Mekhi's deviced spun them through time. They phased right into the middle of a Roman home. The family was eating dinner when Mekhi had arrived in their living area. They gave him and Pearl one look of confusion and then greeted him. Apparently Mekhi had made his where-abouts known in Rome as well.

"You should ask before appearing in a man's living room, Mecahanus." The man joked as he cut a slice of pork and laid it into his clay plate. The children kept staring as the mother served them some form of ancient dish. It was pork stuffed with a corn like substance, "Cesar has requested to see you, three years ago, he does not like to be kept waiting." Pearl was still wearing her normal attire, and it seemed out of place, both the adults and the children wore plain white togas, they where commoners surely. Mekhi had switched his clothing to that of an Arab trader. His neck was rapped in a scarf, his feet and hands where bandaged, and he wore leather clothes. Surely he would stand out in the crowd, Pearl just needed to keep track of him. She changed into a light blue and white Roman toga.

"My apologies for interrupting your meal. Me and my friend here will meet with Caesar immediately." Mekhi waved to the family as he walked out the shambly wooden door into the Roman square. Pearl marveled at the beautiful Roman architecture. Pearly white marble columns decorated the houses. Towers stretched to the sky with beautifully paved roads at its feet. Traders quietly traded off with decorative Roman coins. It was quiet in the Roman square, until a group of Roman soldiers approached Pearl and Mekhi.

"Mechanus Vistavus, our emperor has personally requested us to find you, 3 years ago." The guards began to walk off with Mekhi. He turned to Pearl and tried to go back, but the soldiers grabbed him by his shoulders. He called out for Pearl but she had wondered off, she was too intrigued with the marvelous city. When she turned to ask Mekhi what the merchants were selling, he had vanished. Pearl was alone in Rome. She began to wonder the streets. peeking her head into shops and taverns, she watched as Roman guards patrolled the streets. She was intrigued the most when she saw a Gem and a human sitting at a trade stand, there where beautiful pieces of jewelry sitting at on the stand. She walked up to the merchant cart and struck up a conversation with the Gem sitting at the counter. Her name was Emerald, and she had been living in Rome for about 400 years. She had met with the earliest of Roman leaders. She was short, with dark green skin and white hair. She looked a lot like Amethyst, but her Gem was on her right palm.

"Humans are really stubborn." She joked, "They always insist that their way is better."

"Most of the time it is." The man who was working the cart snapped back. He was a tall Latin man with curly brown hair and tan skin.

"You don't need to rub it in Ivus." Emerald snapped back quickly. Pearl watched as the two playfully argued. It reminded her of Rose and Greg. Perhaps what they had wasn't so taboo after all. Pearl began to ask questions like how long have you two known each other and things of that matter, but all Emerald did was laugh and give her short answers like for awhile and sometimes. Ivus then spoke to pearl about the Arab merchant who the guards had dragged off. He joked about how he would end up in the Colosseum in no time. Pearl had no idea what a Colosseum was. Ivus explained to Pealrl about the marvelous gladiator matches that took place inside the arena, how warriors and lions would rip each other apart, and the winner would go against the toughest and the strongest gladiator they could find. The victor of that match was showered in gold and glory, until the next time they had to fight. While Ivus and Emerald laughed at the concept, Pearl shook with fear. Mekhi was a twig, he would get maimed in a gladiator cage, and at least he could come back! All the people who went to those battles and didn't come back, what happens to them?

"You get cremated, I think." Ivus began counting the coins he had made. Suddenly a flash of light appeared, it was Mekhi's device. He had just came back from a time warp. Ivus and Emerald jumped in fear. Ivus clutched his cash, and Emerald summoned a brass knuckle like weapon. When Pearl convinced the two to calm down, Mekhi told Pearl what happened.

"Apparently Caesar doesn't take to kindly to satire." Mekhi joked, hescratched the back of his head, "Who are these guys." Pearl introduced Icus and Emerald, when Mekhi saw Emerald's palm, he froze. He whispered to Pearl, "Pearl...that's the Gem from Hiroshima." Pearl looked confused, then he saw her palm and remembered the nuclear shadows. Pearl clammed up as Emerald went on about how she loved to travel.

"I always wanted to travel to the Asian islands...I heard Japan was nice...have you two been-" Emerald was interupted by Mekhi's awkward laugh. He did not want to bring painful memories back. Pearl agreed.

"I would love to stay and chat...but my...it's three o'clock and I have to pray. Got to be a faithful Muslim ya' know? Okay bye." Mekhi took Pearl and left the two wondering what a Muslim was. He told Pearl that Islam was not introduced into the world until around 610 A.D. He just made it up said that because he was wearing Arab clothes. Pearl asked Mekhi where they would go now, and Mekhi had run out of ideas. He showed Pearl everything and she was finally convinced that Humans were just as good as Gems. He only had one idea left. Take her to the end. Mekhi told Pearl what the end of civilization looked like. He described a vast plane of grey water, with black brick buildings sticking from the surf. The world had flooded after heat from the radiation melted polar ice caps, and the world looked more like Noah's Arc then a nuclear holocaust. Pearl took Mekhi's arm as his device sent them thousands of years into the future. Mekhi smiled at Pearl as they faded into time.

"Our last stop...to The End."


It was a good run, but my last chapter comes out soon. I think this story was good, but I need an idea for another story. Please PM me any ideas you have or just leave them in the reviews. Thanks for reading and remember to rate and review.