Tensions remained in the house as the new threat of Peridot and other Gems remained in our minds. There seemed to be a constant clash between the Gems trying to lie to Steven that everything is alright vs. the fear that they actually had. Still remained as an outsider in this little family group thing, I was able to view these tensions from an outside perspective. Overall the Gems wouldn't notice when I was in the house when Steven wasn't there. They would have secret meetings when I spent most of my time hiding to not be spot. The Gems weren't sure if they felt a need to protect me the same way the felt they should protect Steven. Afterall I was an unknown half-Gem child that appeared out of nowhere with a mysterious Gem on my back that I was sure, none of them recognized. If Peridot, a modern Gem was advanced technology, couldn't even understand what I was. How were Gems much older than Peridot supposed to recognize my Gemstone.
It seemed that they tried to create new technology to stop the incoming Gems but it was no use. They accidentally turned off all the power in the city and eventually told Steven about their fear. But then a few weeks later a giant Green hand appeared in the sky, pointing directly at the Gems. The town was evacuated and I was able to use my Gem to disappear from their site. They ran around trying to find me but I wasn't going to leave, if I left the Gems… I'd have nothing left. I didn't have a Dad like Steven or connects to Beach City, the only sort of home I knew was the Beach House and I wanted to protect it. Steven left with his father. The Gems tried everything the could to stop the hand even fusion but it didn't work.
Steven used Lion to transport himself back to the Gems. The hand came down and I showed myself to the Gems. "Where were you?!" Pearl yelled. I held my ground strong.
"I couldn't leave." I explained. "There's nowhere else I can go. The Beach House… The Temple is my home."
"Stay behind us." Garnet said to both me and Steven and the hand extended into an open palm. A green ball similar to the ones we saw before floated in the air and moved to the index figure. The ball popped and the finger went down showing some Gems. A green light shone across all of Beach city.
The first Gem I recognized was Peridot. I could see know that her suit was mostly medium green with a dark green diamond outline around the cutout of her neck, forming into a yellow diamond insignia with a dark green portion between her chest and leggings. Her leggings covered her feet and showed yellow toes and diamond shaped knee pads. She still wore her visor and it covered the top half of her face and tints her eyes yellow-green. She was slightly curvy with wide hips, a small waist and a round chest. She had metallic fingers that levitated around the palm and was very tall.
"That's them alright." Peridot said moving forward showing an even taller, muscular and more intimidating Gem. "They're the ones that keep breaking my machines." The next Gem had tangerine skin with reddish orange markings on her face and arms. She had amber eyes and plump lips. Her gemstone was where a nose should be. She had thick, beige-white colored flowing hair, a muscular body and stood what seemed to be both taller and wider than Garnet.
"This is it?" She asked, looking at the Gems with their weapons out.
"Jasper! They keep interfering with my work!" Peridot said angrily. Jasper sighed and narrowed her eyes. She walked forward.
"Looks like another waste of my time." Her voice was hoarse and the deepest I had heard from a Gem. She pulled a hand forward. "Hey! Get over here!" Lapis Lazuli took her away and I saw her full figure. She was about the same height as Peridot if you didn't count the green Gems hair. She was tall and wore a flowing cobalt blue skirt, that was calf-length with a downward facing navy triangle around the waist with no shoes. I couldn't see her Gem. Lapis looked down and noticed Steven.
"Lapis…" Steven said.
"This is their base?" Jasper asked pointed at the Temple.
"Yes…" Lapis said quietly. The Crystal Gems, minus Steven, told the other Gems to leave but they ignored their taunts and dropped down.
"And neither of you saw Rose Quartz?" Jasper asked. "What a shame… I hoped to meet her. I was looking forward to beating her into the ground! But this is all that's left of her army? Some lost, defective Pearl, a puny overcooked runt and this shameless display?" She looked over at Steven and I. "What is that?"
"The smaller one calls itself 'The Steven'." Peridot said. "The taller one I believe is a new Gem. I couldn't recognize her on the database."
"He's just a human! He isn't a treat at all! He isn't one of them!" Lapis said quickly looking up at Jasper. "The other one I don't recognize!"
"I know what a human is! You don't need me with this…" Jasper said and walked back. "Just blast them with the ship."
Peridot huffed. "Find…" Her fingers made a panel which lifted the ship up making it point a finger at them. She drew a circle making an energy blast form near the tip of the finger.
"Steven! Get out of here! Take Suha with you!" Ganet yellen.
"No!" Steven yelled.
"I won't let you risk your life!"
"But this is my home! And you're all my family!" Steven yelled, a pink light started to form around his Gem making him glow.
"Firing." Peridot said and the energy blast came towards us.
"And… I'm a Crystal Gem too!" Steven yelled and jumped towards the blast. His shield appeared and the blast was nullified.
"That shield! That symbol!" Jasper yelled in shock. The shield disappeared and Steven fell to the ground. "You! You have the power of Rose Quartz!"
"Now do you believe I needed an escort?!" Peridot yelled angrily.
"Fire a barrage widespread!" Jasper ordered and Peridot drew a line. A line came down and Pearl grabbed me pulling me back. Garnet dived down with Steven.
"Rose! Why do you look like that?!" Jasper yelled. "Why are you so weak?"
"Don't hurt him!" Lapis yelled quickly running towards Jasper.
"You knew about this." Jasper said.
"It wasn't Rose until the mission!"
"Forget about the mission!" Jasper yelled.
"What?" Yelled Peridot.
"Yellow Diamond needs to see this… thing…" Jasper said looking down at Steven. Garnet appeared out from the ground and jumped forward. Jasper smiled and summoned an orange helmet with a diamond shaped extension on the front and a visor to protect her eyes and Gem. The impact knocked Garnet back and took out a strange weapon. It looked like a goldish brown arrowhead tipped tuning fork with a pale yellow oval shaped orb suspended between the tips. It game off streams of static energy between the orb and hilt. "Probably need the Gem Destabilizer."
She aimed it at Garnet causing a yellow line to split across her body and lines of yellow energy to slow through her physical form upon contact. Different parts of her body split open and her visor broke as she fell back. Garnet looked down at Steven with a line down the middle of her third eye and a giant cloud appeared where Garnet was. Her body was split into 12 different pieces and two Gemstones landed on the ground. Garnet froze in fear.
"I was there you know…" Jasper said walking forward. "At the first war for this garage planet. I fought against your armies, I respected your tactics. This.. This is sick!" She lifted Steven up.
"Unhand him!" Pearl yelled running forward with Amethyst.
"I don't get what you're planning Rose.. But look! Your base is taken! Your armies are ruined! You have failed." Jasper leaned down to get Steven a headbutt and my Gem glowed a dark color. A black hole appeared in the ground where I was and I placed my hands inside. Another hole appeared right where Steven was and my hands took his body but not fast enough for Jasper to not give him a headbutt. In a split second Steven was in my arms. Jasper froze staring at me and Pearl and Amethyst took the second to attack Jasper. But it was no use, with a single lash from the Gem Destabilizer they poofed. Steven was knocked out in my arms. Black holes appeared near the four Gemstones and I grabbed them all. I clutched them close to my chest with Steven.
Jasper walked towards me."Now what are you?" I looked up at her in fear. She grabbed my hair and pulled me up in the air. I screamed in pain but kept all of them in my arms. "Now where's the Gem?" It took her a couple seconds but eventually she found it. She took out her Destabilizer and aimed it directly at me but the moment it touched my skin yellow light faded and it turned dark gray and crumbled dust.
Jasper glared at me and before I knew it, I fell to the ground and was pulled by my hair to their ship. Black bubbles appeared around the Gems until turning them into a bubble of Steven's head. Jasper gave a thug to my arms and grabbed Steven and the Gems. Steven was thrown at Peridot who caught him in fear and the Gems were in Jasper's arm. She pulled me up by my hair making me stand to my feet and forced me to walk forward. Once we reached the outstretched finger she released my hand and I fell to the ground and welcomed unconsciousness.