Topaz ran down the hall with red illuminating the floor and casting red on their terrified expressions. She turned left a few times and turned right a few times until she reached a large corridor. She ran through the high roofed room and ran to the large greenish yellow door. She moved a series of squares on the panel nearby and ran into the room as more lightning arched over her head and flew into the room.

Inside was a forrest looking place. There was a large flat, stone floor in the center with large statues of gems around. Some of the statues were ruined and lay on their sides.

"where are we?",Steven asked.

"This is one of the battle arenas. This one is one of the older ones. We don't use this one much anymore"

Another zap of electric artillery flew over their heads. It almost hit Topaz this time.

Topaz ran and hid behind a large pillar. "I'm going to split with you guys. They can track me. Just stay hidden!", Topaz ran off in different direction. Steven and Lars looked around quickly.

"L-lets go over there! There's a... bush thing we can hide in.",Lars whispered.

The two ran to the bush that was the best cover spot nearby. They jumped into the side of the plant and found it was, in fact, a bush. It was odd that plants were living and growing there. Steven was just happy they found cover.

They heard loud running stomps lead off into the other direction that Topaz went. After a few minutes they went silent.

"Steven... what now?",Lars asked in the darkness of the bush.

"I think they are gone, maybe we should look for a way out.",Steven said.

They came out of hiding and walked back towards the doors they came through when a bright white lightning bolt hit right between Steven and Lars. They both screamed and ducked away as bits of stone showered over them.

They looked back and saw some kind of gem technology. It was about half a Steven long and was shaped like a cone. In the center seemed to be where the electricity came from. The machine made a loud noise as it readied to shoot again. Steven grabbed Lars by the hand and started sprinting to the doors. The machine zapped again, this time hitting Stevens leg. He screamed and fell over as the shock went through his body. Lars caught him and put him down gently while the machine readied itself again.

"Stop it you..!", Lars yelled. He picked up a rock nearby and threw it at the machine. It hit dead center and fell to the ground. "I'm done being scared! I'm better than you! I'm Lars!",he yelled and grabbed a jagged rock nearby and plunged it into the machine. It shattered into pieces and blew up in a red light as he stabbed it.

Lars stood back up with bits of stone and smoke around him. He ran back over to Steven who was sitting up, holding his leg.

"Lars! that was amazing!"

"thanks. I just kinda got angry at it.",Lars said back."Are you okay? Can you walk?"

"I think I'll be alright but I can't walk on it for now.", Steven rolled up his jeans to show his calf which was covered in yellow vien-like streaks.

"Yikes. I'll carry you. We need to find those pods.",Lars said.

"NO YOU WONT!",Yellow diamond said as she herself was running to them. Her stomps shook the ground.