Ch. 7 In the house, in the town, information

I almost forgot this fanfic. But I know that I'm slaking off, but even WITH bullshit happening, I have to continue this.

"Oh come ON Ash, we don't have to move him around like a ragdoll." Johnny said, looking at Ash. Ash on the other hand, was grabbing Creature and was proping him so that he could sit down on the couch. "He's basically weightless to all allies, but that doesn't mean we can't move him if he's in the way." Ash replied. "True." Pearl said almost immediatly. Lyssa chuckled as Creature slumped over the side of the couch. Steven walked out the bathroom as Garnet and Amethyst warped back in from another mission. "So, how did the bottem of the sea go?" Johnny asked, almost jumping across the room. Amethyst smiled at Johnny as if he just made her day as Garnet moved her glasses. "We found a ship that had some gem tech on it and now it's in the temple. So, it went pretty well." Garnet said, smiling while looking down at the man. "Get back over here Johnny, we still have things to talk about." Ash said, turning his head towards Johnny. "Lay off him Ashy-po, let the man have his fun." Lyssa said, summuning some cottan-candy. Ash was going to retort, but Creature muttered something in his sleep about a few bugs. "What's he talking about?" Ash asked, pointing his thumb at the sleeping demon-king. "It must be about the geode beetles of Heaven and Earth." Amethyst said, scratching her back. "They sorta go with a collection, with the Underworld beetle, his old collection would be complete." Just than, Connie walked through the door with Ronaldo, both in costumes. "Hey Steven, Johnny, ready for horror club?" Connie asked, dressed as vampire. "Oh yeah, I almost forgot. See you guys in a while." He said, walking up to Connie and Ronaldo. "Horror club huh? I think that I'll check that out." Johnny said, rubbing his chin. "Where is it taking place Connie?" Ronaldo looked up from his phone smiled a little. "It's up in the lighthouse, like it normally does." That's when Creature got up a muttered while walking siffly to the doorway. "Wait, I thought you said he was knocked out." Connie said, pointing at Creature, who just walked out the door. "He is, I didn't see his eyes open." Garnet said, walking past the little girl.

After a while, the gang got to the lighthouse to see Creature scavange through a huge chest. "Now, I put it there somewhere." He said. Pearl took a step forward in an attack position, causing a creak in the floorboards. Creature got straight up and straightened his left arm and hand. Weird rock-like objects went around his arm and hand like a chainsaw. "Who goes there? I'm armed." He said, before noticing the gems. The weird objects dissappeared behind his back. "Oh, sorry about that, I need to find something here." "What could that be?" Ronaldo asked. "A few documents, one of which is the deed to this lighthouse. A few others are just a few riches that I've stached here a few years back." Creature explained, digging through the chest. "WAIT!" Ronaldo yelled. "Where did you get that chest? THAT'S where the deed was this whole time?" "It's been in the floorboards, like the tall-tale heart." Creature said, getting up. He than launched a weird claw into the wall and hung the deed on it. He than dug into the chest again and gasped. "So, you've been here this time. I'm smarter than I tend to give myself credit for." "Who are you talking about?" Ash asked. Creature turned around quickly and showed a samuri sword to the gang. "YAMATO! THE SWORD OF SPARDA!" He yelled. "'Sparda?' The demon who betrayed the demon race for the humans?" Garnet asked. "That's right." Creature said in the voice of a certain draconequus. "Is Sparda a good guy?" Steven asked, pulling on Creature's pants. "He may be a demon, but he is one of the best demons that I've ever seen. With actions pure, heart so great, he plunged into the underworld to save the human world and the woman he loved." Creature said in an actor-like way. Steven only stared at Creature, confused, but he only nodded like he understood.

After a while of Creature scavenging through the huge chest, he found some more pages. "Knew I left them here." He whispered, opening his spell book up. "What are these pages?" Pearl asked, kneeling down. Creature smiled and showed Pearl the pages. "These pages contain spells that I had to leave hear many years ago because of the fact that there is this one man who knew of this book." Creature said. "I thought he would have somehow grabbed this book from me when I found him some time ago. So, I stached a few of the most dangerous spells that I knew he would have used here." Almost everyone in the lighthouse almost yelled, "and what would they be" at the same time. The Creature smiled, almost cockely. "Time displacement and manipulation, shadow fighting, a few spells on bending elements, and a spell on dimensional distortion." He listed. Ash got aggitated and grabbed Creature by the shirt and lifted him up. "Why would you have those spells to begin with?" He asked. "You know the dangers of having the spells that can control time and space can bring. Why havn't you destroyed them?"

Creature than grabbed Ash's arm and basically threw Ash across the room. "Sometimes reasons are useless Ash. I only keep them in case something bad happens like Galactus and Dark-side repeats and I just so happen to forget a step in the spell." He said, turning to face Ash. Garnet got in-between them, causing the two men to stop dead in their tracks. "You two mustn't fight here. If you're wishing to fight, do so outside. Only there would lesson the damage of any building." She said in a strict tone. Creature raised his hands in goofy manner. "Alright Gar-net, you're the CG-boss now." He said, turning back to the chest on one foot. Steven and Connie turned to the Crystal gems. "What's 'CG-boss' Garnet?" Steven asked. Pearl groaned turned around. "CG-boss means the leader of the Crystal Gems' boss. You know we don't really have a leader now Creature." Creature only shrugged and shook his head with a smile. "Whatever Pear. Whatever ya' say." Pearl scoffed and stomped one of her feet before running off.

After a while, Johnny and Ash had a room in the light house. Creature didn't mind, neither did the mayor after seeing the deed. When Ash and Johnny picked rooms and had their rooms furnished, they went to Fish stew pizza to meet up with Creature and Steven. "So, this little guy is a half-gem?" Johnny asked in a surprised manner. "That's right Johnny. First of his kind." Creature said, leaning on Steven with a grin. Steven than swatted Creature off. "I'm not a counter, Mr. Creature." He said, looking up at the man. "Again Steven, Mr. Creature was my great grandfather on my dad's side. People normally call me by my last name or 'The Creature,' or sometimes people call me Middle." Creature said, smiling. "Can't you make an exeption for Steven? You know how kids are." Ash said, grabbing some pizza. Creature gave Ash the look of, "You're not helping" and sighed. "Fine, fine. Plus besides, I can't say no to that face."

Steven started asking Creature questions about how he has the deed to the lighthouse while everyone ate pizza. Ash on the other hand, he had gotten the gems far away enough so they could talk alone without interroption. "So, how is it that Creature is able to get here so long ago?" He asked, crossing his arms. "He stated that he was in the underworld when one day a gem from homeworld appeared and started to cause touble." Garnet said, straightening her glasses. "He was able to find the gem, but he was able to escape through a portal that led straight to the gem homeworld. From there, he eventually found Rose-quartz, Steven's mother, and he helped create the crystal gems. After a long battle for Earth, he decided to stay and make sure that Homeworld would never come back using the warp pads." "Was there a reason why he left?" Ash asked, looking at Creature unnoticably. "He was fighting a green thing with tentacules and had a big eye." Amythest said, scratching her back.

"So he went there...I wonder.." He said before walking up to Creature. "Creature, I need to speak to you...privatly." The smile that Creature had stayed there for a few seconds before becoming a frown. Creature sighed and followed Ash outside. "Listen, everyone in this place might be nice but...you need to start reporting in what you find from here on." Creature gave Ash a look of "how dare you" and sighed. "Ash, we may be friends, but there are things not even you should know." Creature said, clenching his fists. "I've been demension hopping to find things out about things that the higher ups deem important for me to figure out." "There are potential hazards out there, don't you think that it would be best to at least tell have back up in case things go to hell and back?" Ash asked. "Already ahead of you; that would be the M.I.B and M.H.A.R.S." Creature said, looking at an invisible watch. Ash then grabbed Creature by his collar and brought him close. "Listen here Creature, you know, just as well as I, that there are concicuences to the things you do. There will be a time where things will come crumbling down, if you stop and actually think ahead of things, there wouldn't have been the Washington incident, nor an incident with ruler of the dark demision." Just than, small tendrulls came from the back of Creature's next and stopped just inches infront of Ash. "Ashy, Ashy, Ashy." Creature said in a sing-song tone. "Don't ya think that if we don't think ahead, that those incidences would have been worst? Or do you think that the whole thing was only a matter of chance?" Ash tossed Creature away, pissed off at the demi-god. "Oh, what's wrong Ashy? Sand in the pants? Or are they in the clam of yours?" Creature said mockingly. Ash took out a gun, but Creature seemingally telaported infront of Ash and picked him up by the neck. "Ash, you know that I will always be better than the average human." Creature said, grabbing the gun from Ash. "Only those who have the power, can actually move me." With that, Creature dissappeared with the gun. "Damn it Creature, why do you have to be so stubborn?" Ash whispered. Just than, the crystal gems came out of the pizza place. "What was THAT all about?" Pearl asked. "I needed to speak to him, but it looks like...again...I didn't get through to him." Ash asked. "What do you mean, 'again' Ash?" Johnny asked. "I have always told him that crossing deminsions is beyond just him, but he never listens." Ash replied. "He is stubborn, like his parents. Do any of you know where he is?" Garnet stepped up to him, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Listen, I know Middle is heard headed and he has his moments of arrogence. But this comes from things not even we know. He told us a lot about you, if you are his friend, you wouldn't go looking for him." She told the blonde. "Where is The Creature?" Ash asked, almost in a dangerous tone. "He is in the place called the kindergarden. You don't want to go there right now." Garnet said. There was than a gleam in Ash's eyes, through his sunglasses. "You're telling me that if I go...THAT'LL happen?" He asked. "Tell me, what did you see?" Garnet asked, tilting her head. "I have to go to the temple and wait for Creature, if anything, we need to have to sit and talk." Ash said, walking off.

What did you think? I realize that this is a little different than usual. Now, I'll try to make the next one a little more...up beat.