Hearing her name said, the new Gem, Sasha, turned to look at the sandy blonde. A look of recognition crossing her face, Sasha only said "Dean" before summoning a whip that looked similar to Dean's-the only difference being that purple crystals went down the length of the whip-and lashing out with a yell as Bayley screamed out "NO, DON'T!"

So, after Sasha's attack on Dean, whatever will happen next? Read on to find out, my loves. And, I hope you all enjoy what comes with this chapter. =)

Not knowing what to do in that moment, Bayley seemed frozen in place until she decided to go with the first instinct to cross her mind: Throwing her hands in the direction of Sasha's whip, Bayley watched as her shield collided with the whip and managed to bury part of the length in the floor. Not saying anything, Bayley silently fist pumped in celebration, seeing as how she was able to save the older Gem...for the time being.

Looking over to where Bayley and Sami were standing, Sasha scowled. "You! Humans! How dare you get in my way?!"

"I...I'm not going to let you hurt Dean!" Bayley said, stepping forward a bit. "He hasn't done anything to hurt you, so...why did you just try to attack him?"

"My business with him is none of your concern. But, if you must know, I have unfinished business with...with Dean," Sasha practically spat Dean's name.

"Unfinished busine-Dean, what's she talking about?" Bayley looked over to the older Gem. However, really looking at Dean, Bayley started to feel more worried than she already was: Dean, who normally came off as so laidback and lax, seemed almost scared of something. Whether it was this new Gem or the fact that she attacked him, Bayley didn't know; all she did know was that Dean didn't seem to be in any sort of shape to defend himself.

"Bayley? What's going on? What's wrong with Dean?" Sami asked, feeling worried himself.

"I...I don't know, Sami," Bayley said. "I've never seen Dean like this before. It's almost like he's seen a ghost or something."

"A ghost? Ha! I don't exactly think that'd be the right thing to say about his sister," Sasha smirked as she put a hand on her hip.

"Wait. Sister?!" Looking back to Dean, Bayley asked "Dean. Is that true?"

Letting out a sigh, Dean said "Yeah, more or less, it is. Bayley, Sami,...meet my sister, Sasha."

...

"Remind me to give you and Dean both a good punch when we get back home," Roman said, marching through the city with Seth following beside him.

"Rome, we were just doing what we could to help Bayley with her school assignment. We didn't think it was all that big a deal that we give her Sasha's brooch," Seth hurried to keep up with the brunette Gem.

"Well, it is, Seth!" Roman snapped. "Have you forgotten that we kept Sasha hidden away for a reason?"

"Yeah...I did. But...I think it'll be okay," Seth tried to reason with Roman. Flying up the hill to their house with Roman, Seth said "After all, so long as she doesn't try to take Sasha's Gem out, I think it'll be alright that Bayley has her brooch."

"And, what if she did try to take Sasha's Gem out, Seth? Huh? What then?" Roman prodded.

Seth was set to answer this line of questioning when a crash from inside the house caught his attention. Not even looking over to Roman, Seth threw open the door and almost fainted when he saw the sight before him: Bayley's shield was stuck in the floor with a whip coming from it, and the owner of a whip was a face he hadn't seen in some number of years. "Sasha," Seth barely got out.

Looking in the direction her name was called, Sasha's gaze landed on Seth and almost immediately softened. Dropping her whip, the magenta Gem ran over to the two-toned Gem, and, throwing her arms around his waist, buried her face in Seth's' stomach as a few sobs could be heard coming from her.

Now feeling more confused than she already was, Bayley couldn't even begin to process where to begin asking questions. First seeing Sasha try to attack Dean and now seeing her hugging Seth...none of it seemed to make any real sense to the ponytailed brunette. So, when she finally saw a none-too-pleased Roman come through the door, Bayley blurted "Roman! What the heck is going on in here?!"

Looking around and taking in all of what was going on, Roman calmly walked inside and over to where Seth was standing with Sasha. Resting his right hand on the smaller Gem's head, Roman said "Sasha. It's been a few years, hasn't it?"

Her gaze now turning to look up at Roman, Sasha said "That's putting a bit lightly, don't you think?"

"Yeah, I guess it is," Roman let out a bit of a laugh. Looking over to the highly confused Bayley and the pretty frightened Sami, Roman said "I guess you've met our new house guests."

"I have. And...you mind filling me in on just why it is that you have a couple of...humans in here?" Sasha seemed to cringe when she said the word "humans".

"Actually, the boy Sami is the only human in here. The girl Bayley, she's a half-Gem," Roman explained.

"A half-Gem? Roman, how can such a thing even be?" Sasha questioned. "Just the idea of a half-Gem...that's just an old fable we tell."

Feeling as though she was being talked about in not too friendly of a way, Bayley blurted "It's true! I am a half-Gem! And, I can prove it, too!" In a quick flourish, Bayley pulled up the hem of her t-shirt and showed the magenta Gem the stone that was in her belly button. Upon seeing the surprised look on Sasha's face, Bayley decided to continue proving that she was a Gem in her own right, the brunette summoned her shield again, drawing a surprised gasp from the magenta Gem. Willing her shield away, Bayley said "See? Maybe next time, that'll teach you not to jump to conclusions" as she pulled her shirt back down.

Feeling utterly flummoxed at all of this, Sasha snapped around to look at Roman and Seth. "You two knew about this child? And, you're letting her live? Have you both lost your minds?!"

"Now, now, Sasha. Before you do anything, we have our reasons," Seth tried to calm the smaller Gem down.

"Reasons like what, Seth? In case you forgot, there are certain Gems that we can't allow to let live. Now, I've never encountered a half-Gem before, but...I'm fairly certain that this child is one that we can't allow to stay alive." In a blur of movement, Sasha summoned her whip again; however, when she attempted to lash out at Bayley, she soon found her arms pinned to her sides by a black whip with white crystals that ran up its length. Looking in the direction of the origin of this whip, Sasha spat "Why, you... Let me go, at once!"

Keeping a firm hold on his whip, Dean shook his head. "Uh-uh. No way, runt. I'm not gonna stand idly by and let you hurt Bayley."

A scoff escaping her, Sasha mockingly said "Figures you'd try to defend a mistake like that. After all, you misfits all just have to band together, don't you?"

Feeling his temper rise, Dean so much wanted to act on his baser instinct, but decided not to when he heard Bayley and Seth pleading for him to calm down. Not saying a word, Dean instead kept his grip on the handle of his whip.

Looking between Roman and Seth, Sasha said "Well. Aren't one of you guys going to get me out of this?"

"We would, but after all of what you just said, we've decided not to," Seth said, a bit of a scowl on his face.

"Oh come on, Seth. I was just being honest. I mean, with one Gem in here that didn't grow all the way to...whatever that girl is, how could you not agree with me? Those two are just mistakes. So, let me go and help me take care of them," Sasha wiggled around in the hold Dean's whip had on her.

Not having said anything for a stretch of time, Roman finally said "Sasha. Would you still want to hurt these two if meant you were going to hurt a Gem Natalya personally saved and the bearer of her Gem" of Dean and Bayley respectively.

Her fidgeting coming to an almost complete halt, Sasha looked at Roman, surprise clear on her face. "What? What did you just say?"

*holds up STOP sign* OK, now I feel bad that I've brought in another cliffy, but I felt it was needed here lest the chapter become a monster. But, fear not! The resolution for this cliffy'll come in the next chapter. And, trust me. It's going to be cliffy resolution that'll hopefully be what you all wanted. After all, what with Sasha basically going on a hurting-people spree, Roman making mentions of "Natalya" (said mentions seemingly stopping Sasha before she could even think about hurting anyone else), and Bayley and Sami still largely (and respectively) confused and scared of what just happened, sure seems like a lot of stuff is going on. But, like I've already said, fear not! Answers shall come along for your reading pleasure in the next chapter. So, until then, don't forget to R&R please. =)

(...Huh. I didn't even notice this, but I think on some kind of weird subconscious level of my thinking, I might've made Sasha a weird meld of Peridot and Bismuth on top of already having her be my Lapis in this. I guess this is what happens when I have a couple of my favorite SU characters on the brain. ^^, )