"Something doesn't feel right," Steven quietly murmered.
"What was that, Steven?" Lapks asked looking at him with curiosity.
"Oh," Steven said with a gasp. He had forgotten that Lapis was right next to him. "Nothing. Just thinking out loud."
"Okay, wierdo. Come on, we're gonna miss the big event," Lapis giggled.
"Yeah, don't want to miss that," Steven said with an uncertain tone.
Before Steven knew it, he and Lapis were right behind Jasper and Peridot. Steven could have sworn he heard some singing, but he thought it was just his imagination.
"We can't leave yet!" Peridot exclaimed as she followed behind Jasper. The group came to a halt when Jasper stopped in front of a cell.
"The whole point in comming here was to check on the Cluster!" Peridot continued.
Jasper punched the wall next to a cell door so hard that it felt like the whole ship shook. "Stop singing!" Jasper yelled at a small, blue gem in the cell in front of her.
The whole group stood back. They all knew it was never a good idea to mess with Jasper when she was in a hot-temper mood.
"Oh, she in danger now," Lapis playfully whispered in Steven's ear.
Peridot was scared. She felt so scared that she broke into a tiny sweat.
"Rose Quartz takes priority!" Jasper angerly said turning around to face Peridot. "Get bak to the bridge, and set a course for Homeworld!" Jasper said turning around with her hair barley missing Peridot's face.
Peridot sighed and headed for the bridge. "Go to Earth they said. It'll be easy they said," Peridot frustratingly said.
"Ha! She gave you the hair slap, Peri" Lapis laughed following behind Peridot stil, munching on popcorn.
"Shut up!" Peridot exclaimed without looking behind her.
"Oh, come on, guys!" Steven called following behind the two. "Let's not argue. We'll be fine, and, hey, we have the rebels, right?"
"Yeah, Steven," Peridot said still frustrated. "Sure."
"Hey, Lapis?" Steven asked the purple Lapis.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Where and when did you get thst popcorn?" Steven asked pointing at the bag.
"Oh, want some?" Lapis asked moving the bag towards Steven. "I stole it from Greg's van," she said with a giggle.
"Oh, Lapis," Steven said with a sigh. "Such a trouble-maker," he said taking a hand-full of popcorn and shoving it in his face.
A few minutes went by and Steven could have sworn that he heard more singing, but it sounded different. It sounded like some kind of upbeat tune. And hecould have sworn that he heard some hits on the ship's floors and walls.
"Do you guys hear something?" Steven asked Peridot and Lapis.
Then, at that very moment, the door opened to reveal the girl, the Amethyst, and the Pearl.
"Stand back!" Peridot yelled at Lapis and Steven as she pulled out a gem distabelizer from the control panel.
Steven and Lapis quickly did as they were told. They nearly choked on their popcorn when the girl stopped the stabelizer from hitting her and wasn't affected in the slightest.
"Uh oh," Peridot said with fear in her eyes.
Peridot, Lapis and Steven all criednout when they were wrapped up the Amethyst's whips.
"Can we not work this out?" Steven asked.
"Shut up!" the girl exclaimed.
"Connie, I don't know if I can handle this equipment," the Pearl said.
"You got this, Pearl!" the Amethyst exclaimed.
"Okay, ship, turn us around," the Pearl said placing her hands in the control panel.
Steven looked over at a monator screen and saw Jasper fighting the gem with the cubed head again.
"Oh my gosh!" Steven exclaimed. "Jasper!"
"Maybe we should worry about saving our own skins first!" Lapis exclaimed.
Suddenly they all felt a huge explosion that made the whole ship shake. Steven finally got out of the whip that was holding him and went to help Peridot.
"Steven, come on! We have to use the escape pod!" Peridot exclaimed once Steven was next to her.
"You go ahead! I'm gonna help Jasper and Lapis!" Steven yelled over the loud racket.
"Okay! Good luck!" Peridot said slightly kissing Steven on the forehead and activating the escape pod from under her. The Amethyst almost landed on Steven, but he moved out of the way just in time. He quickly ran over to Lapis and picked her up.
"Come on, Lapis!" Steven exclaimed. "We're not safe here!"
Steven qickly carried Lapis into the shelter room of the ship.
"We should be safe in here," Steven said.
Suddenly they both felt a huge explosion that destroyed the ship sending them both flying in opposite directions.
Lapis grunted as she lifted a bunch of ship debris off her. "Oh, my head," Lapis said placing her hand on her head. "That was pretty crazy! Wan't it, Steven?" Lapis asked looking behind her. "Steven?" she asked when she saw he wasn't there. "Steven?!" Lapis called starting to worridly search around the debris. "Steven?! Where are you?!"
She sudeenly saw Steven start to crawl out of some ship debris on the other side of the beach.
"Oh, there you are, buddy!" Lapis exclaimed with joy flying over to Steven and embracing him.
"Thanks, Lapis," Steven grunted in Lapis' tight grip.
"Where's, Peridot?" Lapis asked darting her eyes around.
"She escaped in the pod before the ship crashed," Steven said.
"Why didn't you go with her?" Lapis asked letting Steven go.
"I wanted to make sure that you and Jasper were okay," Steven said.
"Speaking of which," Lapis said. "Where is Jasper?"
At that very moment, Steven and Lapis saw a growing light on the beach.
"What is that?" Steven asked running towards the light.
The light developed into a giant, six-armed, greenish fusion.
"Oh my gosh!" Lapis exclaimed running up behind Steven. "That's a Malachite fusion! Those consist of Jasper and Lapis Lazuli gems. Jasper must have fused with the informant."
The Malachite started to raise up a hand of water and started an evil laugh.
"You got this, Malachite!" Steven yelled.
Suddenly the hand grabbed Malachite's wrist and turned into a chain.
"A chain?" Lapis gasped.
Steven and Lapis watched in horror as more chains formed around the fusion.
"What are you doing?!" they heard the fusion exclaim. "I'm done being everyone's prisoner!" Malachite said in a higher voice. "Now, you're my prisoner! And I'm never letting you go!"
Two water-hands formed from the ocean and started to pull Malachite in.
"Jasper!" Steven and Lapis exclaimed.
"Let's stay on this miserable planet... together!" Malachite said and pulled herself under the water.
"Yikes," Steven and Lapis heard the cubed-headed one say. "they are really bad for each other."
"Steven, we better get out of here," Lapis said looking down. "Steven?" Lapis asked when she saw he wasn't there. "Steven!" she exclaimed when she saw him running towards the ocean.
"Don't worry, Jasper! I'll get you out of there! Even if I have to swim to the bottom of the ocean!" he said taking off his shoes and starting to swim in the water.
"You!" the gem with cubed hair said stretching out her hand and grabbing Steven.
"Let me go!" Steven exclaimed.
"Good job, Garnet!" The Pearl exclaimed. "You got one!"
"Let go of me you monsters!" Steven cried.
"Oh, we're the monsters?" the Amethyst asked. "You guys are the monsters," she said poking Steven in the face.
"Wanting this pathetic planet to survive," the Pearl said.
"You do realize you'll just die with the planet, right?" Steven asked.
"It'll be worth it just to see this planet go up in the dust," Pearl laughed.
Connie made an evil grin. "Shatter him, Garnet!"
"Yes, ma'am," Garnet said raising her gauntlet above Steven's gem.
"Lapis, help!" Steven cried out.
"I got ya, buddy!" Lapis exclaimed flying out and snatching him up out of Garnet's grasp.
"I think we should get out of here now," Lapis said.
"Agreed," Steven replied.
"You can fly, but you can't hide!" the Amethyst called after the two.
"We'll find you!" the Pearl yelled. "We'll always find you!"
Lapis kept flying and flying, and neither of the two looked back.
Lapis eventually landed in the middle of a cornfield.
"I think we can rest, now," Lapis said between breaths. "I think we lost them."
Steven knew Lapis was right, but he still felt so scared. The Crystal Gem's evil laughter still echoed in his head, and Garnet's cold, stern look stayed glued to his eyelids.
Lapis layed down and fell asleep instantly. Steven laid against her back, but he wasn't able to fall asleep as easily.