Okay let's go! drill work, moon base, and a little character development between the three Homeworld gems. Tried to make this longer that's why it took so long.
Morning came to Beach city and Steven was currently in the middle of the best sleep of his life thanks to his unusually soft and warm bed. Nuzzling further into it the warm surface he was met with a gruff response. "You can't stay there quartz child." He heard the voice say. Opening his eyes Steven was met with the a familiar black fabric and when he looked up he saw Jasper with her hands behind her head craning down to look at him. Steven gave a happy mumble before laying his head back down on what he now knew was not his bed but Jasper's belly and fell back asleep. "Hey. Hey! Hey, no!!! Don't go back to sleep!" She told the small hybrid but he was already asleep making her groan.
The temple door opened to Amethyst and Tiger coming out of the purple gem's room. The two saw Jasper 'trapped' under Steven and started snickering before Tiger pulled out an old Polaroid (not sponsored) and snapped a picture shaking it out. "Check it Tiger your sister has been defeated." Amethyst laughed Tiger joining in. Jasper growled and lifted Steven up setting him on the couch before turning the two smaller gems who took off running outside as she gave chase yelling for them to give her the picture.
All the noise soon woke up Lava who stood up a few joints cracking and let out a yawn. His morning routine was soon interrupted by Prism, Garnet, Litch, and Pearl coming out of the temple.
"Where are Peridot and Lapis?" Lava asked confused at why they weren't present.
"At the barn I believe." Litch answered making his way to the door.
"Alone?"
"Yes...why?"
"Nothing, just that less than a year ago they weren't on the best terms." Lava answered making the group realise the mistake they may have made.
--The barn--
The five gems had arrived at the barn to see nothing out of place or damaged. But before they could breathe easy they heard someone scream from inside the barn like they were about to be murdered. The group rushed into the barn throwing the doors open only to see Peridot and Lapis shaking a television yelling about something. Prism jumped up to the two distressed gems.
"Hey, hey What's with the panic attack?" He asked as both looked at him then pointed to the TV seeing credits rolling which just confused him more. Picking up the remote he rewound the tape before pressing play about five minutes before the credits.
On the TV: the scene was one from Camp Pining Hearts. The whole camp was filled to the brim with people some getting into cars and driving off others saying goodbye.
The camera began to focus on two in particular. A blonde hair boy dressed in the camp's uniform with a yellow handkerchief in the chest pocket sitting on a dock with his feet hanging off staring out into the distance, next to him was a red hair girl dressed in a similar uniform but wore blue scarf around her neck sitting cross legged."So..." The boy started. "We won't see each other for awhile..."
"Yeah." The girl said with a sigh.
"Look ,Paulette, I really like you and I..." The boy said but was stopped when the girl cupped his cheek and made him turn and kiss her making him go quiet as he closed his eyes leaning into the kiss.The girl pulled away smiling at him.
"Don't worry Percy we'll see each other again, I promise." Paulette reassured him.
"Paulette! Sweetie! It's time to go!" A deep voice called from far away.
"Coming daddy!" Paulette yelled back before turning to Percy.
"Besides you'll have to return that to me and I've gotta get this back to you." She said holding up his yellow handkerchief before sprinting back towards the camp where he father was waiting.A little confused Percy finally looked down finding Paulette's scarf in his hand.
Smiling Percy held it tight and began to walk back to camp soft music beginning to play and credits showing in the corner of the screen as he made his way to a tall blonde woman standing by a old station wagon of a car. "So was it all so bad?" The woman asked him as he got into the passenger side without saying a word. "Fine be like that." The woman said getting in and starting the car.
After a small transition it showed night time as Percy and the woman pull into a driveway the woman began to get out.
"Hey mom?"
She stopped turning to her son "I can go back again, Right?" she smiled as the screen began to pull away a big red cursive letters wrote out in the night sky: 𝓣𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓮𝓭... and the last of the credits began to roll.
As the show ended they all watched as Lapis and Peridot began to cry a little. "Hey, hey..." Lava said trying to calm them down. "Why the tears it's a happy ending for now."
"But we'll have to wait to see what happens now who knows how long that will take?" Peridot whined.
"Like a month." Litch answered everyone giving him an odd look. "What? I like the show and I keep track of new seasons or mini-sodes."
"Huh you don't seem like the kind to watch this show." Pearl said.
Litch just shrugged. "We can discuss why I like it later right now we must finish the drill and if you will help Lapis we'll get done even faster." Lapis looked at everyone in the room before smiling and nodding.
The group began to work on the drill nearing completion with Lapis's help and soon Jasper's when she showed up dragging Tiger and Amethyst along as she put what looked like a photograph in her gem.
Steven arrived at the barn around 10 in the morning seeing everyone working on the drill and it almost looking finished. "Hey how come nobody woke me up?" He asked.
"Yeah, why did no one wake him? Jasper any idea?" Lava asked with a smile. The tall orange gem blushed before turning back to help hold the drill in place as Peridot attached it. As they worked almost near completion Steven grabbed his ukelele sitting down and starting to strum a few cords catching the attention of Peridot and Jasper.
"What are you doing Ro-Quartz child?" Jasper asked walking over to him.
"Oh just playing a tune." He answered plucking a few more cords.
"Why?" Peridot asked watching his fingers move across the strings.
"Why not?" He replied playing a quick few notes. "Here like this."
(felt almost criminal to not work this song into this chapter)
[Steven]
Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do
[Jasper]
Do-Mi-So-Do?
[Steven]
Isn't it pretty?
[Peridot]
That's exceedingly simple... Do-Mi-So-Ti?
[Steven]
We're making music!
[Jasper]
What is the point? You're not making anything!
[Steven]
Well if it isn't anything then why does it sound so good?
[Peridot]
I suppose it's just interest. (do mi so do), devoid of substance or purpose, a hypothetical pattern (do mi so ti), for the satisfaction of bringing it to completion
[Steven]
Sure!
[Jasper]
Do mi so ti…right?
[Peridot]
Interest without meaning, solutions without problems?
[Steven]
And then you just add words! Here's one I've been working on
[Steven]
Life and death and love and birth
And peace and war on the planet Earth
Is there anything that's worth
More than peace and love on the planet Earth
Whoah come on and sing it with me
[Jasper]
Sing?
[Steven]
The words relate to the key
[Peridot]
Key?
[Steven]
If it's a pattern, if it's a pattern
Then just repeat after me
Life and death and love and birth
[Peridot and Jasper]
Life and death and love and birth
[Steven]
Now you sing mi-fa-mi-mi-fa-mi-ti-la
[Steven, Jasper, Peridot]
And peace and war on the planet Earth
[Steven]
Yes yes! That's it!
[Peridot]
That's so easy
[Steven]
Yeah but that's what fun about it
You should write something, you should write a song!
[Peridot]
About what?
[Steven]
Whatever you're thinking
[Peridot]
I guess we're already here
[Jasper]
I guess we already know
[Peridot]
We've all got something to fear
[Jasper]
We've all got nowhere to go
[Peridot]
I think you're all insane!
[Jasper]
But I guess I am too
[Peridot and Jasper]
Anybody would be
If they were stuck on Earth with you!
[Steven]
Hehehehe yes!
Life and death and love and birth and
[Amethyst, Tiger, Lapis]
Life and death and love and birth and
[Pearl and Litch]
Life and death and love and birth and
Peace and war on the planet Earth
[Garnet and Prism]
Is there anything that's worth more
[Steven]
Is there anything that's worth more
[Peridot and Jasper]
Is there anything that's worth more
Than peace and love on the planet Earth
(tried to make it work let me know if I did good please.)
As the group sang and even laughed a little together, work went by even faster till they had a completed drill infront of them.
"Wow it almost looks done." Steven said looking at the drill a bit larger than planned sporting a bigger cockpit and three smaller drills accompanied the huge middle drill.
"It is." Peridot said hopping off the drill with a small device that looked like some sort of phone. "It'll just need the coordinates of the cluster."
"And the bad news?" Garnet asked.
"There is only 3 places to get them." She answered. "One is destroyed, the other requires special access by the diamond who placed the cluster in the planet, so that's out, and last is our most probable." She explained to the group as she fiddled with the small device in hand.
"Which is?" Litch asked.
"The moon base." She answered pointing up at the barely visible object in the sky.
"Great...how do we plan to get there?" Lava said putting his hand above his eyes to look up.
"We could try jumping." Prism said matching his gaze.
"That wouldn't- hmm..." Lava said scratching his chin before crouching down and giving a heavy grunt before jumping kicking up a circle of dust as he flew straight up into the sky.
"Think he'll make it?" Garnet asked.
"Not a chance." Litch answered. "He won't even break the atmosphere, he'll get close though." After about 10 minutes Lava literally came crashing down making a Lava shaped hole in the ground where he landed.
"¿Como estuvo tu viaje, tráeme algo?" Tiger asked looking down into the hole.
Jumping out of the hole Lava dusting himself off. "Okay, next idea?" He asked.
"Lapis could fly us." Steven said looking to the blue gem.
"Sorry Steven but I don't think I could make that many trips or carry that many safely." Lapis said looking away and rubbing her arm. Tiger gave her a pat on the back before jumping up and down raising his hand excitedly.
Litch pretending to look around then pointed at him and asked. "Hmmm...yes Tiger?" To which the short gem pointed to Lion who was lounging on the ground nearby.
"Oh yeah! Lion could warp us there." Steven said with joy.
"Yeah but I doubt he could carry us all." Lava said looking at the pink feline and scratching his head, thinking.
"He might not have to though." Prism said before removing his visor and pulling something out of his gem. The item he pulled out looked odd, like a octagon cylinder that narrowed at both ends. "If one of us can get this to the base and set it up we can go back and forth as much as need be."
"So who do we send?" Steven asked but they all just looked at him knowing he would get the idea. "So what do I need to do?" Prism smiled and explained to him how the device worked and where he should place it once he was on the moon. Steven then climbed on Lion's back. "Alrighty Lion TO THE MOON!" He cried but the great animal only rolled to the side making Steven fall off with an 'oof'. Quickly getting up Steven tried to get the large feline up. "Come on, Lion, we gotta do this to stop the Cluster! If we don't there's gonna be no more Earth! No more fun times with your pals, no moreLion Lickers... no more naps?" Lion got up at that and gave a roar his eyes turning white. "Guess it was naps." Steven said climbing on Lion's back.
"Please be careful Steven." Pearl said looking a little worried.
"Don't worry Pearl I'll be fIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNEEEE!" Steven yelled as Lion ran toward the edge of the cliff before giving a loud roar creating a portal that they jumped through.
They all llooked up at the moon hoping that the little hybrid would be alright.
-With Steven--
Steven only saw what looked like when they used a warp-pad when suddenly Lion slammed into a wall panting from exhaustion. Looking around Steven only saw dark walls that looked like some sort of pictures on them but couldn't make them out.
"Whoa!" Steven said as he took in the room Lion had brought him to. Steven quickly dug in his pocket for the device Prism had given him looking at he quickly ran to the opposite side of the room and began to set it up muttering to himself. "Set down...two turns to the left...push down the top...step back and wait 30 seconds." After he finished Steven walked over to lion who was still panting and started petting him. "It's okay buddy you've earned your naps for the week."
Suddenly the device began letting out a frantic beeping before a large portal opened and a figure stepped through. The figure was a purple gem with hair in a tight bun and wearing reading glasses they were dressed like a businesswoman in a white and gray suit with a skirt as well as a petite build with a gem located on the back of their hand. The gem looked at Steven before walking over. "Mr. Steven Universe?" She asked.
"Yes, that's me." Steven answered.
"Please sign here." The gem said handing him a tablet and stylus pointing to a line for his signature. Steven did as instructed as the gem continued. "And here...and here...intial here...thumbprint here...and a smiley face here please."
"What's this for anyway?" Steven asked giving back the stylus.
"Few odds and ends nothing major." The gem said turning to walk through the portal again.
"Wait...uh miss" Steven called. "What's your name?"
"Tanzanite, but I prefer Tanz..." Tanz answered starting to go through the portal before yelling back. "And I'm not a miss, this just makes me feel pretty." He said giving a little spin and giggle. "They'll be along shortly." Tanz finished and went back through the portal.
A short few seconds later everyone working on the drill came through along with a few more gems who seemed to be apart of the Hidden City. The gems from the Hidden City quickly began to do work in the room inspecting the walls and floor before a large green gem set up something in the center of the room. The object looked like a simple street lamp with a large orb at the top that quickly lit up making the whole room look as bright as day blinding everyone in the room for a few seconds. With the room lit up the images on the wall became clear each very different from the last. one was white the next yellow the third blue and the last which Steven was standing under was pink. After looking at the images ran over to the group.
"Hey guys this place is so cool." He said still looking around.
"Yes it is rare to see images of all four diamonds in the same place anymore or a complete Diamond Authority symbol." Peridot said looking around with a hint of giddiness.
"Wait like Black on earth?" Steven asked thinking up four different color versions of the huge gem even if only seeing him once.
"No each of them are made for certain purposes and are different from each other." Litch explained. "I'll teach you a little sometime."
"We'd prefer you didn't." Pearl said giving a concerned look.
"A supervised lesson then." Litch suggested still getting a look from Pearl that said she wasn't on board completely.
"Hey where's this go?" Amethyst asked pushing a button next to a door opening it causing the room to depressurize briefly before she closed it. "Hey guys we're in space." She said as a gem came over and shooed her away from the button before the gem put a sign above the it that read 'DO NOT TOUCH'.
"Noted, now lets try and find what we need." Prism said. "Peridot?" He asked the small green gem who nodded.
"Now let's see." Peridot said running to one side of the room touching a part of the floor that was a different color. "If I'm not mistaken then this should..." She trailed off as she pushed down on the floor making small segments float upward creating stairs going up to the next level.
"Good job, Peridot." Steven said giving her a pat on the back. "Let's go!" He cheered running to a low step but tripped along the way. But instead of falling he floated a little before gently land. "Huh?" Steven said before getting back up and doing a small hop but instead of only getting a few inches off the floor he flew almost 3ft in the air.
"Oh yeah the moon doesn't have as much gravity as earth so he's near weightless here." Litch said as Steven started to jump up and float down claiming to be a moon-boy.
"Alright! Cool!" Tiger cheered as he and Amethyst went to jump after him but both quickly face planted making Tiger ask. "Que?"
"Gems are interplanetary species our bodies adjust to the gravity of whatever planet or planetary body we are on, Gravity won't be less for any of us besides Steven." Peridot said as she began to walk up the steps followed by all but Jasper who seemed encapsulate by the image of the pink figure on the wall.
"LAME!!!" Tiger and Amethyst groaned.
"Jasper, you coming?" Lava asked just before they got to the next floor looking at the orange gem.
"Uh...no I'm go stay for a minute." She called over her shoulder not looking away from the picture. Lava smiled softly before looking to Prism who gave an approving nod. The large black gem jumped down and stood near Jasper ready to listen if she wanted to talk.
The rest of the group continued up passing a room with a large orb in the middle that just...floated there. "What's that for?" Steven asked.
"Observations orb." Litch answered as they continued up. "The Diamonds use them to watch places on a planet without leaving the moon base."
"Cool-!" Steven said about to run to the orb but was stopped by Garnet grabbing the back of his shirt stopping him.
"Later Steven that's not what we're here for." The fusion said as they reached the top floor with a single throne like chair and control pad in a huge glass dome.
Steven quickly ran over to the huge window pressing his face against it looking at the breathtaking view of space and the earth.
"Starts to make you think..." Prism said walking up looking down at the planet. "Everyone likes to think they are the center of the universe, this just shows how small we all are." He said ruffling Steven's hair and walking over to the chair.
"Wow this looks almost brand new, a relic by today's standards but still this is-" "How do you turn it on?" Peridot rambled before Amethyst cut her off. "I have no idea..." She answered before the controls hummed to life.
"Hey check it out you guys its got one of those hand thingies." Steven said having crawled onto the chair and pressed the hand-shaped button.
"AAH! YOU CAN'T SIT THERE!" Peridot screamed in a panic. "ONLY THE MOST ELITE OF GEMS CAN SIT THERE."
"Well we'll consider Steven a special case." Litch said starting to press a few buttons as a small screen appeared infront of him as he began to cycle through what looked like images and files. "But More importantly you might be the most intelligent gem in the room, so that should make you the most elite. Right?" Litch asked with a smirk. With Peridot's ego greatly inflated she quickly climbed up to sit beside Steven beginning to work combing through files.
"Ah here we go." Peridot said bringing up a 3d image of earth. "This should be the location...and it is...wow right underneath the barn."
"Talk about luck." Amethyst said a little shocked.
"It really is considering the original plans for earth and all the structures that were supposed to be built." Peridot said showing images of the sea spire, sky spire, and communications hub.
"What was it supposed to be?" Steven asked curious.
"Well let's see..." Peridot pressed a button and the image of earth began to change till it was little more than a hollow shell of what it was today with huge chunks out of the surface. "Ta-da! A finished Earth colony. Wow, look at this! Eighty-ninekindergartens, sixty-sevenspires, aGalaxy Warpin each facet, efficient use of all available materials. What were you thinking, shutting this operation down? It could've been great!Peridot said in pure amazement at what could have happened to earth.
"Because Earth was already great." Lapis said having been silent for most of the trip and totally not forgotten by the writer of this story.
"And they would have destroyed the planet if it was complete." Garnet said with a growl.
"Rose Quartz believed all life is worth protecting." Pearl followed up also sounding a little anger.
"Well if she wanted to protect it she did a lousy job! There'd be no cluster if the Earth had stayed a colony. Now there's no colony, and there's gonna be no Earth, so thank you, Rose Quartz! You doomed the planet!" Peridot fired back before Prism grabbed her by her throat a threatening growl coming from him.
"You know little of the planet, less of our war, and nothing about what either side suffered. So until you do be silent." He said dropping her. "Take all data and destroy the the console we're going home now."
"We have it." Litch said as Garnet smashed the console letting off a little steam from Peridot's outburst. As the group headed back down they saw that the Black Diamond Gems had turned the bottom floor into a small base. "Are we linked up?" Litch asked one gem who game him a nod firing up the portal. Lava saw the portal and tapped Jasper on her shoulder to let them know it was time to leave and with only a little argument they left.
--The Barn--
Once they all arrived Prism walked off his head twitching a little in anger and frustration with Garnet following, With everyone else going to do there own thing Peridot ran into the barn where she bumped into Lava who was leaning against the wall as she hid something behind her back. "Oh...umm...hello General...how's it hanging?" She said trying sound sly but the large gem just gave her a stern look.
Lava extended his hand and made a simple give me gesture. "Give me what you took."
"Took? *pfft* I didn't take anything." Peridot said trying to sound innocent.
"Give it to me Peridot I don't want to hurt you." Lava told here and a cold voice. The green gem cautiously handed over an odd looking multicolored gem-like object. "Why did you take this?" Lava asked.
"I was going to contact Yellow Diamond and convince here to deactivate the cluster." Peridot answered rubbing her arm starring at the ground. "She could help."
"She could but she won't." Lava said kneeling infront of the small gem and taking her wrist putting the object back in her hand. "But I feel this is something you'll have to try." He finished walking out of the barn as Steven came jogging in.
"Hey Peridot what ya got there?" He asked pointing to the thing in her hand.
"Come with me." She said pulling him into the truck sat in the middle of the barn. She then showed him the object. "This is a direct Diamond communication stone, it allows anyone who knows how to directly contact any of the Diamonds."
"Where you going to use it?" Steven asked a little worried.
"I am." Peridot answered. "If I can convince Yellow Diamond then maybe we won't need the drill and she can deactivate the cluster and we'll all be okay, right?" Peridot asked looking hopefully at Steven. But Steven only had a serious look. "What's wrong?" She asked. Quick as possible Steven grabbed the device and jumped out of the truck hitting the lock as he did. In a panic Peridot tried to open the doors before looking at Steven and pressed her face against the window. "Steven! what are you doing?"
"I'm sorry Peridot but I need to tell the others about this." He answered.
"What?! Nonononono Don't do this they won't understand!" She yelled trying to get the doors open.
"Don't bother trying to get out you're trapped by one of Earth's most powerful devices, the child safety lock." He answered running outside with the device.
"Steven, no! How could you do this to me, the great and loveable Peridot?" She yelled.
Steven ran outside to see everyone standing around. Panting Steven held up device to the group some stared in confusion others in shock.
"Steve, where did you get that?" Pearl asked surprised.
"Peridot had it she said that she was going to use it to contact Yellow Diamond." Steven told them as Garnet took the device.
"Takin' back all my cool nicknames for her! So long, Peri and P-dot, hello... Ahhh, I'm too mad! I'll think of something later." Amethyst said sounding upset.
"¿Amigo verde nos gire? no es genial." Tiger chimed in a little angry.
"We can't let her do that or they may come here." She said summoning her gauntlet to smash it but was quickly stopped by Prism stopping her fist.
"I wouldn't do that, once one of those breaks it send a distress signal to all the Diamonds." Prism said taking the device.
"So what do we do with it?" Steven asked.
"We-" Prism started before a large explosion from the barn made them all look to see Peridot in her robot laughing maniacally.
"Your invisible rotary shield was no match for me...once I applied logic!" She continued to laugh as all the gems charged at her. Peridot threw the truck at them knocking them all down making Prism drop the device giving Peridot the chance to grab it and start running.
Getting up Amethyst let out a chuckle. "Oh okay! I've been ready for this." She then shapeshifted into a helicopter. "Get in!" She said with low growl.
"We won't all fit." Tiger said as he transformed into another helicopter and everyone piled into one of the two gems turned helicopters Garnet, Pearl, and Litch in Amethyst with Lava, Prism, and Jasper in Tiger while Lapis summoned her wings but Steven just stood having a inner crisis.
"Stupid Peridot, stupid giant robot! Oh why, oh why did I have to encourage her?" Steven asked himself as Prism picked him up and dashed him over to hand him to Garnet already in Amethystcopter.
"Because you are the most precious of cinnamon buns." Prism told him sprinting over to Tigercopter and taking off.
Peridot was running in her robot try to use its claws to turn on the device. "Come on, come on." She muttered.
"What's up Perisnot?" Amethyst said as she flew up to one side of Peridot with Tiger flying to the otherside.
"Good one Amethyst!" Steven cried. Garnet then summoned her gauntlet launching it at Peridot hitting the robot into a power line knock both down making her drop the communication device. As Peridot picked herself up a bit she saw the device infront of her reaching before it was knocked away by Pearl's spear.
"DOG PILE!" Amethyst called as both her and Tiger turned back into their regular forms letting all the gems fall landing on different parts of the robot and begin ripping it apart trying to get Peridot out. But they didn't see her crawl out the arm before booking it diving onto the stone ready to use but was stopped by Steven trying to wrestle it away from her.
"I trusted you! I spend all that time bonding and hoping and caring about you!" Steven cried trying to get the device catching the attention of all the gems.
"You don't get it either! This is your whole prooobleeem! Your emotions rule out reason! I will do what has to be done!" Peridot shouted getting away from Steven.
"Peridot! NO!" Lapis called out making her stop for a second.
Looking at the blue gem only gave a weak smile before turning the device making it glow yellow. "Don't worry she'll fix all this." The communicator floated up beginning to expand making a screen of sorts. All the other gems dove behind the fallen robot to hide from being seen. Soon an image began to form revealing a gem with several qualities similar to Pearl and Litch such as build, posture, a large pointy nose, etc.
"This is the Yellow Diamond control room." The gem replied sounding a bit snooty.
"Is that another pearl?" Amethyst asked.
"Who is she?" Steven asked Pearl.
"Not all pearls know each other." She answered sounding a little offended.
"Actually I do know her." Litch chimed in.
"QUITE!" Lava gave a low growl.
"Who authorized you to make this call?" Yellow Pearl asked Peridot.
"No one, b-b-but it's an emergency!" Peridot replies.
"That's no excuse to use the direct diamond communication channel."
"Pearl." A bored voice off screen said getting the attention of said gem.
"Yes, my Diamond?" She answered the voice a little spooked.
"Why is someone on the Diamond line?"
"I don't know. I was just about to tell her-" She explained but was quickly stopped by a large hand coming and grabbing the screen.
"I'll take it from here." The voice was then given form of a large yellow feminine form with hair coming to two points one under the other and very bored yet serious face who barely spared the holographic screen a glance as she continued to type on another screen while she sat on what appeared to be some sort of throne.
"Is that..."
"Yellow..."
"Diamond!" Garnet,Amethyst, and Pearl said shocked.
"My Diamond! Peridot, reporting in." Peridot said.
"Which peridot?" Yellow Diamond asked not breaking eye contact with the screen she was typing on.
"F- Facet-2-F-5-L, Cut-5-X-G. I'm sorry to contact you this way, but all other forms of communication have been destroyed and -" She began to explain before the yellow matriarch held up her hand to silence her.
"This says you're behind schedule on your mission to... How is... the Earth?" Yellow asked giving Peridot a questioning look.
"It's... full of life." Peridot answered.
"Organiclife... and where is theJasperI assigned you? And why aren't you calling from theship?" Yellow asked turning back to her other screen.
"The ship was destroyed." Peridot answered.
"By whom?" Yellow asked.
"I-I-I-It was destroyed by... no one! There was... an accident... while we were...landing?" Peridot told her stunning everyone the group making them ask: why she did that? While Peridot waited to see if Yellow Diamond bought it.
"I'll inform your manager of your incompetence. And what is the status of The Cluster?" Yellow asked.
"The Cluster... will emerge shortly." Peridot hesitates to answer.
"Good. We'll finally get some use out of that miserable planet... Thank you for your report, Peridot. There'll be a ship heading to your location to take you to your next assignment." Yellow said beginning to type again.
"Wait! I-I wouldn't called to waste your time with a report." Peridot cried.
"You already have." Yellow said leering at the small green gem.
"No, I mean... the reason I called... the real reason is... I believe we should terminate The Cluster." Peridot told her sounding a little scared.
"Why?" Yellow asked in a low growl.
"The organic ecosystem creates resources unique to this world, we can't sacrifice all that potential just for one geo-weapon! I'd like to tell you some plans I came up with to utilize the planet without disrupting the local -" Peridot began to ramble before Yellow spoke up.
"I've heard enough! I don't care aboutpotentialandresources." Yellow said giving the Diamond line her full attention her anger starting show.
"What?" Peridot asked shocked.
"Iwantmy Cluster, and Iwantthat planet todie. Just make that happen." Yellow said more forcefully.
"...No!" Peridot shouted shocking everyone who was watching the situation.
"Are you questioning my authority?!" Yellow Yelled standing up in a huff.
"I'm... questioning your objectivity! My Diamond." Peridot said.
The two then began a bit of an angry back and forth.
"You are out of line."
"I just think-"
"I'm not interested in the puny thoughts of a Peridot –"
"But!"
"You have disrespected this channel and my time with your presence and you would do well to -"
"But-"
"Shut your mouth! You have failed at every stage of this mission. Your only chance to redeem yourself is to obey this simple order. You are to leave the Cluster to grow. It will tear apart the Earth, and I will take immense satisfaction in erasing that hideous rock off of our star maps. Is that clear?!" Yellow yelled her anger bubbling.
"I won't do it! I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting!" Peridot cried making Steven smile from his hiding place.
"What doyouknow about the Earth?!" Yellow yelled.
"Apparently more thanYOU! You... CLOD!!!!" Peridot yelled right back out of impulse. Yellow gave Peridot an angry (yet funny) look before Peridot gave a brief Diamond salute. "Uuh! Peridot, out!" Cutting the transmission.
The gems and Steven all quickly ran out congratulating Peridot.
"That was amazing." Steven.
"I can't believe I just did that..." Peridot.
"I was so wrong about being so wrong about you!!" Steven.
"I can't believe I just did that..." Peridot.
"You thought you could change her mind." Garnet.
"Yellow D got torn down by the "Peri-dactyl"!" Amethyst.
"Not bad little one." Litch.
"Eh, you gave it your best." Lava.
"You're braver than me, Short stuff." Jasper.
"I really thought you were gonna turn us in." Lapis.
"Peridot es muy varonil!" Tiger.
"All's well I guess." Prism.
"Can one of you take this." Peridot said handing them the device before Tiger grabbed it calling 'dibs' starting to mess with it.
"Why?" Pearl asked.
"Because it can be remotely detonated." She answered. The device then began beeping and was beeping faster. Tiger in a panic quickly ate the device but didn't stop the beeping.
"Don't eat that!" Lava yelled gut punching Tiger making him spit it up into Pearl's hands.
Pearl gave a quick cry of terror before tossing it to Amethyst. "Here Amethyst!"
"WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH IT?!" Amethyst yelled before tossing it to Jasper who tossed it to Litch. They kept up the brief game of hot potato till it got to Steven who bubbled it and tossed it up for Garnet to punch into space where it detonated with a ear rattling boom.
"Well that was fun." Prism said plopping down on the ground quickly joined by everyone suddenly exhausted by the events.
"She'll send someone after us." Jasper said thinking about all she had just done or hadn't done.
"One day at a time, one day at a time." Lava told her.
--meanwhile in the Yellow Diamond control room--
Yellow Diamond was a pillar of rage at the moment not only being told off, but being told off by a Peridot... from HER own Court.
"Pearl, assemble any Quartz soldiers available now I want them to make sure that Peridot is nothing more than dust and the Jasper found and returned to be questioned! Understood?!" She Yelled.
"Yes My Diamond." Yellow Pearl answered. "Immediately My Dia-" She was cut off by the Diamond line going off signaling another call coming in. "Uuh, My Diamond?"
She said.
"Oh what now?!" Yellow asked answering the line herself. "What is it? Who is calling?" She asked trying to control her anger.
Suddenly her entire control room went pitch black. When the lights came back on a large black holographic image stood near her over double her height and looking down with a stern expression. "Yellow." The hologram said simply.
"B-b-b-Black?" Yellow asked as if she had just seen a ghost. "How? Why? You?" She asked in a panic.
"I see you've kept your Pearl." He said ignoring her babble. "Would have thought that you'd get a new one... oh well." Black said taking a seat on a chair that appeared.
"Why have you contacted me?" Yellow asked afraid to move.
"I monitored your transmission and have something to tell you, please sit." He told her and she obeyed. "Leave Earth alone I have an interest in it and my force will be assisting the Peridot in deactivating the Cluster."
"But-" Yellow tried to say something.
"That is all..." Black cut her off his hologram beginning to fade. "Go against my word and you will feel my wrath." He finished as the hologram completely faded leaving only Yellow and her pearl still a bit stunned.
"Pearl assemble a small squad to search for the Jasper." Yellow instructed. "He may have the planet for now but I will not lose all I have to remember her by."
"Of course my Diamond." YP pulled up a screen and began to work. "It looks as if a squad of rubies are about two galaxies over and can be there in a few days time."
"Send them now!" Yellow said finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Yellow pulled up her own screen looking at a photo a giving a exceedingly rare small smile before looking at it more remembering good time, bad times, and... the worst. Black may have stopped her but the second she could she would destroy Earth like it was nothing she swore it.
Yay! I'm not dead! This took a bit but hey almost 7,000 words. I may take a bit on the next chapter because I think it will be the Cluster chapter and meeting the Ruby squad but we'll see. Until next time.