Fusion Redemption: An SU fanfic

Chapter Twelve: Spectrolite

Jasper emerged from the tunnels of Amethyst's room into her own room. "I need to go talk with Garnet," said Jasper softly. "Stay here or in Amethyst's room. Just don't come out."

"Are you going to hurt her?" asked Steven fearfully as he crouched into a ball.

"I would never hurt her unprovoked," said Jasper reassuringly, "but I don't want you to get hurt. Okay. If anything happens, I want you to run out of here and get your big sister, okay."

Steven nodded in agreement. He liked it when Jasper referred to Amethyst as his "big sister". It made him feel safer and calmer. Jasper knew this and was trying to get Steven to not worry about the inevitable conflict.

"I love you Ste-man," said Jasper with confidence. "Stay safe." And with that, the large gem ran out the door.

Peridot and Lapis were walking through the dark, narrow passage from Pearl's room that led into Peridot's room. Peridot walked cautiously through passage, holding an annoyed Lapis's hand in the process.

"Hey, Peri," said Lapis while jerking her hand away from the green engineer's grip, "can I have my hand back please?"

"Just a second Lazuli," Peridot replied flatly. Lapis rolled her eyes as the green gem reached the end of the tunnel, with a green wall at the end with a yellow star on it. Peridot reached into a double-layered golden toolbelt wrapped around her lower waist. She pulled out a screwdriver-like tool with a plastic red handle and a blade on the end. She jammed the tool into a slit, and the blade touched a button on the slit. Peridot reached for a pink control panel on the wall next to the green door and she touched the buttons labeled 1, 4 and 3. After this complex ritual, the door opened, revealing a secret entry into Peridot's basement.

"You can let go of my hand now Peri," said Lapis with a smirk. Peridot sighed, but obliged. "Now Lapis," said Peridot as she rummaged through some stray inventions and trash on the floor, "You know that I've been working on some inventions in here, right?"

Lapis rolled her eyes. "'Some', Peri. Try understatement of the year."

Peridot groaned, but reached for an invention on the crate next to her. "One of these inventions was designed from scrap metal and spare inventions from the crashed ship that Jasper and I brought here one year ago." Peridot pulled out a rubber glove with various circuits attached to it.

"This looks like..."

"Yes," said Peridot, "I salvaged its parts from the remnants of Jasper's gem destabilizer." Peridot gestured to a similar device built into the right hand of her limb-enhancers. "I already have one. I want you to have this."

Lapis carefully picked up the device from Peridot's hand. "Why," she said. "We won't need this. Things aren't this bad."

"You don't understand Lazuli," said Peridot while sitting down at a nearby crate. "I destabilized Garnet. And she attacked Jasper. They're both probably healed by now...but both are angry, and confused, and...enraged. There will be conflict."

Lapis looked into Peridot's serious emerald-colored eyes. "Okay," she said as she took the glove, "I'll defend myself."

"I can't repeat this enough," said Peridot while pointing a cautious finger at Lapis's face, "but be careful. Jasper and I might've just started a war."

Pearl and Garnet trudged down the halls of Pearl's room that led into Lapis's river room. Pearl was furious; she had summoned both of her spears and she intended to confront Peridot and Jasper for their behavior against Garnet. The very fact that she and Amethyst together needed to restrain Jasper from hurting Garnet proved her point. They needed to confront Jasper after she reformed and make sure she didn't usurp leadership from Garnet.