"Azurite! Azurite! Get up!" shouts rung out across the plains as a small green gem shook an almost lifeless body.

"It's okay, she will wake herself up soon," another green gem said slowly, "Vexus cool it."

"Okay Emerald," Vexus frowned, feeling cool hands on her shoulders, "Jewel is she going to be okay?"

"What? Is my assurance not good enough?" Emerald said sarcastically.

"We healed her, she is just going to have to recover," Jewel looked to Emerald, who picked up Azurite in her arms.

Vexus nodded and stood up; once again, Homeworld gems attacked them. The group was in a bumpkin country full of shady people. Emerald walked off with Azurite's body, she knew that her leader was in a world of hurt on the inside and that the farther away from this place they were, the better. Jewel and Vexus followed her, they just wanted to be safe from all of this harm but Beach City was much farther away than they expected.

"What if we got jobs and bought a house?" Vexus wondered, tired of constantly running.

"Okay, let's go get one," Emerald said, adjusting the body in her arms, "Gosh, our leader isn't durable is she!"

"Emerald, don't you remember that she almost died?" Jewel sighed, "Besides, it won't be that easy to get a house."

"Let's just try, for her," Emerald continued to walk, "You guys look tired."

The brown-haired gem placed Azurite's body on the ground and turned into a giant green wolf. Vexus lightly placed her hand on her big wet nose and petted her. Jewel picked up Azurite and jumped on top, Vexus being shoved up, she loved lupine creatures. Emerald ran as fast as she could to town, making sure everyone had their grip. Within minutes, they entered the town, wandering around. Jewel saw a sign that displayed a picture of a nice house. The group followed her inside the building.

"Hello, what can I do for you?" a tall woman said tiredly.

"Get us a house!" Emerald said, slightly disturbing the woman.

"She means that we want a house for our daughter so that she can grow up properly," Jewel said, grabbing Emerald's arm.

"Oh, okay," the woman said, "What kind of house would you like?"

"A big one!" Emerald shouted.

"My partner means that she wants a two story house with a big backyard," Jewel said calmly, Emerald dropped Azurite's body by accident in excitement.

"Emerald!" Vexus said rather loudly, picking up Azurite.

"What do you teach your kid? And who is that?" the woman was shocked at the strength, but even more at the disrespect she saw, "Why would she call you by your first name?"

"Oh… We… Adopted them both, they are always disrespectful!" Emerald said happily.

"Alright then, let's look at your options…" the woman fanned out a pile of two story houses in the area.

Vexus picked one and the four of them made their way to the house. Jewel silently passed her a gold bar they found in a cave and the woman never came back to them again. A couple days later, Azurite opened her eyes.

"Whoa, this is a nice place you guys found," Azurite said as she was hounded by Vexus, managing to speak a few more words, "How did you pay for it?"

"Blood money," Emerald smiled, "Just kidding."

"Phew," Azurite was kissed several times by her lover, "Feels like I was dropped on my butt a few times…"