Looking up to see and hear Roman yelling down at her and Bayley, Sasha looked over to see that Bayley was fairly frightened of the Gem beast that lied before them. Making a judgment call as the centipeedle's tail got closer to them, Sasha yelled "Bayley, watch out!" as she dashed over to the ponytailed brunette. Once she was close enough to Bayley, Sasha shoved Bayley out of the tail's way. ...But, what Sasha didn't factor in was how quickly the centipeedle would lash out, so, before she knew it, the magenta-haired Gem felt a section of the Gem beast's tail connect with her back before sending her flying into a nearby tree.

Seeing this had Bayley feeling worried enough. It wasn't until she saw what happened after Sasha hit the tree that her worry basically flew through the roof: Watching as Sasha collided with the moss-covered bark of a nearby tree, Bayley watched in horror as Sasha let out a scream of pain before exploding into a cloud of smoke and her cracked Gem fell to the forest floor. Not even caring that there was a dangerous centipeedle nearby, Bayley couldn't help but scream "Sasha, NO!" as tears began to roll down her cheeks.

So, after the moment of "Oh, no!" that happened with Sasha taking the centipeedle attack roughly and Bayley left reeling in shock over what happened to Sasha, what happens next? Read on to find out, my loves. =)

Still up in the air, Dean saw this happen and felt the need to move into action before the centipeedle struck out again, as he feared that Bayley was next in the Gem beast's path. Not even waiting for Roman to give him the go-ahead, Dean dived down and landed on the ground between Bayley and the centipeedle, his whip out and at the ready to try to take down the Gem beast.

"Oh, you are so gonna regret hurting one of my friends, you acid-spitting monster!" Dean shouted before lashing out with his whip and connecting with the side of the centipeedle's face. Hearing the shriek of pain he got from the Gem beast, Dean struck out again, this time connecting with the other side of the centipeedle's face. The sandy blonde Gem continued with this pattern of strikes before deciding that it'd be best to go for the final blow. So, lashing out with his whip and grabbing the centipeedle within its length, Dean proceeded to fling the centipeedle and send it flying upwards in Roman and Seth's direction, where the other two Gems both attacked it once it reached them, causing the Gem beast to explode into a cloud of smoke and a spherical light green Gem to fall to the forest floor.

Watching as Seth did to this Gem that Roman did to the Gem from the Gem scorpion, Dean looked over to where Bayley had since moved over to where Sasha's Gem had fallen to the forest floor. Walking over to the ponytailed brunette, Dean rested a hand on her head, which caused Bayley to gasp in surprise and look up at the sandy blonde Gem, a few tears still rolling down her cheeks. "Bayley, don't worry. It's okay. Sash'll be just fine."

"But, Dean, she... She-" Bayley barely managed to get out before she began to shake from a few sobs that escaped her.

"Bayley, it's fine," Seth said as he and Roman came to join the other two. "What happened with Sasha, it's something that tends to happen with us Gems at times."

"Wh-What do you mean, Seth?" Bayley asked, still not following what the Gems were getting at.

"Well, what Dean and Seth are trying to say is that this is something we Gems can do. Sometimes, when our bodies are too badly damaged, we retreat into our Gems to try to heal ourselves," Roman explained. "Sasha was doing something like this when she was in her Gem in the brooch for so many years."

"So, you guys are all saying that Sasha's okay?" Bayley asked, having a slight grip on what the other Gems were saying. Seeing the others all nod, Bayley let out a sigh of relief as she wiped the tears from her face. "That's good. I'm just glad that she's more or less okay."

"She will be, Bayley. Just don't worry. Besides, once we get her to where we can heal her up, she'll be good as new," Dean reassured with a smile.

"Right," Bayley nodded with a sniffle as she wiped the remaining tears from her face. Reaching over to pick up Sasha's Gem, Bayley cradled the magenta Gem close to her. "Don't worry, Sasha. I'll keep you safe until we get to wherever Dean says we can heal you. Then once we get there, we'll heal you up good as new."

Seeing and hearing Bayley as she spoke to Sasha's Gem had the other Gems feeling that it was a good thing that they let Bayley tag along on this journey, even though there had been some quite obvious hiccups along the way so far. They could only hope that whatever Dean had in store for healing Sasha would be just the thing to help fully heal the magenta Gem.

Taking his hand from Bayley's head, Dean said "We should get going. After those two Gem beasts, who knows how many more are lying in wait out here?"

"Right," Bayley nodded. Standing up, Bayley fell into step with the other Gems as they continued along the path that lied ahead of them, with the older Gems having their weapons drawn in case another Gem beast dared show its face to the Gem quartet. After making their way through a dense patch of trees-that were taken down with ease, thanks to Seth and his staff-they reached a clearing that had the windowless ruins of a large stone tower mostly surrounded by more greenery like what they just came through.

Stepping ahead of the group, Dean said "OK, guys. We're here."

"Huh. Been a while since we've really set foot back here," Seth stepped forward with Roman and Bayley following him. "Last time I remember coming here was a number of centuries ago when we were first really trying out the door."

"How'd you manage to come across this area, Dean?" Roman asked.

"Well, I remembered that when we first came here, this tower seemed like a real hub for Gem healing and stuff. Then, when I came back here once when I got hurt pretty bad, I decided to try out what you can do to heal yourself inside, and...it actually worked," Dean explained. "So, I figured...maybe we could try fully healing Sasha here."

"Do you really think this'll work, Dean?" Bayley asked, her grip slightly tightening on Sasha's Gem.

"I'm think and I know that this'll work," Dean confidently smiled at Bayley. "Just have faith in my idea, Bayley. All we have to do is take Sasha in here, and we'll be able to heal her up just fine."

"O-OK, Dean," Bayley nodded, even though there was stil a bit of nervousness that lingered in her thoughts.

Looking over to see that Bayley still seemed fairly nervous about this idea of Dean's, Roman rested his right hand on the brunette's head. Seeing Bayley look up at him, Roman said "Bayley, I think we should trust Dean on this. He usually has a good head for stuff like this, so we shouldn't really doubt his judgment on this."

Looking over to see Seth nod his agreement to this, Bayley still didn't all that on board with Dean's idea, mainly because she had no idea if what Dean had planned was going to work all that well. It wasn't until she felt Sasha's Gem warm a bit in her hand and she looked down to see the surface of the Gem glow a bit-almost as if Sasha was trying to say "You can trust Dean, Bayley. He knows what he's talking about."-that the ponytailed brunette finally began to feel that Dean's idea could in fact work. 'After all. If Sasha trusts this idea of Dean's, and Roman and Seth do too, then I guess it really could work.' Nodding her head, Bayley looked up at Dean. "OK, Dean. Let's give this a try. Let's just see if this idea of yours will really work."

"That's the spirit, Bayley," Dean said, his grin turning into a smile. "Now, come on. Let's head inside, and get to healing Sash!"

"Yeah!" Bayley chirped, as she fist pumped with her empty hand.

The Gem quartet headed forward towards the tower and had just stepped through what was the entryway of the building when-

"Guys, look out!" Bayley shouted, holding a hand out and summoning a big enough shield that protected her, Dean, Roman, and Seth from the gushing jet of water that was blasted their way.

"What the-?!" Dean shouted, his whip summoned the second Bayley shouted and summoned her shield.

"Who dares to enter my tower?!" shouted a far-off sounding male voice.

Man, the Gems just can't seem to catch a break in their quest to help heal Sasha. First, Sasha gets poofed back into her Gem (which isn't that bad since, as we learned, it's a way of Sasha trying to heal herself on her own). Then, once they finally do make it to where Dean proposed they try to heal Sasha, they're attacked by some unknown enemy. At the rate things seem to be going, Sasha might not get healed (which would not be good, considering the fact that the Gems seem so determined to help the magenta-haired cinnamon roll get fully healed). =( We'll just have to see if they can get past the random challenger that seems to be a fellow Gem that can control water and calls the tower his domain. Until then, don't forget to R&R please. =)

(OK. Random weird request from shiki: Lately, I've had a few ideas bouncing around in my head for a future fic involving Bayley and Sasha Banks written in a femslash fashion (coming off of a two-shot I wrote for Valentine's Day starring them called 'A Friend For Valentine's Day'). Now, if any of you guys that read that would be interested in seeing me take on writing more femslash starring them, swing by my page and vote in the poll I have up if you'd like. =) )