Chapter the Fourth Scuba Mayhem
First Person
"Wait, wait. So these shards controlled a costume which proceeded to force feed people fry's?" Asked my dad after I told him about yesterday's incident. I would have told him yesterday but not only was I shell-shocked from the event my dad was working on some kind of frustrating project so I didn't want to bother him with more stress.
"Well it was one shard but ya." I responded as I was eating my breakfast sense it was the morning.
"And your absolutely sure about what happened right?" my dad asked looking slightly worried
"Considering I had to tackle it twice yes I do. You can even ask any one the people down by the beach and they'd probably say they saw it as well." I responded looking slightly distressed. I then continued with the same worried tone "have you ever heard of something like that before?"
My dad looked to be in deep thought about this which was perfectly reasonable considering it almost killed me. He then said "I've heard that some crystal types exert as of now unidentified energy but I can't say that I have ever heard of one doing something like that before. Then again…" he trailed off going back into deep thought
"Did you think of something?" I quickly asked wanting that incident to be explained logically
"Have you heard of the varying legends on living armor?" my dad asked causing me to become confused
I had heard some but mostly in graphic novels so I wasn't sure how reliable it would be so I responded with "some but I'm not sure how that relates."
"Well most legends are often based on real events that have simply spun out of proportion. It's certainly possible that what you saw was what originally started such legends." My dad said to my disappointment
"Maybe but still I wish there was a better explanation for this than that." I responded
"Trust me Mary I feel the same. What I wouldn't give to study those shards. But something tells me those crystal gems wouldn't take kindly to that idea." My dad said looking beaten from that last thought.
I got up from the table and started gathering up somethings that I was going to need for my scuba trip simultaneously saying "ya I don't think they'd be very receptive on subjects pertaining to them considering how secretive they seem to be."
My dad looked sadden by this fact but quickly got over it he began to head down to the basement as I got to the door when he remembered something and asked "say Mary if you're going down to the beach could you stop by Greg's carwash for me and invite him to dinner the Saturday."
"Hmmm. Can we invite Steven as well?" a responded I already thought that was the case but I just wanted to make sure
"Sure it would be nice to meet Greg's kid." My dad said. With that I nodded said goodbye and headed off
It was nice to walk down the road during the day but despite eating breakfast it was about three ish. It was with that thought that I realized that I need to adjust my sleep schedule because it the sleeping till after lunch business is murder on my internal clock which was pretty bad to begin with. On my way I was able to meet the two girls of the fish stew pizza place and have a quick conversation but it wasn't that notable. I also passed by the other fryman whose name I believe was Renaldo in some kind of investigative photographers outfit he seemed fixated on something.
Eventually I got to the carwash where Greg was sitting on his long chair strumming his guitar to himself. I waved to him as I approached and him eventually getting his attention.
"Good mo… afternoon Mr. Universe." I said correcting myself mid-sentence
"Hey Greg's fine. It's nice to see you again. What brings you over hear?" Greg asked
"I actually came over to see if you and Steven would like to come over for dinner tomorrow? My dad wants to catchup I suppose and it would be nice to have you over." I responded noticing his relived surprise
"Really? Hu it would be nice to do something tonight that didn't involve something ludicrously dangerous and/or weird." Greg said to my increasing confusion
"What do you mean?" I ask kind of worried about what hill say
"O nothing it's just it seems like instead of something weird every other month something weird happens every week what with the giant eyeball, the giant bug on the beach, the costume attack, the cat incident." He said. The last one he listed caused him to go into a cold sweat. Make me wonder what the cat incident involved. Just then he shook off the thought and then asked "so what are you doing today."
Smooth transition there I though sarcastically then said "well I was heading to the beach so I could scuba dive maybe check out some of what there is under the sea."
"Sounds like fun well I won't distract you any more so have fun." Greg said as went back to his chair I took this time to go towards the beach sense I just realized I said that with ought having any scuba gear besides the costume made wetsuit made to go over my dress.
This was about the time Greg caught on and said "wait don't she need an air tank?" while scratching his head.
I made my way to the big donut before my trip out to sea to say high and to talk to Lars and Sadie for the day, manly Sadie though. It was as I approached I saw the strangest thing. Lars and Sadie were around what looked to be a pink bubble. For some reason it looked as though Lars was trying to get fresh with it for what every reason so went over and asked "Hey Guys what are you doing?" I finished by staring at Lars.
"O Mary thank goodness your here." Sadie Began
"Ya come check out Steven's love bubble." Lars Finished
"LARS!" "Say what?" Sadie and I said at the same time respectively. As I took a closer look at the bubble I did in fact see Steven who looked happy to see me and waved, next to him was a girl I didn't recognize who looked very insecure right now.
No wait I did recognize this girl I don't know her name but I have seen her by the cliff face of the beach some time's. She always seemed so distant, I thought she just preferred to be alone so I never approached her.
The situation was strange beyond belief so I had to ask "so what in the world is going on."
"I accidentally got me and Connie here stuck in a bubble I created and were trying to pop it." Steven said simply
What? How did? Why? They clearly want to get out but hmm. I thought as I got into a sort of contemplation stance trying to think what could cause this so to find a way to pop the bubble. I asked "so what happened when you formed the bubble?"
"They were probably in each other's arms so …" Lars started but was quickly cut off by Sadie
"Lars knock it off you're not helping." Sadie stated
After that they started to bicker between each other profusely. They weren't going to be much help right now so I asked again "so what happened again."
"O I believe there was an earthquake." Steven said after thinking about it
Earthquake? I must be really out of it lately if I missed something like that. I started to think that if it was an earthquake it probably came out of nowhere so… I asked "Steven where you scared suddenly when the earthquake hit?"
"O scared um… ya I say that it surprised me." Steven said sort of surprised and embarrassed by the question which is understandable considering the situation.
"That might be a problem then sense you somehow… Made this… bubble out of fear to protect yourself I doubt it will be able to pop so easily on its own." I said still trying to come to grips with this, once again, unexplainable event. Dealing with these events is going to become taxing at this rate.
"So then what do we do" Connie asked clearly worried
"Well …" I looked over to Lars and Sadie who looked to be coming to the climax of their argument. All I could think was there made for each other. Then I noticed Sadie had a hammer which gave me an idea so I continued. "This bubble must have some kind of breaking point." I said walking over to a nearby rock on the beach.
"Sadie been trying to break the bubble for a while with her hammer." Steven said
"Yes but it's clear that we need something with a lot more force." I started trying to pick up the rock that was a lot heavier then I was expecting. "So…" I tried to continue while lifting the rock up. It was heavy beyond belief I'm actually surprised I was able to lift it but my arms feel like there on fire. "… will need something with more weight *Grunt* to give us more force.*Wheeze* Move to sides." I finished as I did my best to slowly but surely lift the large rock over my head and then bring it down on the bubble but after it was over my head all I did was direct it and momentum did the rest despite my attempts at swinging.
Steven and Connie moved to the sides as the Rock came down. When it hit it sounded like a gong rang out though the boardwalk. I saw that the plan failed and the rock was shattered into small bit sized pieces. Lars and Sadie at stopped bickering to realized what I had done and slowly walked over it was then that I realized something. "I can't feel my hands." I said softly while in extreme Pain.
Sadie immediately came over asking "Omg are you ok Mary."
Lars Followed behind with "WHAT WAS THAT?" in a load yell clearly worried about me but wanting to keep his cool persona in check, and failing
Sadie, thinking quickly, headed into the big Donut saying "hold on I think I got something inside that can help."
Connie and Steven looked at each other with worried looks until finally Connie asked "are you going to be ok?"
"Are my hands still there?" I answered with another question manly because the pain made me too afraid to look down and check
"Yes… but they look like there pulsating almost glowing." Steven replied
I looked down at my hands sure enough they were indeed glowing. I knew I was never human so maybe this is just a result of damage to my hands? Regardless despite the large amounts of pain the bubble remained intact so I said "I'll be fine then. More importantly do you have any ideas on something with a lot of force to pop that bubble of yours because I can't think of anything I can use that won't kill my hands."
"Um maybe by the pier? I'm sure the boat would have something we could try. If not we could try fun land." Steven said checking with Connie to see if she was ok with it
"Wait fun land's the place with the old rides that haven't had maintenance in a long time right. God every ride there is a death trap especially those teacups!" I mentioned at the thought
"Ha a nice relaxing time down by the pier and …" Lars started with fun disturbing had gestures but he was interrupted by my instinctual hand on clasping his mouth
I then chimed in with "ignore him." Trying to make sure nothing he says rubes off on the two. "Anyway sense your hear do you want to come over to dinner at my house tomorrow. My dad wanted to reminisce with yours and it would be great to have you as well." I asked
"O I'd Love to see where you live." Steven said excitedly. Connie however looked depressed by this new conversation just looking away trying not to be involved.
Seeing this I was worried that Connie wanted to come too or at least be offered sense she seemed so lonely. It seemed sad I didn't want her to feel that way sense I've been in a similar situation so offered with "you know Connie your welcome to come with your family if they want to, I don't have company much so it would be great to have a make shift party."
Steven suddenly had stars in his eyes at this idea and looked to Connie who was surprised by the idea sense nobody probably offered it to her specifically. Despite looking as if she wanted to go she shook that face off and said "Thank you for the offer but I have lessons tomorrow so I can't even if my parents would let me."
"Well alright but I would love to spend some time later if you want. Any way I won't bother you guys anymore you better roll along." I said with that and a Steven nod and they left for the pier. I then turned my attention to Lars who looked like he was in pain despite my barley having a grip on him. After releasing him he began to grasp his face like he was hurt so I said "o stop complaining you have a nose for a reason you know."
"Says the girl with hands of fire." Lars shot back
"What?" I asked confused wondering what he meant and looked at my hands that were still pulsating but not glowing anymore.
Then at that time Sadie came out with a medikit and said "It's probably from when you tried to break the bubble." She then began to cool my hands with an ice pack, as well as giving one to Lars, and then wrapping said hands in bandages.
After that Sadie asked where Steven and Connie went and I said they left for the pier to search for a different solution. With that I bid them Farwell to go towards the beach for my underwater adventure. After testing the waters I slowly walked in to the ocean without noticing some wary eyes.
Third Person
"Garnet are you sure we shouldn't be watching over Steven." Pearl said from inside the beach house slowly but surely looking more and more on edge
Garnet simply gave a nod in response causing Pearl to begin to pace as Garnet sat there on the couch looking motionless. Amethyst had become bored with just waiting and decided to look outside to see how Steven was doing to see something surprising.
"Hey guys Stevens gone and Mary's the only one on the beach." Amethyst said causing Pearl to go into a panic and headed straight to the window. Garnet got up to see as well.
Pearl then began "what is she doing and where is Steven." she proceeded to look around all visible areas
"Hey I've seen outfits like that when people go swimming deep underwater." Amethyst began "she's probably doing … what was it… o ya scuba diving."
"Yet she's still in her green dress form yesterday." Pearl pointed out to which amethyst just shrugged
As of then Mary began to walk into the water. It was about then that amethyst noticed something and said "doesn't she need one of those air tank thingy's to breath underwater?" this news caused pearl and Garnet to look at each other worriedly, pearl much more so then garnet.
First Person
My undersea adventure was going amazingly at the beginning. It was amazing to see the many sites that were around with all the life as well as interesting rock formations. That was unfortunately where things got weird sense while I was walking I noticed by the area I assumed to be the pier I saw what looked to be a sunken trawler at the bottom. Things got only weirder as I started to feel the earthquakes that Steven mentioned from under the ocean. The strangest part was that the epicenter of the quake felt like it was dangerously close by. Despite my better judgment I decided to walk towards the center to see if I could get a look at what I assumed to be some kind of fault line or maybe a magma spout or something.
To my surprise, what I saw was a giant worm tunneling through the ocean floor causing cracks in the ground what was more surprising though was what I saw in front of the worm, it was Steven and Connie still trapped in Stevens bubble at the bottom of the ocean. How they got down hear. I have no idea but the crack in the ground created by the Tunneling Worm caused them to fall into the fissure I quickly made my way to the fissure and looked down to make sure they were ok.
As I reached the edge of the fissure I heard Connie Screaming "IT'S NOT OK!" as I looked down from the edge I saw Connie severely stressed continuing with "you keep saying that but you don't know what you're doing. Now were going to suffocate or starve at the bottom of the ocean and only my parent's will notices because no one else cares about me. I'm going to disappear without ever making a single friend." With that Connie burst into tears and began crying on the floor of the bubble.
I was shocked I knew she was a loner but I didn't even consider that it was this bad. She reminds me of me before coming to beach city. Less emotional mind you but I thought for the longest time I was destined to be alone because I was different. That I would just fade away as the weird girl no one cared about. I feel bad now for not even approaching her before and offering her friendship when she was clearly in the same situation even if I didn't know it.
Thankfully Steven was there to save her broken heart offering her back a glowing bracelet from over a year ago that Connie dropped. I didn't even know that they lasted that long but apparently they do as well as Steven dressing up like a scrubber brush for a parade at the board walk last year.
It was a beautiful moment with them holding hand in a dimly lit fissure. It was however short lived as the safety bubble suddenly burst unexpectedly causing the two of them to have no air to breath quickly I swam down to the two and directed them up helping them swim to the surface. They were beyond surprised to see me but the seriousness of running out of air made them not really care. When we got to the surface the adrenalin of the situation kicked in for the kids and they began to laugh about the situation.
Shame it didn't last either because just as the situation was calming a loud roar was heard behind us turning around I saw the large worm from before. It changed us slashing just before contact causing a massive tidal wave that pushed us all the way to shore. Continuing to look back at sea I saw that the worm was still after us as did Steven we helped Connie up and began to run. I thought I could lose him in the maze that was the wooden stakes supporting a nearby dock as did Steven but instead of chasing the majority the worm went after Connie
"What!? Why is it focused on Connie?" I asked perplexed as it chased her
Then Steven noticed something and said "the bracelet. It eats bright stuff!"
Dang that means that it will continue chasing her until she's eaten and even then there's nothing saying it would stop with just the bracelet. With something as big as that we'd need something huge with a lot of force to bring it down. Wait "a lot of force".
"… will need something with more weight *Grunt* to give us more force."
I just had an idea but I would need Stevens help so I called "Steven I have a… Steven?" I was then I saw him coming right at me with the bracelet and the giant worm beast with him.
I began to run away in the same direction starting with a scream but as I ran a little I got Stevens attention with "Steven, can you keep this worm under the dock I got an idea."
"Will do" Steven said as he turned again and I turned to the opposite direction to a pile of rocks. I worked my way to the largest yet throw able rock I could find. Picking it up trying to channel the same feeling I did when I first did, this surprisingly allowing me to hold the rock easier than last time.
As I rushed my way back to the dock Steven had somehow tide the worm up on the supports making my plan so much easier. As the worm continued to struggle out and attack Steven the supports where starting to give until eventually the only thing keeping the dock up was the center beam that the worm was around so with a mighty throw, or as mighty as I could get anyway, I tossed the rock at the center beam. The impact from it was more devastating then I initially thought as it caused said beam to splitter instead of just crack. Eventually the dock fell on its own weight crushing the worm beats and causing it to … poof? It just poofs into dust? Just then something caught my attention that completely distracted me. It was a gem, wait is that the gem that was inside its mouth.
Before I can even touch the gem a large hand hovers over it causing a bright pink bubble to appear around it. When I look to see who did that I saw a large woman standing around seven feet tall which towered over my measly five foot four inches. Her visor was masking her eyes and she looked at me with no really emotion on the surface but I had this aching feeling like she was glaring at me. With that feeling driving me I slowly move back to Steven now completely afraid of the giant woman.
As I went back to the group I first saw Pearl and some other lady shorter than pearl next to her. I then heard Connie say "he was incredible!" obviously revering to Steven who proceeded to get all humble from that fact.
I was so happy for him sense it was his idea of noting the worm that I was able to finish it off like I did. It was then that Pearl and the short purple lady that I assumed was Amethyst from what Steven had told me had started to inadvertently embarrass Steven thankfully the large red lady who I assumed to be Garnet stopped them saying "Hey. Don't mess with his funky flow." Then picking Pearl and Amethyst into her arms and walking away. Not before, however, turning to look back at me with the same emotionless stare from before. I don't think she likes me hanging out with Steven. If that is the case she will not like tomorrow evening and that scares me.
With that in mind I took that look as a hint to leave and not to mess with Steven any more today which as threats go is the tamest one I've ever had so I am more than willing to oblige. With that I went to the love birds and said "well I should be heading off to ill see you tomorrow Steven." Steven was happy by that then I continued with "and I hope to see you again some time to Connie."
She replied with a shy "that'd be nice. And thank you as well."
Now I was embarrassed sense Steven did most of the work but I needed to run before Garnet Comes hunting me down so I said "well I got to run. You two stay out of trouble." Getting a giggle out of Steven before heading home very, very swiftly.
Third Person
"I wonder what Mary was doing with Steven by the beast." Pearl said shortly after being put down by garnet back at the house
"She was about to pick of the gem." Garnet stated with sounds of almost concern
Amethyst was taken aback by that asking "What? Why would she do that? Why would she want to?"
Garnet quickly responded with "I'm not sure but whatever she wants with them I can't be good."
"Well we can't worry about it now. O everything might become a mess at this rate.*Sigh* at least we can have a bit a breather now sense there are no other gem beasts in the immediate area." Pearl said looking stressed about the what-if's of the situation
It was at that moment that Steven came into the beach house with his usual happy self after a little more time spent with Connie and asked the question "Say are we doing anything tomorrow at dinner time."
"No I don't believe we are Steven whys that. Are you and Greg planning to go out? Pearl asked as she started to walk over to Steven
"Sort of, see dad and I got invited to dinner at Mary's house and I was hoping I could go." Steven said in his usual Innocent Nature
This caused all of the crystal gems to look shocked even Garnet. They were all left speechless looking at each other. The silence continued until Steven chimed in with "What is something wrong?"
a collage the massive time sink that takes time from all hobbys, that and the lack of new steven universe episodes to reignite my creativity, o well. so like usual time please review, criticize, and also assume i know nothing about how to write properly