Characters created by: Rebecca Sugar
Plot for Chapters 1-3 by: KimDWil71
Chapter 1: Wanted Peridot
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Ruins Of Berlin, Germany-July 4
Walking through the ruins of Berlin, a furious Yellow Diamond, her Pearl, and several high-ranking Gems. Yellow Diamond, in her fit of rage, kicked rubble around.
"How? How could this happen? My whole army, decimated…"
She looked to the ruined capitol building.
"We must find a way to get off this planet, or at least get the rest of Homeworld here and finish this…"
Meanwhile In Area 51…
Crowds of civilians were singing in celebration over the victory against Yellow Diamond's army.
"We are the champions, my friends!" sung the crowd in unison, "And we'll keep on fightin' 'till the end! We are the champions! We are the champions!"
Nearby, Steven, Connie, the Gems, the Maheswarans, and Greg all sat in a circle, as Peridot, in her cable repair coat, was telling them about her and Air Force Captain Joshua Madison's journey to the Yellow Diamond Mothership.
"So, we launched that nuke at Commander Emerald! We were let loose from the tractor beam! We were free! Now, we high-tailed it out of there, while being chased by two Gem fighters! When we neared the giant exit-way, it slowly began to close! We went full speed! It was closing on us! Closing! Then, WE WERE OUT! And those two other Gem fighters didn't make it through! There were only ten seconds left on the timer."
Peridot began stomping after each second.
"Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Kablowie! Swish! Here comes the shockwave! We were rocked around! We lost control! But! I was determined to get us back home alive! And wouldn't you know it, we did! And as you saw, we walked smugly from the smoking fighter unscathed! And THAT'S how we destroyed the Mothership!"
The group clapped. Then, Greg spoke.
"I wonder where Josh is."
Peridot laughed.
"Don't you know? He's one of the many people being awarded a crap ton of medals! Like how I got!"
She showed them her dozen medals clipped onto her cable repair coat, one of them being the Air Force Medal of Honor, one of the highest medals in the U.S. Military.
"It's funny." she said, "These medals are for Military personnel, but I'm not even in the military!"
Steven smiled.
"I think we all deserve a medal for staying determined."
Just then, President Eisenstein, still wearing his fighter pilot uniform, walked up.
"Now that the awarding is done, I've got something to ask all of you."
They all looked to him.
"I'd like you all to come with me to Empire City to find survivors."
Steven stood up and smiled.
"Totally! We Crystal Gems always help people in need!"
Priyanka and Doug Maheswaran looked to each other.
"Well alright." said President Eisenstein, "We leave as soon as I change back into my suit."
He then walked off.
Meanwhile In The Forests Outside Berlin…
Walking through the forests outside of Berlin, Yellow Diamond and her group were wandering around. Yellow Diamond, being as tall as she is, pushed back trees and leaves as she walked.
Soon enough, one of her high command spoke.
"Hey! I found something!"
Yellow Diamond crouched down, and everyone else gathered around the Gem. They found an abandoned warp pad, with a plaque that read in both German and English.
"Hier liegt eine mysteriöse Plattform unbekannter Herkunft. Es ist nicht bekannt, wer es geschafft hat oder warum es hier ist…
Here lies a mysterious platform of unknown origin. It is not known who made it or why it's here…"
Yellow Diamond smiled.
"Ah! How convenient! We should see where this warp can take us!"
Yellow Diamond looked to her Pearl.
"Me and Pearl will go first."
Yellow Diamond cleared the area of any trees and stepped onto the warp pad, followed by Yellow Pearl. Then, they warped.
Yellow Diamond and her Pearl had warped to the Galaxy Warp. Yellow Diamond walked off the warp pad.
"The Galaxy Warp."
She noted every single one was broken and cracked.
"All inactive. Well, that's to be expected."
Then, four of the Gem high command warped in. They stepped off the pad and saw the broken warps.
"*Gasp*! They're all inactive!" said one Gem.
Yellow Diamond looked down at her.
"Of course. What do you expect?"
Then, the last four Gem high command warped in.
"Oh my stars!" said one, "They're all down!"
"Alright, we get it!" exclaimed Yellow Diamond, "Yes, they're all down! But that's alright… It's only delaying our objective. We'll find a way."
She went back up to the warp pad.
"Come on. We'll see where this warp can take us now."
She warped away. Yellow Pearl followed, then some of the other high command. They stepped on the warp pad and warped away.
They now found themselves in the middle of a vast desert. Yellow Diamond could be seen in front of the warp pad, looking at the vastness.
"Very desolate…"
She noted hundreds of large pieces all around her. She walked over to one, the size of Yellow Pearl, and picked it up. She noted its familiar look.
"Very familiar… I think it's Gem… It…"
Her eyes widened.
"It must be from our mothership… What's left of it, that is…"
Then, in the distance, a large flaming piece of the mothership, as big as Yellow Diamond, was falling. It hit the sandy ground hard, causing a large column of sand to shoot up, and a large bang. Yellow Diamond stared at the impact sight.
"Well, that confirms it…"
Another piece, as small as a rock, at high speeds, hit the ground near her foot. She looked back at the piece in her hand. She turned to the others.
"Marshal Onyx!"
A grey Gem stepped up. She had long black hair that ran down her back, grey skin, grey iris, grey Homeworld uniform, black on the collar, with Yellow Diamond symbol, a long black cape on her back, grey limb enhancer arms, with grey fingers, and black on the tip of the arms before the fingers, grey limb enhancer legs, the feet black, and a black round gemstone on her forehead. She gave the Diamond salute.
"Yes, My Diamond?"
"As commander of the Peridot technician corps, I'm sure you can use these parts to construct a new base of operations for us."
"Yes, My Diamond." she said.
"Good." said Yellow Diamond, "You will help build the new base with me and Pearl. And as for the rest of you, split up into two groups, and find the one who made our shields go down and destroy our mothership. I suspect it as being a Peridot, particularly the one that betrayed me a while back. No human could ever be able to get past our shields with their technology."
One of the Gems, a Carnelian, spoke.
"But how are we gonna find this Peridot on this big planet, when we don't have scanners, or recon, and just us?"
Yellow Diamond sighed.
"I just want that Peridot so I can shatter her, so go look for her!"
The Carnelian stepped back in fear. A hand rested on her shoulder. It was a Jasper, the commander of Yellow Diamond's Quartz soldiers. Her gemstone was placed on her chest.
"I'll come with you."
Then, an Amethyst stepped up too. Her gem was placed on her left shoulder.
"As Marshal Jasper's second in command, I'll come along too."
Yellow Diamond pointed to the last four.
"So that leaves Marshals Ruby, Aragonite, Bloodstone, and Labradorite."
The four Gems made a line. The Ruby, who commanded all Rubies in Yellow Diamond's army, was unlike most other Rubies. With her gemstone on her forehead, she was a special Ruby, who was smart and cunning, a competent commander.
"You all may go." said Yellow Diamond, "And good luck."
The first group, the Carnelian, Jasper, and Amethyst, stepped onto the warp pad. They immediately warped away.
They now found themselves in a cave, which connected to the supposed front entrance to a house. The place seemed abandoned.
Little did they know, this was the headquarters of the Crystal Gems.
