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I know you so well- Shiloh Dynasty

Shadow was back in those fields again. The same ones he was in when he was shot in the theatre a year ago. Shadow was excited, maybe he would be able to see Erica again. Then he remembered that she had gone on to the other side. He had made his choice to stay with Jasper instead of going with her. Look how that turned out.

Shadow laid on the field taking everything in. The skies of this place were as black as the night sky. Stars twinkled across it. If Shadow paid attention in astronomy maybe he could have figured out which one was Earth. He wasn't very good at school unless it pertained to history or mythology. He could remember always having an argument with Jasper about how mythology.

Jasper growled at him. "I don't get it Shadow."

Shadow leaned back on the couch. It was late and he didn't know why they were even still up. "What's to get about it. Mythology is just tales told by people to explain the unexplainable or nature. Sort of like you."

"You have myths about Gems?"

"I guess, aliens maybe? You know if I searched it up I bet I could find something." He laughed at her. "Actually I don't need that kind of a headache," Shadow rolled over on his side to look at Jasper still searching up another myth she could pester him about. "What are you looking at now?" He asked softly.

Jasper didn't answer at first. She was still trying to memorize the different signs. "I want to know what kind of sign I am. What do you think?"

Shadow rolled himself off the couch and laid down next to her with his arms folded behind his head. "I think you're a pain in my ass girl."

She punched his arm playfully. Shadow chuckled between clenched teeth. It hurt.

She closed the laptop with a sigh and laid down with him.

"You know on homeworld we don't have anything like this. I was created here I should call this place home. I hate it," the orange gem sighed again. Shadow couldn't understand why she got so depressed when she talked about homeworld.

"I mean basically you are just a walking orange rock tank. I couldn't blame you for hating a place that made you be like that. "

Jaspers growling made him knew that he was treading on thin ice. He didn't stop, he grew accustomed to her crybaby attitude. He wouldn't call her a baby out loud, he didn't want to be tossed out the window.

"Things are different now. This is a different planet than what it was before. Let your new experience be different as well. Mythology and zodiac signs won't help you with that trust me." Shadow closed his eyes after he finished talking. He had given enough advice for two days.

Jasper was quite. She thought of his words, he was right. She still didn't care for it, only him. The only one to see past her anger. He saw something in her that no other gem had. Jasper didn't know what it was she was feeling but it felt, good.

Ooh, she knew what he was doing. Jasper tapped on his chest with her knuckles making him cough in pain. "Hey, you still never answered my question.

"Which was?"

Jasper hit him again.

Shadow shot up laughing at her. "Okay okay," he took a moment to think about it. Then he snapped his fingers.

"I think an Aquarius would suit you." Shadow was about to lay down when he noticed the stars in her eyes.

"That's a water sign like your sign right? Isn't that a good thing since you're a Scorpio?" Jasper was getting excited about this new topic they'd begun.

He, on the other hand, didn't really want to talk he just wanted to sleep. "Jasper you don't need to look at the stars to figure out whether we would be good together or not. Like I said before make it what you want it to be."

"Soooo… you still didn't answer my question." Jasper leaned in closer to his face making him uncomfortable. You could just see him sweat from the pressure. "Are we compatible or not?" She asked again.

He laughed it off though it was too late for questions. Shadow pulled her into his arms. Luckily the beast was in the same mood as him and just let the rising and falling of his chest lull her to sleep.

Shadow chuckled softly before letting sleep take him. "You're so gay." He whispered one last time.

"M-master Shadow?"

The human didn't stir.

The gem didn't really know what to do she had never met a human. This was so weird.

"Master Shadow are you awake?"

Shadow finally began to wake from the soft voice calling for him. Why did they call him master?

He crept one eye open. Rather his only eye open. The figure was fuzzy at first then focused into view. It was a Pearl. Well, not the Pearl he knew a different one.

"Ummm you're not about to try and kill me are you?"

The Pearl gave him a soft smile. "No master Shadow. I'm here to take care of you." Her voice was so soothing he thought he would fall asleep.

Shadow sat up slowly. He pushed the silk covers to the side and realized that he didn't have a shirt on. Feeling insecure he held put them back to his chest. "I feel better. Did you do something to me?"

Again the Pearl just smiled. "You retreated back to your gem master Shadow. You came back to form last night." The Pearl walked to a bronze colored table and picked up a basket full of what looked like fruits. "Please, eat."

"I'll eat as long as you stop calling me master. MLK would not approve of that one it."

Now the poor gem was confused. His words didn't make any sense to her. On a planet that used Pearls for nothing more than slaves she knew nothing other than being told what to do and to always obey. She only nodded in response.

Shadow took one of the fruits. It looked a mix between a pear and lemon. A pearmonade, literally a fruit fusion. When he took a bite his taste buds exploded from the mixture of both sourness and sweetness. It had been awhile since he had eaten anything so that one fruit didn't cut it he ate the entire basket. When he was finally done gorging himself he turned to look at his surroundings. Shadow himself was laying down atop of a giant pillow in the middle of a giant room. To the right of him structures that reached the sky and past the clouds dotted everything within sight. Flying cars raced by and tubes that stretched to and fro lit up every so often. It could have been another mode of transportation for all Shadow knew.

The Pearl was still next to him waiting in silence. When he noticed that she was still here he jumped in shock. She was just there, like some pretty little statue. She was dressed in a skin-tight leotard. Her long silver orange hair reached all the way down to her lower back. Shadow felt kind of bad she looked so slim and frail. Were all the Pearls made to look this pretty? It was weird he only met one other her and she was also beautiful. He guessed that Pearls were made to be easy on the eyes not just slaves. The thought of what else they were used for was sickening.

"Master Shadow do you need anything else?"

"Stop calling me master," Shadow growled in annoyance. "Just call me Shadow."

She bowed her head in fear, she didn't mean to anger the human. "I apologize mas- Shadow."

Her reaction kind of stunned him. He didn't expect that. Maybe a conversation would help.

"So Pearl can you please tell me where I am or what the hell happened please? The only thing I can remember is," he paused. He remembered he was fighting Jasper the complete than being in the field. "Yeah please help me." He asked politely.

She wasn't really used to this sort of kindness. Well, Jasper had always been kind to her since being made to serve her. That was the only person besides this human. It was odd. "You were killed by master Jasper."

"Ummm I think if I was killed Pearl I would know it."

The Pearl bowed her again. "I apologize master Shadow please forgive me."

Shadow slapped a hand over his face. This was getting him nowhere. Shadow hopped out of the bed and headed towards the door. The floor was cold beneath his feet. There was virtually no sound except for his feet slapping against the floor.

Pearl followed behind him, not to close but still following him was annoying. He spun around on her startling the pearl.

"Please master Shadow she doesn't want you to leave."

"WHO? Who doesn't want me to leave Pearl?" When she didn't speak he gripped her by the shoulders.

"Why don't you stop harassing my pearl Shadow."

Shadow did a complete 360 to see Jasper standing against the wall. Though she stood six inches taller than him and had more muscles than half the people he knew he wasn't scared of her. Even when they first had met the two went toe to toe in the living room of his apartment. The both of them really knew how to work each other's nerves back then. Now things weren't as easy as just arguing.

"Why did you bring me here Jasper?" Shadow didn't have the energy to try and hide the anger in his voice.

Jasper could sense the situation was only going to get worse if she acted on his attitude. "You were dead. You retreated into your gem."

Shadow knew he should have been shocked to hear this. Really the only thing he was surprised about was that he was here and not in hell or something.

"Don't I need to have a gem or something. I don't want to sound like a narcissist but the last time I checked out this sick bod of mine I didn't have a rock attached to it."

Jasper snarled at him, now she was getting annoyed. "Don't be stupid. If you didn't have a gem you wouldn't be here. Look on your back human." Jasper clapped her hands and a silver orb rose up from the ground. It looked liked liquidized mercury. The orb flattened out in midair then expanded to form a reflective mirror.

Shadow looked himself in the mirror. The scars from the fights he had were gone and in the center of his back was a crescent-shaped gem. It looked exactly like the color of Jaspers gem, it could have been the same gem as well for all he knew. He couldn't even remember the last time he looked at his back. That probably explains the itch he had been feeling.

"Honestly I feel like I should have seen this before."

Jasper couldn't decide whether to be surprised or not. "You'll be safe here the diamonds-"

Shadow put a hand up to stop her. "Pump your breaks right now. If you think I'm staying here any longer then you're high."

Jasper glared at him with an anger she hadn't felt in a long time. "First," just to be sure she looked at the ground to be sure. "First I am not high, my feet are still touching the ground. Second," Jasper slowly walked towards him till she was face to face. "You are my slave. I will do with you whatever I want however I want."

Shadows hands lit up with electricity. Jasper jumped back to dodge his punch. Shadow didn't bother to try and close the distance, instead, he punched the ground creating a static field on the ground that reached her. Jasper convulsed from the shock till she dropped to one knee in pain.

She thought Shadow had run but instead when she looked up he was stumbling against the wall.

Shadow crashed and fell on his back. His nose was bleeding worse than a teenage girl. "Oh man, I don't feel so good." Shadow didn't even bother to try and get up his head felt like a balloon. Shadow just laid there till Jasper was standing over him. Oh yeah, it didn't take a genius to know that she was angry. Angry and sad really.

"The diamonds don't know you're alive. You have to stay here until things die down."

The human closed his eyes to her. For some reason when he used his powers it drained the hell out of him. When he spoke it made him even more tired. "You know sometimes I have to put the toilet seat down. I have to take out the trash when Garnett tells me cause she'll kill me. Staying here is not something I HAVE to do."

Jasper smashed the ground right next to his face. This really was getting old. "Shadow if you leave I will kill you."

"Wouldn't be the first time Jasper."

There really was no winning with this guy. She was too tired to get mad and had no patience to force him into submission. "I never meant for this to happen."

He didn't say anything or looked at her.

"All I ever wanted was for us to be together," she looked at Shadow. She had teared up when she had seen what damage she'd done to his eye.

Shadow still didn't want to look at her but he talked. "We could have been Jasper. We were. Then you went and smashed my face in."

The gem couldn't beat herself up more than she already had. For months she had contemplated just destroying herself to be free of this shame. As sick as it was she was glad he was here. Jasper knew she didn't deserve this time with him, still, maybe she could make things better.

Shadow tried to get up. That resulted in him stumbling then smashing his face into the wall. He was breathing really hard and could barely lift up a hand to try again.

Jasper didn't know what was wrong with him. He was a human, half gem too. There was no one like Shadow on this planet. Him being weak or even alive after he died was a surprise.

"How do you feel?"

Shadow chuckled between breaths. This really was hysterical. "I feel like shit Jasper. Like walking doo-doo with noodles for arms and legs."

Once again Shadow had managed to shoot Jasper down. She really was trying.

"Do you really want to help?" He asked with a light tone.

Jasper arched her brow at him but she couldn't hide her excitement. "Of course I'll help Shadow tell me."

He inched closer to her. "Okay. Go outside."

"Yeah?"

Shadow leaned in closer. "Get a huge rock. I'm talking boulder size."

This was weird but she listened. "Uh huh what else?"

When he got close to her ear she could feel heat flush to her cheeks. He was really close to her.

"I want you to bring it in and just smash my head in."

Jasper slapped herself in the face so hard she thought her gem cracked. This really was getting old fast. "Pearl!" Jasper shouted. It was like she was already on standby cause as soon as she heard her name she was already in the room. Were Pearl's ninjas too?

"Yes, lady Jasper?"

Jasper pointed at Shadow. "Get him to his bed. He needs to rest.

"And if he tries to leave?" The pearl asked. Though she could have guessed the answer.

Shadow gulped when Jasper stood up to look down on him. "Tear his legs off and make him eat them."

That was all it took for Shadow to not say another word. He held his tongue when Pearl lifted him up princess like. Being a lady in distress was not his role.

Shadow laid back on the comfortable bed. As much as he wanted to try and escape he didn't have the strength to. Just thinking made his headache. So he would bid his time, rest, and try to find some way of getting back to earth. For now, he would play nice. Maybe tomorrow he would feel better enough to escape.

Author notes:

Heyo! Whats going on party people? So for those who don't know the reason. I like to put in song names and their artists just below the title of the chapter. Reason being I feel like it's the best song that's suites the chapter really well. In this case "I knew you so well" by Shiloh Dynasty. If you want me to add the link of the exact video I can do that as well. Since I'll be busy this weekend they're probably won't be a chapter next week unfortunately. I'll make it up later though so stay classy and stay safe.

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