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Chapter 2
"Peridot!" Steven screamed as he watched her poof. The green gem started to fall to the ground when a green beam surrounded it. The Peridot pulled the green gem to her hands, carefully creating a green bubble around it. The Peridot ignored the others starting to run toward her and stepped back onto the warp pad.
"What do you think you're doing?" Jasper yelled, running up to the pad.
"My job." The warp pad erupted in bright light and she was gone.
"We need to get to Homeworld!" Garnet shouted, running over to the pad.
"I..." Lapis stuttered, her eyes locked on the warp pad with fear.
"It's alright," Bismuth said, placing a hand on the blue gem's shoulder. "We will stay here and hold down the fort."
"Steven can talk to Yellow Diamond," Pearl said, her hands resting on Steven's shoulder. "Don't worry. We'll get this sorted out and get Peridot back."
A warp and a run later and the group was waiting in Yellow Diamond's court with the Diamond herself. Once Steven told Yellow what had happened, she immediately sent her Pearl off to get more information.
"You do realize there are so many Peridots here," Yellow Diamond said, her finger flicking through a screen. "What you are talking about sounded like a removal process. It normally happens if a Peridot gets attached to a particular assignment."
"But Peridot wanted to stay on Earth! You said that gems could stay on Earth if they wanted!" Steven said.
"I did," Yellow Diamond said, flicking the screen away. "In this case, removals involve an approval process. If I would have known that this was your Peridot, I wouldn't have allowed this to happen, Pink."
"It looks like a busy day for Peridots," Yellow Pearl stated as she walked back into the court, her fingers flicking through a screen. "There were seven harvesting, two shattering, and five reprogramming for today alone! Do you know which Peridot was yours?"
"Facet-2F5L Cut 5XG," Jasper answered, her hands clenching into fists.
Yellow Pearl tapped the screen. "Found her. She was scheduled for a reprogramming."
"Read the approval form."
"Yes My Diamond," Yellow Pearl said. "Approval to remove Facet-2F5L Cut 5XG from assignment due to attachment. Request for reprogramming."
"What is reprogramming?" Steven asked.
"It is the modification of memory. It is a normal process for Era 2 Peridots. It happens whenever a Peridot is reassigned so they can focus on the current assignment instead of the former," Yellow Pearl stated, her fingers clicking through the screen.
"Has it been completed?" Yellow Diamond asked.
"Yes, My Diamond."
Yellow Diamond sighed. "I'm sorry, Pink."
Steven shook his head. "No. We just need to find her and talk to her. There is no way..."
"Steven..." Pearl said while Garnet reached over to pull him close to her.
"I can give you her current location but I would advise you all going over there," Yellow Diamond offered.
"Why not!" Amethyst angrily asked.
"It would draw too much attention," Yellow said. "I suggest Jasper go ahead since she was on assigned to this Peridot."
Jasper knelt down, locking eyes with Steven. "Don't worry. I'll find her and figure this out."
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