I really wanted to update again cuz it's Christmas (well, that days after Christmas, don't wanna get lost in the updating rush). But this will only be a holiday thing, don't go expecting updates like this all the time.
Last chapter, the in-show Crystal Gems have landed on Earth. Jasper, Lapis and Peridot don't take that too well, while poor, peace-loving Steven is completely confused.
Enjoy!
Jasper growled and rolled into one of her fiery balls. She hurtled forward, towards Garnet. The fusion gem jumped forward and met her in the middle. The collision was powerful enough to make a small crater in the ground, and the two gems wasted no time going for each other's throats.
Gauntlets pounding against helmets echoed along the beach as Lapis readied her sword and flew toward Pearl, aiming to run the pale gem right through. To her surprise, Pearl's gem began glowing.
The gem reached up and pulled out a pearlescent spear with a neon blue blade. She brandished it in front of her with a skill that could only come from years of practice.
Lapis' eyes widened. "What the-?" She cut her charge and her sentence short, flying upwards to avoid getting impaled. The ice sword in her grip melted and solidified into a replica of Pearl's spear. "What in the world?" She yelled. Lapis stared in shock as energy gathered at the tip of Pearl's spear. She ducked to the side as blast after blast tore into the air.
Steven turned to Peridot. "What are they doing? Why's everyone fighting?" The gem didn't get a chance to answer. She dove to the side, Steven securely hugged to her chest, as Garnet came tumbling toward them, with Jasper dashing after her.
Peridot dropped Steven to the side. "Stay here." She ordered. Peridot went tearing off in the direction of Jasper, calling said gem's name out worriedly. More than once Jasper had over-exerted herself during fighting...
Steven looked at the ongoing fights. "But-" A glow caught the corner of his eye.
Amethyst's gem levitated into the air. White light burst from her gem and solidified. The newly formed gem landed on the beach. "What happened?" Her gaze hardened at the fighting gems. Incomprehensible mutterling spilled from her mouth as she ran past Steven and joined the fight.
Steven watched as Amethyst pulled a whip, studded with what could only be amethyst's, from her gem and lassoed Peridot away from Garnet, tossing her into a clump of rocks.
He didn't want to fight, and he didn't like seeing his guardians fighting other gems.
"Please stop fighting!" He called uselessly. Jasper turned to look at him, but in that split second Garnet's gauntlet hit her in the jaw. Jasper's head snapped backward as she tumbled through the sand again.
Peridot had also gotten distracted by Steven's voice, and she let out a oof as Amethyst tackled her out of the air. She blasted the purple gem off, but Amethyst was quick to lasso Peridot again.
The whip wrapped itself around the green gem, trapping her in place. A stray white blast from Pearl hit Peridot straight on, and a cloud of smoke appeared in the air.
A familiar green gem fell out of the sky. "NOOOO!" Steven screamed. He rushed toward his fallen guardian.
Steven fell to his knees in front of the triangular green gem sticking out of the sand. A set of metallic limbs also fell from the sky and were littered around the gem, but right now he didn't care.
Steven wrapped his fingers around the gem. "Peridot..." He sniffed. Steven raised his head to see Amethyst joining the fight against Jasper, with the orange gem slowly getting overpowered. Lapis and Pearl were locked in a fierce spear fight, but Lapis was noticeably tired.
He ran toward Lapis as her weapon was knocked out of her hand and Pearl raised her spear to deliver the final blow. Steven jumped in front of the downward swing defiantly, and his shield appeared in front of his outstretched hands.
The blade hit the shield with a resounding clang. Pearl gasped, horrified by the pink shield that beared the emblem of Rose Quartz. She hardly had the time to register what she was seeing before the shield was flung at her.
The pale gem oofed as she got knocked backward, and her spear disappeared from her side.
Steven panted and he turned just as Jasper came flying toward him.
A second shield appeared by his side and managed to stop the quartz soldier from crashing into and possibly crushing him. Jasper grunted angrily. "Well that's just a tad bit unfair. 3 against 1…" She panted heavily, but got up and faced her opponents.
A huge whooshing sound caught their attention.
Lapis was standing next to the ocean, and it was considerably drained. A huge, imposing column of water stretched so high into the sky that Steven couldn't see the top.
"Steven." Jasper hissed. "Summon your bubble." The boy quickly complied, already guessing what was going to happen, and formed a pink bubble around him and Jasper.
Lapis closed her eyes and took a deep breath. The column of water fell from the sky. The other gems were shouting as ridiculously huge wave of water towered over the island.
A moment later, all Steven could see outside the bubble was an endless ocean blue. The island was gone, and Lapis was nowhere in sight. Just an endless stretch of blue, with Jasper comfortingly patting his head.
It seemed to take forever, but the bubble finally burst to the surface. The island really was gone, now sunken beneath the waves. A few distant dots on the horizon signaled the other islands.
Lapis flew down to them, landing on the bubble. She sighed. "I hope I never have to do that again." She said. The gem sat down, clenching and unclenching her hand. "Sinking another island… I wonder how much destruction I've caused for the creatures living there?"
Gentle waves pushed against the bubble, carefully nudging it in the direction of Mask Island and the direction of home.
Steven stared down at the green gem he still had cradled in his hands. "Peridot…" He whispered. Jasper's hand patted his shoulder. It brought little comfort.
He looked back up at Lapis. She was facing toward the direction of the former island. "They got away." She sighed again.
"Not all of them."
"What?" Lapis looked down at Jasper. Only now did either Steven or Lapis realize that Jasper had something clutched in her hands. A purple gem.
"The other two are out there, but we got Amethyst." Jasper said, but there wasn't any victory in her voice.
Gems were coming to Earth. There was no other explanation, other than they were Homeworld gems. And that could only mean that Homeworld had their sights on Earth again, and this time the Crystal Gems didn't have vast numbers to defend it.
The rest of the trip was spent in silence.
And with that, we finish up the fight. Whew, one entire chapter dedicated to fighting. Amethyst got captured, and Peridot just lost her limb enhancers. They're somewhere under the ocean now, and now she's that adorable little dorito.
A little note, Peridot has been solely relying on her enhancers up until this point. She does not know about her ferrokinesis because in all the 5000 years she spent on Earth, not one moment did she not have her limb enhancers, so she never explored any other possible fighting abilities she had.
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