Peridot reaches her first. She stops in her tracks and she stands there in shock. I know. Peridot hasn't seen Jasper since the ship crashed a few months ago.

Peridot keeps her distance as I walk up to her. We watch carefully as Jasper appears to be talking to a corrupted gem. "Pipe down!" She kicks the iron bars of the cage.

The two of us don't flinch. "You take orders from me now. You used to be Quartz too, didn't you? What happened to you?" The corrupted gem rushes into the bars in response.

"Heh! Disgraceful! I can't believe I resorted to recruiting you freaks! You're almost as bad as that Crystal runt." I know that she's referring to me. "Just look at you. This planet ruins everything."

Jasper smiles as she shrugs in her posture. "Well, heh heh. Except for me." I start to make a move on Jasper. I walk over to her. I don't use the cliff. I just walk right up to her.

"I'll never let this planet twist me like it twisted you." She kneels down on one knee. "You suffer because it's what you deserve. We all get what we deserve."

There is no way she can tell that I'm here right now. But how to get a cheap-shot on her? If I try to shock her, she'll notice. If I try to whip her, she'll notice. If I do anything, she'll notice.

I only have one option: attack directly. I walk right up next to Jasper. I jump up and I kick Jasper in the back if the head. "Googh!" She falls over, face first. She then gets up. "Cheap-shot, runt!"

I ignite my hand with sparks. But before I could shock Jasper, she knocks me away with her helmet. I fly right into Peridot and we collide with each other. Jasper walks right up to us as I get up from the impact.

"You!" She points a finger at me. "You're that runt from the beach. What are you doing wearing that pathetic outfit? I've never seen you wear that before." I know what Jasper is thinking.

Right now, the reason I'm wearing those clothes is because I am attached to them. Eloc's mentality melded with mine to create the mind of a genious and a psychopath along with a depressed "runt" at the same time.

I don't want to take off these clothes as much as I want to. One, they're my only clothes. Two, what happened last night at the barn. And three, I actually feel kind of comfortable in these. I have decided to lie.

"I like this outfit. Don't judge-"
"And where is Rose?! Why isn't she with you?!"
"Rose isn't here right now! It's just me and Peridot. Look, we don't have to fight!" I gasp at what I just said.

"We don't have to fight?" Jasper repeats the last line in a tone of confusion. "Why wouldn't I want to fight?"
"Jasper, you're not the ultimate Quartz. I am!"

"But, you were made wrong! You can't-" I shock Jasper with a blast of electricity. "You think you're so special?!" I walk up to Jasper, fists crackling with sparks. Jasper collapses and she looks up at me in...fear?

She backs away into the cage with the corrupted gem. "How?! Only a fusion can do that! Where did you learn to do that, runt!" I lash out my whip in response. "I'm...not...A RUNT!"

Jasper fails to defend herself, taking the beating that she deserves. I zap her again...and again...and again. I then punch her nose as she tries to recover from the assault.

Her gem cracks and she looks up at me in horror. "No." She feels her nose and she gasps. "I..." She looks behind her to see the corrupted gem. "I must fuse!"

I zap her again and she collapses, failing to reach the corrupted gem. I walk right up onto Jasper and step right onto the back of her head. "Sorry, Jasper. But this is what you deserve."

I raise my foot. I ignite it with sparks and I slam it right down on Jasper. I hear an explosion from right underneath. "You're the one whose the joke." I bubble Jasper's gem and I turn around to see that Peridot's gone.