"GAMMA! WHERE'S GAMMA?!" While everyone else was attempting to process all that had just happened, it was obvious that there was only one thing on Toaster's mind. The Ruby finally located the room with the beds where Gamma's parents were watching over their injured son.
"Gamma!" Toaster entered the room quickly, and immediately bore witness to a terrifying sight. His limbs were contorted, it looked like half of his scull had been crushed, there was green blood everywhere, and the Keronian's breathing was labored.
"GAMMA!" Toaster was going to run over to her pal to comfort him, but was quickly picked up by the scruff by Acapella.
"LET ME GO!" I need to stay with Gamma! He's my ma!"
The Pearl sighed. "You're too emotional and warm Toaster. You'll dry him out and he won't be able to heal."
The Ruby attempted to contort her way out of the scruff hold, before realizing something. "Acapella! You said my name! You called me "Toaster"!" The Ruby looked at the Yellow Pearl with stars in her eyes!
Acapella simply nodded in approval.
"Could- could I at least leave Fred to watch over him Acapella? Someone has to make sure he stays safe!"
The Pearl nodded. Toaster proceeded to pull Fred from her gemstone, and handed the plush to Gamma's parents. The duo attempted to smile at the gesture, as they put the plushie near the bed's headrest.
Acapella walked the Ruby to a spare room on the ship away from others. She allowed Toaster to sit on her lap.
As the Ruby mourned in fear, the Pearl began to sing a very soft calming lullaby. It had no lyrics- just a soothing tone. Acapella rocked Toaster slightly while singing the song softly. Soon, Toaster was asleep, tears in her eyes.
The Pearl was unsure if the Keronian would be ok, but at least she could hold Toaster, and allow her to seep for a bit. Strangely enough, holding the small warm Gem seemed to be helping Acapella as well. She felt a bit better knowing she was bringing peace of mind to someone other than herself.
As the Keronian vehicle reaproached Earth. A incoming call was alerted by the ship.
"Incoming transmission from: Pekopon!"
"I'll get it." Garnet nodded as she answered the phone.
The screen transitioned to two not-so-nice-looking humans wearing sunglasses and suits. One of the men spoke: "This is the MIB. You are currently in restricted airspace. We are bringing you in-" the man stopped speaking when he saw Garnet staring back at him. Agent Zed removed his glasses with frustration. "God DAMMIT!" The agent put his head in his head. "Garnet!" The man shouted in frustration. "-GARNET! What the FUCK? How is it half the time when there's trouble, you just happen to be SOMEHOW involved?! You totally ruined my awesome intimidating speech!"
The fusion crossed her arms. "That's the least of your worries right now Zed. We are currently carrying seven unexpected noobs, and one crit- a red level crit."
"Oh for FUCKS sake..." the agent held the bridge of his nose in frustration. "The HELL did you Gems do?! FINE...I'll bring you into headquarters ASAP."
The call ended as the ship jostled slightly while the MIB tractor beam honed in on the Keronian ship.
When the ship landed in the agency's station, chaos ensued.
Agents ran in the ship with a stretcher quickly, and inquired where the "crit" was. The party led the doctors to the injured Gamma. The humans carefully moved the body and rushed him into the alien emergency room on hand.
This was imediately followed by all new aliens- Lilolo, Atmomo, Prolulu, Lucky, Iris, and the two bubbled Topaz going through customs.
The remaining shipmates were taken in for questioning in terms of what had caused all this chaos in the first place.
When all was said and done, there was one thing that was terribly obvious: Yellow Diamond was in trouble...a LOT of trouble.
Lucky and Iris explained the terrifying experience of seeing all of their sisters being horribly slaughtered before (basically) being locked in a room barely larger than a shed for a majority of their lives.
Lilolo had to explain Keron's taboo with the massive leader kidnapping Gamma's parents, and threatening war if news of the crime went public.
Gamma's parents explained being taken away from their home, and mistreated as hostages before being used as bait in an attempt to kill their son.
The two Topaz' were apparently threatened of being separated unless they kidnapped the frog (to which they added the creature seemed very "nice", and even gave them some very sound advice on places to visit if they ever got the chance.)
Acapella admitted that the leader had aparently set up this web of lies in order to take a Keronian-owned planet illegally.
Between all the witnesses, the crimes piled up quickly: lying, murder, threats, war crimes, trespassing...the list just kept growing larger and larger.
The MIB had no choice. There were way too many witnesses and too much built up glactic crimes to ignore. However, the agency wanted to be as sensitive as possible with this information. They decided to call Blue Diamond in order to get her opinion on this matter.
Blue Pearl answered the Diamond line. "Erm...hello. This is the Diamond Line for...uh...B-Blue Diamond?" The servant looked confused and tilted her head at the humans on screen.
Agent Zed answered: "Yes. On behalf of the MIB and Galactic Law I wish to speak to Blue Diamond."
"Who is it my Pearl?" A soft voice resonated from the background.
"It seems to be Humans my Diamond. They are calling on behalf of Galactic Law."
"Give it here my Pearl." The massive leader picked up the screen and looked down at Agent Zed in the most curious of manners. "How interesting... I have never gotten a call regarding Galactic Law...certainly not from Humans. How did you get this number?"
Agent Zed ignored the question. "Are you aware your sister has commited multiple acts of treason according to Galactic Law? Including murder?"
Blue Diamond looked appalled! "I have not heard anything from either of my sister's courts as of recently! On what basis do you have proof of this?"
Agent Zed placed a horrendous picture on the screen. Blue Diamond gasped in horror before covering her mouth with her hands. The picture featured Gamma in his current state. The photo was grotesque and quite graphic. Agent Zed hid nothing. There were contorted limbs, blood, bruises, and scars. Zed continued: "Your sister, Yellow Diamond, just caused injury to this Keronian. He came into our agency on the brink of death less than thirty minutes ago."
Blue Diamond not only seemed surprised, but also absolutely mortified.
"Now, there are several witnesses to this and many other crimes your sister has hidden within the past few weeks. I would highly suggest that you speak with her, and replace her for the next few Galactic meetings until the heat dies down. Also inform and STRESS to her that all these witnesses are now under protection of the MIB Code of Honor."
Blue Diamond nodded in a rage. "Trust me when I say, Yellow Diamond will be getting a...very INTERESTING call from me after I hang up with you. I must apologize for her behavior. This is not the kind of image I wish to portray upon our species." The Diamond hung up immediately, obviously embarrassed and irked.
"Well...that was...unexpected. It seems that she had NO CLUE Yellow Diamond was involved with such...horrendous behavior." Zed smiled. "Now all we have to do is pray for the frog's recovery!"
Sooo...the story is nearing it's end! Yes indeed! Curiously wondering to my readers: would you guys like me to write more AWTH stories? There were a whole bunch of short ideas that didn't make the cut, because they didn't really progress the plot. I also have a (very) vague idea for a sequel, and wanted to know if you guys would be interested in such things?
