Pearl warped back into the temple. Still no sign of Sapphire, this was worse than the time with Sardonyx. After walking off the pad, Ruby then warped in with Amethyst.
"Still nothing," Amethyst said. Ruby walked through with slumped shoulders. If this was hard on anyone it was hard on her.
"She has to be around here somewhere," Pearl said.
The door then slammed opened revealing a gasping Greg, "Guys…"
Pearl sighed, "Gregg… look we're…"
"The ocean's gone again!"
"What?" Peridot barreled out of the bathroom and out the door, the other gems weren't far behind. True to what Gregg said. What was once a large ocean was now a desert as far as the eye can see.
"Do you think it's Lapis?" Peridot asked hopefully.
"Maybe, she did it before," Amethyst said.
"By why would she do it now?" Pearl asked.
"Well, whatever it is, we have to check it out," Amethyst said.
"What about Sapphire?" Ruby asked.
"We're worried about her too, but we need to work on this first," Pearl said. Ruby wanted to argue, but she knew Pearl was right.
"Where's Steven?" Gregg asked.
"We don't know, but we don't have time to wait for him," Peridot said, "It might be Lapis."
"Gregg, the last time you were involved with the ocean vanishing, your leg broke. I think you should stay here," Pearl advised.
"Yeah," Gregg agreed, "I'll stay here and wait for Steven instead."
The gems then left the house and started their journey through the ocean floor. They were nervous, this was the first mission they had without Sapphire's future vision. Also they didn't know where Steven was… Oh well, he was safer wherever he was.
Blue Diamond paced around her chambers. Sitting in the center was Pink Diamond's gem. Blue was a whirlwind of emotion. Pink was Rose Quartz? It couldn't be true. But it did make sense.
How Rose got so close to Pink in the first place? She was already there. But that would also mean, Pink started the rebellion. She turned against homeworld for useless beings, for humans… How was Blue supposed to feel? Angry, that she betrayed them? Happy she was alive? Sad… that she actually hated her… them enough to want to fight them? And Yellow and White… what were they going to say?
Blue could probably convince them to let Pink explain first, but… was that Pink? The being that was in the trial… It was like a completely different gem. They're appearance, they're explanation. It was confused and willing to owe up to their actions. Blue knew there was something wrong with the gem that was on trial. But it had Rose's gem, so it had to be Rose… wasn't it? Blue didn't know what to think anymore. She felt like she was going to shatter from all the emotions churning in her gem. This was completely wrong. The laws, roles, and punishments were all created so that nothing unexpected would happen. So that all gems could have a purpose and be safe, but this… A Diamond betraying homeworld… was beyond unexpected.
"My Diamond," Blue nearly jumped at Nephrite's voice, she turned to see the panel, "My Diamond, we're ready to leave, shall we go?"
Blue was silent. Should she? What was she going to tell everyone when she returned home? She was silent for so long, Nephrite had to speak again.
"My Diamond, can you hear me?"
Blue took in a deep breath, "Yes, Nephrite I can… And… Y… Yes, take us back home." Whatever happened, she had Yellow and White, they could figure this out. They were Diamonds after all.
"Yes, My Diamond. Please be seated." Blue went to her seat as did Pearl. The jump would not be pleasant. She heard the engines starting to get louder as the gravity jump started to kick in. But she was jolted forward, almost knocked out of her seat.
"Nephrite, what was that?" Blue demanded.
"We don't know, something has stopped us. Please wait, we're sending a drone to view the exterior."
A second screen then appeared. Showing the outside of the ship. Blue's eyes widened. Extending from the Earth was a giant arm of water. It had wrapped around the wrist of her own ship.
"What is this?" Blue Diamond shouted.
"Um… the planets ocean has reached into space and…"
"I can see that," Blue shouted, "Find out what has caused this and put an end to it."
"My Diamond, should we contact homeworld?"
The question stopped the matriarch, she looked at Pink's gem. Of course she should contact them, it was the best option in her situation, but Pink… She shook her head.
"Yes, contact them, tell them our ship has been attacked and to send assistance, send those exact words," Blue commanded. Pink could wait.
"Yes, my Diamond," Nephrite answered. The pilot began programming in a distress signal, it would be difficult, there wasn't a communication hub this far out. But it should reach homeworld. Nephrite pressed the send button, but the word 'Error' flashed on screen.
"What?" the pilot asked. She tried again several times, but it didn't go through, "What is going on."
A panel sparked after Sapphire yanked out some of its wires. She sighed, "That should keep them from sending any signals for a while. Now to get Steven."