Chapter 2: Game Plan

"Where do you think they're coming from?"

"Yes. Who knows how many people could be killed with the continuous aftershocks?!"

"Well-"

Garnet then got cut off by the glow of the Warp Pad.

Pearl spoke. "Oh Stev-" Then she cut herself off with a gasp.

"-onnie! Hey!" Amethyst finished the sentence.

The fusion turned to the gems, dropping their star printed violin. "G-guys! I-I-"

Garnet put a hand to their shoulders. "Calm down. No need to be too startled."

Stevonnie did.

"How did you two get to fuse again?" Pearl exclaimed in question.

"It just, happened. Like the first time. Except we were jamming!"

"This is good." Garnet stated. "I think you two are ready."

"Ready?" Pearl.

"Yeah Garnet. Ready for what?" Amethyst asked, hyped in the situation.

"I think you two are ready to showcase your fusion abilities."

"What?!" Everyone around Garnet exclaimed.

"Really?"

"Yes." Square Mom smiled, adjusting her shades. "I heard from Pearl that a part of you can sword fight."

Hearing her name, Pearl blushed.

"And a part of you has mastered your weapon summoning."

With starry eyes, they asked. "So, what does that mean?"

"That means you're going to have to go through some gem training. Our first lesson is endurance."

"Endurance?"

"Yes. Simply stay fused for the rest of the morning until late afternoon. That way, we can see how strong you are in every aspect. Now go."

"Alright, you guys are finally here!" The dealer greeted them nicely, putting down her guitar.

This dealer was obviously a female, with a fair complexion. She had short curled brown hair, and wore glasses. She didn't look like the others the guys had to encounter, or even acted like any of them. In Wildcat's head, she was "one of the most awkward and calm dealers we've ever met".

After Tyler closed the door, because he was the last guy in, the dealer asked. "Which one of you is...Lui?"

He raised his hand.

"Care to introduce your buddies?"

"Well," He glanced back at them. Pointing at Wildcat, "This is W-Tyler," then at Nogla, "D-Daithi," and lastly at Vanoss. "and Evan."

"Nice to meet you." She smiled at them.

"Nice to meet you too."

"Yeah!"

"It's all good."

Seriously. It was that awkward. strike Brockward in a Rossome way, am I right? *sigh* I thought these puns were Eddcellent. /strike

"Okay," Then the dealer pulled out a map. The guys crowded her desk, since she was sitting there. "This is Beach City. Your task," She then grabbed a marker filled with bright yellow ink. After removing the cap with her mouth, she encircled the temple. "is to steal somethings for me from this place."

"What are the goods?"

She then pulled out pictures of gem shards. Those gem shards. "These. And a lot more."

"So, you're asking us to steal crystals from that weird alien monument for how much?"

"Oh, we'll discuss that a little later." She reassured Vanoss. "But I'll tell you this; the deal is worth it."

"T'at looks pretty easy!"

"Yeah!"

"Well, I don't wanna lower your confidences but, this task is a lot harder than you think."

"What makes you say that, ..." He paused, his face begging for her name.

"It's Rebecca-"

"-Rebecca? What makes you so sure it's that hard?"

"First," She stood a little bit. "you guys are not the first people who wanted to do this."

"Who were?"

"I believes their names were Sunset, Rari, Shy, Jack,...Dashie and Pinkie. Those 6 were-oh! And Twilight. Those seven came and wanted to do the task. They needed the money to help pay for their school's debt."

"What kind of idiot pairs of parents would name their own children with stupid names?"

The other three glared at Wildcat.

"What?"

"Anyway," Rebecca dragged them all back into the story. "They kept me updated with what was going on, until one day, nothing from them arrived at all. I asked some people about them, and all they said was that... they were gone. Disappeared. I jumped to the conclusion that they were, well-"

"Dead?"

"Yeeah..."

"WHAT?!" The guys exclaimed, stepping back from the desk.

"How the hell did they just... disappear?!" Evan asked in concern, saying "disappear" with a voice crack which none of the guys pointed out.

Then the guys began to talk among themselves about the dealer's story.

"Hey," she caught all of their attention, going back to her desk to organize the papers.

"Are you guys sure you want to do this?"

The 4 looked at each other.

"We're doing it."

Hope you guys liked this chapter! Just so you know:

Bold: Wildcat

Italic: Vanoss

Underlined: Nogla

All Three: Lui

Anyways, KEEP CALM AND READ ON!