We walk over to the warp pad. I step onto it and from a distance, I can see Lapis staring at me. She's not glaring anymore. She appears to be looking down. She shakes her head and she walks back inside the barn.

What I'm going to do is going to hurt her...and Jasper. I'm going to her Kindergarten. I didn't even know a second Kindergarten existed. All this time, I thought my Kindergarten was the only one around.

Peridot warps us over to the Kindergarten. In not even a minute, we arrive in a flash. I shield my eyes from the bright sunlight. "Here we are. Jasper's origin. The Beta Kindergarten."

I look around. "It's red."
"No kidding. Come on. You'll really get a kick out of this." She steps off the warp pad and she starts walking off. I clear my throat. "Ahem! Where do you think you're going?"

Peridot looks back at me with an eye squinting. "What?"
"Didn't you say that you were just going to warp me over here?" I step off the warp pad. Peridot looks around. "Uh...I felt like sightseeing."

"Peri, go back to the barn. This is my fight to deal with, not yours."
"But, I just felt like showing you around the place. It's more of a joke than it is a battlefield. You see these deformed holes?"

"They're everywhere."
"These are the holes in which defective Quartz came out of. All of them. It's definitely not as nice as your Kindergarten, Amethyst. This place has its flaws. You haven't seen everything just yet."

She keeps walking and I follow her. "Peri, wait! Don't just walk away!" I catch up with her. "The thing about this place is that it was a total rush job unlike the Prime Kindergarten in Facet 5, your Kindergarten.

"Yours obviously came second. This was just a test for the Prime Kindergarten. Homeworld analyzed its flaws and they made better injectors and better placement for each gem to grow out of.

"Yours has even spacing, great location and overall, a better Kindergarten. Just be glad you weren't made here. This Kindergarten is like your exact opposite. It's a joke, honestly. You see that one over there?"

Peridot points at a nearby hole. "It's huge. She must've came out sideways. Let me examine it for you. The only thing I was interested in before was the Kindergartens and their history. I came to Earth for a reason."

"So it wasn't just to check on the Cluster?"
"Nope. I also wanted to see this place for myself. I've been here before. But not in a sightseeing manner unlike now."
"What happened the first time?"

"Me and an entire platoon of Peridots were on a mission. There were five of us including myself, the leader. The signature visor proves it all." Peridot's visor glistens in the sunlight.

"Wow. So, how did you know about the Kindergartens?"
"I studied them back on Homeworld. I then finished my research with the help of my limb enhancers. After the ship crashed, I decided to log in my own research."

"So if you had a platoon, then what happened to it?"
"My platoon is back on Homeworld, safe and sound. I only came to Earth alone because Jasper assigned this mission herself. She only needed the best one."

I look around. "Uh, Peridot, what is this?" Peridot looks up. "Wait a minute. These holes aren't supposed to look like that." She ran over to the one closest to us. "It's been dug out, recently."

We run over to where all of the holes are coming from. "Oh my stars. This isn't good."
"Are these...cages?" I look into one and a hand reaches out to grab me. Peridot drags me out of way in time.

"They're cages alright. For corrupted gems."
"Woah." I look around to see a hole that's giant. "Uh, Peri, whose hole is this?" I point to the giant hole in the wall to my right. "Jasper." I clench my fists.

"Amethyst, this is the only hole that was done right. And it was the last one made here as well. It's perfect. The spacing, the placement, the size. I've never seen an exit hole this perfect."

I glare down the path ahead. "Jasper must be nearby, if these cages were made recently, then that could only mean one thing." We hear a clanging sound and we run towards it.