Chapter 14: Homeworld's Break-ing

Homeworld, Blue's Palace

Blue knew that something was wrong since her pearl said that a gem wanted to see her. Yellow's Pearl.

"Where's your Diamond?"

"I-I'm here for that, my Diamond. She needs your help"

Blue raised an eyebrow "What do you mean?"

"You can see what I mean by yourself, my Diamond. She's... It's a mess"

Blue was curious, so she followed the worried pearl towards the warp pad. In no time they were at Yellow's Palace. Then Blue noticed something weird. War quartzes were everywhere. Being Yellow the commander in chief of Homeworld's army that wouldn't be so strange, but they were White's quartzes. Weren't they all fighting in the war in sector 22G4?

"What's with all these White's quartzes?"

"It's part of the problem. After the Ahl rebellion White said that My Lustrous Diamond was endangered cause of possible revenges of the rebels on her and took her gems here for "Yellow's own sake" she said. The truth is that we are under house arrest. White took Yellow place in control of the all armies. Even yours, my Diamond"

"And Yellow?"

"She's in that room" said the pearl, pointing at a door. What Blue fond in that room was flabbergasting. Yellow was on a small throne. Her helmet was on the floor and her yellow hair was free. Yellow's head was in her hands and... Was she crying? losing her purpose was sure an hard blow, but was it enough to break the image of perfect leader that she built up after Pink's shattering? Blue highly doubted of that

"Y-Yellow?"

Yellow raised her head and after millenias blue saw a tear in her eye "Blue?"

"What's happening, Yellow?"

"It's her, Blue. S-she left

Ahl, Main Hangar

Emerald was wandering in the tunnels. White Diamond had been really clear. Another failure in wiping out Captain Lars and... She wouldn't even think which her fate would be. What could she do? What could she do? What coul-

"Psst"

Emerald looked around, flabbergasted. There seemed to be nobody around. That must have been her imagination

"Psst! You! Over there!"

That time she couldn't have imaginated it "Who are you? Where are you?"

"I'm over there" said a figure covered with a really dark green cloak "I think that I can help with your small problem"

"I've no problem"

"I'm not referring at thinking loud, but that is still a problem. Of course if you're an actor, it's not, but you're not, Admiral Emerald, or am I not?"

"You've got a point. How could you help me?"

"Let's only say that bringing Rose Quartz to the Diamonds would be enough to cover us in honours forever. I only ask you for two things. One: I want the superweapon i was working on and all my experiments. Especially Experiment M3NT4L. And a ship. My experimantal ship. Two: I want my old rank restored when I'll bring Rose Quartz here"

"And How do you think you can capture her?"

"Let's only say that I have a personal motivation to destroy a Crystal Gem in particular and make that little shapeshifted runt pay" said the Manager, exiting from emerging from the darkness

Somewhere, Outer Space

Darker. Darker. Yet Darker.

It was all Black life was now. It was becoming everyday stronger. The effort of pulling himself back together had left him too weak. At the beginning It was easy to block, but every time he chained him, It only came back stronger. And that strange duel lasted for millenias. A duel that he couldn't win. He could only gain time. Time. Time that could be used by White or Grey to remember of him. To help him. Butit was too late. He could feel it, when the creature attacked. No, creature was a wrong word. A creature is something that had been created. It simply existed.

"I'm sorry" Black Diamond thought, when the chains blocked the beast "Seems like you two were right, Doesn't it?" and the chains broke. The being jumped at the mental projection of the forgotten diamond.

"I'm sorry" Black Diamond thought when the beast blocked him with pure black limbs "I couldn't make it, Red"

Outside Black Diamond mind, his body got up. But he wasn't the one in control. The Darkness looked around, only to find itself in an asteroid field.

"It's over isn't it Black?" the Darkness said to herself

Please don't hurt them

"I'm not going to hurt anyone for now, Black. Indeed, the journey for Homeworld is very long."