When I reach Peridot and Lapis, the two motion for me to follow them to the warp pad. I catch up with them and I step up onto the platform before warping us away to the temple.

Peridot takes a deep breath. "You two need to understand that dozens of lives are at risk. Beach City is definitely going into deeper water right now. If the hurricane advances, it could even destroy Ocean Town and maybe Jersey. I don't know."

Lapis looks down. "Aw. I liked Jersey." Peridot raises her eyebrow. "What?" Lapis clears her throat. "Because it leads to Empire City."
"Yeah. That can also be destroyed. Just remember that if you fail to keep those waves from entering the town, no one will be able to stop them."

Eyeball's words ring in my head. "Are you just going to go out there and let that hurricane take you?!" I press a hand against my forehead as I close my eyes. "Oh geez."
"Amethyst, this is important. So please listen."

I look up to face Peridot. "If in any case, Lapis gets taken off the chess board, you MUST take over for her and protect her until the very end. If you don't, you know what's going to happen."

I look away. "Look, I know you guys had your past rivalies and I get that. But this is critical. Failing this will cause the potential destruction of an entire region. Please, don't fail. I'm counting on you two to decide what's right by you."

She lets go of the warp and we appear in the temple. "Let's go team!" Peridot runs away. "I'm going to go evacuate everyone! You two head for the beach. Good luck!" Lapis runs down to the beach with me following right behind her.

Lightning starts striking down. "Let's start with some target practice. Redirect the lightning away from that lighthouse over there." She points out the lighthouse and I point at the sky. I take a deep breath and I let it out.

I then send another finger from my other hand pointing down into the sea ahead of me, connecting both pointers together. The lightning strikes down at the sea and Lapis smiles. "Good. My turn."

She also takes a deep breath before letting it out. A normal wave comes rushing towards us. She then pushes the current back from the shore and I redirect another lightning strike. She chuckles.

"Not bad, Amethyst. Tell you what? You wanna play a game? Perhaps place a wager?" I glare over at Lapis. "Wait. What?"
"Why not? It's just going to be boring after we get the hang of this game."

"I understand. But place a wager? Place a bet? No! You can't just do that during the storm!"
"Don't you want Peridot back?" I feel a jab in my gut even though Lapis didn't throw that.

I clear my throat. "Well, what is the bet?"
"We see who does the most in this storm or for how long one can survive this without getting poofed first. The loser hands over their love interest to the winner for a week.

Plus, they can do anything with that love interest. And I mean anything! What do you say? You want round two with Peri or what?"
"You're on." What have I got to lose?

I redirect more lightning as Lapis pushes back wave after wave. "Having fun yet?!" She grunts as she pushes back another wave. I smirk. "Looks like someone's giving out!" I chuckle.

Lapis glares at me. "You are so going down first!" She whips my face with water. "Whoops! Sorry, Amethyst. Reflex." Reflex my butt! I zap Lapis in the face as the lightning nears in on us.

I zap Lapis again and she starts losing control of the waves. The waves hit our feet as Lapis gets up. I chuckle. "Sorry, Lappy. Peri's all mine for next week!

"Amethyst, stop zapping me and concentrate!" I hit her again. At this rate, I have lost myself in the pleasure of watching myself abuse Lapis. I start laughing.

"Stop attacking me!" I zap her again and again until she's completely powerless. She can't even speak. "I'm going to win!" Lapis gets up and she starts raising up some gestures.

Lapis is raising up some clues. She's raising up red flags and warnings to everyone out there. And I'm not paying attention to them. Lapis suddenly gets struck down by lightning and she poofs. I bubble the gem immediately.

I win. "You lost." I turn around as a familiar chill creeps up my spine. My jaw drops as Eloc rushes towards us on a giant wave. "Uh-oh." I was warned. I can't attempt to push back the wave.

I let the wave take me. The world slows down in darkness. I hold on to Lapis' gem as I drift away in the flood. I release some bubbles and I close my eyes as everything turns pitch black.