The Peridot had been summoned to the command room. She had been called to face the White Gem General Moonstone.

Her previous with Moonstone feel her with an unrelenting terror. Was she going to be poofed or worse, shattered.

"Greetings General Moonstone," the Peridot said giving the armoured giant of a gem a salute. Surrounding her were other White soldiers. Most of them Quartz.

Though not as tall as a Diamond, the Peridot felt as intimidated standing in front of any of the Diamonds.

Moonstone turned around, this time no blade was drawn.

"I heard the information you shared with Agate was rather useful. You seem to know much about the current situation in Homeworld,"

"Yes. Of course I do. I'm a Peridot after all," she replied not sure if it was a component or a statement.

"The situation is quite dire than what you told us," Moonstone said grimly.

"How so?" the Peridot asked rather puzzled.

"We've recently received a galactic broadcast from Homeworld on the Diamond line. Only it wasn't from any of the three remaindering Diamonds. It was from the Steven creature,"

"What?!" the Peridot said in surprise.

"It seems he has undone the work of the Diamonds. Disbanded the colonies, liberated the planets, and declared peace accross the universe," Moonstone stated.

"Well isn't that a good thing?" the Peridot replied.

Laughter erupted from the Quartz soldiers.

"A good thing? A good thing?! It will be, if you're a Snekkk!!! They've left the entire galaxy wide open for the very thing we were fighting to keep at bay!" Moonstone snarled,

The Agate emerged from behind one of the soldiers.

"Obviously Steven is working for the Snekk. I wouldn't be surprised if his father Gregg is one of the Greys,"

"Greys?" the Peridot asked, perplexed.

The Agate summoned her probe and let it shoot a holographic projection up towards her.

It showed an array of organic beings from different planets. Among them were Snekkks, and humans. But one thing different about them was that all these creatures were a single colour. The colour grey.

"When a gem as powerful as a Diamond creates an offspring, it's child has certain abilities that can affect organics. One of it is granting other organics the ability of the gem. And among these advantages is to be like us gems. Ageless, and eternal. As unchanging as the stars. The leader of the Snekkk, the vile Diamondback has this ability. The ability to give an immortality to organics. All he wants in return is their sworn loyalty. I'm not really sure how the ability is given, but what I do know is the organics skin colour will turn grey. These organics are a nightmare to battle. Unlike gem hybrids, they don't have weak spots. And they can blend in with their kind, even ruling from the shadows, controlling dynasty after dynasty of these short lived organics. This was one of the reason why we conquered colonies. To stop the Snekkk from growing stronger," Agate explained.

The Peridot's eyes widen with shock.

"Oh Stars. The Steven has his own version of Greys! I've seen them. Both earth creatures. One a human named Lars, the other I'm not really sure how to describe it," the Peridot said, trying to walk on all fours.

"So it has begun. Steven already knows how to make use of this ability. I daresay, if given time he would turn the earth into his own army of Pinks. Greys are already hard enough to deal with. Now with Pinks they may outnumber us soon," the Agate said despairing. She sat down on the ground.

The Peridot followed.

"I have a question. How is it that the leader of the Snekkk is able to grant this ability to organics? Are all gem hybrids able to do this?" the Peridot asked,

The Agate shook her head.

"Of course not. We would be doomed if all could. Only a Diamond level hybrid can do this," she explained.

"Wait, a diamond level hybrid? But that's impossible. The only hybrid is Steven. And he turns organics pink," the Peridot replied.

The Agate looked at her in surprised. Even Moonstone turn towards the Peridot.

"Wait, you don't know?" the Agate asked in shock.

"Know what?"

"That the leader of the Snekkkk is the son of a Diamond," Moonstone said, her voice thundering.

"A diamond? Which Diamond?" the Peridot replied, genuinely puzzled.

The Agate looked at the Peridot stunned.

"Surely my Diamond did not hide this from all of you?"

Before the Peridot could answer, Moonstone answered.

"The most ancient Diamond, existing admist the Chaos. Black Diamond,"