((Quick Recap: The Elites teamed up with Santa Claus to save his reindeer, Flash. The group made their way to Area 51 where they were immediately attacked by General Mason))
Everything seemed normal at Area 51 until Mason crashed through the a wall in his giant robot suit. He was holding Onyx in one hand and blocking Citrine's attacks with the other
"Let me go!" Onyx growled
"Sure thing" Mason smirked and threw the boy
"Waaahhhh!" Onyx shouted
Onyx rolled along a wall and onto the ground. Mason came running and swung his giant fist but Santa's axe suddenly came flying in, got stuck in the wall and blocked the fist
"Whoa! Thanks" Onyx smiled
"Thank me later" Santa replied "You three keep him busy, I'm going for Flash"
Onyx got back into the fight. Mason knocked Citrine away and was now deflecting Topaz's lasers
"What..." Topaz mumbled
Onyx came running in, his katana creating sparks as the blade grazed the ground. Onyx swung his blade but it bounced right off
"Hey!" Onyx gasped and jumped back "What the heck! It's like this thing's..."
"Made just for fighting you?" Mason chuckled "Cushions for the girl's club, reflective metal for those lasers and reinforced steel for that sword you're so proud of"
Onyx just stood there "Dude..."
"Just call it insurance. When we heard that not only were there aliens on your planet but alien-human offspring, we had to made some precausions" Mason explained
"What did you think, we were gonna start a war or something?" Onyx asked
"Forgive me but, isn't a war the only reason you're even here?" Mason glared
Onyx looked down. Topaz tackled Onyx to prevent him from getting hit by Mason's sudden assault
"Focus!" Topaz yelled
"Sorry" Onyx nodded
A small screen appeared in front of Mason's face. The suit targetted the Elites. Mason's suit opened up in the back, releasing multiple small missiles
"Crud. Scatter!" Onyx shouted
The Elites just barely got out of the way. The explosion could be seen even from Jackson's position
"Did you see that?" Rebecca gasped
Jackson gripped the steering wheel "Guess things went south. Shall we?"
"Like we have a choice" Claire joked
Onyx ducked behind a wall with Topaz
"Topaz..." Onyx panted
Topaz put his finger to his lips "Shh!"
"We've been watching you! For years! Seeing how you fight! Preparing for this! You three do some good things, sure! But for how much longer?! We couldn't take the chance on you turning on us one day! Looks like we were right" Mason called out
"This is just a misunderstanding! We'd never do that! This planet is our home!" Onyx hollered back
"It was our home first" Mason growled
Onyx looked down "Before this drags on, tell me something! The war! How do you know about it?!"
"That's none of your concern, kid!" Mason yelled and launched more missiles
Back at the entrance, Jackson was driving at full speed. He tore through the gate and slammed on the breaks. Many soldiers gathered and around and took aim at the truck
"Rebecca! Now!" Jackson yelled
A ball of light flew over everyone's heads and exploded in the air. Rebecca ran up with the bazooka they confiscated from her and Onyx's run in with the mercenaries a couple months ago
"Get back!" Rebecca shouted and aimed the weapon "Nobody move!"
The soldiers, surprised by the strange weapon, surrendered
"Okay, so far so good" Claire said
Jackson asked about the reindeer. After a fake threat, he got an answer
"Let's go" Jackson ordered
Claire and Rebecca followed the man
"We are so getting arrested after this" Rebecca sighed
Onyx ran at his top speed and dodged missiles. Mason got ready for the impact but when Onyx got close, he jumped up in the air. Citrine flew along the ground and swung her club at Mason's legs. Mason's robot fell fell to it's knees. Topaz charged up his gem and fired a large energy ball that sent their enemy flying. Despite all of that, the robot stood back up without a scratch
"This is getting old" Onyx glared
Citrine charged and swung her weapon. The General caught the girl with one hand
"All you're doing is wasting energy and proving my point" Mason stated
"Shut up" Citrine glared
Onyx flipped in the air and landed on the arm of the robot. He attacked nonstop but got nowhere. Mason growled and grabbed Onyx with his other hand
"I'd ask you what makes humans turn against their own race but you're not human, are you?" Mason said
"Watch it! We're half-human!" Onyx yelled
"As far as I'm concerned, that makes you half-enemy" Mason replied
"Touché. But you're forgetting something..." Onyx smirked
"What's that?" Mason asked
"Do a headcount and figure it out" Onyx grinned
Mason finally noticed that Topaz was nowhere to be found "Where's the last one?"
Topaz was hanging off the back of the robot, hacking into the system
"Oh yeah, you're gonna need a new one of these" Topaz chuckled as he damaged Mason's battle suit
"Hey! Cut that out!" Mason demanded as his suit went haywire
Mason threw Onyx and Citrine away. The General jumped from the machine before it had a complete meltdown
"Ugh..." Mason groaned
"We win" Onyx grinned
Mason surrendered and put his hands in the air "I lose..."
"Put your hands down" Topaz said
As Mason growled at his defeat, the suit rebooted and automatically targetted the Elites. The suit went on a rampage and attacked
"Bail!" Onyx gasped
Everyone scattered to evade getting hurt. When Onyx got cornered he got ready for a fight but a sudden beam of light blew the machine away
"Onyx!" Rebecca called out
"How is it doing that?" Onyx worried
"That's it's emergency failsafe. You messed with it's systems so it's on autopilot. Now there's nothing that'll stop it from completing it's mission" Mason grinned
The machine came running back but Jackson came up with an armored truck and ran it down. Despite all of that, it suit wouldn't give in
"Ya'know, if that thing wasn't trying to kill us, I'd say it was the coolest thing ever" Onyx said
The suit activated another weapon. The arms disassembled and reassembled into an electric cannon
"Okay, I'll say it... That is the coolest thing ever" Onyx nodded
The robot fired it's weapon but only aimed for the Gems. Rebecca noticed the suit didn't even acknowledge her. She took the opportunity to attack an opponent that didn't even know she was there and fired her weapon. Even though the machine didn't notice Rebecca herself, it reconized the assault and defended itself
"That thing's tough" Claire growled
"Where's Santa?" Jackson asked
"Getting Flash! I don't know what's taking so long though" Onyx shrugged
Mason snuck off and hid behind a building next to a radio tower. The machine was starting to get more violent
"I'm sick of this" Onyx growled "Take that thing down!"
Citrine spun with her club and hammered the robot's legs repeatedly. Rebecca and Topaz fired their lasers at the ground, making the robot lose it's footing in the process. When one of it's legs got stuck in one of the holes, Onyx ran at Citrine
"Cit!" Onyx shouted
Onyx flipped in the air as Citrine winded up her swing. Onyx landed on the club and held on. Citrine swung her weapon as hard as she could, sending Onyx into the air. The robot targetted Onyx and charged it's cannon
Onyx glared at the machine and gripped his katana "Bring it on"
The robot fired it's massive laser. Onyx used his sword as a base to slide along the beam. When he got close, Onyx flipped and swung his weapon. The robot stood there for a moment before it's top half fell to the ground. Onyx fell to his knees
"I don't believe it..." Mason mumbled "They beat it"
"Onyx, are you okay?" Rebecca frowned
"Been better..." Onyx panted
Citrine nudged Topaz and pointed at Mason. The Elites walked towards the General. Without anyone noticing, the robot powered back up and aimed it's cannon at the team
Rebecca heard that machine charging up "Guys, look out!"
Before the robot powered down for good, it fired one last laser. Onyx and the others jumped out of the way. Mason ducked and the laser blasted the radio tower. The tower started to fall over
"Run!" Jackson hollered
Mason ran but he wasn't gonna get out of the way in time. Almost falling victim to the tower, Mason put his arms up and when the tower came crashing down, Mason was unharmed. He looked and saw the Elites standing there. They destroyed the part of the tower that would've hit the General
"You... saved me?" Mason asked
"Don't ask us why" Onyx responded
The sound of someone slowly clapping their hands filled the air. Onyx looked up and saw Santa sitting on top of a building with his reindeer
"Dude!" Onyx glared "Where have you been?!"
"Up here. That was impressive, kid" Santa smirked
Onyx made his way up to Santa and got in his face "That thing almost killed us! And you're just sitting here?! What was that?!"
"A test" Santa said and snapped his fingers
There was a bright light and Onyx was sitting on the couch back at the temple. He looked to his side and saw Topaz sitting next to him and Citrine was in the kitchen
"Uhh..." Onyx mumbled
"Onyx?" Topaz asked, surprised as well
Citrine was looking confused
Jackson entered the room and saw everyone's faces "Hey guys, what's wrong?"
"What are we doing back here?" Onyx asked
"What do you mean?" Jackson wondered
Topaz looked around "Weren't we just in Area 51?"
"And where's Claire?" Onyx followed up
"Area 51..?" Jackson mumbled "Wait, how do you know Claire?"
"Seriously?" Onyx frowned
Jackson laughed "Come on, guys. How many times have I told you to not go through my stuff?"
"We didn't!" Onyx and Topaz replied
Jackson went to finish the preparations for dinner and the Elites walked outside. Onyx noticed all of the injuries from their battle at Area 51 disappeared
"Huh... Guess I just dreamed all of it" Onyx shrugged
"I don't think so. I mean, all of us having the same dream?" Topaz said
"You say that like things even weirder than that haven't happened to us" Onyx deadpanned
Citrine nodded
"True..." Topaz mumbled
"It wasn't a dream" Santa stated
Santa and Flash were floating over them. Onyx instantly took out his katana and threw it but missed when the pair vanished and appeared behind them
"What's going on?! What are we doing back here?! How come Jackson doesn't remember anything?! Why haven't you answered my questions yet?!" Onyx snarled
"Relax, kid. Everything's fine. All I did was revert time" Santa said nonchalantly
"Oh..." Onyx nodded for a brief moment "What?!"
"You... sent us back in time?" Topaz mumbled
"Yes. More specifically, I targetted the beings of your past selves and threw the consciousness of your future selves in them" Santa explained
"Oh..." Onyx nodded "What?!"
Santa sighed "I put your future selves in your past bodies"
The team thought back and realized they were in the exact same positions they were in before they got a report of a flying object
"You sent us back to before we even met you" Onyx concluded
"That's right" Santa nodded
"Wait, then how come we remember everything when Jackson remembers nothing?" Topaz asked
"It's a Gem thing" Santa shrugged "You can't wipe the memories of a Gem. Humans on the other hand, that's easy. But not Gems"
"What was the point of all of this?" Onyx glared
"It was a test" Santa answered
"Test? What kind of test?" Onyx wondered
"I can't tell you. Not yet" Santa said
Onyx took out his sword "That's it. Answers. Now!"
Santa shook his head "I wish I could tell you more, I do. But I can't. You're not ready yet"
"Traveling back in time, erasing memories... I'm sure there's tons of other stuff you can do. How?" Topaz asked
"Kid, when you've been around as long as I have, there's nothing you can't do" Santa chuckled
"All of this... Why?" Onyx asked
Santa made a straight face "Just keeping my promise to a friend"
The Elites looked more confused than ever
Onyx scratched his head "But-"
"When it's time for you to learn, you'll learn. But, that time isn't now" Santa stated
Before they could ask anything else, Santa and Flash vanished
"You know what, I think I hate that guy" Onyx grumbled
"I am more confused now than I have ever been in my whole life" Topaz said
Citrine frowned and got a headache
"Forget it... It's Christmas Eve and my head is about to explode... Let's just put this on pause and try to enjoy the holiday" Onyx groaned
The others agreed. Before he did anything else, Onyx made a phone call, then went to the park. He sat on one of the swings and waited. He was about to leave when Rebecca showed up
"Hey" Rebecca mumbled
"Hey" Onyx replied
"What's up? You said it was important" Rebecca stated
"Rebecca, I know you've been avoiding me" Onyx said
"Onyx..." Rebecca mumbled
Onyx put his hand up "Just listen. You've been avoiding me... Even though I don't know why, I won't ask. I'm sure you have your reasons and I trust you. I just want you to know that you can always come to me if something's bugging you. You know I'm here for you. So is Topaz, Citrine and my uncle"
Rebecca smiled "I know. Thank you, Onyx"
Onyx returned home with Rebecca walking in right behind him. She was greeted with open arms. Jackson was about to ask why she didn't bring her family but Onyx stomped on his foot to stop him
"Ow!" Jackson winced
"Shh!" Onyx shushed
Everyone sat down to a homemade dinner. Afterwards, they decided to open gifts the team received from Jackson and each other. They even got a few things for Rebecca
"Rebecca, come over here" Onyx called
Rebecca walked to Onyx, Topaz and Citrine who were doing their best to look professional
"Something wrong?" Rebecca worried
"We have one last present for you" Topaz stated
"Oh" Rebecca smiled but didn't see anything around "What is it?"
Onyx stepped up and held out his hand. Rebecca was confused. She hesitated and shook his hand
"Thank you..?" Rebecca spoke
Onyx shook his head "No, thank you"
"Guys, what's going on?" Rebecca asked
"Instead of a big sappy speech, we'll just right to the chase" Topaz smirked
"We want you to join the team" Citrine smiled
"Me?" Rebecca gasped "But, back when I asked you... you said..."
"I know. But I was wrong. No doubt about it, you're definately Elite material" Onyx explained
"What do you say?" Topaz asked
Rebecca nodded "Okay"
Everybody celebrated Rebecca officially joining the team. A little after midnight Jackson said it was time for bed and that Rebecca could spend the night over. Before Onyx could go to his room, Topaz stopped him
"What's up?" Onyx asked
"Are we ever gonna talk about Area 51? Mason and that suit of his?" Topaz wondered
"Of course. Luckily, Santa did us a favor. Now Mason doesn't know we're on to him. We have the advantage. Plus, our army officially just grew. We hold all the cards, my friend" Onyx smirked
"I guess you're right" Topaz smiled
Onyx put his arm around Topaz "Come on, it's Christmas. No time for stress. Let's get some rest and enjoy our vacation"
"You're the boss" Topaz shrugged and went to his room
Onyx thought about Mason one last time before going to his room
((Thanks for being patient. I've been extremely busy. I hope you enjoyed the Christmas special. Questions, comments and concerns are expected and accepted. Thanks for reading, and Happy Holidays!))