Greeting folks, InsaneGuy here! Sorry for the lack of an update on this story, I honestly forgot about it. Anyway, I realized on my other chapters that the grammar is not so good, so I'll be revising those soon enough (now that I have Microsoft Word on my computer) Thanks to those that reviewed (even though some were deemed as negative). Jet will be receiving a back-story to make him a little more of a relatable character soon enough to those who care. Enough of me babbling, enjoy the story.
Chapter 12
Power Outage
Ever since the 2nd encounter with Peridot, things have been a little off putting for the gems and Jet. Lapis managed to contact them, via soundwaves, to give them a warning. She told them that there were a group of gems that were on their way to Earth. She also told them that home world wasn't what it used to be and that everything was so advanced. That last thing she told them was to not put up a fight and that it'll only lead to their doom. Even Jet, who is normally cocky, felt a sense of dread when he'd heard this. It was currently night time and Jet was on the beach with Pearl, Garnet and Amethyst. Pearl wanted to try out a machine of hers, which looked like a small generator to Jet.
"Amethyst, do you have the robot?" Pearl asked, as she messed with her machine. Amethyst was kicking the robot towards Pearl's way.
"Yeah, don't worry about." Amethyst said, giving it a hard kick towards Pearl, which landed at her feet.
"Amethyst, I just repaired that one." Pearl said, as Amethyst rested her foot on it.
"Yeah, Yeah." Amethyst said, placing her arms behind her head. "It's fine." Pearl groaned and rolled her eyes.
"OK, we have everything we need for the experiment and Steven is home fast asleep." Pearl said, kneeling to facing her machine.
"No, he's not, but he should be." Jet said, pointing behind him. There Steven was, smiling behind the group the whole time, while they were distracted with the machine.
"Hey, guys." Steven said.
"Steven!" Pearl shouted a little. "It's way past your bedtime. You should really go back to the house."
"What? I don't wanna miss... whatever, this is." Steven said. "Umm... what is this?"
"Pearl got lonely, so she made herself a robot friend." Amethyst said, making Jet crack up a little. Pearl glared at them.
"It's not a robot friend, it a robot disrupter." Pearl said standing up and walking towards the robot. "It should produce a localize energy blast, so when Peridot shows up to meet with us, we'll have something to knock out her robots." She grabbed the robot and placed it almost in front of her machine. "Now, stand back everyone." She pressed a button and the front end of the machine started to glow a little. Unfortunately, the power must've been a little too much, as the front end of the machine exploded causing a mini shock wave that threw them back.
"Uh-Oh." Jet said, as he noticed that the power was going out all over Beach City. The other groaned a little as they got up.
"We did it!" Steven said. That would be true if the robot wasn't moving around as it was now. "Well, you knocked out all the lights in town."
"Steven, that wasn't the point of the..." Pearl took a deep breath. "Alright, that was a start. Now, I'm going to need to take some parts out of the washing machine. Steven, you might have to were the same shirt for a while."
"Rats." Steven said. Jet let out a yawn and started to head home. Pearl was right, it was late and he was still half human, so he still needed rest. The rest of the gems headed home, with Amethyst following Jet.
"Amethyst." Jet said, yawning a little. "Why aren't you going back with the others?"
"Well..." Amethyst said. "I thought you might need some company for tonight." Jet let a sly smirk form in his face.
"OK." He said, walking to his house. "But, we're just sleeping for the night. It'll get too hot if we do anything else." Amethyst had a faint blush on her face as she followed behind.
"I know that." Amethyst said, a little flustered.
Jet groaned as the morning sun rose above Beach City. He heard light snoring beside him, almost forgetting that Amethyst had decided to spend the night. He started to get up, when he felt an arm pull him back.
"Where are you going?" Amethyst said, rubbing her eyes. Jet thought about it for a second, it was early morning with no power. Training would be a drag because he would be sweating a lot and because of no power, he would have a hard time cooling off. He was already sweating a little because of it. He shrugged his shoulders and laid back down.
"Well, I guess training is out of the question." Jet said, as Amethyst snuggled closer to him. "This power outage is going to cause some problems for the citizens of Beach City."
"I wouldn't worry too much about it." Amethyst said. "It'll come back on eventually."
"Yeah, I guess." Jet said. "So, what should we do in the meantime?" Amethyst smiled and got on top of Jet.
"I know what we can do." Amethyst said, with a smirk on her face.
"Usually, I'll be down for this, but how bout we just make-out for the time being?" Jet said. Amethyst smiled and nodded her head. She brought her head down and locked lips with Jet. She moaned into the kiss, as she inserted her tongue into Jet's mouth. She moaned a little louder when his tongue entangled hers, gently stroking and twirling around it.
This continued for a few moments, until the need for air was too great. Amethyst and Jet broke apart, gasping for air. Amethyst had a deep blush on her face, as she leaned down once more. Jet had to stop her because he felt him get too aroused.
"I knew this would happen." Jet said, trying to calm himself down. Amethyst laughed and laid back down, she had to calm down herself because she too, was excited. Jet scowled at her when she laughed and got on top of her this time.
"I thought we weren't going do it?" She asked, looking at him in anticipation.
"We're not." Jet said, smiling to himself. "At least, not in this heat. But I do wanna have some fun with these a little." Amethyst raised an eyebrow until she felt a pair of strong hands cupping her breasts.
"Ohh... I see what you mean..." Amethyst said, before letting a small moan escape from her. Jet was enjoying himself as he massaged Amethyst breasts. Every now and then he would tug on her nipples through her shirt, earning lustful moans from her. Jet did this for a few more second then stopped as he didn't want Amethyst to climax from his actions.
"I think that's enough for now." Jet said, laying on his back.
"Agreed..." Amethyst could barely say. Jet's actions really did a number on her. The two decided to go back to sleep for a few more hours, to pass some time.
There was a knock on Jet's door and Jet was reluctant to get up. After a few more knocks, Jet got up and made his way to his front door. He didn't bother to ask who it was, he opened the door without hesitation. It was Garnet and Pearl and they looked restless.
"May we talk with you and Amethyst?" Pearl asked.
"Sure." Jet said, still half sleep.
"Good." Garnet said. "Meet us at the temple in 10 minutes."
"OK." Jet said, as Pearl and Garnet took their leave. Jet didn't know what they wanted to talk about but it seemed serious. Jet walked back to his room to wake up Amethyst. They did sleep longer than intended, as the sun was now setting. Amethyst woke up after Jet entered the room.
"Good you're up." Jet said, putting on his trench coat as he didn't bother to change last night. "Garnet wants us to meet her at the temple. Sounds serious." Amethyst got out of the bed and stretched. Jet walked to the front and waited for Amethyst to walk out. She did and they made their way towards the temple. When they got there, Pearl and Garnet was standing outside.
"Yo." Jet greeted. "What's up?"
"We wanted to talk to you two about the Peridot situation." Pearl said.
"OK?" Jet said, folding his arms.
"This is serious, Jet." Garnet said, placing her hand on her hips.
"I know." Jet said. "I've been a little uneasy, myself. I never had to fight any home world gems before... well, besides you two..." He paused to look at Garnet and Pearl. "Peridot didn't really feel like a threat even though she is."
"That may be so, but I need to fix my machine in case she show's up with more of her robots." Pearl said.
"So what if she shows up with more, we'll just smash them all." Amethyst chimed in.
"It's not just the robots." Garnet said, pushing her visor up to her face. "According to Lapis, she's going to have back up."
"Who know what she going to have?" Pearl said, looking a little concern. "We won't stand a chance against their weapons. But if we can just knock them out..."
"It's not about the robots, Pearl." Garnet said. "She's coming with other gems."
"Says who?" Amethyst said. "Who cares? What does Lapis even know?"
"Calm down, Amethyst." Garnet said,
"You calm down, You-" She stopped and noticed that Steven was standing right behind them.
"Hey, look who it is..." She said as she walked towards him. "It's Steven. Our best friend Steven. What are you doing here, buddy?" She placed an arm around him.
"I... umm... live here." Steven said, as Amethyst shot a deadpan look. "Is everything Ok?"
"Of course." Pearl said, with her arms folded.
"In fact, we were just about to play...cards." Garnet said.
"Yes, cards." Pearl said, nodding in agreement.
"Wanna play war?" Amethyst asked, earning a grunt from Pearl. "I mean, peace?"
"Yeah... but, how are we gonna play cards in the dark?" Steven asked.
"We can light a fire in the fire place." Garnet said.
"Yes, like early man." Pearl said, causing Jet to raise an eyebrow at her statement.
"Come on, early man." Amethyst said, as she rustled Steven's hair. They others went inside and when they noticed that Steven didn't followed, they continued their conversation a little bit. Steven followed soon after and he noticed that the fire place was lit and that Pearl was working on her machine once more. Amethyst, Jet and Garnet was sitting on the couch.
"Umm... do you guys wanna talk?" Steven asked after noticing the lack of atmosphere.
"And why would we need to do that?" Pearl said, trying to play it off.
"Hey, Steven." Amethyst said, trying to change the mood. "You still owe us a game of cards."
"Yeah, get in on this." Garnet said, as she grabbed the deck of cards that was resting on the table.
"N-no." Steven said. "I don't wanna play cards, I wanna talk about Peridot."
"Oh, well...yes. Everything is fine." Pearl said, sweating a little.
"No, it is not." Steven said. "I know it's not. I know you just don't want me to be scared but, just tell me the truth." All of them looked at each other, then took a deep breath.
"As you know, Peridot is coming." Garnet said, placing the cards on the table. "We don't know who or what she'll be coming with. She's a modern gem with modern gem technology that's bound to overpower us. Steven, the truth is... we're scared..." Jet looked off to the side, she was partially right as far as to say that. He was a little worried but at the same time, something in him wanting to see what a modern gem could do in a fight. His thoughts were cut off when Steven started to talk.
"But we've been scared before, right?" Steven said, getting their attention. "None of us is going to know what'll happen but that's OK, we can figure things out together." They all nodded in agreement and a moment later, the lights came back on.
'We're in for one heck of a fight though.' Jet thought, loosening his hand then clenching it. 'We're just have to wait and see what happens.'
