Chapter three is up, and Amethyst certainly uses an interesting method of giving Jasper what she's had coming. I apologize in advance if this makes anyone squeamish; this is not territory I usually delve into such a graphic depth on, but it's not exactly traumatic if I dare say so, myself. Jasper might be inclined to disagree, however...

Towards sunrise the next morning, Jasper is just putting the finishing touches on an upright arrangement of sticks and stones – very choice materials, yes – atop the rail on the deck of the beach house. There are no prizes for guessing the word they are sorted to spell out.

In hiding near the shore, Connie glances out, observing as Jasper makes her way onto the beach by jumping straight down from the deck. "Here she comes!"

"Man, this is gonna be good!" Amethyst grins. "Okay guys, remember to stand back!"

"Are you sure you don't need help walking, Amethyst?" Steven asks, concerned.

"Nah, I'm good. Nothin' a little shape-shifting can't manage." Listening to the plodding of Jasper's feet, she whispers, "Here we go!"

Steven and Connie glance sheepishly at each other, before following.

"Yo!" Amethyst calls to Jasper, who, nearly back at the water's edge, turns around.

"You," Jasper remarks, not overly surprised, but still. Seeing Steven and Connie approaching, she mutters, "Rose!"

"Good morning, Jasper," Steven says in a purposely aloof way, arms folded.

"Still hiding behind your little Bonsai Quartz, Rose?"

"Actually, Amethyst has something she wants to tell you about that."

"Oh gee, this I'd love to hear," Jasper mocks.

"She wants you to understand why calling other gems hurtful names is not nice," Steven continues.

"Yeah? So why isn't she saying it?"

"Amethyst?" Steven motions.

"Because I'm gonna do even better. I'm gonna show you why you picked the wrong Crystal Gem to mess with," Amethyst declares this with confidence, though for some reason which Jasper dismisses as fear, beads of sweat are oozing down the side of her face, and she looks vaguely sick.

"Well, that's just terrifying!" Jasper smirks, a hand on her hip, glancing up to the left. "And just what is the little Bonsai planning to – hey, what?" Jasper looks down upon receiving the rapid sensation of warm liquid surrounding her. "What is this?" she demands, glancing down at her feet. Seeing the flood of liquid running down and around her faster than she can spin-dash, she looks up to see that, oddly enough, it seems to be originating from between Amethyst's legs.

"You! How are you doing this? What is this stuff?"

Beginning to look much better, Amethyst smiles and says, "It's called 'pee', Jasper. A thing I got from humans."

"Disgusting!" Jasper lurches back, although this does not a lick of good, as the fluid is flowing down in so great a quantity that most of it towers inches over the sand it covers.

"What can I say? This little 'bonsai''s been over-watered," Amethyst shrugs.

"And what is this stench?" Jasper grimaces, covering her gem.

"Eh, I may have cleaned the grocery store out of asparagus," Amethyst shrugs again, pulling another stock out from her hair and beginning to munch on it.

Jasper doesn't even know what that means, but she probably envies the masks Connie and Steven are now wearing to protect their olfactory senses – courtesy of Dr. Maheswaran's equipment.

Though Jasper gags a great deal, she soon draws herself together and challenges, "As sickening as this trick is, it's not enough to stop me from smashing you all on the spot!"

"What? You thought I'd let you off that easy?" Amethyst scoffs, her deluge still going strong. "It's about to get even better!"

On cue, Steven calls back to their earlier hiding place, "Peridot!"

Jasper blinks, at a standstill, when she sees the technician whom she was once assigned to escort to this planet, approaching with her hands ominously behind her back.

"Greetings, Jasper," Peridot coolly acknowledges, wearing a doctor's mask like Steven and Connie.

"You? You're with them now?"

"Affirmative. When Amethyst informed me of the trouble you were causing her, I was more than happy to lend my assistance." As if her whole alliance with them centres around that.

"And what are you gonna do?" Jasper has not yet lost the nerve to jeer.

"Nyeheheh... Jasper, when will you learn?" Peridot chuckles, before withdrawing her hands and raising/separating the stacked metal cups she was carrying incognito, up into the air.

Jasper unwisely stares on as Peridot manipulates the multiple cups into diving down and filling up with the ongoing gallons of bodily fluid Amethyst is unleashing. She then directs the cups to rotate rapidly around Jasper's head, each taking turns spilling their contents onto her. Obviously this makes her writhe in disgust, and obviously she tries to swipe the cups away, but depending on which cup she strikes this serves more against her than in her favour, and Peridot is moving the cups around too fast for even a skilled soldier like Jasper to do much else.

Finally finished draining herself, Amethyst flops back on the ground, arms out, looking tired but also very refreshed.

"You little traitor!" Jasper fumes as her "shower" finally concludes as well.

As Jasper, drenched head to toe, advances on Peridot, Amethyst lifts her head, inquiring, "You ready to lay off with the 'bonsai' gibes, Jasper?"

"I'll never cower to the likes of you!"

"What do you say, Amethyst?" Peridot inquires, standing by.

All grins now, Amethyst chuckles and says, "Do your worst, Peri!"

"Huh?" Jasper stops when the cups, now dipping down to fill themselves with sand, come swarming around her once more. This time Peridot amps up the pace, overwhelming her former escort with the attack till at last she is unable to bear it any longer. Taking back to the ocean, she cries out, "I'LL FINISH YOU FOR THIS, AMETHYST! THIS ISN'T GONNA BE OVER, TILL THERE'S ONLY ONE OF US LEFT STANDING!"

When she's gone from their sight, Amethyst yells, "I dunno why you're hiding down there, Jasper! That's my favourite place to do that!"

The four on the beach then celebrate this victory. "You guys were amazing!" Steven cheers.

"Well, this was all Amethyst's idea," Peridot says, motioning to the cups now resting on the ground.

"I'll bet you feel better now!" Connie comments.

"Totally!" Amethyst grins.

Glancing at where Jasper was last in their line of vision, Steven smugly remarks, "Nobody needed to fuse that time!"

Standing up, Amethyst looks to Peridot and says, eyes at half-lid, "We still could, y'know?"

Peridot blushes and laughs nervously, then glances down at Amethyst's dripping trousers. "You should probably bathe yourself."

As all eyes, including her own, divert to this point, Amethyst concludes, "Yeah, I guess so."

AN: And that is that. I am so excited that the show is finally giving Amethyst a long run of focus; it's been well worth the wait, so far! :D