After the day of relaxation in FunLand, the Gems were getting ready for a mission. Amethyst was scratching her head in confusion.
"Where are we going again?" she asked.
"To the abandoned space station that Homeworld had left behind. It's been lost for many years now."
"The reason we are going there now is because from what we could remember was a few Gems were still on it when it lost control and then it floated out in space. It has been long forgotten by Homeworld now," Onyx said.
"It was possible they're still on the space station? I mean… even after all these years… They could've poofed and reformed whenever they got hit by an asteroid or any other space object," Soren states.
"We aren't sure. Yellow Diamond and Blue Diamond never expressed any concern about it. It is a strong possibility. Hopefully they aren't corrupted," Yellow Pearl said with a hopeful smile.
Everyone climbed onto the warp pad and waited for their leader to warp them away. They were gone in a flash of light and they reappeared on the Space Station. They looked around carefully seeing the stars and planets nearby through the windows in the metallic room. It was truly terrifying and beautiful at the same time.
The place was filled with ancient technology.
"I wonder what happened here?" Blue Pearl asked.
"I have no idea," Lapis said looking at the room.
The room looked torn apart. It was like someone threw things. Some parts had big claw marks and there were even burn marks in some places. It looked like no one had been there for thousands of years and it was kind of creepy. It was so quiet… too quiet.
Pearl led the group of Crystal Gems down a hallway to the next room. They weren't sure what they were looking for but survivors were the main thing… if they were still there and ok. Pearl stopped them at a door and pushed it open slowly making it creak loudly. The room was filled with claws marks and dents everywhere in that room.
Wires and hoses of some sort were in the middle of the floor. It looked like someone rampaged through it or someone had a battle there. No one spoke a word as they glanced around the room trying to figure what might've happened there but all they could do was guess. Pearl stepped in first then everyone else followed.
"Why does this remind me of one those alien movies we watched?" Peridot asked shaking in her girlfriend's arms.
"I don't know but it does remind me of that movie," Jewel whispered to her.
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Everyone jumped. It sounded like something was crawling against the ground but something was scraping against the metallic ground.
"What is that noise?" Steven whispered.
"I don't know but it sounded like it was behind us…" White Pearl said.
"It sounded like it was going towards the front of the Space Station…" Pearl whispered but loud enough everyone could hear her.
"Should… should we go look?" Pink Pearl asked.
"Yea…" Pearl answered.
"Are we sure we want to do that?" Amethyst asked quietly.
The Crystal Gems headed towards the headquarters while they listened to that weird sound crawl further away from them. They entered the big room and they were in awe of what they saw. The room was filled with screens and control panels but they were all broken and destroyed. Burns and claw marks were everywhere.
"I think… if those gems were stuck here so long… You think they became corrupted?" Amethyst asked.
"I think… I think so…" Pink Pearl answered.
"From the looks of it yes… but I think we need out of here," Soren said looking around.
BAM!
The big metal door behind them slammed shut making everyone jump. They heard something above them banging around for a few seconds then it stopped. They all looked up to see seven corrupted gems pop their heads out of the ventilation at the same time. They looked alien like from a movie almost.
"Get ready everyone! Summon your weapons!" Pearl yelled.
Steven, Lapis and Blue Pearl used their weapons and powers to fight off two of the alien-like corruptions. Steven used his shield to hold them back so Lapis and Blue Pearl could use their attacks to fight them off. They poofed two of them and bubbled them quickly. Yellow Pearl, Pearl, and Onyx fight off two more as well. Onyx swung his sword at them to make them back away before they begin to use their claws to fight it back.
"NOW!" Onyx yelled.
Pearl and Yellow Pearl pounced on the enemy poofing them. Pearl bubbled them next and sent them off. Jewel and Peridot were fighting one off. Jewel was pinned to the ground and it was trying to bite at her face. She was doing the best she could to hold it back. Peridot found a nearby pipe and struck it in the middle of the back.
It turned around and hissed at her. Jewel threw the corrupted gem off of her and it tried grabbing her leg as she got up. Peridot struck it in the leg next making it lunge at her this time. Jewel sliced it in half when it turned around. It poofed and landed onto the ground before them. Peridot bubbled it quickly and sent it back to the Temple.
Soren, Amethyst, Pink will fight off one as well, except this one was a bit aggressive like the one attacking Garnet and White Pearl. Amethyst tried wrapping her whip around the creature. Soren and Pink Pearl blasted it with fire balls and plasma shots. It poofed without warning and Pink Pearl grabbed the corrupted gem off the ground. She bubbled it and sent it off to the Temple as well.
White Pearl thrust her spear through the last, angry corruptions poofing it. Garnet caught it and bubbled it. She sent it off to the Temple just like everyone else did. They stood in the middle of the room wore out from how quick the small corruptions were.
Pearl closed her eyes, "They're at peace now. You can rest now."
SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE HAS BEEN ACTIVATED
SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE HAS BEEN ACTIVATED
SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE HAS BEEN ACTIVATED
Everyone looked around wildly trying to figure out what set it off. Was it bubbling the gems? Pearl and Garnet noticed that White Pearl's spear was pressed against a control panel on a red button. Pearl didn't have to say anything this time. Everyone went running for the warp pad they had appeared on. They had two minutes and the automated voice was counting it down.
The Crystal Gems made it home and collapsed onto the floor of their home. A few of them looked outside through the window seeing a small but notable flash of light that brighten from white to a deep red then faded off after a minute. Everyone got up after a few minutes and headed for the living room or their rooms to relax after they came close to blowing up.
Though…
It wasn't the first time nor would it be the last time.