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Steven Universe: Milky Way In Turmoil	By : Ranger356 Category: +S through Z > Steven Universe Views: 11324 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 13: The Evil Rises
9, October 2027 AD, 11.12 PM (Earth's time)
"All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks, in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity" –Friedrich Nietzsche
Milky Way Galaxy, Human's Solar System, Near Jupiter, Royal Dreadnought
Is He is a really a cursed one? Did Sovereign himself really curse Arkay to be a lonely Destroyer with no friends and loved ones? Did they forbid him to love his wife, his daughters and his grandson? He doesn't know...
And nobody does...
nobody...
If...
Only Sovereign himself...
"Sovereign..." Carnelian whispers, feeling quite chilly to hear this name again.
No doubt Every Destroyer feared his might. Sovereign was the terror for every living creature on Galaxy. As Youngest son one of the Gods, Sovereign believed to become what humans called an "Evil one"
He conquered the afterlife and killed the rest of Gods to become one Dark God of Creators's religion: Sovereign the Great Dark Lord as his title. Describe by priests as a tall man with skeleton armor on him. He wears a helmet with spikes on it, which his helmet's spikes faced to the sky's direction. He also wore a mask that looked like a human skull.
As Carnelian was good in history subject. He demanded that the Creators will bow to him and listened to his orders. If not then he would enter their realm to annihilate them for disobedience.
What his mother taught. The Creators did worship Sovereign for many centuries…they did conquered primitive races in the name of the Great Dark Lord.
But centuries later they stopped as they learned that One Goddess still live and has her own realm in afterlife…Carnelian didn't remember what Goddess name was but she defiantly was the Goddess of Love as the Creators called her.
This reason led The Creators to rebel against Sovereign. It could be a good rebellion if only…Sovereign didn't have any true servants on his clawed hands.
The Sovereign's minions wore Dark Robes to symbolize their Dark Lord among ordinary Creators. Unlike others for common Creators who used their powers for better good, Sovereign's minions were complete dark force users. These dark force users were granted by Sovereign to have his powers in exchange to worship him. These people became a foundation of Destroyer's race
When Great Rebellion against Sovereign became even worse for Creators. The one High Priest named Razor Hahand or Razor the Great (Which is Ancestor to Arkay/Carnelian) gathered Sovereign's followers together and ventured far away from Creators…
And so the Destroyer became a separated race from Creators…worshipping Sovereign for millennia.
When Carnelian was born in the small village near the lake. The Destroyers and The Creators already waged a religion war. According to his mother's teaching in his child days…the war waged about 100000000 more or fewer years…
And today as both of these races are extinct and forgotten. Their legacy is widely known around the Galaxy…Gems worships the Creators for good actions while Destroyers for bad actions
And Destroyers are coming back again…
"Then I must go..." Carnelian said to himself as jumped from his chair and rushed to the exit. Taking the main elevator to the hangar, he quickly runs up to his personal shuttle, ignoring Imperial Gem's greeting and saluting to him.
He boarded his shuttle and saw his personal Gem Class Pearl pilot working with the terminal. She turned back to Carnelian and saluted "My Lord! Your shuttle is-"
"Leave this ship" He threateningly murmured to her…having no any mood to deal with his pilot
"But my-"
"I SAID NOW!" He grabbed her neck and toss him outside the ship. Carnelian then just sat on Pilot's seat and turned the engines on.
Closing the main hatch and lifting his shuttle. He flew away from the hangar and to space directly. He typed the coordinates to his old Homeplanet and gripped on his joystick "Haza tesura kameo (Raz: The darkness is with me") he chants in his old language before he hyper jumped from Human solar system
Milky Way Galaxy, Human's Solar System, Pluto's orbit, S.V.E Gemia,
Everything is quite right now on Gemia. The Ship is still getting rebooted by Ryder with Clody.
Steven slowly wakes from his sleep. He is feeling very relaxed and good...thanks to Peridot "Man...what a night." Steven rubbed his eyes. He relaxed on the pillow and stared at the ceiling saying "Well Peridot, you may award yourself for-"
"Your Peasant already left you, human" Pearlish voice interrupted him
Steven with horror on his face turned right and saw something…very awkward and unpleasant view.
Instead of adorable Naked Green Peridot lies on the bed fully armored Yellow Pearl with a grin on her face. She supports her head with her right arm while her left hand is on her hip…creating sort of "Draw me like one of your French girls" pose.
"What have you done to her?" Steven hissed, giving to Lemon Pearl a furious face. It might work for now.
Yellow Pearl's grin becomes wider. She loves to see that human angrier "Don't worry, human. She left you while you still sleeping" She sounded like she mocked him more.
"Why?" He still in his "warning" tone.
"Because she still needs to fix this pathetic ship, dummy." She annoyingly says because of human's pathetic understatement of logical things.
"Okay…Then why are you here?" Steven adds, easing up his tone a little bit.
"Just to stare at your face…you look very cute when you're snoring." She mocked him again, but this time her cheeks made a very unnoticeable blush.
Steven blinked twice on her statement. Sometimes he can't understand Yellow Pearl's the way of speech "Thanks…for a compliment?" Steven says with more a question rather than response tone.
"This is wasn't a compliment, stupid human" Yellow Pearl snarls.
"Ease up your tongue, Pearl" He chuckles
"You have no rights to tell me what to do." She threatened.
"Yeah, Yeah. I already know your preferences, Yellow Pearl." Steven was about to remove his blanket but stopped as Yellow Pearl is still glaring at him.
"Please turn around," He asks her nicely.
"Why should I?" She grins
"Because I don't want you to see me naked, Y.P"
"Ahh, I get it. You, humans, are afraid of showing your own bodies…how amazing. But I will do it…just for asking me nicely." Yellow Pearl laid herself on her belly, looking away as swings her legs in the air.
Having a moment, Steven got up from his bed and grabbed his clothes from the floor that he had before his session with Peridot. They don't smell dirty or anything so why not wear them?
He very quickly puts his boxers, his pants, his socks and his dark boots. He was about to put his shirt and jacket with Gem-Boy when Yellow Pearl let out another comment "You have a really decorative back, human"
Steven glared at Lemon Pearl. For some reason, he can't hold his smile or laugh. He just burst out in laughing.
"What's so funny, human?!" Yellow Pearl snarls.
Steven wipes some tears from his eyes and says "That's the worst compliment I had from Gem in my entire life, Y.P" He again burst in the laugh and also coughing because something entered his lungs.
"You think I'm some kind of Joke-Pearl to you!" Y.P stands up from the bed and furiously walks to him.
"No…it just increased my mood for today." He calm himself up and stops laughing
Yellow Pearl covers her face with her hands and exhales very loud. She is too annoyed right know because of human's strange behavior "I wonder why my ex-Diamond found you so special." She scowls and crossed her arms.
"Well…" Steven grabbed his shirt and jacket and put them on his body, also putting his Gem-Boy and activating him "Maeby she just likes me, Pearl. Your Diamond is not a bad person after all."
"Perhaps you're right, human. If she trusts you then it means you're something special." Yellow Pearl then puts her fingers on her chin as she thinks "I guess it's better to know you"
Yellow Pearl then looks at her hand and growls in anger. Maeby she hates herself for doing the next part "I'm Pearl Facet-8B1C and Cut-7AB of Yellow Court. In Imperial Homeworld ID: CAB-781." Surprisingly for Steven, Yellow Pearl offered her hand to shake it.
"Steven Universe," he says, shaking her hand. "I see you decided to use my people's the way of meeting"
"And I will never understand why it exists" Y.P complained as she quickly pulled out her hand from their shake. She expected that she would be infected if she didn't end their shakes much quicker.
"It's just our culture." Steven smiles at her.
"A culture of imbeciles that still think their planet is flat?" She sneered
"Actually, we discovered that very long time ago." Steven points out with short exhale. The human's stupidity sometimes drives him into madness.
"Oh really?" She said in mocking tone.
"Yep," He awkwardly nods.
"Alright then" Yellow Pearl sat on the table and crossed her legs together "Just pretend I'm not here."
"If you say so, Yellow Pearl…just don't do something crazy, okay?" He said to her, raising his finger to warn her…at least in the playful tone
Yellow Pearl just rolls her eyes in clockwise motion "I hate you so much…" She again blushed.
Steven just smirked at embarrassed Yellow Pearl. He already can tell she is feeling how attachments begin to form "I hate you too" Steven joked.
He began to walk to bathroom's room. Passing the mirror he noticed that something attached to his hair.
He came closer to the mirror and looked at himself. He quickly confirms what it is. It's just a small yellow note attached to his hair. Probably Peridot's little work.
Removing it from his hair. he reads the concept of Peridot's note.
Steven
I'm sorry if I absent from your bed. Clody called me to help him out with Rebooting S.V.E Gemia's hyperjump core.
I just want to write it to thank you for being friendly with me. I admit I always experienced a strange feeling every time you're close to me. And thanks to you, you finally taught me what it means. The way you showed me how your species mate each other it felt so strange for me...but so satisfying. You really made to feel like I'm Important Peridot to you.
When you met me again on the beach, I really felt very happy but at the same time very scared. I knew I had to choice to be either with you or with my career on Homeworld. And I choose you. You treated me like a real Earth friend and even stood on my side when Crystals tried bubbling me, even though I tried to harm you not long time ago.
I can't repay you for that. But I decided to stick with you until the end. I'm with you...until we will be shattered together.
Your Peridot
P.S Do you know where Lapis is? I haven't heard anything from her for past three Earth's Sun rotation cycle.
"I don't know, Peridot." Steven released a breath
Though is true, he wished it was a complete lie. He still is worried about Lapis's fate. God only knows where she is now and what she is doing.
The Empire is very big and talented when it comes to tracking down Rouge Gems. The Imperial Gems's discipline is harsh and brutal and they won't stop until all rebels that betrayed Carnelian's Empire will be shattered.
There is small chance that Lapis is alive right now. Without her water powers, she is completely weak compared to Imperial Army.
He stopped thinking when he gets a new notification from his Gem-Boy
New Perk Added! –Peri-Girl smiles at him.
Cloding Love
Thanks to your very cute relationship with Peridot. You can now borrow Clody for your missions anytime as you fit. You also gain 25% of Peridot's effectiveness in repair skills.
"And Always. Peri-Girl is here to increased my mood" He smiled.
Steven while feeling happy thanks to Peri-Girl, entered his bathroom. He washed his face to ease his soul for now.
His eyes caught on his reflection or at his own face. Sometimes he still remembers his young fat face and now...he became an incredibly handsome adult...though he doesn't know if it's a good thing for him.
"What you become?" Steven asks his reflection. And course, as it's his own reflection, didn't get any answer back to him.
"A total idiot I became. You had a chance with Connie and may even save your own Homeplanet from your Grandfather…but you ignored it completely" He lowered his head and stared at the sink. It didn't take him long enough to regain his mood again.
He left his bathroom and back to the room. Yellow Pearl is still sitting on his bed, cross-legged as she watches him. "Why you didn't tell that I have a note on my hair." He shows her a Yellow note.
"I was interested how much time you needed to realize it" She smirks.
"And how much?"
"Three minutes, dummy" She crossed her arms.
Steven didn't reply to that. He blinked twice as he didn't ask her something important "Speaking of which: How you get in here, Yellow Pearl?"
"I'm one of Matriarch's best Phantom Pearl, Steven. I had many tricks in my kit." She grins
"You could just knock my door. Much easier" He shrugged
"I prefer much harder options" She stood up and approached closer to him, her both hands are on her armored hips as she grins.
"I see you're a Pearl with quite hard manners" He grinned back.
"That's the reason why I was respected in Yellow's court." Yellow Pearl says with disgust tone.
Then she looked at his room as she speaks "I was thinking about what you said about you and my Ex-Diamond..." Yellow tied her fingers behind her back as she examines his face. "There is something in you if you managed to win her heart."
Yellow Pearl starts to examine his face even more carefully "Hmm…not bad after all…Maeby some-" She stopped as she inhaled Steven's mouth smell "Ugh the smell!" She hold her nose to prevent the smell entering her lungs
"What's with the smell, human?!" She snarled at him. Making quiet "ew" sound
Steven released a breath on his hand and inhaled the smell "Smells like…" He then blushes as he recognized the specific smell "Mango!"
"And I wonder why he smells like that..." A familiar voice said behind.
Both Y.P and Steven looked at the direction where the sound came from. It revealed that Yellow Diamond was the one who commented about the smell. She is leaning against the door frame, crossed armed and gazing at Steven with a small smile.
"How can you sneak like that, Yellow Diamond?" Steven commented.
"I had some training in my free time" Yellow Diamond came closer and laid her hand on his shoulder.
Yellow Pearl clenched her hand in anger as her ex-Diamond drives her insane. Indeed, her ex-Diamond is very skilled in sneaking. Yellow Pearl doesn't know how she manages. But the way Yellow Diamond managed to get closer to her twice without knowing Yellow's presence makes her wondering that.
Yellow Diamond then gazed at her old Pearl with a death glare. Yellow Pearl did the same thing. Eventually, Celiana broke their stare when she pointed to the door and said "The exit in that direction, Pearl"
"I don't know what I would do if you didn't help me" Yellow Pearl mumbled to herself as she stormed out from the room
Yellow Diamond made sure she left before she can give attention to Steven "Our last one was quite the crazy even for my standards"
"What you mean?" He asks confusingly.
Yellow Diamond moved her dress a little bit lower to show him some of her dark yellow spots on her chest.
"Are you sick?" He asks, gazing at her strange spots
"No…it just your essence were too hot for my body and…you can guess the next part." She left out small giggle in the end
"You're not angry?" Steven asks with surprising tone.
"Why should I? After all, I enjoyed how you filled my front body with love" She leaned to his ear and whispers "It was worth it in the end for me" She winked at him before leaning away.
Steven again brought up his smile "I think you didn't come here to tell how you were amazed by me"
Yellow crossed her arms and smirks "Just want to tell you that Ryder and Peridot are expecting you on Ship's bridge. We nearly were spotted by Imperial Star Destroyers but Ryder moved us to the Pluto's orbit."
"So that means we are ready to leave the system?"
Yellow Diamond nods, approving his words. "Finally…" Steven then thinks about something and realizes very amazing thing "I can believe I will be the first human that will venture outside our Solar System"
"Well…then you will honor them…I guess" Yellow Diamond shrugged.
"You don't understand me, Celiana…" Steven laid his hand on her shoulders "This is the first time when the one of the mankind will leave the solar system…Imagine the other worlds we will see…what we can learn from them…." Steven then stopped as the picture of future utopia Earth was created inside his mind…making him to be proud being a human.
Since the last time, he was on the moon. He began more and more interest in Aliens and Gems. Gems are just one single piece of Milky Way's life…there has to be some kind of civilizations that have their own culture and history.
Besides, we all knew that Steven can't only deal with Gems for his entire life. Soon or later, Gems will become a very boring race that only does is building Kindergartens and conquering planets…Right?
Right?
"Well…if you say so" Yellow turned around "I will meet you…." She stopped for some reason.
Steven heard how she inhaled the smell. Even worse, she is standing near the bed which..you can guess. Something tells him Yellow smelled Peridot's…flavor
"Yellow?" He asks quietly, praying she didn't realize his sexual experience with Peridot.
Yellow raised her head just an inch before hissing "You think I'm just a whore?"
Steven froze in fear, well...he is screwed "I-"
"You think I will let it slip behind my back, don't you, Steven?" Yellow Diamond turns around so quick and screams "FIRST LAPIS THEN PERIDOT!?"
"Celiana, I'm-"
"MY NAME IS YELLOW DIAMOND FOR YOU!" She screamed again
Yellow Diamond then starts walking to him in a furious movement. She wants to break him in pieces for cheating on her.
Steven starts backing away from angry Yellow Diamond "It's not what you thinking!" He freaked out in very bad way.
"THEN WHAT!" She roared at him. Once he was pinned by the wall and had no escaped. She grabbed him by his jacket and pulled his face closer to her "You are messing with wrong Yellow Diamond, Human!" She threateningly murmured. Even worse for him, she slammed his head against the wall and gripped his neck, weakly squeezing.
"It's not what you thinking, Yellow!" He repeats, coughing as even her squeeze is very weak for her hands, he already can't breathe.
Yellow let's go of him. Steven landed on his knees and would stand up very quickly if not only Yellow kicked him right in his crotch.
"OH! What for!" He grunted, covering his crotch area
"For cheating me with Peridot!" She is very pissed of right know.
"It's not like that!" He lied.
"THEN WHERE THE CLUES!" She snaps, clenching her hands into fists.
"It's-"Steven accidently opens the random drawer. By Yellow Diamond's blushing face, he immediately stops saying what he wanted to say and looks at what Yellow got embarrassment from.
"Wow" Yellow whispered in surprise. It appears that drawer has a mini refrigerator. Even funnier, there is a small jar of Homeworld Minty Ice-Cream inside of the refrigerator. It's open right now and creates a very good smell of mintiness.
"Oh…" Yellow realizes her mistake. She nearly killed him for just of some Minty Ice-Cream's smell
"I'm really-really sorry, babe." Yellow helps Steven to get up and plants a sweet kiss on his cheek "I should have listened to you" She says with guiltiness, holding his hands in hers to keep warm.
"It's fine…I deserve this after all" Steven grunts, Yellow Diamond did make her kick very deadly to him.
"No, you're not. It's me who deserves that type of punishment" She again plants some kisses to ease his pain.
Steven just wants to punch himself because of her words "Nah, don't worry. I will be fine." He grunts. The pain decreased a little bit, making it not very painful.
"You sure?" She tries to help him out
"Yeah, just let it go" He shows her to calm down with a smile.
"Alright…just let me know if I can do something" She again tries to help him you
"Nah, just don't worry…" Steven again smiled at her.
"Okay…" She tied her fingers together
"Good…" He looks at her "But also, why you think Peridot was here and…you know?"
Yellow covers her face and exhales as very unfriendly memory hits her mind "When I was just a girl on Homeworld. I dated one boy from my school. We dated since third grade and…" She stops and looks at random things
"What happened?"
A tear comes down from Yellow's eye "He broke up with me in eighth grade because he was tired of me. And Sometime before I became a Diamond. I had a big crush on Blue Diamond…but he said he more interested in White Diamond…" Yellow wipes some tears.
Steven laid his hand on her shoulders "I understand, Yellow. You were only angry because You don't want to lose me. I had the same thing with Connie…" Steven hugs her and whispers to her smooth hair "I promise I won't cheat on you" Steven can't hold his tears because he just like a total asshole lied to her.
From the beginning, Yellow gave him everything. Her kindness and her love are the main reason why he likes her.
Yellow Diamond is so adorable and so kind to him. No wonder he just fell on her…
And he just cheated on her…Typical humans and their lust for more...Jee
"Thank you" She whispers very quietly to his ear before releasing each other from their hug "I'm going to my room for now...if you do need someone to embrace you...let me know," She says with sadness
"Alright…be safe, Yellow" He patted her shoulder. Giving a very cute smile to him near the door, she left his room. Once Steven made sure she is far away and won't hear him. He slammed his fist into the table
"What Have I done?!" Steven cursed as he made worst mistake he ever did. He had confessed his love to Yellow Diamond and Peridot and he has to pay his life for breaking Yellow's heart.
And he just lied to crying Diamond. He admits He was very lucky with minty jar trick but he knows it will be last luck to hide his hidden love with Peridot from Yellow Diamond.
Steven sat on the couch and covered his face with his own hands. Thinking of what he did to Yellow Diamond "I'm an idiot…no wonder why everyone hates me"
"And why you think so like that?" Said very tender voice to him.
Steven opened his eyes in surprise and saw a tall slim woman standing in front of him. He blushed as she only wears her underwear with a cape on her shoulders. She holds some kind of staff and wears a mask with pink hearts on it.
She is very beautiful from Steven's point of view. He can see how her lovely eyes staring at him with all love and passion. "Who are you?" He got a courage to ask.
A slim woman giggles by his answer. "Don't you remember me, sugar-plum? Maeby Lapis and you in the pool might give you a hint" She winked at him.
He quickly realizes what she means "Lapis called you a Goddess."
"That blue angel is beautiful, isn't she? And yes, she was right." Goddess then bows her head "I'm Goddess Diamond. I'm Goddess of love and sexual encounters. I'm also the one who began the new type of Homeworld's Gems called "Diamonds"
"Goddess of love?" He repeats "But why you're wearing a mask?"
Goddess blushed in embarrassment "My face can blind others because is too gorgeous for their eyes. I just don't want others to become blind" She awkwardly explains, caressing her fingers.
"Oh, okay…but why are you here, Goddess?"
Goddess sat on the couch and gazed at him "I had been tracked your progress since Yellow kissed you on that Prison. I have been so impressed by how quickly you managed to win both Yellow Diamond's and Peridot's heart. Nobody from Gems had this ability for a long time ago."
"More like "how to break someone's heart" ability."
"You didn't break anyone's heart, Steven. Peridot and Yellow Diamond are in love with you…and I sense someone will be third in the future." She hinted
"Great…another one will fell in my lair of broken hearts" Steven grumbles
"Still feeling guilty for having your time with Peridot?" She asks, playing with her hair.
"Triangle love is a very bad thing when it comes to it. It leaves only broken hearts and even suicides" He explains
Goddess laughed at his explanation "Don't be that much of "Pesemo" (Cryst: Pessimist), Steven."
"But-" He tried to justify but was interrupted when Goddess laid her hand on his knees and made sure he gazes at her eyes
"Steven, as Goddess of love. I can you advice to handle this situation."
"Which one?"
She leans closer to him "Don't stop loving them. Peridot and Yellow Diamond fell on you because of who you're. They were first who confessed their love to you. No matter what Celiana says: Just love them back but keep distant.
"Why keep distant?"
"To make sure that one of them won't kiss you in front of another who loves you...it leads to cat-fights..if you get what I'm saying" She explains
Steven looked at the floor to think about her advice more properly. "I suppose I can give a try" He decides to go with it
Goddess smiled "That's the spirit…" She looks at his legs because she noticed they are twitching "What's going on?"
"Yellow kicked me here." He says
"Then let me heal it for you..." Goddess gently touches his crotch area. Steven tried to protest because of embarrassment in the first place. But when her finger contacted his jeans. He felt how all the pain disappeared and replaced with pleasure feeling.
Goddess then moved her finger away as she knows it healed him pretty easily "Amazing feel, doesn't it?"
"Yeah…it reminded of my healing spit"
"Because it's my power abilities..." She chuckles
"You…you gave them to me?"
"I gave them to Rose and Aura…then Rose's powers passed to you"
"Wow" He whispers
Though she knows Steven don't want to talk about Rose. Goddess decides to make a surprise for him "Lapis very misses you" She says
"I barely know her…we only cooperated together before she fused with Jasper." He says
"Yet, you give her a reason not to support Homeworld anymore. She was there when you spent your time in prison…" She leans forward "She even watched as how you're getting tortured by Imperials."
"So she did visit me?" He asks
She changes her eye angle to him "Kind of…she was one of the "second-hand" guards in case you tried to escape…All I can say this: she felt a big pity for you. She asked Overseer to ease up interrogation process but he denied that…"
As Goddess Mentioned, Steven got very bad memories of these times. Around 2018, he many times was questioned by Imperials about Earth's weakness. Most of the interrogations Steven remained silent or lied to them. This lets Planet's Overseer create a special "hell" for him. He ordered to torture him until his own bones will be broken.
If Goddess tells the true then Lapis probably experienced his screams a lot when she was on Water-World Planet. From 2019-2025, He sometimes noticed A Female looking Blue Armored Imperial Gem guarding his cell. She sometimes glared at him for no reason when he just stared at the wall, being bored in his cell. He always thought she just loved to see him suffering from all this tortures and isolation.
Perhaps it was Lapis in the first place as Goddess said already. Maeby that's the reason why the Facility's Sectors loosed their powers. She probably sneaked to Generators and sabotaged them to create a good chance to him to escape.
"Lapis is very special to you?" She interrupts his thoughts
"What do you mean?" He asks her
"I can sense your wordiness over her." She smiles
"She helped me and I need to help her too. She is in big danger by the Empire…of course, I'm worried"
"You don't have to worry about her much. She managed to escape from Empire and leave no trail behind her. She hiding in deep territories of Ellysian Empire."
"Really? Do you know what planet she is hiding?"
"No" Goddess sadly says
"Then how you know that she inside the Ellysian Empire then?"
"When you both had the same dream. She was already in Ellysian Empire. I can sense Gem's love aura when they have romantic emotions or when they performing it."
"So that's the reason why you created a dream for us…to track Lazuli's location?"
"No for that, sweety. It because of her emotions I created a dream for her."
Goddess wiggled a little bit to make herself comfortable "When you crashed into Earth by that time: Lapis already knew you escaped from prison. But she felt rather sad that she can't go and rescue you. She tried to persuade her squad to find you on Earth but they denied that…and one day…I felt how Lapis dreamed about you…so I decided to connect your dreams into…lusty one."
"Why?"
"Because to make both of you feel better"
Steven blinked twice to it. Goddess crossed her arms "The way you performed each other…I suspected you enjoyed it a lot."
"I do…but I would prefer the real meeting…" He blushes
Goddess Diamond then laid her hand on his shoulder, comforting him that way "Trust me…soon or late it will happen"
Goddess's staff starts glowing "Looks like I needed in my realm"
"So we apart here?" He asks
"For now…yes. But one day…we will see each other again"
"Okay then…I still needed on the bridge too"
Steven got up from his couch and walked up to the exit "And Steven…" He heard her call
"Yes?" He turns around to face her.
"…May the Power of your Gemstone is with you" She said her final words before she faded out into thin air and disappeared.
"As always..." He says with a small smile on his face.
Leaving his room. He noticed that Yellow Pearl is leaning against the wall, staring at him with disgust face "Talking with ghosts is now a human thing?" She snarls
"Since Ancient Egypt" He joked
Yellow Pearl just throws her hands in the air and walks away from him "I'm not in the mood for this type of stupidity." She mumbled as she disappeared into another room.
"Jee…I wonder why Yellow Diamond's father choose that Pearl to be his assistant." Steven just shrugged by this question. He took Gemia's main elevator to Comand Deck where the Information center and the bridge itself is located.
The door opened and Steven ventured to the bridge itself. Both Peridot, Ryder, Clody and Gray are already here. Discussing of S.V.E Gemia's condition.
"You sure the engines won't overheat due to hyperjump?" Ryder asks, checking the engine's condition by his panel.
"As long the cooler generator works properly and manages to keep normal temperature then we shouldn't be afraid…at least 50%"
"And other 50% is?" Gray asks Peridot carefully.
"We either die by engine's explosion or…lost in endless space…in some occasions: we might loose Gemia's life support's system and will be shattered by extreme cold." She explains
Both Gray and Ryder looked at each other…wondering what they are thinking of it. "That's….really easing me up" Ryder comments
"Peridot already told us she made sure nothing will happen bad for us, Ryder." Steven joined their conversation.
All Gems looked back at him "Ah, you just in time, Steven. Everything is ready for us to hyperjump. I just need to restore some system"
"Yellow Diamond told me that Star Destroyers nearly spotted us again" Steven approached closer to Ryder
"Not just Star Destroyer but entire Royal Dreadnought. We saw Emperor's shuttle leaving from Royal Dreadnought." Peridot reckons.
"Any idea why Peridot?" He gazed at her. Creating a smile just for her.
Peridot smiled too at him but still keeps her serious mode "Don't know…sounds like something important if Clod's Emperor left his crew alone."
Steven shivered by her remark. Something is not right about Carnelian and who he is in reality.
"Well…It doesn't concern us right now. Probably going to meet his High ranking Gems or something." Ryder got up from his pilot chair "Gray, come with me. I need you in Galaxy map"
"Sure thing" Both Gray and Ryder left to the Information Center, leaving Peridot and Steven. Deciding that it's a good time. Steven showed the yellow note to Peridot.
"What is that?" She asks
"Don't recognize that note?" He gestured to read it.
She grabs and reads it carefully. Momentarily she blushed as she recognized this yellow note. "I must say you did a very good job." He comments.
"You like my writing skills?" She asks in delight.
"I do. Why exactly you wrote this?"
She scratches her hair "It just…I didn't know how to address through words and-"
Steven interrupted her by making a passive kiss to her lips "Peridot. You don't have to write me notes to describe your feelings to me. Earthlings use three words to say their feelings."
"What words?" She asks
"I love you" He smiled at her. He even heard that either Rose or Goddess made "aww" sound.
Peridot at first was shy to say three words but she get courage to say it "I love you" Peridot stutters
"See? Works pretty well." He giggled.
Peridot looked back to see Ryder is getting closer "Steven, go to the Galaxy Map. Gray will explain the details."
Steven nods, gazing down at the Peridot who did the same thing back to him, he went to Combat Information Center. The Center itself is filled with Gem's terminals and other devices. But notably in the middle is Galaxy Map itself. "You probably should expect since it's mobile command ship it should have some kind of device to travel with"
(Insert Mass Effect Series's Galaxy Map theme…just for fun :D)
Gray then touched the thin air. At first, it was nothing but then a fully Holographic Model of Milky Way Galaxy appeared for them. For Steven's surprise, the map designed is top notch. Not only it shows the systems it also shows Milky Way's political map.
"The glowing one is the system that we currently located. Noveria is located here" Gray points to the system that located not far away from Human's Solar System…from map's perspective of course.
Steven touched to the system. It showed the cluster's name "Horse Head Nebula" "Twice," Gray points
Steven again touches the system again and it zoomed into it. The Cluster has Green Space Sky compared to Human's Black.
"Now touch this system" Gray points to the south east's system compared to others. Above the system appeared the name "Pax System". Steven touched the system and confirm the destination.
"Ryder! Did you get the coordinates?" Gray shouts
"I do! Ready to engage the hyperjump sequence."
Ryder activated some computers and set up the coordinates to Horse Head Nebula. Even inside the ship, It can be heard how the engines started working more louder.
In the outside of the ship, Gemia's thrusters became brighter and brighter and soon created a ultra-blue fire.
"Engaging!" Ryder pushed a button to engage Ligh-Speed Jump and S.V.E Gemia went into full madness speed. Steven checked the windows to see what's happening outside. He got a big déjà vu when he tried to rescue his father from Zoo.
The Ligh-Speed's sequence was not that long for Gemia to master it. It took only 30 seconds for them to reach another system.
Steven came back to the Galaxy Map. The Pax System's sun is pretty same compared from Human's Sun. The system is pretty small and has a small an asteroid field.
The first planet from the sun which is not a planet at all is called Svarog. It just a Jupiter's sized Gas Giant. This Giant is the only planet that has access to the sun.
The second is Noveria. Noveria is a very small, frozen terrestrial world, Compared to Earth, Noveria is very small but a little bit bigger than Human's Moon.
The Third one is Morana. This planet is far smaller than Human's Moon as it says on the computer. It just an Icy-Dwarf that even don't circles. The same side always faces the sunlight…if it has one
The Fourth One is Veles which…Venus would marry Veles if they were like people.
Steven touched on the Noveria. It zoomed it to him and showed basic information of Planet's character.
Planet Details:
Name: Noveria (Homeworld's Planets ID: Cut-F19 and Facet-712H: Was Part of Purple's court belongings before Rose's Rebellion)
Orbital Distance: 0.9 AU
Orbital Period: 0.9 Earth Years
Keplerian Ratio:0.9
Radius: 5,656 km
Day Length: 52.0 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure: 0.87 atm
Surface Temp: -1 °C
Surface Gravity: 0.81 g
Mass: 0.63 Earth Masses
Satellites: N/A
Noveria is a small, frozen terrestrial world, barely habitable by conventional definitions.
According to Homeworld's History Archives. Noveria was the part of Golden Diamond's belongings and supported Golden's Diamond Authority in the civil war between Golden's and Pink's Diamond Authorities.
After the war, Noveria was abandoned by Golden Court and was annexed by Yellow Diamond's belongings in the end. 5000 years later. Purple Court gain the rights from Fith Yellow Diamond to have Noveria as a new planet for Kindergarten's construction.
In the time of Rose's rebellion for Earth. The Great Diamond Authority destroyed the unknown planet between Vargos and Noveria which resulted in dramatic climate change for Noveria.
The Period before the Rise of Great Galactic Gemirian Empire. Noveria was fully abandoned and forgotten by Homeworld's interests…The Kindergarten construction was disbanded during Rose's rebellion and left it unfinished…leaving the cold planet completely forgotten.
The Imperial Homeworld time of war with Ellysian's didn't bring any significant attention to this otherwise obscure planet. And today, Noveria remains a frozen planet that serves a final rest for Golden's Ships.
Steven confirmed the destination to Noveria. Ryder received the coordinates and momentarily activated the boosters and flew closer to the Noveria.
Steven with Gray then came back to the bridge. There is a full view of Noveria currently...and yeah. The Blue Looking Planet is very beautiful from space. But what's happens on Noveria's surface…is constant hell.
"So…" Ryder spins his chair to Gray "This is the planet that G.R.A is hiding?" Ryder sounded more pissed than wondering.
"We didn't have any choice" Gray begins. "The Empire checks any planets for rebel's threats that they own. Noveria and this system are forgotten and are not in part of any Space Empires."
"And how long G.R.A remained here?" Yellow Diamond asked as she with Yellow Pearl joined the conversation
"For like 6000 hundred years or less" Grays gives his option
"Undefined ship…please explain the reason for your presence on this system" One of the Ryder's console said.
Gray approached the console and pushed a button "Admiral, This Corporal Gray speaking. I'm inside that ship called S.V.E Gemia. Sending my personal code to confirm my ideficination.." Gray reckoned very loud, to make sure Admiral hears
"No need, Gemdler. I know your voice very well. Alright, I aware the Command Center you're arriving on command ship."
"Thank you, Admiral. Gray out" Gray ended the transmission.
"That was easy" Steven chuckles. Feeling that G.R.A's security measures are pretty weak.
"Easy way the best way" Gray smirked
"S.V.E Gemia, follow me to the surface. I will guide you to our main base." One of the G.R.A's pilots says trough intercom.
Ryder opened the intercom "Acknowledge…on your tail."
S.V.E Gemia followed the Rebel Starfighter to the Planet. Once they entered the Atmosphere. A very heavy blizzard greeted them. The interior shook but Ryder toggled the Gemia's gravity module and everything stopped shaking.
"Be careful. We have snow storms every day."
"Already noticed that" Ryder mumbled
Steven checks the outside of Noveria…Jee…no wonder why it's forgotten planet…It just one big snowy wasteland with some mountains and crashed ships. Looks like Steven would be bored to death on this planet.
Gemia followed Rebel Star Fighter trough mountains. Then Rebel Fighter decreased his speed and made a full stop in front of the mountain's wall. Then Wall slowly opens for Gemia to enter it.
"Just fly to the entrance and everything will be alright," Pilot says
"Thanks again" Ryder nods
"Don't mention it" The Pilot replied back
Ryder then piloted Gemia to the entrance. The entrance doors closed behind Gemia. Then the scanner scans the ship for any explosive device and allows it to venture deeper.
Passing the straight tunnel. Ryder docked Gemia into free platforms. And on this note, Steven's team escaped from the Empire and are now in safety,
Colonel Topaz entered the hangar to see the ship that arrived. When she saw the ship itself, she immediately became not trustworthy.
One of the G.R.A's Gemdler Death Trooper walked up to her *Scrambled Audio*
Topaz turns around to Gemdler Death Trooper "Indeed…go and send a squad to this ship's entrance." She orders
Death Trooper saluted to Topaz and prepared his laser rifle for unforeseen actions.
Inside Gemia.
Ryder turned off all the equipment for now "So what now?"
"It all depends on you, guys." Gray begins "I done my part to transfer Steven here to help us out. The rest all of you are welcome here too."
Then they hear harsh knocking to Gemia main door. "Welcome here, eh?" Yellow Pearl smiled.
All Gems left the ship…only to meet a squad of rebel troopers aiming their weapons at Steven and his gang.
The rebel troopers are looking exactly like the Imperials…only their armors are colored with purple, blue or white and have White, Blue and Purple Diamond's symbols. Yellow Diamond got sad that some of her ex-soldiers are not here.
Yellow Pearl aimed her pistol at Rebels who did the same at her.
The Purple looking Topaz that wears top quality officer uniform makes two steps forward "PURPLE DIAMOND TOLD YOU TO BRING ONE PERSON, GRAY! NOT THE WHOLE BAND OF WEIRDOS!" The Purple Topaz roared at Gray for making a stupid thing.
"With all respect ma'am. This Gems helped me a lot on Earth. They are best warriors I ever saw." Gray tries to justify his friends.
Colonel Topaz caught her eyes at Yellow Diamond "Diamond too?"
"Diamond too, ma'am," Gray confirms.
Topaz lowers her pistol but gestured G.R.A's troopers to keep their aim at Yellow Pearl "Gray...you forgot two things. One: Never bring the others to our secret base. Two: CONFIRM US WHO YOU TRAVELLING WITH!" Topaz is defiantly pissed.
"I understand, ma'am. I won't fail you again." Gray salutes.
Topaz calms down and examines Gray's crew. She is surprised to see a Combat Technician Peridot and Elite Phantom Pearl Unit. But she doesn't like that they have a human in their ranks.
"I need all your weapons for the inspection," Topaz says
"Bite my ass, Topaz. Unlike them, I won't give my weapons to someone who threatens me" Yellow Pearl hissed.
"I will give you a final warning, Yellow Pearl. Drop your weapon or I will execute you on this spot!" Topaz raised her pistol.
"You don't have guts to do that" She mocked her.
"Are you insane!" Yellow Diamond exclaimed.
"Unlike you, "My Diamond". I'm doing this for my previous Diamond. He would never let someone threaten him." Yellow Diamond quickly figured who she is talking about. Don't need to be a genius to figure that out.
"This Pearl does know her place, Topaz," Someone said behind
Topaz turned around and saw her Diamond walking up to her. "My Diamond" She saluted to the hooded Diamond
"Stop treating our guest as animals, Topaz. It's us who should be grateful." She approached her
Topaz released a breath but did listen her Diamond. She gestured G.R.A's soldier to ease up
"I'm sorry for manners of my colonel. She is good Gem but she doesn't trust newcomers." Purple bowed her head to show her pardon.
"I understand…And you are?"
Purple Diamond removed her hood to show her old face. From Steven's point of view, she is very old…she would be around 100 years old if she was a Human "I'm Second Purple Diamond of Purple Court. I was allied to your mother, Steven. Welcome to G.R.A. or Gem Rebel Alliance" Purple offered her hand to shook it.
Steven is surprised that she knows his name and Earth customs. But he gladly accepts her hand to shake it "H-how did you know my name?"
"By White Diamond...and she learned it thanks to Peridot." She gave him a smile
Steven gazed at Peridot with a smile. She smiled at him back.
Yellow Diamond in other hand flinched when she heard White Diamond word. She gets a feeling that she will have a big Deja vu with White once they bump into each other..or some slaps or worse.
Speaking of Yellow. Purple caught her eyes on young Yellow Diamond "I impressed. You even brought Yellow Diamond herself. It's kind of weird you with Crystal Gems, Yellow."
Yellow Diamond crossed her arms."Hey! I hate what the Emperor did to me and rest of Diamonds. I promised everyone: including Crystal Gems that I will help them to defeat New Empire at any cost."
"And I'm okay with that, Yellow. I can work with you. But White won't be happy about it. She kind of...still hates you for what you did."
"I did? Well, excuse me for trying defending the Homeworld from Carnelian's influence while she just left the Homeworld to hang up with you rebel…no offense by the way."
"No taken. But White told me you tried to kill her?"
"I did try to kill her because I was too pissed at her that she didn't want to fight back Carnelian. But she had far more power than me. She is White Diamond after all…White Diamonds possessed far more army than me or Black and Orange."
"Perhaps you right at some points, Yellow. But you do know she is a pacifist. Unlike her, you have warrior soul and tries to deal problem with your hands."
"So you're saying I'm a bad person?" Yellow saying confusingly.
"A Complete opposite of it." She laid her hand on Yellow's shoulder, smiling at her.
Purple then drew her attention on young human "So Steven. You might know why Gray led you here. We need your big help. You're a son of Rose then you defiantly have her skills"
"I wanted to ask a help from GRA, Purple. My grandfather won't stop until every planet will be his." He says
Purple Diamond chuckle "Ah Carnelian. From a happy and energetic person turned into evil conqueror. He changed so much when he lost his daughters."
"You know him?" Yellow asks
"My mother was with him since Aura Quartz was born. Way before she became a First Purple Diamond. She was his personal Diamond Guard in his Palace. Yet most of the time, she saw him with a smile on his face. He loved Golden Diamond so much and she loved him back."
Purple smirked "Such a cute couple they were as my mother told me. Having a night walks. Building sand castles with young Rose and enjoying their company. They were what Gemirians and Gems are proud of. But until...The Diamond Authority did to them was...monstrous."
"What happened?" Yellow asks
Purple Diamond closed her eyes, imaging what Carnelian went trough "His first daughter...Aura Quartz...killed her own mother in front of her father. Rumors go that Carnelian used dark power to butcher Aura Quartz. Previous Diamonds made Carnelian as a puppet to Authority. And so the age of tyranny begins around the Diamond Empire."
"My father hated everything about what Carnelian built. He called Carnelian as an imbecile who loves organic life. Somehow...Previous Diamonds hated organic life. One day my mother told me how she saw my father beating the poor baby Bird just because it was organic." Celiana tells the story.
"I do remember your father, Celiana. He never cared about everyone. So much hate on his eyes when I glared at him."
Purple sighs in relief. At least her soul can rest as Celiana's father is dead. "I will explain the war situation inside the base itself. Follow me."
"Wait, " Steven says "I have another Gem on our ship. She is very injured fro the attack."
"What type of injury?" Topaz asks
"Sword plunge."
Topaz reached for her Gem-Boy and activated her Gem-boy's intercom "Dark Pearl…Please send available Medi-Pearls to Deck-21FC. We have an injured…" She glared at Steven as she doesn't know what Gem type is
"It's Phantom Pearl," Steven says
"an Injured Phantom Pear," Topaz adds to her Gem-Boy
"Sure thing, Topaz. I will send some her sisters to help her out." Said the Pearlish Voice
"Thanks, Dark Pearl" Then Topaz moved her Gem-Boy away.
"Can we proceed?" Purple asks Steven
The Group nods as they ready. Purple gestured to follow her while Rebel Troopers moved away to let Steven's gang walk past them. Passing some ship landing platforms they reached to the elevator. Pushing a button to call it. It quickly arrived for them to proceed further.
Entering the elevator. The Gang moves down deeper to the mountain. It revealed that they are under the ocean or something like that. Even more awesome, there are tons of exotic alien fishes.
"Wait...so are we under the ocean?" Steven asks
"More like inside the mountains. Noveria had many oceans but all of them became just one big ice. This is Underground Ocean as we like to call it." Purple explains.
The elevator stops and opens its glass door and they entered the lobby station. The lobby looks very cozy and great. The style is very top notch…and these chairs! Man, they look awesome.
"Here is the main lobby. If you have any questions: Ask the receptionist or any of G.R.A's personal. They will guide you around the base itself. Now to debriefing room-"
Colonel Topaz double taps his speed and stopped in front of Purple Diamond. "With all respect, my Diamond. But as leader of GRA's army. This human should be checked for any items that Empire could install him when he was in prison."
"Topaz! Why are you so untrustworthy to Steven? He is Rose Quartz's son after all."
"If it was Golden Diamond instead of him. I still won't care. I don't trust anyone who easily infiltrates to our base and claims to help us."
Purple exhales again "All right be your way Topaz. Steven, go to left wing and see our doctor. She will examine you in any case. I will send you one of the Pearls to guide you. Others can have a free time for now. I will announce when the meeting will begin."
Purple turns around to Yellow Diamond and Pearl "Yellows, come with me…I need to discuss with you in private."
Both Topaz with Purple and Yellow went to the command center for something important to address with others. Gems left Steven alone, for now, probably to have a walk around the base.
He decides to check the receptionist. The receptionist is just ordinary Pearl class Gem. He approached her and that Pearl gave him a customer's smile to the client. "Welcome to GRA main base. Steven. What can I help you with?"
"Well…Since I'm new here. I wish to know about G.R.A." Steven says.
"Do you want to hear full version or short one of G.R.A's history?"
"Full one"
"Where to begin…" Pearl thinks to what say to him "The G.R.A is a rebel organization that main purpose is to stop Galactic Gemirian Empire from conquering this Galaxy. The G.R.A means "Gem Rebel Alliance" or sometimes "Alliance of Rebellions" and consist of many rebel cells that all around the Galaxy"
"So G.R.A have split leadership?"
"Yes and no, Steven. The Purple Diamond is our leader and all rebel cells are under her command."
"Do I need to know something if I will join?"
"The GRA will pay you if you successfully completing missions that weakness the Empire. We are paying to every Gem who successfully helping our organization to fight back. That means. If you sabotaging something that helps GRA. You get a Gemcrits for this."
"Gemcrits? What is that?"
"It's a normal currency that Homeworld uses." Pearl Gem opens her drawer and shows a plastic card with 100 value on it
"Okay. But why is GRA paying credits to normal soldiers? Should it made GRA a bankrupt very quickly?"
"We believe that Gems who betrayed the Empire and wants to earn a living should get something in exchange for fighting on our side. Yet we get the good amount of credits from Ellysian Empire and Trade Federation. They offering their money in exchange for our equipment. That's our organization method to be alive. And besides. We don't have even an army that much. We only have 90.000 Gems that are in GRA. Which in fact. In 201 BC, We had around 200000 soldiers."
"I can see that GRA reduced so much."
"Time changes. And most of them joined Carnelian's Empire. He promised the things that Gems never declined his offer."
"I understand. Thanks for your time, pearl."
"You too, Steven. And I hope you enjoy our cozy base. Oh! And you should wait for a Pearl that will help you out. Take a seat and relax while you're waiting."
Steven nodded to her "Thanks again"
He took one of those top notch chairs. The seat material is very good and comfy, god he missed this chairs. He looked left and noticed some magazines lying on the table. He grabs some of them to read it.
It didn't take him even title to read when heard another voice. "Hey, "Not-Pearl!" What's cooking!"
"Same as ever, Amethyst" The Pearl chuckled
Steven flinched when he heard that. "AMETHYST!" he got up from his chair as he just.
The short Quartz turned around and just froze "SWEET BISCUITS! LOOK WHO IS HERE!"
"YOU ARE ALIVE!" Steven run up to her
Amethyst just lunged at him with a bear hug and Steven spun her "MY BEST MAN IS STILL ALIVE!" She laughed
Steven then placed Amethyst again on the floor "HOWYOUSURVIRED!" He laughed
"LONGSTORY!" Amethyst laughed back
"SAMETHING!" He laughed
"BUTSERIOSLYYOUDON'THAVENOIDEAHOWI!-"Steven and Amethyst tried to explain what happened to each other but unabled as they both happy. The Desk Pearl smiled by their strong friendship…if only Pearls can do that too.
They calmed down and Steven was the first to speak "I missed you, Amethyst. The Crystal Gems wouldn't be same without you."
"Same thing, buddy. And look at you! You're like skyscraper now!"
Steven chuckles "Strange to see you same."
"Well, I'm SORRY if I'm old school Gem. I prefer my old self" She joked
"Like?" He chuckled again
"Same old Crystals Weirdos doing some beating and saving the day…never gets old for me."
"And that is true."
"Yeah…Hey! Did you know where our "Key on her nose" is?"
"It's a long story, Amethyst. In short, she is in comma"
Amethyst burst in the laugh and just slaps her knee "Our P is in the comma!? Hahahaha. That's the worst-Wait! you're serious, aren't you?"
"Serious like a tiger" He nods.
"Damm…" Amethyst imagines Pearl in comma "Sounds like she just had one of those days"
"She did…"
"Typical…So P is with you then…does your hot headed and a cold one are here too?"
"I thought they're in G.R.A."
"The worst thing is…they don't" She whispers
"Damm" Steven cursed...now he has to find them too.
"*whistle* And looks like your Calvary arrived, sir Steve." Amethyst pointed to the Blue Looking Pearl who carefully approached to Steven.
"You're…Steven…right?" Blue Looking Pearl whispers very shyly and very carefully.
Unlike Crystal Pearl or Yellow Pearl. Blue Pearl looks more peaceful and quiet. Her hair covers her eyes…creating sort of mystery character to Steven.
Though he admits…she looks very cute and…very attractive. Her voice is hard to hear from long distances but…it's so relaxing for his ears.
"No, Blue…this is Patrick and Steven you refer died by heart attack" Amethyst joked
"Oh…" Blue Pearl only made that sound, keeping her neutral expression as she straight looking at…someone but 100% not at Steven nor Amethyst.
"Actually, Blue. My friend Amethyst is joking. I'm Steven Universe…pleasure to meet you" He offers his hand
Blue looked at his hand with confusion, wondering what he is doing. She thinks it sort of greeting sign. Blue Pearl did the same thing but didn't grab his hand and shook it…instead, she just…offers her hand as he offers his hand too…creating a very awkward moment
Amethyst tries not laugh at it…They look like robots that are trying to use human greeting style for some reason. She quickly takes a photo of this awesome shot without even their permission. Heck, they didn't realize that Amethyst take a shot on them…and probably posted it on Gembook.
Steven lowers his hand "Nevermind…as I said: I'm true Steven Universe"
Blue Pearl slowly nods "Purple Diamond wanted me to guide you to the medical wing. Would you kindly to follow me?" She asks, unnoticeably shaking in fear.
"Steven and I need a word first" Amethyst gripped his hand to move him away from Blue Pearl so that she can't hear them
"Steven…as one of you bud-buddies…I warning you about Blue Pearl: This crazy chick might hide something from you…perhaps you might learn some of her kinks!"
"Seriously, Amethyst!" Steven says with pissed tone
"Hey just a small advice, bud"
Blue Pearl comes closer "Excuse me…I don't want to interrupt both of you but I really need to guide him to medical wing" She asks, trying to not upset
"Seriously? You sound like some kind of nanny to him…he is grown up bro" Amethyst snarls at Blue
Blue blushes "I understand that, Amethyst…but it's my duty…Purple's orders" Blue awkwardly says, rubbing her hands very slowly together.
Amethyst exhales in agony "Alright fine…I won't stand in your way."
Blue's lips formed into a small smile "Thanks…come with me, please."
Steven shrugged to Amethyst and followed Blue Pearl to one of the elevators.
He tried to push a button but Blue Pearl "Allow me" She gently pushed a button and door closed. The Elevator began to move up
Amethyst again lets out chuckle "Bros before hoes my ass…that rule will never work on him." She then turns around to Desk Pearl "Hey, do you want to eat some nachos?"
Meanwhile, the elevator ride is very silent and boring for Steven. Blue Pearl just keeps standing still, waiting patiently for the elevator to reach the destination.
"So…" Steven begins. But becomes silent again as he doesn't know what to say…
Blue Pearl gazed at him "So..?" She asks what he means by that word.
"You're…Blue Pearl?" Steven asks awkwardly and…very stupid, he only wants to make Blue Pearl speak at him…he admits their meeting was too dull for him…since he laid his eyes on her, she is much interesting Pearl than Yellow bitchy one.
"Yes…" She whispers, damn she speaks very quit
"Cool…do you know Yellow Pearl?"
"….I do…" He saw how her hand few second got squeezed into the fist then back again to relax one.
"I see…she is here in if you don't know" Steven then felt he did bad thing to telling her.
He again saw Blue Pearl doing the same thing with her hand. Only this time she exhaled and calmed down
"You okay, Blue?"
"Yes…thanks for asking me…" She smiles at him…that smile is very cute for his heart. He admits: Blue Pearl is so shy and adorable to him.
Then Elevator stopped and opened the door for them. Steven followed Blue Pearl trough some corridors before they reach the big door that has "Medical Wing" sign on the wall.
Once they entered, it revealed a big hall with many waiting chairs. There are so many G.R.A Gem Rebel soldiers in here. Most of them have cracked Gemstones while others either lost their limbs or worse.
Blue Pearl and Steven walked to the receptionist desk. The Medical workers are ordinary Pearls with a medic outfits…for some reason it reminds him of that strange nurse's outfits in 1950's Era
"Hi…I want to sign him for Biological exception" Blue Pearl says to Medi-Pearl.
Medi-Pearl types something on the computer and then gazed at Steven "Any sign of Gem corruption?"
Blue Pearl looks at him for his answer "No" He says to Medi-Pearl.
Medi Pearl nods and types again "Our doctor will see him soon." She hands him a paper with a number 174 on it "Please wait for your number."
They nodded to Medi-Pearl and took their seats in the waiting room. "Biological Exception? What it means?"
"Means you they going to scan your insides" She whispers
"What for?"
Blue slowly shrugged to him, showing that she doesn't know.
Out nowhere. Gray himself approached to Blue and Steven. He took an available seat. "Sup guys"
"Hi, Gray. What's cooking?" Steven uses the same line from Amethyst
"Just passed medical examination because our White Diamond ordered. Medi-Pearls were impressed by your healing powers, Steven."
"Healing…powers?" Blue asks with surprise tone.
Steven leans to her "Yeah…I can heal Gemstones with my saliva" He whispers to her hair before leaning back to continue his conversation with Gray "Why you told them about my healing powers, Gray? Is bit risky revealing this sort of type information for ones I barely know?"
"Steven…" Gray points to the multiple injured Gems "Look at them. They all suffered enough fighting the New Empire. Our Medi-Pearls can't handle a number of injured Gems here. With you, we can change that"
"You have a point, Gray. So what's with you?"
The Gemdler smiles at his friend "Believe me or not…I was promoted to Sergeant thanks to you. Topaz promised me a squad."
"Really? Congratulations for your promotion, Gray!" Steven pats him
"I'm happy for you, Gray. You deserve this..." Blue Pearl smiles
"Thanks, guys. Oh, and Steven…this is for you…as the sign of our friendship" Gray hands him two Golden Cards with Golden Diamond portrait.
7500 Gemcrits added -The Icon of the Gift appeared on his Gemstone
"7500 credits!" Steven saw the numbers on his Gem-Boy and nearly fainted "Where you get them?"
"Remember when I told to everyone that Yellow Pearl's capture is 10.000 Gemcrits reward? Well there it is in flesh…or in plastic correctly"
"Gray, I mean I really love your gift but isn't it too generous?"
"Nah, you deserve this amount. You went through a lot and this gift makes us even…and I do have 253.311 Gemcrits on my current account"
"Oh…so what will you do now?" Steven put both golden cards inside his handy bag.
"Well…I'm going to Ellysian Frontline on next weekend to our soldiers and Ellysians."
"And us?"
"If you join our Rebellion. then, in the, beginning you will mostly be trained and get used to Gems new Warfare," Gray explains
"Well if-" Steven interrupted as the big screen on the wall showed number 174 which is the same number Steven currently has.
"It's yours" Blue Pearl whispers
"Well…time to move. Oh, and Gray, thanks for saving me"
"Always a pleasure, war brother." Gray offered his hand and Steven acceptably shooked his hand.
Walking from Blue and Gray. Steven approached Medi-Pearl who has some papers on both her hands, reading them "You're 174?" She asks, smiling at him.
"Yes, that's me"
"Come with me." Medi-Pearl inserted her ID card to the checker and opened a big metal door that leads to medical office rooms.
They walked through the corridor until they reached the last one door. The door slide opens for him "Please, take a seat on the chair. The doctor will see you shortly."
"Sure thing" He entered the room and sat on the chair.
The Medi-Pearl laid her papers on the table and closed the door, leaving for her duties
While he waits for a doctor to come. He can hear how two Pearls are discussing corruption.
"I'm telling you, doctor. This virus is unstoppable. The corruption cannot be healed by any circumstances."
"Perhaps you right, nurse. Maeby Corruption is a more psychological problem rather than a virus. If our intelligence is true. That Jasper one was corrupted because of her emotional breakdown."
"I agree with you, doctor. But logically, it would be cured by performing positive emotions. We tried everything with our patients but still had no results."
"It would be expected, nurse. The science and medicine always had mysteries on them. I will reread my research for now"
He heard how two Pearls started moving closer. Then the door opened and revealed two Pearls. One is just ordinary while another has very Dark skin with Dark shoulder length hair. She wears a dark medic uniform with a short skirt and dark leggings.
"Hmm….A humanoid Earth creature? Well, this is a very interesting day, doctor." Ordinary Medi-Pearl says to Dark one, having a smile as she happy to see a living Earthling.
The Dark One raises her eyebrows "Not surprising. Humans always were interesting for me. Damm shame we didn't have much time to learn more about them."
"I can hear you very well." Steven murmurs
The Dark One gazed at Steven, creating a smile. Then she gazed at Nurse "Go and See Zircon U29-GZ21, Pearl."
"As you say, doctor." The Medi-Pearl leaves the room.
Oky-doky" The Dark Pearl grabs her tablet to write down some notes "Please, remove your upper clothes."
"Why?"
"I gonna check your healthiness first, Steven."
Steven groans but complains to Dark Pearl. He laid his handy-bag on the chair and removes his jacket with shirt, exposing his naked chest
"Let's see here…" Dark Pearl comes closer and examines his face "No mutations…Good" She gazed at his shoulders "Shoulders are good…" Dark Pearl then checks his chest "Healthy body…defiantly performed many exercises in spare time" Then she gazed at his abs "Hmm…interesting"
Dark Pearl moved away to write down some notes on her tablet "Very impressive…for a human, you have a very healthy body, I must say."
"Just I spend my time with training when I was in Imperial Prison, Doctor."
"And you did a right thing. Humans need to take care of their own bodies…the better, the stronger" Dark Pearl writes something on her tablet and finishes while Steven puts his clothes back on him
"But why you didn't check my breathing or anything?"
"I have a module on my eyes that scans your body status." Dark Pearl replies as she stand up "So, Steven. What can I help you with?"
"Topaz told me to go here and take a full exanimation"
Dark Pearl chuckles "I see, Topaz is again with her problems" She exhales "Alright…just stand still" She grabs a scanner tool from her table and scans his body. Then she pulled out a cylinder box from the tool and inserted to one of her equipment.
"Just gave 2 minutes for machine to take the full exanimation"
"Okay. So…you're a Black Pearl, I presume?" He asks her.
The Dark Pearl turns around to him and just smirks at him "Actually a Dark Pearl. Black Court never had any Pearls in their belongings"
"Why a dark then?"
"Because I was the Emperor's personal Pearl before I escaped for betrayal. Emperor had Gems in his belongings that Homeworld referred as "Dark Gems" because of their darker skin."
"And you're a doctor?"
"Yes…ever since I joined G.R.A 9 years ago…I fulfilled my Gemstone life with science and medicine" She finishes
Then the machine finished the job and showed Steven's skeleton on it. Dark Pearl checks his bones trough picture and founds something very interesting.
"Impressive…Damm you Imperials" Dark Pearl mumbled.
"Something wrong?"
"Look at this" She points to his skull.
As she pointed. He notices some kind of chips on his skull "See these metallic things on your skull and bones? There are implants. Now take a look the picture of Era II Peridot and Era II Peridot 2.0" She types on her computer and two pictures appeared
Steven looked at both Gem class Peridot's insides. The Normal Peridot doesn't anything inside. But Peridot 2.0 has many implanted chips inside her.
"Ever heard of implantation process? This thing helps the owner to have new abilities. It helps them to be faster, stronger and smarter. You can see this implants on the legs on peridot 2.0. It makes legs taller."
"That explains why Peridot is the same weight as me. But does it affect their personality or something like that?"
"No, they don't. The implants are harmless to you."
"But should I delete them?"
"I won't recommend it as your implants are deactivated right now. But deleting them will result that your body will suffer infinite pains and or even breaking your bones…it's not recommended for now"
"Alright…so anything else?"
"Actually yes" She grabs a small plastic can from her tables and hands him "Please, spill your saliva to it"
"I presume you need my saliva because of Gray's tail?"
"Gray never lies to us. Plus if your saliva really heals Gemstones then you're the best hope for all G.R.A. Perhaps I can even create sort of healing device of our soldiers. Think of how many"
Steven exhales and spits some of his saliva inside the can. Dark Pearl happily grabs the plastic can from his hand, thanking his for the noble act. She put it one safe place.
"Anything else, Doctor?"
"Not for you. But I will report to Topaz that everything is okay with you. But I also can do something with your scars."
"Thank you but I really don't want to remove them right now. Still getting adjusted to the G.R.A."
"Ahh, Okay. Well if you-" They heard the door knock before Medi-Pearl entered the room "Umm, Steven Universe, right? One of our patients wants to see you."
Another Pearl with a crutch under her armpit entered the room, the Medi-Pearl helped her to not fall down in every step. Steven smiled brightly as this Pearl is special to him "Pearl, it's good to see you again" He hugged Crystal Pearl very tightly…he is happy again that Pearl is alive.
"How are you feeling, Pearl?" He looks at her, giving her a small smile
Pearl smiles at him "The more important is how you are"
"I'm not the one who was injured by sword plunge, Pearl" He growled
"I know…but your life is more important than mine"
Steven sighs "Still in your old self" He mumbles to himself before he gazed at her again "So what happened with you and Head Sister in that fight?"
"She broke my leg and plunged her sword into me. Then she tried to kill me with her bare hands but I shoot her right into her eye. The only what I remember how she fell down before I passed out…Stars, it's all of this coming back to me again. First Green Pearl then Bismuth and then other 100 Gems that I…I…I just can't live anymore with murders on my cold hands" Pearl starts tearing a little bit
"Pearl" He laid his hands on her shoulders "The Empire made you to do their dirty work. It's their fault rather than yours…As I said, Pearl. You fix your mistakes by fighting against them. My mother and I will be more proud of you if you will do this, Pearl."
His words made her stop tearing "Thank you…you more and more becoming like your mother."
He slowly nods "For better good. Amethyst is here too…"
Pearl's smile became even brighter. "Never imagined I would miss her much."
"Pearl, you admit somewhere in your soul you liked Amethyst. No matter how she mocked you."
"I never hated Amethyst. She is a big part of Crystal Gems…and Garnet too"
Steven slightly shivered as he about to tell something not good to her "Pearl…Garnet is not here…neither Ruby nor Sapphire."
She widens her eyes in horror "Then where they can be?"
Steven lowers his eyes "I don't know…Just…don't know" He covers his face from exhaustion. He again reveals his face and looks at her "I find them…I promise to you, Pearl."
"I know you will find them, Steven. I believe in you" She smiles
"Thanks...Take care of Pearl…for me?" He addresses to Medi-Pearls which they nodded to him.
"And look who woke up, how amazing" Steven looked at the front and saw both Blue Pearl and Yellow Pearl walked to them.
"Yellow Pearl…" Pearl hissed, feeling no pleasure to see her again "I wished you would remain on Earth."
"Oh, so scary when our favorite traitor got a courage to speak…I still remember how you were afraid to even speak with your own-"
"Don't you dare to speak his name again!" Pearl interrupted her Yellow counterpart "I'm tired of Diamond's Tyranny. I only joined the Rebellion because Pink Diamond wanted to destroy Earth's life."
Yellow Pearl just growls, ignoring everything that Crystal Pearl said "You're lucky that I'm running from the Empire, Pearl! But don't think we will be friends! You and I are Enemies until the end!" And Yellow Pearl just stormed out away.
Blue Pearl made two steps forward "Don't take her words seriously…we all missed you. It's good to see you back, White Pearl."
"Thanks, Blue…but call me just Pearl for now" Pearl smiles at her
Blue Pearl smiles back at her friend before saying to Steven "Purple said you can have a free time for now. If you need anything…let me now…I will be in the command center." Then she leaves
"Okay…" Steven turns to Pearl "Do you need help with anything, Pearl?" He asks
"Don't worry, Steven. We will handle all the problems of Pearl's needs." Dark Pearl replies, patting Crystal Pearl on her back
"Alright…" Steven again laid his hand on her shoulder "Rest, for now, Pearl. You had been through a lot."
She planted a kiss on his cheek "Just be careful."
Nodding to his Pearl, Steven then leaves the medical wing and proceeds back to the elevator. Entering the elevator and pushing a button, he felt that someone grab his arm. It was Yellow Pearl, who has a very pissed face.
"You think I'm don't know?" She hissed
"What know?" He released a breath
"Don't be stupid, Steven. I know you and that traitor has something."
Steven widened his eyes in surprise, it the first time when Yellow Pearl didn't mock about human's behavior "I don't get it."
"Don't lie to me! I saw how you looked at Pearl with flames on your eyes. You think I don't know, again!"
"No, I didn't!"
Yellow Pearl slapped his face for that "LIES! AND KEEP YOUR TONE-!"
"WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM, YELLOW PEARL!" Steven shouted, feeling pissed off by Pearl's attitude
"MY PROBLEM IS THIS!" She gripped him by his Jacket and furiously pulled his lips to hers, gripping with her right hand his hair to prevent his escape from her lips lock. She even put her leg on his right hip to prevent any possible escape.
Steven just blinked twice to process of what happened. It took him ten seconds to realize that Yellow Pearl gives a furious kiss to him. Did Yellow Pearl completely forgot that screamed each other and decided to go full make out.
It's still not the end for him. Since his mouth is open in shock, Yellow sneaks her tongue inside his mouth, rubbing her tongue very fast and furious against his.
He felt how she growled inside his mouth as he didn't put any fight to her. And so she pinched his hip to make his fight with her tongue.
Eventually, Yellow Pearl pulled out from him, gasping for the air. Steven just froze by very big embarrassment. She is experiencing very strange feeling too.
"I'm giving you a final warning!" Yellow Pearl gasped for more "Respect me: I will respect you back. BUT!-" She again gripped by his jacket "If you and that Traitor Pearl or Blue Pearl will do something bad in front of me! I'm going to make you suffer!" She narrows her eyes "Are we clear?"
"Clear" He didn't care. He kind of knows Yellow Pearl can't do something horrible. He just mimics he is afraid.
She grins that he complained "Good boy" She plants another kiss on his lips, which Steven didn't even care
The elevator stopped and opened their doors. But they didn't end their strange games "You and me gonna learned much from each other…I'm looking forward to the future with you."
Yellow Pearl, while still having eye contact with him, gave a last smile before she went her own road.
"*Sigh* I wonder why my harem is growing very quickly" He murmurs to himself. Releasing a breath and deciding this question is not important. He left the elevator and approached to Yellow Diamond with Yellow Quartz looking Gem.
"Steven, how was your exanimation?" Yellow asks
"Quite good. Everything is okay with me...nothing to be worried.."
"Alright, Oh and this is my old Commander. She served me before the Rise of New Empire" The Yellow commander nods to Steven, then Yellow gestured her commander to leave.
"So why Purple wanted to talk you in private?"
"Between you and me. I retold everything that happened on "Carnelian's Rise to power" day."
"And?"
"She offered me to join the rebellion. I'm gonna be a good example for Yellow Rebel soldier's morale."
"And you joined?"
"Correct" She smiles
"But Importantly: did you saw White Diamond?"
"No" She exhales before continuing "Let's not talk about her right now. Do you want to drink some hot cacao? There is cacao machine in the next corridor."
"Sure. I need to warm up my body"
"Come with me" They walked to door "The cacao they making is my favorite one. I'm sure-" Yellow Diamond tried to tell him how good the cacaos are but when the door opened. Yellow looks front and just froze.
From Steven's point of view, Yellow froze because of White looking Diamond standing in front of her. She is the same height as him and Yellow Diamond. She has a very slim type of body compare to Yellow Diamond and has a silver hair with Diamond Gemstone on her forehead.
Her face is very cute for him. It really shows the smartness and beauty of White Diamond.
But It doesn't mean Yellow is ugly compared to White Diamond. They both look young and beautiful…just how the young female Diamond needs to be.
White Diamond at first didn't realize who Yellow Girl is. But then her own heart and her memories reminded White that this girl is the one who tried to kill her.
"Celiana?" White sounded rather surprised than pissed off for Yellow's point of view "You're alive after all!"
"Yeah…I'm alive…you do know I'm not that worthless Diamond, after all, Zeira?" Yellow chuckled, trying to not run away.
"That you're, Celiana" White smiles or least tries to smile, but her instincts wants to punch Yellow Diamond for everything she did to her…but she handles her emotions very well.
Celiana can feel how Zeira wants to murder her for everything she did. She exhales and says "White, forgive me for everything I did to you." White's expression changes into serious "Yes, I was hot-headed and pissed off because of Blue's death. And 10 years passed since I saw you…I just want to say-"
"I forgive you" White keeps her serious face.
Yellow widens her eyes in disbelief "Really?"
"Though it doesn't mean we're friends again" White death-glared at her.
"Oh…" Celiana only that word managed to say "Why?"
White Diamond covers her face as she doesn't want to say but Yellow made her "It's not because of what you did to me…it because of you and Homeworld"
"What?" Yellow snapped.
"You let Black Diamond die while you just gave up. Our Gems betrayed us because you cried in front of them, showing your weakness in front of those who always believe we are the strongest…if only you fought back then perhaps the situation would be much better."
Yellow's eye twitched in anger "So it's all my fault?"
"Yes, Yellow. It's your fault you let Carnelian regain his throne back. But you still can fix mistakes" She smiles at her.
Yellow Diamond becomes furious. She can't believe how White just blamed her for everything. "Now let me remind to our very kind White Diamond that she had the biggest army in entire Diamond Authority's armies!" She leaned forward and growled at White Diamond. White did felt any pleasant from it and slightly got angry at Yellow.
"And compared me from you…you're far the stronger than me in the ranking system! BUT you: A Diamond who escaped from a Diamond that has the lower rank from you and didn't put up any fight with me makes me wondering...why a previous White Diamond raised you to be a Goddess damn stupid girl like you..!
White gasped by her insult "How dare you, Yellow!"
"Yes, Zeira! Ever since we went to first grade! You acted like a total princess in front of our class! You think since you're the queen of the school makes you in charge?! Now I know why I hated your fatass, you white slut!"
White just growls "That's it! Our friendship is OVER!"
"WE EVEN HAVEN'T IT!" Yellow growled.
"LEAVE NOW!" White ordered.
"WITH PLEASURE!" She pushed White away to let herself to walk her own road, completely forgetting that she wanted to have hot cacao with Steven.
"Destroyers with you, Yellow" White hissed before she looked at Steven who did listen to their conversation.
"You…you heard all of this?" White asks awkwardly, blushing.
"From the beginning" He simply says, recovering a little bit from their conversation.
White flushes more in the embarrassment "I'm so sorry for all of this!" She apologizes, feeling that Steven didn't deserve to hear Diamond's screams at each other."
"It's okay…no offense taken"
"Thank you..." White then offers her to be shaken "I'm Seventh Generation of White Diamonds. But you just can call me White or White Diamond as you fit, Steven"
He accepts her hand, her hand is very smooth and gentle for him "How do you know my name exactly, White?"
"Gray already reported everything already, Steven. I was so shocked to hear that Rose's son is a human. I never thought it possible to cross two people from different races…very impressive."
"It's a long story, White. But my mother had a love with human and…I was born."
"Ahh, a love of two people from other worlds…sounds so romantically" She giggled as she imagined that scene…Goddess, it would be so cute and beautiful."
"It was romantic…kind of." He awkwardly says, remembering how Greg told him the triangle love with Rose, Greg, and Pearl.
"Speaking of which: Would you mind to tell something about your species? Since from the beginning of my career. I was so interested in Earth's history and culture. And as White Diamond, my duty was to learn much of Milky Way's life."
"I guess I can spare so time…why not?"
"Goodie! Come with me! I have a nice place where no one can borrow us" She hinted as she grabbed his hand to guide him through the underwater base.
Eventually, they reached the door that has "White Diamond" sign on the wall. The door slides open and White let him enter her small cozy room. Her room is very…White Diamish. It does feel like it's her own small kingdom. Still room as a room.
"Make yourself, comfortable, Steven." White Diamond walked up to the cage with a White bird on it "This is Snow. She is my domestic pet that Purple bought for me. Isn't she cute?" She made adorable face
"She does" Steven came closer to pet the bird "You're very beautiful, Snow!" He comments
Snow narrowed her eyes in bad away. Steven decided to not pet White's bird as it clear sign to stay away.
"Hmm…Strange" White looks at her pet, thinking why Snow didn't like Steven "But anyhow. Get yourself comfortable here and wait for me. I come back with something special" She then left him alone.
Steven sat on her couch. He many times notices Snow looking at him with very "I'm gonna murder you" face. Something tells him Snow and Carnelian might get along and can even become a BFF.
10 minutes passed and White Diamond came back with some papers and cacao cup on her right hand "I brought you this. Your hands are very cold. Might yourself warm up a little bit" She offers her cup
"Thanks" He grabs the cup and drinks it.
"So…" White Diamond sat on the couch and checks her papers "7000 years ago, The Gem Empire discovered a planet that you refer as "Earth" in Crystal System. The Rose Quartz's Rebellion left us without any knowledge of Human's progress. Do you mind to tell me what happened with your species after Gem Empire left you?"
"The thing is, we never left any history to future generations."
"Really?" White says with a surprised tone.
"Indeed. I can tell you a basic of human history until today."
"Sure…I really want to hear." She hyped
"Well…" Steven then begins
It took them about three hours or more for Steven retell of Earth and humans history. White Diamond listened every his words very carefully and even theorized with about unsolved mystery of humans.
The way she talked to him makes him feel like he is talking with a real famous human scientist. White Diamond is very good with giving theories and ideas about Human's nature. Overall, he enjoyed his time with White…and she is too.
"And today, Terra Nova tries to keep remaining population of Earth under control to prevent any sort of violations" Steven finishes
White Diamond relaxes on the couch, thinking what to say "Wow…it's…I can't even say about it. I didn't know humans are too much violent"
"It's understandable…we're trying to survive on Earth. But this leads to horrible things we did to our own race."
"Strange, it's hard to believe that humans are violent by you." She whispers
"I was raised by Rose's former Gems…perhaps that the reason why I'm like that"
White Diamond sighs and stands up "I don't think humans will become that much of violent."
She comes closer to him and stands on her knees, facing that kind of level to make sure they both have eye contact "Even if Human's Homeworld filled people with bad intentions. There are still good people walking among them. No matter what will happen, these people will lead humans to space age…and there the Humanity will be welcomed with a warm smile from Aliens."
"I hope so" Steven sadly replies
She laid her hand on his leg "Trust me, even if everything is bad right now…in the end: everything will be quit again." She smiles
They were abruptly interrupted when Purple entered her room "White, please tell-"
She then stopped as she saw both White and Steven in very awkward pose "You…you having your first time, White?"
"I'm sorry?" She didn't get what Purple hinted. Steven of course figure that out and blushed.
Purple blushed too under her hood. She even felt how Goddess Diamond in her mind left out a very hinting giggle "I think it's time to show Steven what changed after ten years." Purple got a courage to say.
White and Steven nodded. With Purple, they ventured trough command center and to debriefing room. The High Ranking Officers, including Blue Pearl, Dark Pearl, Topaz and Sergeant Gray are already here. All of his friends are here too, waiting for Steven to take a seat.
"Please take a seat before I can begin the demonstration," Topaz says.
Steven takes a seat between Yellow Pearl and Peridot. They both moved closer to him.
"Now we can begin" Topaz pushed a button to deactivate some lights "Now, once again. I welcome all to G.R.A's base. We always looking for good warriors to fight back the Empire."
Blue Pearl pressed a button to the next slide "Now, I want to remind how Carnelian exactly revolted against our Diamonds." Topaz with her pointer pointed at image of Homeworld
"About 10 years ago, during the announcement, Carnelian arrested Yellow Diamond and declared an official new Empire called "Great Galactic Gemirian Empire Of Homeworld" or "G.G.G.E.O.H" in short…you also can call it Gemirian Empire for short."
"Now-" Topaz looked at Blue Pearl which pressed a button for the next slide "-Following the proclamation, Homeworld suffered Civil-War and Imperial Supporters won't it." Topaz points to G.G.E's main symbol that stands proudly on one of the tall buildings of Homeworld."
"And after that. New Empire had very aggressive expansion before the Earth Invasion. The first hit was the Thessyian Republic which became independent after Rose Quartz rebellion. The Empire annexed Thessysia without any fights."
"The Second hit was the Arcadian Republic. The Arcadia had some former Blue Diamond's territories before Rose again. The Empire demanded to return the territories and they annexed the entire Space Republic."
"And lasts were Earth and Ellysia. As you can see, The New Empire won't stop until every inch of this Galaxy will be theirs."
"Christ" Steven cursed to himself...Carnelian sure created one war-liking society.
"Currently the Empire has two allies: Terra Nova and United Equestrian Empire. Both somewhat have the alliance against Ellysians."
"An Empire of ponies. SERIOUSLY!" Peridot burst out laughing.
"They are not ponies...technically: They were ponies but "the evolution of species" kicked their asses and turned them into a humanoid alien race."
"Yeah, I watched that show. Magical and talking ponies. What in name of Creators the makers of this show think about it?" Peridot laughed
"What are you talking about?" Topaz got confused
"I'm talking about the show about ponies."
"But I am talking about a RACE THAT CAN KICK OUR ASSES!" She growled at Peridot.
Peridot remained silent. Topaz ignored their conversation and continued "We have another player who hates Gemirian Empire: And it Ellysian Empire itself. Ellysian Empire controls some territories in North sector and Northeast."
"Okay, I understand. But how it will help us?"
Purple Diamond steps forward "We have a plan. Our main concern is to ally with Ellysian Empire and Trade Federation."
She looks at the Galaxy map "After that: We need to terminate Colonel Redstone or Director Zirconia and road to liberating Earth will open for us. Once Earth will be liberated. Our invasion of Gemirian Empire will begin. And Once Homeworld will be taking over. We will create a new Republic."
"When the plan will begin?" Peridot asks.
"Unknown…it depends on only for Ellysian Empire's diplomacy. All we can do is keep pressuring Empire for now."
"Very good plan." Amethyst sarcastically murmured to herself.
"We have no choice, Amethyst" Purple heard her very well "Now, I forgive for my manners but it's time to choose your decision."
"What it will be?" Topaz adds
"I'm with G.R.A" Steven raises his hand.
"If Steven will join then so I'm" Pearl proudly stands, still supporting her leg with the crutch.
"I'm with G.R.A. Time to teach Imperials some good manners" Peridot says with a grin
"I will join just to stop Carnelian" Yellow Diamond murmurs, still feeling pissed.
"Well I guess I will stick with rebels" Yellow Pearl shrugged
*Affirmative Beep* Clody spins in the air.
Purple smiles by their support "Thank you…for everything. I welcome you to our Rebellion. May the Goddess smiles upon us."
"Thanks for your time…I will notify all of you for something. All besides Steven can rest for now." Topaz ends the slide show.
The gang once again left the room to expect Steven who came closer to Topaz "Is something wrong, Topaz?"
Topaz hands him a disk "Insert it to your Gem-Boy. It will install some G.R.A modules. They will come in handy."
"Thanks" Steven grabbed it and inserted the disk to his Gem-Boy. He activated the download mode.
"One of our Rebel cells will arrive today…they might have the information about your Ruby and Sapphire," Topaz explains
Steven widens his eyes "Are you sure, Topaz?"
"I'm sure. They did confirm they found imperial intel about Ruby and Sapphire that were the apart of Crystal Gems."
"And when they will arrive?"
"In next hour I believe" Topaz shrugged
"In the meantime. Go to our armory and get yourself equipped, Steven. I already notified our armorer to give you something very special" Purple Diamond says
"Will do…anything else?" Steven asks both of them
"Nothing for you…Oh, and Blue Pearl will guide you to our armory." Purple Diamond looked Blue Pearl who slowly walked up to Steven.
"We once again welcome you to our Rebellion." Purple Diamond nods with a smile before she walked away from the room.
Steven with Blue Pearl once again ventured together. The Armory was not that far away from the debriefing room so it didn't take them that long walk.
The Armory itself looks like the best place for every man on the Planet Earth.
The Jasper looking Gem with thin body type appeared from another door with notepad on her hands. She notices their presence very quickly
"Blue, what's up?" The Skinny Jasper asks
Blue Pearl smiled back at her "I'm okay…our recruit needs the equipment"
Skinny Jasper lays her papers on the stall "Yeah, yeah. Our Diamond told me everything"
"You do look familiar to me…" Steven tries to remind where he saw
Skinny Jasper looks at him confusion "You…you from the zoo?"
And this where he realized "Wait a minute…remember the short human near the Pearl, Ruby, and Sapphire with Amethyst?" That short human was me"
Skinny Jasper widens her eyes "Wow…you shape fit a lot I must say" She whispers.
"Actually...Humans do grow without any shape fits…how is Holly Blue Agate?"
"We went our own roads when The Emperor overthrew the Diamonds. Still didn't hear anything from her even today."
"I see, " Steven thinks
S.J then gestured him to follow inside the stall "Come with me. Your equipment will be I the storage room."
Steven followed her to the room with many weapon crates. There is a big blanket covering something from dust. Skinny Jasper removed the blanket and revealed his gift. Steven widened his eyes when he saw a very generous gift.
"This Steven...is X-02 Gemirian combat armor. It has medium protection compare to heavy armors." S.J laid her hand on armor's shoulders "But with it, you will run fast, be stronger and jump higher. It simply works as normal armor. You can remove it by the parts and it gives the owner some awesome stuff. Check the manual."
Steven still stares at the armor. It's made of rare Homeworld material.
The Red helmet covers the full face. It also has gasmask and visor to protect the owner from the hazard environment. The armor painted in red paint with some pink shades.
The right shoulder pad has a Yellow Star symbol from his old t-shirt. The left shoulder pad has a modified and enchanted Crystal Gems symbol. The legs cover the red lower battle coat.
"Jesus, Skinny. Is little bit extreme?"
"Purple said you can have it. Besides this armor will help you out a lot on the battlefields."
"…Can you help me with to put it on me?"
"Yes of course."
Sometime later.
Skinny Jasper helped him to adjust and make him comfortable in that armor. "Alright. The armor sits on you very well. How are you feeling it?"
Steven looks at his arms "Strangely, This armor doesn't weigh me down."
"It does consider as light armor. Now, how about some test. Move there."
Steven moved to the location that Skinny Jasper pointed. The boots are pretty light. Steven can nearly hear his walk "Does is it feels uncomfortable. Does it squeeze your legs or something?" Jasper checks the shoulder pads.
"No…it just like I put my clothes on"
Skinny smiled brightly "Then this armor is 100% accomplished project!" Skinny clapped her hands, being happy that armor she designed is very successful.
Calming down, Skinny offered him a final part of the armor...a helmet "Put it on."
Steven put the helmet on as she said. For his eyes, the interface appeared with text that initializes modules
"Welcome to X-02 Gemirian Combat armor, User." The Female voice greeted "This armor is an advanced version of X-01 armor that wears Era 1 and Era 2 Gemdler Gem-Class soldiers."
"This suit shows basic information on User's status: The heart beating, the ammo capacity, the fatigue system and map marker. This suit also gives basic information of nature. It's you look at the item. The helmet will show the weight and value. " Steven looked at the random can to check if it works. The interface showed the basic information of it
"Same goes with Gems and others species. The armor quickly scans targets and gives them 100% of Gemstone's condition: Now for better using the armor. I recommend using Gem-boy as well to additional features. Have a great journey and stay safe."
"Wow…this armor is so awesome, Thanks a lot, Skinny."
Skinny blushed "No problem. And Of course, you can upgrade it. Just bring the schematics and I will improve your armor. And now, I give you some equipment."
Skinny approached to Cabinet and pick up a pistol. "10mm Homeworld Pistol: Pretty common weapon in the Empire. It not that powerful but it can be powerful if you have skills. This is your pistol by the way…we just upgraded it." Skinny handed him a pistol.
Steven examines his pistol that Pearl gave him on Earth. They painted with Rebel style of camo. He then put it on the holster
"Here ammo small bag of crystal ammo. This type of ammo are powerful and can easily kill Gem even if you shoot into their body." Skinny lays two bags with ammo on the table.
Steven grabbed the small bag and attached to his belt. "And some grenades." Skinny gives him two grenades "And that's' everything: If you will have some more gemcrits. I will offer you even better weapons and stuff…just ask me"
"Thanks again, Skinny." Steven smiles inside his helmet
"No problem, Steven."
Blue Pearl come closer "Shall I go with you to the hangar or you can handle it?" She asks carefully.
"I suppose it won't hurt to walk with you" He smiles.
Steven left the armory with Blue Pearl and ventured together to the hangar. Both Amethyst, Pearl and White Diamond with Peridot are discussing with each other.
Once they saw Steven on that armor. Amethyst whistles and says "Man…never thought the armors suits you very well, Steve" She joked
Steven removes his helmet and laid on the random crate "Yeah. Might become Commander Shepard or Scott Ryder himself in the end"
"Ryder?" Ryder asks, turning around to the group as he heard them
"There is a game called Mass Effect: Andromeda which you play as one of the Ryder's family member...either Sarah or Scott Ryder" Steven explains
"Ahh…" Ryder nods, before turning around to discuss with pilots.
They all shut their mouths once big transport shuttle landed on the platform and opened a hatch. About six or seven Rebel Gems left the shuttle.
Steven walked up to one of them "Excuse me, Purple Diamond told me you have information of Crystal Gem's Ruby and Sapphire." Steven asks politely.
The Rebel exhales disappointedly before she opens her bag and hands him documents and small bag "I'm sorry" Then she leaves
Steven reads the document "No…No" Steven just froze
"Steven?" Pearl gets worried
Steven falls on his knees, breathing very heavily as his rage increases "No!" Steven furiously opened the bag and found…Rubies and Sapphire's shards inside of it. Steven just drops the bag and starts crying. "NO!" He screamed to himself
Amethyst grabbed the documents and hands to Pearl "I'm sorry, P…I'really am" Amethyst tries to not cry.
Pearl gasped in horror when she saw the concept.
Crystal Ruby –SIA (Shattered In Action)
The reason of Death: Shattered by Colonel Redstone for betrayal. (Around 2026)
Crystal Sapphire – SIA (Shattered In Action)
The reason of Death: Shattered by the Emperor Carnelian Himself (Three Days Ago)
"No" Pearl clenched her hand into fist, starting crying too
White Diamond stands on her knees and hugged Steven to ease up him. Hugging is good way to comfort hurt people in their needs
"Why?...Why I keep losing friends…why?" Steven sobbed to himself
"You still have friends here." White whispers, rubbing her hand against his armored back to calm him down
Peridot can't just let Steven without any confirmation. She just like White hugged him in the tight embrace. "Your Peridot is here too"
Pearl would join their group but she is too to stand on her knees and hug Steven. "I'm sorry, mother…I failed to keep my friends together." He sobs…
Blue Pearl stood on her knees, hugging Steven too...Now he feels like she did when she lost Blue Diamond.
The Death of Ruby and Sapphire if one of those losses on the war...and it won't be the last one...
Somewhere at the edge of Milky Way
Carnelian's shuttle finally arrived at the waste planet…A planet that he once called a real home…now it just a rock planet.
Passing the atmosphere and landing at the mountains site where the Old Capital of Destroyers located. Carnelian once again the breath the air of his home.
Nothing remained here. All was destroyed in Galaxy Destruction when Sovereign was defeated by Creators…leaving the capital just a big valley of nothing.
Carnelian ventured to the small hole that leads to the ruins of the Temple. He was only greeted by the darkness of cold interiors.
His Mask's runes start glowing in the dark light, giving a hint that this place is filled with Sovereign's Darkness. Passing through some corridors…He can hear the sounds of ghosts whispering the name "Sovereign" many times…even the dead still worships the Dark Lord.
Finally passing another hole. He is now in Big Hall where the Destroyers worshiped their Dark Lord for millennia. The Ancient Hieroglyphs and Wall painting still survived the time.
Harbinger with High Priests of Dark Order is already here, waiting for Carnelian to come closer.
"Arkay, have you heard the news? Our Master is coming back" One of the High Priest's spirit said.
"Yes, High Priest Sei. Harbinger already told me everything" Carnelian joined the group.
"At last the brothers and sisters are finally united." The High Spirt whispers, feeling the burst of the energy "Just like the Razor Great said: nobody can divide our spirits…Sovereign walks upon us"
Gods are the lies, there is only Sovereign." One of the spirits begins the old code of the Destroyers
Through Sovereign, I gain the strength." The High Spirit continues
"Through the strength, I gain the power." Harbinger chants
"Through the power, I gain the victory." Another Spirit says
"Through the victory, my chains are broken." Carnelian chants
"The Sovereign shall free me." A very familiar voice to Carnelian says
The Destroyers turned around and saw another fully robed Destroyers walks up slowly. He slouches as supports him with the dark cane
"The First One" Harbinger says in delight, she always happy to see her master in flesh.
All Destroyers bowed to the old Master, including Carnelian himself. It's been a long time when he bowed to someone that has more power than him.
Even if Carnelian is a ruler of Homeworld. The First One is always his top priority and will obey him…no matter if he needs to kill his family.
"Rise, my friend." The First One approached the Carnelian, patting his shoulder in a friendly way.
Carnelian rose up in very careful movement and follows his master at the right side while Harbinger is on the left side from their master. The First One keeps walking very slowly as no one of them dares to speak.
"Our plan is progressing very effective, my master. No one suspects a thing"
The First One smiled his mask "Then you done well, Lord Redav (Raz: Lone Eagle). And Now, I sense you wish to continue your search for young Universe…" He grins
Carnelian was surprised that his master knows Steven…very strange indeed "Yes, my master"
"Patience my friend. In time…he will seek you out. And when he does. You must bring him to me…He had grown strong…only together we can turn him to the Dark Side of the Sovereign powers." The First One replies confidently
"As you wish" Carnelian simply replies.
The First One gazed at his apprentice "Everything is proceeding as Sovereign have foreseen it.." He laughed very manically, scaring some of the spirits.
2 hours later
Steven is sitting in the observation room, staring at the picture of Crystal Gems with Ruby and Sapphire, smiling brightly as they are in hug each other.
He heard how the doors slide open. He turned around and saw Yellow, Blue and Crystal Pearl entered the room.
Pearl was healed very quickly by Dark Pearl with Steven's help. Her leg is now fixed and handles pretty well. "I brought you to eat something" Pearl lays the plate on the table...it a cake.
"We baked it for you" Blue Pearl whispers
"Yeah," Yellow Pearl says in normal tone, she is too tired to snarl at someone today
"I'm not hungry" Steven whispers, not caring for food right now
Pearl exhales before looking at Blue and Yellow "Please, leave."
Yellow Pearl tried to object but Blue Pearl gripped her arm and shook it, showing she needs to leave them alone.
Yellow groans in annoyance but did listen to Pearl. She with Blue Pearl left the room.
Pearl then sat near him. She grabbed his hand and covered with her another hand to keep his gloved hands in warm.
Steven looked at her "Thank you" He again lowered his eyes to stare at the picture, remembering all the moments they had with Garnet and Ruby with Sapphire.
"Rose experienced a lot of her friend's death" Pearl whispers
Steven stands up "…I know, Pearl.." He comes closer to the window, to watch the Noveria's sunset.
(If possible, find Star Wars: Episode IV –Binary Sunset theme…this one is my favorite theme of the force")
Pearl joined the scenery too. She laid her head on his shoulder, hugging him "We all will miss her…"
"We do.." He whispers, watching the sunset with Pearl.
The Sun then disappeared from the sight and once again, the darkness fell on Noveria again…
The End…?
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