Alarms Blue

Pyramids- Frank Ocean

"JASPER!" Shadow lunged forward gripping at the air hoping to catch the shadowy illusion. Shadow was panting at the nightmare he just had. His body was covered in a cold sweat, even his hands shook from the dream that played on repeat in his mind.

Jaspers fingers grabbed him by the mouth softly then fell down on his lap. "Please Shadow." The gem was half asleep next to him peacefully, for such a huge being she really looked like a teddy bear. Shadow couldn't help but close the little gap between them and turn her towards him. Jasper opened one eye slowly to the man touching her. A scowl formed on her face, it was to late in the night to be complaining about hogging all the covers again. That's what she thought he was going to do until Shadow kissed her lips, it was soft and calmer than the other times they had done it, almost like Shadow was scared that she was going to shatter or disappear.

Shadow parted the kiss and planted his face into her neck, Shadow needed something to stable his frantic thoughts and what could be better than a hulking space alien. "Please don't leave." Shadow could feel his throat choke up, he really didn't know where this was coming from he just felt so scared. It took him a couple minutes but he finally fell asleep.

"What the fuck is wrong with me today?" Shadow was in deep thought, he couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen. A cold chill ran through his body making his bones shake.

Maybe he was cursed.

Shadow took a quick shower and headed into the living room where he saw Jasper in a checkered red and black shirt and shorts… cooking? She had one of his aprons on, the funny one with the pig on the front Shadow forgot he had. Jasper was humming a song she listened to the other day, some song by coldplay, he thought it was fix you. Shadow sat down in the living room and sat his laptop on the table and leaned over. It had been awhile since he checked his email and since they had nothing to do since it was his day off Shadow probably needed to do some inbox cleaning. He kept peeking up from the screen to see her cooking. Something about the whole scene put his mind at ease. It's not everyday a hot alien cooked for you.

Shadow scrolled through his latest emails.

"Trash… trash… scam…" He kept scrolling until one email popped up all of a sudden knocking back the scroll. A tick grew in Shadows jaw, now he would have to scroll all the way back down and multi select everything . Shadow opened it up and read through the email quickly, he gasped at what it read then read it over again and again. "No way!" Shadow shouted standing to his feet. Jasper jumped in shock from hearing Shadow behind her, she didn't even know he was awake yet she was hoping she could surprise him with a little bed and breakfast. Shadow ran into the kitchen and grabbed the gem into a tight hug. He tried to lift her up but she was too heavy so he just spun her around in a circle, much less taxing it was. Jasper tried to fight him off but she was enjoying seeing him so happy. He squished her cheeks with his hands and yelled in excitement.

"What Shadow? Why are you so excited all of a sudden. Did you save 15% percent on car insurance by switching over to Geiko?"

Shadow stopped in place and gave her a cock eyed look. "No smart ass, I don't even want to ask why you memorized that but just, no. We won the raffle Jasper we got the tickets!"

"What are tickets?"

The man smacked himself in the face, he kept forgetting that Jasper still wasn't that knowledgeable on somethings. Sometimes the best ways to explain things were in barney style. "It's the golden ticket Jas, a piece of beauty that will take us further on this planet than you've ever seen. We won Jas we're going to Korea!" His face lit up again with excitement he could barely contain himself. How they won he had no idea and it wasn't fake. The link that sent it even had a link with their website including other user friendly information that wasn't all in korean. There was no way that this random email could have been a fake.

"What about your job Shadow?" Jasper didn't want him to get fired, that meant no more bagels.

Shadow thought for a second before he snapped his fingers. "I've never asked for a vacation and we just hired a new employee I'm pretty sure Antoine wouldn't mind."

Something about the whole thing was setting off alarms in the gem, she didn't know what it was but she had a bad feeling. "I don't know Shadow. Why don't we just stay here it's nice and quite."

"Jas I love this place to it's my home, but that doesn't mean we won't come back it's only a couple weeks, what's the worst that could happen- actually don't answer that." Shadow hoped she wanted to go, he needed to get away from this feeling that ran through his body, every time he kept thinking of his dream his hands started to shake. Maybe if the two actually spent some time away from this place they would grow even stronger, maybe Jasper wouldn't have doubts whether this thing that they had would work. It was a shot he was willing to take.

Jasper crossed her arms over her chest. "No Shadow and that's final." The gem turned her face to avoid the puppy eyes he was giving her, he kept making sad noises and rubbing against her arm with his head. It wasn't going to work until he straddled himself on her lap and started to kiss at her neck.

"Please Jas oh please let's go." He kept kissing her neck until the gem was shaking. Shadow stifled a laugh at how funny it was to tease the gem warrior. Almost like playing with a tiger covered in steaks.

Jasper tried to hold on a little bit longer, she wasn't going to quit she was a warrior that was far stronger than any human on this wretched planet. That was what she thought until he started to bite her and the gem couldn't even form a rational thought. "Fine S-shadow we'll go p-please don- just stop Shadow." The man stopped biting the blushing gem and kissed her on the cheek softly.

Shadow was pushed over on the couch. "I knew you couldn't resist my charm Jas."

Jasper got back to her feet back into the kitchen. "Shut up and wait for you food, you can't start the day without the most important meal of the day."

"You're so gay."

Shadow woke up from another nightmare, it took him all his strength not to scream on the plane. Jasper slept next to him, her huge body barely fit in the seat, she looked like a packaged hot dog with how squished she was. Shadow got up to his feet wobbily, whether it be the turbulence or the aftereffects of his dream. He stumbled into the small bathroom just before he keeled over on the sink emptying all the contents in his stomach. Shadow ran the water to wash the taste out of his mouth. Shadow looked into the mirror, his eyes looked darker than normal and the sacks under his eyes looked like a six pack. Shadow felt like his mind was slipping every time he went to sleep, he was scared to even close his eyes. The mirror started to change and Jasper appeared behind him with her hands wrapped around his neck. A sadistic smile appeared on her orange face then she wrenched his neck back and sunk her teeth into his neck.

Shadow woke up again.

This time the sun filled the cabin and the fellow passengers were waking up. Jasper was staring at him with concern in her eyes. Jasper tried to reach for his hand and Shadow moved it out of the way. "I'm sorry Jas I'm just tired." He tried to make up some excuse. The look on her face told him she didn't believe him. Shadow just ignored her angry glare and looked out the window instead. The plane finally touched down after another hour, korean dancers dressed in skimpy shiny shorts and bras met the passengers at the gate. One of them danced towards Shadow with a little box in hand. She smiled cutely at him and tried to push the gift into his hands. Shadow was about to deny it when Jasper grabbed him by the arm roughly and marched off.

"Whoa there lassy I do something?" Shadow tried to wrench his arm free.

Jasper finally let him go and huffed when he tried to move around in front of her. "I saw how you were looking at those girls." Jasper started to raise her voice catching the attention of people passing by.

"No I did not Jasper they just wanted to give us a gift. You ain't got nothin to worry about."

The gem wasn't convinced she swore his eyes were glued to the girls as soon as the plane doors opened. Maybe she was just overreacting or being jealous as Shadow called it before. Even if she was Jasper didn't understand why Shadow didn't attack the woman, is that not how your suppose to react when your in a relationship? Jasper was beginning to doubt him again.

The two kept walking through the airport taking in the sights. It was so bubbly and different here compared to back home. The two past through a slide door to see the outside world. It was beautiful out, it was a little bit too hot out but it was manageable. The people who were in charge of the vacation waited for the rest of the guests to appear on the huge white and yellow shuttle. People all over the world sat down laughing in their own sections drinking liquor and eating. Shadow sat down with Jasper near the back of the shuttle that gave them the best view of the city.

"You still gonna be mad at me?" Shadow finally asked after a few hours of agonizing silence.

Jasper turned to look at him. His bore into hers with equal annoyance. Shadow wasn't grinning anymore, honestly he was getting sick of getting the silent treatment. Jasper curled her fists into a ball, just looking at him was annoying her, those damn eyes challenged her to do something. The one trait she hated and respected about Shadow was the look he held for every situation.

"Why won't you just admit you were looking at her?"

Shadow could feel his heart pace quicken from how angry he was getting. Shadow leaned back and tapped at the table. "I don't know why you think I would lie to you Jasper I've done nothing wrong, she only wanted to give me a box of chocolates!"

Shadow and Jasper butted heads trying to fight each other.

"So you were just gonna take the chocolates huh?! Ooh you have some huge gems to do that in front of me." Jasper bashed against him but he refused to give up.

Shadow bounced back with equal venom. "You sound crazy Jasper I wasn't trying to do anything why don't you get that through your thick skull."

Jasper stood to her feet looking down at Shadow, her eyes began to glow with the rage that was brewing inside of her. The gem reached inside her shirt and pulled out the Christmas gift Shadow had given her. It was a pill shaped Jasper necklace Shadow had given her along with a ugly orange Christmas sweater.

"If you want me to start acting crazy then I will!" She snatched the gift from her neck and threw it at his chest. Jasper turned to leave. She shoved through people knocking them over. Shadow blinked away his shock and ran after her. He grabbed her wrist just as she stepped off the shuttle.

"Jas please talk to me." Shadow went to touch her shoulder and the gem lashed out in anger. Her claws cut a gash across his arm making him yelp in pain. He held his bloodied arm to his chest staining his short with blood. Jasper had her mouth opened in shock she couldn't believe what she had done. When she reached for him her hand was swatted away.

"You'll never believe in me."

Jasper put a hand to her mouth. How could she be so angry that she attacked him, it was an accident she didn't mean it, everything was starting to crumble. "Shadow please I'm sorry I-"

Shadow turned around and started running, he didn't know where but he couldn't be near her. He took a right through a path near a bus stop and kept going till his heart couldn't take much more. Shadow didn't know where he was at but he didn't care. Shadow looked at the four stripes that cut across his arm, it looked like he was attacked by some sort of animal. Shadow leaned against a tree and sat down. His eyes grew heavy, he was tired from today's events or it could have been jet lag. Shadow chose the later and closed his eyes to rest under the tree.

"Dad look he's hurt?" A little boy stated to his father. The boy stared at the man who held a bloodied arm to his chest, he couldn't help but notice how he was breaking into a sweat. He tossed and turned all while muttering a name he couldn't make out.

The father stood in front of his child protectively. "Why don't we just keep moving kiddo he looks alright." He knew otherwise but they didn't know this young man and they already had enough problems on their plate.

The boy set his book down. "No dad we have to help him. We can't just leave him here." The boy licked his hand and raised his arm. He slapped down on the wound and the man's eyes popped open.

"What the heck kid?!" Shadow rolled around in pain gripping his arm that actually didn't hurt at all, it felt better than it had before. Shadow looked at his arm and was shocked to see that the claw marks were gone. "What did you- did you do this to me?" Shadow looked up at the shaggy headed pudgy kid. He couldn't help but notice the kids red shirt with a yellow star in the center.

An old man stood next to him, he was a little bit fatter and had long hair to the back of his head. Shadow face went blank, he didn't really know what to make of these odd characters.

"Are you okay mister? You didn't hurt your head too did you?"

Shadow chuckled at the kid. "No I'm fine… I don't know how you did it but thank you."

The boy smiled with stars in his eyes. "Your welcome mister uhhhh. What is your name?"

Shadow held his hand for him to shake. "It's Isaac Shadow. You can just call me Shadow kid." It had been awhile since Shadow had given someone his full name, he normally just went by Shadow cause that's what everyone called him in school, it was rare to ever hear his first name so he stuck with his last. The boy returned his gesture and the man stood to his feet to shake what seemed to be due boy's father.

"Nice to meet you mister Shadow. I would say you had an odd last name but that would just be hypocritical, my name is Greg Universe," the man patted his head making the boy chuckle, "and this little guy is Steven Universe he's my son."

Shadow rubbed the back of his neck, he felt kind of embarrassed. "Well nice to meet you universes. I'm sorry if I caused you any trouble I was just tired and fell asleep on the spot. Guess the lag from the way over here is kicking my butt."

Greg looked at the man's arm then back to him. "May I ask how you hurt your arm? It looked pretty painful."

"Let's just say never grab something with claws bigger than yours."

The universe's didn't really know what he had meant but it was nine of their business. "Well it was nice to meet you mister Shadow, I'm glad we were able to help, have a nice day." The boy held his hand out again and Shadow shook it, he was beginning to like this kids bubbly attitude. Compared to Jasper this kid was an angel.

The two began to walk away when Shadow realized that he didn't really know what to do or where to go. He dug the necklace he had gotten Jasper and sighed. He hoped that this would pass with some time and that Jasper would realize that he wasn't trying to hurt her. Shadow put it back into his pocket and ran back towards the two.

"Hey uh is there anyway I can help?" Shadow asked.

Greg gave Steven an uneasy look. "Jeez I don't know Shadow we don't want you getting hurt." Greg twirled with his long hair. "I think it would be best to stay out of our business a lot of weird stuff might happen.

Shadow waved him off with a farting sounding noise. "Trust me if your weird can beat mine I'll pay you, besides I can handle my own trust me. If you get into any trouble I can back you up, these guns aren't for show." Shadow did a macho man flex making the kid laugh.

"Dad what's the worst that could happen. Mister Shadow wants to help so why don't we let him." Steven continued walking, his face buried in the leather book he had in hand.

Greg just shrugged his shoulders and continued walking with his own bags he had in hand.

Shadow followed close behind. Greg and Steven talked but Shadow wasn't paying attention he was too busy thinking of Jasper. He wanted to make sure she was alright and not ripping people apart. Granted he did tell her to not do that unless someone was trying to attack her and even then he just told her to break an arm or something. Seeing as how she was taller than the average male the police wouldn't believe she was being assaulted, they would need a tank, maybe even an army.

"This feels familiar." Greg was talking about a fence that blocked off the rest of the path. Steven turned to his dad, streams of tears fell down his face.

"Dad help me get over this."

Greg helped his son over then slowly started to climb over. He finally managed to clear the top then fell the rest of the way down crushing his bags. The man groaned in pain but he was fine.

Shadow climbed it easily and dropped behind them with ease. "Still got it." Shadow muttered under his breath with a grin. It had been awhile since he climbed a fence. This whole countryside adventure they were having reminded him of when he was a kid running around with his friends exploring the big open world.

"Hey look at that!" Steven exclaimed. Steven started to run towards what caught his attention.

Shadow looked at the massive blue palanquin that sat out in the open. That feeling of fear raced through his blood again and he gripped at his chest. His breathing became labored, a feeling like a burning hot knife drove through his brain making the man drop to his knees. Visions of the dreams he has been having flashed across his eyes. He squeezed his eyes shut hoping they would go away but it only made it worse. Shadow saw himself in hoisted up by his wrists, beaten and broken by some unknown enemy. There was a clinking noise like chains being dragged across the ground. Out of the darkness Jasper fell to his feet. Her hair was caked in red blood from his wounds. No matter how many times he called out to her she wouldn't wake up.

Shadow gripped his face. His nails dug into his eyes almost clawing them out. Hands clasped over his hands and mouth. Greg started to drag his body behind bushes. He kept a hand over Shadows mouth hoping to stop whatever ahead of them from hearing him. The universe's held his arms down till the images and pain subsided to a dull ache. Shadow stopped moving and took shallow breaths, it helped to ground him back down to Earth.

"Mister Shadow are you okay?" Steven eyes flooded with tears that confused him, something was wrong and they needed to leave quickly.

"Yes." He lied. "What is that thing?" Shadow pointed at whatever that thing was that his under a huge blue cloak. An even smaller blue creature kneeled next to her with her face down. The woman spoke sadly in front of a pink palanquin covered in flowers. Her voice sounded so soft and sad that Shadow thought he was going to cry himself.

Steven ducked behind the bushes and wiped at the tears. "I've been seeing through her eyes, crying her tears!"

"What are you doing over there?" The voice of the woman asked.

All of them cringed at the voice, footsteps approached them closer and closer.

"I thought I heard something. I think we're not alone." The smaller blue woman approached their position, her eyes were covered by her short hair.

Shadow looked at Greg and they both nodded in acknowledgement. Whoever this was or whatever it was might be a danger putting the kid in danger.

Shadow gave Steven a thumbs up. "Let your pops and I handle this kid."

The adults stood up shocking the poor thing. Greg faced the wrong way but Shadow was facing her, he almost gasped at what he saw. In the middle of the woman's chest was a pearl. She was a gem.

Greg spoke nervously. "Hey uhhh nice weather we're having aren't we? Ummm so what's up?" He snapped two finger pistols at the smaller figure.

Shadow deadpanned. "You couldn't have come up with something better?"

Greg just shrugged his shoulders.

"Pearl? Who is that?"

The pearl spun around and did some sort of arm gesture that Shadow never seen before. "My lady I found some natives." She bowed to the taller woman.

Shadow and Greg stepped forth from the bushes. "uhh yes yes! We are natives of this beautiful land!" Shadow beat his chest making the pearl jump. Greg only bowed his head and gave a horrible Korean greeting. Shadow probably should have done the same thing.

"Bring them here." She ordered her servant.

"How curious, beings so fragile and small can survive on this strange planet while a being as powerful as a diamond perishes."

Shadow couldn't ignore the sadness in this being's voice, it reminded him of his own when he had to deal with being alone. "Its hard knowing that while the one you loved his dead you have to live on; like you were half the person you were without them. I understand how you feel all too well.

Greg looked back and forth from the woman to him. "Do you miss her?"

"Yes." Both Shadow and the woman said in unison.

"Aw I'm awfully sorry I too can understand what's it's like to lose somebody."

The woman finally turned around revealing herself. A sad blue face with blue eyes and long white hair. Shadow was taken aback by her appearance. She looked like a sad angel.

"I lost someone very important to me to; I miss her everyday and I think about her all the time, but she's never coming back. That feeling can be so hard to be okay with." Greg almost leaped out of his skin when Shadow patted him on the shoulder.

Shadow gave Greg a sympathetic grin. "I got out of that darkness just recently as well. The light that helped me wanted to destroy everything I've ever known and she probably could have if we never met. All you need is some faith and a little light and you'll always get out."

The blue woman dripped crying for a moment. She stared at them for a few seconds before going back to the palanquin. "I'm surprised that human beings are capable of understanding how I feel. It's a shame, there's a geo-weapon incubating in your world's planet that will destroy everything shortly." She slowly began to rise to her feet towering over the broken down palanquin. Shadow took a step back at her sheer size, he didn't think gems could be so huge there was no way this was real.

"You know I really shouldn't be here but I'm glad I came back one last time. To save the last pieces of her legacy." Blue diamond crouched back down, a smile appeared on her angelic blue face. Shadow didn't notice the diamond on her chest till then.

Greg said something to her then the gems huge hands wrapped around Greg him like some toy figurine. Blue diamond stood to her feet and outstretched her left hand. Out from the clouds appeared a ginormous arm that floated in the sky like some arm spaceship.

"Pearl please grab the other human."

The blue gem started to walk towards her palanquin that floated towards them.

Shadow started to run at the woman. "GREG!" Shadow was just five feet from the woman when something struck him in the gut hard. He crashed into the ground gripping his stomach hard, bile rose to his throat and he vomited all over the ground.

The pearl walked towards him slowly. "Please don't resist human. I don't want to hurt you." her voice was so calm and serene it pissed him off more

"I'm sick of you gems kicking my ass!" Shadow ran at her and jumped the air into a flying side kick. She easily dodged his attack and spun around kicking him in the arm. Shadow was taken off his feet and crumbled to the ground again in his face. His head beat against the dirt from the pain. His arm started to turn a dark shade if blue, it was broken from her attack. Shadow rolled out of the way at the last second dodging a stomping kick. It left a crater in the ground where he would have been. How could such a small gem have so much power? It was insane to think what these things could do to Earth if they invaded, mankind wouldn't stand a chance.

Shadow ran at her, he was fighting a losing battle but he didn't know what else to do. The kid was still in the bushes and his father and him were about to be abducted, their was nothing else to do. She dropped low and sweet his feet from underneath him. Shadow didn't even fall to the ground before she seized him by the throat. Her fingers gripped around his throat harder and harder until his brain finally lacked enough oxygen to keep him going. His body went numb and Shadow slipped away unconscious. The pearl carried the human princess style onto the palanquin.

Steven fell from the bushes and ran towards them. He screamed for his father but it began to rise into the sky. The hand clasped around it taking it into the ship.

"Stop!" Steven jumped into the air defying all human logic, being half gem gave him perks that he himself was still discovering. The ship started to turn as Stephen neared it, his hand stretched out he begged he would make it in time. Their was a whooshing sound like something bending then the ship warped and blended, it blasted off, the very clouds itself were dispersed including Steven.

"Dad…" Steven muttered sadly, an empty spot where the ship was at reminded him that once again he was too late. Steven fell out of the sky towards Earth until a pair of hands caught him. The dark gem hugged him tight in her eyes, she was so shaken by what had happened.

"Garnet!" Steven looked at the gem who had looked out for him his entire life, she was so opposed to him coming here she was the last person he expected to see. Something was wrong though. Garnet was so edgy, the visor she wore to conceal her three eyes were cracked and shattered in some places and her clothes torn. It looked like she was attacked.

"Steven I-I'm so sorry I saw you come here, I saw blue diamond on Earth I saw her see me and discovering all of us. I could be here with you!" Garnet dropped Steven and fell to a knee. Everything was moving so fast and the battle she just had worn her out.

"Garnet she took my dad and this man we met, all he wanted to do was help and now their both gone. What are we going to do?!" Steven was so frantic, his little hands shook so hard he thought his hands would fall off.

Garnet looked up at the sky, a feeling of determination filled her being, she would do anything for Steven. Garnet twisted her head to the left and tossed Steven away from her. Steven couldn't see what it was but he could hear something slam into Garnet and the gem grunt in pain.

"I COULD HAVE SAVED HIM!" Jasper roared so loudly the trees around them shook. The larger gem slammed her fist into Garnet then tossed her by the throat into four trees. Garnet stumbled to her feet, she was in so much pain she thought she would poof from another attack. Never had Garnet seen a gem with so much rage and anger.

Garnet rose to her feet and summoned her gauntlets but Jasper never came. Garnet stepped out from the treeline and was shocked to see Jasper on her knees beating and screaming on the ground. Steven ran up to Garnet holding her leg tightly.

"Shadow I'm sorry I shouldn't have hurt you." Jasper pulled at her hair, she could feel her sanity clawing away into a pit of agony she had felt once before. This time it was worse and Jasper couldn't hold back her pain.

Shadow was gone and it was her fault. A hand touched her shoulder and Jasper lashed out at the crystal gem. Garnet evaded her attacks and managed to get in close enough to throw Jasper on the ground and pin her.

"Please Jasper stop we can-" Garnet fell to the side from the blow of the attack. Jasper picked up another rock and raised it over her head to smash the gems head in. Steven ran between them and created a bubble that knocked Jasper back. That didn't stop her and she beat on the pink bubble with everything she had.

"Jasper please we don't have time! If we don't get moving my dad will be gone and the man will too!"

Jasper finally stopped attacking and fell to her knees again. She put her head in her hands. "Why did you stop me? I could have saved him, and we would have ran away. So tell me why… SHADOW WAS ALL I HAD!"

Garnet rose to her feet slowly, she placed a hand on Stevens shoulder. He looked up at her worried, she gave him a reassuring nod. Steven knew what she was thinking, she didn't need to say much her silence was an answer most of the days. Shadow retracted the bubble and Garnet dropped to her knees in front of the orange gem. Jasper didn't move, she was so spent she had nothing left to give in this fight.

"I saw a vision of you getting him Jasper. You succeeded but he wouldn't have made it out alive. Shadow would have been lost to you forever, I had to stop you not just for this planet's sake but for his. I dony need future vision to see that even you have fallen for the temptations that this world offers."

Jasper still didn't look up.

Garnet stood to her feet. "You can sit here and sulk all you want Jasper but that doesn't bring you one step closer to saving the one you love. Stand on your feet and fight for Shadow like he did for you, do it for him." Garnet reached a hand out to the gem.

Jasper looked up from her hands at the gem, even looking at the fusion made Jasper want to shatter her into nothing. If she did that there would be no way of getting Shadow back, the one and only person that had faith in her on this horrible prison of a planet. This was her only chance. Jasper slapped her hand away and stood to her feet.

Jasper looked up to the skies with clenched fists and a new burning determination. "I'm coming Shadow hold on."

Author's notes: This is the longest chapter I have written for this story and I have to say that's kind of sad. Compared to the last chapter where I took three days to type it this one only took a day and a half, some oriental food and a six hour nap to finish it. I'm still typing on my phone so please excuse any mistakes I'm only human I make mistakes ⊙_⊙ That's actually a really good song. Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please, drop a review or PM me about whatever I don't really care. Semper classy people!

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