We were talking about when we should drill into the Earth's core as Steven was taking a nap on a futon, taking up half of the futon. He seemed to be having a very interesting dream, but all that was interrupted by a tremor. Steven wakes up, panting and sweating."Didn't you feel that?" Peridot asked.
"Feel what?"Amethyst asked, eating a hot dog sandwich on the right of Steven, while I sat on the left and Garnet and Pearl stood near the drill. Peridot was standing on a wooden box to make herself feel taller near her black hoard.
"The ground shook! This could be the start of the emergence of the Cluster." She points to her drawing of the cluster in panic."Stage 1: slight tremors every quarter hour. Stage 2: full-scale earthquakes. Stage 3-" She turns it around and shows a version of a destroyed planet Earth. "The Earth is destroyed! We're running out of time. We need to drill right now!"
"No, it's Malachite!" Steven yelled, pulling his body up.
"Malachite?!" Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and I yell in shock.
"What?" Peridot said in confusion and I realized that no one told her about crazy fusion.
"I was on Mask Island. I was in a Watermelon Steven. They have a lovely community, but Malachite, she was there!" Steven explained, that's right he had Empathic Telepathy. It also explained why he looked so tired even though he was just sleeping. Amethyst coughs in shock.
"Lapis Lazuli is losing control. Soon, Jasper will overpower her and Malachite will be loose." Garnet explained as Pearl and Amethyst looked up in fear.
"Who knows what sort of destruction an unstable fusion like Malachite could cause?" Pearl says fearfully.
"Alright, Gems. Pearl, Amethyst, and I will warp to Mask Island." Garnet says and looks over at Steven and I. "Steven and Suha, it's too dangerous for you. Stay here and watch after the drill with Peridot. Let's go, Gems! To the nearest warp pad!" She points in the direction of the nearest warp pad.
"To the nearest warp pad!" Pearl and Amethyst cheer and the three of them rush over and warp over to Mask Island, or should I say Watermelon Island. There was another tremor and the three of us sat on the futon.
"So... Lazuli has Jasper trapped in a fusion? You're joking me." Peridot said.
"It's true! But Lapis must be getting tired from fighting Jasper for so long." Steven says looking down.
"Just being on a ship with Jasper made me tired." Peridot said and I couldn't help but laugh a little.
"You can say that again." I tell her.
"Just being on a ship with Jasper made me tired." She repeats and I look at her with a blank expression on my face.
"It's just a saying Peridot." I explain.
"I see…" Peridot says and there was another tremor and Steen stands up, a look of concern obvious on his face.
"Ah! I gotta help them! But they told me it was too dangerous." Steven yells, only for him to sit back down in defeat.
"Why don't you just disobey them? Rebel. Isn't that, like, your guys' thing?" Peridot says.
"If you do, I won't tell them." I tell him, smiling. "Just do you Steven."
"You're right, thanks you guys." He lies down on the futon. "Oh, I know! I'll fall asleep and go into a Watermelon Steven again. This way, I can help them and be safe at the same time." Steven laughs.
"Wow. You're a real anarchist." Peridot says sarcastically.
"No one can tell... me what to do." Steven says and nods off to sleep.
"Wait, what do I do now? Don't just leave me here!" Peridot yells.
"I'm still right here you know." I tell her and she looks at me nervously.
"I know that." She says.
"Let's get the drill ready." I tell her standing up. "I'm sure it's going to happen sooner than later."
"Alright let's do this." Peridot says.
"We just have to get it ready for Steven when he returns." As the time goes by Peridot's predictions come true and I couldn't help but feel a sense of dread every time it happened.
One thing we knew for sure was that the Cluster was ready to form.