Chapter 6: Chase

Ruby and Sapphire watched as Rose disappeared into the distance, then turned to face each other. "Well, you certainly DO have some interesting talents Sapphire." Ruby said to the other Gem. "I don't know any other Gems that can sing, that's really an amazing thing!"

"Thanks Ruby, that's really nice of you to say. A lot of other Gems make fun of my singing, so it's good to hear something nice for a change." Sapphire replied.

"That's awful! You sing amazing, and I would never insult your singing! Maybe later you could show me some more of it?"

"I'd be glad to. We should probably get back to patrolling now though."

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Let's head out."

They left the crevice where they were and headed off to do patrol. It was a somewhat boring job, but they knew that with each others company, it was about to get a lot more exciting. "Sapphire's probably the nicest person I've met since I got here." Ruby thought to herself. "She is actually probably the first friend I've made in this battalion, besides Rose that is."

The patrol route lead through the most common places for defective Gems to escape, and through the weakest points of defense for The Kindergarten. "Hey Ruby." Sapphire said.

"Yeah?" Ruby replied.

"What are we supposed to do if we find a defective Gem?"
"I don't know, and I don't care. The odds of us actually finding a defective Gem are astronomical, so I didn't pay much attention in that course."

"That probably wasn't a good idea, you know."

"Do you know what to do?"
"Well, no, but…"

"Well, then don't worry about it. If we see one I'm sure we'll figure out what to do."

They continued their patrol in relative silence, scanning the dark shadows closer with the thoughts of defective Gems on their mind. They were just starting to forget about it when suddenly Sapphire pulled hard on Ruby's arm. "Ruby, what's that!" She said pointing to movement in the shadows.

"I don't know, but it's our job to find out what. CHARGE!" She said as she rushed forward.

"Ruby wait!" Sapphire shouted as she ran behind her. Ruby summoned her gloves and jumped towards the shadows, catching whatever it was off guard, and stunning it. "What is it?" Sapphire asked.

"It… It's a defective Gem! What do we do?" Ruby said whilst gagging the Gem.

"I… I… I'll go get Rose!" Sapphire said with a shout as she turned and ran.