Osware held his blaster in defense position, as he ran through the halls.
"My prince, if we are caught, then we're gonna be in a for a load of shit! You realize that, right?!" Jarek said, following.
"Their weapons cannot stop you, so why are you worried?" Purple Steven asked.
"I can't down an entire army if it comes to that!" Jarek said.
"Just keep your eyes open." Hanzo said.
"But your wound, it hasn't closed! One hit to it, and you're done for!" Jarek reminded.
"I'll be fine. Worry about yourself." Hanzo said.
Then two amethyst guards were seen walking out of another hall, in the distance.
Osware stopped running, and nearly froze.
The two amethyst guards saw them and gasped.
"Hey! Who are you?!" Amethyst 7 said.
"Fall back!" Osware said, firing his blaster at the Amethysts.
Jarek took out his blaster and shot at them.
(POOF!) x 2
"Osware, let's keep going. Maybe we can find an escape pod of some sort." Jarek said.
"Right. Hey.. thanks for helping me on this." Osware said.
"I can't wait for this to blow over." Green Amethyst said.
"No kidding." Purple Steven said.
(Human Processing Conveyor)
Jarek was now dressed up in a loin cloth, as well as a blue vest and a white torso cloth wrapped around him.
"This is embarrassing. Reminds of a fucking porno. What would Ulyssa think of me in this?" He commented, looking at himself.
"She'd be very disgusted, certainly." Orange Diamond answered.
"Thanks for telling me the obvious answer." Jarek said.
"But I am on turned on! Damn!" She said.
"SHH!" Jarek shushed, blushing red.
Then suddenly he fell off the conveyor belt, into a transport tube.
(Jungle Room)
Jarek flew out of the ocean, landing on the grass, on his back.
"Weerraauh!" He yelled, in pain.
Two humans ran up to him, seeing the sudden fall.
"Are you okay sir?" Human 14 said, helping him stand up.
"Yeah, who are you?" Jarek asked.
"J-10." Human 1 said.
"Yes, (SARCASTICALLY) and I am FN-2187! Come on, what's your name?" Jarek asked again.
"J-10." J-10 said.
"Really? (At Human 2) And you?" Jarek asked.
"O-5." Human 2 said.
Jarek sighed.
"My name is Jarek. Jare-rek." Jarek pronounced.
"Jarek." J-10 said.
"Jarek. I've never met a Jarek before!" O-5 said.
"That's because I'm from earth, the place where humans originate from." Jarek said.
"Originate? What does that mean?" O-5 asked.
"Where they come from. Humans are from earth. Hey, did either of you happen to see two more humans come by here by chance? A fat man and a kid?" Jarek said.
"Oh sure! They're over here! You're gonna love Gareg and Stevon!" J-10 said, guiding him through a passage.
"Gareg and Stevon?" Jarek said, weirded out.
"Yeah, they're relaxing on the rock beds we made!" J-10 said.
"Their names are Greg and Steven. Greg. Say it." Jarek said.
"Gareg and Stevon." J-10 said.
"Ugh." Jarek said, shaking his head.
The three walked to Greg and Steven, who were resting near a tree.
"Greg! Steven!" Jarek said.
Greg and Steven looked over at Jarek with wide eyes.
"Hi there Gareg! Another human came through the water!" J-10 said.
"Jarek? How'd you get here?" Greg asked, yawning.
"I came with the gems on the Ruby ship. We're trying to get you guys back." Jarek said.
"Actually, I think I kinda like it here." Greg said.
"What?" Jarek said.
"Dad, are you serious?" Steven asked.
"Yeah, think long and hard about this. These people here are stunted, they're not normal. You're better off on earth." Jarek said.
"Back on earth, there were a lot of troubles for me, I had to work at a broken down car wash just to take care of myself, not to mention I couldn't even take care of Steven when he was little. Life over there was hard for me. I was in trouble all the time, no one liked my music, I gave up my music, it was all horrible. Over here, I made new friends and the food I'm eating is much healthier than the stuff on earth." Greg said.
"Dad?!" Steven said, shocked and scared.
"Clearly you have been poisoned and I must cure you of your dilemma." Jarek said, approaching him challengingly.
"Whoa whoa, chill out Jarrek." J-10 said, putting his left hand on his chest, halting him from walking any closer to Greg.
Jarek looked at his hand, then back at him.
"Do you love your body?" He asked.
J-10 looked at himself, then nodded with a smile.
"(Warm tone) I do!" He said.
"(Coldly) Then remove your fucking hand before I take it from you." Jarek threatened.
Then U-3, a big and buff human walked to him.
"Is this guy giving you trouble?" He asked in a rough voice, apparently he was a body builder.
J-10 nodded.
"He wants to take my hand!" J-10 snitched, pointing at Jarek like a little kid tattling on a bully.
Then U-3 looked at Jarek menacingly.
Japanese letters floated around him.
'Menacing'
"What, big guy?" Jarek said.
Then U-3 grabbed him and started walking to the water.
Then Jarek squinted, and he suddenly changed into his Revenant form, causing U-3 to burn and scream.
"Aaaaaaugh!" U-3 yelled, running around while nearly crisp.
"Jarek!" Steven said.
Jarek stood on his two feet and looked at him.
"What.. what are you?!" J-10 freaked out, backing away.
Jarek took out Shinnok's amulet and blasted him with it.
"Aaaaugh!" J-10 yelled, being thrown back and badly burned by the dark power.
Jarek glared at Greg.
"(Revenant Reverb) You've clearly forgotten what awaits you on earth, we came all this way to rescue you! You'd just abandon your son like that?" Jarek said, charging the amulet as he walked.
(Shinnok - Yes, embrace my power.)
"Jarek, that's not what he's gonna do, I mean yeah he's crazy if he thinks living here is a good idea, but don't hurt him!" Steven said, getting in front of Greg.
Jarek grabbed his right shoulder, which burned it.
"Aaaaaaaaauh!" Steven screamed.
"Hey! Let go of my son!" Greg said, shoving Jarek, burning the palms of his hands.
"OW!" Greg said, shaking his hands in pain.
Jarek was stumbled back.
"Then this was a mission failed. I bid you adieu." Jarek said before turning around walking away.
"Jarek! Don't go again!" Steven pleaded, clutching his right shoulder in pain.
"You both are no longer my concern. If Greg won't leave, then you won't leave, and thus I wouldn't leave, but I have no choice. Goodbye, Steven." Jarek said, walking into the water, and descending.
...
"Okay, why did we come in here?" Orange Diamond asked, confused.
"I stormed off in the wrong direction." Jarek said.
"Are you serious?!" Orange Diamond said.
(Hallway 7)
Purple Steven, AU Jarek, Hanzo, and Green Amethyst were following Osware.
"Dude, this is it! We find a ship and make way for the Hourglass! It has to still be functional." Jarek said.
"What if Atheon isn't dead? It might stop us from reaching it." Hanzo said.
"Impossible, we wouldn't have been able to get away otherwise." Jarek said, running for the escape pod nearby.
"An escape pod?! It can only fit so many of us in there!" Osware said.
"There's another one over here!" Green Amethyst said, opening another escape pod hatch.
"Hanzo, get in with me, Osware, be sure to follow us." Jarek said, opening his escape pod.
Osware, Green Amethyst, and Purple Steven got in one escape pod, while Jarek and Hanzo got in another. They blasted away from the ship.
(Pink Diamond's Bubbled Room) - 20 MINUTES LATER...
Blue Diamond was sobbing, while on her knees.
"Oh Pink... I'm sorry!.. " She sobbed.
Then the doors opened.
"Who would bubble these gems?" Jarek said, confused, looking around.
Blue Diamond heard the voice and looked left and right.
Jarek quickly ran to a pillar and jumped.
Blue Diamond saw the silhouette.
"Come out, whoever you are. I won't hurt you." She said, lifting her hood.
"(Revenant Reverb) No, I can't! If I do, she'll see me!" Orange Diamond said, her voice echoing the same as Jarek's.
"Orange, whatever I did, you have to tell me! I just want to help you!" Blue Diamond said, looking around her.
"If I show myself, I'll go to the tower and you won't be able to help me. I can't do it. I can't do this anymore." Orange Diamond said.
"Orange, I promise you, we won't do harm to you. If anything, I'll hide you from White and Yellow!" Blue Diamond said.
"Promise?" Orange Diamond asked.
Blue Diamond sighed.
"I promise." She said.
"This is suicide. You shouldn't do this." Jarek's voice was heard whispering.
"Jarek, it's now or never! I know she can be turned to our cause!" Orange Diamond whispered.
Jarek growled and walked away from the pillar.
"Oh my gosh.. " Blue Diamond said, putting her hand to her mouth.
"This is what Yellow did to me, when she kidnapped Orange and murdered me." Jarek said.
"So you're the human she was talking about?" Blue Diamond said.
"Shouldn't you know? I was the person she chose to be with, to be." Jarek said.
"I am so sorry, Orange. I didn't want this for you, for any of the diamonds." Blue Diamond said.
"There is something you have to know and survival depends on your decisions now. Pink Diamond.. she-" Jarek began.
[DOORS OPEN]
Blue Diamond gasped, looking at the doors. She put her hood back on and grabbed Jarek. She stuffed him in her robe, where her chest was.
"Welp, that was fast." Jarek commented.
"SHH!" Orange Diamond said.
Yellow Diamond walked in, and saw Blue Diamond looking at her.
"Please tell me you're joking." Yellow Diamond said.
Jarek hid in her robe, hearing her voice.
"You only just left, and you're already back?" Yellow Diamond said.
"W-What are you doing here?" Blue Diamond said.
"I'm here to bring you back to reality, Blue." Yellow Diamond said.
"I'm fine. Just leave me alone, Yellow." Blue Diamond said.
"It's been thousands of years, Blue, and you still can't bring yourself to destroy these Gems? She was shattered by a Rose Quartz! The entire cut of Gem deserves the same fate!" Yellow Diamond said.
"But they were hers." Blue Diamond said.
"They should be wiped out of existence, not kept safe in bubbles!" Yellow Diamond said.
"Yellow, she made them. This is all we have left of her. These Gems, this place, and the earth." Blue Diamond reminded.
"I thought we agreed we need to put that planet and this whole debacle behind us." Yellow Diamond said.
"Why can't you just let me grieve?" Blue Diamond said, holding onto a pillar.
"You can't keep coming here forever!" Yellow Diamond said.
"Why not?!" Blue Diamond said.
Then Jarek raised his right hand.
Time stopped.
Jarek slid down from Blue Diamond's breasts, making them jiggle slightly.
He landed where her bare feet were.
"Yeesh, don't wanna be up there." Jarek said to himself, escaping her robe and making a run for it to a pillar.
Time resumed.
Jarek hid behind another pillar.
He then connected her mind to Blue Diamond's.
(TS!)
"Blue, I'll come back for you. Yellow is gonna see me if I stay with you. I promise you, I'll come back." Jarek thought.
Blue Diamond looked around her again, having gotten his message.
"What? What are you looking for?!" Yellow Diamond said.
"I want you to leave!" Blue Diamond said.
"What did you say?" Yellow Diamond said, gritting her teeth.
"I said I want you to LEAVE!" Blue Diamond said, glaring at her and getting worked up.
"Blue, I will not tolerate your behavior! You can't just stay here forever! Pink Diamond is gone! Coming here is only gonna make you more sad!I want you to move on here and now! I miss her too, it hurts a lot, you're not the only one grieving! I still love her!" Yellow Diamond said.
"Yellow, I didn't mean to." Blue Diamond said, looking away in sadness.
Jarek snarled at Yellow Diamond's words. His eyes glowed yellow as he reached for her.
Suddenly Yellow Diamond swung at Blue Diamond.
Blue Diamond grabbed her fist.
"Yellow!" Blue Diamond said, pushing her fist away.
"I didn't!" Yellow Diamond said, appalled by her own action.
"Next you're going to say 'I didn't mean to do that, I wasn't gonna hit you, Blue!" Jarek said in Orange Diamond's voice.
"I didn't mean to do that, I wasn't gonna hit you, Blue!" Yellow Diamond said in sympathy.
"I can't believe you would try and hurt me! I knew you would do this one day!" Blue Diamond said with tears coming down her cheeks.
Then she started walking to the doors, but they opened again.
Jarek didn't know what to do.
"Orange, which way do we go?! Join Blue and abandon everyone?!" Jarek thought.
(A/N - This is a decision point. I will post the alternate version in the next chapter. I might also continue the alternate choice path later, I'm not sure yet.)
"Stay with the gems. Focus on getting back to them." Orange Diamond said.
"Got it." Jarek thought.
Holly looked up and saw Blue Diamond looking at them in surprise.
"Oh, I am terribly sorry for the intrusion, my diamond!" Holly apologized.
"No need. I'm leaving." Blue Diamond said.
"But!.. (Sigh!) Yes, my diamond." Holly said.
"Is there a problem?" Blue Diamond asked, looking back at her.
"No, my diamond. Never." Holly said.
The doors started closing, and Jarek ran for the doors.
[DOORS CLOSE]
Holly glared at Jarek, waiting for Blue Diamond to be away from them.
"And what are you doing out of the containment chamber?! And why is your skin gray?!" Holly said to Jarek.
"They don't accept dead people." Jarek said before pulling out his blaster and aiming for her face.
Holly tensed up.
"Hands up." Jarek said.
"Jarek!" Pearl scolded.
"You too." Jarek said, pointing his blaster at Pearl as well.
"Jarek, this is not what I meant!" Orange Diamond said.
"Just watch." Jarek said.
"Jarek, don't shoot us! Think about what you're doing!" Pearl said.
"Blue Diamond is about to leave, and so are you all. Greg and Steven are-" Jarek continued.
[DOORS OPEN]
Greg and Steven came through.
"Change of mind so suddenly?" Jarek said, looking behind him.
"Give me that confound thing!" Holly said, trying to wrest the blaster from him.
He charged his power suddenly, which severely burned Holly.
"AauHH!" Holly yelled.
(POOF!)
"Get out of here, you all. There isn't much time left." Jarek said.
"But what about you? Are you leaving us again?" Steven asked, worried.
"No! [Picks up Holly's gem] I have unfinished business to attend to." Jarek said, with a blush.
(Saiki K - Why are you blushing like that?)
"Uhh, okay! Just stop pointing that at us!" Steven said, nervous.
Jarek put his blaster away.
"I'll see you later. Get home safely." He said, backing away, and then entering the Ball room.
(Pink Diamond's Bubbled Room)
"Jarek, is there any reason why you would do that?! You just left them again! you might as well have went with Blue Diamond!" Orange Diamond scolded.
"I did that because it is better that way." Jarek said.
"Better what way?! Turn around, Jarek!" Yellow Diamond said, glaring down at him.
Jarek turned to her. He put Holly's gem in his phone.
"As I said, you've lost, Yellow Diamond. The gems will get away and you will not hurt my gem again." Jarek said.
"I NEVER lost against YOU! YOU lost against me, in that little rock of yours!" Yellow Diamond said.
"I lost, yes. But that was only Round 1. Now this is Round 2." Jarek said.
(FIGHT)
Jarek ran to the left side as Yellow Diamond blasted yellow electricity at him.
He charged up negative hamón and blasted it at her right ankle, which struck her.
"You're energy doesn't hurt me, Jarek! I will smash you with my foot!" Yellow Diamond said, reaching for him.
Jarek stopped, hiding behind a pillar.
"(To self) Oh that was fast. (To Yellow Diamond) Not even on your birthday, Yellow!" Jarek said.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Yellow Diamond said, searching for him.
Jarek teleported across the room, and jumped up to the bubbles.
"Jarek, it's a little dangerous to try and save these poor quartzes while you're fighting my sister! Beat her first before you try!" Orange Diamond warned.
"Copy that." Jarek said to himself.
Then he landed on the ground and summoned his scythe and blasted her with it.
"Your attacks are useless against me! Stop playing around and fight!" Yellow Diamond said.
Then Jarek snapped his left fingers.
[EXPLOSION!]
Yellow Diamond's legs exploded.
"OGH!" She yelled, falling and landing on the floor. Shards of her legs were turned into glass, and laid on the floor, underneath her.
Jarek then ran up to her and jumped. He slammed it on her chest, piercing her armor.
"Why you!... Why would you hurt me like this, Orange?! You ran from us and made us worried sick!" Yellow Diamond said.
"You shouldn't have gone for my stomach. You should have gone for the head." Jarek said, then he grabbed her gemstone and transmitted it with his negative and positive hamón energy.
Her entire figure deformed to his size, even restoring her legs.
She groaned, swinging her head left and right.
"How's it feel to be small, bitch?" Jarek said before kicking her in the face, making her yell slightly.
"Ohhh... you.. you won't get away with this." She said, trying to find him.
"I already have. Now that you're blind, I can do what I came here to do." Jarek said, walking to the bubbled gems.
"And that was what EXACTLY?" Yellow Diamond said, crawling around, still looking for him.
Jarek ran over to the door.
"I'm over here, you know!" He said.
She followed his voice, and got up and started running.
Jarek teleported back to the gems.
He started gathering the bubbles and putting them in his inventory phone.
"All these gems deserve to be freed." Orange Diamond said.
When Jarek grabbed the last bubble, he saw that Yellow Diamond was wiping her eyes.
She looked around and then saw Jarek.
"Impossible!" He said, running away.
Yellow Diamond charged her energy and blasted at him.
"Shit!" Jarek said, jumping up and then clinging to the wall.
"Where are you gonna go now?!" She said, having the upper hand against him.
"No! No! No! No! No! No! No!" Jarek said, clinging to the wall, squinting his eyes.
Suddenly, when he opened his eyes, he was in Yellow Diamond's arms.
He looked at her, with wide eyes.
"Are you done yet?" She said.
"Fuck."
(BLACK SCREEN)
(PUNCH!)
"OW!"
(Normal Screen)
Jarek was laying on the floor, being kicked by her.
"How do you like that, huh?!" She said.
Then Jarek growled and grabbed her leg.
She became engulfed in fire.
"AaaH! Aaaaagh!" She yelled.
(POOF!)
"Failure is for lesser beings as Shinnok says. You are lesser than I am." Jarek said, gathering his outfit and patting it.
He stored the bubble in his inventory phone, and released Holly.
Her gem reformed, this time she wasn't wearing her blue cape.
"What? Where am I?" She said, looking left and right. Then she looked at him, who just stared at her.
"HEY! Why would you do that?!" She said.
"I freed you." He said.
"You pointed a gun at me, and then you stripped me of my cape!" She said.
"I kinda did you a favor there. You were so full of yourself, boasting about how great Blue Diamond is and how merciful she was to you by giving this failed facility to you. You have a better chance on earth than here." Jarek said.
"Earth?! I would rather go to hell than to go there!" Holly said.
"(Shinnok tone) GRANTED." Jarek said, then he summoned a portal behind her and kicked her by the abdomen.
She stumbled back, falling in.
"(Fading out) Aaaaaaaaaaah!" She yelled.
Then Jarek closed the portal.
"Foolish fat woman. She's nice to look at, but mean as hell." Jarek said.
"Let's get outta here. I would free the humans, but they're happy here. Let's go home." Orange Diamond said.
"Word." Jarek said, then he exited the room, leaving Yellow Diamond's gemstone behind.
To be continued...