(Rubble)
Aquamarine was walking away, badly hurt.
She sighed.
"He was right all along, and I didn't listen to him. Gosh.. who knew that's what was gonna happen?" She said.
"Oi!"
She turned to her right, and saw Eyeball.
"What do you want, Ruby?" Aquamarine said.
"I share the same pain you do. But fear not, you and I can go and take our revenge on Steven!" Eyeball said with a smile.
(BLACK SCREEN)
(FIGHTING SOUNDS)
"OW! HEY!"
(Normal screen)
"Don't waste my time, Ruby. You're just as useless as my Topazes were." Aquamarine said.
Eyeball was left, beaten to a pulp, and tied up in rope, with a bruise in her one eye, and swollen cheeks.
"(Bad speech impediment) Hey! Get back here! (Spit!) And take these off!" Eyeball said, trying to break free from her trap.
"Stupid fuck." Aquamarine said, walking away. Eyeball looked really silly, being shown as beaten, and helpless.
She saw several ships heading toward the skies.
She sighed, and continued her depressed walk.
(Jarek's Castle)
Tundra Amethyst was practicing her cryomancy powers, in the training ward.
"This is pretty cool." She commented.
There were frozen dummies around her.
She punched each one with her fists, hurting herself in the process.
"Owwie.. " She said, shaking her right hand.
"You should practice fighting more often." Magma commented.
"Shush! When have you ever fought?" Tundra asked.
"Yesterday." Magma answered.
"Uh, yeah. The day you had your arm around Steven?!" Tundra said.
"Shut up." Tundra said.
"Why, you mad?" Magma asked.
"Yes I am mad!" Tundra said.
"Fight me then. Oh wait, I don't wanna hurt your hands. Ha ha!" Magma said, walking away.
Tundra charged a freeze ball, and froze her with it.
She then punched her, knocking forward and free from the ice trap.
"How do you like that?!" Tundra said.
"Bring it on, Tundra!" Magma said.
"Say your prayers!" Tundra said.
The two began fighting.
(Living Room)
"Ohh, my feet hurt so bad!" Black Diamond said, having taken off her heels.
"Maybe stop wearing heels and put on some normal shoes." Jarek said, holding a bowl of chocolate ice cream with oreos in it.
"Yeah, alright." She said.
"How long do you wear them a day?" Jarek asked.
"Most hours, why?" She asked.
"I mean, don't wear them 24/7, and certainly not when we're in bed together." Jarek said.
"I don't." She said.
Tundra entered the room, having a bruised right eye, and missing two teeth. She had bruises on her body. Magma followed, not having as many injuries.
"What the hell happened to you two?" Jarek asked, worried, but mostly weirded out.
"(Speech-impediment-ish) She beat me up!" Tundra said.
"Did not! You started the fight!" Magma said.
"You did! You moof!" Tundra said, punching her once.
"Knock it off you two!" Black Diamond said.
"No!" Tundra said.
"Listen to your mother!" Jarek said, walking to the two and getting in between.
The two girls looked at him, angrily.
"Let's pummel him up!" Tundra said.
"He's our dad, are you crazy?!" Magma said.
"Stop, you moof." Jarek copied.
"That's my line!" Tundra said.
"Too bad, I'm your dad. Deal with it. Go to your room, now. (At Magma) You, come with me. I wanna talk to you ALONE." Jarek said.
Tundra walked away, giving a death glare to Magma.
Magma flipped her off, following Jarek.
(Living Room)
"You're going to be here with Salazar over here." Jarek said to Magma.
"Wait, what?" Circus Sapphire said, confused.
"You two are going to complete this task together. This is Magma's rehabilitation mission, due to her unacceptable behavior to her sister." Jarek said.
"Hey! That's not fair! Why do I have to be stuck here with a Sapphire?" Magma asked.
"Because this is your punishment. Teamwork with a tenant that lives in this castle." Jarek said.
"I hate you." Magma said.
"Good. Because you won't be coming out for a little while, and because of that little comment you just said, you added one more week to it." Jarek said.
"How long am I going to be down here?!" Magma asked, offended, and angry.
"A month. Go. Now." Jarek said.
Magma entered the mining location.
Circus Sapphire followed.
"Oh, and make sure she clears out all the spiders." Jarek said.
"Are you sure she can do this? She's your daughter!" Circus Sapphire said.
"She's got lava, she'll be just fine. But make sure she does the challenge." Jarek said.
"And that is?" She asked.
"Not to burn the wood." Jarek said before walking away.
"Oh poop." She commented.
(Living Room)
Orange Aquamarine was writing on a piece of paper.
"Oh, what's that you got there, sweetie?" Jarek asked, walking to her and catching interest of what she was doing.
"I'm writing a story." Orange Aquamarine said.
"Oh? About what?" Jarek asked.
"The tale of the wizard and the machine." Orange Aquamarine said.
"Oh, is it a romance or something?" Jarek asked.
"Uh huh, it's how they met." Orange Aquamarine said.
"How far are you from finished?" Jarek asked.
"Almost finished with the third chapter. Wanna give it a read?" She asked.
"Sure." He said.
She handed him a paper, that was titled CHAPTER 1 : PRISON BREAK.
Jarek began reading it. It told of his escape with Black Diamond along with other gem fugitives, and then the date they went on afterward.
"Aquamarine, this is just a recap of what happened between me and your mother. And you have it word for word, how do you know all of this?" Jarek asked, amazed, but mostly conflicted.
"I just know these things. I feel like I was there too." Orange Aquamarine said.
"Well, can I see the second chapter?" Jarek asked.
"Sure." She said.
He then read the second chapter, which recapped his, and Black Diamond's argument back at the taco restaurant, and then the time when they made up for what happened.
"Okay, I want you to stop writing this." Jarek said.
"Aw, but I was almost finished with the final chapter." Orange Aquamarine saidd.
"And that was the third chapter, right?" Jarek asked.
"Yes." Orange Aquamarine said.
"Ugh, just finish it, and then show your mom this." Jarek said.
"I already read the chapters too. Will you come over here for a second?" Black Diamond said, waving her left foot.
"Sure." Jarek said, walking over to her.
She whispered to him.
"What are you doing? Don't mess with her flow. She wants to write a story about us, let her. She's happy. Don't take that away from her." Black Diamond whispered.
"Look, it's just weird that she remembers everything that happened between us." Jarek said.
"Okay, but don't ruin this for her. Have a seat." Black Diamond said, patting the couch cushion beside her.
Jarek sat by her, looking at the TV screen.
"What?" He said.
"Watch the show." She said.
She was watching the cosmetics show, showing all the fancy make up the women were trying on.
"You want some more make up? I can go and get you some more." Jarek said.
"No. No. Just.. relax with me." Black Diamond said, cuddling with him.
He looked to his right side, finding this very weird. But then he sighed, and looked at him.
Then he looked at the crystal on the coffee table. Light energy seemed to be gleaming off of it.
"What?" Jarek said, confused, leaning towards it.
"I just found that earlier. It was in your drawer. I meant to give it to you earlier." Black Diamond said.
He grabbed it.
"(STATIC) Jarek? Jarek, can you hear me?" Orange Diamond said in his HUD, which was now flickering rapidly.
Jarek started absorbing the energy from it.
This caught Orange Aquamarine's attention, as her eyes were lit up at this.
The light started entering his body, and then started restoring the damages within him internally.
His skin faded back to normal human color, and his cracks sealed again.
He fell to his knees.
"Jarek?" Black Diamond said.
"(Normal tone) ..I'm okay. I feel alive again." Jarek said.
"Oh, what is this? Everything is messy! The damages are very bad!" Orange Diamond said.
Black Diamond helped him onto the couch.
"I feel like a million bucks now.. why is that?" Jarek asked.
"The light must have reversed Shinnok's darkness. Which is allowing you to feel alive again." Black Diamond theorized.
"No shit." Jarek said.
She felt his chest, feeling a heartbeat.
"You're alive again!" She said.
"Yeah, I think I got that down now." Jarek said, a little bummed out.
"I'm only saying. Now, give me a foot massage." Black Diamond said, wiggling her toes at him.
"Huh?" He said, weirded out by this.
"~ You heard me ~" She said.
"HELL. NO." Jarek said.
"~ Okay! No more lovin' from me! ~" She said.
"Oh come on. A foot massage? How long were you wearing those heels?" Jarek asked.
"Are you saying my feet are dirty?" She asked.
"Shh! Shh! I don't wanna discuss this!" Jarek said.
"Too bad! Have at it, peasant!" She said.
"Peasant, eh?" Jarek said.
"Yeah, peasant." She said.
"Alright fine, you win. But Aquamarine's gotta go." Jarek said.
"Way ahead of you. Ew." Orange Aquamarine said, taking her papers with her as she left the room.
Black Diamond smiled viciously at him.
"You're looking at me a little weird." Jarek said.
"~ I'm waiting! ~" She said.
"Ugh." He said, grabbing her left foot.
(Beach City)
"But Steven! You gave yourself up! How can I be sure you won't do that again?" Pearl asked.
"Pearl, it's not gonna happen again, because of the truth." Purple Diamond said.
Steven gulped, afraid of her spilling the secret.
"And what truth is that?" Pearl asked.
"Steven belongs here. He's had enough of traveling in space, and he wants to tell you he's sorry." Purple Diamond said.
Steven nodded, going along with what she said.
"Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst.. Connie.. (At Holly) H-Holly? I'm sorry for what I did, and it won't happen again." Steven said.
Connie ran away, with tears in her eyes.
"Connie!" Steven said, following after her.
"Don't ever do that again!" Holly said, halting Steven in place.
He gulped, looking at her. She was large, compared to his size.
"Holly, I need to follow her." Steven said.
"You need to stay here! Do you even realize what we had to do because of you?" Holly said rather aggressively.
"What?" Steven asked.
"Ergh.. we fused." Holly said, feeling disgusted.
"Oh, well that's not so bad." Steven said.
"Fusion is forbidden! It always has, and always will be!" Holly said.
"Welcome to earth." Garnet said.
Holly looked at Garnet, confused.
TO BE CONTINUED...
