The green skinned gem stood on the scaffolding, hammer and chisel in hand, chipping away at the stone with a steady rhythm. After a while she stopped and took a step back to inspect her work, quite pleased with the way the murals that were scrawled across the dome shaped ceiling had come out. Once she finished looking over her work she climbed down the scaffolding. She walked over to a white skinned gem who had been quietly standing there the entire time she had been working.
"Achroite, will you go inform Watermelon Tourmaline that I have finished the murals." The green one ordered.
"I'll get right on it Verdelite." Achroite responded, giving a slight bow. She exited the Pyramid Temple and stepped onto the warp pad.
She was warped to the center of the Sigma Kindergarten and Tourmaline Headquarters, which specialized in creating and managing tourmaline soldiers. Achroite hurriedly made her way towards Watermelon Tourmaline's temple, which was located in the center of the Kindergarten. She weaved through the congregation of tourmalines that were scattered around the courtyard in front of the temple. In her haste she accidently bumped into a Indicolite with enough force to knock herself down. Indicolites were one of the highest ranking tourmalines, just under Watermelon Tourmalines, while Achroites were the lowest ranking tourmaline. When she bumped into the Indicolite everyone around them stopped their chatter and looked at them, their faces said it all, they were wondering what was about to happen. The Indicolite turned around and looked down at Achroite with disgust. They materialized their battle axe and, as Achroite threw her hands up in a vain attempt to shield herself, brought it crashing down. The axe cleaved right through Achroite's gem, poofing her body in the process, and sunk into the ground.
-Meanwhile-
Verdelite walked around the inside of the Temple's main room, inspecting her work one last time. The longer she was in there the stronger the feeling grew that something was off. "Achroite shouldn't be taking so long, I might need to check on her to see if everything's okay" She thought to herself. Out of concern, Verdelite left the temple and stepped onto the warp pad, she was warped to the Sigma Kindergarten. When she got there most of the gems had gathered around and were watching something going on near the center of the court. She managed to get close enough to see what was going on through the wall of gems. She heard the weak whimper Achroite let slip as she realized her fate, saw the look of fear on her face as she was cleaved in two. As she processed what she had seen she felt a sensation of gut wrenching, sickening grief and . She shoved the gems in front of her out of the way while materializing her weapon, a beautifully green colored, clever styled long sword .
"You took... what was... mine." Verdelite growled, grasping the long sword with both hands she made a wide sweeping swing.
"What do you care? It was just an Achroite, absolutely worthless. It was so clumsy it bumped into me, something that inept doesn't deserve to live" The Indicolite replied, effortlessly parrying the attack with its axe.
"You... didn't know HER!" Verdelite roared, as the Indicolite continued to brush aside Verdelite's flurry of attacks.
"You can't beat me, I'm a first class warrior and your just a weak little historian." The Indicolite taunted.
"Mine... mine... mine, you had NO RIGHT TO SHATTER HER!" Verdelite roared again, the injectors that dotted the landscape started to creak and groan. The crowd started to get worried and began to dispel.
"I said you can't beat ME!" The Indicolite grunted as they took a hard swing at Verdelite, who attempted to block it. The axe hit with so much force it shattered Verdelite's sword and threw her against the canyon wall.
"Mine... she was mine... she was the only thing I had." Verdelite mumbled with a dazed expression, the having stunned her. The injectors started to violently shudder and come crashing down, the little crowd that was left fleeing.
"Whats happening?" The Indicolite glanced around, confused. The crystalline parts of the injectors were being ripped from the wreckage.
"Now I have nothing... but the loneliness again..." Verdelite stated as tears rolled down her cheeks, she ran her hands through her dark green hair. The crystalline shards began to launch themselves at the Indicolite's general direction, a few even grazing them.
"Are you doing this?" The Indicolite interrogated, she grabbed Verdelite's right hand and lifted her off the ground, threatening to crush her gem.
"... BECAUSE OF YOU!" Verdelite screamed, tears rolling down even harder. The shards started to fly around even fiercer, lodging themselves in the Indicolite's back. The Indicolite dropped Verdelite and staggered back.
"Damn yo-" The Indicolite was cut short when a large shard pierced their chest, poofing them. Verdelite slowly clambered back up to her feet and walked over to the Indicolite's gem, her crying had not ceased. She materialized another sword and lightly placed the tip on the gemstone.
"You delivered Achroite to the cold embrace of death, so let me do the same for you!" She cried as she pressed the blade into the gemstone, cracks forming and running across its surface, then with a shove it shattered.
Verdelite dematerialized the blade and staggered over to Achroite's shards. She picked them up and trudged over to the warp pad, and with an eruption of light vanished.