Steven Universe and the court of Blue Diamond.
Chapter Three.
A heavy rain had chosen that day to fall down on to Beach City and Steven Universe watched as the fat rain droplets were slowly rolling down the window of his bedroom, with a heavy sigh he fell backwards on to his bed. He was completely board and there was nothing for him to do, during one of the attacks last week one of Lapis's water attacks had gone wild and it had shorted out his TV, meaning he couldn't watch anything nor could he play any of his games.
And he had just gotten a nearly mint copy of Lucile's Estate as well. He turned over on to his stomach so he could look down into the living room, Pearl was the only one in the room at the moment, sitting at the kitchen island with a screwdriver in her hand as she tried to fix her TV for him. It didn't look like it was going so good at the moment as while Pearl's face was usually expressionless there was something that really did look like a frustrated frown on it at the moment.
Lapis had gone flying off somewhere as soon as the storm had hit, Lapis loved to fly in the rain, and Sapphire and Holly Blue were both still inside of the temple doing whatever it was that they did. Sometimes Steven wished he could get in there but no matter what he tried he couldn't get the door to open. Dad wasn't here either, he had gone into town to meet a friend and he had called an hour ago to say that he wasn't going to come back until the rain had stopped as the storm had come out of nowhere and he hadn't taken a coat.
Steven kicked his feet back and forth as he tried to think of what he could do to kill some time, there were a bunch of board games under the cupboard under the stairs but almost all of them needed at least three players. He had some books as well but he had real all of them at least twenty-seven times, at a minimum. He could do some more diamond power training but he didn't know what he could do to train, he couldn't trigger that paralysing power that he had used on the Hydra Worm and he hadn't been able to use any of the other powers that his mother had meant to have.
Steven wondered if his mother had a weapon, Holly and Pearl both had one but Lapis and Sapphire had powers instead. It didn't seem like she had, no one ever mentioned her having one to him and from what Lapis and Holly had told him his mother had always been more likely to let other gems fight for her. She was a Diamond, a leader. She didn't have to fight and she wouldn't unless she had too.
He was brought out of his thoughts by the sound of the temple door opening, Steven jumped out of his bed and ran to the stairs to see if he could get a better look. Both Holly and Sapphire had come out of the temple and Steven smiled so widely that his cheeks began to hurt. This was awesome, there were four of them now! They could play Kitchen Calamity!
Steven leaped off of the stairs and began to dig through the cupboard to find the game, the cupboard was really dusty which really surprised him as Pearl was normally really obsessed with keeping this place clean. As he searched he heard the two gems approaching and both of them we're speaking to one another. "You're certain then?" Holly asked.
"Yes. The signal is weak but it is there." Sapphire spoke but Steven noticed that she seemed to be uncertain about something. "I can't say for uncertain what exactly the signal is coming from but my future vision tells me that the lab is the best bet, we were always going to go back there at some point anyway this is just giving us an actual reason."
"But of course we don't know who the signal is coming from, it could be coming from a-" Holly didn't get to finish as Sapphire interrupted her, Steven could just see her holding up her hand as she spoke.
"I know, I know. But regardless of that the signal is gem in origin and it wasn't there a few days ago. If there is a chance then it is one of us then it's a chance worth taking."
"I imagine your right, very well Sapphire. I will go to the lab and scout it out. I will be back as soon as possible." Steven listened as the clacking of Holly's heeled boots as she approached the Warp Pad.
"Yes, take Steven and Pearl with you." Sapphire's calm voice cut through the quiet room like a glass vase smashing against the floor and the sound of heels clacking against the floor stopped. Steven rapidly turned and around as saw Holly Blue frozen as she was about to step foot on the Warp Pad, her leg held in mid air. Pearl had her head turned to Sapphire, the screwdriver pointing at her direction. Sapphire was standing there like a statue, her hands clasped in front of her dress.
What Sapphire had actually said sunk in to Steven and he ran over to Holly, glancing rapidly between her and Sapphire. Unsure of which one to actually speak too. "I can come!? I can come on a mission!? You mean it!?" This was so cool, what better way to kill his boredom than to go on a mission and kick some monster butt and he would be able to get a lot of practice in with his new powers.
"Sapphire-" Holly Blue and Pearl said at the same time and Holly glared at her and Pearl looked down at the floor before Holly continued to speak. "I am more than capable of handling this on my own, I won't need anything carried on the way back and I can handle any threat so I won't need Pearl. I will not allow our prince to put himself into danger. If you think that I truly need back up then I can just get Lazuli to come with me."
"Lapis isn't here! She went off flying as soon as the storm hit!" Steven cried out happily as he hoped from one foot to the other, bring his hands up to his mouth so he could bite down on his hands so he wouldn't let out a scream of excitement, a practiced response as the last time he had done he had been watching the announcement of the next Inspector Spacetime and when he found it out it was going to be a girl he had screamed for how happy he was.
Sadly, Pearl had thought that he was under attack and that was how Television number 24 had meet it's tragic end, it had served him well and faithfully and it had been laid to rest with full honours. It had been beyond any of their abilities to fix it.
Holly didn't seem as excited as he did about all of this, Pearl didn't either as she was keeping her head bowed and twisting the screwdriver around in her fingers. Didn't they understand how cool that this was going to be?! The three of them could finally go on an adventure together. Sure, it would be better if they could all go on an adventure together but he would be perfectly happy going on adventure with just Holly and Pearl.
Holly still didn't look convince as she looked rapidly between him, Sapphire and Pearl. She closed her eyes and brought up her hand to her mouth to clear her throat. "My prince, forgive me but, while you did well in stopping that gem monster from crushing Pearl into dust, you have not yet gained full control of your powers and until you do, I do not feel comfortable with taking you into danger."
"Holly Blue." Sapphire interrupted and stepped forward, at least Steven assumed that she had stepped, the dress she wore completely covered her legs and she always looked like she was gliding more than she was actually moving, and if Sapphire had legs then he had never seen them before. "I've used my Future Vision, the best outcome is dependent on Steven and Pearl both going with you, please do not argue with me because you are not going to change my mind on this."
Holly looked even more annoyed than she had before but Steven didn't take the time to consider that before he turned and ran to the cupboard under the stairs, he threw it open and began to dig into it. He knew that it was in here somewhere, pushing aside boxes of board games and half broken cases of CDs and photo albums until he finally found what it was that he needed, he sized hold of it and pulled it out and held it up so all could see it.
"TA DA!" Steven called out as the gems examined his treasure. "This will be really helpful on the mission, it could really save us in a sticky situation!"
"My prince. It's a cheeseburger." Holly said as she stared at Steven's prize with an experession that looked like Steven had pulled out something stupid, like a chocolate cake. Pearl and Sapphire were both looking at it with blank expressions and Steven found himself frowning, didn't they understand how awesome this was?
"It's not just a cheeseburger, it's a cheeseburger backpack!" Steven shouted as he held it up even higher than he had done before as he leapt on to the table. The light of the room made the plastic cheese slices glow like they were made of gold, plastic gold.
"Steven. Off the table." Sapphire spoke out and Steven sighed but did as she said, no one ever argued with Sapphire.
"Okay, but seriously. Each individual slice is a pocket! I can carry a ton of stuff in here and I'm sure we can take some stuff that will be helpful on our super secret mission!" Steven said as he imagined himself, Pearl and Holly Blue dressed in slick black cat suits and woolly black hats standing outside the headquarters of an evil corporation like the Parasol Conglomerate from the House of Residing Evil series.
They would all fire their grappling hooks that would latch on the edge of the roof and they would scale the side of the building, except once they were halfway up the side of the building, a spotlight would shine on them and an attack helicopter would rise up and alarms would start to blare and they would have no choice but to break through the window and fight their way to the lobby where they would find themselves surrounded by an army dressed in black bodysuits and they would have no choice but to fight their way out.
But once they got outside the president of the Parasol Conglomerate would be waiting for them outside and he would release his pet Cyborg Zombie T-Rex with Titanium Armour and Plasma Gatling Guns on them. It would be a tough fight, gruelling and it would only get worse as each time they thought that they had finally gotten rid of it would get back up with new abilities and weapons like fire breath and laser eyes and rockets launchers and laying eggs which made little mini versions of itself.
But eventually it would go down and it would stay down and they would catch up to the president of the Conglomerate just as he was about to escape on his secret jetski and live the rest of hid days on some tropical beach. Once they throw him behind bars, there would be a huge award ceremony and they would all get medals and trophies and flower crowns and they would all be screaming their names. "Holly Blue! Pearl! Steven!"
"Steven."
"Steven! Steven!"
"Steven."
"Steven! Steven! Steven!"
"Steven."
"Steven! Steven! Steven-"
"Steven. Snap out of it." Sapphire's calm voice brought him out of his fantasy and he let out a nervous little laugh when he saw Sapphire looking right at him with Holly Blue and Pearl also looking concerned. "I know that you're excited, this is a very important thing for you. But you need to understand that the mission has to come first, the best possible outcome depends on your presence but that doesn't mean that it will come to pass just because you are there. Can you promise me that will you take this seriously?"
Steven was a little taken aback by Sapphire's tone, he didn't think that he had ever heard her ever sounding this serious. At least she had never spoken to him like this before. This mission had to be important and so, he nodded once and put on his serious face. "Don't worry Sapphire, we'll get her done."
Sapphire nodded in returned and glanced back at Pearl and Holly Blue, Pearl nodded silently but Holly let out a sigh. "Very well, if you are certain about this. But I want it down on record that I think this is a very bad idea! My prince, if you are coming then you must do everything I say. Do you understand?" Steven nodded rapidly and followed Holly and Pearl on to the warp pad, after he had quickly taken some essentials with him in his cheeseburger backpack.
Steven was vibrating, he had never warped anywhere before. Maybe he could convince Holly to let him take them back home when the mission was done with. Just as they were about to go however Sapphire spoke up. "Steven. Remember, whatever else you do. Keep the harmony...and remember we love you very much."
Before Steven could even begin to consider what that mean, there was a low hum and a flash of light and they were off on their daring mission!
End of Chapter Three,
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