A fistful of gems
I OWN AND REGRET NOTHING!
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ZAP!
Another successful mission for the crystal gems! Shouted the energetic Steven as he bounced off the warp pad excitedly.
The other crystal gems merely groaned as they staggered off the pad. Three days...three days it took them to complete that mission! They were so exhausted!
Steven turned to them "Hey! Do you think the "spring festival is still going on?! We should go see!
Pearl frowned, she used to have a reluctance to participate in any human culture...but lately she'd been doing so to make Steven happy...and some of it was actually pretty fun!...besides hadn't they all earned a break?
Pearl nodded. "Okay, why not? We'll go...as long as I don't have to eat anything. She said pointedly.
Woo-who! Shouted Steven. "Hey, maybe the paintball assassin game hasn't started yet! We could enter!"
Pearl shook her head. "No Steven, I think we've had our fair share of fighting for awhile"...
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"It looks like you spoke too soon." Said Garnet flatly.
All the gems just stood their speechless...beach city was in ruins!...and covered in paint?
"Wow! It looks like a war happened here!" Commented Amethyst.
Pearl looked at her scanners concerned. "It doesn't make sense...if any non-human threat came here the sensors in our house would have immediately picked it up and sent us a warning!"
"Guys! There's someone here! He's hurt!" Shouted a concerned Steven.
The gems cleared the debris to find an injured guy riddled with paint named garret.
"What happened here Garret!?" Exclaimed Steven.
"T-the paint ball g-game had s-started...T-then Pistol patty announced the prize! The prize! We turned on each other like-like animals!"
"Wait, wait all this destruction was caused...by paintball?...How?...Why?" Asked a confused Pearl.
"Yeah, and what was the prize?" Asked a curious Amethyst.
WAS!? Exclaimed Garret. "This is not over! This is still happening! Right now!"
SPLAT!
The Gems jumped back in surprise as garret got hit again...and gaped in horror as he was electrocuted. Wha-?
Suddenly they saw an elderly man named Lenard running toward them and shooting! "Protect Steven!" Shouted Garnet suddenly. They grabbed him an ran!
"Sir! Please! Were not playing!" Shouted Pearl back at the man. "Everyone's playing!" The man snapped back.
SPLAT!
Suddenly the man was pelted 3 times and fell unconscious from the electric discharge. The gems looked at the source. And saw a strange teenager standing on the roof.
"Come with me if you don't want paint on your clothes...or electrocuted"...
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TO BE CONTINUED?
Also don't forget to give a shout out to my mom's birthday story on my page!
AN: I know it says "in-progress" but really I just don't like boxing myself into a corner. For now this is more of a one-shot that I might continue one day...but probably won't.
But, hey. Feel free to use whatever elements you want from this, if you want! Or maybe give me ideas?
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