst?" Steven said noticing her laughing. "Hey...what are you laughing at?" She pointed up to the ceiling and there was a moving image of Pearl and Rose projecting from Pearl's gem.
"Oh, Rose this is wonderful!" Dream Pearl said, hugging Rose from behind. "I'm just having so much fun spending time with you, Rose! Forget about Greg, let's go travel the galaxy."
"Pearl, thank you so much..." Dream Rose said. She turned around slowly to reveal the face of Greg. "For fixing my van." Pearl screamed in horror. Jet couldn't hold it in any longer and he started to laugh as well as Amethyst. Pearl woke up with a start, apparently horrified at what she just dreamt of. She sat up, trying to compose herself with Amethyst still laughing at bit.
"Pearl?" Steven said.
"Umm...Yes, Steven?" She said.
"I... had another dream about Lapis." Steven said.
"That's OK!" She said, throwing her hands in the air. "Dreams aren't real, they're just mixed up movies!"
"But I... I think I was talking to her." Steven said.
"Wait... How do you know?" Pearl asked, putting her arms back to her side.
"I don't, but I can just feel it." Steven said. "She was yelling and she was really freaked out."
"What did she say?" Pearl asked, her eyes widen a bit. "Is she still in control."
"I don't know." Steven said.
"Steven." Pearl said, standing up. "You could be using your dreams to connect with her mentally."
"Can you do it again?" Amethyst asked, standing up to sit on Steven's bed. "Maybe Lapis can just tell you where they are."
"Guess I have to go back to sleep." Steven said, slamming his fist together.
"Hold up." Jet said, sitting in front of Steven. "I'm coming with you."
"How on Earth are you going to do that?" Pearl asked.
"Well..." Jet started. "If it's OK with Steven, I'm going to match my mind's wavelength with his. When doing so, I'll be able to enter his mind within an astro plane."
"Wow." Pearl said. "That's quite impressive."
"Indeed, it is." Jet said, jokingly. "OK, Steven. Ready whenever you are."
"OK." Steven said, laying down. "Pearl, tell me about your dreams so that I can fall asleep."
"My dream?" Pearl said, a bit flustered.
"C'mon, Pearl!" Amethyst said. "It's for the greater good!"
"Well, if I must." Pearl said, taking a deep breath. "So, in my dream I was..."
"Zzz..." Steven was out cold. Jet went over to where Steven was and placed his hands on Steven's head. Jet closed his eyes and he was able to sync his mental wave lengths with Steven. All of the sudden, it went pitch black for Jet and that was a sign that his astro self was getting transmitted into Steven's mind.
Inside Steven's Dream
"Oh." Steven said, floating around in a sky like area. "I knew this is a dream now so I can image anything I want."
"This is weird dude." Jet said, scaring Steven a bit. "Do you always dream of a void like this?"
"It depends." Steven said. The area around them went dark and Steven started to swim ahead with Jet not that far behind him. "Now, how do I find Lapis?" Steven kept going until he bumped into something soft. Jet looked at what Steven bumped into and it seemed like a mane of some sort.
"Lion?" Steven said, feeling the surface. "Wait... you're not Lion." The surface started to suck him in and Jet grabbed his hand to try to pull him out. Jet ended up getting suck inside as well. The both of them hit the new surface hard.
"What is this place?" Jet groaned as he started to get up. It looked like a voided area and there was nothing visible except for the floor, which was covered in a liquid blue that shine the room. Jet looked around and noticed that Lapis was bond by a chain, struggling to hold something back.
"Lapis!" Both Steven and Jet called out. She turned around and was shocked by Jet's appearance.
"What are you doing here?" She asked Jet, then her attention shifted to Steven. "Why do you keep coming back?" The chains seemed to be pulling her in. "I can't be distracted. I...I got to hold us down with the weight of your planet's ocean. I've got to...keep...her..."
"Lapis, tell us where you are!" Steven said, pleading with her.
"We can help you!" Jet said.
"I've told you before, I don't need your help." Lapis said, as she struggled with the chains that binding her to the floor of the room.
"And I've told you that I would come back for you." Jet said. "Rather you like it or not." Lapis looked back at them then suddenly she was pulled under the surface of the room. Jasper emerged from the surface, she was chained up as well. She was breathing hard, trying to regain her senses.
"You!" She said, looking at Steven. She then turned her head towards Jet, trying to make out who he was.
"Jasper!" Steven said, backing up a little.
"You! You!" She started to crawl towards Steven and Jet couldn't do anything but watch. If he activated any of his abilities while he was inside of Steven's mind, he could end up frying the kid's brain and he didn't want that to happen. Luckily, Jasper was pulled under before she could do anything and Lapis reemerged once more. Jet and Steven ran up to her.
"Can't you see?" She said, kneeling on the ground. "I can't rest...not for a second. Don't look for me, I don't want your help." Jet could see the sadness in her eyes.
"But..." Steven said.
"Just let me do this." Lapis said.
"Lapis..." Jet said.
"No!" She yelled. "I'm not Lapis anymore...we're Malachite now." She sinks back into the surface of the ground. Suddenly, the ground started to rumble and the area started to fill with water. Jet didn't bother holding his breath because he was aware that he was in Steven's mind. Steven and Jet heard a growl and turn to see what it was. It was a giant woman, with light blue skin and four eyes glaring in their direction. She gave them a twisted smiled.
"Go!" She screamed.
Jet found himself back in the temple. Steven had woken up from his dream, thus breaking his connection. Both were sweating hard, trying to compose themselves. Steven held onto Pearl and Jet was trying to catch his breath with Amethyst placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Did you see her?" She asked Jet.
"Yeah..." Jet said, catching his breath.
"She's still fused and she's still in control but..." Steven said. "I don't know for how long and..." Steven paused when he heard the sounds of footsteps approaching them. The crew turned and noticed that Garnet was back.
"This is a weird party." She said. Steven ran up to her and hugged her lower body.
"Garnet." He said, clinging onto her.
"Steven, you're still awake." Garnet said. Steven started to explain his situation to Garnet, he told her everything and Garnet placed a finger over his lips to silence him. "I know you're worried but there's nothing we can do right now. So, let's take it easy." She picked him up and placed him back with the others.
"I'll show you how it's done." Garnet said. And with that she fell face first unto the ground.
"That's pretty conveniencing." Pearl said, as Garnet start to snore. Jet raised an eyebrow and then looked at his fist once more.
'I couldn't help you this time.' Jet thought. 'But, I shouldn't let that discourage me. Next time, I'll be able to do something to get you out of that horrible situation. Until then, stay strong.'
