I forgot to mention in the last chapter as to why Raditz wasn't on the moon with them. Mostly its becuase of lion. I doubt he could have handled carrying another full grown Saiyan, particularly when said Saiyan is much larger than either of the other two. Anyways, on to the story.

"She took a direct line to the diamonds?!" Piccolo questioned. Anger was written on his face. All of the Z fighters looked upset, particularly Goku.

"Grr...That little brat!" Raditz hissed as he glared at the diamond shaped communicator, "I actually started to feel sorry for her! I guess it just goes to show you can't trust a gem..." His arms were crossed over his chest. He and Bulma also stood around the device.

"I didn't," Vegeta stated, "I saw this coming from the beginning." Steven looked at him in surprise.

"I kinda saw it coming too…" Piccolo admitted, "Not at first, but once Vegeta threatened to kill her, it was only a matter of time."

Bulma blinked in confusion. "I'm sorry, but when did that happen?" she questioned.

"while we were on the moon," Vegeta explained with a shrug.

The two outsiders gave them odd looks. "You know, now I wish I could have come along," Raditz said.

"Well I didn't see it coming!" Goku exclaimed, "I thought she was starting to like us! She spent time with us and we shared jokes and worked on the drill together...She really seemed to enjoy Steven and Gohan's company too…"

Suddenly, a horn started honking in the background. "I see she knows what a horn is now!" Steven muttered. He then sighed. "Why did I trust her? I spent so much time caring about her..." Steven asked, "I tried to help her get used to life on Earth, but now this happens! I should have known…She tried to kill us for pete's sake!"

"To be fair, you weren't the only one who started trusting her," Bulma offered.

"It might be because she doesn't look like a threat," Raditz offered, "She's too small and weak to do any kind of physical damage on her own, and she doesn't look very intimidating so it's easy to let yoour gaurd down around her."

"But why did I think I could change her mind about Earth! She still thinks the Earth is better off as a colony!" Steven exclaimed, "You're on our side, Raditz, and you don't even like Earth! How was I supposed to change her mind?"

Piccolo put a hand on his shoulder. "It's 'cause you believe in everyone Steven. Like your mother, you have a little more patience than the rest of us. But the truth is, not everyone deserves that patience," Piccolo said.

"Raditz and I can think of a couple hundred alone not worth anyone's patience, including Yellow Diamond herself," Vegeta added, and Raditz nodded.
"Look on the bright side," Goku said, bending down to eye level, "At least you got that thing away from her before she did any harm."
"...Yeah," Steven said with a sigh.

"So," Vegeta said with a smirk, cracking his knuckles, "Since Steven couldn't teach her to love Earth, let's go teach her a different less-"
Suddenly, an explosion could be heard. The six of them stumbled as the earth shook slightly.
They all turned to the barn. "Oh no!" Steven shouted. Bulma's giant mecha stepped out of the hole in the barn.
"Free, freeeee! Ahahaha!" Peridot cheered over the intercom.

"What the hell?!" Raditz cried, "What is that?! Where did she get it?!"

"That's the robot I built!" Bulma cried angrily, "She stole my giant robot!"

"Why do you have a giant robot?!" Raditz responded, "Where were you even keeping it?"

"In a capsule! Duh," Bulma said.

"She and Peridot built giant robots a week or so before you showed up…" Steven explained, regret clear on his face, "Oh why did we have to have that contest! Why couldn't it have been best scale model?"

"You're kidding me…" Raditz huffed in disbelief and agitation, pinching the bridge of his nose, "Well this is just great! Anything else I should know about?!"

"Yeah! You need to know to look out!" Piccolo shouted. A truck was sent flying at them. They all jumped out of the way, dropping the communicator in the process.

"Fools! Your invisible rotary shield was no match for me... once I applied logic!" Peridot shouted as she ran towards where they had been, "Now I'm going to do this right!" She then picked up the communicator, opened the head of the robot, dropped it inside, closed the head compartment, and then ran off.
"I'll take care of this," Raditz said, flying into the air. A ball of ki formed in his hand. "Get a taste of my Saturday Crush!" he cried, firing the ball of pink energy at the robot. As it hit it's target, it exploded into a huge burst of light. The fighters had to block their eyes from the bright light. When they looked back, they were surprised to find that the robot was still standing, with barely a scratch on it. Raditz jaw dropped.

"See? None of you know what you doing!" Peridot cried running away.
"What the hell…" Raditz muttered, "What the hell! How did it stand up to that?!"

"I built it to withstand ki blasts," Bulma explained, regret clear in her voice.

"Of course you did…" Raditz sighed facepalming, "This is what I meant by 'Anything else I should know about'!"

"No time for complaining!" Piccolo shouted, "Let's go!" Vegeta, Piccolo, and Raditz took off after the gem.
"Nimbus!" Goku called before running over to grab Steven.

"Stupid Peridot, stupid giant robot! Oh why, oh why did I have to encourage her?" he muttered as Goku picked him up and carried him under his arm.
"You can feel bad later," he said, setting the boy on the cloud before hopping on himself, "We have to catch Peridot before she calls Yellow Diamond. Then you can mope all you want and Chichi can give you cookie dough or ice cream or something to help you feel better." With that, they zoomed off.

…

The Z-fighters and Raditz caught up with Peridot soon enough. Vegeta Blasted the bot from the side,causing it to stumble a bit. "Give up now, Peridot and we may show mercy!" he shouted.

"No! I have to do this!" she shouted at him, "I'm going to solve this problem once and for all!" She attempted to swat them out of the sky, but they dodged.

Then Raditz flew in front of her. "Peridot, think for five seconds about what you're doing!" Raditz shouted, "Do you really think that pompous yellow space rock gives a damn about you? She has literally sold gems by the hundred to Frieza for planets! If you call her, at best she'll ignore you!"

"It's not the same! I'm still of use to her!" she cried, "You don't understand! None of you do! Your minds are all being clouded by your emotions." She then switched into overdrive and sped ahead, knocking Raditz out of the way. he growled before chasing after her.

Piccolo, Raditz, and Vegeta tried to make a dent in the robot's armor form above. Meanwhile Steven and Goku flew behind them on the nimbus. "How are we going to stop it?" Steven asked.

"Look!" Goku said, pointing to the bot's arms. "There's a lot of damage around the joints!"

"They must be weaker!" Steven observed, "Goku, let's move towards the legs!"

The two flew lower and got closer to the mecha. "Do you want to try this one?" Goku asked.

Steven nodded. He got into position and Goku helped support the boy for the inevitable push back. "Kaaaa-meeeh…." Steven started, bringing his hands together, "Haaaaah-meeeeh…." A glowing ball of blue energy formed in his hands. "HAAAAAA!" he shouted, releasing the energy. The beam of light hurdled forward and hit the inside of the droid's knee. There was an explosion as the leg came clean off.

"Waaaaa!" Peridot cried over the intercom as the robot tilted over and fell into the ditch. The Z fighters and Raditz gathered around the mecha and began blasting it, attempting to force peridot out. She press a button, however, and the torso detached from the waste of the robot. A rocket thrust the upper half across the field for a moment. Peridot opened the hatch of the head compartment and crawled out.

The warriors chased after her, hoping to catch her before she managed to turn on the communicator, but it was already too late. As they got close, they saw it begin to glow as it floated into the air. Raditz and Vegeta's eyes simultaneously widened as they saw the yellow light of the screen. "GET DOWN!" they both simultaneously shouted, grabbing and forcing Piccolo, Goku, and Steven to the ground, behind the torso of the robot.

"Gah! What the hell?!" Piccolo growled, "What was that-"

"SHHH!" Vegeta hissed, "We can't let anyone on the other line know we're here!"

"If Yellow Diamond finds out there are Saiyans on Earth, then we are all doomed!" Raditz explained in a low voice.

"This is the Yellow Diamond control room," a voice rang out.

Vegeta and Raditz shared confused looks. "That's not what she sounds like…" Raditz whispered. The warriors all peaked over the edge to see a very irritated looking gem on the screen. She had a smooth gem on her chest and a pointed nose and hair.

"What kind of gem is that?" Steven whispered, "She kind of looks like you Vegeta…"

The Saiyan glared at him while Raditz and Piccolo grinned slightly. "She's a Pearl," he explained.

Goku looked at him in confusion. "You mean like-" he started, but was cut off by a new voice.

"Why is there someone on the Diamond line?" the voice asked. This voice the two Saiyans did recognize.

"I don't know!" the pearl stuttered, "I was just about to tell her that-"
"I'll take it from here," the voice sighed before a giant hand grabbed the communicator and brought it up to eye level. Yellow diamond had pointed hair, a long neck, and broad shoulders. In the background, the warriors noticed another communication channel open. Vegeta and Raditz's eyes grew wide with horror and their tails grew stiff as they saw the figure in the projection. He was unmistakeable with his horned head and white armor.

"Frieza…" Vegeta hissed.

"What is the meaning of this?" he growled, "We were in the middle of an important negotiation!" Peridot swallowed nervously.

"I'm Sorry Frieza, I will get right back to you," Yellow Diamond said, "I just have to deal with this for a moment." The reptilian alien nodded, glaring coldly at Peridot before she closed his screen. "Now what is it?" she asked.

Vegeta and Raditz both relaxed at the window's close. "That's Yellow Diamond?" Steven asked.

"Yes…" Vegeta growled, "Now be quiet!"

"This says you're behind schedule on your mission to…" she said, pulling up a screen and pausing. "How is... the Earth?" she asked carefully, with much greater interest.
"It's...full of life," Peridot responded, slightly embarrassed.
"Organic life…" Yellow Diamond said in a disgusted tone, "and where is the Jasper I assigned you? And why aren't you calling from the ship?"

The warriors stiffened at the question. Peridot seemed to hesitate before responding. "The ship was destroyed," she finally said.
Yellow Diamond raised an eyebrow. "By whom?" she questioned.
Peridot hesitated again. The Z warriors ducked behind the torso of the machine. "That's it…we're doomed…" Piccolo muttered, resting his face in his hands. The others seemed similarly hopeless.

"I-I-I-It was destroyed by…" Peridot said, "no one! There was... an accident... while we were...landing?" The Z warriors looked up at that, peeking over the edge again.

"I'll inform your manager of your incompetence," Yellow diamond growled.

"She didn't give us away…"Raditz muttered, "Why? She's only making things worse for herself…"

"Maybe she really does care about us…" Goku thought.
"Wait!" Peridot said, grabbing their attention again, "I-I wouldn't called to waste your time with a report. The reason I called... the real reason is... I believe we should terminate The Cluster." The Z fighter's grew wide again at that.
Yellow Diamond turned to her slowly. "...Why?" she asked, eyes narrowed.
"The organic ecosystem creates resources unique to this world, we can't sacrifice all that potential just for one geo-weapon!" Peridot explained, "I'd like to tell you some plans I came up with to utilize a planet without disrupting the local-"
"I've heard enough! I don't care about potential and resources," the diamond interrupted.
"What?!" Peridot questioned.
"I want my Cluster, and I want that planet to die. Just make that happen," she stated.
"Told you she didn't give a damn…" Raditz hissed.

"No!" Peridot shouted, throwing everyone off gaurd.

"Did she just-" Piccolo started.

"She did…" Goku breathed, smiling.

Yellow Diamond was not so happy. "You have disrespected this channel and my time with your presence and you would do well to-" she started.
"But-"
"-Shut your mouth!" she ordered. Peridot's lips clamped shut. Yellow Diamond took a breath before continuing. "You have failed at every stage of this mission. Your only chance to redeem yourself is to obey this simple order," she said, "You are to leave the Cluster to grow. It will tear apart the Earth, and I will take immense satisfaction in erasing that hideous rock off of our star maps. Is that clear?!"

"I won't do it!" Peridot shouted, "I can tell you with certainty that there are things on this planet worth protecting!" Now all of the warriors were smiling at her, even Vegeta.
"What do you know about the Earth?" Yellow Diamond snapped at her.
"Apparently more than YOU! You... CLOD!" Peridot shouted back. Everyone's jaw dropped at that.

"Holy shit…" Raditz breathed.

Peridot immediately shut down as she saw the diamond's reaction to her outburst. Vegeta could honestly say he had never seen a more livid expression. "Ah! Peridot, out!" she squeaked before turning off the device. It took a few moments for everything she had just done to sink in...which caused her to fall to her knees. The warriors had a very different reaction as they stepped out from behind the robot. Vegeta slowly clapped, although still in shock from what he had witnessed.

"That was AMAZING!" Steven said, running up to her and hugging her.
"I can't believe I just did that…" she whispered.
Goku picked them up and set them on his shoulders. "All right Peridot!" he cheered.

"I can't believe I just did that…" she repeated.

"You can't believe it? I can't believe it!" Raditz said between fits of laughter, "You insulted her to her FACE! That's like if I tried to punch Frieza in the jaw at my current power! Way to go squirt!"

"Well done," Piccolo said placing a hand on her shoulder.
Peridot didn't respond, she only handed the communicator over to Goku. "Can one of you take this?" she asked in deadpan.
"Why?" he asked.
"Because it can be remotely detonated," she stated.
Goku then dropped the two short gems as the communicator began to glow. All of them looked at it in fear. "How do we stop it?!" Goku cried as he bounced it between his hands.
"Just get rid of it!" Piccolo shouted. Goku dropped it, and Vegeta punted it as hard as he could. It flew up into the air before exploding.

They then turned back to peridot. "Do you know what this means?" Steven asked.

"That I'm a traitor," she stated bluntly, still staring off into space.

"No! It means you're one of us now!" he said hugging her again, "Isn't that great?"

Despite their cheers, Peridot felt low. Lower than she had ever felt before. She had just betrayed her diamond. She had just betrayed her people. She had doomed herself to an eternal life on this planet. There was only one response she had to that:

"Uuuuuggghhhh!"

…..

"Ka-me-ha-me…" Krillin began as he looked out over the ocean, the energy forming in his hands.

"Uuuuggghhhh!"

"WAAHH," he screeched as he lost his focus and subsequently control over the energy. It exploded in front of him and pushed him back into a rock wall. "The heck was that…" he said, rubbing his head as he got up.

….

"Uuuuggghhhh!"

Frieza looked up from his glass of wine curiously as the noise reverberated through the room. What was that? His attention was diverted from it as there was a sudden beep at his communication panel. "Ah, that must have been Yellow Diamond finishing dealing with her subordinate," he reasoned as he answered her call.

….

"Uuuuuggghhhh!"

"YAAAH!" Tarble suddenly fell out of bed at the noise. He jumped up into a fighting position and looked around wildly. "Who's there? Show yourself!" he demanded.

"Sweatheart…" his wife called from their bed, rubbing her eyes, "I think it was just an animal in the woods. Go back to sleep."

"hmmm…." he said, tapping his chin, "Maybe I should go see where it is and help it...It sounded like it was in a lot of pain…"

"I'm sure it's alright," his wife reasoned, "You can go looking for it in the morning. You'll never find it out in the dark. Now come back to bed."

Tarble nodded. "Yes dear," he said as he crawled under the sheets. "I hope it's alright…" he said with a yawn.

….

Trunks was welding together the top and bottom half of the time machine. He smiled to himself. Only a few more days of work and they'll be able to fix this horrible future.

"Uuuuuggghhhh!"

Trunks stopped his welding and his head shot up. What the heck was that? It didn't sound like one of the androids. He pulled his face shield off and put down his tools. "Hey, Ruba, did you hear that?" he asked.

The other alien hybrid wheeled herself out from under the machine. She sat up and took off her safety goggles letting them hang around her neck. "Yeah, it sounded like Peridot…" she said scratching her head, ruffling her long black hair in the process.

She stood up and cupped her hands to her mouth. "Yo, Peri!" she called down the hall, "You doin' alright?"

The green gem stepped out of her room and into the hall, coffee in hand, with a very annoyed and tired look on her face. "I'm trapped in an apocalyptic world where I'm constantly aware that at any minute I may die at the hands of two smart mouthed cyborgs," she stated, "You tell me." She then stepped back into her room to continue her work.

There was a momentary pause before Ruba turned back to Trunks. "Yeah, she's fine!" she said waving her hand dismissively. The two of them then returned to their work.

Hey everyone! Looks like I'm finally caught up! Sorry for the TFS joke. This'll be my last plot related episode for a while. I don't really want to get too into it until Steven Universe comes off of hiatus. I'll probably go back and do some more character chatpers and chapters about the Z fighter's past. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter. Let me know whaat you think!