Reese woke up and found half of her body was pinned under some rock. She was most certain some ribs were broken or at least her arm. She groaned- more because she was angry at herself for not taking up Lapis Lazuli's offer to carry her in the air. Reese wiggled a little under the rock and turned to the side even though the pain was agonizing. She yelled and used her good foot to move it off of her side rolling it off her arm.

Yea, her arm was most definitely broken.

Fuck. Why am I so stupid?

She wasn't even going to try and sit up. Reese felt slightly light headed but nothing too bad and nothing she couldn't handle. She wondered if this was what she would've felt throwing herself off of the cliff but she would've died instantly instead. She put her good arm over her face trying to fight off tears.

She wasn't crying because she was in pain, she was crying because she couldn't tell Jasper bye. Even her dad. Just like she never got to tell her mother goodbye.

Why would I think of something like that now? There was nothing anyone could do.

She had wanted to die, alone right? What was with all the second thoughts about it now? Reese smiled even though her face was covered in blood and tears. Being a human being is so stupid anymore. Why do we even want to live on this stupid planet anymore? For someone so ungrateful for my damn existence just because I didn't follow his dream for me and then I fell for some alien from another planet hoping she would return my feelings.

I'm so stupid.

Reese moved her arm off her face and it was still pitch black. Her clothes were soaked with water and blood. Lapis had tried to flood the area so she would float back up but it backfired when the rock was forced apart even more. At least if she was gone, Lapis and Jasper could be in the same room without one attacking the other.

"Ughhh…"

How far had she dropped down? She was lucky it hadn't killed her. It was cold but there was no breeze down there.

"Ugh, just shoot me someone… Please."

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"You two did it!" the Crystal Gems cried hugging Peridot and Steven.

Peridot loved the attention she was getting despite she still didn't like them that much.

"Did Reese and Jasper make up while we were gone?" Steven asked being hopeful.

Amethyst shook her head, "I told Jasper to go to the Beta Kindergarten because they probably went there."

"can we go help now?" Steven asked.

"Of course," Garnet said with a smile.

They headed to the warp pad heading for Beta Kindergarten.

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"Ugh, our gems can only light up so much space at one time," Jasper said, her nose bright as it can go.

"I know. We gotta be careful where we walk. There might more cracks or she could be knocked out on the ground."

"I don't want to think she got hurt," Jasper hissed.

"Well we have too because I haven't heard anything since we dropped down here."

"How are we going to find her like this?" Jasper said becoming angry and impatient.

"My water skills are limited down here and we aren't exactly big you know?" Lapis stated.

The two of them together was a disaster. Jasper was upset and Lapis wasn't helping any. She wasn't great with emotions unless it had to be with being annoyed. The ocean gem sighed angrily and placed a hand on Jasper's shoulder. Jasper turned around, her nose shining on Lapis' expressionless face.

"We can do this faster."

"How? I haven't been able to figure anything out since we've been down her looking."

Lapis stared at her sternly, "Let's fuse into Malachite."

Jasper's mouth hung open; she was dumbfounded.

"We'll have extra arms and we can produce a brighter light. I also know that we can sense things better and if we get off track I can wake us up. I won't be so tired this time."

"I don't want to lose her," Jasper whispered, tears threatening to come from her eyes.

"I know and I want you both to be happy. She's good for you and right now we need to do this. Do this for her."

"I won't lie… I'm afraid we might find her…"

Lapis squeezed her shoulder, "I know but now… We have to be strong for her. I'll take us back to the surface and we can fuse together. For the last time."

Jasper nodded and Lapis' water wings spread out. She hovered for a moment and grabbed Jasper under her arms and pulled her towards the sunlight, out of the darkness. Even though Lapis wasn't sure if they were going to be ok fused together, it was something they needed to do together to save Reese. No matter how much they hated being Malachite, this was the only chance they had.

They stepped off to the side staring into each other's eyes. This would be the moment of truth. If only they could control themselves long enough to find her in the Earth fissures and save her. Lapis held out her hand just like the day the ship had wrecked into the beach and Jasper took it pulling her in close. It was more of slow dance of caution.

Jasper twirled her and brought her back in then dipped her. They became engulfed in light and grew in size. Malachite was flying over the large fissure where they were going to find Reese. It took her a minute to gather her thoughts since she memory was being overflowed with Jasper's memories of Reese. Lapis was so stunned by how many fond memories Jasper had it almost made her want to cry.

"Alright, let's do this!" Malachite yelled and she landed softly on the Earth's crust.

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"Oh wow! This place is falling apart!" Amethyst cried.

"That's not good…" Garnet said.

"I agree… how are we going to find out if they were here?" Pearl asked looking worried too.

"Maybe… we just start looking and see if we find them," Peridot suggested.

The five of them continued walking for ten minutes until Steven slipped into a deep water puddle. Peridot frowned looking around. It was hot and there was no way it would rain too often out here. She helped Steven out. There was damp rock everywhere so that means at least Lapis was here.

"I'm almost a hundred percent sure Lapis was here. There's so much water and this place should be dry."

"That's true," Pearl said, "Lapis was with Reese when we last saw them. Steven and Peridot were inside the Earth dealing with the Cluster."

"You don't think they fell into the ground, do you?" Steven asked feeling more worried than before.

"They might have and can't get out…" Garnet said.

Garnet made a really strange face.

"Are you ok?" Steven asked.

"I saw… Malachite is here."

Everyone froze.

"Malachite?" Peridot asked, "You mean Jasper and Lapis' fusion? Why would they fuse now?"

"Maybe Reese is lost?" Pearl said.

"Wouldn't it be easier if they were smaller?" Steven asked confused.

"It depends on how dire the situation is," Garnet said, "Let's keep going and let's be careful ok?"

Everyone agreed as they went on.

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Reese was drifting in and out of consciousness. For some reason, she thought she saw a faint light. Am I dying already? Did I fall asleep? I can't tell because it's so damn dark… If I'm lucky, I'll hallucinate that the angel coming to take me away will be Mom. I can only hope. If there is such a thing…

Reese lifted her head despite her body screaming in pain at her for doing something so stupid and looked around. She had wondered if anything lived underground and would try to eat her. What if a gem monster came after her? Do I really want to think of such horrible things when these are my last moments on Earth? I'm going to pass out again and I probably won't wake up again. I'd rather die in my sleep anyways… Oh well.

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Malachite had a big pile of rocks thrown almost two hundred feet away from her. She had decided Reese couldn't have fallen so far away anyways and decided to tear up the ground to find her. She was anxious, panic almost undid them twice but she managed to keep it together and keep going strong. Her wings flapped hard whenever she tried prying large chunks from the fissure. She wasn't tired just nervous.

What if… she was dead at the bottom?

DON'T THINK LIKE THAT! Lapis yelled.

"Ok," Malachite said to herself.

She had already dug out almost a hundred feet of the giant fissure. She only had so much more to go. She dropped in slowly using her hand like feet to hold herself steady as she stretched her torso looking. Much to her fears, the ground got wider as it went further to the bottom. She never expected it to be so bad…

"Why is everything happening like this?" Malachite whispered to herself, "Why couldn't I just say sorry…"

"She won't blame you. You're new the feeling thing."

Malachite smiled, "I supposed that is true."

Malachite decided to start digging from inside the fissure this time to see if it would help any. Her nose was a lot brighter than when she was just Jasper. She stretched further hurting herself and she saw something stained at the bottom. She reached out and touched the liquid. It was dried up and dark. It smelled like iron. She brought it closer to her face and realized it was blood.

Just like that day at the beach when Reese's arm had gotten cut up.

Her large four eyes filled with tears fearing the worst. Malachite dropped down and started digging through the rock like a dog digging a hole. Rocks flung out the fissure hitting the sandstone above shaking the valley. The smell of iron was getting stronger and stronger fueling her fear like gasoline on fire. Finally, she stopped seeing a human figure.

"Re-Reese- Reese!" she screamed but Reese made no movement.

"Calm down Jasper! If you get too upset we'll break apart and we won't be able to save her!"

Malachite was shaking all over, her vision blurry from the tears. She was furious with herself. She was devastated.

"Reese! I'm so sorry!" she whispered and scooped her limp body as easily as she could.

Malachite pulled herself out of the fissure with her giant water wings. She landed onto a giant pile of rocks holding Reese. She couldn't believe how torn up she looked lying in her giant hand. Malachite was most certain she was dead; her giant tears splashed onto the ground like rain drops.

The Crystal Gems stopped once they saw Malachite sitting on the rock pile crying. The aqua green monster fusion looked over at them with a pathetic look that broke all of their hearts. No one knew what to say at that moment because they never once saw Jasper or Lapis weak like that. Both sets of eyes were crying in sadness. Both Lapis and Jasper were hurt.

"Let me see her!" Steven yelled, "She might be alive!"

Malachite stared at the little human- gem hybrid and lower her hand. Steven climbed on and walked over to Reese's body. He placed a hand her mouth. Her breathing was shallow.

"She's alive!" Steven yelled and placed his ear against her chest.

Her heart was beating, trying to stay alive.

"We have to get to a hospital!" Steven yelled to the giant fusion.

Malachite held out her hand and the others climbed on. She closed her fists up and she jumped into the air with such force, the Beta Kindergarten shook violently like the Cluster was still trying to form. She reached Beach City within thirty minutes and she landed outside of the hospital.

Garnet picked Reese up and headed for the entrance of the hospital. Steven followed her in as well leaving everyone else outside. Malachite unfused into Jasper and Lapis who sat on the concrete ground feeling like they had failed. The one time they wouldn't together for the sake of someone else and… this is what happens. Only Reese's survival could make them feel better but there was no way of being sure now.

"Congrats guys," Amethyst said placing a hand on each one of their shoulders, "You did the right thing together."

Neither one of them said anything.

"We can go inside once Steven or Garnet informs us of her status. They'll have a waiting room for us to sit in. How does that sound?" Pearl asked smiling at them both.

"Yea, besides human doctors are good at performing difficult tasks," Amethyst said, "Don't worry. She'll be ok."

Jasper looked at the hospital. She can only hope that was true.