The communications were down and thanks to Lapis, they couldn't leave. Now came the hard part. Getting Steven's gem away from Blue Diamond. Sapphire didn't need future vision to know that was going to be difficult. Right now, she was really missing Ruby. Together they were coordinated and smart. And, she just wanted to see Ruby. Sapphire shouldn't have gotten into that fight with Ruby, telling her that she didn't understand. Of course, she understood; Sapphire shared her future vision with her when they fused. Sapphire was just so angry and confused that she lashed out at Ruby. She didn't even consider the consequences. Steven got poofed and Ruby might not speak to her again.
Now wasn't the time to worry about that. Steven came first. She opened the servant's door slightly, to look into Blue Diamond's chamber. Blue Diamond sat at her seat, obviously waiting for a report on the damage assessment. Ever present was her Pearl, silently waiting for orders. On the table, sitting on a pillow was what Sapphire was after.
"… Steven." The pink diamond rested on the pillow. It wasn't any easier for Sapphire to see it. The gem of her leader, the one that lied, later becoming the gem of her son. The one that gave her so many smiles, to both her and Ruby. Now he was gone… he wasn't gone, he was just inside the gem… he had to be.
Lapis finally approached, she looked back at her and whispered, "Once the explosion happens, I'll grab the gem while Blue Diamond is distracted." Sapphire managed to set something to explode. It wouldn't be big and wouldn't cause real damage, but it would make the other gems panic and try to protect their Diamond. Homeworld gems were paranoid like that.
The boom gently reverberated through the ship. Blue Diamond stood up, "What was that?"
Now was the time, Sapphire ran in just as the Agate arrived, "My Diamond are you injured?"
Sapphire slowly floated to the top of the table and crawled. To the pillow, finally, she reached out and as gently as she could, picked up the diamond. She cradled it to her chest and gently stroked it, hoping that in some way, Steven could feel it.
"What is happening?" Blue Diamond asked.
"There was an explosion, I came to see if you are alright?" The Agate explained. Blue looked at her, first, the ocean attacked the, then, communications fail, now an explosion. It could only mean… Blue turned to the table, and to her horror, Pink's gem was gone!
"Attention members of the crew," Blue Diamond's voice boomed through the ship, "There are intruders on board, they have taken a pink gem from me. Find them and return the gem to me in one piece."
"What's Blue Diamond doing here?" Pearl asked after she and the other crystal gems hid in a hallway avoiding a few jaspers.
"I don't know," Amethyst said, "How did she know we're here already."
"She couldn't have meant us Amethyst we didn't steal a pink gem," Pearl explained.
"Wait a minute," Ruby said, she felt something, then she started running towards something.
"Ruby wait for us," Amethyst shouted as she, Pearl, and Peridot ran after her. Ruby could sense her, they had fused for thousands of years, she knew her presence anywhere. Then finally the gem she was searching for turned the corner. She saw Ruby and stopped. Then Lapis appeared and stopped as well.
Sapphire looked at Ruby, then tears began to run down her face, "… Ruby." Sapphire did the only thing she could do and run into her arms. When she was there, it all came back. The pain from Rose's lie, Blue Diamond attacking her, Steven getting poofed. It all flowed down her face, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Sapphire apologized over and over in a painful chant. Ruby held her and comforted her.
"It's okay, I was upset too…" Ruby told her.
"Steven…" Sapphire chocked.
"Lapis?" Peridot asked when she finally caught up with them.
Lapis looked down, "Hey Peridot."
"Steven's not mad and you know it," Ruby said. Sapphire shook her head. She stepped away from Ruby and started lifting up the gem in her arms.
She turned it to show the pentagon cut, "Steven… Blue Diamond poofed him…"