We got to the outside of a facility which looked like a dagger with a large blade and a small hilt that was surrounded by a ring. A Red Eye was next to the facility and watched those who traveled toward it, since it acted as a sentry. The interior of the ship was rather amazing, the ship hangar led into a large pink hangar with a set of stairs that lead to a doorway. At the top of the stairs, there were large Amethysts that guarded the door. The door took to a hexagonal-shaped hallway with different pink and white patterns along the wall and a blue tiled floor. At the end of the hall, there was another door that required an activation code to be opened.
Along one of the walls in the next room a gem could slide their fingers across like a screen, which caused a part of the floor to become transparent. Which revealed the containment area. Before they headed to the doorway to the containment area, there were four prison cells, the first ones on the left side had pink diamond symbol and on the right side had blue diamond symbol and the second one on the left side had the blue diamond symbol and the right side had the pink diamond symbol on the floor. Down the hallway showed an assortment of doorways on both the left and right sides.
The hallway led to the Human Disposal chute and a service door that allowed direct access to the containment area. However, the service door required a complex activation code to be opened. There appeared to be two more hallways to the left and right of the service door, and the one to the right lead to the various rooms.
I followed along as Blue Diamond and her Pearl as they walked inside Pink Diamond's Zoo. Greg was still being held by her hand and was even louder than Steven. Though they had yet to see me. The Amethysts, Jaspers and Carnelian at the Zoo were various colors and sizes. Though the Amethysts were mostly quiet, but it seemed like they were only following Holly Blue Agate. A gem who had a periwinkle blue complexion, pale lavender hair styled into two pointed side buns that were white, violet, and lavender, respectively, plump lips, and violet eyes with visible pupils. Her gemstone was located on the lower back of her head. She wore a navy blue top with a high collar, a blue shawl with a darker blue collar-like pattern and a blue diamond symbol, royal blue pants, and white high-heeled jackboots that go up to her thighs.
Dumped Greg into something called the Assimilation bay. Which was a treadmill that lead to the containment area. I was able to easily seek in as Blue Diamond walked away. I made myself known to Greg. "Hey Greg!" I said and he screamed and turned around.
"Suha! How - What - When - Why -" He seemed at a lost for words.
"Well it wasn't too hard for me to grab the side of the Palaquin. I wanted to watch over you and make sure nothing bad happened. I've been hear since you've been here, I've just been following around in invisible. You're important to Steven and I'd feel bad if his Dad up and disappeared in space." Four blue singer appeared out of nowhere, turned into a diamond, and took our pictures.
"What the heck?" Greg said in surprise. Sixteen other fingers appeared, eight for each of us and began to measure our mouth length, eyesight, head length, took our temperature and poked our nose. I turned around as the fingers undressed the two of us and sprayed something on us. A large machine that was going up and down in a rhythm came towards us. Greg tried to run away but I didn't bother running away as there was a bang and strange clothes appeared. The same thing happened to Greg. There was a standard attire of a blue vest, along with a white loincloth held by a brown belt around the waist, and purple earring.
The side dropped and a wave of water smashed onto us and pushed us down. "Ow…" Greg said and I helped him up.
"Wow, it's beautiful." I said as I looked around the tropical paradise, though you could see the dome that represented the sky. Some of the Zooman, who were descendants of various ethnic groups of humans from Earth, came over to us. They displayed gender neutral features, They were all very kind but very ignorant. They were aware of the walls at the borders but didn't seem to realize they were in captivity. They had very happy go lucky attitude and found joy in every aspect of their lives. They were very enthusiastic about participating in the daily routine that 'the little voice' set up for them.
The voice was very soothing and felt familiar. But I couldn't explain how. Greg and I followed the 'Daily Routine' such as eating, playing (rolling on the ground, reaching for outer space), smelling flowers, swimming and going to bed. After the first night, the Zooman's took them over to the water and braided some flower crowns. Greg's hair was braided while mine was already braided. Which caused all of them to be very interested in my hair. We were there for about a week in Zooman days but only a few hours in Earth time.
"Dad? Suha?' Steven asked.
"Huh? Steven?" Greg asked and the farther and son ran over to each other and shared a hug.
"Dad, it's you!" Steven cheered.
"Steven! My little man!" Greg said and tears fell from Steven's eyes.
"Dad! When Blue Diamond took you, I got so scared. And then the Gems said you might be in some horrible human zoo all chained up to a wall... doing tricks for peanuts... " Steven sobbed.
"Hey, hey, it's okay, schtu-ball. Your old man's perfectly fine. Wait, how'd you even get out here?" Greg asked.
"We got on a Gem ship from Earth. I'll tell you about it on the way home. I got separated from the Gems. We got to find them and bust you out of here." Steven began to search in the water.
"It's not going to work." I said walking over to them.
"What?! Well, there might be another way out if we can find it." Steven said frantically.
"Ga-reg! Sew-ha!" Wy-Six said and approached us. "Who is that with you?" Wy-Six had fairly dark skin and long poofy black hair. He and Jay-Ten were very close friends and the closest to Greg. Yu-Twelve and Ef-Three were the closest to me. Wy-Six was the unofficial leader of the Zooman.
"Is this a new friend, Ga-reg? Sew-ha?" Jay-Ten asked. She had tan skin and long blonde hair. The majority of the Zooman's had curly body types.
"Wy-Six, Jay-Ten, this is-" Greg said.
" Let me have my dad back already!" Steven said aggressively.
"Hey, don't be like that. Relax. These people have treated me so well since I got here." Greg explained.
"They're very nice Steven." I explained.
"Wha?" Steven said confused and some more Zoomman popped out from the bushes nearby. Yu-Twelve and Ef-Three were quick to get to my side. Yu-Twelve had dark skin and a large black afro. While Ef-Three had light skin and long blonde hair with a thick and muscular body. The majority of the Zoomans' had green eyes.
"Sew-Ha! I missed you!" Yu-Twelve said.
"I did too!" Ef-Three said just as happy.
"I missed you guys too." I said and smiled at them. Greg introduced Steven as his son and all the Zooman said hi. Greg showed the Zooman how to canonball. Steven joined us in the Daily Routine, he was just as weird out as we were the first time. Though after a while it became fun because their personalities were so nice.
"And now it's time to say good night. Good night, everyone. Sweet dreams." Little Voice said and all of the Zoomans began to fall asleep around the pool area.
"Geez, I sure am tired from doing a whole lot of nothing. Well, good night, schtu-ball." Greg said and he began to lie on a grass bed, but Steven and I stopped him.
"Dad! Now's our chance to get out!" Stven said and we pulled Greg around the containment area in search for the exit door.
"Man, little voice has really got me on that Zooman sleep schedule." Greg said yawning and Steven bumped into a wall.
"Is that... It's the door.' Steven said moving away the leaves.
"Great. How do we get it open?" Grege asked and Steven began to bang on the door. Wy-Six and Jay-Ten popped out from the bushes nearby. The Zoomans explain that a long time ago a gem came to through the 'wall hole' aka the 'door.' Which ended with Steven punching Greg in the face. Though it didn't work.
"It is time for the choosening. Please gather around the circle of choosening." Little Voice said.
"Ste-van, Sew-ha! Ga-reg, the choosening will start soon." Jay-Ten said happily.
"Come with us. It's- it's finally time!" Wy-Six said and they bring us over to the circle of choosening, which was a glowing circle on they round. The Zoomans were gathered around it and were giggling in joy
"Ga-reg Sew-ha, step into the circle with us." Jayp-Ten said and we step into the circle.
"Is it somebody's birthday?" Greg asked.
"Ste-van, wait here until the choosening is complete." Wy-Six said.
"The choosening is a very special event to us." Jay-Ten explained.
"We're glad to have you with us at such a wonderful time." Wy-Six said happily.
"Glad to be here." Greg said.
"I have a bad feeling…" I whispered to Greg and he sent me a nervous smile.
"Let the choosening begin." The Little Voice said and we close our eyes.
"U-12, please step into the center of the circle. F-3, please step into the center of the circle." They step into the center, held hands and kiss. "You have been chosened for each other."
"Wait a second. Is this some kind of matchmaking thing?!" Greg yelled and groaned. "There's always a catch to these utopias." Greg sighed. Greg was called next with Jay-Ten. "Hold on! This isn't how it works on Earth!" They stared at him. "I... don't want to be told who to be choosened with."
"Ga-reg, this makes no sense. Why wouldn't you want to be choosened?" Wy-Six said.
"Look, back on Earth, there was no voice to tell you who to be with. It was your own decision." Greg explained.
S"My mom and dad didn't get together because someone told them to. They spent time getting to know one another and fell in love. They choosened each other 'cause that's what they choosen." He said happily
"Hmm, I see. If that's how it's done on Earth, then... " He grabs Greg's hand. I choose Ga-reg." Wy-Six said.
"And I also choose Ga-reg." Jay-Ten said and grabbed his hand. Sew-Ha felt two hands grab hers, it was Yu-Twelve and Ef-Three.
"I choose Sew-ha!" They said happily and I blushed. The majority went to Greg luckily, since he was much more talkative then I was.
"Wait! I get a say in this, too. You're all very nice, and I'm flattered, and yes, you get to choose whoever you want, but... I also get to say I choose, umm... none of you." Greg said all of the Zooman stared at him in shock and began to break down crying hysterically.
"Don't cry." I said to the two Zooman closest to her. They pulled me down and hugged me crying, like little children. "It's okay. It's okay."
"Sew-ha is better than Ga-reg!" Yu-Twelve said, most of the Zooman chased after Greg and Steven.
"No, I'm not." I said and some of the Zooman looked over at her while some of the Amethyst tried to calm her down. "It's okay to feel hurt, because after you're done being hurt, you can feel better!"
"Do you choosened us?" Ef-three asked.
"Well… not yet… But if you guys come down to Earth, we can hang out! Even if I don't choosen you we can still be friends, just like you were before."
"Friends." Ef-three said.
"Like before?" Yu-twelve asked.
"So before choosening?" Ef-twelve asked and I nodded.
"Yep! That was nice too wasn't it?" I ask and they smile.
"It was!" Yu-twelve said and he grabbed me and lifted me up to his shoulders. "Sew-ha you choosen all of us as friends?"
"Yes." I said.