Out of all the places in this base I hated the conference room the most, a dark room which seemed to have no end with three large monitor screens set in a semi-circle overlooking the large table in the middle of it. I keep to the shadows to stay out of sight like I was told to by my superiors.
Soon six people came into the room, all of them dressed in formal suits and dresses, when they all took theirs seats in the room came Doctor Anastasia Kharkov. She had long blond hair and eyes like ice, cold and unsettling, she wore a combination of a science lab coat and military uniform, including military boots. That woman scares me and I know I am not the only one, her experiments on gem mutants are well known through the organization.
"My friends, I am grateful to see so many familiar faces here today" she spoke in a very strong Scandinavian accent "Most of you probably know why you were invited here, but for those who are not. We are here to settle this Crystal Gem business once and for all." there were some mumbles among the people at the desk until a man rose up.
"I do not wish to be rude Miss Kharkov, but shouldn't these matters be discussed in the presence of the elder Mister Jones." He spoke in a very strong British accent "His family has been leading the Pendragon(1) organization since its foundation and I do believe he must be here to legitimize our votes today.", some members followed this with a nod of approval and looked at the doctor waiting for an answer.
"Unfortunately Mister Jones health issues have prevented him from attending this meeting, so he has chosen me to represent him today.".
The members went quiet allowing her to continue " My friends our worst nightmare has just been made into reality, a Gem warship crashes in Beach City, its survivors a Jasper, Peridot and a Lapis have been tracked down. Unfortunately Lapis and Peridot are Beach City with the Crystal gems, while as I am informed two of our teams have tracked down and are closing in on Jasper's location." she stopped and looked at me her cold eyes pierced right through my helmet, she signaled me to come forward.
I walk towards the group and stood next to her "What is the meaning of this?" a old woman with a Russian accent calls out "Who is this man and why is he here? None is allowed in this room during the council meeting." she was outraged.
"This man next to me is here to give you information he personally overheard the Crystal gems, which is clearly in violation of our agreement with Rose quartz.". Before I had a chance of speaking the Englishman rises up again.
"It is a well known fact of the dislike towards the gems by you and your followers." he says now looking at the other council members, before turning his eyes towards me "This man is a member of the "Evolve"(2) project, we all know those people are firmly in your grasp and are nothing more than your personal thugs. So why should we believe in anything this man has to say.".
After a short moment of silence Dr. Kharkov finally answered "Of course I don't expect you to take his word for it, even I wouldn't do that without some evidence." she turned her gaze to me, I step forward "Council members I have piece of undisputed evidence that shows that the Crystal gems have broken the pact you made with Rose Quartz. These footage's were captured by our hidden cameras, the last one by one of our operatives".
With that said Dr. Kharkov turns on the monitors on one of them overseeing the computer chamber in the Kindergarden, one inside the Crystal gems house and the third one overseeing the barn. The first monitors plays and on it are seen Peridot and Steven talking about the Cluster, the council members carefully listen to the first recording.
"Well...I don't understand..." one of the council members mumbles, he is interrupted by the beginning of the second recording which shows Peridot explaining the Cluster and its purpose to the Crystal gems. Some of the council members began whispering among themselves, Dr. Kharkov looks over this with a small smirk, she has them right where she wants them.
The third one shows them building the drill on the barn, the video is stopped before it is finished by Dr. Kharkov. She didn't say anything she wanted to see the reaction of the council members "So all those strong quakes were the product of a Homeworld super weapon?" on of the council members said with a very shocked tone.
"Yes Mr. Takinawa" said "The Crystal gems knew that this weapon could destroy Earth and did not feel the need to inform anyone about this. I for one would like to know that I am walking on a weapon that can destroy an entire planet and I sure wouldn't try to fix it with farming tools!" Now she wanted to hit them when they were filled with emotions.
There was a short silence before the Englishman stood up once more "I know you and I don't see eye to eye on many things" he spoke not taking his eyes off the doctor "As much as I hate to admit it, the Crystal gems have crossed the line. Harboring Homeworld gems, destroying valuable Homeworld technology or keeping it for themselves and now this." he was angry, outraged and the other members listened to him.
"I say that for too long we stood in the shadows and allowed the Crystal gems to walk all over us so they treat us like children.", after him rose the old Russian woman "I agree, this is our planet and I am sick of following their rules, I refuse to rely on three gems to keep this planet safe from Homeworld.".
"What can we do against them?" Mr. Takinawa said trying to calm his fellow council members "Are we truly ready to face Homeworld and the Crystal gems?" with that asked all eyes turned to Dr. Kharkov.
Through a smile she turned and faced the council members "As you can see this man wears our new and improved Sv-100Mark 2 armor(3) which is being distributed to our operatives as we speak. I am also very pleased to say with this armor and our anti-gem weapons and vehicles we are given a fighting chance against the gems.".
The council started whispering among themselves trying to reach the decision.
"Well then Miss Anastasia, I and the other members of the Pendragon council give you the authority and our blessing to make contact with the Crystal gems." Mr. Takinawa said looking at us "Remember doctor you are to contact them not engage them in combat, we still need them to help us fight Homeworld. Now that the decision has been made I believe the council is dismissed, we look forward in hearing of your progress.".
The council members stood up one by one shook hands with Dr. Kharkov and then left the room, some still whispering among themselves.
There was a brief silence when they all left the room.
"Have you truly found her?". the doctor broke the silence looking at the monitor screen with a picture of Jasper.
"Yes, Alpha and Delta teams are closing in on her position. Its only a matter of time before we get her."
She seemed very satisfied with this "Good, get Bravo team and head towards Beach city outpost, you know what to do. Lets just hope the old man doesn't get in the way."
"I won't fail you Ma'am."
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Steven Universe or any of its characters or anything created by the Steven universe team. I only own the original characters (villains, some random guys etc...), I enjoy human involvement stories, cause in the show humans are being left out and excluded. I also wish to create a kind of a story that doesn't necessarily make humans the good guys or being very friendly towards the gems. I want to see a story where not all humans are honorable and very quick to trust an outsider.
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(1)- Once an open to the public organization created by a wealthy and very influential English family that wanted to study gem technology, soon the organization numbers grew as more countries wanted to use gem technology . After WW1 the organization suffered a tremendous loss in manpower and member nations leaving. They were also hit hard when Rose Quartz forbade humans from using or studying gem technology after seeing the horror and destruction humans caused during WW1. Now they are a more secretive and a shadow of their former self, but are making quick progress in restoring their lost power, although their methods can be questionable.
(2)- It is a project made by Doctor Anastasia Kharkov to improve humans so they can last longer on a battlefield, not many survive the procedure and some that do lose their sanity or have serious health issues later. None knows what she and her team do to these people, the council made many complaints to Mister Jones, but they were all ignored and the experiments continue whether the chosen operative wants it or not.
(3)- Think interstellar marines with a small red dragon insignia.