Garnet was also very concerned. But she thought of it in a different way. As a person with stronger leadership skills than Pearl, she could prepare not only herself but her fellow comrades around her for battle. She tried to be as inspiring as she could. ”Everyone team up! We can do this!”

All of them took what Garnet had told them to heart. In preparation for the fight, Stevonnie stood alongside Garnet, while Bow, Glimmer, and Amethyst stood together. Peri had an idea fulfilling not only her desire to measure up to the other Gems but was a bit unique. In order for this to work, she needed Lapis to be on board with this plan in its entirety. ”Lapis, I know this isn’t the best time, but I really think we need to fuse to defeat these awful monsters…otherwise they will shatter us and kill our magical friends!”

Lapis smiled. After her previous fusion with Stevonnie in Mystacor, she was ready. The horrid fusion with Jasper, for a few months under the ocean, was in the past, not something to worry about. She had grown and matured since then. She was not the same person who had fused with Jasper. As the spiders closed in, their fusion, Amazonite, emerged. They were ready to fight…together.

With Amazonite and Stevonnie smashing apart the spiders, Amethyst, Bow, and Glimmer holding the other spiders at bay, they could hear Pearl reassuring Adora. The friendship between both of them was strengthening, although it had not reached a climax. ”Remember your training…you are strong, Adora, I know it…you can take them down.”

They both lunged at the spiders together, working in tandem. With all of them fighting, the spiders, despite their strength, were no match for them. Using their powers, they were able to bust out of the Crystal Castle. The structure was so weakened that they escaped just before it began showing signs of collapse. Amethyst turned into a helicopter with everyone but Amazonite getting in, who flew alongside. They could see the Crystal Castle caving in on itself. What did this mean for Adora? And more importantly, who hacked Light Hope…and why? Those were questions that neither Adora nor those more knowledgeable with technology like Pearl, Peri (within the fusion with Lapis) or Bow could answer.