When humanity strikes back
The Detection.
Its been almost 7 years since the Crystal Gems demolished the cluster, and now it was 27th of April 2023 and it was raining in the Beach City. Later that day everyone was in the beach house...Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst, Steven, Peridot, Lapis Lazuli, Connie and Greg. They were having good time until there was a knock on the door. Three men in black asked if this is the residence of the Crystal Gems as now there was 7 of them and ofcourse those who were cured of corrution, but they remained mostly in their gem and inert because the restoration process drained alot of their energy. Most of the corrupted gems were healed with Earth`s „primitive" technology. They had made a machine that was able to extract the corruption or when the scientists took a closer look they found out that it was some kind of exotic matter that can alter the physical form of a mineral or gem.
When Steven opened the door he stood there and answered them that this place is indeed the residence of the Crystal Gems.
„The President of the USA has asked you to come to the briefing with him and the other leaders of the world" said the one in the middle.
Steven stood there not knowing what to say, but Pearl and Garnet alreay knew why they had come since Garnet has future vision. Others really didnt know what to think of it and for Peridot and Lapis this was all new. They went outside and walked to the car road and sat inside the human vehicles. They were driving almost an hour before they parked in an anbandoned hangar, ofcourse it looked abandoned but actually there was a bunker entrance. They went down the stairs and then they went into an elevator and they went down almost 100 meters until they reached the end.
„ATTENTION!" and everyone saluted the crystal gems, even the general and the military scientists who were there discussing about the new experimental weapon they were developing.
„It is really good to see you crystal gems, im Gen. O`neill from the USAF high command."
„We have abit of a situation here." and he asked the gems to come forward and look at the images of an odd probe. Peridot immediatly recognized the drone.
„Its a marble drone, probably sent to scout where the crystal gems live and what kind of protection we have against the Homeworld." and she started to pace around nervously as she might know why the probe is being sent.
„This probe will arrive approximately in 15h northern america time." and then the general moved to another table that had a glass attached vertically and it represented the solar system of this planet and outer systems that were marked on the map.
„We belive it came from the Gemino system and it has been travelling for about a month or so." and the general looked at the crystal gems.
„What is this thing made of and how do we destroy it?"
„Its made of geramic material that is fairly strong and it can absorb heat so it could enter the atmosphere unharmed." told Peridot to the general and the scientists came closer to hear what the little green gem was saying. For Lapis Lazuli this was all forgein to her as she never had seen any good human technology and ofcourse she didnt really care until now. She felt like she was on homeworld again...all those new kindergardens and the constant planning of new conquests and ofcourse all those soliders who constantly roamed the area being ready to act any second.
„We have some experimental weapons that are capable of destroying the probe when it reaches earth`s orbit." said the general and called the scientists to explain what the weapon was all about. After 5 minutes of explanation to the gems they got to know that this human weapon is a simple missle capable of reaching into earth`s outer orbit. Gen. O`neill ordered one of the F-15-s battleready with 2 of those missles carried under its fuselage.