"What do you mean you were afraid? You're a proud quartz solider, you shouldn't feel fear." The pale blue skinned gem reprimanded.
"I have fought in many wars and faced opponents a lot stronger than myself, but this thing was different. It had a body that wasn't affected by our attacks and the way it attacked was precise and calculated, but at the same time it was... savage. It was only natural we would be afraid." The soldier responded, the images still fresh in their mind. The two then turned their attention to the lab technician that had walked up to them.
"Excuse me Dumortierite. Chaistolite requests your presence in the surveillance room. " They informed.
"Understood." Dumortierite replied, walking from the chamber that housed the warp pad down the hall to the surveillance room. Standing over the console was a brown skinned gem, looking intensely at the footage that was displayed on the screen.
"Dumortierite take a look at this footage." She said, looking over her shoulder at Dumortierite. Dumortierite walked up beside the other gem and studied the footage.
"I understand why it struck fear in the soldiers. That thing is far more than a match for all of them combined. Don't you agree Chaistolite?" Dumortierite observed, watching as the footage showed one of the soldiers getting their head crushed by the thing's bare hand.
"Indeed. I have also concluded that it is more than a match for the two of us as well. I need you to contact Japer and tell her to bring Rutile with her." She instructed.
"Is the situation really dire enough to warrant unleashing Rutile?" Dumortierite asked, her concern evident in the tone of her voice.
"I'm afraid so." Chaistolite responded.
"If that's what it takes I'll go contact her immediately." Dumortierite stated, walking out of the room.
. . . . .
The striped orange gem approached the yellow hued screen of energy in front of one of the cells lining the hall. Inside sat a reddish-brown skinned gem, who's hands and arms were bound together with sturdy metal bands. Its head was leaned back against the cell wall and its eyes were closed, a noticeably large smile was planted on its face. The other gem used the pad next to the cell to deactivate the energy screen and take a step inside.
"Rutile, your assistance has been requested by the DES. You've been placed under my watch for the duration of this assignment." The orange skinned gem stated.
"Awww, no need to be so formal. Didn't 'cha miss me Jasp?" Rutile giggled, lifting her head up off the wall and leaning forward, opening her eyes.
"Just shut up and come on." Jasper ordered, turning around and leaving the cell. Rutile hopped up to her feet and followed Jasper down the hall. They walked up on a warp pad and vanished into the pillar of light.
. . . . .
"Chaistolite, Jasper and Rutile have arrived." Dumortierite reported, standing in the doorway.
"Bring them in for briefing." Chaistolite ordered, turning around to face Dumortierite. She left for a few moments and walked back into the room with Jasper and Rutile trailing behind her.
"Long time no see Chai." Rutile blurted out immediately upon making eye contact with Chaistolite.
"Now that we're all here it's time for the briefing." Chaistolite stated, ignoring Rutile's greeting. "We are tracking a defect unlike any we have ever faced before. This one is the byproduct of the GOLEM Project, meaning it was engineered to be a soldier that far surpasses even the toughest quartz. Its body is composed of water, and it can almost instantaneously regenerate from any damage we inflict on it. The only way to subdue it is to extract and confine its gem or shatter it. I have also been informed by the lab technicians that it has extremely potent hydrokinesis and cryokinesis along with extremely refined combat instincts. We have been ordered to shatter it on sight, even at the cost of our own lives. Any questions?"
"Do we know where it was headed?" Jasper inquired.
"The technicians traced the warp pad's coordinates to the ruins of Blue Diamond's Temple of Mirrors." Chaistolite answered.
"Can we go now, I can't wait to fight it." Rutile squealed, jumping up and down.
"We will depart within the next few earth cycles, the head scientist is working on something to help make combating this thing easier." Chaistolite responded.
"But I wanna fight it NOW!" Rutile whined.
"Shut up and be patient Rutile!" Dumortierite bellowed. Rutile plopped down on the ground and began to sulk.
"So what is this thing we're waiting on exactly?" Jasper asked.
"A destabilizer. It's a device that temporarily severs the connection between a gem and its body." Chaistolite explained.
"And you're sure it will help us against this thing?" Jasper followed up, trying to decide whether the wait was going to be worth the lost time or not.
"Absolutely." Chaistolite reassured.
