Bismuth is slightly taken aback. She nearly slips again...but she maintains her balance. I watch nearby as Bismuth tries to help Jasper through an issue that I am surprised she no longer wants to deal with.

"What?" Jasper looks away and she resumes walking back to the warp pad. "I'm not doing this. Never again." Apparently, all this time, Bismuth has had some crush over Jasper. Bismuth reaches out to Jasper, resulting in her hand getting smacked away.

"Leave me alone!" She looks down, curling her hands into fists as she storms away. Bismuth watches until Jasper is out of sight. She turns the left side of her face towards me. She's tearing up, gritting her teeth.

She wipes her tears and she takes a deep breath. I walk over to her as she exhales. "Oh. Amethyst." Bismuth looks away from me. We continue heading towards the warp pad. "I don't get. Do you? I mean, Jasper doesn't want to be loved anymore. Why?"

"Bismuth, what did you see in her?" Bismuth sighs. "I don't know. I just like...everything about her. She's strong and she's...so much like me. There's this thing about her that makes me feel so good about myself, giving me strength."

We reach the warp pad. We step on it and I warp us away. "Well, I feel that same way with Eyeball."
"But isn't she the one who's getting that off of you?"
"Perhaps. But there's more to it than that. I know there is."

In a flash, I see the barn. It's a little more of a brownish red in certain areas thanks to the fire that happened the previous week. "I'm going to go find Jasper." I notice Eyeball sitting in her chair alone at the table. "Alright, but be careful keep your distance."

"Don't worry. I will. And I'll also search for Lapis too so we can talk." I give her a thumbs-up. "Good plan. Thanks for the sword by the way." Bismuth chuckles. "Hey, it's a pleasure doing Bismuth with you."

She smiles expectantly at me. "Can you stop it with the puns now?" Bismuth nods, still smiling. "Yeah, I really need to stop with those. Well, see ya later!" Bismuth walks away, waving. I wave back. "Bye, Bismuth!"

I walk down to the table to meet up with Eyeball. "Eyeball, what happened?" Eyeball looks up at me with a sad smile, her eyes are welling up. "Amethyst, I tried to help her." I raise my eyebrow. "Wait, what?" She tears up. "She's going to come back."

"What is?"
A roar can be heard in the sky. "The monster you mentioned whenever we talk about Lapis and Jasper."
"MALACHITE?!"
Eyeball gulps. "We're doomed!"

I shush her as she whimpers. "Amethyst, what do we do?" I shush her. "It's going to be okay. Jasper and Lapis are on our side this time."
"But Lapis wants you dead!" I wince at the reply. "What did you two even talk about?"

"I don't get how it happened! It all just started as a casual conversation about life and feelings and all that to a conversation about relationships and those hidden feelings that say that you shouldn't be here." I grimace at her.

"Did you seriously trigger her feelings from the past?! She's more sensitive to that than anything!" I take a deep breath before pressing a hand against my forehead. "It all makes sense now. Jasper doesn't want to be with Bismuth because...of Malachite."

"I heard that she's been hanging out with her more and more often. She said that she moved on. But after everything that has happened, this is where she stands now!" I fake a smile to reassure her. "Uh heh heh. Well, maybe Jasper can control Lapis and protect us."

Eyeball facepalms. "Oh stars help me. By the time we get to her, she'll have her own control! Once a fusion gets comfortable, the fusion melds the personalities of her counterparts together into one for herself!"

"Well, Bismuth is going to check on Lapis and Jasper.
"You mean Malachite?!" I nod. "Then we gotta go help her!" I rub an eye. "Eyeball, we can't do that right now. I'm getting kinda tired and as you can see, she stopped roaring. Let's just go inside the barn and..."

Eyeball gets up. Suddenly, a giant force field of water encases an entire area in the distance. "Great! A force field! She's going to enhance her power!" She turns back to me. "Amethyst, this is only the middle of the day. We're going after Malachite now."