There in front of the trio was a large gathering of gems. Every single Amethyst in the facility. In the very front of them all stood the short Carnelian and the tall and lean Jasper. They were all just standing there staring at the three gems with their eyes wide and jaws dropped.

Jasper was completely speechless. Her eyes were wide as well.

"Skinny? Carnelian?" Jasper finally managed to say looking at each gem as she said their names.

They were all silent. Skinny and Carnelian had small tears forming in their eyes.

"JASPER!" Skinny and Carnelian both exclaimed at the same time as they ran towards the quartz and embraced her. Skinny was holding on around Jasper's waist, and Carnelian was hanging on to her leg.

"Where you been?" Carnelian asked looking up at Jasper's face.

"Yeah," Skinny said looking up at Jasper as well. "It's been, what? 4500 years?"

"Wait a minute," an Amethyst said approaching them and looking over Jasper. "You're Jasper?" She felt Jasper's hair. "As in our Jasper?" She stared straight into Jasper's eyes as if she was seeing into her soul. "Aww! What?!" The Amethyst clinged to Jasper as well.

"Where in the cosmos have you been?" another Amethyst asked appearing next to them.

Soon, Jasper was swarmed with all of the gems in the hallway.

"Wait a second," an Amethyst said looking at Steven and his Amethyst. "Are these guys with you now?" She picked up both Steven and Amethyst.

"Yeah!" Steven happily exclaimed. "Group hug!"

Seconds later, Jasper, Amethyst, and Steven were in the tightest hug of their lives.

"Okay. Okay," Jasper said pushing some of the quartzes off of her. "That's enough," she laughed.

"But seriously," Skinny said. "Where have you been, and what happened to you?"

"Yeah," Carnelian said appearing next to Jasper. "One minute we're all together, next thing you know, Yellow Diamond comes, and you're gone."

"Well," Jasper said scratching the back of her neck. "long story, short, Yellow Diamond took me into her army."

"Seriously?" an Amethyst said rustling Jasper's hair. "Nice to know one of us was put to real use."

"WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING?!" Holly Blue exclaimed from behind everyone. She pushed her way through the crowd of Amethysts to see Jasper in the center of it all with Skinny and Carnelian hanging onto her once more.

"What is the meaning if this?!" Holly Blue yelled.

"We were just…" Carnelian tried to say.

"Shut up!" Holly yelled kicking Carnelian in the gut. Carnelian collapsed onto the floor gripping her stomach.

"You all get back to you're stations!" Holly yelled.

As all the Amethysts scrambled out of the hallway, Steven and Amethyst quickly crawled into Jasper's hair.

"Oh, I am so sorry about all of that," Holly said as she helped dust Jasper off. "I have no idea what got into them."

"No, really," Jasper said. "it's fine. They were just…"

"Oh, don't worry," Holly said. "I'll make sure that it never happens again. But we must hurry along. The Diamonds are waiting for you."

"They already know I'm here?" Jasper asked.

"Well, of course," Holly laughed. "They have been waiting for you for so long, I felt it only right to tell them that you were here."

Jasper gulped. Beads of sweat started to pour down her face.

"Here we are," Holly said opening the doors to show three tall figures standing there waiting for them.

It was at that moment that Jasper felt like everything in her body had gone numb.