Bismuth smiles with arrogance. "Pfft! Platform jumping! This is a cinch! Watch me!" She starts jumping from platform to platform. "See? Piece of CAKE!" I gasp and I rush over to her platform. Bismuth let's go of the platform just as I make it over.

"BISMUTH!" I lash my whip out towards her. She grabs the end of the whip and she holds on tight. I gasp again. I no longer see Bismuth holding on for dear life. I see Jasper.

The one who I've failed to save in a similar scenario. "AMETHYST!" Eyeball grabs ahold of me. "Calm down. Just relax. I've got you." I take a deep breath. I see Bismuth again. I can hear the whip starting to break as Bismuth tries climbing up.

I lash out another whip. Bismuth reaches for the second one and she starts climbing again just as soon as the first one snaps off. I let go of the whip and I watch it fall into the darkness beneath Bismuth.

I lash out another one and Bismuth reaches for that one. She gets closer and closer to safety as the second one snaps off just the same as the first. I can feel myself starting to slide forward. Eyeball holds me tight.

"You can do this! I've got you!" I grunt as I clench my teeth. "Bismuth, why do you have to be so...heavy?!" Bismuth keeps climbing. I lash out another one. Bismuth is almost at the top.

"Hey! For your information, I was made this WAY!"
"BISMUTH!" The whip snaps and Bismuth grabs ahold of the other whip's end before it is too late. I let go of the other whip and I lash out another one.

I repeat the process until Bismuth finally reaches the top, safe and sound. I collapse as soon as she does. Eyeball keeps me up from faceplanting on the platform. Bismuth jumps from the other platforms all the way to the end.

I feel dizzy. My muscles have been strained from helping Bismuth up. I groan and grunt as Eyeball keeps me steady. "Are you okay? You need to sit down for a minute?"
"You-you can't...s-sit on a platform...
like this, Eyeball."

"Take as much time as you need." I take deep breaths. I notice Bismuth just staring at us with her arms folded, obviously impatient. I look back at Eyeball. "You know, that was a major step up from the time you failed to save Jasper at the silo."

I feel myself turn pale and Eyeball immediately notices. "S-Sorry! I didn't mean to-!"
"No. It's okay. Thanks." I give her a weak smile. "How much longer are you two gonna take to get over here?!" We glare at Bismuth.

"Uh, for your information, we just saved your life, Bismuth. I could easily have let you go if you weren't this important right now."
"Wait! What? What do you mean by important?"

"Bismuth, Jasper is trapped in a silo and we came to get you mainly so you can free her." Bismuth glares at me as her eyes narrow. "So you came to save me on a rescue mission to save someone else on another rescue mission?"

"I was on like three rescue missions in one week thank you very much!" Bismuth sighs. "Fine. But we still need to get out of here." Once I calm down, Eyeball and I jump on the remaining platforms all the way to the doorway to my room.

"Okay. It's just this room now." I motion Eyeball and Bismuth forward and we enter the room. "Okay. Stay close and stay behind me. Even the strongest Gems can get poofed in here."
"Say what now?!"

We shush Bismuth and a noise erupts. "The Slinker." I hear a different noise. "That's not the Slinker." Suddenly, a monster appears in front of us. It roars and Bismuth gasps. "Biggs?! Is that...you?!" Bismuth walks up to it.

We whisper yell at Bismuth. "Bismuth!"
"Biggs. What happened to you? Remember me? I'm your old pal, Bismuth!" I pull out my whip and the monster roars again as it starts to attack Bismuth.

I zap the monster multiple times until it poofs. I then bubble it away. "BIGGS!" Bismuth turns around and she glares at me. "What did you do?!" She's tearing up. "That's it. You've crossed the line, Quartz!" She grabs me by the shirt and she thrusts me up.

"Bismuth?"
"I've had it! I don't care anymore if you've saved me...twice! I don't care if you came back to set me free! The one thing I will NEVER tolerate is having one of my closest friends taken away from me like that!"

"No! She's at the barn!"
"Oh really?"
"YES! Just let me go and let's just get out of here." Bismuth, with her teeth clenched, hurls me into the ground. She stomps away.