Disclaimer: I do not own Steven Universe created by Rebecca Sugar.
Chapter 13
Steven, Connie, Erin, and Emma were sitting on the couch in the temple, still thinking about what just happened.
On the table was Leon and Edom's respective gems. Pearl was pacing back and forth while Celeste and Thulite were in the kitchen section making tea.
Amethyst was sitting by the window. "Pearl, everything will be okay." said Celeste.
"But they're not here yet. What could be taking them so long." said Pearl still pacing.
"Garnet has gone to the barn to retrieve Peridot, Jasper, and Lapis. She'll be the first one back.
'Also we stay at the Sky Spire. Since the warp pad is not close, it will take Galeun bit longer to get the others." said Celeste.
True to her word, the Warp pad activated with Garnet, Peridot, Lapis, and Jasper getting off of it.
As soon as they stepped off, it activated again with Galeun, Tiger, Onyx, Topaz, Kyra, and Cynthia coming in.
"Is Galaxite not coming?" asked Thulite. "Someone has to stay and keep the Rubies in check." said Onyx as he stepped off the warp pad.
He suddenly stopped when he saw the table, causing Tiger to bump into him. "Why'd you stop….. you gotta be kidding me." said Tiger.
"So they're here already but who poofed them? No one on his squad can stand up to him, even if they all charged him at once."
"You knew Serpentine's squad?" asked Kyra. "Yeah. I use to work under him. Let's see there's Jade, the tech.
'She mostly uses toys and hides behind her machines in battle. Though she can be dangerous if she has to fight without them.
'Labradorite and Variscite are just backup muscle to guard Jade if she needs it. Labradorite hardly ever talks.
'In fact, I think I've only heard him speak once. Variscite is someone you should watch out for.
'One minute he's happily talking about something, the next he's a silent assassin. There was a total of fou-er three quartz soldiers, including myself.
'Star is very prideful of who she follows and what they think of her. Hauk is nothing more than a troublemaking prankster.
'I will say this, though, the two do take their assignments very seriously. In fact, they all do." explained Tiger.
"There were two other gems too. Serpentine called one of them Kitty." said Connie.
"K-Kitty. You sure? I mean there's a lot of Cat's Eye quartzes." Tiger gave a nervous laugh.
Everyone wasn't buying it, especially since Tiger is never flustered. "You know her don't you." said Celeste an all knowing grin on her face.
Tiger looked around but saw no one was going to let him get away with that. "Fine! I know her. Big deal!
'Sure she's also on the squad as well. Sure we may have history but that is in the past." said Tiger.
"Especially since she didn't want to come with me." mumbled Tiger as he crossed his arms.
Celeste couldn't help but chuckle a little. "What did the last gem look like or did you get a name?" asked Galeun.
Emma held herself before speaking. "It was him. He did it."
Everyone was confused so Erin cleared it up. "The others called him Topaz. In fact, the gem looks like Topaz here but red instead of blue."
A glass suddenly fell to the ground. Everyone turned to see that Celeste dropped the teapot.
Her eyes wide as she held the counter for support. "It-it can't be. I knew we would have to face him if went to a colony or Homeworld but now." said Celeste.
"You know who he is?" asked Steven. "We all do. Well, those that left Homeworld after the war and are Era 1." said Thulite.
"I have no clue who you're talking about and I'm from Era 1." said Tiger. "Perhaps I should rephrase myself. Celeste, Galeun, and myself remember who he is.
'On Homeworld, Topazes are all blue and they're diplomats on Blue Diamond's court. One day, four Topazes were different from the rest.
'In fact, there was a white, yellow, red, and a unique blue Topaz that came into existence.
'These four were thought to have been made by each Diamond's own hand. These four are responsible for working on a certain project.
'Only those working on the project knew them and what they were working. Only the Celestite gem were allowed to work with them." said Thulite.
"How is that you know all of this if you weren't allowed to work on the project? What is this project anyway?" asked Peridot.
"I dragged Thulite and Galeun into my mess. That is how they know. The project was making hybrids." answer Celeste.
She could see the confused looks. Celeste let out a sigh. "It's best that I explain it from the very beginning.
'Three hundred years after the war ended." started Celeste.
~On a Homeworld gem colony 5,453 years age~
A lone Celestite down the hall of a long corridor, her attention solely on the chart in her hands.
She stopped near a door and typed a few things on the keypad for it to open. Still, without even looking up, the Celestite gem walked into the room.
The room had a light blue coloring, filled with different screens and keypads on the walls.
At the far end were two large cylinder contains with a panel in front of each."Now let's see here, just a simple disposal." said Celestite walking toward the far end.
She typed a few things in on the panels and the containers lit up, showing and an aquamarine gem in one and a girasol gem in the other.
"Experiment #50 and #235." Celestite checked her chart for further information before her eyes widened.
"Wait these are the first two successive hybrids. Why are they being assigned for disposal?" said Celestite wondered out loud.
"That is an excellent questions." said a voice. Celestite quickly turned her head and bowed a little before speaking.
"Red Topaz, sir. I was not aware you were here." Red chuckled.
"I was just looking for, Blue. His lab door was opened and figured it was him."
"Understood. I was finishing my rounds and my last task of the day was to dispose of two hybrids.
'I was puzzled that it was these two. From the reports they were a success." said Celestite.
Red had a sinister grin on his face but Celestite mistook it for a gentle smile. "Quite true. Blue was the first one of the four of us to make a successful hybrid.
'Even White was surprised since she's the first one to have successful results. He even made two but is now getting rid of them.
'Quite strange, don't you think?" said Red. Celestite was about to say something but stopped.
"What are you doing in here?" said a voice. Celestite and Red Topaz turned to see Blue Topaz at the door.
"Blue Topaz, sir. I was not expecting you. I was just about to handle the disposal when Red Topaz sir came in." said Celestite.
"Yes. I'd hoped that you would be alone." said Blue looking at Red. "Now now. I just wanted to chat with you." said Red starting to walk around.
Blue kept his eyes Red as he started to walk closer to Celestite. "There is nothing we need to talk about."
Red only laughed at that before stopping. Blue was standing in front of Celestite, while Red was standing in the middle of the lab.
"But we do. After all, you've been acting more secretive than usual. You're not even wearing your diamond insignia anymore."
Blue didn't say anything as Red continued. "Even I still wear mine, despite that incident. Now you're wanting to get rid of your hybrids.
'Why? The report you gave the Diamond said that they were damaged and beyond repair.
'Yet our reports state they're perfectly fine. So what are you planning?" said Red. Blue leaned back and whispered something to Celestite.
Red narrowed his eye at them, especially at the stunned look Celestite had on her face.
"If you won't tell me." Red's gem glowed as he summoned his heat rod whip. "I'll just beat you and get the answers myself." said Red.
Blue only responded by summoning his katana from the gem on his chest. The two of them charged forward.
Red's whip came forward. Blue merely sidestepped to dodge it. The whip-curved back around, the sharp tip heading straight for Blue's head.
Blue turned and sliced the oncoming strike. In that moment, Red moved behind Blue. "You left yourself open." said Red thrusting the reformed whip forward.
Blue's only response was the leap into the air and landed being Red. "Give it up. You won't beat me." said Blue.
Red only gave a battle cry before coming at Blue in a fit of rage. Blue blocked each slash Red tried to make.
Red tried to punch Blue but his fist was caught and his whip was blocked by the katana. A grin spread across his face.
'What is he planning?' though Blue. He didn't have to wait long. Red managed to break free, his whip now heading for Celestite.
"CELESTITE WATCH OUT!" shouted Blue. Celestite barely had time to react before she dodged the attack.
The whip struck the panel in front of the tube holding the Aquamarine gem. The panel started to short circuit as both the tubes opened.
Celestite quickly grabbed the Girasol and Aquamarine gems while the tube started to glow red.
Blue quickly ran to Celestite as the tubes began to glow even brighter. He managed to push her out of the way before a wave of energy was suddenly released.
The energy wave struck Blue right in the chest. Red tried to dodge it but was hit. The wave sent him flying back into the wall.
When the energy wave finally stopped, Celestite looked to see the lab was now badly damaged.
She could also see that both Red and Blue were knocked out. As Celestite stood, she covered her mouth while her eyes widened.
Blue's gem was cracked and looked to be slowly getting worse. She quickly went to grab to Girasol and Aquamarine gems she dropped, before going to lift Blue.
"I have to get you to a healer." said Celestite thinking out loud before slowly rising with Blue's arm over her shoulder.
"N-no….have to…..run." mumbled Blue. Celestite paid him no mind as she made her way out of the lab.
With Blue being semi-conscious, it took almost half and hour to get to the clinic. She was grateful that no one saw her carrying Blue.
Celestite was unable to knock with her hand full, so she kicked the door. "Just a moment." called a voice from the other side.
The door opened as a Thulite gem opened the door. She saw Blue's gem and quickly ushered them inside.
The clinic had a table in the middle, a large shelf with different books and charts on the back wall, monitors were on the left wall, and to the right was a desk.
Celestite placed Blue on the table as Thulite looked over Blue's gem. "How exactly did this happen?" asked Thulite.
"I was given the order to dispose of two gems in his lab. Red Topaz came in before I could begin the process.
'Blue Topaz came in shortly after. The two of them started to talk before fighting. Red's weapon nearly hit me.
'Blue gave me a warning and I barely dodged the attack. It then hit the machine holding the gems.
'After I grabbed the gem the damage to the machine caused a wave of energy to be sent out.
'Blue pushed me out of the way in time but his gem was hit in the process." explained Celestite.
"Understood." said Thulite as she examined the damage. She occasionally looked up at the monitors from time to time.
"It's a small crack but it is slowly spreading at an alarming rate. I'm no Rose Quartz but I'll heal him as much as I can."
Thulite placed both of her hands over Blue's gem. Her gem glowed as a light pink energy radiated from hands.
The crack slowly started to heal. When the crack was almost gone, Blue Topaz's form suddenly glitched out.
"What's happening?" asked Celestite. Thulite didn't say anything as she focused more of her attention on the crack that began to reform.
Blue's form suddenly glitched again before retreating into his gem. The crack completely stopped in the middle of both ends.
Thulite went to the monitors to see what was coming on. A white light glowed from the top of the table.
Different symbols and images appeared on the monitors. "The cracking has ceased. His physical form will be stable, whenever he reforms.
'Surprisingly he'll still function as any other gem that's not cracked nor shattered. Granted, he won't be at the full capacity he once was at." said Thulite.
Blue Topaz gem glowed as he reformed. Thulite was stunned at his gem placement before looking at the monitors again.
Blue's gem was no longer on his chest, instead, it was split in half, one-half on each of his shoulders.
"I've never seen anything like this before. What type of gems was even in that machine? What was that machine even for?"
"They were an Aquamarine and an Girasol gem. As for the machine, it was used to contain them, and check their status." said Celestite.
Thulite let a sigh before speaking again. "Unless I know the exact damage the machine caused, this is the best I'm able to do.
'There's no other option but to take him to Homeworld. Since there aren't any warps pads yet, we'll have to take a ship." said Thulite.
She grabbed a few charts before heading for the door. "Wait, where are you going?" said Celestite.
"We have to take him to the landing bay. You were capable of bringing him here, you'll be able to do the same.
'Not only that his condition is stable enough for him to move on his own. Granted he'll be slightly disoriented, which why he may need your help." explained Thulite.
Celestite went over to the table and help Topaz off. He was able to move more than before but still had an arm on Celestite's shoulder.
Thulite opened the door and the pair followed her out. Celestite occasionally looked at Blue as he still mumbling something under his breath.
"How exactly are we going to be able to use a ship?" asked Celestite
"My cut were made shortly before the start of the war. Since Thulites can heal small cracks, we were valuable during the war.
'Including myself, only a handful were loyal and stuck with the Diamonds. I have no clue what happened to those that rebelled.
'Rose Quartzes are expert healers but the decision of one caused the rest to suffer. Due to that Thulites had to fill their roles as healers.
'So we're spread thin, especially since our Diamond is no longer around to further increase our numbers.
'We're given access to use a ship if we need to move to another colony that doesn't have a warp pad set up yet.
'Since we aren't built for fighting, we each have Galena gems as bodyguards to defend us.
'After all their excellent warriors and take their work seriously." explained Thulite.
As Celestite took all this in, she couldn't help but notice how quickly they reached the landing bay.
A lone Galena gem was standing in front of one of the two ships. When the gem saw Thulite coming closer, he bowed a little.
"Holy Curer, what brings you here?" asked the gem. "Galeun, I need you to prep the ship.
'We're heading for Homeworld." said Thulite. Galeun nodded his head before going into one of the ships.
Thulite was about to board as well but stopped when she looked at her notes. She turned to leave.
"Where are you going?" asked Celestite. "I don't have all the information needed. I'll be right back."
Celestite watched Thulite leave as Topaz's mumbling started to become more coherent.
"Have….to….get….to…..Earth." mumbled Topaz. Celestite was confused until she thought about a report.
"That Rose Quartz can help you. I'll let the others know." said Celestite.
"No...must….go….secret" Celestite thought about it for a brief moment before heading for the other ship.
She placed Topaz down near the cockpit as she set up and auto pilot the ship to head for Earth.
She left out of the out of the ship a few minutes before Thulite came back. "Shall we get going." said Thulite.
Celestite nodded her head before the pair boarded the ship.
~Present Day~
"That's pretty much how we ended up on Earth. After we left, the three of us became wanted for aiding a traitor escape.
'With no place to go, we decided to make a new name for ourselves here. It was quite a surprise, especially dealing with two hybrid infants. But we managed." said Celeste.
She looked around the room but her main focus was on Topaz. Silence filled the room until Erin finally said something.
"So that would mean that…." "I tried to get you away from Homeworld and out of the Diamonds' grasp." said Topaz.
"At the cost of your memories and your gem." said Emma. "Why are you only telling us this now?!" said Tiger.
"There really wasn't an importance for it. Not only that but fixing his gem was near to impossible." said Thulite.
"You can heal gems." said Steven. "Yes but only small cracks."
"I can heal gems too. What if we combine our powers and use my mother's fountain."
Thulite's eyes widened at the suggestion. "That could work. Especially since you have more control of your powers as well."
"Looks like we now know our next course of action." said Celeste.
Edom's gem started to glow drawing everyone's attention
He reformed next to the table and collapsed onto one knee. Edom quickly stood up and took a fighting stance, looking around wide-eyed.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Calm down." said Galeun holding his hands up. He slowly walked toward Edom.
"There's no danger. You're among allies." Edom slowly calmed down once he took in his surroundings.
"The last thing I remember was….. Wait. Where is he?" said Edom looking around. He looked at the table and saw Leon's gem.
Edom went to pick it up. "I'll take care of everything until he reforms." said Edom. "What do you mean?" asked Galeun.
"I'm the best one suited for protecting him until he reforms." "We can help as well." said Erin.
"You say that but have a strange way of showing it." Edom walked towards the door.
"Hey wait." Edom ignored Erin and walked out the door.