New Mission

Chapter 1: Briefed

"You can't be serious!!" Jade, a green Gem with slicked-back hair, who was wearing a bodysuit with yellow diamonds on the knees and the neck exclaimed. "Excuse me?" Her superior asked. "S-sorry, my Diamond. I just don't understand! What's on Earth that we need?" Jade questioned. "Her." Yellow Diamond showed her Jade a picture of her old Peridot, who is now a Crystal Gem. "Peridot Facet-2F5L Cut-5XG used to be my most loyal Era 2 Peridot, then she told me an accident happened that caused the ship I sent her to Earth on to crash. She wanted to destroy our precious Cluster, just to save that waste of space she calls home. When I ordered her to leave the Cluster alone, she started defending the planet. Then-" She paused.

"Then what?" Jade asked. "She called me a clod, & ended the call. She was on Earth at the time, but she used a Gem Communicator from the base on Earth's moon to call the Diamond line. I'm sure she & her fellow traitors stole it. You are to go to Earth & bring that Peridot back to me alive." Yellow Diamond pointed to her Jade. "I promise I won't let you down, my Diamond." Jade proceeded to form a diamond shape with her arms. "Oh, you're not going alone."
"Wait, what?!" Jade was shocked. "Pearl! Bring them in!" Yellow Diamond called. Yellow Pearl walked in with a Blue Topaz & a Pink Coral behind her. "That will be all, Pearl." Yellow Pearl bowed. "Of course, my Diamond," she said before standing next to her owner. "Jade, these are your teammates-Blue Topaz & Pink Coral."
"Hi, Jade!!" The Pink Coral said as she threw her arms around her new teammate. She had dark pink hair tied up in a bun. A skirt dotted with little yellow diamonds on the bottom went down to her knees and she wore a yellow short-sleeved shirt with large, puffy shoulder pads. "Uh, hi...?" Jade said as she tried to pry the other Gem off of her. "This is gonna be so much fun!!" Coral squealed as she spun around happily, Jade still in her embrace. "It shouldn't be. This is a very important mission that should be taken seriously." The Blue Topaz, a tall Gem with blue spiked hair, a pale blue visor and limb enhancers, summoned his screen & began calculating data.
"Party-pooper!"
"My Diamond, are you sure this Coral isn't, y'know... defective? I mean, she's always using primitive Earth terms," Topaz scolded. "I'm positive. Corals are very, uh, bubbly. Especially this one. You can tell because of her 'weapon'." After letting go of Jade, Coral proceeded to summon her bubble wand & spin around. "See? You can put your weapon away, Pink Coral."
"Yes, my Diamond!" Her weapon disappeared and was followed by a shower of pink sparkles. "Now, I don't usually let my Gems do this, but if you have to-" Yellow Diamond paused. "What is it, my Diamond?" Jade asked. "Fusion. If you need to fight on your mission, fuse." The three Gems' eyes widened. "M-my Diamond. We've never fused with anyone!" Jade's teammates nodded in agreement, Coral doing so reluctantly. "Well, there's a first time for everything, isn't there?" Their Diamond smirked. "But we don't know anything about fusion!"
"Well, the first time two different kinds of Gems fused, it was in Blue Diamond's court, when they were visiting the Earth. A Sapphire, gifted with the rare power of future vision, & her three Ruby soldiers came to the court so she could tell Blue Diamond of her vision. She foresaw that the two rebel Gems were going to invade the court & destroy the physical forms of the seven gems, including herself and two of her Rubies, but the rebels would be apprehended and the rebellion would be over. When it happened, the rogue Pearl was about to strike Sapphire, but the remaining Ruby tackled her to protect her. They accidentally fused, which quite understandably, angered and disgusted everyone else. They unfused & Blue said the Ruby should be shattered for messing with the prediction. Sapphire took Ruby's hand and led her away from the rest of the court. They jumped off a cliff together and were thought to never be seen again. But, they're now fused & members of the Crystal Gems. I think they call themselves a Garnet, which is an insult to all the real Garnets we've made."
"My Diamond? Why do they have to go by a different name when fused?" Topaz asked. "Because they form a new Gem & they can't go by the names 'Ruby & Sapphire'."
"Oh, of course. I should've known..." Blue Topaz looked down. "Finally you got something right," Jade muttered. "What did you just say?!" Topaz snapped back. "I said, 'Finally you got something right'!"
"I'm much smarter than you! All you Jades are good for is taking down those dumb corrupted Gems and gross organics! You don't know anything about being right!" Jade laughed. "What's so funny?! You don't have any reason to laugh, you clod!"
"Oh, shut up!"
"You can't tell me what to do! You're not the boss of me, Yellow Diamond is!"
"ENOUGH!" Yellow Diamond said and stepped between Jade & Topaz. "Blue Topaz, she might not be your boss here on Homeworld, but she will be on your mission."
"What?! You're putting her in charge? You might as well put this dumb Coral in charge!" Yellow Diamond narrowed her eyes. "If Jade weren't going, I would."
"Why?!" Topaz shouted. "Because Jade is older & more trustworthy than you. She can take care of leading this mission." Jade smirked at Topaz. "Oh, shut up, Jadeite," Topaz said in disgust. Jade's smile faded. "It's Jade, you moron." Topaz rolled his eyes. "Now, follow me outside. You have to practice fusion if you need it on Earth," Yellow Diamond said as she led her Gems to an arena.

Jade, Coral & Topaz lined up in front of their Diamond.
"Now, if you're going to fuse, you need to dance & synchronize your moves."
"Dance? M-my Diamond, I don't dance," Topaz said. "Oh? That's too bad because you're going to have to."