Me, Myself, and Him

Chapter 4: The goo

Lapis POV

When I finally came to, I looked around the place I now found myself in. It looked liked to be some sort of lab, but it was so broken down and desolate that it was hard to make out. Well, it didn't matter where I was. What matters is where the exit was.

As I started to make my way towards the door at the other end of the lab, I heard a loud crash and looked up to the hole I fell through. To my utter suprise, I saw a corrupted gem being thrown at me at full force. I tried to duck out of the way, but instead slammed myself into a desk, causing a bunch of old papers and broken machines to fly up into the air.

As I got back up, I stared back at the corrupted gem in front of me. For some reason, it hadn't poofed yet, despite the force that was used to throw it into the wall. I got up and started walking towards it, when suddenly I heard a familiar voice from behind me.

"Lapis, you're awake! Thank goodness, I was beggining to worry. Are you okay?" Peridot said, looking down into the lab I was stuck in.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm guessing you guys were the ones who threw the gem down here. Did you mean to hit me, or was that only a lucky shot?" I joked.

"No, the gem just charged at us, so Garnet made a quick decision and threw her down here. Hey, while you're down here, can you bubble up the gem so we can go home?" 

"I would but there's just one problem."

"And what would that be?"

"The gem didn't poof yet."

Peridot looked at me with a dumbfounded face. "How is that even possible?!? We hit it with so much force so many times it should have poofed hours ago!"

"Well, it hasn't. Do you want me to take care of it?"

"If you could, that would be helpful. I'll meet you by the warp pad when you get out of... wherever you are." Peridot replied.

"So you're not even gonna lend a hand on helping me get out of here?"

"I would, but we're busy clearing rubble off of the warp pad. I'm sure you can find a way out. Seeya Lapis!" Peridot said as she took off.

I sighed and then looked over at the corrupted gem. It seemed to be in a sort of pain. I walked over to it, prepared to punch the gem in order to try and poof it. However, when I did, I noticed something weird around the gem's gem.

It seemed to be oozing and slimy.

I walked over to the corrupted gem. It seemed stuck under some debris,  so I didn't have to worry about it getting away. 

When I got closer to the corrupted gem, I could finally get a good look at what was going on with it. It seemed to be oozing a grey, thick liquid around it. It almost seemed like it was... moving? 

I reached forward to try and touch the weird goo, when all of a sudden the corrupted gem started screeching and tried to claw at me. I stepped back and waited for it to calm down.

"Shhh, I'm not trying to hurt you. I just want to see what's wrong with your gem." I said, trying to calm the corrupted gem.

The creature slowly calmed down. I got closer again and went to touch the substance. It felt warm and viscous, but other than that, it really wasn't much else. 

Then I tried to walk away, and found my hand stuck in the strange goo. It was almost like it was gripping me.

"What the hell?"

I tried to pull myself away again but the goo pulled with even more force. I slipped and fell.

That's when the goo started to make its way up my arm.

At this point, I was freaking out on the inside. "Get off me! Steven! Pearl! Peridot! Anyone please, help me!" I yelled, still trying to pry the goo off me.

The goo had crawled it's way so far up my arm it was practically reaching over my shoulder. That's when the goo stretched far enough to touch my gem.

If I wasn't panicking before, I was now. The goo started to attach itself to my gem and it felt like it was digging into my back. I yelled as loud as I could to try and get someone's attention, anyone's attention. But nobody heard me. The pain I felt in my back was unlike anything I had ever felt before.

And then everything went black.