Chapter 4: The Trio is Broken
A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in so long! I've got my school stuff to do and so on. In fact, I should be doing my school stuff now, but I want a break.
The trio is broken... Which trio? The Heavily-Dressed-Men Trio? The Lightly-Clothed-Women Trio? The DPP trio? Who knows? Me.
Note: You know in my previous chapter, I wrote Silver's Broken Heart - Part 2? Yeah, and you know the last part where Silver thought You're no the phone with your boyfriend? Yeah, you can insert my story You Belong With Me into the gap.
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Platinum sat on her couch, in deep thought.
"Missy!" Pearl said, his face grim. "We need to get to the hospital, now."
"Huh?" Platinum was confused. "Why is that so?"
Pearl took a deep breath. "This concerns Dia."
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"What do you mean, this concerns Dia?" Platinum asked.
"It just does." Pearl looked ahead. "Let's just continue on our way."
"Yeah, okay..." But Platinum's mind was on a certain blond.
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The hospital room was loudly quiet, as if death has already passed through the room. The doctors and nurses were pale, and the patients looked no better.
Platinum and Pearl saw Diamond lying on a bed, his foot bandaged up. Diamond smiled. "Missy, Pearl."
"Hello," Platinum said softly.
"Hey." Pearl's eyes were cast downwards.
"This regards our traveling," Diamond said.
"We'll continue traveling once you've gotten better," Platinum said firmly.
Diamond shook his head. "No, you two must continue traveling, to protect the world," he said. "I can feel a disaster looming over us. You two must continue traveling, even if-" He gulped. "-I can't be with you."
"A disaster?!" Pearl said. "What disaster? Hadn't we defeated that Team Copper?"
"No," Platinum replied stiffly. "We used a spacial warp to escape, remember?"
"Oh yeah." How could he have forgotten?
"We haven't stopped them for good," Diamond continued. "Which is why you two must continue traveling, to stop them. I've heard they're after some gems of sort."
Pearl swallowed hard, while Platinum nodded soberly.
"W-we understand," Pearl said weakly. "We'll leave you in your peace now."
At least I was able to convey the message to them, Diamond thought.
And so, the trio was broken.
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"He said gems, right?" Pearl asked Platinum.
"Yes."
"Let's name all the gems we know of!" Pearl decided. "The gems that were originally the red and blue orbs and... uh..."
Platinum shook her head. "Gems of power?"
"I'd suppose so." Pearl ran his fingers through his hair awkwardly.
Platinum stood up. "Let's go."
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"This is insane," Pearl said, looking around.
"Yes," Platinum agreed. "Let's stick close."
"But I won't allow you!"
"Who's there?" Pearl yelled, whipping out his Chimhiko.
"It's me! Commander Cherlia of Team Copper."
"And Commander Jackson of Team Copper!"
Platinum and Pearl gasped. "I thought Team Copper's disbanded?!" they both exclaimed. "What're you two doing here?"
Cherlia laughed. "Do you think we'll give up so easily? I don't think so."
"You two know about the gems," Jackson said.
"So what if we do?" demanded Pearl. "You won't die, right?"
"Tsk tsk," Jackson said, shaking his head. "It's too dangerous for you kids to be running about freely. We'll need to kill you."
"Missy." Pearl stood in front of Platinum. "Please step back."
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"Oh, I have all my fingers. The knife goes chop chop chop," Gold sang as he used a pen to hit the spaces between his fingers. "If I miss the spaces in between, my fingers will come out. And if I hit my fingers, the blood will soon come out. But all the same I play this game cuz that's what's all about. Oh CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP I'm picking up the speed. And if I hit my fingers then my hand will start to bleed."
"Gold!" Crystal magically appeared beside Gold. "Stop singing that horrible song, and stop hitting the spaces in between your fingers. You may hurt yourself, especially since you're 'picking up the speed'." She rolled her eyes. "Where have you heard this chop chop chop thingy anyway?!" she demanded.
"The music video for Misery, by Maroon 5," Gold replied. "I can't believe how abusive the girlfriend is! Oh, wait! I can believe it. After all, I'm dating a girl who uses her boyfriend as a kicking target." He smiled slyly.
Wrong thing to say. Crystal kicked him in his balls.
"Yeouch!" Gold yelped. "You see what I mean?! I think Adam Levine and I will be good friends."
"You're not gonna be friends with him any time soon." Crystal glared at Gold.
"Hey." Gold was afraid. Crystal's angry, so it wouldn't seem wise to provoke her anymore. "Crys, chill." He wrapped his arms around her.
She blinked. Gold is so confusing, she thought as she hugged him back. He can be very annoying, but in a drop of a hat, he becomes the most romantic and the sweetest boy on earth.
Gold grinned. "So, how about we chill out somewhere?"
Crystal gave him a wary look. "You... won't do anything, right?"
"Of course I won't!" he exclaimed. "I'm too afraid of the consequences."
I've got him on a leash, Crystal thought, smirking. "Bring it on."
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A/N: Well, well! Looks like Team Copper hasn't disbanded yet. That's a shame, but it makes me glad, cuz I've something to write about. Do we call that a paradox or irony?
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