Sapphire comes back into the living room. "I knew it. The key is in the bedroom upstairs that would be next to yours. Ruby is in there right now. If I attempt to get the key, she will ask why I want it. She's going to be up there for a while anyway.

I yawn. "Well I'm tired. Maybe I should go get the key myself."
"ARE YOU CRAZY?!" Sapphire shushes her. "Okay. Let's be smart about this. You guys will be caught eventually. But if either of you try to get the key, Ruby will keep it to herself, possibly for the rest of her existence.

I facepalm. "Ugh! This is so stupid! Why can't we just move in?"
"Because you need the key in order to do that. Without a room, there will be nowhere safe for you two to stay in here or anywhere. The barn has been claimed by Yellow Diamond's Pearl and Ruby wants to shatter you, Amethyst."

"Great! It's double trouble!"
"We will only have one shot at this. So we better make this one count." Sapphire motions us to the stairs. "Okay. I'll go talk to Ruby and while I do that, Amethyst can get the key. Eyeball, you can set up a distraction to give Amethyst some cover."

"Alright."
"Wait, why can't I just shapeshift into the key? Then we can unlock the door and we wouldn't have to do any of this."

"Amethyst, a shapeshifted key isn't gonna work. Besides, I doubt you would want to shapeshift everytime to lock and unlock the door." I sigh.
"True."
"Alright. Let's go." We head up the stairs and we whisper the rest of the plan before we put it into effect.

I move over to the door and I lean against the wall. "Okay. I'll go first." Eyeball leans against the opposite wall as Sapphire knocks on the door. "Ruby?"
"Sapphire?"
"Yes! Can I come in?"
"Alright! Just hold on a second!"

"She's coming."
Seconds later, Ruby unlocks the door and she opens it. "Sapphire." She looks down. I could barely see her through the crack. "I'm sorry for the way I acted. Can talk alone with you for a bit?"
"Of course."

"Are they gone yet?"
"No. They're downstairs keeping a lookout for Yellow Diamond's Pearl. She recently arrived here the previous day."
"So Homeworld is back, huh?"
"Oh yeah. They're back alright."

"And it's all thanks to Amethyst."
"No...and yes." Sapphire steps into the room and the door closes behind her. "What do mean by that?"
"I'm just saying that Amethyst did have her issues. But for the most part, it was her fault for letting the Rubies get away and even Eyeball believed that."

I hear her wince nearby. "Yes. So Sapphire, it's been quite a while since we split, am I right? I guess you could call it an anniversary of some sort."
"Yeah, we could."
"I can't do it anymore."

"Can't do what?"
"Being split apart like this."
"You are?"
"Yeah. This disagreement thing is getting pretty ridiculous, you know?"
"Of course I do."

"So you know what? I've thinking about it for a while and I believe that we can come to terms with each other again."
"Really?"

"Really! Come on, Sapphy! I can't stay mad at you forever and you know that!"
"Yes, I do."
"So why are we letting it consume us like this?"
"I agree."
"We need to bring her back."

"But Ruby, a divorce is a divorce. I don't know if we should."
"Sapphire, Garnet needs to fix this barn. Together, you and I will make everything great again and even better than it once was!"

"I wish we could but-!"
"No, we can! Look, let's do it right now! Please, Sapphire." She kneels down before Sapphire, holding her hands together. "Let's be Garnet again." Sapphire looks over at me and then back at Ruby.

"Ruby, I can't."
"No, you must! We have to do this!"
"RUBY-!" Ruby smashes her lips down into Sapphire's as she dips her. They start to glow. I gasp and I swing open the door. I rush over to the dresser in the middle of the room.

I pull out the top right drawer and I see a pile of mementos everywhere. "Where is it?! Where is it?!" I slide things around as the glow brightens more and more. Finally, I see a dark square shaped key. "Bingo!"

The glow explodes. Ruby and Sapphire land on the ground. Ruby gets up as I dash out of the room. "WHAT?!" I motion to Eyeball. "QUICK! IN HERE!" She rushes into the room as Ruby charges towards us.
I slam the door shut before I insert the key.

"HURRY!" I turn it and I hear banging on the door similar to how it was heard this morning. "OPEN UP!" I fall back into Eyeball's arms, gasping for breath. "Great! Now how are we supposed to get out?" Eyeball shushes me. "Don't worry about that right now. Let's get some rest."

I lay down on the bed next to Eyeball as I hear Ruby's blood curdling, ear-drum piercing screams. I turn to Eyeball's side and I hold her close to me as I close my eyes. Everything goes dark as I hear one final scream. One that curses out my name.