Tristan placed the gun back with the others as he hung it back up on the wall. Since he didn't need to sleep, he used the basement as a place to store his weapons and that Harrington and Richardson 20 gage shotgun was the newest. He preferred smaller weapons like pistols or those with shorter range like a shotgun. So if fit right on the wall. "Tristan, it's time." Said Garnet.
"Alright, I'm coming." Said Tristan as he begrudgingly walked up the steps and jumped down to the warp pad along with Garnet and began warping to the barn.
"You know if I catch Steven with any of those in his hand you're dead right?" said Garnet.
Tristan grinned like a wolf "I'd like to see you try." Garnet looked right at him like he was insane.
"Don't get me wrong, you're good." Said Garnet "but you're never gonna be that good."
"I'd like to disagree." Said Tristan. Before Garnet could say anything else, they were at the barn. Garnet and Tristan said nothing as they walked up to everyone else.
"Hey guys." Said Steven with excitement.
"Hey Steven." Said Garnet with a smile.
"Hey." Said Tristan.
"Oh good you're both here." Said Pearl "oh, and you're finally wearing something that's fit for work Tristan!" Tristan looked down at his simple white T-shirt, ratty pants, and wore down shoes.
"I didn't have a choice." Said Tristan "I ripped up my only pair of clothes like a dumbass when fighting Jade."
"What did she do to you?" asked Amethyst.
"It wasn't her." Said Tristan "I accidentally tore all my clothes when I used my blood pedals for the first time." Tristan looked down with a sad look in his eyes "including my jacket."
"Oh." Said Amethyst.
"Alright." Said Garnet as she suddenly reappeared with some tall grass in her mouth "I've chased those cows away, let's get to work."
"Before we began." Said Peridot as she turned towards Garnet "would you mind un-fusing. It's making me incredibly uncomfortable." Everyone held their breath, as Tristan chuckled and Peridot remained oblivious.
"What'd I say?" screams Peridot as she struggles against her child's leash on the fence post.
"Did we really have to do that?" asked Steven.
"Her having free reign of the place made me incredibly uncomfortable." Said Garnet.
"Also this is so much more interesting." Said Tristan as he watched Peridot struggle trying to reach the microwave. Garnet hit Tristan in the shoulder "ok! Ok! I'm going." Said Tristan as he jogged over to the Pearl to ask her what she needed him to do. "What the hell is tungsten?" muttered Tristan as he grabbed random metals from the barn. "That's like asking her to find the difference between a monster is and my old bosses. You can't find one!" Tristan walked out and dumped the pile of metal by Pearl "I have no idea what tungsten is to be honest." Said Tristan as Pearl looked through the pile.
"Well you got some." Said Pearl "but it's only scarps. Do you think you could find more?"
"I'll just grab every metal I can find." Said Tristan as he walked back into the barn. Tristan came out with what h promised. Every. Single. Metal. In the barn.
"Oh this will take forever to look for." Said Pearl as she began rummaging through the humongous pile before her "why don't you finish drilling where I've marked."
"Aye, aye captain." Muttered Tristan as he kneeled down and began to drill the hundreds of holes there. The sun was finally setting and Pearl had gathered all the tungsten she needed. "I'll be right back." Said Pearl "I need to grab Garnet for a second."
"Alright." Said Tristan as he sat down in the dry dirt. Tristan heard a loud commotion, along with plenty of shouting. Tristan walked over to see Peridot shove Amethyst out of the way of the drill heading right towards him! Tristan grabbed the drill with his bare hands! He screamed in pain as the drill cut his hand to the bone. His blood smeared across the entire drill as Steven stopped the drill. Causing it to stop and fall over.
"It's okay, everything's okay." Said Steven as he tried and failed to stand up "it's just a drill!" Steven chuckles as he passes out on the side of the drill.
"Dude, bad joke." Said Tristan as he looks over at Pearl and Garnet rushing over.
"We leave for one second and everything goes off the rails!" says Pearl hysterical.
"I blame the cows." Said Garnet as she glances over at Tristan hiding his hands behind his back.
"No, it's fine, it's fine." Said Pearl "we'll rebuild it! Stronger, better. We'll add seat-belts!"
"Tristan, are you alright?" asks Garnet as she walks over.
"It's just a scratch." Said Tristan "I'll just patch it up at home."
"Show me your wounds." Said Garnet.
"No thanks." Said Tristan as he walked off to the warp pad. "I'll be back tomorrow!" He warped out before she could protest.
"He's not ok is he?" asked Pearl as she walked up to Garnet.
"*Tsk*" said Garnet as she turned around "he's foolish."
"I know you're in there!" said Garnet as she pounded on the door. Tristan just ignored her as he continued to work out. Letting the blood seep through his rough bandages and make them wet. Garnet forced the door open and walked up to him. "Show me your hands right now."
"Their fine." Said Tristan as he continued to stare out the window and lift weights. Garnet shoved Tristan against the wall. "Be careful." Said Tristan as he drop the weight with a smirk "you might hurt me." Garnet grabbed his hand and looked at how much he was bleeding. She removed the bandage and looked in horror as the drill had not only cut through flesh. But to the bone.
"Why didn't you tell us." Said Garnet "we can heal all your injuries. So why hide them?"
"If I can handle the pain." Said Tristan as he re wrapped his hand "I can deal with everything else." Garnet punched at him. Tristan caught her punch, but it clearly caused him pain. He refused to look away as he stared right at her. His teeth clenched and muscles tense.
"You're not a god!" Shouted Garnet "you can try to block out your feelings. Try to image you don't feel pain. But you can't change who you are. Don't think I haven't noticed how you are around the others now that you're a fully-fledged half gem. You've been distant ever since you shattered Jade. Why?"
"I'm not hiding anything." Screamed Tristan "I'm just being the monster I am!"
Garnet slapped him "wake up. You're not killing for a living! You're not a contractor anymore! You're a Crystal Gem! And we need you at your best in case we fail, and you're all that's left." Tristan said nothing. His scowl not changing, just tears streaming down his face. "Be there for Steven."
"You didn't meet her!" shouted Tristan "you never got to see how beautiful Beryl was. You never got to hear how scared she was when she switched our roles. You never saw those bloody tears running down her face, how soft her lips were! You didn't know anything!" Tristan broke down "I can't be anyone but who I grew up as, why can't you understand?"
"Tristan." Said Garnet "I, I didn't know."
Tristan laughed bitterly "nobody knows."
Thank you for all the feedback you've given me. It helps me improve the story and make it more enjoyable for you. Thank you for telling me to not make Tristan so overpowered. I try not to make him that way but it's very difficult to try and put all my thoughts on paper. Thank you.