"I must say, the picture did not do you justice." Dr. Maheswaran said, clearly impressed by the intimidating big frame of the gem in front of her.
"Thank you, I guess." The quartz said, surprised yet pleased by the compliment.
"We haven't properly introduced, I'm Priyanka Maheswaran." The woman said holding her hand only for Blue to take it and return the handshake.
"So tell me, how did you meet the Crystal Gems?" Connie's mom asked.
"Well, to be honest, I just came to be about five days. At first, when I was in the kindergarten, I was scared. It was dark and I couldn't even move. To be just a disembodied voice is just plain terrifying."
The doctor was surprised by the honesty of the gem, not many would openly admit their fear and the fact that she is even younger than her twelve-year-old daughter.
"Let's see where this will go." The doctor thought to herself.
"So, tell me about yourself Blue." She told the blue giant.
"To be honest, I don't even know myself. That will take some time to answer." The quartz exclaim, seeing the human woman relax in her chair she felt relieved. The short time she conversed with Priyanka Maheswaran she felt the human look at her in a weird way. It was as if she was trying to read her, it made the blue gem a bit nervous due to the fact that this was the first time someone looked at her this way.
Unintentionally, Blue began decreasing the temperature of the room due to her nervousness. The room grew cold enough to the point that Connie and her mother's breath was visible.
"Is it me or is the room freezing?" The twelve years old human said shivering as the sudden cold wave of air hit her, even though the room was closed.
"Sorry, that would be me." The quartz said, scratching the back of her head sheepishly.
"Is this one of your powers I presume?" The doctor asked, more annoyed than cold and due to her ability to sense emotions the quartz felt it.
"I'm sorry about it, here let me get the room warmer," Blue said, she then closed her eyes and her gem began glowing.
To the humans, they could not even look away from the glowing gemstone. Something about Blue made both of them feel very comfortable around her and it intrigued them. A couple of minutes later the room went back to its former warmth and both Maheswaran felt it.
"So any more powers I should know of?" Priyanka asked again more curious than annoyed.
"To be honest, I still don't know myself. I am still discovering, aside from my ice powers I can sense emotions and I have a battle ace as a weapon." The super quartz answered truthfully.
"She can sense emotions, an interesting ability indeed," The doctor thought to herself.
"Connie, would you kindly wait outside for a minute, please. I would like to have a word with Blue in private." The Maheswaran Matriarch said to her daughter.
Nodding in agreement, the small girl made her way to the door and then got out leaving the quartz alone with her mother.
"So, what can I do for you?" Blue asked.
"I need a favor from you Blue, I know that Greg and Steven are trustworthy people but you seem capable of being more than enough to protect my only child. This is the first time I allow my child to be this far away from me and I need someone who can protect her so I ask of you to safeguard my precious Connie." Priyanka said to the blue-haired quartz, completely serious about her request.
"You don't have to ask; of course I will keep her safe from any harm. I've only known her for a couple of hours and I already like her." Blue answered without hesitation, much to the relief of the human doctor.
"Thank you; you put my mind at ease Blue," Priyanka said, she then pulled one of the drawers of her desk and pulled a copy of her house keys and then handed them over to Blue.
"Take these and give them to Connie, she knows what to do. Now if you excuse me, I will be resting a bit." The women said and relaxed a bit more in her chair.
Blue took a hint, said goodbye and then got out. Connie was waiting outside for her, a concerned look on her face.
"So what did you talk about?" The young Maheswaran asked.
"Oh nothing important, here your mom told me to give you these." The quartz said as she gave the keys to the girl.
"Where do we go now?" The gem added another question.
"We go to Delmarva, it's where we live." The girl told extraterrestrial companion.
The ride on the bus to Delmarva was the same as the ride to the hospital; people gave Blue weird looks due to her size and height along with her inhuman skin color. The quartz paid them no attention and talked with Connie whenever they had a subject t for conversation. It did not take too long for them to reach their destination.
Delmarva was in a state of panic, as giant eyeless creatures were running loose inside the small town. Blue counted 4 of them, running around and destroying whatever was in their paths. Blue thought about the options she has to deal with the situation, her top priority, however, was to keep Connie safe.
"Connie, get to safety and call the gems." The eight-foot-tall quartz said with a firm tone.
"But I can help; I can bring the sword that Steven gave me." The girl protest but her words fell on deaf ears.
"DON'T ARGUE WITH ME, NOW GET TO A SAFE DISTANCE AND CALL THE GEMS." The taller gem shouted making the small girl flinch a bit.
The young Maheswaran nodded dumbly as she watched the quartz runs at an incredible speed toward the corrupted gem.
A pregnant woman was cornered by one of the corrupted quartz monsters, she tried to scream but to no avail as she was too scared to utter a sound. Blue noticed her, unfortunately, she was too far. The quartz refused to give up but it was frustrating that she was unable to do anything.
Just as the gem monster was about to crush the helpless human, Blue felt something snap within her. She closed her eyes, unable to bear witness to the gruesome sight in front of her. For a moment nothing happened, but when the gem opened her eyes everything was in slow motion. Without hesitation Blue sped at the direction of the human, she picked the fear-stricken woman and moved out of harm's way.
"Go; get out of sight so they can't target you." The quartz ordered the human and then went back to fight the corrupted quartz gems.
"Hey ugly, I'm right over here." She shouted.
To her shock all of them turned to her, they growled at her and attacked in unison. Blue yelped as she dodged an attack after an attack for over ten minutes. The continuous assault on Blue kept the monsters distracted and for the super quartz that was a success, but sooner or later Blue was bound to make a mistake that will cost her dearly.
The onslaught continued for another five minutes, right until Blue heard the sound of a familiar van. Pearl was driving the universe van, and pushing the machine to its top speed beside her Steven. When the duo saw how all 4 beasts violently attacking the super quartz Pearl stopped the van and quickly dashed to her friend side.
"I got Connie's call and came here as fast as I could," Pearl told her fellow gem.
"Thanks, where are the others? I thought they would be here." Blue said curious about Garnet and Amethyst's absence.
"They went on a mission, told me to stay and I guess they were right after all."
"Well, I guess we are on our own," Blue said, cursing their luck.
"How are we going to get them together?" Pearl asked her fellow gem, not sure why since she has more knowledge on this matter. *Arrogant Prick*
"We fuse, that is the only ways if we want to speed blitz them. With your experience and my strength, we can do this." The quartz stated.
Pearl stared at Blue with her mouth wide open; she was not expecting this type of suggestion.
"What? I'm a quartz Pearl, just because I'm new does not mean I'm that clueless." Blue deadpanned
Pearl is even more shocked by what the quartz said right now, but the idea of fusing with Blue is very appealing right now.
"I…Um…Uh, I don't know." The pale Crystal Gem stammered. Blushing heavily as Blue waited for her answer.
The pale gem could only nod, Blue initiated the fusion dance as she gently took pearl by the hand and. Their gems began emitting light and soon their physical form followed as they merged together and smoke covered the place where they stood.
When the smoke cleared there stood the fusion, in all her might. A twelve-foot tall being, two completely white gems located on her forehead, with the one shaped like a diamond *again think about Blue diamond's gem shape* located on the top. Back length hair, its color was a mixture of Blue and Pearl hair color. The most striking feature was her costume, contrary to other gems where the outfit is a mixture of what the gems that fused together wore it was a white dress, similar to that of Rose quartz.
The corrupted gem monsters froze and became like a statue, their primal instincts compelling them to attack the being in the white dress but it rang like an alarm stopping them from doing anything at the same time. One of them was foolish enough but in one swift movement it was taken down, poofed to be more precise. The four-eyed fusion picked the fallen gem and bubbled it, and with a gentle tap on its top, it was gone.
She looked at the remaining three corrupted gems that started backing away slowly ready to escape. The fusion smirked, in a blink of an eye she vanished and appeared behind one of the corrupted gems with what appeared to be a scythe in her hand. With one swift move, she brought the weapon down on the beast poofing it instantly.
The four-eyed fusion looked at the remaining corrupted gem duo, smirked and readied her weapon. It took only a couple of seconds to take the gem monsters down, bubbled and sent away to the temple the fusion was satisfied with her work the fusion stood proudly as she knew that no human was harmed.
"Guys, don't worry I'm here… to help? Wow… um… uh, guess I'm not needed then." Stevonnie said as she was unable to hide the shocked expression on her face.
Stevonnie caught the attention of the fusion that turned around to face her; this caused the shorter fusion to break down into Connie and Steven again. The duo, becoming nervous by the way the fusion stared at them with a blank expression on her face decided to start the conversation.
"Do you know how we are?" Steven said, surprisingly without a stutter.
The fusion looked at them and then laughed as she saw the anticipation in their eyes.
"Of course I do silly, how can I not know you when both my halves know you already." The fusion said as she ruffled their hair.
"Have you picked up a name for yourself?" Connie asked.
"Oh don't worry about; I already know that I am a Moonstone already." The tall fusion said proudly.
"Now if you excuse me I think I'm done here." The four-eyed fusion said and then her body separated in two in a flash of light.
Blue looked at pearl and gave her thumbs up; Pearl who was very happy at the time jumped at Blue and hugged her. To the senior Crystal gem, it was the best experience in years. To be able to what they did and to take down those gem monsters that fast was exhilarating.
"We need to do this again sometimes," Pearl said, unable to hide the glimmer of excitement in her eyes.
"Yeah sure, it was amazing." The quartz said as she was released from the hug.
"Now, go get what you need from your house Connie and let's go back to the beach house.
Meanwhile with Garnet and Amethyst
"You seem happier than usual," Amethyst said as she saw a smile on the fusions face.
"I am, and you will know later." The fusion told the purple quartz.
"You and your future vision, the ultimate hack I say," Amethyst said.
"Do I detect jealousy in those words?" The fusion teased her comrade.
"I am actually, you're lucky you have it." The short gem said.
"Give me a clue on what you saw, come on don't leave me hanging." The shorter gem said to the leader of the Crystal Gems.
"Well, it's not in my place to say anything. Just ask Pearl when she comes back." The fusion explained, hoping somehow the short quartz gets the clue.
"There you go again, with that mystery talk of yours." The purple quartz whined it took her a couple of seconds to piece things together to figure what Garnet told her.
The purple quartz had a sly smile on her face; she gave Garnet thumbs up and then retreated back to her room leaving the shade wearing fusion to her own musing. The Garnet gem smiled, Blue joining the Crystal Gems certainly did a really good impact that she hopes would grow more in the future.
Garnet moved to the warp pad and then teleported to a gem location hoping to catch a corrupted gem.
Back with Blue
The gem was happy, once again she helped poof not one but four corrupted gems but she fused and it was awesome. The feeling, the rush and the power she and Pearl got was incredible. Even though the ride back to Beach City was silent and nobody uttered a word she knew they were satisfied and happy.
Ten minutes later and they were in front of the car wash; Greg greeted and was relieved that the kids were unharmed.
"So how was your trip to Delmarva?" The older man asked.
"We ran into some corrupted gems and we defeated them." The blue haired quartz answered the Universe Patriarch.
"They fused, it was an amazing fight dad. Moonstone had this awesome scythe and she chopped them down so easily." The hybrid told his dad, who knew that Pearl and Blue fused. Greg was not sure if he could let his son goes on missions or fight corrupted gems, not that it would stop his son from doing it anyway.
"So now we only have to wait until its seven ,anyway," Greg told the trio after Pearl left back to the beach house.
Ten minutes later inside the beach house
"So tell me girl, what happened there?" Amethyst asked, grinning widely at the sight of blush Pearl.
"Oh it was amazing; our fusion was so strong I couldn't believe it myself. I think Blue have a new ability, time was slowed to the point where the gem monsters were barely moving so we literally took all of them out in mere seconds." Pearl said, beaming as she remembered the experience she had and hopefully she could repeat it again.
"Oh, I want details girl and you are not moving from this house until you give them to me.
Wow, Dynamic entry Moonstone had don't you think? Well to be honest I was going to make this chapter a bit longer but… I have no excuse for that I'm sorry. About the new ability Blue have I call it Chrono Dash, Blue Basically goes fast enough to slow time only for a short duration. Like her other powers, empathy weapon summoning ice power and while Blue was incubated in era 2 her gemstone was created in era 1 by non-other than Pink Diamond herself and seeing how short she is I think she was trying to compensate for her defectiveness by creating a super quartz. What I said before will be explained in future chapters and along with Blue's power fully maturing and reaching their maximum potential. One last thing, before I end this chapter I would like to thank all who followed and favorite this story. If it wasn't for you dear readers the sacrifice would have stayed forgotten on my computer along with few dead stories I have. Have a nice day.
PS: there is a last ability that Blue has and it will play a major role in the future.
Nova Quartz out