Violet awoke, floating in space. She felt her stomach but discovered that nothing was wrong. She looked around and Jay was curled up in his space suit. Violet looked for Lilac but the bubble didn't contain her. Tears ran down her face as she realized that her friend wasn't coming with them. Time flew by and Violet noticed an incoming green gem. She remembered what Jay said about Nephrite. Violet mustered some strength and formed a retrieval bubble, grabbing the gem. She didn't bring her into the big bubble because she was unresponsive. The gem was silent, not daring to look around at her new surroundings. Violet frowned at first but decided to teleport to the other bubble.
"Hi, my name is Violet," she said, "I know your name, it's Nephrite is it not?"
Nephrite didn't budge but she uttered a single word, "Yes."
"How are you, do you want a hug? I am apparently good at giving those," Violet asked.
"I don't need anything from you," Nephrite said, turning away, "Your hair is too much for this bubble."
"Aw, okay," Violet said, putting her hair up, "How is that?"
"It's better," Nephrite said, looking over her shoulder, "Where are we?"
"Well… We are pretty close to the Earth," Violet said, "Is that where you want to be?"
"Yeah," Nephrite said, "I have friends that probably miss me."
"That is good!" Violet said, "I have Jay when he wakes up!"
"Jay?" Nephrite said, "Oh it's that sweet boy, I heard on the radio waves that he was killed by gems on the Moon. Oh wait did you hurt him? Is that why he is in that sorry state?"
"Is that what the humans are saying?" Violet said, frowning, "I didn't do anything bad to him, he got knocked out by my friend Lilac. How do you know that's what they are saying?"
"Well," Nephrite said, "I can read radio waves."
"That is amazing," Violet said, "Could I please have a hug?"
Nephrite looked at the gem with pity as the light purple-haired gem struggled to maintain a stable face, "Fine."
Violet embraced the soft and cold gem, tears instantly falling out of her purple-blue eyes. Nephrite wrapped her arms around the gem and found it hard to be unwavering in her feelings. The two didn't let go for several minutes, sobbing into each other's shoulders.
"I lost my best friend!" Violet practically shouted, "She was right there and she suffered all of it."
"I'm so sorry!" Nephrite cried back, "It's been such a long time since I have had contact with anyone, I can't control myself."
"We both feel pain," Violet sniffed, "I am so glad I found you."
"I'm glad you found me too," Nephrite said, smiling and stroking Violet's hair.
"I am sorry that you have been out here all alone for all of this time. You must hate humans," Violet said, holding Nephrite's hand.
"Not really," Nephrite said, smiling, "I have a lot of human friends back on Earth, they are so nice and warm. Kinda like you, you are going to fit in just right."
"That's good," Violet said, leaning into Nephrite and falling asleep within seconds.
Nephrite cuddled with the gem until they got extremely close to the atmosphere of the Earth, "Violet! Wake up sweety!"
Violet opened her eyes, "What is it? Oh my."
Violet quickly merged the two bubbles and touched Jay lightly. He didn't wake up. Nephrite frowned, but the two gems held hands and braced for impact. The Earth came up alarmingly quick and soon the bubble was struggling to stay together. It hit the surface like an egg, cracking on impact with the ground. Flames surged around it for several seconds but dissipated. The bubble popped after several more cracks covered its once smooth surface.
Nephrite and Violet opened their eyes, looking surprised to see the ground on the Earth. Jay was still asleep. Violet touched his helmet.
"You can take off the helmet, he can breathe here," Nephrite said, standing up, "We can probably carry him to a person called 'Steven,' He can heal as good as a Rose Quartz and Chrysocolla."
"Okay," Violet said, removing Jay's helmet.
She noticed the decline in his health a while ago, but it became apparent that he was sicker than she knew. The fair-skinned gem lifted him and walked several minutes with Nephrite to the nearest warp pad. Violet had never experienced a warp pad before. The circle formed a tall stream of light that carried them to where they needed to go, except for the fact that they ended up in a place with a lot of warp pads.
Nephrite realized that she had no idea where to go, "I think it's this one?"
"Hopefully," Violet said.
It was the right one and Nephrite looked surprised, "Wow, I was correct!"
Violet adjusted her grip on the sleeping human and smiled at him face, "We will get you taken care of soon enough."
They were greeted by a tall young man with somewhat long curly hair. Several other gems walked out of the house.
"Hello, your name is Steven, isn't it? Can you fix my human friend?" Nephrite asked, "Oh, and have a look at Violet?"
"I will see what I can do," Steven said, taking Jay from Violet's arms, "Come on inside with me."
"Okay," Violet said, beginning to follow the human.
She stopped in her tracks and stared at a tall pinkish red gem, feeling slightly intimidated. The long light purple-blue-haired gem quickly snuck past her and into the house.
"Connie, could you take a look at him?" Steven asked a long black-haired woman with a worried face.
"Sure, Steven," Connie said, grabbing a pair of scissors and cutting open the suit, "Wow, this is very crudely made, where did you guys come from?"
"The Moon," Violet said, "We came from the Moon Base."
"Well then," Connie said, pulling out a name tag, "Is that why you used space tape on… Jay Newcrest?"
"I only know Jay, I do not know Newcrest but yes we did use space tape on the suit," Violet said, "Now can you get back to fixing him?"
"Vi, don't rush humans, they don't like it," Nephrite said to Violet.
"Fine," Violet said, "Is he okay?"
Connie finished clipping up the space tape and handed over Jay's space suit, "He is malnourished and he has several infected wounds. He needs some nice food, which we have and a healer, which we also have. Honey?"
Steven was about to place his hand on Jay's wounds when Violet felt that he was getting too close, "No, don't."
The gem grabbed his hand rather roughly and teleported him outside. She bent over in pain, not letting go of Steven's hand no matter how shaky her grip was. Violet wasn't thinking straight so she decided to teleport again to the top of a hill with a lighthouse.
"Violet, calm down, you don't need to teleport everywhere," Steven said, "Your gem is a moonstone, you get the most power from the Moon, not here. It is harder to teleport here."
"I can't stop," Violet said, "I think I am corrupted like Lilac."
She teleported again but this time the two went back in time. A tall, lithe gem stood, using her powers to time travel. She heard the thud of Violet's body on the tall grass. She waved goodbye to them and the two were outside of Steven's house.
"Hey, we need to get back to your friend and you aren't doing so well," Steven said, kindly, "Do you want to go back to my house?"
"Yeah," Violet said, breathless, "I have never teleported that much before. Can you heal me after you heal Jay?"
"I can try," Steven said, "Usually to cure corruption, you need time and love."
"I have been corrupted?" Violet said, almost panicking.
"Yes," Steven said, "But it's only a bit, here let's go inside and Connie can help you check."
"Okay, Steven," Violet said, letting go of the man's hand, "Sorry about all of this."
"It's okay, I just want you guys to get better," Steven said, smiling.