Steven universe – Tale of the lighting gem
Chapter 7 – Testing his strength
BANG! CRASH! CRACK! WHACK!
"Is she still upset?" Jasper asked looking over at Onyx.
"Ugh…yeah, she still hasn't gotten over it." Onyx said rubbing his head. Serpentine stormed around the room huffing and puffing. She punches a wall and flips a table over.
"WHO THE HELL DOES THAT BRAT THINK HE IS! I'LL DESTROY HIM!" Serpentine screamed.
"Just don't yellow diamond here you say that…" Onyx said rolling his eyes.
"UGHHHHH DAMN IT!" Serpentine groaned. "I can't believe some stupid gem like that blond brat can best me! It's just no possible! There has to be some type of trick to it!"
"You just can't comprehend that you lost…and you're in serious denial." Jasper said
"SHUT UP! I KNOW I'M BETTER THEN HIM!" Serpentine hissed. She was shaking with anger and she punches another hole in the wall. "And yellow diamond…is so crazy about him!"
"I wouldn't say crazy, but she has taking liking to him." Jasper added in.
"Whatever…he got lucky…" Serpentine hissed. She stares out the window.
Onyx sighs; he turns to the left and starts walking. Jasper looks at him "Where you off to?" she asked.
"To see Yellow diamond…there's something I want to do." Onyx said waving as he walked through the slide door.
Jasper smirked and chuckles "This should be interesting."
Later on
"So…" Yellow diamond said staring out the window at the view of Home world. "You want to test Orthoclase's ability's?"
"Yup…he seems like someone who could help us out. We need the extra back up anyway." Onyx said smiling confidently
"Hmm…" Yellow diamond looked down, seeing Orthoclase sitting in the purple grass gliding his hand through it. "What exactly do you have planned…Onyx?"
Onyx smirked chuckled "The best Madam." He said innocently.
Yellow diamond smiled "Well then…I'm actually curious to see what you have planned. Go ahead." She said smiling back at him.
…
"This surge…" Orthoclase whispered looking at his hand. He closes his hand into a fist and reopens it. Doing it over and over "What is this?"
"Orthoclase?" Moonstone whispered to him.
Orthoclase turned around quickly. He looked at her, her short blue hair and shaded grey eyes started at him. She then gave a warm smile to him
"It's good to see you finally." Moonstone said smiling.
"Moonstone…" Orthoclase whispered. Orthoclase felt a rising feeling inside. He puts his hand on his chest and looks at the ground. "Huh?"
"Are ok?"
"I…yes…yes I am. Hi Moonstone," Orthoclase said softly.
"Hi again," Moonstone said giggling "How's the training going?"
"It's…going fine. I'm learning a lot actually." Orthoclase said nodding.
"That's good." Moonstone said happily "I was wondering…if you're free that is, if you want to hang out…lapis is coming and I well…you know."
"Sure…that sounds fun." Orthoclase said looking at her.
Moonstone smiled widely "Alright! Let's go!" Moonstone grabs "come on! I'll show you where we are going. What's wrong?" Moonstone asked looking at him. Orthoclase was staring at Moonstone's hand around his.
"You're hand." Orthoclase said "It's really soft."
"U-uh…thank you." Moonstone said blushing widely "I…uh…mm…"
"Orthoclase,"
Moonstone quickly took her hand away from Orthoclase's quickly as Yellow diamond approached them. Yellow diamond stared at Moonstone who was still blushing.
Yellow diamond chuckled "Well what's going on here?" she asked playfully.
"Moonstone was holding my hand. She has soft hands." Orthoclase said simply.
"AH!" Moonstone shrieked covering her face "Orthoclase!"
"Oh my, Interesting," Yellow diamond said smirking "anyway. Orthoclase, you are about to go on your first mission."
"Huh?"
"He's going on a mission?" Moonstone said looking at Yellow diamond.
Yellow diamond nods "You have incredible skill with your gems powers already. That and you seem to be expertly skilled in hand to hand combat." She explained "And you caught the eye of one of our great gem warriors."
"That would be me." Onyx said coming from around the corner. "You saw me before, carrying away a pissed of Serpentine."
Moonstone started tense a little and stood close to Orthoclase. Orthoclase looked at him, his silk black hair, and his small flexible black armor.
"Names Onyx, nice to meet you," He said smiling
"He will be taking you on your mission. I'm sure you both together will get the job done." Yellow diamond said smiling.
"What are we going to do?" Orthoclase asked.
"I'll fill you in on the way." Onyx said "Please follow me?"
Orthoclase looked at Moonstone. Moonstone had a worried expression across her face.
"When I get back, you, lapis and I will hand out. I promise." Orthoclase said nodding.
Moonstone gave a soft smile and said "Ok." calmly. And with that Orthoclase looked at Onyx and followed him. They both walked down a road that led down to a small building with the same storage units that all looked alike.
"Have you been hearing about the attacks lately?" Onyx asked Orthoclase as he walked up to storage unit 5.
"What attacks?" Orthoclase said looking up at Onyx curiously.
"Well lately there have been reports of strange creatures popping up around home world attacking gems out of nowhere." The storage unit's doors opened up. A jet black ship lies inside. "Beautiful isn't it."
Orthoclase said nothing but just stared at the ship.
"Ahem. Anyway," Onyx said pressing a button on his wrist communicator and cockpit to his ship opened. "Hop in."
Orthoclase jumped and landed in the passanger seat in the ship making the ship bounce and shake.
"Whoa! Take it easy!" Onyx said holding up his hands "Be careful!"
"Ok." Orthoclase said simply.
"Ugh…" Onyx hopes in the driver's seat and the cockpit to the ship closes. Blue lights glowed on them. Letters In a different language appeared on the glass above the ship.
"What's all that say?" Orthoclase asked.
"Coordinates to the location we are going to." Onyx responded "For our mission."
"I see. Is the creature there?"
"It's been sighted going to direction we are. And of course it's our job to take care of it." Onyx said smirking.
Orthoclase nods "Interesting." He said.
"Of course, now are you ready?" Onyx asked.
"Yes I am." Orthoclase nods
"Awesome…now let's go." Onyx puts his hand on a scanner and it glowed blue and ship started. Lights flashed and ship started to hover. And in a flash the ship jets out of unit 5 and zoomed off.
They were flying over the buildings of home world through the star covered skies. Orthoclase looked out the window. They view was amazing, he could see everything.
"Nice view eh?" Onyx said looking at him.
"Yes." Orthoclase agreed
"I knew you would…anyway let's get to our location." Onyx said shifting the ship over to the right and zooms off. "By the way…your gem powers,"
"What about them?" Orthoclase said looking over at Onyx
"Do you have a good control and understanding about them?"
"I think I do." Orthoclase responded
"Good enough." Onyx said shrugging
After a while of flying, Orthoclase and Onyx arrived in a dark and rocky area. The ship landed in a small part of a nearby forest.
"Alright here we are." Onyx said as the cockpit to his ship opened. It was dead quite, and awfully dark. Onyx took out an item from a compartment inside his ship. He pressed a square button and it floats in the air and glows brightly, lighting up some of the area.
"This will help us." Onyx said scanning the area. "Stay alert, don't you dare let your guard down."
"I won't." Orthoclase said hopping out the ship and landing on the ground. Onyx followed and they began to walk. Their footsteps were the only noise in the area. The light shined around dark parts in the rocky area. Orthoclase looked around in the corners behind rocks and looked down small ditches.
"You sure it's here?" Orthoclase asked looking at Onyx
"Yup, it's somewhere in this area." Onyx responded. A small rock fell in the background. Onyx stopped walking and so did Orthoclase.
"Did you hear that?" Onyx whispered.
Orthoclase nodded.
Onyx moved the small ball of light over to the area where they heard the noise. Glowing white eyes were seen behind a large rock, the creature quickly hid behind the rock.
"There!" Onyx said pointing over at the rock. The rock suddenly was lifted in the air and was chucked at them.
Onyx fingers extended and he chopped the rock into tiny pieces.
"You like throwing rocks huh?" Onyx said smirking. He points his fingers at them and it quickly extends and launches at the creature stabbing it in the shoulder.
The creature lets out a scream and it charges out of the shadows. Large bat wings, tiger paws and claws, ears of a pig. Its gemstone was stamped across its forehead.
"Disgusting…" Onyx said spitting on the ground. He looks over at Orthoclase and smirks. He grabs his ball of light turns it off, making the area go back to completely dark.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Orthoclase said looking around. He couldn't see anything but the eyes of the creature in front of him.
"Good luck Orthoclase…let's see how good you are against this thing." Onyx voice said.
The creature screeches and it charges at Orthoclase. Orthoclase holds his hands together and a ball of pure electricity appears. The light from Orthoclase's lit up the entire rocky area. The creature stopped dead in his tracks and stared at Orthoclase.
Onyx stares at Orthoclase and blinks a few times "A ball of electricity?" he whispered.
The creature glares and lets out a screeching roar and continues his charge at Orthoclase.
Orthoclase glares back at the creature and launches the ball of electricity at the creature. The ball of electricity directly hits the creature and large electrical explosion accrued. The creature screams in pain and disappears in the explosion.
The area became dark again. Onyx could hear Orthoclase's deep breathing, Onyx eyes widened in shock.
"You got to be kidding…that small little ball of electricity did that?" Onyx said dumbfounded. "Holy crap…that's amazing."
"Hey Onyx…are you still here?" Orthoclase asked.
Onyx snaps out of his daze "Uh yeah…I'm still here…" he said turning the ball of light back on.
"Good job, you are really getting the hang of your gem powers."
Orthoclase looked up at him. "So was this whole thing just a test?" he asked.
Onyx scratched his head "Basically." He responded.
"Can we please leave now? I have a promise to keep." Orthoclase said walking back to ship.
Onyx looked at the gem on his back. He crossed his arms and shrugged "This guy…" he whispered
Back at homeworld city
"So…how did he do?" Yellow diamond ask
"He took it down within seconds, and I'm not overreacting on it either," Onyx said looking at Yellow diamond.
"I see." Yellow diamond said nodding "Where is he now?"
"He said he's going to go hang out with Moonstone and lapis lazuli or something."
"I see…he's grown fond of Moonstone has he?" Yellow diamond said looking over at Onyx.
"I don't pay attention to it…is he?" Onyx asked.
Yellow diamond nods and smiles "I find it pretty adorable." Yellow diamond giggles. "You may leave now Onyx."
Onyx shrugs and leaves the room. He looks at his right seeing Serpentine leaning on the wall waiting for him.
Serpentine looks at him "So he's that strong is he?" she asked.
"Yup…and by the way he's developing…he'll only get stronger." Onyx said as he started walking and serpentine followed.
"Tch…" Serpentine scowled
"Jealous?" Onyx teased
"Shut the hell up." Serpentine said irritated "I'm sick of that stupid Orthoclase…"
"You might be sick of him…but this is a really good opportunity."
Serpentine looks at him.
Onyx looks back and smiles "He'll be a good solider for us."
"If you say so," Serpentine said.
…
Orthoclase walked by the glowing glittering sea. He walks looking left and right, looking for Moonstone. Till finally he saw her, sitting next to a tree full of purple leaves. The same spot where he first saw her.
Moonstone turned around and smiled getting to her feet and walking over to him.
"You're back!" Moonstone excited "How was everything?"
"It was…quick." Orthoclase said "it didn't take long…"
Moonstone smiled softly "do…you still want to hang out?" she asked.
"Of course," Orthoclase nods
Moonstone takes his hand "Alright let's go!" she said full of energy and she started running. Orthoclase also ran. He felt that warm feeling in his chest again, a feeling that he welcomed with no complaint at all.
End of chapter 7
A/N I'm so glad that I finally got chapter 7 out and done. Sorry that I took so long to get it out! I've been so busy with EL Tigre the new adventures that I couldn't get this chapter out fast enough! I will be concentrating more on Steven universe! Anyway! See you all later!
