The sand and dry air had shifted away and had been erased by a cool breeze and a warm blue sky. They had landed in a grassy field, in the distance a Greek Citadel towered over the grassy hills and planes. Athens. Sheep herders waved to Mekhi and Pearl as they walked to the city. Mekhi had changed his attire once again to fit the era. He was wearing a Greek cloth tunic and pants, with newer sandals. His device was covered by silk bandages, to hide it. Pearl favored this new look and decided to switch to a dress more formal to the time, a Greek toga. Athens was a place of culture, it is where the western world was shaped and born. Democracy called Athens its home. Pearl walked through the heart of the citadel. Trading carts and merchants from far lands bartered with the commoners. Students attended the first ever colleges and universities, it was truly an astounding sight. Pearl marveled at the architecture of the old buildings. The true jewel of the city was the Parthenon. The Greek marvel stood tall among the rest of the citadel. It was just like how she saw it before, thousands of years ago. Then it hit her, Mekhi had taken her to see human intelligence, and who better to demonstrate that then the inventor of critical thinking himself. Mekhi led Pearl to a court, Greek scholars all sat in among the rocks, explaining ideas and theories of how the universe had came to be. In the middle of the commotion, a tall, lanky man with a grey beard and shiny bald head sat, lecturing his students. Mekhi greeted the man with a warm smile and some laughter. The man beckoned everyone to gather around.
"It is the wander Mikael!" The man said, "What better way to explore our great world then to hear it from the first traveler himself! Tell me Mikael what new information do you bring to us?"
"Socrates, you know I have limits to which I must reveal, my knowledge is bound by my word." Mekhi turned towards Pearl, "But I do bring yet another of the Gem people." Everyone turned greet Pearl. Another Gem? Pearl was already intrigued. it was then that she realized that there were some women in Socrates' courts, or should we say Gems. They sat and spoke with the humans, exchanging knowledge of the cosmos with the logic of the humans. She was amazed to see Gems actually learning something from other humans. They seemed to enjoy each other's company. Playfully arguing and laughing, all while learning. It didn't take Socrates long to be sucked back into a discussion with someone. Mekhi turned toward Pearl and crossed his arms in pride.
"This doesn't prove anything." Pearl scowled toward Mekhi. Mekhi pushed his glasses closer to his face.
"Then what do you desire?" Mekhi turned toward the court of people, "Gems and Humans are not just co-existing, they are bonding! Sharing knowledge, forming friendships! What is so hard for you to understand!"
Pearl grew angry, she began to rant about how humans were weak compared to Gems, about how them not being able to fight for themselves cost Pearl her only chance to rejoin the Homeworld, she puffed with anger about how they were inferior in technology. The people stopped debating and stood quietly. Mekhi only stood solemnly and glared at Pearl as she ranted. When it was over, Mekhi finally spoke.
"Do you really want me to show you what humans can do." Mekhi's voice was emotionless.
"I dare you." Pearl growled back.
"What am I?" Mekhi's voice still showed little to no emotion. Pearl realized what the questionw as about. Eventually, Humans figure out time travel, and that's why Mekhi is able to do what he has been doing, Pearl blushed in embarrassment, but Mekhi had only just begun, "Have you ever been to Germany?" Pearl shook her head no. "How about Japan...Poland...? Russia, you must have been there, right?" Pearl thought for a second, she had done much traveling about Earth, only to Greece and the US soil on where they lived in the present. "Pearl listen to me when I say the we humans have not had a lot of time on Earth, and Earth won't be around long enough for us to master it fully. I would know, I've seen the end, and the beginning. It all ties in well, but with the little time we do spend together on this Earth, we humans fight, a lot. And we've done some things we aren't proud of, so I ask you again, do you really want to see how brutal we humans can be?" Everyone stood around Mekhi, he held out his bandaged hand, the one with the device. Socrates walked over slowly to Mekhi.
"You've...you've seen the end?" Socrates looked worry, "How does it happen."
"A very big bang, and aftershock." Socrates quickly quieted down. Pearl reevaluated her options. Either be proven wrong and possibly live in fear of humans, or be proved right and have no fear of humans. Odds seemed to be in her favor. So she shook Mekhi's hand. The device clicked and whirled, and they both became static as they where whisked through time. She could already here the chants of people on the other side of the time rift.
"To the Nuremberg Rally."
A hastily completed chapter 3, chapter 4 will be better seeing that it will probably be longer too. Anyone who likes WW2 will definitely like the next chapter. Please review and tell me how the story is going, thanks for reading.