Well here it is ~ ! Here is my trash. I'm glad to say that no one knows me from real life that reads my fanfics. Here is a random feral AU thing. Yes, this is a lapidot fic *hides face* .
"Y-yellow Diamond has been killed! Every gem for themselves!"
"We're under attack, execute protocol 6-2-9!"
"Hurry up and escape!"
The sound of heavy footsteps and the fast propelling whirs and hums from the other gems outside of Peridot's home awoke her from her slumber. Recovering from her sluggish form, Peridot sniffed the air. Upon smelling this unfamiliar scent, it scared her. No, it had her terrified. She gripped her bed sheets as she realized something's gone terribly wrong.
She quickly swiped the curtains from her window to the side so that she could see what was going on outside the citadel. Her eyes could not believe the chaos. Every gem in the clan was evacuating. Hundreds were running away in the same direction. A lump grew in Peridot's throat as she anticipated what was heading towards the direction of the fleeing gems.
Next thing the green gem saw was a flash of bright light, recognizing the brilliance to be from the guards of the citadel. They were attacking with their natural gem weapons and gem-made technology.
It was like Peridot was stuck to the window. What was attacking the guards of the powerful citadel? As soon as her question was made, it had been answered when the amount of guards attacking became less and less as they died out and had to start backing up as the invader came through.
She couldn't believe her eyes.
"C-corrupted.. Gems" She said in a hushed tone, almost questioning.
They were huge. Their entire being screamed black beast from hell. Their forelimbs were muscular, furry and mammalian-like but, at the wrists the black fur color of their body began to resemble the visual design of the galaxy. It was pitch black like its body except with the galaxy encrypted onto its skin. This design went all the way up to its five sharp claws. The corrupted gem had a strong body, plated at the front and the hind legs resembled that of a mythical dragon. The face of this lost gem was terrifying at the least. The face covered up by an intimidating mask that resembled a rams skull with large curly pointed horns. The eyes that peeped from behind the two hollow holes on the hard mask structure were striking deep red. The gemstone of the corrupted figure laid upon the skull's upper forehead; a circular, pearl gem. The monster looked so terrifying, so horrid. The fact such a thing came from a regular gem within the clan; she must of been suffering for a while to even convert into its corrupted gem form.
Peridot couldn't handle looking at it anymore, she had to go find her superior, Yellow Diamond. She jumped quickly from her bed and without hesitation, went outside her room to step into the corridor. All of the doors within the corridor were wide open or slightly open. This shows that every maintenance gem evacuated with the preconceived idea of every gem for themselves. No one even thought to knock on peridot's door to acknowledge her about the attack. No one remembered her.
Cursing under her breath about how she hated everyone in the citadel anyways, she ran all the way to where Yellow Diamond stays most of her time which was the largest room in the citadel, her bedroom.
"Yellow Diamond! Are you in h-"
Her question abruptly ceased when she noticed a bloody figure in the center of the bedroom. Her sharp fox-like ears lowered behind her head as she stared blankly at the woman's body on the floor. There she was, the ruler of the entire clan, Yellow Diamond.
A million things ran into Peridot's head as she couldn't believe her eyes that that was her savior's unmoving lifeless body.
It can't be. She's alive. She never loses a battle. SHE'S ALIVE.
Losing herself within her thoughts, she ignored all the sounds of death outside and the fact that her own life is at risk every second she stays there. Trying to get a closer look at her ruler, her slow steps were heavy, her eyes pinpointed on the still body, searching for her diamond gem. She knew the fate of her ruler, but she didn't want to believe it. Fate did not play games as Peridot eyed the immensely cracked diamond gem on her ruler. Pieces of it were sprawled on the floor, floating within Yellow Diamond's spread out blood.
She's... Gone.
There was a rustling behind the huge bed that was all the way in the corner of the room. It was loud enough to snap Peridot out of her shock. Switching to offensive mode, she used her sharp floating fingers to form her plasma cannon.
"Come out vile beast" she spat out with venom on her tongue, almost growling.
Slowly the corrupted gem stepped out from behind the bed, its head appearing first. This monster was behaving weird thought Peridot. Why couldn't she get its scent?
It wasn't as big as the one she saw outside, it was possibly only 9 feet tall but bulky. How did she not notice it in the room?
Peridot furrowed her brows and she caught on an uneasy feeling in the air.
"Are you... The one who killed Yellow Diamond?!" she yelled out, flaring her fangs at the monster to show her ferocity.
More than half its body peeked from behind Yellow Diamond's bed now.
It had a huge chest resembling the body of an animal from the deer family, however, its arms were long along with five sharp claws and its legs were identical to its arms. It had arms as legs. It's head was attached to a long neck, a deformed head but, had hard crystal-like horns that resembled antlers.
The corrupted gem eyed the green angered gem across the room from it, delighted that the techie mourned over the dead body on the floor. It was simply ecstatic! Manic even. It's eyes rolled inside its head as an achingly slow smile spread across its face, it's body beginning to vibrate oddly.
Peridot's face withdrew from angry to disgust as a scent so disgusting filled the room.
Its able to hide its scent?! How is that possible?
Taking her hand that's not being used as the defensive plasma gun, she raised it up to her nose, along with her fingers to try and block out the smell. Her eyes narrowing as a reflex to the vile smell. The corrupted gem smiled even wider as if taunting Peridot's earlier question and recent bewilderment. This angered the green tech and she couldn't hold back anymore. She shot the first blast of hot plasma aimed straight at the creature's neck, where it had a yellow-green oval gem, another gemstone within her clan.
The monster shielded its neck with its arm. Peridot smirked as the other gem's arm started to dissolve but, something was not right.
The corrupted gem started to shriek a bit as the arm regenerated quickly. Peridot's eyes sprang wide open as a new pheromone began to pollute the air.
DEATH.
This aroma cried danger. It introduced an immense smell of death. Peridot is going to die if she doesn't escape, this thing will kill her. It's strong. This thing is truly what one must call "death."
Using her visor to inspect every detail of the room and flicking her eyes back and forth every crevice of the room, the best escape route was the open door right behind her.
Shit! She Internally cursed knowing how bad the situation finally is. My best shot is to find a way outside and fly away as my escape.
As if the misguided gem knew what the techie was thinking, it moved quickly behind Peridot, in order to block the door. While it made its move, Peridot managed to get in three plasma blasts to the monster but with no use as the corrupted gem grew back its physical matter.
Peridot wondered how slim her chances were of escaping now and if she were even to get out alive, how slim her chances were of surviving outside with the unknown amount of corrupted gems outside. She's only seen two so far but the panic heard outside infers there to be more. Peridot knows corrupted gems are born when regular gems are consumed by hatred and they start to deteriorate in mental health. These gems have lost hope and have lost themselves, once they've become corrupted, they can no longer think regularly, they lose their ability to articulate and they live by pure instinct. They're primitive and are considered no longer gems but, monsters. There is not evidence or data that they can be saved once in this form.
There must of been some sort of sick hate group within the clan that went wrong. Peridot wouldn't be surprised that such hatred and darkness exists within the proud clan because rule under Yellow Diamond was known to be "harsh" but, to Peridot she was the one who saved her. Yellow Diamond did pick her off the streets as a child.
Creating a quick plan that had a 64% chance of working, she quickly shot a plasma ball at the ceiling, startling the monster, it started to stampede towards the technical gem.
Peridot stood her ground, waiting for the right time to strike.
One second passed, two second passed, almost there..
As soon as the monster was about two inches away from Peridot, she blasted plasma directly at the monsters gemstone.
Screeching, it crashed on top of the green gem. Peridot started to claw at it, planting all ten claws into its face. "Fuck you're heavy!" She growled out with her eyes closed due to the impact.
She then opened her eyes to be face to face to the corrupted gem.
It's face was blank and its eyes looking straight into Peridot, however, the pupils on the creature were moving oddly. She knew she had to get out of there. This corrupted gem is not like ones she has read in books.
Run. RUN. Do something! I can't move. What is it doing to me!?
Peridot was scared. She was terrified. Her body won't do what she wants it to, as if it were stunned with fear. Her claws were still attached to the corrupted gems face as it stares at her. Maybe it was a few seconds before it flung her to the wall but, to her it felt like an agonizing infinity that had passed.
Her vision blurred as the impact to the wall was too much but, this was her chance. She noticed the creature's actions were very erratic and her next move could mean death for her but this was her last chance. She quickly took all her fingers and created two propellers with them and began to fly out of the room. Her vision still blurred a little bit, she glanced below her as the corrupted gem made no sudden move except for having the same blank face.
How did I make it... Why isn't it doing anything? Peridot questioned in fear that it was so random, anything could happen. She was feeling weak and nauseous. She needed to land and tend to her bruises but she could not take that chance. Not right now.
As she flew through the sky, she went high enough to be safe from the corrupted beasts and high enough to inspect her fallen clan. Hundreds were dead. There were about five corrupted gems in the area. Three of them were actually rampaging through the tribe nearby Peridot's clan. It was a tribe near the rivers and waterfalls. She hoped that they were lucky enough to stop and destroy those gems.
Fleeing far enough, seeing no sights of the monster she encountered at the citadel, she began to descend and land nearby a cliff. The cliff had an inhabited cave that she could rest at for a bit.
Crashing to her knees as soon as she landed, she groaned as she tried to get a steady rhyme of walking into the cave. Her ribs were all bruised up but no internal bleeding which she was grateful for.
Putting a palm to her side, her ears suddenly perk low behind her head as her nose wrinkled to the sudden weird stench infiltrating her nostrils. Realizing that the stench was familiar, her eyes flew wide with despair.
The... Corrupted gem... It's here...
Slowly turning around, she saw the monster of death looking at her with a wide fanged smile.
Gripping the side of her Diamond authority uniform, she aggressively snarled at the beast. If she's going to die, she will die proudly. Taking her left arm and forming her plasma gun once again even though it caused a sharp pain to the side she was holding, she prepared to shoot. The corrupted gem's mouth began to form into a terrifying shape full of fangs as it charged towards the green gem.
Peridot's heartbeat fast as she waited for it to get close. She calmly closed her eyes, knowing what time to blast it, waiting for the moment.
But it only took a moment until all hell came.
A shriek so painful shot through the woods and instantly another corrupted gem appeared, charging at the gem that was about to kill Peridot. The new corrupted gem bit down onto the death gem's neck.
Peridot fell back as she could not understand what was happening. Too weak and too frightened to move, she anticipated their actions.
The new monster that arrived is the first corrupted one Peridot saw through the window. It was twice the size of the leader corrupted gem. She knew the one with the antlers was the leader by its smell, it must of lead the group before they became corrupted.
The bigger corrupted gem started to shake its leader back and forth, trying to rip open its neck with its jaws. The leader creepily started to grin as its eyes looked down at its new foe. Taking its sharp claws with one arm, it aimed and sliced through its corrupted gem kin.
The battle between the two monsters raged as both seemed to lose themselves in violence. This was... Unpredicted as Peridot was drenched with fear and bewilderment. Kindred is one's roots. Everybody fights but, not like this. This is homicide. She thought they would most likely team up together to kill her as they are of kin but, these corrupted gems... They are ruthless. Their lost and cannot see what they're doing.
A blood-curdling shriek shook Peridot from her place on the ground. The fur on her pointed ears standing on end and her claws instinctively dug through the ground as if ready to attack. She eyed the two monstrosities. The bigger of the two had ripped out the others gemstone out with its claws, crushing it in a fist. As it crushed the gemstone, the smaller corrupted gem took its last second of life to extend its crystalline antlers and strike it at the others gemstone.
Peridot was in awe as they executed themselves.
The smaller corrupted gem's form burst into air, however, the other one did not. Panic set into Peridot as she saw that the other corrupted gem did not die yet.
How are you not dead? How?! This is it. I'm too weak... I'm just a maintenance gem... There's nothing I can do. Peridot internally despaired.
She was too weak already to even fight and somehow, with half its gemstone cracked, the monster could still stand even though it began to glitch every so often.
The corrupted creature lunged at her, banging her head to the ground and attacking her with its claws in the process. Giving Peridot five deep gashes to her stomach. Before a second strike could be administered, the beast was knocked on its back by a stream of water. The water then formed chains around the corrupted gem, locking its feet and arms all together and even a chain that restrained its head from moving.
Peridot was wailing and whimpering in pain as she tried to apply pressure to her gashes but to no avail as strength left her body and could not even lift a finger up. Her vision blurry with tears that she would not let out, she felt darkness take over her as a blue figure introduced itself into her vision. This figure couldn't have been the sky as it steadily moved right in front of Peridot, it was something else.
A scent so pleasing and so alluring; a voice so sweet and so calming, yet coated with pain, came into the techie's fading senses.
"It'll be okay, don't worry, you'll get through this. We'll get through this."