We were all gathering around a pile of Stevens signature shirt, folding them and stacking them to be organized. We were just folding in silence until Garnet speaks up.
"We need to track down Peridot. We found her pod. We know she's out there somewhere. She came to Earth with a job to do and odds are, she's still gonna try to do it. That's why I've gathered you here."
"I thought it was so you can help me fold all this laundry!"
"That too. The chore wheel idea you had fell apart fast."
"Wasn't me." Amethyst says.
We all look at the chore wheel on the fridge where everyone's names are struck out and replaced with Pearl's name, written in her handwriting. Pearl and Garnet exchange looks.
"I just really enjoy doing all of those things." She says.
"That's good since I hate doing chores most days." I state.
"It's better if we do them together."
"Humans should just stop wearing clothes, be a lot funnier."
"Hey! I'm a civil-i-fied part human, thank you very much. Clothing is a must." Steven looks at the laundry pile. "Hmm... This is a lot. I bet this folding would go faster if Ruby and Sapphire were here!"
"I'm sure they'd be glad to see you Steven. But I am not unfusing for laundry."
"Aww."
"If Garnet wanted to she could fold all these shirts up in a blink if an eye but right now it's group discussion time."
"Garnet, you don't think Peridot would come looking for us, do you?"
"We weren't her priority. She was sent here to do something in the Kindergarten."
"Do you think she's still going to try to reactivate it?"
"Mmm... If she gets it back up and running, the Injectors will turn back on."
"Injectors?" Steven asks. Or more questions than asks.
"You've already seen them. Well, you've seen them disabled." Pearl projects a hologram from her gem. "If Peridot reactivates them, they'll pick up right where they left off, planting Gems in the crust of the Earth, where they'll incubate and suck the life right out of the ground. We can't let Peridot restart Gem production here, if we do, the entire planet will become..."
"Janked."
"Blue!" Amethyst chuckles. "That mouth!"
"Yeah I'm a potty mouth." I laugh.
"Don't worry, we'll stop her. C'mon, Crystal Gems." Garnet stands up and walks to the warp pad.
"Coming!" Pearl speed walks to Garnet.
"As long as we don't have to fold anything." Amethyst summons her whip and follows.
"Maybe we'll be able to question her." I get up and walk to stand behind Garnet.
Steven however is still folding his clothes.
"Uh Steven." I start. "Aren't you coming?"
He gets starts in his eyes and cutely and excitedly runs to us. We then warp to the prime kindergarten.We venture through the Kindergarten, with Pearl projecting a beam of light to illuminate the path.
"Well, nothing looks activated. In fact, i-it doesn't look like anything's budged since the last time we were here."
"Your right. But just because Peridot hasn't been here yet, it doesn't mean she won't come." I say.
"Hm!"
"Let's do a thorough check of the perimeter."
"Mmhm!
"That way, we can monitor any future entry."
"Hmm! Sounds good to me!"
Then Steven starts treading off on his own, looking around the kindergarten.
I walk off and Amethyst follows.
"Nice orders fearless leader." She smiles and I laugh.
"I'm just ready to find her since the reactivation of this place could cause more damage to the earth."
Amethyst looks away uncomfortable and I notice and quickly say again.
"But I can't be talking. The planet I was popped out of is nothing but a wasteland now. I'm kinda jealous of you Amethyst." She looks at me with wide eyes. "You get to see and live on the planet you were born on. With all of its beauty still intact."
"Well for what's it worth I don't think it'd be a great life without you."
I blush and look away.
"Peridot!"
"There she is!"
We look back and see Garnet and Pearl running in a dirt away from us. We soon join them with our weapons ready.
"Nowhere to go!" Amethyst says and I back her up with.
"You're cornered!"
We thought she'd stop as theirs a rock wall infornt of her but she just starts running up that.
"Hey! I can't do that!" Steven says.
"Neither can she!" Pearl hurls her spear upwards, and it shoots past Peridot. She looks back and yells.
"Ha! Missed!"
Pearl's spear hits the leg of an Injector stuck on the wall and dissipates. The Injector then begins to collapse off the wall. Peridot sees the falling Injector and tries to flee, but the Injector hits her and they crash onto the ground.
"Do you think she's hurt?" He asks.
And for an answer Peridot emerges from the rubble and flees again.
"Nope!"
Amethyst tethers the fleeing Peridot with her whip. Peridot then generates an electrical current with her fingertip, electrifying the entire whip.
"Whoa hot whip!"
She begins to run again and even with Pearl on the chase all the green gem had to do was to turn her fingers into helicopter-blades, lifting her from the ground. She laughs maniacally as she flies off.
"How can she do that?" I ask but no one answered.
"I'm gonna bop her good!"
"I'll help!"
Pearl and Amethyst pursue Peridot deep into the Kindergarten.
"Hurry, Garnet!" Steven tries to pursue Peridot too, but Garnet holds him back by lifting him off the ground.
"If Peridot's mission was to reactivate the Kindergarten, the injectors would be on. Look. They're not.
"Oh." he says.
"Let's see what she was actually doing."
I lift the broken injector off a open elevator shaft.
"Down here." I say.
Before Garnet slides down she says.
"Thanks for the help Blue."
"But that's Amethysts thing."
I throw the rubble away wnd wait for them to come back up.
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Once they do I can tell something is off but I'll wait to ask. While on our way to the warp we come across Pearl and Amethyst.
"Yo. We're back."
"Garnet, we lost Peridot. Her fingers were too fast for us."
"That's alright."
"Yeah I'm sure you tried your best." I say.
"I'm sure you did too it's time for you to rest again." Pearl says.
"Again? But-"
"No buts you need go rest."
I sigh and just do as she says.

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Steven universe x OC gem reader
FanfictionAnother crystal Gem? Will her friendships be tested, will old friends be love-hate relations!? How will she fair in Steven's universe. Warning!!! - The writing is bad at the start, but it gets way better after a few chapters. Sorry.