Chris stared at the ceiling with a long groan. He was laying down in a temporary bed. He was feeling a bit ill. Everyone else was running around and trying to find materials. The warp pad was badly damaged. Chris was terrified to use the warp pad home. Home to the place he grew up in. Last time he was there, all his family and friends were destroying the town unconsciously. He shivered. If Moonstone didn't take an interest in him then he wouldn't be here. He'd be destroying his home.

Chris coughed a little. It wasn't that he was getting sick. He just didn't want to work. Or work for what they were planning to do. These sickos were planning to go back to his hometown and destroy everything to find materials for the warp pad. The warp pad to the place was broken, so they had to find the lift and try to open it again. They expected him to cooperate. He refused.

That place was his childhood memories. When everything was perfect and simple. Leafa and Spirita would oblige to this plan and together they'd protect their home. What could one person do? Leafa was evil and Spirita was unconscious. Nobody was even trying to bring her back to her senses. He was at a disadvantage. Chris saw Spirita fidget around. Her mouth curved into an unpleasant growl. Chris chuckled. Even in unconsciousness she won't stop listening in his mind.

"It's ok. I-It's just hard being the only one who understands," He croaked. Tears started to form in his eyes and his voice went dry. He lightly put his hand on hers. Her growl formed into a smile of sympathy. She then went back to a sleeping state. Her hand went back to being freezing cold. "Gosh... When are you coming back?" Chris whispered. Onyx laid his hand on Chris's shoulder causing Chris to jump a little.

"It doesn't look like you're sick when you talk to Spirita's unconscious body. She won't respond," Onyx joked. Chris rolled his eyes as Onyx sat right next to Chris.

"You'll catch what I h-,"

"I know you're not sick you nut ball," Onyx replied. Chris sighed and looked away. It was pretty obvious he wasn't sick. After awhile Chris started getting lazy with the sick appearance. "I also know why you're avoiding work," Onyx concluded. Chris froze almost instantly.

"Why?" Chris asked. He was amused to see the theory.

"You don't want to see that old town in shambles. I wouldn't either. I didn't get to see it in its glory b-," Onyx started.

"It's beautiful! The people are so nice and there is so many sights to see. The huge warp area takes you to historic places. The missions they gave you are exciting. The architecture was magnificent!" Chris practically fangirled. Onyx could see why Chris loved that town. Sapphira probably would've enjoyed it.

"Well it can't be like that anymore," Onyx stated. Chris's face fell like a child's. Onyx saw Spirita's face roll up in disgust. He brushed the thought out of his mind. "I don't know if you noticed but everyone was already destroying your town. It's gone. In two days were going to that town. All of us," Onyx spoke. Chris turned his head down meaning that Onyx had overstayed his visiting hours. He left quickly.

Chris stood up and walked outside. A light breeze brushes up against his face. He noticed recently that his hair started fading back to its original color. Blonde. Chris needed to dye it again. He needed to go into town to get some more. Not today though. The sun was about to set. How long was he laying around? His eyes averted to an open field.

Sapphira stood firm as her sword pointed at Claire. Claire went under the sword, formed the same exact sword, and lunged to try to his Sapphira at least once. Sapphira jumped backwards in an elegant fashion. She changed her sword to a magic wand. Claire tried doing the same, but the sword stayed the same. Sapphira grinned and Claire stood shocked in fear. Sapphira ran forward before Claire formed a scythe. Chris's scythe...

"What the?" Sapphira muttered. She flipped backwards. She turned to Chris. He was watching with horror. Sapphira grew angry. He was here giving access to Claire using his weapon. It was pretty nice though. Sapphira used her wand and a spell flew towards Claire. Claire moved out of the way.

She hit the scythe in the ground and the grass cracked underneath Sapphira. Sapphira was quick to move though. She rolled away as smoke and dust formed in that area. Sapphira ran up to the distracted Claire with a sword and hit the scythe out of the girl's hand. The fight was over. The two girls were out of breath it seemed.

"You were distracted Claire. Was something on your mind?" Sapphira asked. Her sword disappeared as she reached for a bottle of water. Claire shrugged simply and grabbed a water bottle. She chugged it down in seconds and left. Her eyes met with Chris's. She looked tired and vulnerable. He didn't know why.

"Chris! You dummy! Because you were there, Claire copied your weapon to use against me!" Sapphira scolded.

"I just came out for a breeze and I saw my best friend get destroyed! What do you expect? For me to just walk away to go buy some donuts and say that they'll be ok?" Chris replied Sapphira nodded as if it was the obvious thing to do. Chris groaned. Sapphira walked around him.

Chris sighed and walked over to Claire. She was looking down at something. It was a picture of a man and her. Chris tapped on her shoulder and she almost dropped it. She looked at him with tears running down her face.

"C-Chris! I didn't know you were still here! Haha. Let me go make you some tea for that cold!" She joked. Tears were still pouring. He didn't think that she really wanted anyone to see her like that. His theory was correct as she was hesitant. He grabbed her arm. She stopped.

"What's going on? Why're you crying?" Chris asked. Claire didn't turn to face him. She clutched to locket.

"I-I lied to you Chris. Well in a way I lied. I did come for Jasper and Peridot, but it looks like a Moonstone was my replacement. I'm an experiment," She confessed. Chris let go of his grip on her arm.

"H-How? You look like one of us!" Chris exclaimed. Claire nodded.

"Yeah. I am one of you. Homeworld took Jade, a former crystal gem, and a human scientists and they created me. My mom became me and my dad was devastated. I waited for years for the crystal gems until I gave up hope. I started executing traitors and destroying planets. I was another pawn, but I was treated so low. Yellow Diamond sent me here and I told my dad I was going to save him myself. Yellow Diamond found out and deactivated my ship instantly. I landed in that ocean and was in there for two months," Claire choked. Chris didn't know how to react.

"I-"

"I really miss him Chris... You have no idea. Why am I even telling you this? You need tea for that cold of yours," She scolded herself. Chris turned her to face him. She was surprised. "Chris?"

"I miss Leafa. I miss Spirita. I miss Lapis. I miss a lot of people. I lost Lapis to being so weak. I lost Spirita to being helpless. I-I lost Leafa... No. I lost Leafa so long ago. I lost her 5 years ago. I'm a sorry sack. I'm worthless. I could go on for hours. Y-you remind me so much of Leafa. At least the one I knew for 5 years. You're smile is the same. Your laugh. Your bubbly personality. Your curiosity. She used to ask me all the weirdest things," Chris smiled. He too was crying now. "I lost that girl too. I couldn't even accept the second chance I was given. You remind me so much of Leafa. Sometimes I forget she's not here. You two would've gotten along so well. I can sometimes wake up and think she's not gone, but then I get the pleasure of remembering that she's gone all over again..." Chris choked up. He wiped some tears away.

"So we're both sad sacks?" Claire joked and hugged Chris. Chris was silent for a second. He hugged back.

"No, I'm going to make sure that you're the happiest sack ever," Chris mumbled. For the first time Claire felt a tint of red coming to her cheeks, and it wasn't out of frustration...