Retrieve

Eyeball stares at the silo, her fists trembling. I walk up to her and she starts ranting. "Look at this, Amethyst! The great Jasper! The legendary Quartz of Facet 9! The Kindergarten Quartz that could!"

"Uh...Eyeball?"
"The one who came out of the ground with her helmet on that took out eighty Crystal Gems before the sun went down!"
"What?"

"The most powerful Gem who has ever lived besides the Diamonds!"
"Eyeball?"
"Is trapped in a silo! Under an abyss of darkness in a water tank thanks to those two Gems!" She points at the barn.

"A Peridot and a Lapis Lazuli. Traitors to Homeworld and everything they care about." I sigh. "Look, I know you want Jasper out of the silo. I want her out of there just as badly as you do. But there's no way we're getting her out of there."

"Maybe there is."
"Huh?"
"I remember watching the top piece breaking off from the powers that only a Peridot could possess. And if I remember correctly, once something is broken, it stays broken. At least with metal anyway."

"That's true. Maybe...we could get someone to remove the top piece and then retrieve Jasper from the tank." "But who?" I contemplate the situation.

"Maybe...no."
"Or perhaps the crew...definitely not." "Uh...oh geez. We have like no options!" I facepalm. "No one is going to help us!" I sigh. "And it's all because of me."

"Wait! Think about a Gem that doesn't know anything about what recently happened! Don't you have some bubbled Gems hiding in the barn?" "Only the shards of Pearl and your old platoon, Eyeball."

"Oh."
"But...the temple. I didn't burst every bubble in there. There are a few more left in there, unharmed from my rampage. And..." I gasp, remembering something.

"What is it?!"
"There IS a Gem that can help us out! But we need to retrieve her from the temple."
"Who?" I smile, facing Eyeball. "An original Crystal Gem." I start running away towards the warp pad.

"Follow me!"
"Amethyst, wait up! Don't just go running off like that!" I step on the warp pad and I wait for Eyeball to get on. "Ready?" Eyeball takes a deep breath. "Yes." I activate the warp pad.

We appear in the temple and Eyeball's eye shines in awe. "The Crystal Temple. The hideout of the mighty Rose Quartz and her surviving assets." I step up to the temple door and pull down the collar of my shirt.

The purple gem lights up and the door opens. Eyeball returns to my side and we enter my room. I look around and I smile. "Heh. Nothing changed." A noise erupts out of nowhere and we immediately stop in our tracks.

"Uh...what was that?" I shush Eyeball as the sound erupts agains. "No. It can't be." I motion Eyeball forward. "Stay behind me and stay close. I have a feeling an old friend came back to visit me and my stuff."

We proceed with caution as we navigate around the piles of garbage everywhere that's surrounding us. Suddenly, I notice an arm reaching out of one of the piles. "Look out!" I zap the creature and the arm retracts.

"What is that thing?"
"It's the Slinker. I think. The last time it was here, I was poofed several times and it was an absolute disaster." "So it just poofs a Gem instantly without warning?"
"Exactly. It's trying to seperate us."

I point to an exit ahead. "See that doorway down there? That's where we need to go. Come on." I grab Eyeball's hand and we keep going. "Be careful." A spot another hand reaching out.

I zap it again and it retracts. We reach the exit and we stop. "Okay. Now all we need to do is jump across these platforms." We jump from one platform to another until we reach another doorway.

"Woah. The Crystal Heart." We proceed into the bubble room. I walk up to one of veins and I slide down. Eyeball follows behind me. Once we land, I step up to Bismuth's bubble.

I jump up and I catch it before I land back down on the ground. "Got it." "Who is that?"
"This is-!" The bubble pops and the gem glows. "Heh heh. Whoops." The Gem regenerates and Bismuth drops down to the ground.

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