Grim Universe
Chapter 3
I own nothing
A battle has ended on a gem border world, it's citadel is in ruins, all of the gems on the planet have either been killed or taken prisoner. A dozen gems in chains are lined up, there are soldier and worker gems and looking over them are a pair of dark eldar wyches. One has an agoniser whip while the other has crystal gauntlets. "So which ones do you want Trezhzoh" the agoniser one asked, Trezhzoh grinned, "must you even ask Laezanyrr" Trezhzoh replied. She grabbed hold of a pearl and pull her over, "you know I prefer servants, unlike soldiers they aren't taught to handle pain or fear, it makes their screams all the more delicious" she purred, dragging her gauntlet along the pearls stomach, earning a scream from her.
Laezanyrr laughed, "true, though soldiers have their own appeal, I always enjoy breaking their hardened spirits, feels much more rewarding than some weak civilian" she said. "Well let's get them loaded into the ship and to Commorragh" Trezhzoh said, "I'm looking forward to their screams and I think I'll start with this one" she added, referring to the pearl in her grasp.
In another gem controlled system the imperial guard had attacked, there were four planets in this system. There is a planet of mountains and snow, a desert planet with oases spread throughout it, a jungle planet, and a planet of plains.
The main gem citadel on the plains planet was under heavy attack, they managed to repel the first imperial guard attack due their strong fortifications. However a second wave was sent in, this time it was the masters of trench and siege warfare themselves: the Death Korps of Krieg. The gasmask wearing regiment had dug in around the citadel, bombarding them with artillery and sending men to attack the walls, the Kriegians total lack of regard for their own lives made them perfect for outlasting the enemy. It had only been three days but the citadel was already at it's limit, any ships that approached were shot down, cutting the gems off from any support. "Jasper, I don't know how much longer we can hold out, most of our defenses have either been destroyed or severely damaged, we're barely keeping the wall together-" an explosion was heard and the building shook, "-and seventy percent of the citadel is in ruins from their artillery" a peridot reported to a jasper.
The jasper growled, "and worst of all morale has hit rock bottom" she said. Half of the gems at the citadel were dead, a quarter of their personnel had their gems damaged, making them unable to fight and were only kept from completely shattering by gem sustaining machines. To add insult to injury whenever another gem base was overrun a gem would be brought to the front of the kriegian lines and would be executed, further lowering morale. The Peridot sighed, "it could have been the Tau, at least there might've be some hope for mercy, but nooooo, we get the Imperium of Man, all we can hope for from them is a quick death" she said.
Suddenly a loud crash was heard, the two and a few other gems went to a window and their eyes widened, a baneblade had broken though the gates and the death korps were pouring in. Then to their horror the tank took aim at the building the were in, "GET AWAY FROM THE WINDOW" the jasper yelled. The gems started to move but it was too late as an explosion rocked the building and a cloud of dust was formed where the window was. The peridot opened her eyes; feeling groggy and sore, she was at the back of the group and was the quickest to react, saving her from the blast. She managed to turn onto her back, her body protesting the whole time.
She heard a shifting noise and looked to her left and saw a ruby who was also lucky enough to avoid the worst of the blast and had managed to sit up, between them were the remains of the jasper's gem. The ruby noticed her, "hey, are you alright" she asked, standing up with some effort. "I'm sore, but still intact" the peridot said, the ruby had a sad look on her face, "too bad the others weren't as lucky" she sighed. The peridot noticed something, "it's quiet" she said, after three days of nonstop explosions you'd think she'd be relieved, but it made her feel unnerved. They suddenly heard footsteps coming from the peridot's direction, the ruby's eyes widened before her gem was shot by a laz rifle round.
The peridot watched in horror as the ruby broke apart, leaving behind nothing but shards of her gem. A shadow loomed over her and she turned her head to see the one casting it. She was greeted by a death korpsman who was pointing his laz rifle at her, "join your foul kin in oblivion, xeno" he said with no emotion, then she saw nothing.
It was night time on the desert planet, the gem citadel was on high alert. Most of their bases at the oases had been wiped out one after the other. Not long after one base fell another would call for help but by the time they got there it was destroyed. However the sentries on the citadel walls didn't notice someone crawling towards it, their clothes matching the ground. They placed a device at the base of the wall and crawled away. A few minutes later a massive explosion rocked the citadel and a large section of the wall crumbled.
A battle cry was yelled as the imperial guard regiment, the Tallarn Desert Raiders, charged through the opening, guns blazing. The nearby gems were either dazed or injured by the explosion, leaving them unable to hold the charging troops back. More gems approached to engage the imperial guard when another massive explosion happened. A part of the wall on the opposite side of the citadel had been brought down and more Tallarn charged in. the gems were trapped between the two groups, "GEMS, FIGHT WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT" a jasper ordered.
In the distance gunfire and the screams of the dying could be heard.
A group of forty gems were patrolling a section of jungle on the jungle planet, they were tense because they knew their enemies could be anywhere. Suddenly heavy bolter fire ripped out of some bushes and tore into the gems, poofing six and killing two, "TAKE COVER" the leading gem, an emerald; a gem about a head shorter than a jasper, yelled. The gems dived behind rocks and trees, "what do we do Emerald" a ruby next to her asked. Little did they know six gems further behind them were killed by catachans wielding Catachan fangs. The catachans from behind opened fire, killing four gems, poofing six, and trapping the remaining gems.
"Damn it, we're trapped" a gem said, "thanks for the update" the emerald snarked. She then activated her communicator, "citadel, this is Emerald: facet-1A3D, cut-2G8T; the catachans have us pinned and most of my gems have either been incapacitated or killed, requesting immediate assistance" she said. "copy that Emerald, sending a nearby patrol, estimated arrival: ten minutes" a gem said. "Understood" Emerald said, deactivating her communicator, "help is on the way gems, we just have to hold out for ten minutes" she said. As soon as she said that the ruby next to her was poofed by las rifle fire and three gems across from her were killed by a grenade, "we're all gonna be dead in ten minutes" a gem shouted, "just hold out" Emerald ordered.
Meanwhile a group of thirty gems lead by another emerald were running to the first Emerald's group. Suddenly a ruby heard a clicking sound then was engulfed in an explosion that took out five other gems. Like the first group they were hit with a volley of heavy bolter fire, however this group seemed to have even worse luck as emerald 2 was killed. Meanwhile at the gem citadel they were getting reports from across the planet, outposts and patrols coming under attack, some managed to drive away the Catachans or at least escape them. Others however were wiped out by the imperium's greatest survivalists.
Explosions rocked the icy mountains as the gems clashed with the Valhallan ice warriors. A guardsman was decapitated by a sword wielding emerald, a ruby next to her was hit by a las rifle shot. The guardsman that did it was killed by an energy bolt, it originated from a bow wielded by a pyrite with a round gem on her forehead, pyrites are the same build of a pearl but are soldiers, specializing in ranged combat. A guardsman tried to stab emerald with a knife from behind but was killed by a turquoise with her square gem on her right shoulder wielding a war hammer, a turquoise is a head shorter than an emerald and is stockier, they are primarily used for assault. "Damn, at this rate we'll have to pull back" Emerald said, most of the gems on the fronts lines were wiped out, the second line would soon follow.
"Incase you forgot Emerald, jasper said pulling back isn't an option, if we do our artillery will be lost and that will put a major dent in our defenses" Pyrite reminded her. Emerald growled, pyrite was right, their artillery were large cannons on four legs, with a range of 1000 meters and were supported by anti air turrets. They were defending ten of them to support the main citadel and it's surrounding forces. "don't worry Emerald, reinforcements should be here soon" Turquoise said. As soon as she said that gem bombers dropped their payloads on the attacking guardsmen, followed by a gem drop ship landing, it's ramp lowered and a hundred more gems exited.
The reinforcements managed to push back the imperial guard. Emerald sighed in relief, but that relief turned into horror as a dozen regular Leman Russ's lead by a Leman Russ Executioner and supported by ten hydras and 1000 more imperial guard troops came over the horizon. "Gems, take out those tanks" she ordered, her troops unleashed a barrage but the tanks held firm. The imperial guard troops' moral was revitalized and they charged along side their mighty armored vehicles. The tanks reached the gems and unleashed a brutal salvo on them, wiping out half of the reinforcements in mere moments.
Gem bombers were coming in for another attack but were shot down by the hydras. Emerald grit her teeth, most of her gems were gone, only a few dozen remained. The tanks fired on the AA guns, destroying them and leaving the artillery vulnerable from the air. Marauder bombers swooped in and bomb the artillery, destroying it "Damn it, the artillery is lost, retreat" Emerald ordered, the gems fled as the Valhallans overran their position.
Meanwhile on earth it was night and Steven Universe sleeping in his bed, things had been hectic lately, dealing with Jasper, meeting, fighting, and poofing Bismuth, and other crazy things. However it seems his sleep wasn't peaceful as he was tossing and turning on his bed with a look of fear on his face, clearly having a bad dream.
He was in the strawberry field, when the sky grew dark, the plants wilted, and the strawberries turned rotten. Steven looked around in fear, "Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst" he called out, hoping at least one of them would come and reassure him. Instead of reassurance Steven was greeted with terror as the ground cracked open in various spots and flames shot out. More cracks opened in the earth and blood oozed out of the ground and flowed to an open area. Steven watched as a group creatures rose out of the pool of blood; they had red skin, horns, tail, and wielded fiery swords.
The creatures were joined by large men in red armor with various weapons. Steven backed away in fear as they growled at him like rabid animals, however they parted and a large red daemon came to the front. He had what looked like thick wires attached to his head, large wings, carried a large two handed sword, and wore bronze armor and skulls. He towered over Steven and snarled, "I will bathe father's precious homeworld in blood" he said, then swung his sword at Steven.
Steven bolted into a sitting up position, his breathing frantic, and his heart racing. He looked around to make sure he was actually awake, he let out a sigh of relief, "a dream, it was just a dream" he said. He laid back down and managed to go back to sleep.
AN: hello again, sorry for taking so long again, anyway I hope you enjoyed the chapter, also before you say anything I know it seems like the gems are losing too easy but think about their opponents so far, the orks are tough as hell and are practically endless, the dark eldar are just as good if not better than the eldar at hitting so fast the enemy barely has time to fight back, and the imperial guard has sheer numbers and firepower; not to mention the imperial guard specialize in certain thing that gives them an advantage.
