Just as soon as Lapis' eyes turned silver, a red soul flew in and snatched Amethyst from beside Peridot. But Peridot was too focused on Lapis to notice.

Lapis started to whisper," There's five, there's five, there's five..."

Peridot gulped. This had happened before.

"They're coming for you..."

Then her eyes stopped glowing silver, and the blue demon's head jerked up to the sky. "I'll get her, Peridot."

Peridot cocked her head. "Huh?"

"Amethyst."

And the blue demon flew out of the hole in the roof.

Her eyes darted around, looking for the soul that had taken Amethyst. She saw a red tail disappearing behind a broken-down brick coffee shop and followed it. The soul flew out over the glowing green water and cackled, before dropping Amethyst, who was unconcious, into it.

Lapis bit her lip. She was in-between two choices: if she let Amethyst drown, then she could tell Peridot that she didn't get to her fast enough, and have Peridot all to herself (unless, of course, Peridot didn't hook up with that meathead back at home again). But...then again, if she did, the world would most likely end.

So she took a chance and dove into the glowing depths of the ocean, at once running into a familiar demon.

Malachite.

So THAT was why the water was green.

But the demon didn't notice her or Amethyst, so she just swam past Malachite, towards Amethyst. A few bubbles werw escaping the girl's mouth. Good. She was still alive. But she won't be soon.

Lapis swam quickly towards Amethyst and grabbed her, swimming as fast as she could back to the surface.

Malachite still didn't notice them. Was she asleep?

And with all the beauty of a goddess, Lapis rose out of the water, carrying Amethyst, who was shivering (but still unconcious) over one shoulder.

She looked around, easily spotting the Axe Man's temple, and headed that way.

She dropped Amethyst inside the house, flying inside after Amethyst landed with a thunk on the attic floor, finally waking up.

PART TWO

"So what do we do now?" asked Steven.

"Well, we need a fifth person to stop the Axe Man, but who could it be? Jasper?" asked Peridot, thinking.

Lapis shuddered at the name.

"Well, it has to be someone in the family. Think." Amethyst said, rubbing her chin.

"Well, I see demons, Pearl sees souls, Amethyst sees ghosts, Garnet sees ghouls...can anyone find the pattern here?"

Suddenly, Steven started crying. "I'M SOWWY!"

Amethyst patted his shoulder. "What about, Steve-o?"

"I SHOULD'VE TOLD YOU! I can see th-these things with golden circles above there heads, a-and wings..." he sniffed.

Peridot's and Amethyst's mouths dropped open at approximately the same time. "Angels!"

They turned to Lapis, who was watching them sheepishly.

"Why didn't you tell us before?!" Peridot asked angrily, balling her fists and stomping up to her.

Lapis didn't answer, she just shrugged.

Peridot's face turned bright red. "YOU KNEW! THE ENTIRE TIME, YOU KNEW!"

Lapis felt her heart break. "No, Peridot, I didn't know, but-"

"I can't trust you, demon." Peridot hissed. "Don't you understand that the world is in danger?"

"Peridot, you can still save the world. Take Steven to the Axe Man's temple. Just...be careful."

"WHAT DO YOU CARE?! YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT ME AT ALL!"

Lapis clenched her fists, finally starting to feel angry. "Well MAYBE, Peridot, if you hadn't LET your mom bring you here, this wouldn't have happened! Because dammit, we wouldn't have gotten in that fight..." Tears poured down the demon's face, and she grabbed Peridot, crashing her lips against hers. "I'm-I'm in love with you, Peri..."

Peridot fell back, then dragged her shirt sleeve across her face. She took a deep breath. Then she said in a surprisingly calm voicw,"You stay here with Ames, Lapis, I'm going out there."

Lapis didn't pay attention, she was still crying...but Amethyst, who had been quiet pretty much the entire time, pulled Peridot into a hug, pressing three small kisses in a triangle on her forehead. "Be safe out there, Per. By the way, I love that nickname."

Peridot blushed, but smiled, pulling Steven from the floor. She was glad Amethyst wasn't mad at her for Lapis kissing her.

"Bye, Big A." she whispered.

Amethyst rolled her eyes. "Glad you finally realized that I have a big ass."

"Wait, what!?"

Amethyst just chuckled. "Never mind, go."

"Okay, you clod."

PART THREE

"If you are evil and you're on the rise you can count on the four of us taking you down. Cause we're good and evil never beats us, we'll win the fight, and then go out for pizzas..."

"GAH! Steven! Are you UNAWARE that there are FIVE of us?"

Steven's singing had decreased in loudness and happiness as they got closer to the Axe Man's temple, and he had seemed a bit twitchy as well. However, the phrase 'four of us' still made Peridot annoyed.

"Four of us just sounds better."

"Have you even tried it with 'five of us'?"

"Uh...no, but..."

Suddenly, Steven grabbed his stomach and retched, leaning further across Peridot's back (he was over her shoulder like a sack of potatoes) and threw up. "Ow, ow, ow!" he yelped.

Peridot winced. "Steven, are you okay?"

Steven didn't answer, his eyes rolled up in his head and he fell onto the ground, still hplding his stomach.

"STEVEN! DON'T DO THIS! You-YOU still have to save the world, Steven!"

But the little boy was still unconcious, nothing Peridot did woke him up.