Past and Present
Chapter 7 True Intentions
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. This is just a story for fun.
Garnet and Hematite were teleported to Rose's Fountain. Hematite looked at her device and walked towards the statue of Rose to study it, then she turned away from the statute and walked over to a wall. The device beeped and Hematite looked at it curiously as she ran her hand over the wall. There was a tiny clicking sound and a hole opened up in the wall. Inside the hole was a green crystal with white lines running around it that gave off a glow.
"I present the Temporal Crystal." Said Hematite as she stepped aside and let Garnet see the crystal.
Garnet eyed the crystal and then she stuck her hand into the hole and grabbed it. As soon as Garnet grabbed the stone, she was bombarded by multiply visions of the future! All of the visions were different, but two things stood out the most among the visions. The first was of a large shadowy object that was bigger then the entire Earth and the second was of what appeared to be a hole that seemed to be a rip in the fabric of space itself. It took all of Garnet's willpower to regain control of her senses and stop the vision. Garnet looked at the crystal in her hands and then at Hematite. The other Gem was definitely up to something.
"Let's head back to the beach." Said Garnet.
"Sure, but if it's ok with you, I think I'll hold the crystal." Said Hematite as she stretched her hand out to Garnet.
Garnet handed the crystal to Hematite and the two of them got on the Warp Pad and they teleported away.
Back on the beach, Paragon had just arrived and was heading towards Steven and Connie, when she saw Pearl and Amethyst walking out of the house. Paragon frowned slightly. The appearance of the two gems, could complicate things. A different approach to get the children onto the ship was in order.
"Hello Steven. Hello Connie. I was wondering if the two of you would like to see the inside of my ship." Said Hematite.
"That would be awesome!" Said Steven excitedly.
"Hold on Steven! What's this I hear about showing Steven and Connie seeing the inside of your ship?" Said Pearl as she and Amethyst reached the others.
"Oh I thought since we are all working together, I'd do something nice for Steven and Connie. I'm positive that they would enjoy seeing the inside of a gem ship." Said Paragon.
"Can I come see it to?" Asked Amethyst.
Paragon looked at her teleportation device and frowned a little.
"I'm sorry Amethyst, but my device can only teleport a max of three people and it's currently running low on power. Once I teleport myself and the others onto the ship, I will need to charge my device a little and then I'll come back for you and Pearl. It should only take ten minutes of charging for my device to be charged up enough to teleport the three of us onto the ship."
"Fine...I can wait." Said Amethyst.
"Good. Now let us be off." Said Paragon as she grabbed Steven and Connie's hands.
The three of them vanished in a flash of light and they were gone from the beach, along with Rose's sword.
Garnet and Hematite appeared on the Warp Pad in the Kindergarten. Hematite looked around confused not sure where they were, when Garnet snatched the Temporal Crystal from out of Hematite's hand and leaped away from her landing several yards away from her as she activated her gauntlets.
"What are you doing?" Asked Hematite as she looked at Garnet with a tiny bit of annoyance.
"I'm keeping this crystal away from you and your going to tell me what your up to." Said Garnet as she got into a fighting stance.
Hematite let out a sigh as she looked at Garnet.
"I'm guessing, one of your halves sensed the power and possibilities of the Temporal Crystal?"
"We did and I want to know what you plan to use the crystal for." Said Garnet.
"Very well, I'll start from the beginning. During the war I heard about the development of the Temporal Crystal and its capabilities. I asked Roes to help me Attack the ship it was on and steal it. We were successful and after we got the crystal we studied it and began to see how really powerful it was and how we could use it to win the war. I wanted to use the crystal to assassinate Yellow Diamond, when she was at her most vulnerable, but Rose refused to the plan saying it was wrong and that the Temporal Crystal was to dangerous to use. This wasn't are first argument during the war, for the past several years our methodology and ideology had changed. Rose wanted to use tactics that defended Earth and the Rebellion, until she could reason with Yellow Diamond and change her ideology. I was more about destroying our enemies completely. The argument about the Temporal Crystal was the last one between me and Rose. The two of us fought and Rose managed to get the upper hand and bested me. I asked her to finish me off, but she refused to saying she would never destroy a friend. Apparently Rose still saw me as a friend despite our differences. I decided to take those loyal to me and head into space. Over the years I've been fighting Yellow Diamond and her forces with no luck, but then I came across some information referring to The Cluster and I knew what I had to do. I plan to use The Cluster to destroy Yellow Diamond and free the Homeworld. " Said Hematite.
"Your mad Hematite, if you think I'm going to let you awaken The Cluster and use it! It will destroy the Earth!" Said Garnet.
"Yes I know that, but I have no intention of destroying the Earth. You see Garnet I plan to use the Temporal Crystal to go back in time to the exact moment Yellow Diamond's forces were putting The Cluster into the Earth. I have the necessary tools to speed up its incubation and activate it. I will active The Cluster before it's even put into the Earth and use it to destroy Yellow Diamond avenger all our fallen comrades. The Earth will be perfectly safe and I'm saving it in the process." Said Hematite.
"You still plan to unleash a horrible weapon on the universe. Though you plan to use it for good no one should ever be allowed to use a weapon like The Cluster. It's a horrible abomination with all those gem shards being forced to fuse together! Though I admit I want to take Yellow Diamond down and protect the Earth, I can sense that the changes you make in the past could drastically change and endanger the future. I will not let you have your way." Said Garnet as she raised her gauntlets up to fight.
"I was hoping that you would see things my way, but I see you leave me no choice. This war will continue and you and your comrades will fail in your duties. I'm trying to help you and the entire universe. But if you refuse to see reason and you decide to stand in my way, so be it!" Said Hematite as she summoned her metal orbs for battle.
To be continued.