Chapter 67: The Gara Droid Fusion

At the house, one day after the last attack.

Revenger: So that's why you didn't show up at the concert last night?

Garnet: We're sorry, but we had trouble with the Gara Droids again. Mainly Bomber as the new leader.

Revenger: So you mean to tell me despite the fact Gien is dead, they're still attacking?

Steven: Bomber is still at us and so is Huntress.

Revenger: You said you made a new weapon against the last elite didn't you?

Bismuth: The Breaking Point nearly got me killed in battle. So it's strictly off limits for now.

Amethyst: We can still find them right. Didn't they settle at the Kindergarden last time we went?

Pearl: It's still risky going there. It's probably heavily guarded.

Garnet: Plus we can't even get there without the warp anymore thanks to Viggo.

Revenger: So then next time he shows himself, I'll give him the same treatment I did Gien. I guess I'll stay a little longer.

Pearl: What do you mean by that?

Steven: You were planning on leaving?

Revenger: Only for a while, I was going to tell you. After the whole Cluster thing I spent the time repairing the escape pod I landed with and to head back to Homeworld.

Steven: Why Homeworld?

Revenger: Because the Diamonds were next on my list. But I guess I should put that on hold for now and help you. It's the least I can do for you.

Garnet: We appreciate that, thank you Revenger.

Revenger nods to her in response.

Meanwhile outside of the Gara Droid base.

Bomber: No, no ,no you idiots! I wanted it bigger. I hate it.

Bomber was scolding his soldiers at the statue they made of him. The statue stood as tall as Sardonyx, but he wasn't satisfied with it and wanted it bigger.

Bomber: Tear it down and start over.

Huntress enters.

Huntress: Lord Bomber.

Bomber: What?

Huntress: Shouldn't we discuss the next attack since your last one ended in failure.

Bomber: Ah yes we should. SkekVar proved me wrong and disgraced my debut as leader.

Huntress: I have another elite for you.

Bomber: Who is it? Let's see him.

Huntress: Gungan! Come forth.

Coming from the entrance of the underground base was the next elite Gungan. He stood as tall as Garnet with white armor and had a sword strapped around his waist. He had mettalic angel like wings His head was cylander shaped and on the top was a built in swirl like hairstyle that was supposed to look like a distorted halo. He also had a blue orb on his forehead and yellow eyes.

Gungan: Lord Bomber the Great, it is with great pleasure to serve you.

Bomber: ( in his mind) Hmmm, I like this one.

Gungan: Those gems will pay with their shards for killing our master.

Bomber: ( in his mind) Why is everyone still talking about that. He's old school! It's all about me now. ME!

Gungan: Lord Bomber the Great, are you alright?

Bomber: Huh, oh yeah, yeah I'm fine. Now Gungan, we shall head off and attack. But there is one task I want you to do when we get there.

Gungan: Oh and what's that?

Later.

Garnet and Revenger were walking together in the woods near town.

Revenger: Why did you want to talk to me in private again?

Garnet: I want to talk to concerning your motives. You said you were planning on leaving Earth.

Revenger: I told you I'm going to kill the Diamonds. That's my second objective.

Garnet: I want you to reconsider that.

Revenger: I am, I told you I'm staying here to help you deal with Bomber and Huntress, then I will proceed with my next task.

Garnet: I mean I don't want you to do this at all.

Revenger: Why? Isn't this whay you and your team wants. Don't you want the Diamonds dead so you never have to deal with them ever again.

Garnet: As much as we despise the Diamonds for their cruel dictatorship, shattering is not our way. It's what separates us from Homeworld.

Revenger: So you're saying I should spare them?

Garnet: No, I'm telling you this because once you told us what you were doing, I peaked and no matter what path you took...you died in each vision.

Revenger looked at her with his fixated stern expresssion.

Revenger: I'm not that easy to kill.

Garnet: Still, it's a dangerous and reckless move. If you go there and attack, they'll get provoked and they'll come here and invade Earth themselves. You don't want that do you?

Revenger: Hmmm, I guess your right.

Garnet: Just stay here, we'll get them one day and the right way.

Bomber: Some day, but not today.

Garnet and Revenger turned and saw Bomber along with Gungan.

Revenger: Bomber!

Bomber: That's right Revenger. I'm back and this time you'll face the wrath of the one and only Lord Bomber the Great!
Revenger: I can't even imagine you as the new leader. Honestly comparing you to Gien is like comparing a rock to a mountain.

Bomber: Don't you dare compare me to that foo... I mean how dare you compare me to him, our great and powerfule, but poor and unfortunate great leader. ( in his mind) Yes that should keep away any suspicion.

Garnet: We should get help.

Revenger: No, we can handle this.

Gungan: Which is the one you wanted me to get for you?

Bomber: The fusion, Gungan. Show her what you can do.

Gungan: As you command my lord.

Gungan stepped forward slowly to them. He drew out his sword made his way to them.

Revenger: Don't even try ignoring me!

Revenger was charging at Gungan until he felt a laser projectile piercing through his right shoulder and fell back. The laser came from Huntress, who sniped him from a far distance of the scene.

Huntress: Nothing interferes with our plans to avenge my love.

Scene goes back to Garnet checking on Revenger, who was leaking green blood from his shoulder. She tried to help him up, but was forced to dodge when Gungan tried to swipe her head.

Gungan: Hehehehe, you will have to deal with me before you can help your friend.

Garnet: Hang on Revenger.

Gungan: But before we fight, do you mind unfusing?

Garnet: W-What?

Gungan: I was informed by that you are fusion. Since I'm not one, it seems fair that you should fight individually.

Garnet: I'm already an individual and I'm not unfusing for you.

Gungan: An overpowered one. I mean it's like I've heard from that one gem that came with Peridot a while back. Don't remember her name.

Garnet: You mean Jasper.

Gungan: Jasper that's it. She said fusion was just a cheap tactic used for weaker gems. So I'm guessing really, your just two weak gems in one.

Garnet: You don't know what I'm truly capapble of, but you are about to see.

Garnet charged at him and tried to pucnh him. Gungan dodged two of the attacks, but then was punched across the face by the third blow, sending him back a bit.

Garnet: What do you have to say to that?

Gungan nods horizontally.

Gungan: I asked you nicely to unfuse. Now I have to force you.

Gungan placed his hand on his sword and formed a green aura around it.

Gungan: Now... unfuse now!

Revenger: Garnet! Look out!

Gungan ran towards her to attack. Garnet caught the blade with her gauntlet hands, however once she touched it, her body began to shake as if it was loosing form and lost grip of his sword.

Garnet: What's happening?

Gungan: Got you now.

Gungan raised his sword up and striked it down at Garnet. With that she unfused and Ruby and Sapphire were now present.

Sapphire: R-Ruby.

Gungan suddenly stepped in front of Sapphire. She looked up as he glared down at her. He raised up his sword about to strike her. But before he could strike her, Ruby pushed her aside as he misses. But as the two gems held onto each other, something was not right. They weren't fusing into Garnet.

Ruby: Wait this isn't right. Why can't we fuse?

Gungan: Because I have disabled that.

Ruby and Sapphire turned to Gungan as he showed him his glowing sword.

Gungan: I was built using the gem disruption weaponry on Homeworld. I just disabled your fusion ability. I am both a warrior and Homeworld's executionor. I am Gungan, the Angel of Death!

Ruby: Sapphire, you stay back.

Sapphire: No let me help.

Ruby: I got this. Just let me fight!

Bomber: Gungan.

Gungan: Hmmm?

Bomber: Allow me to handle this here. I've been dying to put these gems in their place.

Gungan: As you wish my lord.

Gungan steps back and allows Bomber to have his fun with the two gems. He grins at them as he cracks his knuckles. Ruby stepped forward to him.

Ruby: You don't scare me. I maybe smaller than you, weaker than you and less experienced than you, but I know more about wedding planning better than...uh...

Bomber just laughed at her.

Ruby: This was a horrible decision wasn't it?

Bomber: I agree.

Bomber shoots Ruby with his arm cannon. Ruby tried to get back up, but she is grabbed by her leg and thrown to the otherside.

Bomber: Get up.

Ruby struggled to get up and is kicked by Bomber.

Bomber: I said get up. Or is that all you're capable of?

Ruby: No... I'm an eternal flame baby!

Ruby jumped at him with her gauntlet hand. But Bomber simply catches her fist.

Bomber: Okay, now I'm 100% convinced. Not counting your fusion, this really is all you are capapble of.

Bomber punches Ruby across the face, knocking her down.

Sapphire: No stop!

Sapphire was about to move to her. Until she saw Ruby raise her hand to her.

Ruby: Sapphire stop!

Sapphire stopped on her tracks looking at Ruby.

Ruby: I told you to stay out of this.

Sapphire: No, we're doing this together.

Ruby: You shouldn't be anywhere near the fight. You're too important.

Sapphire: No I'm not!

Ruby: Yes you are!

Gungan: Enough!

Gungan appeared behind Sapphire and grabbed her hair.

Ruby: No, stop it!

Bomber grabbed her head with one hand and held her up the air as she tried struggled getting free.

Revenger was trying to get up, the pain in his shoulder was bad, but he couldn't lie there.

Revenger: No... I must...

Revenger tried to get up, but Huntress appeared in front of him and knocked him down again and placing her foot on his back.

Huntress: Stand down Revenger.

Huntress was keeping Revenger down, making sure he doesn't move. He needed back up and had an idea. He closed his eyes and opened them up as they turned green.

Revenger: ( in his mind) Come on Steven. Pick up. Pick up.

Gungan: So my lord, what should we do with her?

Huntress: Kill her of course. They all must be killed now.

Bomber: No, I haven't gotten my fill on mocking and humilating these two yet.

Huntress: What else do you want to do?

Bomber thought about it for a moment and then had an idea.

Bomber: Gungan, open up your lifespark.

Gungan: My lord, I don't understand.

Bomber: Just do it.

Gungan: Uh...as you command.

Gungan opens up his chest exposing his lifespark. That's when electricity emerged from it and it was beginning to engulf him and Sapphire.

Gungan: What? What is happening?

Sapphire: No! Stop it!

Ruby: Sapphire, no!

But Sapphire and Gungan were engulfed by the electricity and were fusing. The light finally dimmed down as a new figure has appeared.

This android fusion stood as tall as Opal and had four arms and wore white robes. She still had Sapphire's gem on her hand and showed Gungan's life spark on her chest. Her face was blue and was the only part that was organic while her arms and legs were a metallic blue. She had Gungan's wings and swirl like halo, but her face had a android humanoid facial features like Pyrite, but with long white hair and three eyes, one was yellow like Gungan, the second blue like Sapphire and the third on the forehead was green. Once her eyes opened, she formed red spiked visors.

Everyone stood around speechless of what they saw. Ruby was shaking seeing that her Sapphire was forced to fuse with a Gara Droid.

Huntress: Unbelievable.

Revenger: ( in his mind) This is just like whe Lapis and I become Pyrite.

Bomber: Gu-Gungan. Are you in there?

Android fusion: I have his thoughts, but I am not him.

Ruby: Sapphire. Sapphire, are you in there?

Android fusion: You're Sapphire can't hear you. It's just me now.

The android fusion extended her wings and flew up in the air.

Android fusion: I am Zairen.

After her dramatic introduction she landed back down with Bomber.

Bomber: So tell me Ruby, what do you think of our new fusion?

Ruby: How dare you. Fusion is a choice. Sapphire didn't have a choice when you made her do this.

Bomber: Sometimes choices are made for us and...

Suddenly Bomber felt his hands getting hot. The heat was coming from Ruby as he was holding her.

Bomber: Ow, what's that, ow, ow!

Bomber drops Ruby as he held his burnt hand and formed her gauntlet hand again.

Ruby: Bomber! You'll pay for what you've done!

Ruby was going to attack Bomber again until and ice beam hit her, freezing her body, except for her head. Caused by Zairen.

Zairen: Stand down Ruby.

Ruby was able to move her head, but not her body.

Zairen: I was aiming for your whole body, but no matter.

Zairen raises her hand at Ruby as it formed ice particles around it.

Zairen: I'll just freeze the rest. Say goodbye Ru...ah...

Zairen hands began to shake and grabbed her head as she grunted and groaned.

Ruby: Wha...

Bomber: Zairen! What's wrong?

Zairen was holding her head as her face kept moving around becoming unstable.

Zairen: No! Stay put now! I said stay!

Zairen face finally settled down as she began to breath.

Bomber: Are you alright?

Zairen: Y-Yeah, just had to keep the Sapphire in check. I'll finish this Ruby off now.

Bomber: Nevermind that. Fly up and see if you can see the town.

Zairen does so and flies out of the woods. She could see Beach city from the distance.

Zairen: I can see it my lord.

Bomber: Good, good. Freeze it.

Ruby and Revenger's eyes widened hearing that.

Bomber: Use full power.

Zairen: Yes my lord.

Zairen raised up her hand as an ice ball was forming on her hand, but as she charged up it got bigger.

Zairen: Let's see how you gems like defending a frozen town, then a frozen planet!

Zairen was about to throw the ice ball at the town, when suddenly a portal opened in front of her and Lion knocked her back down, messing up her flow and losing the ice ball.

Huntress: Zairen, what happened?

Lion landed on the ground with the others on his back. He roared an energy wave at her, gettting her off of Revenger.

Steven: Revenger, we got your distress call. We came as soon as possible.

Revenger: About time you showed up.

Bomber: Damn you...ah!

Bomber was knocked away when Amethyst spindashed him and Bismuth formed her hand into an ice pick and freed Ruby.

Bismuth: You okay Ruby?

Ruby: Sapphire, she's trapped!

They looked as Zairen got back up and saw Bomber next to him

Pearl: Where is Sapphire?

Revenger: She's fused, with that elite.

That's when Zairen showed off Sapphire's gem on her hand. Everyone had horrified looks on their faces that Sapphire was forced to fuse with a Gara Elite.

Bomber: Zairen! Attack them. Finish them.

Zairen: So you decided to show up now. I'll be happy to show you all to your icy graves.

Zairen shot a ray of ice at them. Steven tried shielding them, but with this fusions power, he was struggling trying to keep it up as ice formed around his shield. Because he couldn't see what was happening from the mist that was being formed around the ice beam. Zairen flew up and was going to freeze them from above and fired another ice beam. Revenger shot laser projectiles from his shoulder cannons to cancel the attack.

Zairen: How dare you...ah!

Zairen fell back down as her face was destabalizing again.

Amethyst: Uh, what's happening, why is she acting up?

Steven: I think Sapphire is trying to resist.

Ruby: Now's our chance to get her out.

Ruby rushed over to Zairen who was still acting up. She formed her upgraded gauntlet and shoved it into Zairen's chest.

Zairen: AAHH! What are you...

Ruby: Hang on Sapphire.

Zairen: Stop it...STOP!

Zairen finally unfused leaving both Sapphire and Gungan unconsious. Ruby picked her up and carried her to the others.

Ruby: Steven, get us out of here.

Steven: Right, Lion.

They got onto Lion and retreated.

Bomber: Hey come back here! We're not done yet! Gungan, Gungan! Get up!

Gungan wasn't moving.

Bomber: He's not dead is he?

Huntress: He might only be uncounsious. We should take him back for repairs.

Bomber: Fine, we'll fall back for now.

They carried his body and teleported back to base.

At the house.

Everyone made it back and Ruby placed Sapphire on the couch while Revenger sat down as Pearl tried fixing his arm.

Steven: Is she alright?

Ruby checked her gem, it seemed fine. No cracks or anything.

Pearl: What happened right there? How was she fused?

Ruby: Bomber was trying to make a mockery of us and so he had his elite fused with Sapphire.

Amethyst: But don't they need to be in synce or something?

Revenger: Not with Gara Droid fusion. He opened up his life spark and it absorbed her. Just like how I did it with Lapis. But unlike Pyrite, Zairen looked unstable.

Steven: Just like Malachite.

Revenger: I don't know what this Malachite is... but it sounds terrifying.

Bismuth: So should we call Lapis and Peridot for help?

Steven: Maybe Lapis can, but Peridot is still focused on making the cure for corruption with my blood sample.

As they continued talking, Sapphire began to move and sat up.

Sapphire: Uh...where am I?

Ruby: Sapphire you're okay!

Ruby hugged her, relieved she was fine, but something was up with Sapphire. She wasn't as thrilled and seemed emotionless.

Sapphire: I'm...I'm fine Ruby.

Ruby: I thought I'd never get you free. That must have been terrible being fused with him.

Sapphire: Y-Yeah... it seems it was.

Ruby frowned noticing her mood.

Ruby: Hey are you okay?

Sapphire: I'm fine, I just...need some fresh air.

Sapphire got up and went to the front door.

Ruby: I'll come with you.

Sapphire: No!

Ruby stopped in her tracks from her response.

Sapphire: Sorry, I mean no please I wish to be alone for a bit.

Sapphire went out the door.

Ruby just stood there speechless and everyone else was confused.

Amethyst: Dude, what was that all about?

Ruby: I don't know, I thought she would be happy to be free and back here.

Pearl: Did you two get into fight?

Ruby: No, we've been fine lately.

Steven: Maybe she's still terrified or on edge of the whole force fusion thing. Maybe we should just give her some space for a bit.

Ruby: ( sighs) Yeah okay.

Meanwhile at the Gara Droid base.

Medical droids were surronding Gungan who lied down on an operating table still unconsious. Huntress stood by monitoring this as Bomber entered the scene.

Bomber: Huntress report.

Huntress: Nothing is broken with him, but they did notice one thing.

Bomber: What's that?

Huntress: They say that he's in a deep thought. His brain waves are off the charts.

Bomber: Are you saying he might go crazy?

Huntress: I don't know. But making him fuse with that Sapphire was a bad move. I told you we should have just killed them when we had the chance.

Bomber: You don't understand how much that fusion has made a mockery out of me. I wanted to do the same to her. I'll kill them when I want to. Just make sure Gungan is better soon.

Bomber exited out of the lab as Huntress just glared at him as he left. Gungan was lying on the table. Twisting and turning as he was mumbling something.

Gungan:S...S...Sapphire...Sapphire...Sa...Sapphire...Sapphire...

Finally his eyes opened wide now looking deranged.

Gungan: SAPPHIRE!

To be continued...

Author's Note: That's it for this chapter. I'd like to thank Lady Shadow92 for help on this chapter and to give me a chance to expand on the concept of Gara Droid fusion, not to be confused with combining like with the Steelshell Brothers and the Seatrons, but I mean fusion with gems. I meant to bring Gungan a long while back, but the story I had for him would have just been filler and probably would not have hold up like my early chapters when bringing elites. If you liked this chapter be sure to follow, favorite and review. Thank you and until next time.