I glare at Lapis and Peridot inside the barn. Ever since the whole fiasco with Jasper, I've been fighting my new family to try any way possible of getting her out of the silo.

"You two have to get her out of the silo! It's not good for her in there!" The duo exchanges their looks before answering. "Uh...nooooooo." I stomp at them, frustrated.

Why am I even doing this?! "WHAT?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" The two slowly nod their heads simultaneously. I growl. "Oh! I see how it is! You still think that she deserves to be punished, is that it?!"

The two stay monotone. "Alright! Say Jasper keeps one of you inside the silo. Inside a dark abyss of water where you can't see a darn thing! How would you feel?!" I'm tearing up now. I'm really starting to lose my patience with them.

The two also shrug simultaneously. Peridot answers on Lapis' behalf. "Eh, we would just go right up to Jasper. And if she doesn't let Lappy-" Lapis blushes in embarrassment, smiling.

"Uh...I mean! If she doesn't let Lapis out, I would simply fight her. One of us would use our powers to take Jasper down and place her in the silo instead. Besides, Jasper wanted this anyway and she practically deserved it too."

"NO! YOU'RE WRONG! SHE..." I pull out my whip, Lapis widens her eyes. "DOESN'T!" I lash out at Peridot. She almost flinches. Next thing I know, I'm staring face-to-face with the original, dark Lapis Lazuli.

She holds me down with water chains, glaring. "Don't you ever lash out at my Peri ever again!" I am pinned down by the weight of the chains. Somehow, I didn't expect something like this to happen.

"Chains?! I thought only Malachite can do that!"
"These may not be as strong as Malachite's. But they will do perfectly for you, Amethyst. You better be honest about this. Why do you worry about Jasper so much?"

"Because she...she's like an older sister to me. Ever since I've beaten her down at the Beta Kindergarten, I could never worry about her more. She's gotten weaker and weaker. She's lost herself, but she's changing. I know she is."

Lapis doesn't let go. "Is that it?" "Pretty much."
"Hmm...sorry. I'm not convinced." Whoops. "Now here's my argument. You wanna know what she did?" "Uhh...heh heh. Lapis? Are you okay?" "She kept me imprisoned!"

"Pfft! I'm not convinced either!" Lapis launches me outside onto the fields. She walks outside, monotone. "She kept me AND Peridot imprisoned. I held her down with the weight of the ocean for MANY..." Lapis' chains drag me further towards the silo.

"MANY..." Another rush. "MONTHS!" I fall on my back and I thrash to try to brake free...but to no avail. "Do you wanna see what it's like? I can show you."
"NO!" I blast out of her grip, harnessing Eloc's plasmic energy.

I get up and I face Lapis. I pull out two more whips. "You're letting her out of there even if I have to make you do it!" I lash out at Lapis. She holds one of the whips with a water hand. "Huh?" She then launches me into the silo. "AH! Oof!"

I get up and I zap her. She collapses, gasping. I lash out again and Lapis catches the other end before it could hit her. "You will listen to me, Amethyst. One way or another." I shake my head. I zap her again.

She tries to defend herself with her water hands, but that only makes the impact even more destructive. "Peridot, help...me." She collapses before she poofs. I walk up to her, raising my whip.

I send it down towards Lapis' gem. And then, something catches it. It wasn't water. "What is wrong with you?!" Peridot sends a ball of shrapnel at me. Yeah, this is gonna hurt. I am sent flying into the silo. I then fall to the ground.

I get up as Peridot walks up to me. A nervous chuckle escapes my mouth. "Peri? You okay there, bud?" I start sweating. The old Peridot. The cold, dark-hearted Peridot stares me down.

"Since when could you fight anyway? You used to be defenseless. Anyone could beat you. What happened to that?" I smile...and then I saw something that I've never seen come out of her before. Weakness.