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"OH WhAt THe FU-" Amethyst started but was awarded with a smack from Pearl. There, standing in the bathroom, was Steven.... with Jasper.
Steven got up right away, already fumbling with a response and blocking their vision of her.
"WAIT IT'S OKay! I-I- she-she" He didn't get much out before she got up from her spot and started glaring.
"Either you want to start a fight or I'm leaving!" She spat out looking at them before turning her head towards Steven. "Rose, your army never fails to amuse me." There was a hint of amusement in her voice. "But as I told you before, I ain't going to change my mind."
The others remained silent. Lapis, blocking all outside distractions, started to get reeled deep into thought.
'Wait, Peridot told me she was corrupted. How is she-' She scrunched her face up.
Then it clicked.
Steven had this whole thing planned.
At the donut shop... The shiny thing in his pocket. That wasn't money. That was her gem.
And at the dinner table, that was no phone. That was her gem reforming. Which would explain the light...
She felt a sudden wave of anger filled her.
She felt her hands curl into fists and suddenly, water bursted from the shower head, using so much pressure, Lapis grabbed Jasper with a water hand and threw her through a wall.
"LAPIS what are YOU-" Steven started but was cut off by the look she gave him.
"YOU tried to help her this whole time and you didn't even think of HOW we would feel?" She felt a hand on her shoulder but she shook it off.
"Lapis, please-" Steven looked guilty but she carried on.
"DID you even THINK of the danger you could have yourself into?! How so easily, she could have killed you in this tiny compacted room?!" She suddenly stopped.
Another thing she had realized. The house shaked continuously during dinner. That only meant one thing.
There must have been some sort of movement.
She finally noticed that Steven was hiding his hand.
Before she can even find out what on earth happened, she suddenly saw black.
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"LApIS!" Steven and Peridot screamed at the same time as a huge piece of rubble suddenly collided with her. A cloud of smoke formed as her gem skidded across the floor.
Jasper climbed back through the wall.
"You don't know how MUCH I wanted to do that." Jasper said grinning evilly.
Pearl and Amethyst suddenly got into defense mode and the fighting began.
"Grab her gem!" Steven shouted as Peridot rushed to grab it. She suddenly glitched and collapsed to her knees.
"Aughhh.." She clutched her gem in pain, having forgotten it was cracked in the middle of the situation.
Steven stumbled over to her and picked her up.
"Peridot, what's wrong?" He asked with concern before noticing the crack on her gem. "AH!" He panicked, accidently releasing her. She fell face first into the ground and hissed in pain. There was more important things to do right now. She got on all fours and crawled over to grab Lapis's gem.
"You can fix it later, right now we need to secure her ge-" Before she could finish, she looked up to see Pearl and Amethyst no where in sight. However, she did having something invading her view. Jasper stood, panting from the fight. She met her gaze and everything remained silent for a moment before Steven suddenly grasped her wrist with his left hand and ran out the door. She was awkwardly being pulled down the stairs and she registered stomping noises from inside the temple.
She was chasing them.
Steven sped up, sweating uncontrollably as he headed anywhere. 'As long as they lost her' he thought.
Peridot shrieked. Getting sand all over her hair and barely managing to hold Lapis's gem.
"What about the others?!" Peridot asked, more concerned about Amethyst. 'I hope she's alright.' Peridot thought as Steven barely muttered out a response. "I'm sure they are fine! We just can't let her catch us!" Steven fianlly managed out. Jasper was gaining up to them and Steven was starting to lose energy. Peridot glitched once more and this time, her hand vanished for a second, dropping Lapis in the process.
"StEven wait! I dropped Lapis!" Peridot yelled but he didnt slow down at all. Fear quickly filled her when she noticed Jasper getting near it. But, she merely kicked it behind and continued running towards them.
"Rose, quit RUNNInG AND GIVe it up!" She yelled.
Peridot whimpered as Steven began to slow down. 'This is it. This is how we perish.' Peridot waited for a painful poofing/shattering and closed her eyes. Suddenly, she felt a gust of air hit her face and she opened her eyes to find them in the sky. She yelped as she painfully gripped Steven's shirt.
"How-" she began before she realized it. Steven had floating powers. 'Duh' she told herself.
Steven looked guiltily at her before paddling them towards a group of trees.
"I'm sorry Peridot. I should have thought this through. None of this would have happened if I did."
Peridot just nodded. "Its fine Steven. At least we aren't dead. Now could you please explain what is going on?"
Steven sighed and nodded as they slowly descended into the forest. Seemingly having lost Jasper. For now.
"Okay. So here's what happened that led up to now." He began as Peridot took a seat on the floor and gave him her full attention.