Bismuth looks up at us. "Rose?" She then stares at us in silence. "Amethyst? What are you doing in here?" I look back at Eyeball. "Uh..." I face Bismuth again.

"Garnet, Steven and the others agreed to let you back out. You know, of your bubble." She smiles. "Glad I've gotten to have a second chance." She hugs me and at that moment, the world implodes in on me.

I take a breath to calm down. This is the second time I have lied in a week. Only this time, the stakes are even higher since I'm releasing a Gem that is supposed to stay bubbled and not loose out in the open like this.

Worst of all, what will happen if she finds out that I have lied to her? Will she attempt to shatter me? Will she destroy everything that's left? Will she just go insane? I don't know. I don't want to know.

I start walking away and I motion Bismuth forward. "Wait a minute." I freeze. "Who is that?" I turn around to see her pointing at Eyeball, glaring. "Oh! She's just a new recruit for the Crystal Gems."

"They hired another Ruby? Why isn't she in her uniform?" Eyeball raises her eyebrow. "Uniform? THIS is my uniform!" She points at herself. "Right. I can still see the Yellow Diamond insignia on your chest there, uppercrust."

Bismuth shapeshifts her hands into hammers. "Maybe you need a change in your wardrobe!" Eyeball backs away into a wall. "Bismuth, wait!" She faces me. "We don't force new recruits into their new uniform! She needs to get poofed herself!"

She stares me down and starts walking over to me. "Then what are you wearing?" I look down at myself. "What type of uniform is THIS?!" She is no longer in a cheery mood. This isn't good.

"Um uh..."
"Because last time I checked, you weren't wearing anything like that." I gulp. "Well, you see, Bismuth, I was on a mission with the Gems one day and I got poofed by...a rock slide."

"A rock slide?"
"Yeah! I am very scrappy, remember! Because I'm defective?" I smile the best I can. On the inside, I just punched myself in the gut right at home. Anyone else saying this would've destroyed me.

She looks me up and down. "Yeah. You are pretty defective, that's for sure." I grab my arm and I hold myself steady. My smile falters. Wow. Thanks, Bismuth. "Okay. But why that?" I clear my throat. "Rushed regeneration! I had to save the Gems."

"Fair enough." She looks around. "Where are the Gems anyway?"
"They went on a mission!"
"Without you?"
"Yeah! I have to watch over the new recruits! We got a Peridot, Lapis Lazuli, this guy!"

I slide over to Eyeball and I put my arm around her. "And a Jasper." Bismuth raises an eyebrow. "A Jasper? Aren't those Quartz loyal to Homeworld? Not to mention, their Diamond?"
"Yes. But so were we, right?"

"True." Truth is, I've never had a Diamond. I was left behind in the Kindergarten. "Okay. So we live in a barn now due to damages from a new foe we're taking on!" A punch my hand for emphasis. "It's a battalion of Ruby soldiers from Homeworld."

"Ruby soldiers?"
"Yeah. They were with a uh Peridot! They were with a Peridot who is using robots to fix the Homeworld Galaxy Warp! They're currently on the move." Bismuth lightens up the glare a bit.

"Hmm...okay. So you're staying in a barn for right now?"
"Yeah. The temple was destroyed recently. Just the housing that we built though. Everything else is still in tact."
"That makes sense. So how do we get out of here?"

"Oh! Well, we have to get up there since Garnet isn't here right now." I point to the giant hole in the ceiling. "Okay." She jumps up and she dissapears from the ceiling. "Your turn!" I turn to Eyeball.

"Can you jump pretty high?" Eyeball jumps and then faceplants in not even a second. She gets up, blushing. "Uh..." "I'll take that as a no." I grab Eyeball. "Hang on." I jump up through the hole in the ceiling. "Woah! Woah!" Once we reach the top, I let go of Eyeball.

"You okay?"
"Yeah. I'm fine." We walk over to the platforms. "Oh." I have never realized how dangerous the platform jumping really was until this moment. I look down in the dark abyss below. My eyes widen. "Oh boy."