Enraged
By: Adazula
Story description: Howlite has been nothing more than what people perceived her to be. A monster. An abomination. But when she is found by the last people she wanted to be found by, they find that there might be more to her than what they see. Sequel/Spin off from Trapped.
Keystone is not a state known for the good weather or really much of anything else, but it is a good place to disappear in. That's what Howlite has learned about this place and has come to like about it.
She sits in a dimly lighted empty bar. Waiting for her order of her usual. A good hard shot of whiskey.
" Here kid." The bartender slides the order to her.
She doesn't acknowledge him as she downs the shot in one swallow.
" You know. You can take off that hood of yours. Makes you look like a thug that's going to rob me." The bartender says.
" But you know I'm not gonna rob you." She responds.
" Still. After seeing you here for all this time, I have never seen you without that hoodie. In fact, you always come here whenever this place is practically empty. Why's that?" He says.
" I prefer to be alone." She says. " I need another shot."
" You already had five."
" I need another shot. I can pay and it's not like I can get drunk that easily anyway." She says.
" Fine." The bartender shrugs going into the back to get more whiskey. Leaving the woman alone in bar to her thoughts.
She hates the mention of her hoodie. It's not like she has much of choice. She has her secrets and one of them is one the side of her neck. Others she doesn't want to talk about even if people were able to understand.
" Here." The bartender says handing her drink. " But this your last one."
" Fine." She says downing the drink once more before she pulls out cash to pay for her latest stay.
" See you back here." The bartender says as she heads out the door and walks on the side of the road. Her destination: Wherever.
She never has had a place she could truly call home. She just has her spots and spends her time walking. Her resting spot was in a forest. Her spot where she begs for money to get more alcohol is on the corner of some streets at a local town.
People often find her as some creep. In a way, she could understand. Her clothes were baggy on her teenage like frame and they don't really see her face. Her behavior is beyond hostile. You'd be sorry if you ever mess with her.
She turns off the roadside and into the forest. It's going to daytime pretty soon and she wants to be out of the sunlight's path at all costs.
She sees the cave where she usually rests in sight and thinks nothing more as she heads towards it. Until she hears something off.
She turns her head towards the sound and it sounds like snarling. Like a hungry bear, but not like a bear at all.
She reaches her hand towards her neck when suddenly a spear shoots pass her.
" Ah!" She jumps in response. She ducks behind a tree immediately before a person jumps out in the open. A Pearl. Not just any Pearl. The pearl who is a part of the Crystal gems from the Great War a long time ago.
" No freakin way." She glares at the Pearl.
Not too long after, The Pearl is followed by what she remembers as The Fusion, an Amethyst, and also a young boy. She doesn't know the Amethyst though and the boy is mystery as well. Either way, they are many things but friends isn't one of them. Neither is enemies though. Her enemies lie somewhere else. She just wants nothing to do with them.
" Amethyst!" The fusion barks an order.
" Got it." The amethyst snaps her whip in a bush and with her might pulls at a huge gem monster. It has thorns everywhere on its body and has a body shape like some kind of lizard.
The gem monster screeches as it suddenness turns invisible.
" Huh?" The amethyst says before she is suddenly thrown far into the sky. " Ahhhhhhhhh!…" Her yells disappears.
" This is a death trap!" Pearl yells. " It keeps disappearing on us!"
Howlite rolls her eyes in amusement. The monster isn't invisible. It's camouflaging itself into the environment like a chameleon. How much more stupid can they get?
She surveys the area from her location. The monster has to rely on light as part of hiding from the gems. If the shadow location were to suddenly change…
She then hesitates. Is it really a good idea? She shakes the idea from her head and holds out her hand. She feels her power surge from her hand as she feels the shadows move.
" Uh… Garnet?" The boy notices the shadows. The gems however are focused on one thing.
" There it is!" The fusion shouts as she summons her gauntlets and lunges at the surprised monster. Within seconds, the monster's form is destroyed and it's gem bubbled.
" So it wasn't invisible. It was camouflaging." The Pearl says. " Good timing that moonlight suddenly shined over the monster."
" It wasn't the moonlight. It was the shadows. I saw them move." The boy says.
" Shadows?" The Pearl says in confusion. " Shadows don't move Steven. Unless there was a Howlite gem near by. Which there is not since the only one besides us is another Pearl and a Peridot. At least until we find Peridot."
" How come Raina didn't come on this mission?" Steven asks.
" I think she still feels guilty for almost killing us during that last Peridot encounter." Pearl says.
" What did she do?" Howlite wonders in curiousity. She listens in more on the Pearl.
" I'll talk to her when she's a little less moody. Right now let's find Amethyst before the sun rises so you can head back to bed."
" I better sneak out before any of them see me." Howlite thinks backing away from the tree she was hiding behind when she hears something unexpected.
" Hold on." The fusion says. " Steven might be right. The shadows are moving. I sense a Howlite gem nearby."
" What?" Pearl says.
" Oh no." Howlite says before she starts to see the sun about to come. " Oh no…."
Normally she would try to find a way to sneak but time is not on her side. She makes the only choice she has regardless if they see her or not. She makes a run for it.
" Hey!" She hears the fusion yells. " Who are you?!"
" No one!" She says before she summons a shadow and uses it to make herself disappear.
She keeps running. Location: Somewhere dark like another cave. But she has to lose these gems first.
She trips on a root and rolls down steep hill at top speed. If she were a human, she would have easily broken her bones. Luckily she is able to get up and continue running.
A spear nearly hits her.
" Ah!" She yelps as she dodge more spears. She looks up and sees Pearl on top of the hill. Pulling out spears from her gem to throw at her.
She looks behind only to see the fusion lunge at her. It was a second later that she takes her down and pins her to the ground.
" Let me go!" Howlite says aggressively as she struggles with all of her might. But the fusion has her pinned down good. " I didn't do anything!"
" You've certainly have captured our attention though. Why did Homeworld send you here?!" The fusion demands.
" Why would Homeworld send me?! I've been here since the war! They left me here since I was deemed defective!" Howlite shouts.
" Give me one reason why I should believe you." The fusion says when she summons one of her gauntlets. Ready to destroy her form. It was then the sunrises and hits Howlite's eyes.
" AHHHHHHH!….. AHHHHHHH!….." Howlite screams in pain and bangs her head violently. It hurts! It hurts so bad!
Garnet shakened by the scream loosens her grip before Howlite throws her off. She was summons her gauntlets again and was about to destroy the gem's form before she notices that the gem isn't trying to escape. She is still on the ground. Covering her eyes with her hands to try and block out as much sunlight from them as possible still screaming in pain.
Garnet realizes that she is telling the truth and has no idea what to do.
I decided to do a spin off/sequel on the story Trapped. So we get to see Raina again but this time she's not the main focus of the story. The main focus is on Howlite and no they are not going to be a couple. I'm making it clear that Raina is not going to be with someone else since she has had her devotion to someone else.
Also I am going to do something different with Howlite from Raina. Because what's the point to having another character if they are going to be a different version of the same character. If you have any ideas about what you want to see in Howlite, let me know.
For now this is a test chapter to see if anyone likes this. If I continue it might not be much longer than the Trapped story. But it also might be though considering it is involving more of my original characters. Again. I have to see how far this goes.
Tell me what you all think of this so far. Bye.