Hey folks, InsaneGuy here and thanks once again for taking time out of your day to read this story. It's been awhile since the last update and like any other writer, the little thing called life gets in the way of things. Anyway, I hope that you enjoy the latest chapter of this story and have a great Thanksgiving (if you celebrate it) and an awesome weekend.

Chapter 20

Friend Ship

Things were tense around the temple and it has only been a week since Pearl tricked Garnet into fusing repeatedly. Neither of them spoke to one another with Pearl being ashamed and Garnet being tensed and angry. Jet even felt uncomfortable staying in the temple for long periods of time. Currently, Jet was out taking a stroll with Steven and Amethyst. He was against it at first, because he was certain that Garnet and Pearl would shatter each other if they were left alone. After some reassurance from Steven, he decided to trail along with them and leave the temple.

They were strolling through an unfamiliar neighborhood (at least, unfamiliar to Jet) when a kid named Onion waved Steven over to his house. Steven went over, wondering what he wanted and disappeared behind a curtain. Jet and Amethyst followed suit and stumbled upon a garage with paintings of Amethyst decorating the place.

"Wow." Jet said, looking around. "And I thought I was your only fan." Amethyst blushed upon hearing that. Steven was standing around looking at the paintings himself.

"Steven." Jet said, getting his attention. "Where did that Onion kid run off to?"

"He went through that door." Steven said, point towards said door. "I didn't want to go in unannounced."

"Who's in here?" They heard a voice said. "I don't know what you're in here for, but this is private property." A lady came out from the door holding a shotgun. She was wearing blue overalls with a coat over it. Her hair was shaped almost like an onion and she was glaring at them.

"Vidalia?" Amethyst asked, taking a good look at her. Vidalia squinted her eyes towards them.

"Amethyst?" She asked. The two ran towards one another and hugged each other. Jet couldn't help but smile at that.

"It's been years!" Vidalia said, leaning the shotgun near a nearby wall.

"Man, you've changed." Amethyst said, getting a good look at her. "You look terrible."

"You look the same..." Vidalia said. "Terrible!" The two shared a laugh.

"Wait... what?" Steven said, mildly shocked. "Who's she? How do you know each other?"

"We both kinda hung around your dad." Amethyst explained. "But Vidalia is cooler than your dad, so we started hanging out without him."

"Is that Steven?" Vidalia asked, looking at Steven. "Look at him! He looks just like Greg. That's good, that's good! He used to be super hot!" Steven let a blush form while Amethyst and Vidalia snickered at that. Viladia's attention then shifted towards Jet.

"Amethyst, who is this?" She pointed towards him. Amethyst was about to answer until Jet intervened.

"I am her lover." Jet said, trying his best to put on a fake French accent. "We've spent many nights together in the...oof." Amethyst elbowed him in the side, causing him to stop. She had a huge blush on her face.

"Oh?" Vidalia said. "Her lover, eh?"

"I'm sorry." Jet said, rubbing his side a little. His voice was normal this time. "I'm Jet. Her comrade and lover if she considers me to be one...oof!" Amethyst elbowed him in the side again, her blush still intact. Vidalia snickered at this, finding the scenario entertaining.

"So..." Steven said, changing the subject. He was looking around at the paintings. "Did you paint these when you used to hang out?"

"Yeah, some of them." Vidalia said, looking around herself. "Some are new though. Amethyst was my favorite model." Jet smiled upon hearing that and he eyed her. She noticed and a blushed formed on her face.

"So, Amethyst." Vidalia said, getting her attention. "Can you still transform into anything?" Amethyst walked close to the nearest painting and morphed into an exact image of it.

"Anything that looks respectable." Amethyst said, transforming back to herself. Vidalia let out a short laugh and pulled a photo from her coat pocket. She handed Steven the picture and Jet leaned closer to get a better look. It was a picture of Amethyst and Vidalia, with Vidalia looking much younger in the photo. Both were wearing weird hairstyles though. Jet started to snicker at the photo until he received another elbow to the side via Amethyst.

"Oww..." Jet grunted, his side starting to get sore.

"So, tell me Steven." Vidalia said. "Aren't we just the spitting image of mischief?"

"Pfft. Hardly." Amethyst said. "You're wearing slippers." Vidalia folded her arms.

"You don't know what I've done in these shoes." Vidalia said. She let out a laugh and Amethyst joined her. Steven walked up to her and handed her back the photo.

"It great to see you again." Vidalia said. " Sorry it's been so long, I guess we've both been so busy."

"Oh yeah, I get it." Amethyst said, pulling Steven closer to her. "Kids..." Steven raised an eyebrow at her.

"What about kids?" He asked, pulling apart from her. Suddenly, the door opened behind them and Onion walked in and wrapped his arms around Vidalia's leg. Jet looked at the kid and felt a slight chill down his spine. He noticed that the kid was wearing what looked like a cape, a white sweater and red pants.

"Oh, here's one now." Vidalia said, placing a hand on Onion's head. Onion looked at Steven, who just stared back blankly.

"You're Onion's mom?" Steven asked, pointing at her. Vidalia giggled upon hearing that and she picked up Onion.

"Yep, He's my little trouble maker." She said, picking up scissors that Onion was carrying. She tossed it to the side. "And Steven, he loves talking about you." Onion whispered something into her ear.

"Oh?" Vidalia said. "That's a great idea! Steven, Amethyst and Jet. Onion wants to know if you would like to stay for dinner?"

"Umm..." Steven said. The poor kid was sweating a lot since Onion appeared in the room.

"We'd love to!" Amethyst said, glancing at Steven. "Onion, is like, your best friend." Amethyst and Vidalia started to head towards the door and was chanting it up. Jet looked at Steven and Steven was just standing there, sweating a lot.


The gang headed into the kitchen and sat down at the table. Vidalia started to fix each of them a plate of what looked like pasta to Jet. His stomach roared and he thank Vidalia and took a bit out of his food. He glanced and noticed that Amethyst wolfed her food down in one bite. Jet sweat dropped at that, he still wasn't used to her eating habits.

"I can't eat another bite of...whatever that was." Amethyst said, pushing the plate away from her. Sitting at the table was: Jet, Amethyst, Steven, Vidalia, Onion and her other son, Sour Cream.

"Oh, it's just a little dish I like to call noodles and butter." Vidalia said.

"I can't believe how long it's been." Amethyst said. "I mean, check this guy out." She pointed at Sour Cream, who had a set of headphones in his ear. "I used to be bigger than him." Steven waved to Sour Cream and Sour Cream waved back. Jet also waved and Sour Cream returned the wave. Sour Cream got up from the table and disappeared into the other room.

"Do you ever hear from old Farty Marty?" Amethyst asked.

"Eh?" Vidalia said, then she started to laugh. "I don't know where that fool is. Don't care, either. It's just been me and Yellowtail for a while." She showed Amethyst her ring and Amethyst looked shocked at her.

"What? Yellowtail?" Amethyst said. The two continued to play catch up, while Jet continued to munch on his food. He noticed that Steven was glaring at Onion, who was making a figure of Steven's head out of his food.

"Hey, that's me!" Steven said, mildly impressed. Onion suddenly mashed the figure apart, causing Steven to glare more at him. "Why do you hate food?" Onion walked up to his mother and she lean down so that he could whisper in her ear.

"That's a great idea!" Vidalia said. "Steven, Onion wants to show you around the house. What do you say? Can Onion tour you around?" Steven started to sweat once more. The lights started to flicker on and off, causing Jet to raise his guard. He cautiously started to raise his weapon from his gem. Amethyst noticed and told him to cut it out.

"W-What's going on?" Steven asked, looking around a bit nervous.

"Whenever Sour Cream starts DJing, it uses all the electricity in the house." Vidalia explained. "Good thing Yellowtail's not here, it drives him nuts."

"Dude, your house is jacked." Amethyst said.

"Ah, what can you do?" Vidalia said. "Kids gotta express themselves." Onion got up and grabbed Steven's hand and lead Steven from the kitchen table. The poor kid was sweating a lot. Jet started to leave as well until Vidalia stopped him.

"Where are you going?" She asked, as she fixed herself a cup of tea. Jet scratched his head.

"I figured that you two would want some girl..." Jet stopped after Vidalia raised an eyebrow at him. "I mean, woman talk." Vidalia and Amethyst looked at each other and laughed, causing Jet to raise an eyebrow.

"We don't care about that." Vidalia said. "Well, at least, I don't. C'mon, we can talk in the living room." Vidalia started to walk into the living room and Jet and Amethyst followed suit. Vidalia's living room was a standard one containing a purple couch, a table, a couple of plotted plants and a couple of more paintings of Amethyst. The trio sat on the couch with Amethyst seating by Vidalia and Jet seating by Amethyst.

"So." Vidalia started. "Jet, was it?" Jet nodded his head, a bit nervous. "Are you anything like Amethyst? Can you transform yourself as well?"

"Well..." Jet said, morphing his hand into a sharp point. "I am only a half gem. My abilities when it comes to morphing aren't as good as hers." He morphed his hand back to normal. Vidalia then let a sly smirk appear on her face.

"Another question." She said. "How good are you in the sack?" Jet coughed nervously and Amethyst let a huge blush form on her face. Vidalia started to laugh at this.

"Hmm... you serious?" Jet said, regaining his composure. "You're married, so why are you asking me this?"

"That may be, but I can still ask." Vidalia said with a smirk on her face. " Can I?"

"Yeah." Jet said, folding his arms. "I'd say I'm pretty good. Just ask this lady right here." He nudged his head toward Amethyst and Amethyst said nothing. Vidalia was smiling from ear to ear.

"Amethyst." Vidalia said, getting her attention. "Did he rock your world?"

"C-Can we change the subject?" Amethyst asked, blushing still.

"Sure, sure." Vidalia said, laughing a bit. "So, how are things back home? Is everything alright?"

"No." Amethyst said, her head casting down a bit. "Everything at home is a wreck. Pearl tricked Garnet into fusing with her and I never seen Garnet this angry before. It's awful and I feel trapped."

"That's crazy." Vidalia said, taking a sip from her cup. "I know what you mean though."

"You do?" Amethyst asked, looking at her.

"Hey, we don't always get along in this family." Vidalia said, looking into her cup. "Yellowtail and Sour Cream are always at each other's throats, makes me nuts. When I get like that, I think about you and how you can just roll with it."

"What? No! That was you!" Amethyst said. "You were so cool! I was like... a dumb sponge following you around."

"But you were down for anything." Vidalia said. "Not afraid of anything. You know how much I want to be like you? I still think about it. To be honest, that's why I started painting you again. I'm aspired by you Amethyst." Amethyst looked shocked upon hearing all of this. "Looks like I need more tea, you wanna eat this bag?"

"Yeah." Amethyst said, taking the tea bag from Vidalia. "My favorite." She ate it in one go.

"Ok, I'll be right back." Vidalia said. Vidalia left the room to refill her cup.

"Wow." Jet said. "She thinks highly of you and she has the right to."

"How come?" Amethyst said. Jet leaned closer to her and kissed her. She moaned quietly into it, the feeling of it was still incredible to her.

"You're amazing." Jet said, breaking the kiss. "In your own way and don't forget that." Amethyst smiled a little and leaned towards Jet's ear.

"Just for that, you're not gonna get to sleep tonight." Amethyst whispered in his ear.

"Oh?" Jet said, smiling a bit. "Well, bring it on then." Jet and Amethyst was smiling at one another and Vidalia entered the room, her eyebrows raised at their friendliness towards one another.

"Flirting, eh?" She asked. Amethyst blushed but said nothing. Vidalia sat down and she continued to talking to the two through-out the day. Eventually, evening crept on them before they knew it and it was time for them to leave. They didn't want to overstay their welcome. They got up to leave and Steven paced himself down the stairs. Currently, they were standing outside with Onion holding his mom's hand.

"Thanks for dinner and for listening." Amethyst said.

"Thanks for breaking into my house." Vidalia said. "And don't worry about that other stuff, it's going to blow over. You're a rock... that's what you are right?"

"Hmm... something like that." Amethyst said, smiling a bit.

"Well...whatever you are, don't be a stranger." Vidalia said, placing her other hand on her hip.

"Yeah, I can stop by anytime if you need... inspiration." Amethyst said. "Or if you want, you can come over by the temple sometimes, too. You can even bring Onion for Steven to play with." Jet glanced at Steven to noticed that he started to sweat once more.

"Well, that sounds great to us." Vidalia said. "What about you Steven?" Steven glanced down at Onion and noticed that Onion opened his mouth to release a mouse he had in there. Unfortunately for Jet, he noticed and shuddered a bit at what he seen.

"Ha, Ha. Yeah... we'll see." Steven said., still sweating a bit.


It was the next day and Amethyst was feeling a little better since she had caught up with her friend Vidalia. She was serious about not letting Jet sleep, well not that much anyway. As soon as they got home, she invited him to her room and the two ended up making love all night. There was a knock on the door and Pearl was yelling at Amethyst to get up. Amethyst did and she attempted to wake Jet up as well. He did, but he felt a little out of it. He was tired and he stretched his limbs. He put on his clothes and walked out of the door, with Amethyst close by. Pearl informed them that they had a location on where Peridot was and Jet found himself waking up a little at that.

"Are you sure?" He asked.

"Yes." Pearl said. "She's located near the home warp pad."

"Cool. Let's go then." Jet said, walking to the warp pad. The others followed suit and as soon as they were on, they were off to their location. As soon as they got there, Peridot was in the area, surprised by their sudden appearance.

"Ah-ha!" Pearl said, pointing to her. "I was right, she's here! My plan worked perfectly!"

"Good-morning!" Steven waved to her.

"What?" Peridot asked, still looking at them in surprise. "How did you know I was here?"

"We found a secret way to track you and we'll never tell you how even if you asked nicely." Steven said, sticking his tongue out at her.

"Peridot, we're here to-" Garnet started.

"And you'll never get away with it!" Pearl interrupted, causing Jet and Garnet to raise an eyebrow at her.

"Don't you gems have anything better to do than to annoy me?" Peridot asked.

"Nope!" Amethyst said, smashing her fist together. "We're gonna-"

"Prepare to be annoyed!" Pearl interrupted once more.

"Grrr... I don't have time for this!" Peridot said as she formed her fingers into a point. She started to charge a beam towards them. "This planet has an expiration date and I'm not going to stay around to find out when!" She fired the shot towards them, sending herself flying back a little. They ducked but the shot ended up hitting a pillar behind them, sending it crashing down upon them. Luckily, Steven activated his shield before any of them got hurt. Pearl glared at Peridot, who started to sweat a little.

"That's it!" Pearl said, getting from underneath the shield. "I'm taking her out!" She started to run towards Peridot, equipping her weapon in the process.

"Pearl, wait!" Garnet shouted. Before Pearl could swing her weapon at Peridot, Peridot was able to trap Pearl in a bubble-like force field, stopping Pearl in her tracks.

"Ha! Sorry!" Peridot said, swinging Pearl around back towards the gems. "But you're going the wrong way!" Pearl came hurling towards them, hitting Steven in the process. This cause the shield to disperse and the pillar coming down upon them. Garnet noticed and held the pillar up.

"Get her!" She said. Jet and Amethyst nodded their heads towards one another and took off towards Peridot's direction. Amethyst rolled into a ball and spin her way towards Peridot. Peridot jumped into the air, dodging the attack. Unfortunately for her, Jet was already in the air with her, glaring at her with red eyes. Before he had the chance to strike, Peridot trapped him in the same bubble-like force field and swing him towards Amethyst. Amethyst tried to move out the way but he ended up hitting her. Jet groaned and felt that he landed on something rather soft. He felt around and squeezed the soft surface. Whatever he was on, moaned in the process and he looked to noticed that he landed on Amethyst.

"Sorry!" He said, quickly getting off her. Amethyst was blushing but didn't say anything. They noticed that Peridot was making her way towards a nearby warp pad.

"Doesn't anything work on this stupid planet?" She asked, as she tried to warp away with no avail. Steven got up and summoned his shield.

"I do!" he said, throwing the shield towards her. It hit her directly in the head.

"Ow!" She said, rubbing the spot where she got hit.

"Amethyst!" Garnet yelled, throwing the pillar she was holding in the air. "Catch!" Amethyst summoned her whip and she wrapped it around the pillar.

"Destroy!" Amethyst said, sending the pillar crash down to where Peridot was. Peridot didn't notice and she was caught off guard and sent flying in the air.

"I got her! I got her!" Pearl said, running while holding her arms out. Apparently, Garnet was doing the same and didn't notice Pearl until it was too late. The two ended up bumping into each other, knocking the other down. Peridot changed her fingers into a misshaped helicopter before she had the chance to hit the ground.

"Pearl! Get off me!" Garnet said, trying to push Pearl off her.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Pearl apologized over and over. Garnet just glared at her.

"Wow." Peridot said, hopping on another warp pad. "This is just sad! I almost feel sorry for you...clods!" And with that, she was able to teleport away.

"Tch." Jet grunted, as he folded his arms.

"Have a great weekend!" Steven said, waving to where Peridot was. The other gems just stared at him, wondering why he said what he just did. Steven noticed and sweat dropped. "I mean, I hope her weekend is not so great?"


The trip back was a quiet one. No one had anything to say as their mission to catch Peridot ended up in another failure. The only one who seemed to be in good spirits was Pearl. Everyone else had their arms folded in disappointment.

"Well, I realized that was crazier than I thought it would be." Pearl said, stepping off the warp pad. "But, there's a silver lining to this. Now we know we can track her every movement." She walked over to where she had taken apart Peridot's pod. Jet was curious, so he walked over to where Pearl was.

"How so?" Jet asked, kneeling to look inside the pod.

"Well, I'm glad you asked." Pearl said, kneeling as well. "Whenever she uses the warp system, her escape pod will instantly detect exactly where she is. It's only a matter of time until we catch her and when we do, we be able to close this chapter and finally move on."

"You figured this all out?" Jet asked, earning a nod from her. "You're a genius, Pearl." Pearl blushed at this.

"Well, I don't know about that." Pearl said, blush still intact. Garnet walked up to where they were, her arms still folded. Jet noticed and walked to where Amethyst and Steven where. He figured that Garnet and Pearl would start up a conversation but the two just ended up staring at each other.

"Ugh." Amethyst groaned, tired of the silence. "Isn't there something maybe the two of you might need to talk about?" Before either could say a word, Peridot's space pod started to glow and a screen popped up.

"It's Peridot." Pearl said, looking at the information on the screen. "She using the warps right now." She placed her hand on the screen and her eyes changed as well. She projected an image for all of them to see.

"That's so cool!" Jet said, noticing the change in her eyes.

"Look, this is where she is." Pearl said, showing them the exact location of Peridot. "We got her for sure this time." Pearl started to walk towards the warp pad. "If she thinks she got the upper hand then she got another thing coming and that's us!"

"Tch." Garnet grunted and followed Pearl to the warp pad.

"Man, this tension." Jet said, noticing the atmosphere in the room.

"Well, at least Pearl's optimistic." Steven said.

"It won't help." Amethyst said, noticing the atmosphere as well. "She could hand Peridot over on a silver platter but it won't make up for the stunt she pulled to get Garnet to fuse with her." Amethyst and Jet walked over to the warp pad, leaving Steven to his thoughts.

"Steven, let's go!" Garnet said, snapping him out of it.


The gang warped to an unfamiliar location and Jet was marveled by it. It looked as though they were in a forest and towards the end of the forest, Jet noticed something that looked like an old space ship.

"Whoa!" Steven said, looking at the massive ship.

"Ha! She's desperate!" Pearl said. "Look at this, she cornered herself in there. We've got her just where we want her." Jet continued to look around at the scenario.

"What's this-" Jet started to ask.

"Excellent question, Jet." Pearl said, causing Jet to sweat drop. "What we see before us is an ancient interplanetary gem vessel. Home world gem used these ships to travel the cosmos and landed her on Earth before the warp pads were built. But these ships landed so long ago that there's no way they can be functional." Jet took other glance and noticed that the ship was covered in moss.

"Peridot is running out of options." Pearl continued.

"Pearl." Garnet said, getting her attention. "We can't waste time. Let's focus on the task at-"

"Ah, yes!" Pearl said, running ahead a little. "The task at hand! No more playing around, let's go get Peridot!" Steven, Jet and Amethyst looked at each other and the group started their destination towards the ship. The group eventually made it to the ship in a short amount of time and Jet looked inside.

"It's more like a greenhouse then a space ship." Steven said, looking inside as well. Inside, there where planet life all around, with patches of mushrooms scattered all over the ground. The wall was covered in patched of plant life as well. The only thing that would make this place pass as any sort of space craft was that there was a control hub in the center of the ship.

"Looks like Earth won this battle." Amethyst said, looking and walking around the ship. The hub in the middle started to glow and a crystal popped into the middle of it. The group noticed and moved closer to investigate it. Jet touched the crystal and all the sudden a screen popped up and Peridot's face was visible to them.

"Ha, Ha, Ha!" She started to laugh. "You gems really are dull as dirt."

"You're the dull one if you think you can fly this wreck." Pearl said. Peirdot glared at her.

"What?" She said. "Can you speak louder? Some of these communicators are messed up." Jet looked around and noticed something that looked like a microphone. He grabbed it and tapped on it before he spoke.

"She said, you're the dull one if you think that you can fly this wreck." Jet said, repeating Pearl's words. Peridot glared at them and started to laugh once more.

"Fly? I'm not using this vessel to fly." Peridot said. "I'm using it to trap you!" As soon as she said that, the ship's door slammed shut, causing them to look behind them.

'Aw, shit.' Jet thought, looking back at the screen.

"Isn't this nice?" Peridot asked, getting the others' attention. "No more crystal gems running around, messing with my plans, destroying my things. Looks like I've got you right where I want you. How does it feel to be so easily outsmarted, you clods!" Pearl gritted her teeth at this.

"Hey!" Amethyst said, taking the microphone from Jet. "This is Amethyst. I don't appreciate being called a clod, you clo-"

"Enough talk!" Peridot yelled. "Prepare yourself for annihilation!" The gems could see her press something but nothing happened. They looked at her blankly. "Hold on, here! Now!" As soon as she said that, lasers from the wall appeared and started firing at them. Jet quickly went into Berserker Mode and started to deflect every beam that was aimed towards them.

"That's impossible!" Peridot said, noticing what Jet was doing. "Just Die! Die, die, die, die, die!" The rate of the lasers increased and Steven formed a bigger shield for them to get under.

"Hey guys, over here!" Steven mentioned them over. Jet went under the shield and kneeled down. He held on to his eyes and other joined in soon after. Amethyst looked at Jet and noticed that blood was traveling from his eyes.

"What happened?" She said, grabbing his face and examining him. "Did you get hit?" Jet shook his head no.

"Naw. I just activate Berserker Mode too quickly." Jet explained. "I have to let it build up before using it. Don't worry about it." Amethyst shot him a look but then shook it off. Garnet looked worried for a bit too, but then when Jet told them not to worry, she looked around and noticed an exit for them to escape through.

"This way!" She pointed and the group managed to navigate themselves underneath Steven's shield to the location. Steven collapsed when they were in the safe zone and Jet wiped the blood from his face.

"Wow, Steven!" Amethyst said. "You're on fire today!"

"Yeah." Steven said. "I never used the shield this much in one day-" Before he could finish, a spike nearly impaled his face. making him sweat hard. Suddenly, spikes started to pop up all around the ground.

"Move!" Garnet said, as Amethyst picked up Steven and took off.

"Spikes!" They heard a voice yelled, as the group ran down the corridor. They had to avoid the barrage of spikes along the way. "How do you like my spikes?" The voice belonged to Peridot, as she stood there with her arms folded.

"Peridot!" Pearl yelled, charging after her. She drew her weapon out as well.

"Pearl!" Garnet yelled. "Don't just...grrr..." Garnet ran after her, annoyed at Pearl's actions.

"Ha! You idiot!" Peridot said, as Pearl swiped through her. Apparently, this Peridot was a hologram and Pearl continued to swipe at it upon knowing that.

"Pearl, stop." Garnet said, as the others started to catch up to them. "That isn't helping."

"I... have to do something." Pearl said, slowing catching her breath after exhausting herself. "I can't believe I walked use right into Peridot's trap. This is all my-" She could finish, as the room started to shake. The ground below them started to shake as well. The ground suddenly opened and the crew started to fall into the unknown. Jet grabbed his weapon and stuck it to the walls surface. He grabbed Amethyst's hand and Amethyst in turn grabbed Steven with her whip, as he was falling like a brick.

"I got you Steven!" Amethyst said.

"And I got you!" Jet said, squeezing her hand.

"Thanks, guys!" Steven said as he was dangling from Amethyst whip. He looked down multiple layers to noticed Garnet and Pearl were looking up at them. "Garnet! Pearl! Are you Ok?"

"We're fine." Garnet said, before a door above her closed shut.

"Crud..." Amethyst muttered.

"A trap ground within a trap ground?" Jet said, noticing what happened. Jet looked down and noticed that there was an opening that looked like it leaded to another room. Jet let his sword disperse and the group fell, hitting the surface hard in the process.

"Ow!" Amethyst said, rubbing her bottom. "Dude, what's your deal?"

"Sorry." Jet said. "I saw an opening down here and I wanted to see what it was. Steven, are you OK?"

"I'm fine." Steven said, with swirls in his eyes. As far as they know, they were standing on top of the trap door that Garnet and Pearl were currently trapped in. In front of them was a room with 3 crank levelers and a giant monitor as well. They walked closer to get a good look at to what was on the monitor and they let out a gasp. Garnet and Pearl was on the monitor, trying to fight their way out.

"We got to get them out!" Steven said, looking at the monitor.

"Amethyst, what should we-" Jet started until he heard Pearl begin to speak.

"I'm sorry!" He heard Pearl say. "Things aren't supposed to turn out this way!" He looked at the screen to see Garnet smashed her gauntlets against the wall. Pearl had her back turned away from Garnet.

"We'll get out of here somehow." Garnet said.

"That's not what I meant." Pearl said, casting her head down. "I really wanted to catch Peridot to make up for what I did. I wanted to prove to you that... that everything can go back to normal."

"Catching Peridot won't make things go back to normal." Garnet said. "This isn't about Peridot..."

"Whoa." Jet said, folding his arms as his eyes were glued to the screen. "They're actually talking."

"Yeah!" Amethyst said. "Maybe they can work things out." Suddenly, a loud noise was heard and the gang look up to see that the crank levelers started to turn. Amethyst looked at the screen to noticed that the walls were closing in on Garnet and Pearl.

"But not if they get crushed!" Amethyst said.

"Please, tell me!" Pearl pleaded, pushing her back against the wall. "How can I make you forgive me?"

"You can't!" Garnet said, pushing her back against the wall as well. "You lied to me! You need to learn that there are consequences to your actions!"

"I'm sorry!" Pearl said. "I-I couldn't help myself!" The area was getting smaller and smaller by the second.

"I don't want to hear you excuses!" Garnet said, placing a foot by Pearl's head. She was trying to push the wall back with her feet.

"But it's true!" Pearl said. "No matter how hard I try to be strong like you, I'm just a Pearl. I'm useless on my own. I need someone to tell me what to do." Jet frowned upon hearing that and he was more surprise to see Pearl starting to cry. Amethyst summoned her whip and wrapped it around two of the levelers, making the levelers stop in their place. Garnet and Pearl was surprise that the wall stopped closing in on them.

"When we fused, I can feel what it's like to be you." Pearl continued. "Confident and secured and complete. You're perfect, you're the perfect relationship. You're always together and I just wanted to be part of that."

"You're wrong." Garnet said, making Pearl widen her eyes. "I'm not as strong as you think. It's not easy being in control. I have weakness too but I chose not to let them consume me. I struggle to stay strong because I know the impact I have on everyone. Please understand Pearl, you have an impact too. There are times that I look up to you for strength." This caused Pearl to blush. "You are your own gem. You control your destiny, not me, not Rose, not Steven but you must choose to be strong so we can move forward... so I can trust you again."

"I understand." Pearl said. "I can't give up anymore!"

"Good." Garnet said. Amethyst and Jet found themselves smiling at the situation that was unfolding upon them. Unfortunately, Amethyst's whip snapped and the leveler begun to slow crank and start up again. Jet glanced back at the screen.

"Pearl." He heard Garnet say. "There's only one way out of this."

"Only if you're OK with it." Pearl said. Garnet nodded her head and Jet had to shield his eyes from the monitor, as a bright light was shining on it. Suddenly, the room started to rumble and there was a blast that appeared from the floor. Sardonyx appeared with a giant drill in her hands. She closed her eyes and was engulfed in bright light. She split back into Garnet and Pearl, with the two of them staring at each other. Jet smiled but then closed his eyes, he was sensing something.

"What is it?" Garnet said, noticing that Jet was up to something.

"I don't believe it." Jet said. "She's right beyond the wall of this corridor." The other looked at each other and Garnet walked up to the wall that was passed the monitor and punched it as hard as she could, destroying it in the process. The other walked over to where she was and they (besides Jet) let out a gasp. Peridot was there, staring at them, wondering how they'd find her.

"Surrender, Peridot!" Garnet said. Pearl and Amethyst summoned their weapons. "You have nowhere to run!"

"You really think that this is the end?" Peridot asked, pointing her misshaped beam at them. She started to laugh. "This... This is only the beginning...of my escape!" She shot a blast towards the ceiling, making a hole in it. The others shielded their eyes from the debris. Peridot made a misshaped helicopter out of her fingers and started to take off.

"Well, I'd love to stick around and watch another one of your failed attempts to capture me, but I guess I'm just too smart for the likes of you lumpy, clumpy clods!" Peridot said. She started to laugh once more until she felt something heavy wrap around her foot. She looked down to see that Steven had a hold on her.

"I caught a Peridot!" He said, grinning at her.

"Hey! Get your touch stumps off me!" She started to wag her foot, trying to throw Steven off her. Amethyst grabbed on to Steven.

"Yeah, Steven!" Amethyst said, grabbing his waist tighter.

"Don't let her go!" Pearl said, grabbing onto Amethyst's waist. Garnet grabbed Pearl's foot and Jet wrapped his arms around Garnet's waist (he really didn't have any other options) and gently started to pull. They started to pull Peridot in, causing her to sweat a little.

"Let go of me, you persistent, little... whatever you are!" Peridot started to flick her finger on Steven's head, causing him to grunt in the process.

"Peridot!" Garnet said, causing Peridot to sweat more. "Your flight's been cancelled."

"Nooo!" She groaned. She pressed a bottom on the foot that Steven had a hold on and it detected itself from her body. Steven and the others hit the ground hard and Peridot gritted her teeth as she made her escape once more.

"You'll pay for this crystal gems!" Peridot said. "I'll get you back, just you wait."

"Yeah, Yeah!" Jet shouted, getting off the ground. The others got up and looked at her fly off in the distance.

"Pearl?" Steven said.

"It's OK, Steven." Pearl said, holding Peridot's detected foot. "Next time, we'll get the rest of her, right Garnet?" Garnet walked up to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"It's a good step forward." She said, letting a smile form on her face.

"Foot joke!" Steven said, as he started to laugh. The others started to laugh as well.

"Ugh." Amethyst groaned, as she laid on the ground. "Finally!" She was happy that everything returned to normal.