The flight did not take long- probably no more than a day and a half. At some point, Gamma must have fallen asleep, because a sudden meteor shower woke him up.
At another point in the trip, a regal Gem contacted the Topaz and asked her to disarm Gamma by taking his hat away. Fortunately, human super glue must have been created from reinforced steel. The episode hurt the Keronian something fierce, as the Topaz attempted to tug the thing off. The hat refused to budge from the frog's head.
The remainder of the journey was fairly uneventful. On several occasions, Gamma attempted to strike up a conversation with his captor...just to fight boredom and nervousness.
The Topaz was very stoic, and not much of a talker. Gamma did find out through random bantering that she did not particularly enjoy her line of work. He also found out, that the Topaz greatly wished for some down time so that her two halfs could mingle and relax a bit.
Gamma reccomended some fun and romantic spots across the cosmos if her wish ever came true. He told her that "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" had a spectacular dinner show, and that the planet Coruscant had excellent shopping and museum tours.
While the Topaz seemed doubtful that she would get to see any of these places for herself, she appreciated that her hostage was willing to tell her about such nifty spots...just in case!
Finally, the ship docked at one of Homeworld's ports. The frog was suddenly paralyzed with fear as he began to shake uncontrollably. Topaz immediately noted this change, and patted the frog on the head a few times, not unlike someone would pet a scared puppy. Gamma found this gesture somewhat demeaning, but didn't complain. If nothing else the shaking had subsided a little bit.
As instructed, the massive fusion took underground hallways to her Diamond's chambers. The leader had been VERY specific that no other Gem should know about her kidnapping an alternative species. The Topaz wanted to keep a low profile for safety reasons.
After climbing up a final flight of stairs out of the underground tunnels, it seemed the kidnapper had reached her destination. There was a massive set of double doors- completely covered in a golden finish. The Topaz used a gargantuan door knock to get the resident's attention. One of the doors opened, and a Yellow Pearl appeared. The servant looked down at Gamma with a strange sense of pity- before quickly signaling the duo to come inside.
"Well! Well! Look what the Topaz dragged in!" The massive leader was sitting on her throne, smiling in the most malicious of manners.
Gamma grumbled to himself. "Yes. Yes. I'm here. We had a deal Diamond! Let my folks go!"
"Hmmmm...yes the deal. I have been thinking it over you see...at this point, your kin knows just as much about this entire mess as you do. So I thought about it, and figured it would just be easier to...destroy ALL three of you."
"WHAT?! NO! We had a DEAL!"
"Indeed...and deals are meant to be broken! Not to worry though! I'm going to give you a special treat! You will...parish...last. So you'll still get to see your...family? Is that what organics call it? A "family"? YES! You get the honor of seeing me crush your family before distroying YOU. A lucky organic you are!" The Diamond smiled even more maliciously.
"You're...you're INSANE! What is WRONG with you?!" Gamma's rage had peaked he wanted nothing more than to escape from this fusion's grasp and shoot his blaster at this monster until she was a pile of rubble.
"Hmm...you seem a bit big headed. Perhaps I should show you your place before distroying your kin. Let him go Topaz."
"My-My Diamond? Are you sure?"
"OF COURSE I'M SURE! DO NOT QUESTION MY AUTHORITY! Go...stand watch outside or something will you? Make sure no one disturbs me."
"Y-Yes my Diamond." The Topaz saluted before shining like a brilliant star, and splitting apart. Gamma could hear both Gems mumbling apologies to the frog before walking outside and closing the chamber door behind them.
Gamma couldn't help but feel sorry for the duo as they left the room. He felt that they weren't enjoying the situation anymore than than he was. After both Topaz were completely out of sight, the frog quickly refocused on his target.
That woman...that damn woman. Gamma was now very much free, and incredibly pissed off. The frog glared at the Diamond, before producing both of his blasters. His gaze alone could probably end lives.
"Ahh. Back to your old tricks I see. Going to try to destroy me again you pathetic slime? I guess it's only sporting of me to give you a good show before I completely destroy you..."
For a split second, Gamma contiplated. The easiest thing to do would be to release his Gem family from his hat to assist...but than he thought about Toaster-how scared she would be. How this monster's electricity could probably hurt his friends in a heartbeat. He made a difficult decision. Family and friends came first. He would attempt his best on his own...to keep his loved ones safe.
What the Diamond was expecting was for the idiotic creature to shoot at her arm again. What she WASN'T expecting was for the Keronian to turn the pin on his hat and become completely invisible!
Shocked by this sudden development, the leader scowled. "Using a cloaking device I see? A coward's move!"
Gamma quickly climbed the chamber wall to get a better vantage point. He could see the button leading to his parents cell somewhat hidden on the right side of the Diamond's throne- just as Steven had informed him.
As much as he hated Yellow Diamond, he loved his parents a hell of a lot more. Their safety took priority.
As the Keronian crawled toward his destination, it was obvious that the leader was becoming impatient.
"Why won't you shoot you idiotic organic? I'm right here!" Yellow Diamond glanced around the room- attempting to get a vantage point on her enemy.
Gamma quickly crawled to the massive button and examined it in hopes of figuring out a way to short circuit the thing. No wire panel was visible. Frustrated, the frog attempted to see if he could open the door manually...
...
...no dice. He was going to have to do this the hard way. The frog crawled on top of the door's button, and proceeded to turn the pin on his hat. He immediately became visible again, and stuck out like a sore thumb on the yellow wall.
The Keronian shot at the floor to get the massive leader's attention.
Yellow turned, surprised and smiled. "There you are you disgusting nuisance!" The Diamond quickly attempted to snuff out the slime using her thumb! Gamma jumped off the button quickly, resulting in the massive leader acedently pressing it. The door swung open immediately!
Gamma shouted quickly: "MOM! DAD! GET OUT! NOW!" The frog rolled quickly and managed to dodge Yellow Diamond's attempt to smoosh him with her massive fist. No one in the prison had to be told twice. Both Atmomo and Prolulu, as well as the surprised Yellow Pearl-Iris- escaped instantly.
The group immediately began to run out of doge.
Yellow Diamond made a face of intense rage. As Gamma attempted to get his footing, the leader, grabbed the frog rather aggressively.
"How dare you?! HOW DARE YOU?! Trying to make a fool out of me by using my own chamber against me?!"
The Diamond proceeded to grab the creature's blasters, and squash them with her giant fist. They were both hendered useless.
Gamma was currently lieing in the giant's hand. It was clear that he was not doing very well. The leader grabbing him so recklessly had resulted in his leg twisting in the wrong direction.
Yellow Diamond quickly threw the creature to the ground as aggressively as possible. His family and her two Pearls were so spooked, that all they could do was watch over the horrendous sight in shock. It was not everyday her majesty got the opportunity to maim an organic creature. A Gem's demise was quick. This event, however, was painful and slow.
Gamma attempted to crawl away from the monster upon the ground. Only one of his arms was functioning properly now. The sad alien cried and wept as his body struggled against him. His left wrist was floppy and un-responsive. The Yellow Diamond stared down at the pathetic creature, before plastering the frog beneath her massive boot.
"Perhaps there should be a change of plans. You slime- have lost your privilege of seeing your kin parish. You shall die first." The leader began putting more and more weight on her foot. As the Keronian began to scream in pain, Prolulu began to shout: "Gamama! GAMAMA! Leave him alone you MASSIVE TOAD!"
The leader stared at the kin, but shrugged off her insults. She would die as well, but the leader wanted to enjoy this. She had waited so long to kill this creature...
Gamma attempted to use his last remaining limb to press one of the buttons on his hat flap. Almost...almost... as the massive shoe crushed his body further and further, the action became ever more difficult.
...almost...
With his head throbbing, the pressure and the pain of the leader's massive weight finally made the poor creature fall unconscious. It got to the point where Gamma was almost completely flat. His head rolled slightly, and managed to press every button on his hat at the same time...
In a sudden amount of excitement, Gamma's pocket space opened! The extra pressure of the leader's weight created a massive flurry of pink bubbles to fly out into the open! A horrific odor was also released from the unconscious Keronian, making Yellow Diamond rear quickly in disgust!
Iris saw the blurry pink objects fly in every direction. Curious, she managed to grab one and pop it.
There was a massive shimmering of light, as the Renegade Pearl reformed in the chamber. The new Pearl quickly attempted to gain her bearings as she produced a sword and a spear in her hands-ready to fight. She glanced around quickly before spotting the incredibly injured Gamma and his two parents attempting to awaken him.
Horrified, the Pearl worked quickly. She bounded in the air, as light as a feather- popping all the remaining bubbles, before landing back on the ground. The Pearl approached Gamma and his family grimly. She looked over the grusome scene
To Yellow Diamond's complete horror, Pearl created 3 bubbles- one around each of Gamma's family members, and quickly tapped on the top of all them in a hurry. The Keronian family disappeared in an instant.
While the Gems were not close enough to Earth to send the bubbles back to the temple, the family was quickly transported to the next best place- Lilolo's ship.
Needless to say, the frog was most shocked and surprised when three bubbles suddenly appeared in her sleeping chambers. Lilolo quickly popped the bubbles of both Gamma's parents, and began to asses the damage done to the poor soldier.
"What did you do?! WHAT THE FRACK DID YOU IMBECILES DO?!" Yellow stared at the new Pearl as static discharge began to emit from her fingertips. As the leader screamed at the top of her lungs all of the other Gems began to reform. Needless to say, both Iris and Lucky were internally surprised as the massive party appeared in front of them!
Ruby and Sapphire formed Garnet quickly, and immediately asked Pearl what the damage was.
"Severe." She answered. "He was nearly crushed to death, and had multiple broken bones and fractures."
The Garnet gritted her teeth in anger. Gamma had unintentionally taken the most risky path- using himself as bait to open the prison cell FIRST, BEFORE releasing the entire party from his hat. "Idiot." Garnet cursed to herself quietly. It was obvious that the frog was incredibly loyal, as he had sacrificed his own safety before even considering risking the safety of his family or friends.
Garnet quickly grabbed Pearl by the arm and pulled her out of dodge- just in the nick of time in order to avoid one of Yellow Diamond's thunderbolts. "YOU SCUM OF THE COSMOS! DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT THOSE KERONIANS WILL COST ME IF THEY ARE LEFT ALIVE?!"
"You might as well forget about them!" Pearl yelled at the leader. "I sent them to a safe place where you cannot go!"
The leader screeched in a rage as more electricity flew from her body. Amethyst formed next and rejoined her group quickly! If it was a fight this Diamond wanted- a fight she would get!
The Crystal Gems began to merge into a terrifying fusion! From the depths of the trio's anger and revenge formed the beast that was Alexandrite! The fusion roared at the terrifyingly appalled Yellow Diamond using her secondary maw, before charging toward the leader and releasing a massive barrage of fireballs from her mouth onto the Daiamond at close range!
A good part of Yellow Diamond's form fluctuated in pain, before the leader hit back at the monster hard with a massive wave of electricity! It was about this time that Acapella and Toaster reformed from their bubbles. The scene that welcomed them was complete chaos. Two gargantuan kaijus- Yellow Diamond and Alexandrite were completely filing the room with a massive fight! There was barely enough room to avoid the exchanging blows between the two beasts!
Through the tussle, Acapella spotted two additional Yellow Pearls shivering in the corner. She quickly scooped up Toaster before making a mad dash across the brawl in the room to ask the two familiar servants what the Stars was going on.
Iris and Lucky were surprised to see another Yellow Pearl barreling across the room. She hid with the new duo and asked for a quick subnopsis of what the dickens was going on.
"Your other friends fused to form...THAT..." Lucky pointed at the terrifying fusion who seemed to be loosing the battle at this point. Yellow Diamond's similar size and use of electricity was providing her the upper hand. Lucky continued: "Gamama sacrificed himself to save his parents. He was in pretty bad shape when that Pearl bubbled him away in order to keep him safe..."
"She...Yellow Diamond hurt Gamma real bad? Like...going to the "Rainbow Bridge" bad?!" Toaster was clearly freaking out entirely. Lucky had no clue what a "Rainbow Bridge" was, but she nodded solumly, somewhat understanding the Ruby's inquirely.
"No...NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!" Toaster held her head in grief, before glaring at Yellow Diamond- hatred in her eyes.
Alexandrite was quickly falling apart from the sheer amount of electricity being thrown at her. As the fusion disassembled, Toaster approached the leader. In that moment, she didn't care if anyone laughed at her weapon. She yanked the slingshot out of her gemstone, and aimed the artillary toward her Diamond's face.
Toaster's weapon hit its mark. The explosion was so great, that the entire back of Yellow DIamond's chamber wall crumbled, and completely topled into a pile of rubble.
Several Gems that were on the other side of the wall peaked through the new massive hole with interest.
Certainly a blast of that caliber had caused SOME damage?
...No such luck. The Diamond was still standing, and looking even more pissed off than ever.
Garnet gasped in fatigue. "PLAN B! WE GO WITH PLAN B!"
The crowd imediately understood, and held all of their ears. Lucky and Iris were the only ones slightly confused.
"LAAAAAAAAAAA!" Acapella produced a singing note which began to make the Diamond woozy. Lucky dropped like a fly. The sound didn't bother Iris in the slightest. The nearly-blind Pearl understood, as she joined her new sister.
"LAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"LAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
The Yellow Pearls sang in unison. The massive leader finally collapsed in exhaustion. She fell asleep, snoring quite loudly.
The Crystal Gems grabbed the sleepy Lucky, and bolted out of the door of the chamber quickly.
The duo of Topaz was still watching guard, when the massive barrage of new folks ran out of the Diamond's chambers.
The two parties stared at each other in a quick shock, before Garnet used her electric powers to make both Gems poof. The fusion quickly bubbled the two Topaz, and tapped the top of their new prisons. The group of rebels (as well as Iris carrying a sleepy Lucky), followed Accapella to the ship port. The great thing about working for a prestige Diamond for so long, was that Acapella knew Homeworld's hallways like the back of her hand.
The ship came into view. The group shouted Lilolo's name to get her attention. The method seemed to work, as the group ran through a door that immediately opened on the Keronian's ship.
The spacecraft left in such a hurry, that the tether connecting Lilolo's ride to the Gem ship imediately snapped!
As quickly as a rabbit, the spacecraft sped off into the cosmos, and disappeared from view.
