The scene opens up in the dead of night, where Steven was shown tossing and turning around in his bed. He was wearing his pink pajamas, while his robotic partner was wearing a tiny pink sleeping cap. Steven wasn't having much luck gaining a pleasant sleep, but tonight was especially true as he was entering his dream void.
The scene switched to inside Steven's mind, where once again he was surrounded by his transformations. Like himself they didn't really feel right, something was making them all very tense and have a shiver down their spines. They felt what the boy felt, down to even the smallest detail.
"Hey guys, how's it going?" The small boy asked trying to make small talk. But no matter what he did, the sense of dread wouldn't leave his body.
"We're fine Steven, but are you?" Crystalfist asked with his arms crossed. The Omnitrix aliens weren't fools, they could tell something was wrong with Steven.
"W…what do you mean?" Steven asked, but who was he actually trying to fool?
"Me and everyone else can feel your tense body and the dread in your mind, so you mind telling us what's up?" Asked Biohazard crawling closer to everyone, but made sure to keep a fair distance to avoid hurting him with his toxic waste body.
While everyone was busy talking Ghostfreak was floating behind them, trying to keep from Steven's line of view. She had been acting strange to the others the last couple of days, not to mention that last battle with Jasper placed her in a state of depression. Hotfreeze was very worried about this, as Ectonurite females have a bad habit with lashing out when in romantic conflict.
"I don't know guys, all of a sudden my body feels hot all the time and I keep getting the feeling that something bad is coming." The small boy explains to the best of his abilities, but even he couldn't explain this strange bundle of emotions he was experiencing.
"We felt it also, Steven, something in our very beings is shouting at us. Telling us of something or someone dangerous coming to face us." Pyroblast Explained, the others nodded in agreement.
"But who could it possibly be?" Asked a new alien Steven gained from that mysterious present. He was a small guy, the same species as Grey Matter. But his appearance was slightly different, such as the fact he had pale yellow skin instead of grey. His forehead was larger and pointed outward, with the tip glowing pink. He had a small tail, two toed feet and small fangs. His outfit was similar to Kitten Steven with more light pink around the thighs, and armored shoulder pads with yellow stars. His Gemstone was on his belly, while the Omnitrix was on his large forehead.
"Who are you?" Steven asked with wide eyes, he had never seen this alien before.
"I'm your Galvan form my dear child, a pleasure to meet you." The Galvan smiled as he held his tiny hand out for a shake, which Steven happily gave. "And that is my Galvanic Mechamorph chum." He added, making Steven turn his head to see another new alien.
There stood an alien the same species as Upgrade, but with several differences to his appearance. He was slightly smaller than Ben's version, with pink patches on his legs, chest and arms. His circuit lines were both green and pink, with metal stars attached to his shoulders. His gemstone was on his belly, while the Omnitrix symbol was on his face.
"Pleasure to meet you." Announced the robotic blob with a voice almost exactly like Steven's, but more robotic sounding. Steven was totally excited, he had two new alien heroes to transform into now.
Ghostfreak kept hiding away, but kept her sights on Steven. She was currently hiding behind Atomic Smash, without him even knowing. However, one alien noticed the ghost's odd behavior. It was none other than Arachnight, who add a raised eyebrow at the ghost woman.
"Back to the matter at hand, I have a feeling I know who is causing us this much trouble." Explained Staticbot with a hand over his nonexistent chin, everyone including Steven looked right at him.
"Care to elaborate?" Asked Quickstrike.
"I believe we are sensing the presence of a dangerous opponent, which could only be Red Diamond." The electricity alien, causing everyone else to freak out.
"Red Diamond??? He's coming now??" Steven asked with worries and fear. He hadn't been training recently as he was recovering the whole week. "What are we going to do? It's too early." Steven knows he had four months left, seeing Red coming so early is a big trouble for him.
"The best strategy is to master what you have already learned and memorized all our Element Forms." Atomic Smash suggested. Though, he too was feeling a great amount of concern from Red Diamond suddenly showing up.
"Once the Nemetrix is out of power, use Hotfreeze. We all agreed with his Arctic Lava would keep Red at bay. After all, nothing can melt it except the Ickiton themselves or those with higher temperature of 27 MF." The Galvan informed.
"No!!! I can do that!! Freezeskull can work effectively!" Ghostfreak panicked, startling everyone. They all looked at her with shocked expressions, while Steven was just surprised by her suddenly showing up out of nowhere.
"Whaaa!! Ghostfreak, don't do that." Steven panted. OK, he now knows how the gang feels when he scared them. But what was most concerning was the way Ghostfreak looked, she was freaking out right now and he didn't think it was actually about Red Diamond.
"Ghostfreak, don't argue." Fist Thrash frowned as she crossed her arms. This Ectonurite needed to get her act together, this was serious business they were dealing with.
"G, calm down." Hotfreeze said but she blasted him with her ghost beam. "Ow!!" He groaned. When can she attack other DNA– Oh no. This wasn't good at all, and everyone knew that from the scared faces they had on after Ghostfreak attacked one of their own.
"You are not his favorite!! I am!! I have a better chance to defeat Red!" She snarled then flown over to Steven and hugged him. "Right, Steven?" She asked. Everyone looked at her shocked, had this phantom woman totally lost her mind.
"Uh…" Steven was at a loss for words before a webbing latch on and yanked him away from the Ectonurite. Said ghost was startled, wondering who could have the nerve to take her Steven away from her. That was, until she looked up and saw the sneaky home wrecking spider herself.
"Ghostfreak, cut it out!" Arachnight shouted as she held Steven back protectively. Whatever was going on with that Ectonurite, it was a great threat to Steven's safety.
"Hissss!!! You are not his favorite!!! I am!!! Unhand him, you tramp!!!" Ghostfreak snarled as she ensnared her with her tendrils then readied her claws to snatch her soul. Steven was scared beyond belief, what had happened to Ghostfreak?
"Enough." Atomic Smash flicked her away and she hit Pyroblast, who grappled her and used his flames to burn her. This was getting out of hand, not to mention they didn't have time for all this drama. Red Diamond was here and they needed to get ready.
"Gyaaah!!" She screamed. She tried to turn intangible but failed, she was in too much pain to use any of her abilities.
"What's wrong with her??" Steven asked. He was greatly scared, his favorite transformation was acting like a mad woman. She never acted like this before, the ghost alien was always pretty tame, if not a little over romantic.
"Steven, get out! She's out of control!!" Pyroblast warned before she burst out of her skin and emerged in her second form before Hotfreeze blasted her, freezing her solid. This was bad, Hotfreeze knew something bad like this was going to happen.
"Go, child. We'll reason her." Arachnight tossed Steven up to the sky and the green light flashed. This was not going to be easy, this Ectonurite was completely nuts.
Steven bolted out of the bed, awake. He was panting and grew confused. What's wrong with Ghostfreak?" he asked himself, wondering what the heck was happening today. First Red Diamond was showing up, now Ghostfreak was going insane. What the hell was going on with his life?
The scene soon goes over to Red's ship, where he was seen sitting on his throne and getting ready to visit Earth. This was the day he had waited so long for, his battle with Steven Universe and the true answers to his mother's death.
Standing around him was his crew, he would need them to keep the others busy so he could fight one on one with the boy. Without a doubt Ben Tennyson or the Crystal Gems would come to his aid, Red could not allow this. Among the Gems joining him were Red Pearl, Scar, Red Agate and of course Kyanite and Amber. However, Red Diamond also made sure to bring some other members of his court to make sure no one interferes.
One of which was another Lapis Lazuli, one of the few water based Gems in his court. She almost looked exactly like the Lapis of the Crystal Gems, if it wasn't for a few key differences. First her hair was a darker shade of blue, with red highlights at the ends. She was wearing a light red one-piece jumpsuit that revealed her thighs, back and belly. She was wearing black armbands and knee length socks with dark red on the ends. Her gemstone was located on her back like the other Lapis, while she also wore a light blue transparent skirt.
This lapis has the nickname of Aquaburner, from a unique ability she had that other Lapis Lazulis didn't have. She could boil the liquid she generated, added more offensive capabilities to her attacks. She was originally a prisoner of the blue court, held for commenting a crime of insulting her commander during a mission. Red heard of her and her unique abilities, so after some diplomatic sweet talking to his mother, he gained Aguaburner as a soldier in his army.
Another Gem tagging along on this mission was Lace Amethyst, a subgroup of the Amethyst Quartz type. She is a tall Gem with a less buff appearance than the soldier Amethysts, and longer dark purple hair. Her bangs were covering her eyes, and the edges of her hair was pointed and sticking out. She had light purple skin, with patches of light pink around white on her right arm, left elbow and right leg. She was wearing a garment similar to a strapless one-piece swimsuit colored black. Lace Amethyst's gemstone is located on her chest. The Gemstone is round and unfaceted, and is also a purple and white layered pattern. It is a cabochon.
She was actually fairly new to the group, only being a member for less than the average hundred years. Lace was a kind Gem, a little rough around the edges but nothing that Red couldn't handle. Her method of combat was similar to what Humans called Sumo, she found an interest in it after watching a match between two Gigantoids perform this battle strategy. Her Gem weapon was a pair of purple crystallized claws, both for her arms and for her feet.
Standing on the other side of the room was a higher ranked Gem than even Red Agate, Pyrope, the commander of Red's northern attack force and his own personal Garnet type Gem. Pyrope's build is similar to that of Garnet, with pink skin and a crimson colored hairstyle resembling an afro. She also has white eyebrows. She wears a mainly crimson dress with white shoulder pads and poofy sleeves. It opens in the lower half, showing white boots with rose accents and dark fuchsia pantaloons. Pyrope's gemstone is located on her midsection. It is reddish-pink and rectangular in shape, and has facets around the edge.
Pyrope is in fact a very cheerful yet snobbish mannered Gem, and has a very high opinion of herself. This makes sense, considering her status in Homeworld's empire. she can be easily distracted to the point of immediately abandoning her current task when something else gets her attention however, something Red Diamond finds very annoying. She can also be oblivious to information that is obvious for everyone else. She firmly believes that Gems need a ruler and that they're lost without one.
She is extremely loyal to Red Diamond, seeing him as no less than a god walking amongst mortals. She had sworn absolute loyalty to her Diamond, and would strike down any Gem, organic and so on who would even dare look at him the wrong way. And she could do it too, being almost as powerful as Red Diamond himself. Being able to control strong winds with her weapon, a red crystallized fan, was useful in her employment as a commander.
Last, but certainly not least was a Gem who was male in gender like Kyanite. This was the personal bodyguard of Red Diamond, Star Ruby. Like Gold and Silver, this Gem was the most powerful warrior of his court, excluded Red himself, and had the title of the Red Reaper. He wore a red jacket styled uniform with black on the shoulders and belly, on the collar section was a red diamond symbol on the black neck brace. This male wore black gloves with red metal on the wrists, black pants with red patches on the lower half and red boots that had black metal plating on the bottom and toe section. Around his head was a bicker style helmet, black with a red visor and small white horns on the sides. Around this Gem's body was glowing red circuit lines, the same could be said with the long black scythe with the red crystallized jagged blade he wield. His gemstone was a dark red star located on his left chest area.
Star Ruby was an extremely rare type of Ruby, as rare as Gold and Silver were. He was also known as the Red Reaper because no matter who Red Diamond sent him after, his target was guaranteed to be dead. His scythe could cut through anything, even the strongest or most durable of shields was not safe from his weapon. His fighting style was the same as his personality, silent as death and deadly as burning poison.
"I don't like to repeat myself so listen well, because this will be the only time I say this." Red Diamond announced. Everyone turned to listen to their ruler, not a single person would dare speak when he was talking. Neme came out and stood next to Red Pearl, they watched Red with complete focus. "Today is the day I battle Steven Universe, son of the rebellion leader Rose Quartz and wielder of the Omnitrix. This will be the most important day of my life so I don't want anything going wrong, that means while me and Neme battle Steven and Trix you all will be in charge of keeping the Crystal Gems and Ben Tennyson busy. I don't want anyone of them interfering, do I make myself clear?!" Asked the Diamond with a large amount of authority, flames producing on his hair and around his eyes.
"We completely understand my great Diamond, we shall do as you desire." Pyrope said with a faint pink blush, she truly found her Diamond so appealing when he acted like this. Such authority and power, it was truly attractive. She could please him so if only he would allow her the chance.
"Ben Tennyson and those others will not interfere with my Flame, you have my undying word." Aquaburn announces as she generated water wings from her gemstone, boiling with head and with a red glow to them.
"Those rebels shall know my blade!!" Declared Scar as she brought out her crystallized hand knife, ready to carve out their gemstones and shatter them beneath her boots.
"Keep in mind you're only to delay those Gems, not murder them." Red said sternly, wanted to get the message clear for his court to remember. That group could prove to be of use to him and he didn't want any unnecessary slaughter from his crew. Scar pouted while Red Pearl walked over and patted her on the head, trying to cheer up the little thing.
A sudden alarm got everyone's attention as the screen on the bridge sounded off, alerting Red Diamond that he is receiving a call from someone. Everyone looked over as Red Pearl walked over to answer the call, while Neme went inside of the Nemetrix just in case it was someone not from the Red Court. Red Pearl pressed on the monitor and answered the call, the screen showing none other than Yellow Diamond herself. She did not look pleased.
"Red Diamond!!! Where do you think you're going, young man?!?!" Asked the Thunder Queen with electricity surging from her eyes. Her Pearl was seen below her, having a concerned face for what Red Diamond had gotten himself into.
Everyone looked nervous, they should've known that Red's parents would've found out about this mission sooner or later. Scar and Red Pearl were sweating with fear as they stood behind Kyanite for protection, said Gem looked worried himself. Pyrope used her fan to cover her face, she didn't want to face the rage filled expression Yellow Diamond was giving. Lace Amethyst and Aquaburner brought out their weapons, a natural reaction from someone yelling at their Diamond. Red Diamond himself was not fazed, he knew she would act like this.
"What I do is my own business mother, not yours." Red simply states with a sternest to his voice. He wasn't going to back down to her, not while he was on the mission of his life.
"How dare you talk to me like that Red!!! Turn your ship around, return to Homeworld and come to me and Blue this instance!!" Yellow Diamond demanded, not for one second allowing Red to be disrespectful to her or her authority. Honestly she didn't know what was going on with him, Earth had truly corrupted her son's mind.
"Please understand mistress Yellow, Red Diamond needs to get a burden from hi–" Before Red Pearl could get the chance to finish, the Thunder Queen interrupted her with a voice that sounded like the thunder of a storm cloud.
"Don't you dare talk back to me, you little pest!!! I have half a mind to shatter you to pieces, if not just to cease your worthless banter!" Declared the yellow ruler, Red Pearl became very frightened. At that moment however the entire room reach a temperature of over a thousand degrees, everyone looked over and saw that Red had his fangs out and was giving his mother a glare that could melt steel.
He rose from his throne and marched closer to the monitor, flames generating on his body and from his very footsteps. The others backed away, none of them have ever seen Red Diamond this furious before in their lives. Red stood at the front of the screen and glared at his mother, anger shown on every inch of his face. Yellow Pearl back away quickly in fear, as Yellow Diamond herself was taken aback from her son's display of anger.
"Threaten my Pearl one more time mother, and it will be you who gets shattered to pieces, mother!!!! No... you, Yellow Diamond!!!!" Shouted the Red Ruler with a voice of an angry dragon, flames bursting from his mouth, limbs and hair. His eyes were filled with rage, while the others quickly ducked behind his throne before they were burned to ashes by the flames coming from his body.
"You...you can't speak to me like that!!" Shouted Yellow Diamond angrily, her son has crossed the line with her. This was completely uncalled for, her son would not continue showing such arrogance towards her and get away with her. "You will return this instance, or I will come with my army to force you back home!!" Yellow demands, only for Red to punch the screen and shatter it into a million pieces.
"I'd love to see you try, my mission carries on no matter what. Keep a course for Earth, my destiny awaits!" Ordered Red Diamond as he sat down on his throne, the heat of the bridge slowly going down. "And thank you, Yellow Diamond. You have proven that you hated me, hated that I exist but not as my mother. I am no longer your son. I am now the organic you despised and wanted to kill. I will personally make you feel my rage and not even your sheer size can scare me because I am the Crimson Dragon!!" Red snarled as the aura formed a large dragon and let out a roar.
All rage and authority left Yellow as she was broken by his words. Red then cut the transmission and blocked her channel. Everyone gathered back around him, all looking concerned for their Diamond.
The scene went over to Steven and Trix, as they were talking to each other while walking through an open field. After everything that happened last night Steven needed to clear his head, his buddy Trix couldn't believe everything his partner had just told him.
"Wait, Ghostfreak attacked Hotfreeze and Arachnight?!" Asked the robotic boy. The very idea of Steven's transformations attacking each other was hard to grasp, they were supposed to be even closer than the Crystal Gems.
"I don't know what came out of her, she just went completely psycho! It took Atomic Smash, Pyroblast and Hotfreeze working together to stop her from doing whatever she wanted to do with me, it was so crazy!" Steven said, feeling fear and dread just remembering what happened inside his own mind. But what happened with Ghostfreak wasn't even the worst part.
"Is it true? Is Red Diamond really coming?" Asked Trix concerned, this was bad for both of them. Neither one of them had fully healed from their injuries yet, not to mention they haven't been training for over a week since they were bedridden.
This was completely unfair, they were supposed to have more damn time before Red would show up. That coward was coming here early, and with both Steven and Trix still struggling to even move, let alone fight. But none of that matters now, Red Diamond was coming and they needed to get ready.
"We need to inform Ben, Omni and the Gems. We all need to get ready to take him down, and since he broke his own promise to give us a year to prepare then we don't have to follow his one on one rule anymore!" Trix declares. Red Diamond really screwed himself right now, since he broke the contract the entire group had free reign to attack him all at once. It didn't matter if he was a Diamond or not, he couldn't possibly handle Steven, himself, the Crystal Gems, Ben, Omni, the Xeno-Dogs and everyone else at the same time.
"Ya, let's hurry back to everyone." Steven held up his Omnitrix as Trix folded back into the device, allowing Steven to scroll through the playlist for a transformation. He decided to stop at Bugbomb as Trix generated the Elemental Switch hologram, Steven pressed on the Thunder symbol and slammed down on the dial.
However, after the flash of yellow and green light. Both boys were surprised to see they didn't transform into a thunder based Lepidopterran. And instead, became what appeared to be an electrical Ectonurite. Ghostfreak's entire body was now made of black electricity, while gaining a much longer tail that swirled all around his body. His claws were replaced with two long tendrils, while all the flames on him were also gone. Instead on his shoulders, chest and much longer neck were armor made of white electricity. He head was that of a three horned skull, turned upside down with a double jawed mouth. On his back were six long tentacles made of the same electricity, while his chains were now grey with a more spiked design. The Omnitrix was located on his forehead, while his gemstone and elemental orbs were where they usually were.
"I thought you dialed for Stormfly, not this…..thing?" Trix spoke as he popped out of the Omnitrix core and looked over the new Ectonurite transformation. No matter which element were used on him, Ghostfreak was the embodiment of fear and terror.
"I thought I did, but something must've went wrong." The electrical alien spoke with a creepy static filled voice. Normally Steven was all for Ghostfreak, but after what happened last night he was going to take a break from that alien for awhile.
"Odd ..., by the way what you gonna call this dude?" Asked Trix, curious on what name Steven would give this lightning bolt of an Ectonurite.
"I don't know, Blackthunder maybe?" He suggested, though he really wasn't comfortable staying in this transformation for much longer. He didn't know why, but something about this form gave him the creeps.
"Sounds good to me. But hurry up and transform into something else, we need to get to everyone else as fast as possible." His robotic partner advised. He also felt uneasy about staying in any form related to Ghostfreak, especially after everything that Steven told him happened in his head. Blackthunder nodded as pressed on the Omnitrix dial, only for a flash of white and green light to appear and now they were Freezingskull.
"Yyyyooouuuu gggooottt ttoo bbeeee kkkiiiiddddiiinnnggg mmmee." Burred that ice ghost, this was getting ridiculous. No matter what he did, all he got were Elemental Switch forms for Ghostfreak. This was starting to really scare Steven, was Ghostfreak affecting the Omnitrix?
"This ends now!!! I'm turning us back to normal, we can just ask Ben to pick us up." Trix said as he went inside of the Omnitrix, trying to force a timeout. Freezingskull flashed with green light, but instead of turning back to Human, Steven had changed into the default Ghostfreak.
"This is completely nuts, no matter what we try Ghostfreak shows up!!" The ghost alien shouted with claws grasping his head, this had gotten totally out of control. Whatever Ghostfreak was up to, she was determined to only have Steven become her and her only.
"We gotta call Ben!! Maybe he can-, STEVEN LOOK OUT!!" Warned Trix, but he was too late as a large horn struck the back of Ghostfreak and knocked him hard on the ground. The alien groans in pain until turning over, looking at who attacked him just now.
Standing in front of them was a gigantic creature of over thirty feet in height, which looked to be completely made of a dark red stone with cracks flowing with red lava inside. The body of this creature was similar to that of a crab, with multiple crab-like legs and two large pinchers. It had a large neck, with a rhino-like skull and horn. With two bull-like horns pointed on each side of its head. There were spikes on its legs, claws and going down the spine. It had a mouth filled with small, but sharp fangs and steam coming off of its body. Around the neck was a red collar, little did the boys know it was the Nemetrix.
"Who the hell are you?!" Asked Trix. This thing looked like something from a nightmare, and that symbol on its collar looked like the Omnitrix symbol. The creature backed away, before being consumed by a flash of red light. When it disappeared, there stood none other than Red Diamond.
"Your…." Ghostfreak began, before the giant finished for him.
"Red Diamond, pleasure to finally meet you. Face ...to face." Red Diamond said with a devilish smile, his eyes glowing a bright red. Both boys felt a surge of fear run through their bodies, This was their worst fear standing before them.
At the Tennyson residence, the whole house was in ruins. Ship was whimpering as he lays broken on the floor. At the corner were three critically injured Xeno-Dogs who shielded Omni from the attacks. She was tending to their injuries, that attack was brutal.
On the Green Eye Chamber, the monitor had the Inferno's Wrath locked on and had confirmed hostile Homeworld Gems were engaging the Crystal Gems and a Matrix signal engaging Steven. Ben was facing the monitor with Acid Spitter whimpered beside him. He clutched his fist as he glanced at the screen.
"You backstabbing clod… Your Diamond promised a year!! The boys hasn't healed yet from that assault on Earth week ago!! Yet you came here and attacked my home… injured my friends and tried to hurt my pregnant wife… You crossed a fine line, Kyanite." Ben hissed with such a tone of venom. Behind him were Kyanite, Amber and Pyron, weapons out and ready to fight.
"There's a change of plans. We were ordered to prevent interference from the rebels." Kyanite explained, though he knew he's gonna regret it. Something feels off. He had no idea of the female AI being pregnant, he wouldn't have attacked had he knew.
"Who died and made Red king? Now there's a new rule. I will be fighting Red and teach that brat and his Nemetrix a lesson about rules and combats." Ben began grinning maliciously as he dialed a command code to the Green Eye.
COMMAND CODE APPROVED. TARGET LOCK ON! FIRING MAIN CANNON!
The image displayed shows the Green Eye firing a powerful solar beam and obliterated the Inferno's Wrath into pieces. It then start collecting debris and stored them in its body, beginning self repairs. Kyanite and his comrades couldn't believe their eyes, the Human destroyed Red's very own ship.
"The Inferno's Wrath!!!" Amber gasped in horror. The warship was easily destroyed by the same Green Eye the Homeworld Ship thought to had vaporized. Ben loved the look on the Gems faces, it was a pleasure making them feel horror and dread.
"I am Ben Tennyson. Hero of Heroes. Victor over Vilgax the Conqueror, Eon the Time Lord, Aggregor the Mad, Malware the Parasite, even the mighty Diagon. But now you just broke me… Now you will see the rage I had to endure when I lost my world…" Ben transformed but didn't change anything. When he turned around, Kyanite and co. were taken aback.
Ben's skin turned emerald green with his hair being lush green, his Uniform Mode alters to match the Homeworld uniform but with Galvan traits like the Omnitrix symbol and tunic. There's an Kyanite gemstone on the forehead and the Omnitrix symbol was on the chest. He flicked his hand and summoned a Gem Weapon which the same weapon as Kyanite except it's a hand cannon. Ben's eyes are voided of emotions.
"Now meet Emerald Blade, Kyanite Mode. Your Grim Reaper!" Emerald Blade grinned as he took aim. He was going to rip these Gems apart, and he was going to use Kyanite own powers against the lying bastard.
"Back away!!" Pyron swung her fan and produced a tornado but…
"TUR-BO!!" Emerald Blade fired a tornado bullet that overpowered her tornado and blasted Pyron into pieces, returning to her gemstone. That was unbelievable to others, Pyrope was a high level Gem almost impossible to puff.
"Pyron!!" Amber panicked as she reach out but Emerald Blade zipped in and stamped fist through her throat, causing her to begin vomiting blood before retreating to her gemstone. He picked up both and seals them in his gemstone.
"They're in my head now. Now they will feel how we organics suffered with scum like you." Emerald Blade turned and his eyes flared green with rage. "I don't care if you're Lapis' friend. You attacked us. I'll snap your gemstone in half!!" Emerald Blade fired his gun and Kyanite quickly draws and countered the bullets, producing a flash of light.
At the hot spring, the Crystal Gems were equally enraged and were battling furiously against the Red Crew. All six of them were pushed to the limits, the Gems working under Red Diamond were a force to be reckoned with.
"WE WERE PROMISED A YEAR!!!" Garnet exploded in rage as she threw a giant punch at Star Ruby, who evaded it. He brought up his leg and kicked the fusion away, above them Lapis and Aquaburner were having a battle of water.
"My Diamond May have made a promise, but things happened and he had no other choice but to start the battle now!" Declared Aquaburner as she blasted boiling water at Lapis, who dodged and fired several water bullets at her. The aquatic Gem forged a water shield that protected her, and they both flew down and landed on the ground.
"RAWR!!! I SHOULD'VE KNOW RED IS NOTHING BUT A DISGRACE TO PINK DIAMOND!!! YOU CLODS WILL DIE IF HE HARMS MY KITTEN!!" Cat's Eye in Tiger Form slashed at the Grim Reaper Gem, who was struggling to counter her attack. He never seen this form and yet it had so much power!
Star Ruby jumped into the air and kicked on Cat's Eye face, knocking her on her back. Meanwhile Amethyst was having a battle of Quartzs with Lace Amethyst. The large Gem had pushed her smaller counterpart away and began charging at her. "For the glory of Red Diamond!!" Shouted Lace heading straight for Amethyst.
"Yeah yeah! Praise the Flame! You Gems are nothing but ass smooching morons!!!" Amethyst wields two whips and slashed her Quartz counterpart, scaring her badly since Flamista taught her some techniques with the whip plus all the trainings she went through. She's not losing to this Gem.
"RAAAAAHH!!" Lapis unleashed a giant golem of hot springs to combat AquaBurner, who was dumbfounded of seeing this Lapis can control boiling water too but this was due to her rage. "RED PROMISED YET HE LIED!! NOW I KNOW THE BLUE AUTHORITY ARE NOTHING BUT A LIE!!" She swung her arm and blasted AquaBurner back.
Meanwhile Pearl was fighting her own counterpart, Red Pearl wielded a red crystallized double edged sword while Pearl used her battle axe. The battle was intense, with Pearl flaring up with energy and slowly reverting to her Gentle Knight form.
"Pearl, control yourself!!" Turquoise begged as she was holding back Scar with a barrier but Pearl was losing it. She was clutching her head as her eyes were petrified. This was going to be bad, the Gentle Knight might destroy these Gems but everyone else in the progress.
"He promised… He's attacking… Steven will die!!" She panicked as the Gentle Knight armor began slowly molding around her. She wouldn't allow Red Diamond to hurt the child, she would shatter him before ever allowing that to happen.
"Connie." Flamista began as she watched the heated battle continue and she feels like this is personal. She glanced at Connie, who was worried about her girlfriend. The poor girl couldn't do anything when she wasn't fused with Steven, and that poor boy was probably being attacked by Red Diamond himself. There was only one thing to do.
"Yes?" She asked.
"I'm taking you to Steven. Fuse with him." The Pyronite said. If there was ever a perfect time for Stevonnie, this was it.
"But we can't fight in base form. I don't know how." Connie protested. She wanted to help more than anyone, but thanks to her Stevonnie didn't have any of Steven's combative skills.
"At least use that Fusiontrix. Come on" Flamista carried Connie and used her limited heatwave to surf across the earth. Star Ruby noticed them and tried to stop them but Garnet grappled him and suplex the warrior into the ground.
"You're not going anywhere!!" She yelled. This battle with the red army was going to end, with the Crystal Gems as the victors.
The scene switched over to the boys and Red Diamond, they had all finally met face to face. Ghostfreak's Omnitrix symbol began flashing red and he changed back to Steven. Trix popped out of the Omnitrix core, both boys were speechless of who they were facing.
There, only a few feet away was Red Diamond. The thorn to their sides since the first day they learned of him, and he was now facing them in person. Trix guessed that belt he was wearing was the Nemetrix, yet another cheap Omnitrix knockoff.
Suddenly the Nemetrix symbol glowed, and out came Neme. She floated over and sat down on Red's right shoulder, smirking down on the two small boys. "Hello boys, my name is Neme the Nemetrix. Happy to finally meet you, little Omnitrix." She said with a devilish smile, finally about to prove she is the superior device.
"We were promised a year you cowards!!!" Shouted the little Omnitrix, anger apparent on his digital screen.
"Change of plans. Now show me your powers!" Red pressed the Nemetrix and dialed a form before pressing it, engulfing him with red DNA energy and transformed him into a thirty foot tall armored insect beast with four reptilian legs and six short arms with two digits each. His head resemble somewhat of a T-Rex cladded red with a horn, said head was based on a horse skull. The Nemetrix strapped around his neck.
"ROOOOOAAAR!!" He roared.
"Ah darn!" Steven whined before quickly crawling backwards as Red stomped where he was then Steven thrust his hand, commanding the Earth to shift up, flip over and buried him underground. "Trix, is the Omnitrix recharged yet?" Steven asked. That wasn't going to keep Red down for long, they needed the Omnitrix.
"We got enough for another form but...all we will probably get is Ghostfreak!!" Trix yelled in panic. This was completely insane and unfair, they are injured and lacked the power necessary for this kind of intense battle.
"What??" Steven was deeply confused then he recalled something.
"Don't favor too much on one form. It will cost you deeply."
"Keep an eye on Ghostfreak. I don't trust the Ectonurite."
"An Ecto Lord got scanned into the Omnitrix and every time I used Ghostfreak, the less control I got. Then he escaped…"
"Oh no." Steven paled in fear then the earth erupted and emerged a giant worm like beast with long barbs on the back, has few small legs and has a large beak with serrated teeth. He has three sets of eyes and in the throat was an organic version of grinder, meant to crush stones and meats. As usual, the Nemetrix was strapped around his neck.
"Krrriii!!" He screeches as he dived towards Steven, beak opened. If the boys didn't do something quick, they were dead.
"Watch out!!" Trix warned and Steven quickly jumped away as Red barely missed him and burrowed underground. "He got Tyrannopede and Slamworm! Just as Ben predicted." Trix said. He had researched everything Ben had on Nemetrix predators, in preparation for this intense battle with the red ruler.
"Then…" Steven pressed his hand and spread the earth with fields of ice. Red, in the form addressed as Slamworm, burst out of the ice but he screech in pain as it hurt his beak. "Cool!! Now… Thunder Arrow!!" Steven channels the Thunder Magic into his hand then threw ten electrical arrows, striking Slamworm and they even struck the Nemetrix.
"EEEK!!" Neme screams in pain and so did Red as he felt immense pain before reverting abruptly to base form. "Cheap shot, Junk Bolt!!" She yelled. That got on the robotic boy's nerves, this knockoff was going down!
"Shut up!!" Trix yelled back. Seriously, if she said one more damn thing or called him another stupid nickname, he would tear her apart and use the remains for scrap metal.
"Impressive but why aren't you using your Omnitrix?" Red asked as he dusted himself off. This was supposed to be a battle between Omnitrix and Nemetrix, alien vs predator. But this, was nothing but a pathetic excuse for a brawl right now.
"Technical issue." Trix said. He was focusing all his might on recharging the Omnitrix faster, they needed it just to hope to survive against this guy. What they could really use was the Elemental Switch forms, they could take this punk down to size.
"Pathetic." Red scowls as he thrust his hand and fired five lances of fire at Steven.
"Trix!" Steven quickly summoned his Rose's Shield but to his surprise, it glowed green and was now part Pyronite, becoming a molten lava shield and absorbed the lances. Everyone was surprised by this turn of events, no one knew what happened.
"What!?" Red was taken aback. That attack should've burned that brat to ashes, how could he possibly repeal it?
"How did…" Neme baffled.
"Cool!!" Steven awed of his shield. Was this the new upgrade from Spanner?
"Think fast!" Trix spread DNA across Steven's arm and it transformed into a Block Cannon and an ammunition pack on his back. Steven immediately fired blocks and it blasted Red back. This was incredibly effective, the boys just wished they knew how they were doing this.
The Son of Flame smirked as he summoned his crimson sword then swung it, blasting the earth apart and Trix equipped Steven with wings similar to Bugbomb's and he quickly flew up, Red zipped up and elbowed him into the ground.
"Impressive trick. But you're not fighting at your fullest. Show me your true strength!!" Red dived at him, Steven summoned his giant shield and he smashed his sword against it, creating a massive explosion of energy, demolishing the area and blew trees apart. The ground was scorched from Red's sword breaking, as it was filled with a massive amount of pyro energy.
Back at the hot springs, the Crystal Gems were greatly drained and can barely stand while Pearl was unconscious. The Red Crew were preparing to Shatter them but gunfire echoes the air and they were all shot through the heads, killing their bodies and retreated them into their gemstones. Emerald Blade floated down by his hoverboard and picked up the gemstones before sealing them away. He glanced at the Gems.
"You're okay?" He asked grimly. The fight was heavy and unexpected, Red Diamond was not a man of honor.
"W-We're OK…" Amethyst stuttered. Ben had transformed into a male Gem but his face spells death. Something must've happened. Everyone else was afraid also, Ben was known to go berserk when angered.
"Is Omni…" Lapis began..
"Your 'old friend' almost killed her if Oak didn't shielded her. I snapped." Emerald Blade answered. "I'm heading over to Steven. Stay here." Emerald Blade flew off and the Gems were afraid Ben is gonna cross the line.
Emerald Blade continued flying through the area, following the GPS locking on Red Diamond and Steven. There, he spotted Red had towered over Steven as he was defeated once more. This was going to end, Red Diamond will pay for everything he has done to them.
"This is really testing my patience, Quartz! You really had disappointed me." Red frowned. He had hoped for an amazing battle, but this was a total letdown. He wanted a battle that would make his blood boil, not bore him to sleep.
"Geez… If only you just give me the four months you promised, I would've prove to be more challenging." Steven rebutted him. That jerk had some real nerve to talk after going back on his word, he was nothing but a coward.
"Puh-lease, if this is your best then you're worst by the end of the year." Neme mocked. Trix was crying as he can't take her mockery but then he looked up and saw something that made him smile.
"Ben!!" Trix cheered.
"What??" Red asked as he turned before quickly blocking multiple bullet fires. Ben swooped over, swapping places with Steven and sent him far back as he faced Red Diamond. "You shouldn't have interfered, Human!" Red lectures.
"Shut up!!! You lied!!! And as a price, I blew up your warship and poof all your troops!" Emerald Blade said as he pulled out all the gemstones and reverted back to Human.
"You did what!?" Red gasped in horror. His crew were still onboard the warship. If what this Human said was true, that meant his entire crew not fighting the Crystal Gems had been completely destroyed beyond repair.
"You no good–" Neme cursed but Ben glared at her, making her yelp in fear.
"They're alive but it seems Psychobos abandoned you. Typical." Ben frowned as he stored the gemstones in his utility belts. He wasn't surprised for a second, that fucking crustacean was a coward and held no loyalty to anyone.
"How could you!!" Red yelled as he transformed into a Crabdozer and charged at him, only for Ben to turn into Armodrillo, caught his face with one hand, rear his free fist back as the pylon extends out then punched him, pylon pumps in and blasted him away with a seismic blast. This was where Ben would end this war Red had started.
Red switch into Slamworm and dove underground. Armodrillo switched into the Basalt named Rocks, punched the earth and splits open with an earthquake blast, exposing the shocked Talpaedan Predator as Rocks switched into the Galilean and levitated him up then slammed him repeatedly. Red switched into a Tyrannopede beast and charged forward, only for Gravattack to shrink down into Nanomech, evade his jaws and zapped his vulnerable armpit, sending a paralysis throughout his body and he crashed on the ground before reverting to Red.
"Ugggh…" Red groaned as he can't move.
"Whoa!!" Steven and Trix were so awestruck. Ben one-shot Red Diamond like he was just a novice. Nanomech flew up and reverted as he marched towards him. This fight was over, Red Diamond had fallen.
"Why did you changed your plans!? Why did you betray your own words!?" Ben asked in anger then Neme materialized and towers over him.
"Shut up, worm!!" She lifted her foot and tried to stomp him but he rolled to the left then held up his hand.
"Corona!!" Ben formed a saucer and smashed it on her head, damaging her body that she retreated into her original body. "Talk, you bastard!!!" Ben yelled. "There's a massive difference between cowardice and honorary, and you became a coward!! You are extremely pathetic, you and that Level 19 Counterfeit Predatory Manipulation!" Ben argued with every rage in his blood.
"I am not a Level 19!!!" Neme yelled.
"Shut up!!! You're just a knockoff! A pretender!! I fought your counterpart and I won thrice! That Nemetrix needs to be wielded by animals but using it on yourself will destroy your intelligence!!" Ben then transformed into Humungousaur and grabbed Red's hair, smashed him several times on the ground then held him up as he glared at the broken Half Diamond.
"Can you taste it? That's a bitter sweet of defeat. You lost because you chose a cowardice act! You lost because you broke the rules!! You lost because you think you're superior then everyone!! Now answer me: Why!?" Humungousaur roared.
"Vil…Vilgax was still alive… I can't let him get the Omnitrix or I'll never get my battle…" Red coughed as he was still numb. This was completely unbelievable, was Red Diamond actually going to lose for the very first time in his life?
"That's all??? Idiot, I fought Vilgax a thousand times in my reality. You should've sent a message like you did last time. You disappointed me." Humungousaur grabbed the belt and smashed it apart, separating the Nemetrix away from Red.
"Red!! Red!! Let me go!! Let me go!!!" cried Neme. Steven didn't like this at all, Ben was going berserk again.
"Alright Ben!!" Trix cheered then he detected an incoming danger. "Ben, watch out!!" Trix warned but he was too late as a white beam struck Red Diamond, blasting Humungousaur away. The Nemetrix quickly reattached to Red Diamond.
"Gyaaah!!! Aaargggh!!" Red screamed in agony as he can feel his body being torn apart, his skin burst in flames and his gemstone began beating loudly. Something was affecting his gemstone, making him and the Nemetrix go berserk.
"What's happ–" Steven got struck by the same beam and his body started bursting with rose energy. "AAAAAAHHHH!!!" He screamed in agony. His gemstone felt like it was on fire, along with the rest of his body.
"Error error error!!! *bzzt* System… tion...rrup…" Trix stuttered wildly then his interface cracked, leaking out Codon Stream and caused Steven to begin growing Codon Crystals out of his body.
"What the!?" Humungousaur gasped.
"RED, NOOOOO!!" Neme cried in horror, her Nemetrix symbol cracked and Red grew red crystals all over his own body..
Humungousaur watched in horror as the sound of his hoverboard shattered and two giant silhouette towers over him, screeching and roaring in fury.