The Zoo

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Isabella was getting flowers placed in her hair by two of the Zoomans.

"Sis!" A familiar voice yells.

"Bro?" Isabella turns around and smiles.

The two run to each other.

"Sis, it's you!"

"Steven! My little brother!" Isabella picks him up as he starts to sob.

"Sis! When Blue Diamond took you, I got so scared. And then the Gems said you might be in some horrible human zoo all chained up to a wall... doing tricks for peanuts..." Steven cries.

"Hey, it's okay, bro. I'm perfectly fine. Wait, how'd you even get out here?" Isabella wipes his tears away.

"We got on a Gem ship from Earth. I'll tell you about it on the way home. I got separated from the Gems. We got to find them and bust you out of here." Steven starts to search in the water.

"Well, you're not gonna get out that way. I've already tried." Isabella told him.

"What?! Well, there might be another way out if we can find it." Steven says.

"Bell-la!" A Zooman approaches the two siblings, "Who is that with you?"

"Is this a new friend, Bell-la?" Another one asks.

"Wy-Six, Jay-Ten, this is-"

"Let me have my sister back already!" Steven cuts her off, getting aggressive.

"Steven, relax. These people have treated me so well since I got here." Isabella reassured him.

"Wha?" Steven asks in confusion as more Zoomans gather around to greet him.

"Everyone, this is Steven. He's my little brother!" Isabella introduces.

"Uhh... Hi."

"Hi!"

"Thanks for...being nice to my sister."

"Steven, these people are the descendants of humans brought here by Gems thousands of years ago. They've never seen the Earth before. Isn't that wild?" Isabella told him.

"Ste-van, Bell-la has told stories of you and her adventures. "The bits, the bits!" That's you, right?" Wy-Six asks.

"The bits, the bits, the bits!"

"Come on, say it."

"Let's get out of here. We came across a door that leads into the zoo, but we couldn't open it from the other side. Let's find it and try to open it from in here." Steven told his sister.

"A door? Really? All right. Let's find it tonight. It'll be easier to look for it after the routine." Isabella explains as a chime sounds from everyone's earrings.

Greetings, everyone. It's time to start the daily routine. Please enjoy your meal during this designated eating period.

"Who was that?" Steven asks.

"Ste-van does not know what a little voice is. Just like Bell-la when she first arrived." Wy-Six laughs as the others laugh with him.

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