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Chapter 9

The Warp pad activated as Topaz and Tiger appeared in the temple. Topaz held two different gems in a light blue bubble with his eyes closed.

"Oh come on. Doing it my way still poofed them." said Tiger. "Yes but you also caused a cave in." said Topaz.

"Good. You two are finally here." said a voice. The pair looked up to see Galeun heading toward them.

The only ones in the room, besides the three of them, were Jasper, Lapis, Peridot, Onyx, and Ruby.

Ruby was the only one pacing back and forth. "Where are the others?" asked Topaz as he and Tiger walked off the warp pad.

As soon as they walked off, it activated with Pearl, Amethyst, Celeste, and Thulite warping in.

"That's four, but what of Leon, Erin, Steven, and Garnet?" Ruby looked at him before pacing around even more.

"You remember that vision Mystic Quartz had a while back?" "Yeah, why-" started Topaz before his eyes widened.

"So he's back. The only way I see to beat him, is overpowering him with numbers." said Tiger.

"You know who Serpentine is?" asked Galeun. "I use to work under him." Everyone stared at him.

"I hate explaining so listen up. As you know I'm a quartz type gem and being a quartz I was a soldier. Edom was my squad caption.

'One day he vanished and a Serpentine fusion took over. I had no clue that Leon and Edom were that fusion.

'Didn't figure that out until you told us about that vision Mystic Quartz had. Makes sense now, since Edom would reappear every now and then.

'Never did he and Serpentine appear at the same time. I knew the Diamonds would shatter gems for breaking certain laws.

'I also fought in the war but unlike them, I fought with honor. I fought until the gem admitted defeat or poofed.

'When they started shattering them, I couldn't be part Homeworld's army anymore. Instead of returning to Homeworld, I went to other colonies, before eventually coming back to Earth.

'Onyx formed not too long before the order to leave the Earth was issued. I took him with me and we parted ways shortly after I came back to Earth." explained Tiger.

"So you know how to beat him?" asked Ruby. "No. I just know our only hope is with numbers and not let him try to fight us one-on-one. Since Leon is in there, can't fight near any sources of water."

"Only if we knew where they could be heading." said Pearl. "Most likely back to Homeworld to report back to the Diamonds personally." said Peridot.

"Not him. If he didn't shatter you guys, then he must be planning a full out assault soon." said Tiger.

"Even with the ships on Homeworld, it still takes a few months to get here. Unless." "Unless what?" asked Galeun.

"Unless they fix the Homeworld Warp pad, but that's not possible without any Flask Robonoids and a Peridot. Then again you did say, that the ship... fired." said Peridot.

She fell to the ground and hugged herself. Peridot began to groan a little. "Then the plan is simple. Thulite, Celeste, Peridot, Pearl, Amethyst, and Ruby you guys will stay here in case they try to sneak into Beach City.

'The rest of us will head to the Galaxy Warp and try to ambush them." said Galeun. "But, Galeun. I- I mean we can fight as well." said Thulite.

Galeun went to put a hand on her shoulder. "He nearly shattered you the first time. Next time you might not make it out.

'We can't form a large fusion like last time. Last time was a disaster. We need as many gems as we can get to fight him.

'But we also need to have a few to stay behind if we fail. Not only that, you're the only one who can heal others.

'True you can only heal small cracks but that is still valuable." said Galeun

Thulite nodded her head. "You really think three fusions can beat him?" asked Tiger crossing his arm.

"Leon's control over water depends on his emotions and he's much weaker than Lapis. Whoever she fuses with can easily deal with that problem.

'We also need to deal with anyone that may be near them." said Galeun. "Then let's go." said Tiger heading to the warp pad.

"We can't take the warp pad. If we want to catch by surprise we'll need to go by sea." Tiger just shrugged his shoulder as he followed Galeun, Topaz, Lapis, and Jasper out the door.