Hurricane
I wake up to the sound of rain...and thunder. Eyeball groans and gets off of me. Apparently she has dozed off on me last night after her song. She gets up and she walks away.
I get up as well and I start walking out of the barn. "Amethyst!" I turn around to see Peridot. "Come quick!" She is not happy at all right now. I jump up onto the ledge and I follow her to the car.
I sit down next to Lapis. "What is it?" Peridot points to the TV. "Look." I watch the TV as a weather broadcast is currently taking place LIVE. "This is bad. A potential category 5 hurricane is heading down towards Beach City as we speak!"
"Uh..." I raise an eyebrow. Peridot groans. "DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE IS?!"
"No. Not really. Never seen one in my life."
"Well then prepare yourself for a walloping, Amethyst. This is going to be rough."
She runs away.
"VERY ROUGH!" I shrug. I turn over to Lapis. "What's going on?"
"Didn't she just tell you?"
"Yeah. But I think there's more to it than that."
"Like the potential impact it's going to have on the town?"
"Something like that."
"Well, one, if it hits, Beach City will perish. Everything will be destroyed and the temple will cease to exist according to Peridot. Two, it's going to cost pretty much everything for damages including this barn."
"Holy smokes."
"Yeah. But, there's one last thing. It's best if I don't tell you what that is." "Lapis, just spit it out." She chuckles before giving me a death glare. "The hurricane has a name. Guess what it is."
"Hurricane...Lapis?" She clenches her teeth. "HURRICANE AMETHYST, AMETHYST!" I grimace as I stare at the TV. "Oh geez!" I get up and I run out of the barn. I meet up with the others outside on the fields. Bismuth waves. "Oh hey, Amethyst. We were just talking about you."
If it wasn't for Eyeball's beautiful song, I would've pretty much shattered myself right there. Bismuth is so dead to me. Eyeball glares up at her. "Oh lay off, Bismuth!" Bismuth glares down at her.
Eyeball then faces me and smiles. "Morning, Amethyst! Did you sleep well last night? You had a really rough experience yesterday. Are you okay?" "Yes, Eyeball. I'm fine thank you. What's going on?" Peridot facepalms.
"No. I know what's going on. I mean, what's the plan here?" Peridot looks up and she takes in a breath of relief. "Oh thank stars." Jasper points at the clouds. "For right now, we are going to watch the clouds. If they get darker, it will be time to take action."
"Alright. But what about when that time comes?" Peridot yells. "LAPIS! COME DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!" She's obviously going to be involved in this. Lapis swoops in and she lands on her feet. She then retracts her water wings as she clears her throat.
"Yes, Peridot?" She tries smiling the best she could. "Could you explain the plan to Amethyst? You know, when it's time to take action."
"Oh. Well, first off, three of us are going down to Beach City alone."
"And those three are?"
"You, me, and Peridot."
"Why?"
"Because we are the most useful Gems on the team. Or at least the most powerful. Or...uh...storm control type."
"Yes. Allow me to explain." She steps up to the center of our group.
"Amethyst will have control over lightning. That's huge, don't forget. You will need to redirect it over to safer areas also as a means to protect your partner and not just the property."
"Hold on a minute! What?!"
"We're going to be working together, Amethyst."
"That's right. Lapis will take ocean control. She will push back the tide to keep the waves from crashing down into Beach City."
"What if she were to fail?"
Lapis waves a fist at me.
"Excuse me?! I am powerful enough to hold back a tide thank you very much!"
"Oh really? Peri, explain." Peridot gulps.
"Well, uh, if Lapis were to fail, then...then..." She clears her throat. "Let's just hope that doesn't happen."
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