Takes place during the end of season 1,only this time Steven makes it back to Lapis. Do they make it out in time? Will Lapis end up living with the gems? Will this be a generic story we've read a thousand times? (although we all know we love em) Yes. Yes. And hopefully not. Expect some twists and turns as our favorite water Gem explores her new freedom. Lapis x Oc some other pairings too. Rated M just because possible future chapters.
The first chapter and part of the second will replay some of the actual episodes but rest assure, aside from these chapters the remaining story will be 100% original! 80% at the very least. 3
Upon opening her eyes, Lapis Lazuli found she sat on the ground of her jail cell. Unable and unwilling to escape due to the force field and the lack of a home to escape to. No family to go to. She was alone. What was worst about all of this was that she was once again a prisoner. Just when the blue gem had a glimpse of what it was like to be free again, she's thrown back into containment by her own kind.
'Speak of the devils.' Lapis thought, as her captors neared her. She continued to sulk not looking up from the ground, listening to the two gems bicker over unneeded escorting and Stevens. 'Stevens. Steven! What have I done? This is all my fault...' Steven was a good kid. He saved Lapis from the mirror. He healed her gem. The boy didn't deserve what was coming to them.
The navigator and the guard's foot steps could be heard clanking and stomping closer and closer to the prisoner and stop in front of the cell. Four of the green one's fingers detach, or perhaps they never were attached in the first place, and form into loose square to project a panel showing various codes and symbols. After a few touches with the remaining fifth 'finger', the yellow wall separating Lapis from the two vanishes and a large meaty fist is wrapped around Lapis's bicep. Pulling the smaller one down the long curved hallway of the space craft until the trio reach an open room with nothing but a circle on the floor in the center, to which the three proceed to stand inside of.
"Open the door already! The faster we finish this pointless mission, the faster I get back to real work back on homeworld." the stronger of the three ordered.
The half robotic one expressed an annoyed look and pulled up the floating panel once again. "Don't you think I'm doing that? And I'm telling you, there's something weird about these gems. I wouldn't request for an escort if I didn't think it was necessary. Just you wait and see I was right all along."
After a few more taps and a slide across the holographic tablet, the floor underneath them begins to form around them. Sliding up from the floor and connecting from all sides above them forming a giant bubble. The bubble easily levitates all of them up and through the ceiling and to the outside of the ship. It rolls to the tip of the ship's finger, keeping the passengers inside balanced and unharmed by the movement. The transporter stops once arrived, cracks open from the top and unfolds into itself. It disappears releasing the occupants onto the ships forefinger which lowers them down to the beach shore.
Peridot was the first to approach the edge, "That's them alright. They're the one's who keep breaking my machines!" she turns around pointing towards the ground in front of them.
The escort calmly walks to where the green gem is and looks at the 'threat'. She scoffs, "Pfft. This is it?"
Slightly offended by the ignorant remark, "Jasper! They keep interfering with my work!" she says stubbornly. Eliciting a sigh from the brute who is now scowling down at the group below them.
"Looks like another waste of my time." she turns to grab hold of Lapis, who has up until now not moved from where the bubble had left them, and pulls her up next to her. "Hey, get over here."
Lapis yanks her arm out of Jasper's grip, glaring at her with challenging eyes. Her eyes are steered toward the beach and spots Steven. He sees her and she knows she has betrayed the closest thing she has to a 'friend'.
Jasper points to the temple, "This is their base?"
Lapis replied with a simple hushed, "Yes." Eyes now cast down to no where in particular. Just anywhere that wasn't the boys face, too ashamed to meet his gaze.
Down on the shore in front of the giant hand, everyone was in shock of the new sight and new strangers. Garnet was the first to take action causing the others to snap out of the fear induced trance. "You need to leave immediately!" she says loud yet steady.
Amethyst jumps in, "Yeah! Step off!"
Pearl tries to steer the intruders away with a quick and weary, "This is not a gem controlled planet!" fear clearly coating her voice.
The crystal gems all stood in their own battle stances wearing their weapons in the case of an attack. The intruders jump from the ship onto the wet sand in front of the others.
The bulky gem begins, "Neither of you saw Rose Quartz?" she says speaking to both Peridot and Lapis. "Oh, what a shame." a sarcastic remark. "I hoped to meet her. I was looking forward to beating her into the ground!" the last part made Steven uneasy. "But this is all that is left of her army." She looks to Pearl, "A lost defective pearl," to Amethyst, "a puny over cooked runt," Garnet "and this shameless display?" and finally landing on the human boy, or so she thought. "hmm..What is that?" Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl all tense and get a little closer in front of him.
Peridot answers the question right after. "It calls itself 'Steven'."
"He's just a human!" Lapis shouts, "He's not a threat at all. H-he's not one of them."
Jasper blows off the explanation, "I know what a human is. You don't need me for this." she turns back to the ship and waves back dismissively. "Just blast them with the ship."
"Fine." Obviously annoyed with the lack of concern, Peridot pulls up the control panel once again to enter more codes lifting the ship to have it pointing down at the team in front of them. Typing in a password and tracing a perfect circle on the screen and tapping the center activates the canon to charge up the attack. After a short moment of charging, the one in control of the ship speaks the magic words, "Fire it." releasing the blast directly at the four.
The perfectly aligned shot makes contact. But from the sound of the impact it didn't sound successful. It wasn't the sound of poofing or shattering from broken gems. There were no screams. There was no broken piece of land anywhere around the beach. The low gong of the shot being stopped was the only sound to be heard.
That's when Jasper glanced behind herself to be faced with the symbol shes so familiar with. "You. You have the power of Rose Quartz!"
Taking the opportunity to be right, Peridot looks to Jasper, "Now do you believe I needed an escort?!"
Said escort commanded, "Fire a barrage! Widespread!"
The small gem swiped a barely straight line across her personal tablet causing a stream of energy to flow out of the canon and crash into the beach, splitting up the small group. Steven went diving forward toward the invaders. Jasper walks up to him followed by Lapis. "Rose, why do you look like that? Why are you so weak?"
Lapis catches up to the two shortly after. "Don't hurt him!" she asks more than tells the large woman.
"You knew about this!"
"It wasn't relevant to the mission."
"Forget about the mission!"
This catches a certain space dorito's attention. "What?!"
"Yellow Diamond needs to see this...thing."
Suddenly from behind the subject of the conversation comes a wave of water and sand as Garnet jumps up and dashes in front of the small boy to initiate a head on fight. That is until she is was hit with the destabilizer. Not only was the fusion undone, but both halves had to retreat back into their own gems. The sheer look of disbelief plastered on Steven's face never left as the other continued speaking. Pointing out the loss of their temple. Mentioning his mother as though she was right in front of her. As if he was her. And in the blink of an eye, Steven was unconscious due to a fierce headbutt.
Pearl and Amethyst we're already rushing for the two and having their attention at an unconscious Steven, they forgot about the technical gem who quickly swiped the purple gem with her own destabilizing wand leaving the tall and thin one to be the last of her team standing. That is until she looked back at her friend's defeat leaving her wide open for an attack that hit its mark.
"These are the ancient 'Crystal Gems'? Ha! That was almost too easy. Lock them up and we'll head back to Yellow Diamond. I'm tired of this primitive rock already."
Following directions, Peridot once again used her pad to bubble each gem sending them directly to each of their containment centers.
Lapis on the other hand was less than compliant and stood glued to the sand until dragged forcefully to the ship all the way back to her holding cell and thrown inside like a rag.
She felt the ship begin to take off again. The slight rattling of leaving the atmosphere did little to sooth the blue girl. She didn't have windows near by but she new they were already well away from the Earth again. And soon they would be back at homeworld. The new modern homeworld. Everything is so different. The technology, the culture, it's as if its a different world all together.
Feeling the weight of her betrayal and helplessness settle down on her, Lapis Lazuli sat in the middle of her cell curled up in a ball with her head tucked into her knees wishing she could disappear. But she knew better than that. Homeworld wouldn't let her go when they returned. All she could do was be compliant and hope this 'Yellow Diamond' will go easy on her.
There you have it, chapter 1! I haven't written any stories in a few years so I hope this wasn't too bad. You all can expect at least 1 new chapter a week although I'll aim to update twice a week if I have the time. Let me know what you guys think, suggestions, comments, concerns are all welcome~