Me, Myself, and Him

Chapter 3: A simple mission

Lapis POV

--WARP--

Me and Peridot warped to the Temple, the place where Steven and the Crystal Gems hung out. It was strangely empty, though.

"Where is everyone?" I asked.

"Oh, they already left. I told them I would catch up with them after I asked you if you wanted to go." replied Peridot.

"Oh, then why are we here and not where the mission is?"

"I Just needed to get something before we went. I've been meaning to try it out for a while now, but I haven't got the chance." Peridot said, before running behind the kitchen counter.

After a while, Peridot came back out with a big, clunky... object attached to her wrist. It looked complicated, so I had no idea what it did.

"I see that you're staring at my brand new, corrupted gem detector, made by yours truly!" Peridot said with a slight bow. "With this device, I'll be able to detect any and all gem material corrupted in a five kilometer radius! Now what happened on our last mission won't happen again"

"That's actually really cool. Good job Peridot." I complimented.

The little green gem blushed a little. "Yes, well... uh, th-thank you Lapis. Shall we get going?"

"I guess."

"Alright, to the Prime Kindergarten!" yelled Peridot as she hoped on the warp pad.

I stepped onto the warp pad right next to Peridot. 

"Okay then." I said.

--WARP--

Soon, me and Peridot warped into the Prime Kindergarten, a place where gems were made on Earth. However, as soon as we warped in, a gigantic hunk of rock was thrown at us.

"Peridot, look out!" I yell as I pull the green gem down, avoiding the bolder.

"Peridot! Lapis! Are you guys okay?" yelled a small child in the distance. It was Steven, the leader of the crystal gems and a good friend of me and Peridot.

"Yes Steven, we're fine." Peridot replied, slowly getting up. "Anyways, what caused that rock to come flying at us?"

"Oh, the corrupted gem did. They're usually really strong, but this one is really, REALLY, strong. It's also acting really weird." Steven said.

"Well Steven, you're in luck. I, the great and lovable Peridot, have created an amazing device that will allow me to scan for any and all corrupted gems along with their weaknesses!" boasted Peridot.

"Woah, Really?!?! That's super cool!" yelled Steven.

"yes, thank you Steven" Peridot replied.

Suddenly, a loud crash came from a far off corner of the Kindergarten.

"That must be the corrupted gem. Come guys!" yelled Steven as he sped off towards the loud noise.

"Come on Peri, we gotta go help them." I said as started to walk off with Steven.

"Yes, you are quite right Lap- wait, what?" stuttered Peridot. "D-did you just call me P-Peri?"

Crap. I never called Peridot anything but her normal name. Peri just seemed like a cute nickname, but then I remembered that Peridot both hated being called "Cute" or anything that related to the word.

"Uh... yeah..." I stammered, trying to think up an excuse. "it's easier to c-call out during b-battle... right?"

"Oh yeah. I guess you're right." said Peridot.

We started walking towards the fighting and noises when all of a sudden, the floor beneath me caved in. I fell so far down that when I hit the ground, I immediately blacked out.

I kinda wish I never woke up.