Onyx

"Ah, Jasper made a smart choice for once…" said Peridot. "Don't worry. Once we get you back, you'll feel right at home. Now, sit quietly while I work… And don't touch anything!"

I think I was in some sort of control room. Jasper and Peridot took Steven, Pearl and Amethyst somewhere else. What about Garnet? Was she… dead?

"Once we get back to homeworld, you'll be the deadly Gem you were always meant to be…" Jasper had said.

My knees were pulled up to my chest as I sat on the ground. I was terrified. Was I really… deadly? Was I supposed to be… evil?

"Aliens, Steven!" Greg had said. "Aliens who invaded Earth!"

What was I? How… How was I going to save Steven? The memory of what happened to Garnet flashed through my mind. I remembered seeing her terrified face as she fell. That image nearly made me cry. Garnet had been the only one other than Steven who had been so nice to me… and now she's gone…

My thoughts were put on hold when Jasper came. She looked at me and then went to Peridot.

"We're heading to homeworld right away," said Jasper.

"What?!" said Peridot.

Jasper walked up to me. I looked up in a terrified gaze.

"Come on!" said Jasper. "I'm showing you around the ship."

I stumbled to my feet. Jasper grabbed my right hand, not caring that I was uncomfortable with her touching my gem, and dragged me along with her. As we walked out, Peridot followed us. In the distance I heard a lovely singing voice. As we went down the halls, I saw a lot of empty spaces with yellow fields.

"We can't leave yet!" said Peridot.

We stopped by a cell. Inside was a blue Gem. She had light blue hair that covered the top half of her face and a fancy dress. She was the one who was singing.

"The whole point of coming here was to check on the Cluster!" said Peridot.

Jasper punched the wall. The sound of it made me jump.

"Stop singing!" Jasper harshly shouted at the blue Gem. She turned to Peridot. "Rose Quartz and the Onyx take priority. Get back to the bridge and set a course for homeworld!"

Peridot frowned in annoyance. She did as she was told, however, and went back the way she came.

"'Go to Earth', they said," said Peridot. "'It'll be easy', they said…"

Jasper and I continued walking. I looked at the blue Gem who was staring at me as we left the room. She looked sad.

"SAPPHIRE!" I heard from a shout.

Jasper pulled me along rapidly. Her footsteps were loud, which reflected her brute personality.

Were there… other Gems on this ship? As we entered the next room, Jasper got mad.

"C'mon!" said a familiar voice. "Let's go find the others!"

"YOU!" Jasper shouted.

I heard two pairs of footsteps come to a halt. Jasper let me go and pushed me back.

"Wait here!" she ordered.

To my shock, Steven was there with a red Gem. Why was there a bruise on Steven's eye? I could only assume it was because of Jasper.

My hands were shaking. What was I going to do?!
"Jasper!" Steven said in horror.

The two started backing away. Jasper smiled coldly at them.

"To think that the Legendary Rose Quartz is now reduced to this…" said Jasper. "How pathetic!"

Jasper started walking towards them. She was going to hurt him again. Memories of how I was told how evil Gems were filled my mind. I couldn't… No! I won't let her hurt Steven!

I lunged forward and grabbed Jasper's arm. Steven and the other Gem gasped.

"Let go!" Jasper yelled.

To my surprise, I was actually holding her back. Anger built up within.

"Yellow Diamond won't be happy to hear about this back on homeworld!" Jasper yelled.

"Then I'm not going!" I yelled. "I won't let you hurt him anymore!"

I started to pull.

"I… I'm a CRYSTAL GEM!" I shouted. And I threw Jasper over myself. She slammed into the wall headfirst and fell to the ground, motionless. I took a step back in disbelief of my own strength.

"Onyx!" Steven yelled as he and red Gem ran up to me.

"Steven, are you okay?!" I said, with my hands still shaking.

"Yeah…" said Steven. "I'm fine."

Steven was smiling. Was it something I said?

"Let's go!" said the red Gem. "We have to find Sapphire!"

"Who's Sapphire?" I said. "Is she your friend?"

"She's all alone! I need to find her!" The red Gem said in panic.

"Okay!" I said. "Um…"

"Ruby!" said the red Gem.

"Right!" I said. "Let's go before Jasper wakes up."

We ran down the halls. I heard that singing again. There was one room that was just a long hallway, but there was one cell at the end of it. Lapis was there, surprised to see us.

"Oh, it's just you…" Ruby grumbled.

"Lapis, I can get you out!" Steven said, holding out his hand.

"Stop!" Lapis yelled.

"No, it's okay!" said Steven. "I can-"

"No!" said Lapis. "I don't want your help. Things are already bad enough as it is! I've already caused too much trouble… Once we get back to homeworld, they're going to decide what to do with us."

I finally brought myself to look Lapis in the eye. My mind was blank.

"Lapis…" was all I could say.

"O-Onyx…" said Lapis. "Please… I didn't mean to-"

"Lapis, I'm not mad, because you left me behind!" I said. "I'm mad at you because you lied to me! Did all that time we spent back during the war mean nothing?!"

"... I was suppose to protect you," said Lapis, "not spend time with you."

I stopped. No matter what I said to her, it would just end up hurting me. I really didn't think she could justify her actions, anyway. She revealed the location of the Crystal Gems and if we didn't hurry, we'd be taken back to homeworld.

"Onyx, just listen," said Lapis. "Whatever you're doing, just stop! If we do everything they say, they may go easy on us!"

How could Lapis think that way. They tried to kill us with the ship… twice. They hurt Steven and took everyone prisoner.

"... You're stupid," I then said.

Lapis looked at me in shock. Even Steven was surprised, but I didn't care anymore…. Screw homeworld!

"Good-bye…" I said. And I walked away.

"I don't have time for this!" said Ruby. She ran up and yanked me along with her.

Down another hall, I saw a window. Were we in space? I could see all the clouds over Earth. So, that's what Earth looks like? It's beautiful… No wonder the Crystal Gems wanted to protect it.

"Sapphire!" Ruby shouted.

We kept going and I saw what seem to be an open space. On the other side was that blue Gem from earlier. She was with Steven.

"Ruby!" she said.

The two ran over to each other into a loving embrace. So that was Sapphire. Steven and I came up to one another.

"What did you say to Lapis?" I said.

"I said I'd come back for her," said Steven.

"Did they hurt you?" said Ruby.

"No, no!" said Sapphire. "I'm okay! Did they hurt you?"

"Who cares?!" Ruby said, with tears in her eyes.

"I do!" said Sapphire.

Sapphire kissed Ruby. I didn't know what that meant at the time. Then Ruby picked her up and the two started laughing as she twirled her around. They shined into a light and their voices became one. It was that familiar voice…

Then, from the light, Garnet emerged and landed on her feet with a smile.

"Steven! Onyx! Thank-you!" she exclaimed.

I jumped back. What did I just see?!

"Uhh?! Wha?!" I got out.

"Garnet!" Steven exclaimed. "You're a fusion?!"

"Oh, I'm sorry!" said Garnet. "We didn't want you meeting us here like this."

"Well… Did we make a good first impression?" said Steven.

"Oh, Steven…" said Garnet. "We already love you…"

"Where is she?!" yelled a harsh voice.

"It's Jasper!" Said Garnet. "Steven! Onyx! Find the others and get to the control bridge."

"But we don't know where they are!" said Steven.

Garnet kissed Steven on the forehead. A smile appeared on his face.

"Future vision…" he said. "Wait, are you gonna be able to beat her on your own?"

"It's okay, Steven…" said Garnet. "I'm never alone…"

Steven nodded. I was too dazed to say anything. Steven grabbed my hand and pulled me away to find the others.

We found Pearl and Amethyst in separate cells next to each other.

"Steven!" Pearl said in terror. "Are you okay?!"

"Yeah, I'm fine," said Steven.

Steven walked over the Amethyst and held out his hand. Apparently, he was immune to the field. He created a space to let Amethyst out.

"Way to go, Steven!" Amethyst exclaimed.

"Come on!" said Pearl, as Steven let her out. "We have to stop Jasper and Peridot!"

"Garnet told us to get to the bridge," I said. "Peridot's driving the ship!"

Everyone followed behind me to the bridge. Peridot was at the controls when she heard the Gems and I come in.

"What are you doing?!" said Peridot.

"Change of plans, Peridot!" I said.

Peridot got out a destablizer. Steven ran over and grabbed it. His human half made him immune to the device. Steven got the device away from Peridot and Amethyst tied up Peridot with her whip. Pearl ran to the controls.

"Don't touch that!" Said Peridot. "You clods don't know what you're doing!"

"You got this, Pearl!" said Amethyst.

"Okay, ship!" said Pearl. "Turn us around!"

Pearl's hand went into the controls. It seems to be a weird sensation for her. Then the entire ship shook and we fell on the ground. Peridot escaped Amethyst's grip and pressed some button that let her escape through an escape pod. I looked out the window and we were heading towards the earth.

The doors swung open and Garnet came in. She had a few scratches and bruises, but looked okay.

"Garnet!" we all said.

"This ship is going down!" said Garnet.

"What about Lapis?" said Steven.

"There's no time!" said Garnet.

Steven had everyone gather around and he summoned his bubble. I closed my eyes. I could only imagine what could happen to us. After several loud noises, I opened my eyes and saw that we were all safe. Lion was waiting for us.

The ship was in pieces and green fire was here and there. Steven deactivated his bubble.

"Nice one!" said Garnet.

"Oh my gosh!" Steven exclaimed. "I can't believe you're a fusion all the time!"

"You guys met Ruby and Sapphire?!" said Amethyst.

"Yeah…" I said, still confused about that.

"On no!" said Pearl. "We were going to introduce you. Garnet, your plan…"

"Well, we were waiting for your birthday, Steven…" said Garnet.

"We can still do it!" said Steven. "I'll just pretend I didn't know!"

Amethyst started laughing, but then Jasper emerged from the rubble. She was covered in scratches and bruises. She stumbled out of the wrecked parts of the ship and fell on her knees.

We stood up right away. We'll fight for this planet no matter what!

"Don't think you've won…" Jasper muttered. "You only beat me… 'cause you're a fusion! If I had someone to fuse with, I'd-"

Lapis came out of the rubble and fell onto the ground. She saw Jasper tried to fly away, but she grabbed her.

"C'mere, brat!" Jasper yelled. "Aw, don't fly away so soon…"

"Lapis!" Steven yelled, lunging forward as the Gems stopped him.

"Lapis, listen!" said Jasper. "Fuse with me!"

"What?!" said Lapis.

"How long did they keep you trapped here on this miserable hunk of rock!" said Jasper. She dropped Lapis onto the ground. "These Gems… their traitors to their homeworld! They kept you prisoner! They used you! This is your chance to get revenge!"

Lapis looked at us. More importantly, she was looking at Steven and I.

"Come on…" Jasper went on. "Just say 'yes'..."

"Lapis, don't do it…" said Steven.

I didn't believe Lapis would make the right decision, but I looked at her anyway. She looked at us and a look of determination filled her eyes. Looking at Jasper, she held out her hand and slowly nodded. Jasper smiled evilly and grabbed her hand.

I looked away. I knew it…

"Nooooo!" Steven yelled.

Lapis and Jasper danced and they fused. The light was huge. A fusion that was probably even bigger than a building appeared before us. She was green and had white hair, with four eyes. She had four legs and two hands.

Everyone… even Garnet… were terrified.

Everything went silent around me. Was this the end? Memories filled my mind. The good ones… the bad ones… Steven, Garnet and Lapis were at the center of it all. It wasn't until then, I realized my gem had started glowing. I had cherished all the good memories I shared with them… and I wasn't going to let it end now!

Steven and the other stepped back. Black sharp crystals began to rise from the ground around me. The fusion walked toward us as I raised my right hand into the air. The sharp crystals did so too. Right before the first blow was thrown all the crystals joined together and blocked the attack. I swipe to the side and the crystals fell to the ground around me. The Gems backed away in shock.

"Everyone!" I yelled. "Get away! Right now!"

"Onyx, no!" Garnet yelled.

Malachite threw a punch at me and I somehow caught it.

"You think you can stop me?!" said the fusion. "I am Malachite!" She swatted me into the air with her other hand. Then she she threw me into the ground. My body was in pain and I couldn't move.

"Onyx!" I heard Steven yell.

"Malachite walked towards me. A tear came down from my eye… I thought I could at least hold off Malachite so they could escape.

"Okay, Lapis…" I said, softly. "You… win…"

Malachite laughed as she summoned a hand made of water. Would this be… the last thing I would ever see...?

Then the hand turned into a chain and wrapped around her wrist. Another one came and grabbed the other. More chains of water came and bounded Malachite.

"What are you doing?!" Malachite said, with the two Gems arguing. "I'm done being everyone's prisoner! Now you're MY prisoner! And I'm never letting you GO!"

Malachite began being dragged into the ocean.

"Lapis!" Steven shouted.

"Let's stay on the miserable planet TOGETHER!" Malachite shouted. And she disappeared into the ocean, never to be seen again. I stared in confusion. What… just happened?

"Lapis…" was all I could say, as I drifted into unconsciousness.

Oh… I finally was able to fall asleep...