NEXT MORNING
"Garnet?" Steven calls from his bed as she steps out of the temple.
Turning toward the boy, she smiles a small and brief smile. "Yes Steven?"
He scratches the back of his head sheepishly and looks down briefly at his hands. "Are you going to be okay?"
Garnet ponders his question for a little bit. She could lie to him or be completely honest. "I'll make it," she says before heading toward the front door.
Steven nods his head, but upon seeing her heading toward the door, he rushes down the steps. "Um, Garnet?" he questions as she opens the door.
"You want to know more about my relationship with Jasper, but you don't know how to ask," she lets out and turns slightly to face him.
He looks at her and gives a slight nod.
Garnet regards him for a moment before she is hit with a vision of a wild corrupted gem and ... Peridot? What's Peridot doing with a corrupted gem?
"Garnet! Garnet are you okay?" Steven asks as she grabs her head.
She doesn't answer as she tries to use her future vision to see if anything changes and if it's really a job for the Crystal Gems.
"We have to go," she says before turning around to head back into the temple. Steven quickly follows after her as she opens the temple doors and heads in.
The first room they head to is Pearl's. Searching around they spot her up top one of her water pillars tending to her swords.
"Pearl!" Steven calls, startling the slim gem.
"Steven, Garnet?" She questions as Garnet grabs Steven and jumps to the top of the pillar.
"Pearl, Garnet had a vision and we have to go," he said.
Pearl turns to Garnet, expecting further information. "There's a corrupted gem loose and somehow, Peridot is connected to it," Garnet says. "Where's Amethyst?"
"Last I checked, she's sleep in her room," Pearl says.
"Very well, can you get her and we'll meet at the warp pad?" Garnet questions and Pearl nods before a question hits her.
"But, what about Lapis, we can't leave her here by herself. What if she tries something?" Pearl panics.
"Leave that to me and Steven," Garnet says and still with Steven in her arms, jumps down from the pillar and quickly heads out the temple.
"Garnet?" Steven cranes his head to look at the gem. "Can you put me down?" A moment later, he's being gently placed on the ground.
"The ocean?" Garnet questions referring to Steven's water bending friend.
"Yeah, best guess," he says before bouncing out the house and toward the ocean. Garnet silently follows.
When she finally makes it to the shore, Steven's sitting on the beach. She looks at him for a moment before she realizes that he can't swim underwater.
"Steven, maybe, you should stay here," she says. Steven shakes his head.
"Bubble," he says and seconds later, he is enveloped in a pink bubble. "Alright," he pauses and turns to look at Garnet, "um, Garnet, where exactly is she?"
Garnet looks at him and begins her descent into the ocean, beckoning for Steven to follow. Using her future vision, Garnet is quickly able to lead herself and Steven to Lapis.
"Lapis!" Steven calls, startling the blue ocean gem, causing her focus to break and the shark she was keeping at bay and away from the baby guppies to get free.
"Steven!?" she questions and tries to turn back to tend to the shark, but it was too late and many of the baby yuppies were eaten. Turning back to Steven, she takes notice of Garnet and begins to worry. "Is something the matter?" she questions.
"We're going on a mission-," he gets cut off by Garnet.
"What are your plans? Are you staying down here until we return or are you coming with us?" Garnet questions in her monotone voice.
Lapis ponders her question. Should she go? And if so, would she help them? Wait, what is the mission anyways?