Days...seconds...months...minutes

All irrelevant to the now. Jasper was trapped in the now. The large orange gem; one of Homeworlds generals and now, now she was trapped. Trapped with the one holding the keys to the cage named Malachite.

I will never let you go

The words echoed in her mind with a constant softness. A softness that lacked any authority it enforced. A softness that made a mockery to her position of power, or now lack there of. The first million seconds of her containment was nothing, but thrashing. Yanking and pulling at the shackles on her wrist an ankles. Pulling each shackle with each step, close and close to her blue haired jailer, only to be pulled back where she was. Her eyes glued to the back of the blue gem who never changing position, never moving.

The next thousand thousand minutes was that of mockery. Hurling insults ruthlessly at the small blue gem. Insults forged from a once powerful general, now a fallen solder. She would do anything to be free, say anything to be free just to be able to get her hands around the neck of her blue warden. No amount of insults could match the pain she was feeling however. The weight of the ocean buckled her legs. The restriction of the chains stunted her mobility. Finally the echoing words slowly dominated her mind. "I will never let you go"

With countless days came realization to the large orange gem. The realization of the bruises on her ankles and wrist from the thrashing. The burning in her throat from the yelling and insults left her voiceless. With the pain came the realization of time. The time that moves so slowly yet never ends. Time that moves past her while she stays still. A prisoners realization that everything will continue to move, with or without you; leaving you to stagnate as a motionless gem.

Maybe it was the shift in the blue gems shoulder that reminded Jasper that she was alive. The white haired brute stared at her jailer; watching every move ever so slight. That's right, if Lapis can move than so could she. Maybe time has not abandoned her as she believed. Her complete focus on the movements of Lapis left her mind defenseless. This would be the moment where the forced fusion gem would be whole, but being a forced fusion means one needs to be dominant and that one would not be Jasper. Memories flooded the orange gem's mind. Every memory consisted of Lapis's former imprisonment. In these memories Jasper felt every day for countless centuries. Every moment of every second and every emotion became her own. Gone was her realization of time. Her will eroded as she pressed her face so the sandy bottom of the ocean, slowly losing her realization of self.

Days, seconds, months, minutes, years, decades, centuries…

"Please." was the only word left to Jasper's pained throat. No longer did the once proud gem struggle. Her shackles were just too heavy and the pain in her wrist and ankles were just too great. Jasper stayed hunched over, her face and knees kissing the sand. The only movement were the grains of sand floated away from her lips as she pleaded again and again. Gone was the general, the fallen solder and the prisoner. All that was left was nothing more than the shell of a Jasper.

I can never let you go Jasper

The blue gem said, her voice trembling. While she never looked over at the defeated orange prisoner, she felt it all with the water she used to crush her down. She no longer needed to press the oceans weight down on her she she stayed on her knee by her own will, or rather lack there of. Lapis would be lying if she said she wasn't enjoying what she had down. She broke the elite warrior Jasper mentally and left her in such a pitiful state. She was harmless and hopefully, just like she used to be. The realization of the role reversal balled in her stomach. Not pride, nor vengeance; just disgust. Not for Jasper, but in herself.

Pity

If Jasper felt anything from Lapis; it was the pity she felt for her. You pity me? Jasper thought as her hands trembled against her restraints.You pity me? Jasper thought as her her fist began to clinch. "You pity me!" Jasper yelled; her thought red as well as her ankles and wrists. The scream broke Lapis from her thoughts making her quake in surprise. She turned to her captive for the first time, but what she saw was no broken gem. Almost instantly she pushed the oceans weight down on the orange gem. Only a grunt escaped Jasper's lips as her stride to Lapis began. One step after another; the shackles digging into her flesh did nothing to stop the her.

The distinct sound of cracking could be heard making Lapis flinch. She scanned the shackles carefully to inspect where the damage was, but none could be found. "I don't underst..." was all the blue gem could say before feeling a hand wrap around her throat.

A bright light could be seen all the way from the bottom of the ocean. Malachite was no more; with Lapis pinned to the ocean floor by her neck. Her eyes wide as she stared at her soon to be destroyer. She expected to see a monster staring down at her, but instead she saw someone composed. She saw blood-lust in her eyes, yet something more, but most importantly she saw a fractured gem where the woman's nose should be. She saw Jasper.

Without a word Jasper picked up the blue gem by her neck, holding her eye level with her. She snaked her free hand around the blue girl's back, feeling around till she felt the smoothness of her gem. "I could crush your gem before you can even retreat back to it." Jasper said bitterly, staring directly into Lapis's eyes. Her fingers sliding softly along the blue gem. Jasper clinched harder on Lapis's throat, causing her to cough and flail to get loose. No matter what she did, she could not loosen the grip; her eyes never escaping her destroyers. The fear of destruction crept through her causing her to stop struggling. Resigning to her fate she closed her eyes, but to her surprise Jasper released her grip on her neck and moved down to her arm. She opened her eyes slowly, expecting to see Jasper's piercing eyes but instead she saw the orange gem staring up.

"Don't think you escaped being crushed Lapis." Jasper said calmly before beginning to swim up, pulling Lapis with her. "The plan has not changed, we find Peridot, then the abomination named Steven."

A/N

This is my first story for Steven Universe so please all criticism is wanted. I usually just do one shots, but I think I have the attention span this time to actually finish lol.