Chapter 18: The Rematch with Nova

Gien: Peridot, how wonderful to see you again.

Peridot: I'm not as happy as you are.

Gien: Oh but you should. You are about to witness Nova destroy everthing on the planet. I see the Lapis Lazuli with you, but where are the others? Where is Steven? Did I scare them off?

Lapis: They'll be back to take you down.

Gien: I heard about them looking for the Geass Ores. But Bomber the Great as already caught up with them. They're not here now.

Peridot: No they're not. That's why we're here.

Lapis: If you want to start attacking, you have to get through us first.

Gien: Oh this will be fun. Nova, destroy them.

Nova nods and walks towards them. Lapis forms a water clone of him.

Acha: Oh, I did not see that coming.

Lapis: Let's see how he can handle fighting himself.

Water Nova walks up towards Nova and the two start fighting. Water Nova momentarily gets the upperhand when it uses its hands and reaches out to trap Nova in a water ball.

Peridot: That's it Lapis it's working.

Gien: Is it really?

Nova uses his plasma eye and chest laser cannons to break free. Nova uses them both again to attack Water Nova. Water Nova, while unable to shoot lasers can shoot powerful streams of water and fired at Nova. Both of their projectiles clash into together starting beam struggle. Water Nova tried, but Nova had more energy and pushed more into his power. The Plasma laser cannons pushed Water Nova's water projectile back and then they hit him causing him to explode into rain drops.

Gien: Ha, did you really think a water clone would stop him? He's made to take on all of you.

Lapis: Guess we'll have to do it the hard way.

Lapis formed four water hands from the ocean. She had the first to slam Nova with the palm of the hand. Nova blasted it with his plasma laser eye cannons. The second grabbed Nova and lifted him up the air and then threw him to the ground. It did it again but when it tried to get him the third time, Nova slashed the hand off. The third hand threw him up in the air and then the fourth slammed him to the ground while in mid air.

Nova had some scratches and minor dents on his body, but wasn't heavily damaged and was still funtional. He realizes that Lapis was controlling them and before the hands got him again, he shot two bombs from his shoulders at Lapis. Lapis gets hit and falls to the ground, losing control of the water hands and they disappear. Nova made his way towards her, she thought quickly and formed some water into ice stalactites and threw it at him. Nova shot plasma laser eyes at them breaking them apart and the lasers then hit Lapis and falls to the ground.

Peridot: Lapis!

Peridot activated the attack drones. They circled around Nova and fired their lasers at him. Nova had his attention on them and tries to fight back. But the attack drones were too quick and doged his attacks. They kept firing at him, but they only had a small effect on him. But if she could keep him busy enough, the others will arrive soon. But then she was hit by another laser beam, it was from Gien. Peridot fell on the ground and tried to reach for the remote control, but Gien stomps on her hand.

Peridot: AAAAAHHH!

Gien: Don't ruin the fun now. This is the best part.

Nova fires his plasma laser eyes at the attack drones and destroys them. Nova goes back to Lapis. She's back on her feet and formed another water hand. It forms into a fist and and starts pounding Nova to the ground. She continues pounding the ground where Nova stands, but what she didn't know was that Nova could burrow underground. That's what he did and then emerged from the ground right in front of her. Nova slashes her with it's hook. Lapis was still standing and formed her wings into fists and tried to punching him. She was able to do so, but then Nova uses his plasma chest cannon and hits her. Lapis tried to get back up, but was too weak now. Nova made his way towards her, but Lion stood in front and was about to fight him again.

Scene shifts back to Peridot vs Gien.

Gien kicks Peridot. She was on the ground, but she found a part of the attack drone that had the laser still in tack. She fired at Gien and he gets hit. Then he formed his limb enhancer hand into a laser and fired at Peridot which destroys the laser she had. Gien goes up to her grabs her by her hair.

Gien: Look at you Peridot. You can't even defend yourself.

He throws her to the ground.

Gien: If you had stayed with me I would have made you like me. A defensless Peridot that can now fight. But not you, because you chose to go against me.

Peridot tries to get back up.

Peridot: I... won't give up...my friends our counting on me... on us.

Gien: Don't count of them. They won't make it in time to save you.

Peridot: I don't expect to be saved. I just expect for them to stop you.

Gien: They will never stop me. With Nova by my side, the two of us are unstoppable. From what I can tell, they failed.

Peridot: No they didn't.

Gien: You can't deny the fact that you're losing. Just look.

Lion was having trouble fighting Nova.

Gien: That pink lion won't protect your friend forever. They will be the first ones to die.

Peridot: I won't let you!

Peridot runs towards Gien trying to punch him. But it was like a kid punching a muscle man.

Peridot: I will never let you kill my friends or destroy the Earth!

Gien grabs her and electricutes her.

Gien: But what can you do about it? In your state nothing!

Meanwhile at Bismuth's Forge.

The Crystal Gems waited as Bismuth was making the upgrades for their weapons. It's been almost an hour, but she finally arrived.

Steven: Bismuth is it ready?

Bismuth: You bet it is.( to Garnet) Here Garnet, this ought to add a little extra punch.

Bismuth gives her what looked like spikes, but when Garnet former her gauntlets the two of them merged making her gauntlets into brass knuckles.

Garnet: Nice.

Bismuth: And Pearl, why don't you try a trident?

Bismuth gives Pearl a U shaped spike. She merges it with her spear making it into a trident.

Pearl: Oh Bismuth, you shouldn't have.

Bismuth: Amethyst, with this you can really do some damage.

Bismuth gives Amethyst what appeared her whip, put when she opened it, it had three spiked flails attached to it.

Amethyst: ( gasps with stars in her eyes) Aw yeah baby! Bismuth's the best.

Steven: That is really cool.

Bismuth: Steven. Don't think I didn't forget you. Here.

Bismuth gives him a chain of spikes. He merges it with his shield and it adds spikes around it.

Steven: ( stars in his eyes) Whoa! A spiked shield! This is so cool thanks Bismuth.

Bismuth: Hey it's a pleasure doing Bismuth with you.

Steven: But what about for you?

Bismuth: Well, since my weapon involves shapeshifting my hands I can't really change that. So instead, I made myself this armor.

Bismuth puts on a silver armor. It looked ordinary, but when showing that she could retract spikes on the shoulders, that proved it was not.

Bismuth: What do you think?

Amethyst:( thumbs up) Mondo cool.

Garnet: ( thumbs up) Yeah, mondo cool.

Pearl: Wait, what time is it?

Steven look at his phone.

Steven: 6:30. Oh no, Nova must be attacking now.

Pearl: Peridot and Lapis are there alone. We have to go.

Bismuth: Hold on, we haven't tested these upgrades yet. We don't know how strong or how weak they are.

Garnet: There's no time. They need us. Lets go gems!

They ran out of the forge and back to the warp pad.

Steven:( in his mind) Hold guys, we're coming.

Meanwhile

Peridot was thrown into a rock. Gien fired his limb enhacer laser at her. She tried to get back up, but then he stomps on her head.

Gien: Oh how it pains me to do this. You were always my favorite Peridot. I gave you everything you wanted and this is how you repay me?

Peridot: You gave me nothing!

Gien kicks her.

Gien: And now you are going to die at my hands. Just as soon as I finish toying with you.

Gien fires his lasers again at her. Lion kept fighting Nova. But after his last energy roar, Nova slashed him sending Lion to the ground. Lapis was in the air, firing ice stalactites at Nova from above. Nova looked up and fired his plasme eye cannons at her. Lapis tried dodging it, but soon she was hit and fell on the ground. She was about to get up until Nova stomped on her back.

Lapis: AAAAHHH!

Peridot: Lapis!

Gien picks up Peridot.

Gien: So you want to save the Lapis Lazuli do you? This is perfect.

Gien grabs her head to make her watch and even pulls open her eye lids.

Gien: Come let us watch Nova kill his first victim before destroy your town.

Peridot: NO!

Nova began pressing down on Lapis's gem to shatter her. But then a spiked shield slashed his arm and got off of her.

Gien: What?

They look on the otherside, Steven and Crystal Gems have returned.

Peridot: Guys!

Lapis: ( smile) S-Steven...

Acha: Ah! The Crystal Gems!

Gien: Ah so you finally decided to show up.

Steven: This ends now Gien. Leave our friends alone.

Gien: And what makes you think you can stop me this time?

Steven and the others formed their weapons. Gien looks a bit shocked.

Gien: You have new weapons?

Amethyst: Yeah, Bomber the Lame couldn't even stop us.

Gien: That incompetent fool!

Steven tossed his spike shield at Gien which slashes his arm.

Gien: AAUURRGH!

Gien let's Peridot go. She ran to get Lapis out of the battlefield and with the others. She tried to lift her up, but Lion came and offered the help. She put Lapis on his back.

Steven: Are you guys okay?

Peridot: We got a bit beaten up, but I'm okay. Lapis?

Lapis: I'm fine.

Peridot: You did great.

Lapis: Thanks.

Lion nudges Peridot.

Peridot: Oh, you too Lion. You were also great.

Lapis reaches her hand out to Steven

Lapis: Steven.

Steven: Yes Lapis.

Steven takes her hand

Lapis: Take him down for me.

Steven: ( nod) I will.

Pearl: You three get to safety, we'll handle this.

Steven lets go and Peridot, Lapis and Lion got out of the way

Garnet: Gien, this is your last chance. Leave this planet or die.

Gien: I will never surrender to you. Nova kill them!

Nova nods and fires all weapons at them. Steven had his shield up, the fire power was becoming too much for him again. But this time Garnet helped him hold, so did Pearl, then Bismuth and finally Amethyst. Steven smiles for their gernerousity.

After Nova stops, Steven drops the shield. Garnet went up to him first and starting punching him, first twice across the face, once in the stomach and then uppercuts him which sends him falling onto his back. Gien is now astonished.

Acha: She-She just infilicted damage on him.

Kocha: That's not good.

Gien: ( in his mind) The power of the Geass Ore. It really has enhanced their weapons, surpassing the Space Titanium. No, I can't lose. I'm so close. ( speaks out loud) Nova, get up! Don't let them beat you like that!

Nova gets back up, this time Pearl was next. He fired his drill maser cannon at her. Pearl jumped up and fired her lasers from her spear. Some of them miss, but most of them hit Nova. She lands in front of him and slashes him twice leaving cuts on his body. He tries to hit her with one of his hook hands, but she blocks it and the stabs him with spear. Nova falls to his knees, Pearl was about to finish him off, but he hits her which throws her to the side.

Nova gets back up to attack her. He lifts his hook up, but then Amethyst grabs it with her whip. She pulls him up and throws him onto the other side. Nova gets up to and fires bombs from shoulders. Amethst knocks them away from her with her whip and one of them hits Nova. Amethyst whipped him three times, this punctures some holes on Nova. Then she got out two of her whips and spin dashed, she was forming the violet fiery energy again and dashed at him. Nova tried firing more bombs and plasma laser eyes at her, but Amethyst dodged it all and finally hits him.

Nova is sent flying back. He was heavily damaged.

Gien: This is impossible. He's supposed to be invincable. Nova keep fighting!

Nova got back up and this time Bismuth attacked him. She hammered his face three times. Nova was charging his plasma chest cannon on her.

Bismuth: Uh oh, please work.

Nova fires his beam at Bismuth. But luckily she was not hurt and the armor protected her.

Bismuth:( sighs in relief) Ha ha.

Bismuth formed her hands into pick axes and pierced through Nova's body. Nova knocked her to the ground. He was about to hit her with one of his hook hands, but then Steven tossed his spike shield at him, which cuts his hook hand clean off.

Gien: ( red eyes open) AH!

Steven got his sword out and stabs Nova in one of the exposed areas on his back. Nova turned around and was about to use his plasma laser eye cannons at Steven, but Steven using his sword slashed Nova's eyes blinding him. Bismuth and Steven moved back as they watched Nova swinging his other hook hand around aimlessly.

Garnet: Let's finish this.

Bismuth: That reminds me. Combine your weapons, I added something useful.

They nodded and did so and new weapon appeared it was some kind of huge laser cannon. It had Steven's shield on top, Garnet's Gauntlets on the sides, Amethyst whip handle as the grip and Pearls point of the spear as the muzzle.

Gien: W-What is that?

Bismuth: I call it the Crystal Cannon. Use this to finish off those uppercrusts.

Steven: You ready to try this guys?

Garnet: You know it.

Pearl: I am.

Amethyst: Oh this is going to be fun.

They all placed their hands on top of it and aimed at Nova. The cannon began to charge.

Steven: Here we go.

The four of them: Crystal Cannon, fire!

The Crystal Cannon fired a long silver blue beam at Nova. The beam shoots right throught his body leaving a clean hole on him. Nova spazzes out as electricity comes out of him. He falls face on the ground and explodes.

Gien: NOOOO! Nova!

Garnet: Gien!

Everyone circled around him.

Acha: Oh dear, not good.

Kocha: Not good.

Acha: We are so slagged.

Garnet: It's over Gien. You have lost.

Gien: No, no, no! Don't think you've won because you destroyed Nova. As long as I am alive the Gara Droids will continue our invasion. We will meet again Crystal Gems.

Gien teleports back to his ship.

Acha: My lord wait for me.

Acha and Kocha teleports too.

With them gone for now. Everyone was able to celebrate their victory.

Pearl: ( laughing) I can't believe it. We did it!

Steven: We were great.

Garnet: We were awesome!

Amethyst: We just took those Gara Droids to the scrap yard again.

Bismuth: They really should of thought twice before taking on the Crystal Gems.

Peridot: Steven!

They looked and saw Peridot, Lapis and Lion running towards them.

Lapis: Are you guys okay?

Garnet: We're fine, Nova is gone but Gien unfortunatly got away.

Peridot: Hey we'll get him next time.

Garnet: I know we will.

Steven: Did you guys see us out there?

Lapis: We did, I'm so proud of you Steven.

Steven: Thanks but we should thank you, Peridot and Lion. We wouldn't have made it in time considering what we had to go through.

Garnet: That's right. Beach City would have been destroyed if you two didn't stall him long enough. You put your lives at risk to save this town. We're forever in your debt.

Peridot: Wow thanks.

Lapis: Consider that we're even.

Steven: ( tired) Yeah, go team...

Steven falls on the ground.

All gems: Steven!

They looked worried at first, but then they hear him snoring.

Garnet: ( sighs) He's just asleep.

Pearl: Aw, staying up all night as finally caught up to him.

Pearl picks him up.

Pearl: I'll take him to his room, he needs rest.

Pearl goes back to the house and tucks Steven in. And places a kiss on his head.

Pearl:( in her mind) Rose. I wish you were here to see him. He's a beautiful child and I know he will make you proud. I will keep looking out for him and train him, for you, for him, and for me.

Pearl quietly leaves his room and goes back with the others as Steven sleeps peacefully.

Meanwhile at Gien's Ship.

Gien: You incompetent, arrogant fool! We lost because you let them get away with the Geass Ores!

Bomber: They tricked me into winning. I did everything I could.

Gien: Well you didn't try hard enough. Now poor Nova is dead.

Bomber: Poor Nova? He didn't even have a life spark, he was just a typical droid.

Gien: He was my best creation! He didn't need a life spark or personality compenent. He was everything I needed.

Bomber: Yeah was.

Gien: Shut it!

Gien fires his limb enhancer laser at Bomber and falls back.

Gien: You are to clean all of the spears for my soldiers as punishment.

Bomber: What if I don't?

A group of Gara Soldiers point their spears at Bomber.

Bomber: (to the soldiers) You will regret this.

Bomber leaves.

Gien: And don't for get to clean them in the proper order. The shaft first and then the tip. Ugh, I can't believe this. I make the perfect Gara Droid a couple days ago and he is already destroyed.

Acha: Please calm yourself my lord. You will get them soon.

Kocha: Yeah real soon.

Gien: I will Acha. The Crystal Gems won't last forever and I still want to know more on Steven. I think now is the time I contact an old friend from Homeworld.

The End of Part 1

Author's Note: That's it for this chapter. I wanted to introduce the Crystal Gems upgrades differently and have Steven have an upgrade of his own. I hope you like the combined weapon idea I had in mind. To me this is the end of part 1 of the story if this was a season. But it's still continueing in the same story. Stay tuned for part 2 because I have a lot more in store. Please read and review. Thank you.