Chapter 61: The Beast of Destruction: Verokran
Author's Note: Be sure to stay at the end to hear my thoughts on the show now that it's over. Thank you and enjoy the chapter.
At the house
The following day after Mask Island, everyone was back and called for Connie, Acha and Kocha to come over. The duo examined the ruby crystal Peridot got.
Acha: Oh...Kocha could this be?
Kocha: It is... the source to make super gartronium.
Steven: Super gartronium?
Acha: Yes, unlike regular gartonium which is a common fuel source in many planets, super gartronium is an enhanced version. You see during our first visit on Earth 6,000 years ago, Gien or Peridot XJ9 as he once known as was in charge of planning the colonization for Pink Diamond. As he planned where certain things would be, he discovered many mines of ruby crystals that when processed can create a super powerful fuel source. We took what we could and turned out to be great fuel for the advanced technology on Homeworld. However during the rebellion, many of these mines were destroyed since many gems from both Homeworld and Crystal hid in them as shelters or bases.
Kocha: I don't mean to sound rude, but that was a terrible idea. That would be like hiding in a building thats on fire or hiding in a gas station from a maniac with a flame thrower. These things are highly explosive when triggered. Um no offense to some.
Garnet: Non taken.
Steven: Does this ring a bell Peridot?
Peridot: I think it does now. I mean this is so rare that no other planet carries it.
Pearl: So he wants it to make his army more powerful.
Acha: Oh no, no, no, no that is impossible.
Lapis: Why is that?
Kocha: First of all getting the energy out of this is time consuming and this chunk right here may seem big, you can only get like two or three doses out of this.
Connie: Really, that little?
Acha: Not only that, but this stuff can kill us.
Steven: Kill you?
Acha: While this stuff can enhance a robots speed and strength it can only last for a short period of time considering how much the crystal gives us. The radiation from this can overload a robot and fry it's circuitry after two doses. This was tested on during the early years of the Gara Droid era.
Amethyst: So if this stuff can kill you guys than what's the point of collecting it all and keeping us away? What do they want from this?
Acha: Well it used to be power for the Diamond's ships or for giant robots who require this to as fuel.
Lapis: Giant robots, well the Seatrons are still there and they form King Poseidon.
Steven: Or maybe that's what Project Verokran is... a giant robot.
Now everyone was looking nervous.
Bismuth: Welp, let's not waste anymore time. Let's find those uppercrusts stop Project Verokran!
Peridot: Where?
Bismuth: Where? Ha! Why it's at uh...oh...uh... I don't know.
Peridot: Exactly, they obviously can't fit a giant robot inside their ship, not to mention they relocated again. So how are we going to find where they're at now?
Garnet: I'm trying to see an estimated area and Revenger is still searching for him.
Lapis: So we're just going to sit here and wait for them to attack again? This Project Verokran could be almost done.
Amethyst: What else can we do L? They can literally be anywhere?
Peridot: Besides, part of Revenger is a tracker. He is the best when it comes to finding someone.
Meanwhile
Revenger was flying around the Earth searching for Gien after Steven told him about his last mission on Mask Island. They were no longer in Japan so he had so search more. Soon he noticed dark hollow trench and landed. It was the Kindergarden.
Revenger: What is this place?
Revenger didn't know anything about the Kindergarden or about gem history. He walked around looking at the injectors and holes on the walls. Built in cameras were all over the place and he was being monitored by Gien and the others.
Gien: Revenger! He's here!
Bomber: He'll expose our location and the gems will find out.
Huntress: He won't be telling anyone. I'll take care of him darling.
Snaptrap: Wait, the Seatrons can form King Poseidon. The most powerful robot. We should go!
Bomber: You? I Bomber the Great am superior, I will reduce him to scrap. You Seatrons couldn't handle a fusion.
The Seatrons looked at him with offended expressions.
Huntress: Says the one who can't handle a fusion made from a Ruby and a Sapphire.
Bomber: My lord why don't you tell your pearl to shut up like they're supposed to.
Huntress points her arm cannon at him
Huntress: You want to run by that me again?
Gien: Enough you two! Viggo, is Verokran ready yet?
Viggo: It is, but I haven't really given it a test run yet.
Gien: Well than let's do that.
Viggo takes the elevator and goes up to Verokran's head. There was a door attached to the side of the head and enters. In it was a control room in the brain for him to pilot.
Viggo: Preparing to activate Verokran! All droids stand aside!
Everyone and the soldiers moved out of the way and all the equipment out.
Viggo: Activating Verokran.
Viggo turns a couple swithces and presses a button. Verokran's visor began to light up and moved it's arms a bit.
Bomber: It's working.
Gien: Don't just stand there, open the hatch.
Snaptrap: Yes my lord.
Back on the surface, Revenger was still looking around the area until he felt as if the floor was moving. He looked down and saw the ground splitting apart, but it wasn't a normal ground. It was like a door. Revenger moved out of the way and heard a roaring sound ( roar is Showa Baragon/Varan roar). Out came Verokran rising up. Revenger looked up eyes widened.
Revenger: My god. What is that?
Verokran roared again and looked down at Revenger, he could hear Viggo's voice coming from it.
Viggo: Hahahaha! What do you think Revenger?
Revenger: Viggo?
Viggo: That's right! I present to you the Beast of Destruction: Verokran!
Verokran roared again.
Revenger: So this is Project Verokran Steven told me about.
Viggo: Yes, but before I can use this to destroy the world first I need to test it out. You Revenger, will be perfect for target practice.
Gien, Huntress, Bomber and the Seatrons were watching them from the top of the Kindergarden.
Gien: Look at that, beautiful isn't it Huntress?
Huntress: Just look at him. I can tell he's freaking out by this.
Snaptrap: He would have felt that way if he met King Poseidon.
Huntress: Now don't be jealous Snaptrap. You'll get your chance soon.
Bomber: This is alright, but it would be better if we took it to the Crystal Gem's base.
Gien: Patience Bomber, once we see how Verokran works, that along with the town they protect will be the first place on this planet to face Verokran's wrath.
Back on the ground.
Verokran looked down at Revenger as it's mouth began to glow. Revenger dodged as Verokran shot out an energy beam from it's mouth. Revenger tried shooting with his arm and shoulder cannons. But they had no effect on Verokran. Next it pointed it's arms and the lasers attached to it fired away. The smoke cleared up and Revenger was gone.
Viggo: Come out Revenger. I know you're still here.
Verokran looked around the Kindergarden for him. Revenger was inside one of the holes hiding. He can't do this alone, he needs back up. His eyes began to glow green as if he was trying to get in touch with someone.
At the house.
Steven's phone rang.
Connie: Who is it Steven?
Steven: I don't know, it says Unknown.
Connie: It could be a scam.
Steven: What if it's important?
Connie: If they offer anything just hang up.
Steven nods and answers the call.
Steven: Hello.
Revenger: Steven!
Steven: Revenger?
Everyone turned to him realizing Revenger was calling him. Steven put him on speaker.
Steven: Is that you, when did you get a phone?
Revenger: I have the skill of a hacker and can use this planet's telephone network but forget that! I'm being attack by the Gara Droids!
Garnet: Revenger where are you at?
Revenger: I don't know. Some kind of dark trench with holes on the walls and drills.
Amethyst: Holes, drills uh... the Kindergarden!
Revenger: I need back up, they have a...
He was cut off by a roar and then hung up.
Pearl: Revenger are you still there?
Garnet: No time to waste. Let's go gems.
They got onto the warp pad ( except Acha and Kocha who stayed behind) and went to the Kindergarden. They made it there and were stunned when they got a look at Verokran trying to attack Revenger.
Lapis: This is Verokran?
Amethyst: Whoa, that thing looks just like Mechagodzilla.
Peridot: What are you talking about? That's clearly supposed to be like Trypticon from the Transformers.
Amethyst: No Mechagodzilla.
Peridot: Trypticon.
Amethyst: Mechagodzilla!
Peridot: Trypticon!
Connie: Uh guys, can we please focus on the situation here?!
Revenger made his way to the gems and Verokran saw them arrive now.
Revenger: It's about time you showed up.
Viggo: So, you gems have finally arrived.
Steven: Viggo?
Viggo: That's right Steven, feast your eyes on my greatest plan ever, Verokran!
Peridot: Yeah we get it already.
Viggo: You gems have really been trouble for us. I underestimated all of you when I first arrived. Now you're forcing me to take extreme measures. If you want to live, you will surrender now.
Garnet: You can't scare us with that Viggo.
Viggo: Have it you're way, it's your funeral.
Verokran roared as he was about fire it's energy beam from it's mouth. Steven shielded them from the attack.
Steven: This thing has incredibly strong fire power.
Garnet: We need to be bigger. Pearl, Amethyst.
Pearl: We're ready Garnet.
Amethyst: Yeah let's do this.
Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl danced and fused into Alexandrite as Steven lowered the shield. Alexandrite was formed, but she was only up to Verokran's lower chest. He was still twice her size.
Connie: Oh no! He's a lot bigger than her.
Bismuth: Don't worry Connie, Alexandrite isn't the biggest fusion, but she is fast and strong.
Viggo: Ah, I don't think I've ever seen this one before.
Alexandrite: Stop your plan Viggo!
Viggo: Do you really think you can stop me?
Alexandrite: I know I can.
Alexandrite charged at Verokran and roared. Verokran simply knocked her away with his tail. She got back, but Verokran fired at her with his missile launchers from his shoulders. Alexandrite fell to the ground as Verokran roared and fired the laser cannons from his arms. Alexandrite quickly got out of the way jumped over Verorkan. She grabbed him by his tail and swung him around and threw him aside. As he tried to get up, she used Amethyst's whip and Sardonyx's hammer. She wrapped the whip around Verokran and pulled him towards her, then slammed him with the hammer and is sent flying.
Huntress: No! He's losing.
Bomber: I knew he was just all talk.
Gien: No, he's just making them look bad.
Huntress: What?
Gien: Keep watching.
Alexandrite now formed Opal's bow and arrow and fired five powerful arrows at Verokran as the impacts on him exploded.
Steven: Alright!
Connie: They did it!
Bismuth: Ah yeah, that's how we rule!
Peridot: Take that you lumpy, clunky clod!
Revenger: You fools! Don't go celebrating!
Lapis: What's wrong?
Revenger: Look!
The smoke cleared up and Verokran was still standing, with not a scratch on it.
Steven: What the?
Connie: How is this possible?
Peridot: It isn't even dented!
Bismuth: It's Nova all over again. Oh shit! What are we going to do now?
Alexandrite stepped back a bit.
Alexandrite: How? You shouldn't have survived that.
Viggo: That was a very impressive trick. Want to see mine?
Verokran's abdomen opened up revealling an orb and shot out a powerful plasma beam at Alexandrite, causing her to collapse. His tail lifted up and pointed at her like a scorpion and shot a laser at her, keeping her from getting up.
Steven: Guys! No!
Steven was going to run to them until Snaptrap and the Seatrons landed in front of him, blocking his path.
Steven: The Seatrons?
Peridot: Not these clods again!
Snaptrap: I told you wouldn't see the last of us. And you Revenger, you will pay for the gartronium blood you have spilled on our planet.
Revenger: And just like them, you can join them Snaptrap.
Snaptrap: But how will you feel when Verokran crushes your friend?
Steven was getting worried for the gems, he watched as Verokran knocked Alexandrite down with his tail and continued to beat her with it. How could they take on something like that?
Snaptrap: But don't worry you can all join her... in Hell!
Snaptrap and the Seatrons began to fight. They fired away with their laser cannons. Bismuth took on Lobclaw and Kraken. Revenger took on Snaptrap and Overbite. Lapis and Peridot took on Gulf. Steven and Connie took on Tentakill. They had to fight them more head to head. Because there was no water around the area, Lapis could only use what little water she had in her gem, just shooting streams of water at them.
Snaptrap: Seatrons! Form King Poseidon!
The Seatrons gathered together and formed into King Poseidon.
King Poseidon: Master Trident!
Lightning shoots to King Poseidon's hand as his trident forms.
Peridot: Um Steven, Lapis I think you can form Mystic now.
Lapis: I don't think she can help. There's no water in this area that she and I are practically useless.
Bismuth: Wait so that means he can't form any water either right?
King Poseidon: No I can't. But can you shoot lightning?
King Poseidon's trident began to glow as it shot lightning down at them. Steven shielded everyone. King Poseidon then swiped them away with his trident. Everyone was flown away and on the ground. Steven was looking at Alexandrite losing to Verokran.
She tried to punch him, but he blocked her attack and slashed her face, leaving a scratch on it. Verokran fired his energy beam and plasma beam at her. Alexandrite was on her knees, slowly losing destabalizing.
Alexandrite: No...we have to keep it together.
Verokran kicked her head and fired at her with his arm cannons. He jumped up and landed on Alexandrite crushing her. He continued to jump on her seven times until he got off lifted her up and threw her to the otherside. Once she was down and tried to get back up, Verokran fired all weapons at her. Steven watched as she took every hit blown from Verokran. Finally he stopped, but Alexandrite couldn't handle it anymore. She fell to the ground and unfused. Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl were on the ground, hurt and weakened from the attack as Verokran roared in victory.
Garnet: No...how could this happen?
Pearl: He's too strong.
Amethyst: This isn't how it was suppose to go. We can't get are butts kicked like this.
Viggo: Now do you see the power of Verokran? You're fusions can't match it's power. How does it feel to lose against a monster that you gems can't beat. How does it feel to lose to me, Viggo Stryker?!
Gien: Finish them off Viggo! Do it now!
Viggo: Uh yes. And now... this is where it ends.
Viggo activates the energy beam as Verokran charged it up at them. The gems looked up as they were about to die. The others watched from the distance. They had no way of getting to them on time.
Bismuth: No! They'll get killed!
Steven: I'm not going to leave them. I can't!
Steven ran to them, passing through King Poseidon in between his legs.
Connie: Steven wait!
Steven kept running, but he was still too far away as Verokran was about to fire.
Viggo: Charge up complete. Fire.
Steven: NOOO!
To be continued...
Author's Note: That's it for this chapter. So um...Steven Universe is officially over, after years of hiatuses and theorizing, the show is over. Now most of us are sad, I am just a little. In conclusion, all I have to say is that this series was... okay.
Look the ideas the show had was great, but the execution was flawed. My three problems with the show is the writing, how some characters are handled poorly and the pacing. Most of the time it feels rushed or the resolution was forced or unsolved ( most notably with Pearl's problems or Steven never really expressed how he feels with the gems wanting his mom more) or other times the show takes too long to get to main plot points ( like season 4 barely had anything going on) . Maybe it would have been better if this was a 20 minute show instead of 11 minutes, I don't know.
The movie was ok, but nothing special or epic like Powerpuff girls the movie, Batman Mask of the Phantasm, Spongebob the movie, The Simpsons movie, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods or my favorite Transformers the movie ( 1986).
Future I'm not gonna lie didn't have to be made and was the worst entry in the series. The show should have ended with Change your mind or the movie. They ruined Steven's character, some things were left unresolved like Bluebird or Jasper's purpose ( oh and does anyone know whats in that damn chest in Lion's mane) and the finale was such a let down, we waited so long for this?! With all the time Rebecca Sugar and the Crewniverse takes, this is what we got?!
Sorry that I'm crapping all over this, but because it's so flawed in a bad way. People praise it as the best cartoon ever made, well I think it's kinda overrated. There are much better cartoons out there. Ed Edd n Eddy in my opinion was the best show on Cartoon Network. Powerpuff Girls ( the original), Courage the Cowardly Dog, Johnny Bravo, Foster's Home for Imaginery Friends, Camp Lazlo, Chowder, Marvalous Misdadventures of Flapjack, Ben 10 series ( except for reboot), Totally Spies, Pokémon, Teen Titans ( the original), Code Lyoko, Adventure Time and Regular Show were much better ( I've never seen the finales for the last two though). Even Beast Wars, Batman the animated series, Spiderman the animated series, Avatar the last airbender, The Simpsons, Futurama, Gravity Falls and Transformers Prime were much better shows ( I know they aren't CN Shows, but still amazing and had better finales).
Now you're asking " Well if you think this show is not so great, than why are you writing this story?" Well because there is so much I can work with here. I don't hate it, I like most of the characters ( Lapis and Peridot being my favorites), animation and character designs are great, music and songs are spot on and I like most of the ideas. I wanted imagine the show how I wished it was, like an animated super hero series or comic book, pretending I'm doing this to sell toys. For starters have a villain, you have these guardians of the earth with powers and don't have a villain, what's up with that? Like I said, the Diamonds ( except White Diamond)and Jasper were kinda on the weak side since we don't see them much and aren't as cool or scary like Bill Cipher, Slade ( aka Deathstroke) Joker, Tarantulas, Naraku, Princess Azula and Fire Lord Ozai, or Megatron. Have better character arcs or interactions like I tried to do with Pearl, Lapis and everyone else I'm still trying ( oh and don't worry, we will have Spinel in the future). It may not be perfect, but I also do this to get it out of my system.
But hey that's just me and I won't force my opinions down your throat. The show does have a special place in a lot of people's hearts. I've heard how it inspired poeple, helped them go through tough times in their lives and to believe in and love yourself and can relate with Steven and some of the other characters. I'm amazed how this show means to alot, maybe it's just me who see's this in a negative light, I come from a differnt world I guess. I wasn't into the series until a few years back when the show was in the middle of season 4. If you guys enjoyed this series more than I did, that's great! Good for you. What are you're thoughts on it ?
Anyway I'm taking too much time here. The show maybe over, but this series isn't. I'd like to thank Lady Shadow92 for help on this chapter. If you liked this story be sure to favorite, follow and review. Thank you and until next time.