Quasar stood in Will's room as he was putting the final touches on an idea for a new body. It was about 6 and a half feet tall and humanoid shaped. It had two over under sensors for eyes. Its chestplate looked like a more flat version of the Mjolnir MK IV chestplate. It's arms were slightly blocky with small reinforcement plates over them to provide armor. The legs were inspired by a mixture of the twenty first century comic character Ironman. (Imagine the mk 6 legs from the marvel movie.) And the feet were wide and flat like the new Excalibur class Mjolnir. And the lower torso was covered in the Titanium-diamond weave that made up the Mjolnir under armor.

He was proud of the humanoid body that him and Will had designed. But he sadly had to build it without his best friend. But it would be useful for when AI want to interact like humans did. If this one worked then it would be refined, given a halo projector to project their avatar around the body and mass produced.

He then transferred himself into it and the micro Fusion reactor hummed to life. The body shuddered as it filled with power. Quasar then ran a diagnsoticof the systems. A few milleseconds later and they all came back positive.

He then flexed his new hands to test them. They curled up and made a fist like he wanted. He then flexed the rest of his limbs and was satisfied on how it moved. It took him a few seconds to figure out how to slam with it well. But auto stabilization helped with that.

He then turned around and soaked to the temple door. He reached out with his hand and interacted with the strange circuitry in the temple. The door then glowed with it's familiar green hexagonal pattern. He then stepped out into the beach house and made his way through it. Then stepping into the deck and walked down to the beach. He could feel the black/silver metal of the Titanium A start to heat up in the sun.

He then turned his cameras to Steven and Connie sitting at the edge of the shore. Letting their feet get wet.

He almost felt bad about having them go through the Spartan Program. Even though the Crystal Gem version was seriously toned down. They were still kids. But with the threat of Homeworld growing by the day, it had to be done. They both showed promise.

"You two ready?" He said to them. They turned around and gasped when they saw him. They probably were expecting Garnet as well. She would be training Steven tomorrow. They still had to talk with Connie's parents

He was not looking forward to that conversation.

"Quasar, is that you?" Steven asked.

"Yep, now if your ready. Your first step to becoming Spartan III's starts today. If your up for it. Because I will tell you right now. You may have it easier than the men and women in the military. This will not be easy or painless."

Both teenagers thought about it for a moment before they steeled their gaze and looked at him. "Well do it." They said at once. If his new body had lips he would be smiling.

"Well, follow me." He said to them as they trailer behind. They went back up into the beach house and saw Garnet waiting for them on the Warp pad.

"Ready to go." She asked them.

"Yes." Quasar said as he stepped onto the pad. Followed by Steven and Connie. The pad then lit up and they were sent flying into the Slipspace dimension.

The journey didn't take long. Before they knew it they had landed again. The teenagers looked around to see where they were.

Around them was once the gem colloseum. Now it has been turned into the trianign camp for their Spartan trianing. With a large obstacle course. A padding boxing ring. Floating targets as a target range. And several of the prototypes for his new body as training dummies.

"Alright, for the next 6 months were gonna be training you to your physical limit. So that when your done you'll be able to go through augmentations to further increase your strength, speed, reaction time and more."

Garnet then walked up next to him. "And on your rest days you'll be doing different training. Learning about combat tactics, history of UNSC warfare and getting to knew every weapon you'll use in the future."

Quasar then took over. "And when Connie adjusts to her augmentations. She will receive a gem. What that gem is depends on your personality." Quasar told her.

Connie looked extra excited at that. "That's so cool! I can't wait!" She yelled.

Garnet then held up a hand. Before she then glowed and her Excalibur Mjolnir enveloped her. Giving her almost an extra foot in height.

"I'm also working on your own suits of Mjolnir. But I need to wait until you stop growing. Since your still going. Through puberty and that will help augmentations

You won't get your armor until we're fully done. But think of it as your prize." Quasar said.

Connie blushed slightly. "What does peuberty have to do with this?"

Quasar turned to her. "Well, augmentations stick better to a growing body than an adult body. Makes it adapt to changes better. While the ones your getting won't be any near as bad as the ones Will got. They will be uncomfortable as they will make major changes to your body. But enough of that. There's a makeshift locker room set up. Go get changed with the clothes provided and meet me out here." He said.

The two immediately went to the room set up for it. With prefabricated steel walls and doors. As soon as they went inside their own changing rooms garnet turned to him.

"Did you really need to tell them that last part."

Quasar shrugged his titanium shoulders. "Connie would have gotten curious eventually. Besides, I'm not gonna hide things form them."

"True, but don't go to hard on them. Their still kids."

"Not for much longer. Homeworld is getting to be a problem that chat be ignored. I've already increased ship production. As well as a 1,000 Spartan III's going through the augmentation process." He told her.

"I only hope it's enough." Garnet said solemnly.

"If their anything like the Covenant. Then it's not even close. I won't feel safe until we have a hundred super MAC platforms. Hundreds of ships and thousands of Spartans. Having a couple more colonies could help to." He said as he gazed to the sky.

Garnet turned to him. "Homeworld has had five thousand years. The Covenant had two thousand. We've only had 16. That would be like paying the galaxies biggest catch-up."

"We just don't have enough time." Quasar said dejectedly.

"Your right, so let's make good use of what we have." Garnet said as she put her hand on his metal shoulder plate.

They then turned to the makeshift locker rooms as Steven and Connie came out. Both were dressed in grey shirts and a pair of black workout pants with black combat boots.

Quasar then stepped forward. His large feet thudding against the millennia old stone of the colloseum.

"Alright, listen up!" He said as he changed his voice from it's usual clam time to one more fitting of the famous Avery Johnson.

"You will make your way to the obstacle course and get across it as fast as possible! There will be no helping each other unless your in danger. And Steven...gem powers are not permitted in this!" He yelled.

They both quickly ran over to the other side of the arena. The entire course had foam mats underneath it in case of falls. But that was the only saving grace.

The start of the course was a rock wall. Connie was the first to the wall with Steven following shortly behind.

"Let's do this!" She yelled to herself as she begun to climb the wall. Grabbing onto each handhold and pulling herself up as her feet stood on them. But they were slightly slippery with her nervously sweaty hands. Causing her to lose grip with one hand and crash against the metal wall. Thankfully since it was rubberized metal she could get a grip with her feet that fell off as well.

Connie grunted in pain as her left arm held her entire body weight for a second before she grabbed another hand hold and hauled herself up onto the top of the platform. She then looked behind her to see Steven not far behind her.

"What are you doing staring and looking at your opponent. Get a move on Mahashawarren!" Yelled Quasar from the center for the colloseum.

Connie was startled for a second before she quickly got back on the task at hand and turned toward the next obstacle. Which was 2 sets of rings that lined the way across to a raised platform.

Garnet then turned to Quasar asshe watched Connie start in the rings.

"Where did you even get the time to make all of this?"

"You'd be surprised at what a caffeine enhanced Pearl can do."

Garnet then nodded and turned back to the teenagers. Before the words finally sunk in and she turned back to the AI. "Wait what! How did you get Pearl to actually drink something?" To which Quasar simply looked at her with his two camera eyes. Even with no further facial features she could tell that he was giving a 'you don't want to know' expression.

They both then turned back to the course.

Steven was carefully swinging across the rings. With Connie a good 8 feet in front of him. He tried to quicken his pace a bit because she already reached the other side. He wasn't usually one for competition. But this was a race.

He then put everything be had into the last swing and jumped three rings. He then barely caught onto the last ring and pulled himself onto the platform. Steven then looked to the next obstacle. Which was a large set of wooden poles with foam mats wrapped around the lower part. He saw Connie was making good headway through so he started quickly.

He jumped onto the first pole. Which was worrying since it was only a foot around. He then jumped to the next pole and did it over and over as they got slightly lower each time. He was making good progress so he looked to where Connie was. He had closed the gap a good bit so they were almost neck and neck.

He then saw Connie jump to the next pole. But her feet didn't quite make it and she slipped. She knocked her chin against the pole and grabbed it with her arms.

Steven knew he should keep moving, this was still a race after all. But he couldn't stand aside and watch.

He jumped a few poles over and extended his hand out to help Connie up.

"Thanks Steven." She said as she took his hand and pulled herself up onto the pole as Steven moved out of the way. They them continued on their way through the obstacle course.

"He slowed himself down to help Connie even though they were competing. Good teamwork, bad competitive attitude." Quasar noted. He was glad to see them working together. It would help their next test.

"I'd rather them slow down to help others than leave people behind." Garnet noted.

"Fair point." The AI noted.

Steven and Connie both side it to the next obstacle at the same time. Which was a varied set if ramps that were set up to be like a 3d maze to get down. Which was a good 100 feet and there were several hundred feet if them. They were suspended in the air to provide even more confusing options via some sort of antigravity technology and micro Fusion thrusters.

Steven just ran down the path closest to him. Aiming to get down the fastest he could. Even jumping onto a few ramps that were close enough.

But Connie stayed which for a second to do a quick nap out if the area. She then made a mental trail of the multitude of ramps. She then ran down the one to the far left. Once she got to the end she quickly turned left and went down another.

Meanwhile Steven was running quickly down any ramp he saw that led down. Which often led him down a path that was the long way. He had just turned down only another when it started to shake and fall apart on him. He panicked and jumped backward onto the platform behind him.

"What! The ramps fall? That's so not cool." He yelled.

"Not every path you take will always work. You need to watch and see if there is any traps. As you just saw it can be the difference between success and annihilation." Garnet yelled to them through her helmet speakers to amplify her voice.

"Doesn't that seem dangerous!?" Yelled Connie who just avoided the slightly different path that would fall if she stepped onto it. The broken paths were actually marked with a small black triangle at the start of them. She just had to be perceptive.

Steven naturally started taking extra care where he stepped. Although he did step on one more broken path and had to run across it before it fell, barely holding onto the ledge of the platform before finally running again down.

Somehow both finally got to the ground at the same time. Where they then took off down the final stretch if the course. Which was a 200M dash. At the end of the track was a bell in between the two tracks.

Steven and Connie were neck and neck for the short sprint. With one pulling ahead before the other gained.

Both collapsed to the ground form exhaustion in didn't of the bell. Breathing heavily form exertion and neither having the strength currently to ring it.

"Not had, for a newbie." Quasar said from above them. His optics zoomed in and out slightly as he stared at them. Garnet then joined him with her helmet now off and a large smile on her face.

"Congratulations, you actually did better than some recruits we've had. You wouldn't believe how bad some did. One guy even slammed his chin on a platform and had to be in the medbay the rest of the day." Quasar told them.

"Yes, you did very well for your first day. But you have five minutes before we work on the next step." Garnet said before the two took off to the stadium seats.

"Huh, I guess we did do pretty good." Steven said in between breaths.

"Yeah, and neither of us fell off or get hit in the face." Connie said as she laughed at the thought. Steven slowly joined her in laughing.

They simply paid there before Quasar came over to them.

"Get your asses up! That was just to get a bench line. Now get over to those mats and give me fifty pushups!" He yelled in what one would imagine as a stereotypical drill sergeant like way.

Both quickly dropped to the ground and began their pushups. Their muscles filling with lactic acid, causing them to burn.

Steven had to stop somewhere around thirty while Connie barely made it to 45. Needless to say Quasar wasn't impressed.

"Really, that's the best you can do? With all the missions you go on Steven I'm surprised you aren't able to do more. And Connie, you do sports so I expected more." He told them in a neutral tone.

"We're tired from the obstacle course." Steven said to the AI.

Quasar simply crossed his arms. Looking at both of them with a blank stare. Truth be told he expected this, he did just have them run through a tough obstacle course. But he did wish they could have done the whole set. Being tired was something they were gonna have to get used to. Because a Spartan should be able to do that without breaking a sweat. Hell, even marines and ODST's should.

"Well, your going to have to get used to it. Even marines are able to do that without almost any lag. You'll be expected to do a lot more. But for now, go over to Garnet and get some water. You'll be doing some more basic exercise before we run everything again with you two as Stevonnie. I wanna run some numbers on what your able to do." Quasar said with a hint of excitement in his voice.

Both of them perked up a bit at that. They'd only fused into her once. And that time didn't exactly go well because of a certain rich douchebag.

*Caugh* Kevin *Caugh*

But this time should be fun. There's nobody besides themselves, Quasar and Garnet.

Both grinned widely as they realized they could let loose. See what Stevonnie could really do.

"Go go Fusion rangers!" Steven shouted out loud as he fistbumped the air. Connie simply laughed next to him as they walked over to get some water.

What they couldn't see was that Garnet was trying not to laugh at that statement. She chose to put away her armor and walk over to them.

"You know he's impressed. For someone who hasn't done anything like this before, you did remarkably well." She congratulated them. Both had smiles on their faces after she had said that.

"But don't think your done yet." She said with a bit of mischief in her voice.

Both of them paled immediately.

Stevevonnie had collapsed against the stone bleachers of the colloseum as they had finally finished their exercises.

Quasar and Garnet stood in front of the exhausted Fusion. Going over both fused and infused test results. It took a good 3 hours but they finally got a bench line.

Steven

Max lift (arms) 85 pounds

Max lift(legs) 110

Mile time 10:34

Average speed 11 mph

Reaction time: .29 sec

Height 5 foot 2

Weight: 120

Connie

Max lift(arms) 80

Max lift(legs) 115

Mile time 10:09

Average speed 12.1 mph

Reaction time: .3 sec

Height 5 foot 3

Weight: 110

Stevonnie

Max lift(arms) 205

Max lift (legs) 260

Mile time 8:05

Average speed 16.2

Reaction time: .18 sec

Height: 6 foot 1

Weight: 180

All in all it was to be expected for their age, height and fitness. But the interesting numbers were on Stevonnie. She had over double the strength and put their mile time down by 2 minutes. With an average speed 4 mph faster. And her reaction time was about 40% faster as well as being a foot taller than either of them. She was a good 70 pounds heavier to.

"Hmm, seems Stevonnie doesn't just combine their mass, or combine their height to a realistic number. But her strength, speed and reaction time is pretty good." Quasar said. He was interested to know more on how exactly human fusion worked. That was the main thing about gems that still confused him. It seemed to defy conventional physics. Even quantum mechanics had a hard time describing most gem abilities.

"You guys defy all logic, you know that." Quasar deadpanned as he looked at Garnet. The leader simply shrugged at that, knowing it was true.

"Well, if we're done with that. Then does that mean we're done for the day?" Connie said between breaths. They had unfused while they were reading. And both of them were leaned back on the bleachers. Steven looked like he was falling asleep while Connie didn't look that far behind.

"Yes, but now we get to the fun part." Quasar said in an evil tone. Everyone knew if he had a mouth that it would have a Cheshire grin.

Steven and Connie didn't think they could handle it if Quasar made them do anything else today.

But it was now someone else's turn to feel the fury of the AI.

"What are we doing again?" Amythest said with a bored expression as she was quite literally dragged off the chair she was sitting in. Pearl having a tight grip onnher shirt.

"Garnet and Quasar need all three of us at the gem colloseum. And you will not be skipping out." Pearl told the lazy gem.

Amythest leaned her head back to see lapis standing on the warp pad. Her hands clammy resting in her jacket pockets.

"Oh, but why though?"

Pearl dropped her with no remorse as she stepped next to Lapis. The ocean gem moving away from her slightly. She may be learning to not hat the two gems she was with. But that didn't mean she liked to spend time with them.

Amythest peeled herself off the ground. She then sulked over to the pad and in front of the two.

"Let's just hope we don't have to do much." She whined. The purple gem really didn't like being woken up from her afternoon nap. So she was a little crabby.

"Oh stop moping Amythest. It can't be to bad." Pearl said as the pad activated and they dissapeared into the eleventh dimension.

The ride to the colloseum was near instantaneous for the gems this time. Slipspace, even Homeworld versions were finicky sometimes. So the travel times varied widely.

But the trio stepped off the pad. Lapis smiled as she falt the air flow around her. Making her hair and jacket billow in the breeze. She liked the feeling of being up this high.

Amythest walked casually up the steps to the main colloseum. Her arms sgretchedy behind her back.

"Yo! Where is everybody?" She yelled out as she scanned the large area for the rest of the Crystal gems

She then scanned two sleeping teenagers in the stands. She wondered what happened to them. She was about to walk over to them when she was interrupted by two familiar voices.

"Ah, so nice of you to join us. I was thinking that you weren't gonna show up." Quasar yelled. She had to admit, his new body looked cool.

"What exactly are we doing here?" Lapis asked from behind her. Still with her hands in her pockets.

At least she wasn't in a semi homicidal mood anymore.

"We finished training Steven and Connie for the day. But now we're gonna focus on you three." Garnet said with a smile.

All three gems pale. They knew this liekyl wouldn't end well for them.

"Yes, while they can trian their bodies to get stronger as well. Gems can't really do that, can you? What you were formed with is what your stuck with. But I don't think that will be a problem for our end goals. Gems are a lot tougher and stronger than average humans. So I think you'll be able to wear Mjolnir like Garnet." Quasar explained to them.

Amythest's eyes practically lit up at that. She wanted a set of badass power armor.

"Your sets are already being crafted. In fact, Lapis set is already done. Since out of all you, she's practically human shaped." Quasar said. Lapis giving him an odd look.

"Have you been scanning us?" Pearl asked. She didn't really like the implications of that. Although he did have a point to Lapis.

"Yeah, it's taking a bit of extra time. Pearl's built like a scarecrow. Amythest is small and wide. And Garnet put the term hourglass figure literally." Quasar blurted out.

Quasar could tell that he got Amythest and Pearl a little riled up with that. Good, that would make them work harder. And it would help everyone get any frustrations out.

"Alright, but enough talking. What your here today and for a while after that is trianing. Today you'll be starting on firearms." Quasar told them with a showman like voice.

"Don't we already know how to do that?" Peald asked them.

"And didn't I accidently shoot Pearl last time."

Lapis smiled a bit at that comment. She wished she could've seen that.

So what if she was a little sadistic. Sue her.

"Yes, but that was basic stuff. And besides, lapis wasn't there last time. She she doesn't know what to do." As Quasar finished he walked over to a heavy locker. He put his palm against it and there was an audible lock sound. It popped open a second later to reveal a whole lottany of guns. With at least two of everything.

He grabbed on MA5B and put it on the magnetic plate that was on his back. He then grabbed an M7 SMG, M45 shotgun and a BR55 battle rifle.

He then walked over to the three gems. Handing Pearl the M7. She let it rest calmly at her hip.

Next he handed Amythest the shotgun. Thankfully there wouldn't be risk of friendly fire this time.

Lastly he gave the battle rifle to lapis. He had a feeling the three round burst would suit her best. Besides, he didn't think she would what to put around a Sniper rifle or a DMR.

He then quickly gave the ocean gem a quick rundown on how it functioned and how to work it. When he was done it seemed like she liked the gun.

Let's see how long that lasts, shall we.

Quasar then gestured the gems to follow him to a large container. It had a slot for each weapon that was in the locker. Quasar pushed a button under the MA5B and a magazine fell out.

"To be fair, we should have started you off with this ammo. These are standard UNSC paint rounds. They will kick your shoulder like the real one and getting hit by it will feel the same. But when hit it will release a special purple paint that will incase you in paint and lock up that area. If hit in the limb it will freeze that limb. But if shot in the head or chest it will freeze you in place entirely."

He then slammed in the magazine and racked the bolt.

"Here, I'll demonstrate."

He then aimed and fired at the three gems. The loud booms accompanied the explosions gunpowder as the plasma charges ignited it.

In a second several bullets had struck Amythest and completely coated her shoulders down in paint.

"Ooooooow!" Amythest yelled out loud.

Quasar ejected the magazine and walked over to Amythest. His hand started to cackle with electricity. He held it on her chest and the paint dissolved into mist. Leaving a bruised and unamused Amythest in the wake.

"Why'd you use me as the test dummy huh! You couldve shot Lapis or Pearl."

Quasar patted her on the shoulder. "Where's the fun in that. Besides, your the thoughest gem out of them. You can handle some roid raged paint balls."

Amythest just huffed as he walked over by Garnet.

"Alright everyone, grab a good amount of ammo and load your weapon. Whatever you don't use you can put in your gem." Quasar instructed as he grabbed a few magazines.

All three did so and loaded up their weapons before following him down to the lower level of the colloseum. Inside was a large battleground set up with cover, trenches, overturned vehicles and even a few grenades paying around at the starts to give each other some strategies. Good thing the room was about 500 feet in diameter and 150 feet tall. Giving the gems plenty of room to move around.

"You three will each choose a side. The one to have the most points will win the battle." Quasar yelled.

"There will be 3 rounds of combat. The best of these 3 will win." Garnet yelled.

All three gems had their hands on their weapons as they stood in their starting points. They waited tensely as the buzzer went once, twice, three times before it finally buzzed to go.

Amythest took off into a spindash towards Lapis. Going through the trench before jumping out and aiming her shotgun. It fired and she launched a glob of paint right next to the ocean gem. Lapis meanwhile activated she wings and took off upwards. Launching two bursts where Amythest was. Before she launched back down behind a crashed warthog.

Amythest felt a bit of paint scrape her shoulder. It stung a little but she didn't let it get to her. She racked her gun and peeked out behind cover. Where she nearly got her head covered in paint by Lapis. Who was using the warthog as a gunrest. She then moved quickly and quietly through the trench and tried to go find Pearl. She scanned around and didn't see the pale gem anywhere.

"Oh that can't be good." She said to herself. It was never good when the thing you were fighting was out of your sight.

She then saw a small green ball drop in front of her. She looked at it for a second before she realized what it was. But by that time it was too late and she was covered in paint.

Lapis saw the large explosion if paint with interest. Someone had malt likely just got taken out. But she didn't know exactly who. And she didn't like it one bit.

She peeked out of cover to see who it was but she couldn't see. She then flew up to the middle of the room and landed over by the explosion. She then saw Amythest covered in paint and her eyes widened.

She hadn't seen Pearl this whole time.

She then got shot in the back and the head with a certain M7 and was immobilized.

Pearl lowered her smg when she knew Lapis was immobilized.

A buzzer rang out as the arena then filled with a slight ozone smell. Electricity filled the air in levels only high enough to get rid of the paint.

"Well done Pearl, using your natural acrobatics to sneak around and get the drop on your opponent's. Marine recon would be proud."

He then looked over to the other two gems. "While you should use your small size and speed to your advantage Amythest. Rushing in guns blazing will only get you shit faster. Although the spindash was a unique approach. It could be highly useful against some opponents."

"And Lapis, using your flight is a massive advantage. But try to keep out of their weapon range with your rifle. Their weapons ar it the best at long range, especially Amythest's. Keep on the move and be sneaky. That is all."

They then got ready for the next round. With each combatant having their weapon topped off. Eager to win by using a new strategy.

Amythest looked by her feet in her starting area to see the familiar grenades. She knew how to use one so she put it in her gem.

Pearl lept off as the bell activated. Sticking to the outskirts and get the drop on them again. It wouldn't be easy this time since they knew what to expect though. She'd have to switch it up a little.

Her thoughts were interrupted when a three round burst barked out and she felt the stinging pain of her shoulder getting hit and immobilized.

She quickly got behind cover and saw that Lapis had hit her right shoulder. She couldn't move the entire arm so she switched the smg to her left hand. Thankfully she was what the humans called ambidextrous.

Lapis smirked as she hit Pearl. She had used her wings to get up to the top of the base. Using it as a semi snipers perch.

But she didn't notice that Amythest had leapt up here after a few seconds. She then fleet her entire upper body get incased with paint with the sound of a shotgun going off. She collapsed to the ground in time to see a grinning Amythest jump off the roof as she racked her shotgun .

"That felt good." Amythest road with a grin as she ducked behind cover. She then ran forward and brought her shotgun up and blasted Pearl. Who was trying to duck behind cover. She then heard the familiar bell that signaled the end of the round.

The room once more filled with electricity and the paint melted. Leaving the other two gems free once again.

"I'm gonna get you next time." Lapis said quietly as she went back to her base.

Lapis steadied her rifle as she waited for the next round to start. She wasn't gonna let those two win this time. Even if she was covered in paint.

She then heard the sound of the buzzer starting the round. She immediately ran for the ledge that was on her base. Using it as a gunrest once again. Knowing that it improved her aim she leaned against it.

She spotted Amythest running into the trenches but she decided to wait. Looks like the other two were fighting each other.

"Let's show them not to underestimate me." She said to herself as she let out a burst. She then nailed Amythest right in the leg. Causing the purple gem to stumble to the ground where she put another burst to her face. Knocking her out of this round.

She then saw Pearl turn to her. The pale gem then unleashed a torrent of paint rounds out of her gun. Most landing directly in front of her. But one struck her hair and got paint in it. It was enough to splatter onto her hair but wasn't a good bit.

When let out two more bursts. Both of which colliding with Pearl's hand and incasing it in paint. Pearl then ducked behind cover and Lapis watched her like a hawk.

She then saw a grenade get tossed over her cover and fly toward her. Lapis immediately Summoned her wings and flew to the side. She dived off the platform and saved herself. But somehow her wings were filled with paint. She tried getting rid of them but the paint bonded with the water and kept them stuck in place.

She decided to try a different strategy then.

She ran forward and ducked behind a barrel. Peeking out to see Pearl surveying the damage from her spot. But she knew that if Lapis was out then the buzzer would have gone off.

Lapis then ran over and sprayed three bursts at the gem. Hitting her once in the leg and the other two in the chest. Making her recoil at the pain.

Lapis, now ten feet away fired another burst at her head. Knocking her out and causing the buzzer to go off.

Lapis sighed as she then sat on the ground with her rifle. She bad won this round. And she was damn proud of it.

"Seems the others unintentionally lit a fire in Lapis." Quasar said to Garnet.

"She had an extra incentive to win. She wasn't gonna let

Pearl or Amythest win again. But she made sure it didn't cloud her judgement." Garnet noted. She was proud of the ocean gem. She bad come a long way in a short amount of time.

"Interesting to note that paint makes her wings unable to fly. We need to remember that incase we come up against anymore Lapis Lazulis. I'm also impressed by Pearl's speed. With armor she condo possibly break 200 km an hour. That kind of speed would be very useful."

Garnet nodded, she knew how fast Pearl was. She'd seen her fight for the last 5 millennia.

"I didn't know Amythest was that acrobatic though?" He said as he turned to look at Garnet.

"You'd be surprised. When not wrestling, Amythest usually takes part in gymnastics competitions. As well as professional poker. Where do you think that stack of gold in her room came from." Garnet said with a smile as she saw Quasar's optics expand and contrast randomly. An expression she'd quickly descended as him staring slack jawed.

"God that makes so much more sense."

"Yeah, that's not even as and as the time she took a human head and helmet to add to her room." Garnet said nonchalantly.

"Wait what?!"

"Relax, they were already dead first."

"That doesn't make it better!"