Hello friends and viewers. Welcome to the second chapter of Unstable Energies. I would like to thank all of you who read the first chapter, which by the way was just an intro chapter. I have decided that the first four to three chapters are going to set up the main parts of the story but after that things get real good so stick with us till then. Anyways that's enough talking so remember to favorite, review, and follow if you like.

I DO NOT REPEAT DO NOT OWN STEVEN UNIVERSE OR ANY OF IT"S CHARACTERS ALL RIGHTS GO TO REBECCA SUGAR. THE ONLY THINGS I OWN IN THIS STORY ARE MY OWN OCS (AND MY FRIENDS OC IS HERE TO) AND THE LOCATIONS I MAKE UP.

Chapter 2: "A Few Loose Ends"

"Keep looking, she could easily be hiding anywhere here, and we have to check the entire complex."

"Do we really have to look EVERYWHERE? We've been searching for hours, and I usually like to get at least 10 hours of sleep."

"We don't need sleep Amethyst. And anyways, you slept 5 hours after lunch, and may I add that we also don't need food."

"Hey, I have a routine P.: sleep, eat, sleep, mess around with people while shape shifted into different animals, and sleep some more."

"Ugh, why do I even try to reason with you?"

"Welcome to shrug city P."

"Enough! While you two are arguing, Peridot is out there planning to hurt the earth and kill everything on it. You two need to focus on the task at hand. There will be time for arguing after we stop her, but for now she is an unknown enemy with a dangerous amount of capability. We will search this entire complex: every building, every room, every crack and crevasse! Do I make myself clear?"

Pearl and Amethyst nod in unison, agreeing with Garnets plan.

"Okay, now split up and start searching the area."

And with that statement, all three of the gems separate, running to different parts of the old Homeworld gem base that was abandoned after the war, seemingly unaware of the small, green, bug shaped robot that had been observing their entire conversation.

Peridot sat in a cave, about 3 miles out from where the Crystal Clods were searching, watching the three gems on her screen, thanks to her reconnaissance bug that she had sent to check out the old gem base. Sighing as she dispels her screen and, leaning back against the wall of the cave, she takes a few moments to think:

"It was a good choice deciding not to stay in one of the buildings inside that old base and instead choosing to stay slightly outside it's perimeter. That decision will buy me a few days but not many, so I have to think of a way off of this gem forsaken planet quickly. But I've tried everything I can think of and those clods are always destroying or ruining my things and stopping my plans! They're always there, always following me. It's like they have nothing else to do but make my life miserable. If only there was something that would distract them, something that they would have to focus on instead of me, then I could work on getting off this planet without interruption."

Peridot shoots up from where she sat against the wall after arriving at a realization.

"That's it! I can't believe I didn't see it before! All I have to do is create a circumstance to distract them from me until I find a way to return to Homeworld or to at the very least contact them. But what? What should I do to distract them, maybe kidnap one of them and hide them away somewhere for the others to find? No no no that wouldn't work, maybe lead them on a wild search leaving clues for them to follow that only leads them to a dead end? No that would take to much time. Ugh, what should I do?!

At this moment Peridot's reconnaissance bug returns and lands next to her with an audible thud alerting her of it's presence. She is about to go back to thinking before she stops to look at the small robot for a short period of time. "Wait, that's it! I'm a peridot, I don't need to use words or an over complicated plan to keep them distracted. This planet has technology I can use, albeit fairly outdated and primitive. I can build something to keep those traitorous clods busy! And I know exactly what to build! Nyahahahahahahaha"

With a plan in mind Peridot begins collecting materials to build the machines she plans on using to distract the Crystal Gems.

Deep below the ocean waves, a giant green skinned creature lays, seemingly asleep. It seems peaceful on the surface, with some fish even inhabiting it's long white hair, but it is deep within it's own mind where the real fight is.

A single blue figure dances alone in the ominous room, which seems to be flooded with a green liquid that gives off an eerie glow. The figure glides across the floor with a noticeable amount of effort, every so often stumbling on a step. Not because she doesn't know the movement, but because she is fighting against her reflection, which showed not her but a larger tangerine skinned figure struggling, and failing, to gain control over their shared dance.

"You can't keep me like this forever Lapis! Eventually you will slip, and I will take control, and once I do I'll destroy those gems you're trying so hard to protect!"

Lapis ignores Jasper, continuing her dance. She knows she can't afford to stop concentrating even momentarily. If she does, she will fail, and Jasper will get loose or even worse, gain control of Malachite and then go to the surface and kill her friends. Lapis doesn't care much about the Crystal Gems, but she does care about Steven. He was her only friend. He talked to her when everyone else just ordered her around like a servant or locked her up like a possession, but she wasn't a servant anymore, nor was she a possession, she wasn't something someone could own or order around as if she was nothing. She was Lapis Lazuli! Steven was the one who had given that back to her, so she knew no matter what happens she must protect him and for that reason she had fused with Jasper and trapped her at the bottom of the ocean. For that reason she could not fail!

Their dance continues on to imaginary music and the sound of Jasper screaming curses and threats at Lapis.

"That was even better than the first time!"

"It was good, but I think your overreacting Steven. And while I agree it was a brilliantly directed and produced film I still think the book was much better."

Steven and Connie had just walked out of the theater after watching "Dogcopter 3" and were walking back towards Steven's house while talking.

"So what should we do now Steven?"

"Hmm... we could go to Funland, or the arcade, or we could get Lion to bring us to some really cool secret place with a mystery to solve."

"I don't know about that last one, but we could probably do one of the first two."

"Before we do anything we should go back to my house to see if the gems are..." Steven's thought is cut off as he sees a pale orange dog running down the boardwalk in the opposite direction.

"Steven... are you okay?" Connie quickly snaps Steven out of his trance with a quick pinch to the cheek.

"Huh... oh, I'm fine. Let's just head back to the house to see if the Crystal Gems are back." As he finished his statement he grabs Connie by the wrist and pulls her along the whole way back to his house.