Mika: We haven't talked in a while, have we?
Garnet: you could say that, in a sense
Mika: what do you mean?
Garnet: you've never even spoken to them, silly.
Mika: well, anyway, I don't own anything but Diamond and the other gem girls.
Garnet: pointless.
Mika: stop talking like Sapphire will or I swear you'll have an early death.
Garnet: fine. See you later, mangoes.
~@~@~@~@~
"Let's see... Black Ghost. Access code 55306." Aquamarine thought aloud. "I'm in!"
"What are you in?" a purple-haired girl asked from the doorway.
"A website. Nothing bad, I swear." Aquamarine told Amethyst.
"Fine. How's Diamond doing?"
Aquamarine nearly self-destructed. She had totally forgotten. "She's doing ok. I think it's sleep she needs."
"Ok. See you around noon." Amethyst said, then left.
~@~@~@~
"003? 003, are you ok?" Dr. Gilmore asked nervously, for the moment that Aquamarine had woken up; Francoise had passed out.
"Yes, Dr. Gilmore. I'm fine. Sorry to scare you." Francoise apologized. Gilmore lost a lot of his tenseness when Francoise said this.
"What happened Fran...I mean, 003?" Joe asked Francoise, blushing as he had almost mentioned 003's name.
"I'm not sure. From what I understand, it looked like you had a bad vision, right, 003?" Albert asked her.
"That sounds like it." Francoise admitted.
"Was it Black Ghost?" Joe asked, picking up Gilmore's nervousness.
Very slowly, Francoise nodded her head.
~!~!~@
'The zero-zero rebel cyborgs are currently being tracked in a multi-use submarine called the Dolphin. If this vessel is seen, contact the below named.'
That's what it said, and that was the tail end. Freaky, Aquamarine thought. Just plain freaky.
~@~@~@~
Amethyst and Garnet had made good progress on Emerald. According to what Diamond had said on her computer notes, Emerald was supposed to have power over illness. She could stop it, give it, cure it, even play with it if that was what she felt like. Well, she better not give me a virus, Amethyst thought.
~@~@~@~
Aquamarine had found the Dolphin. She was going to set out and find these cyborgs and destroy them.
"Err, Aquamarine?" Diamond's voice came like a very small child's voice from the bed. "What're you doin'? Going somewhere?"
"Yes."
"Where to?"
"To destroy the greatest evil robots in the world."
"Have fun. Bring me a souvenir" Diamond said, then drifted back into slumber.
Aquamarine laughed out loud, then went to tell her sisters.
~@~@~@~
"To find rebels, eh?" Garnet said, a slight tone of sarcasm in her voice.
"That's what I said!" Aquamarine pouted.
"Go ahead. Call us when you need help, shrimp." Garnet replied, and this time, there was no doubt of amusement in her voice.
~@~@~@~
"Commander, sir?" an extremely frightened voice asked from a door.
"What, Cyrea. It had better be good news, not like the shit you fed me last time." Black Ghost barked, evidently in a bad mood.
"I was just going to say that Aquamarine has left to destroy the zero-zero cyborgs."
~@~@~@~
"For the last time, 007, what is it?" Jet demanded, sounding highly ticked off.
"There's something on the radar that wasn't there before. Best bet, it's Black Ghost, taking another hit at it." Britain said right back at Jet.
"Well, if it's Black Ghost made, then it's our job to destroy it." said Albert, pleased to finally be of use. It wasn't often that a walking arsenal got to do what he was cut out for. "Let's suit up to go and meet it."
~@~@~@~
Truth be told, Aquamarine was having a blast. The only two things on her mind were how to battle, and that song: Eyes Like Yours. Three things, maybe. It was pretty underwater. That's how, she had decided, to reach the Dolphin.
Aquamarine had never fought before. She had no clue if she had any weapons, and if she did, how to use them. All that dumb computer had said was "amazing underwater abilities". Did that only mean underwater, or on land, too?
So leaving how to fight until she absolutely had to, she let the music pour through her head.
(Oh, you know I have seen, a sky without sun, a man with no nation. Saints, captive in chains, a song with no name for lack of imagination)
Aquamarine began to sing along with it.
"And I have seen, darker than ebony...and now it seems, that I, without your eyes could ever be."
That's all she got to sing before she came face-to-face with the Dolphin.
~@~@~@~
"Look's like we've got company." Jet said airily. "Most likely Black Ghost's newest weapon. They ran out of test subjects, so we're being used. Ok!"
"Hello?" a voice called from the door. Aquamarine was at the door, although no one inside knew who it was.
"Let's go out the back hatch and meet it there. Then Gilmore, 003 and 001 won't be hurt in the process." Albert suggested. He was usually right, so they went along with his plan.
"Stupid Black Ghost." Aquamarine hissed, kicking the Dolphin. As she did, a thin beam of light passed by her head.
"Nice shot, ace." A rude voice said.
Aquamarine came out from her "hiding" place. "So this is what I'm up against."
Then all hell broke loose.
~@~@~@~
"Done!" Amethyst exclaimed triumphantly. She and Garnet had finished Emerald. After lunch, they were going to start work on Pearl.
"KONICHIWA!!!!! I'm Emerald!" Emerald shouted, startling Amethyst and Garnet.
"Hello, Emerald. Do you want to go see how Diamond's doing?" Garnet asked, personally wondering how their creator was doing.
"Gladly." Emerald said happily.
~@~@~@~
When Emerald got to Diamond's room, she had figured out what to do. Stop the virus dead in its tracks. Then, send it off to someone else. Who, she didn't know.
But she had successfully done it, that was all that mattered. Diamond sat up, looking refreshed.
"So I guess I wasn't dreaming about Aquamarine leaving, was I?" Diamond told no one in particular.
"That's what they said."
"Well, I think I figured something out. I believe I can call a cyborg out of a gemstone itself. Hopefully then, this won't happen again!" ~@~@~@~
It seemed as if Aquamarine had gone into auto mode. Her eyes had begun to glow, and she was, as it seemed, paralyzed. All around her, a wall of water was coming. In this odd mode, it looked as if she wasn't afraid.
And she wasn't. This was what the computer meant by "amazing underwater abilities", huh? She felt ready to redefine that phrase.
"Oh, crap, oh crap, oh crap." Joe cursed. It wasn't like him to curse, but water wasn't his favorite thing in the world. He randomly shot, trying to hit the thing causing the tidal wave.
"Your bullets are useless. Water protects me, and at no cost. Beat me if you can!" it [it being Aquamarine] yelled. To the other cyborgs, it sounded like a young girl's voice. That was the way Aquamarine had been programmed.
We'll see if your shield can't be penetrated, Pyunma thought. Albert was thinking the same thing while unhinging his lower knee.
[008, don't try to penetrate that wall. It will knock you unconscious for several hours.] Ivan' s mental voice told Pyunma. [004, I think you should try to get through with one of your missiles. I'll tell 009 to accelerate and try to break through at the same time you shoot. Get that, 009?]
[Loud and clear.] Joe thought, even though it was like speaking to Ivan.
[On my count... 3,2,1 go.] Ivan said. Albert fired and Joe accelerated.
Aquamarine clenched her fists. This stank. But as she tightened her fists, the wall became greater. When she let her fists go, scared to see what would happen if she held them any longer, the wave crashed, rocking the Dolphin.
"God damnit!" Joe swore again. Even accelerating through water wasn't a pleasant experience. But since the tidal wave had been released, there wasn't a shield anymore. Joe froze in his tracks. The whole cause of this was a young girl.
[009, is everything ok?] Ivan asked, for fear that something had happened.
[Fine. Only the trouble was a girl. An eleven year-old girl.]
~@~@~@~
Diamond sat in the swivel chair and closed her eyes. Amethyst placed a pearl on the table in front of her. The pearl was lifted a clear two feet off the table and began to rotate. As it did, the other three in the room began to see features form. Pearl had cream-colored hair, and was a little tall. Then, the pearl stopped rotating. It placed itself at what was now the heart of Pearl.
"To you, I give the power of living creatures. You are able to communicate with anything alive." Diamond said, eyes still shut. Pearl fell limply onto the table. Diamond's new method had worked.
~@~@~@~
Unfortunately, with Joe meeting Aquamarine, Albert's missile hadn't been stopped. All the other cyborgs saw the shield had been lowered, so they fired. Aquamarine saw the bullets. She closed her fists and another shield came up. Joe was looking at her, awestruck. If Black Ghost had made her, she would have already tried to destroy him. But she hadn't.
She wasn't Black Ghost made. [001! Can you tell the others to stop! This cyborg isn't made by Black Ghost!]
[All of you, stop firing! 009 says that this cyborg isn't Black Ghost's handiwork!] Ivan mentally shouted, or the equivalent of it. Everyone stopped. Albert's missile hit the water shield, but didn't break through. Aquamarine, too, had heard what Ivan said.
[So, you guys are the rebel zero-zero cyborgs?] Aquamarine mentally asked.
[YOU CAN TALK TO US!!??] Jet thought, and sent it loud and clear to everyone. They needed to cover their ears, even though that didn't help.
[It seems she can, 002. What's your name?] Ivan asked.
[I'm Aquamarine.]
~@~@~@~
The same method was repeated for Ruby. Ruby had the power to see the future and past. It hardly took any of Diamond's energy. At this rate, she could finish the whole year, plus a few more. Garnet's cell phone began to ring.
"Hello, you've got Garnet. Talk to me." Garnet snapped into the phone.
"Hi Garnet. I've found the zero-zero cyborgs. You all need to come here. I believe this thing called Black Ghost is onto us. Bring Diamond. I don't think we're safe anymore." Aquamarine said to Garnet.
"I'll be over as soon as Ruby wakes up, which should be soon. Expect us in an hour or so." Garnet told Aquamarine. Diamond motioned to had her the phone.
"Aquamarine? I'll track you. Are they holding you captive?" Diamond asked into the phone.
"Not a chance. See ya!" with that, Aquamarine hung up.
~@~@~@~
"So, the person who created you is named Diamond, right?" Gilmore asked Aquamarine. She nodded.
"And she's made others?"
Again Aquamarine nodded. After Ivan had told them to lay off, Joe had asked who she really was, if she had a number. Aquamarine had no clue what he was talking about. She had told him that she was named for the birthstone of March.
This question-and-answer thing had been going on for awhile now. After about forty minutes of it, there was a knock on the Dolphin's central door. "Anyone home?" a female's voice asked. Britain stood up and got the door.
"Hi, I'm Diamond. This is Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, and Ruby." Diamond said.
Aquamarine was so happy to see them, she nearly passed out.
~@~@~@~@~
Mika: Yay! I did it! Chapter three's done!
Soraoathkeeper: YAY!
Both: *dance around like idiots*
Mika: since next Monday is Soraoathkeeper's birthday, let's have an early party!
Sora: ^_________________^
009: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Mika: where'd you come from?
009: around.
Soraoathkeeper: can we get going?
Mika and 009: YES!
Black Ghost: I think I'm in the wrong story.
Soraoathkeeper: right you are! *volcano of soda erupts*
Mika: Read and review! See you after I have an awesome party in chapter four!
Garnet: you could say that, in a sense
Mika: what do you mean?
Garnet: you've never even spoken to them, silly.
Mika: well, anyway, I don't own anything but Diamond and the other gem girls.
Garnet: pointless.
Mika: stop talking like Sapphire will or I swear you'll have an early death.
Garnet: fine. See you later, mangoes.
~@~@~@~@~
"Let's see... Black Ghost. Access code 55306." Aquamarine thought aloud. "I'm in!"
"What are you in?" a purple-haired girl asked from the doorway.
"A website. Nothing bad, I swear." Aquamarine told Amethyst.
"Fine. How's Diamond doing?"
Aquamarine nearly self-destructed. She had totally forgotten. "She's doing ok. I think it's sleep she needs."
"Ok. See you around noon." Amethyst said, then left.
~@~@~@~
"003? 003, are you ok?" Dr. Gilmore asked nervously, for the moment that Aquamarine had woken up; Francoise had passed out.
"Yes, Dr. Gilmore. I'm fine. Sorry to scare you." Francoise apologized. Gilmore lost a lot of his tenseness when Francoise said this.
"What happened Fran...I mean, 003?" Joe asked Francoise, blushing as he had almost mentioned 003's name.
"I'm not sure. From what I understand, it looked like you had a bad vision, right, 003?" Albert asked her.
"That sounds like it." Francoise admitted.
"Was it Black Ghost?" Joe asked, picking up Gilmore's nervousness.
Very slowly, Francoise nodded her head.
~!~!~@
'The zero-zero rebel cyborgs are currently being tracked in a multi-use submarine called the Dolphin. If this vessel is seen, contact the below named.'
That's what it said, and that was the tail end. Freaky, Aquamarine thought. Just plain freaky.
~@~@~@~
Amethyst and Garnet had made good progress on Emerald. According to what Diamond had said on her computer notes, Emerald was supposed to have power over illness. She could stop it, give it, cure it, even play with it if that was what she felt like. Well, she better not give me a virus, Amethyst thought.
~@~@~@~
Aquamarine had found the Dolphin. She was going to set out and find these cyborgs and destroy them.
"Err, Aquamarine?" Diamond's voice came like a very small child's voice from the bed. "What're you doin'? Going somewhere?"
"Yes."
"Where to?"
"To destroy the greatest evil robots in the world."
"Have fun. Bring me a souvenir" Diamond said, then drifted back into slumber.
Aquamarine laughed out loud, then went to tell her sisters.
~@~@~@~
"To find rebels, eh?" Garnet said, a slight tone of sarcasm in her voice.
"That's what I said!" Aquamarine pouted.
"Go ahead. Call us when you need help, shrimp." Garnet replied, and this time, there was no doubt of amusement in her voice.
~@~@~@~
"Commander, sir?" an extremely frightened voice asked from a door.
"What, Cyrea. It had better be good news, not like the shit you fed me last time." Black Ghost barked, evidently in a bad mood.
"I was just going to say that Aquamarine has left to destroy the zero-zero cyborgs."
~@~@~@~
"For the last time, 007, what is it?" Jet demanded, sounding highly ticked off.
"There's something on the radar that wasn't there before. Best bet, it's Black Ghost, taking another hit at it." Britain said right back at Jet.
"Well, if it's Black Ghost made, then it's our job to destroy it." said Albert, pleased to finally be of use. It wasn't often that a walking arsenal got to do what he was cut out for. "Let's suit up to go and meet it."
~@~@~@~
Truth be told, Aquamarine was having a blast. The only two things on her mind were how to battle, and that song: Eyes Like Yours. Three things, maybe. It was pretty underwater. That's how, she had decided, to reach the Dolphin.
Aquamarine had never fought before. She had no clue if she had any weapons, and if she did, how to use them. All that dumb computer had said was "amazing underwater abilities". Did that only mean underwater, or on land, too?
So leaving how to fight until she absolutely had to, she let the music pour through her head.
(Oh, you know I have seen, a sky without sun, a man with no nation. Saints, captive in chains, a song with no name for lack of imagination)
Aquamarine began to sing along with it.
"And I have seen, darker than ebony...and now it seems, that I, without your eyes could ever be."
That's all she got to sing before she came face-to-face with the Dolphin.
~@~@~@~
"Look's like we've got company." Jet said airily. "Most likely Black Ghost's newest weapon. They ran out of test subjects, so we're being used. Ok!"
"Hello?" a voice called from the door. Aquamarine was at the door, although no one inside knew who it was.
"Let's go out the back hatch and meet it there. Then Gilmore, 003 and 001 won't be hurt in the process." Albert suggested. He was usually right, so they went along with his plan.
"Stupid Black Ghost." Aquamarine hissed, kicking the Dolphin. As she did, a thin beam of light passed by her head.
"Nice shot, ace." A rude voice said.
Aquamarine came out from her "hiding" place. "So this is what I'm up against."
Then all hell broke loose.
~@~@~@~
"Done!" Amethyst exclaimed triumphantly. She and Garnet had finished Emerald. After lunch, they were going to start work on Pearl.
"KONICHIWA!!!!! I'm Emerald!" Emerald shouted, startling Amethyst and Garnet.
"Hello, Emerald. Do you want to go see how Diamond's doing?" Garnet asked, personally wondering how their creator was doing.
"Gladly." Emerald said happily.
~@~@~@~
When Emerald got to Diamond's room, she had figured out what to do. Stop the virus dead in its tracks. Then, send it off to someone else. Who, she didn't know.
But she had successfully done it, that was all that mattered. Diamond sat up, looking refreshed.
"So I guess I wasn't dreaming about Aquamarine leaving, was I?" Diamond told no one in particular.
"That's what they said."
"Well, I think I figured something out. I believe I can call a cyborg out of a gemstone itself. Hopefully then, this won't happen again!" ~@~@~@~
It seemed as if Aquamarine had gone into auto mode. Her eyes had begun to glow, and she was, as it seemed, paralyzed. All around her, a wall of water was coming. In this odd mode, it looked as if she wasn't afraid.
And she wasn't. This was what the computer meant by "amazing underwater abilities", huh? She felt ready to redefine that phrase.
"Oh, crap, oh crap, oh crap." Joe cursed. It wasn't like him to curse, but water wasn't his favorite thing in the world. He randomly shot, trying to hit the thing causing the tidal wave.
"Your bullets are useless. Water protects me, and at no cost. Beat me if you can!" it [it being Aquamarine] yelled. To the other cyborgs, it sounded like a young girl's voice. That was the way Aquamarine had been programmed.
We'll see if your shield can't be penetrated, Pyunma thought. Albert was thinking the same thing while unhinging his lower knee.
[008, don't try to penetrate that wall. It will knock you unconscious for several hours.] Ivan' s mental voice told Pyunma. [004, I think you should try to get through with one of your missiles. I'll tell 009 to accelerate and try to break through at the same time you shoot. Get that, 009?]
[Loud and clear.] Joe thought, even though it was like speaking to Ivan.
[On my count... 3,2,1 go.] Ivan said. Albert fired and Joe accelerated.
Aquamarine clenched her fists. This stank. But as she tightened her fists, the wall became greater. When she let her fists go, scared to see what would happen if she held them any longer, the wave crashed, rocking the Dolphin.
"God damnit!" Joe swore again. Even accelerating through water wasn't a pleasant experience. But since the tidal wave had been released, there wasn't a shield anymore. Joe froze in his tracks. The whole cause of this was a young girl.
[009, is everything ok?] Ivan asked, for fear that something had happened.
[Fine. Only the trouble was a girl. An eleven year-old girl.]
~@~@~@~
Diamond sat in the swivel chair and closed her eyes. Amethyst placed a pearl on the table in front of her. The pearl was lifted a clear two feet off the table and began to rotate. As it did, the other three in the room began to see features form. Pearl had cream-colored hair, and was a little tall. Then, the pearl stopped rotating. It placed itself at what was now the heart of Pearl.
"To you, I give the power of living creatures. You are able to communicate with anything alive." Diamond said, eyes still shut. Pearl fell limply onto the table. Diamond's new method had worked.
~@~@~@~
Unfortunately, with Joe meeting Aquamarine, Albert's missile hadn't been stopped. All the other cyborgs saw the shield had been lowered, so they fired. Aquamarine saw the bullets. She closed her fists and another shield came up. Joe was looking at her, awestruck. If Black Ghost had made her, she would have already tried to destroy him. But she hadn't.
She wasn't Black Ghost made. [001! Can you tell the others to stop! This cyborg isn't made by Black Ghost!]
[All of you, stop firing! 009 says that this cyborg isn't Black Ghost's handiwork!] Ivan mentally shouted, or the equivalent of it. Everyone stopped. Albert's missile hit the water shield, but didn't break through. Aquamarine, too, had heard what Ivan said.
[So, you guys are the rebel zero-zero cyborgs?] Aquamarine mentally asked.
[YOU CAN TALK TO US!!??] Jet thought, and sent it loud and clear to everyone. They needed to cover their ears, even though that didn't help.
[It seems she can, 002. What's your name?] Ivan asked.
[I'm Aquamarine.]
~@~@~@~
The same method was repeated for Ruby. Ruby had the power to see the future and past. It hardly took any of Diamond's energy. At this rate, she could finish the whole year, plus a few more. Garnet's cell phone began to ring.
"Hello, you've got Garnet. Talk to me." Garnet snapped into the phone.
"Hi Garnet. I've found the zero-zero cyborgs. You all need to come here. I believe this thing called Black Ghost is onto us. Bring Diamond. I don't think we're safe anymore." Aquamarine said to Garnet.
"I'll be over as soon as Ruby wakes up, which should be soon. Expect us in an hour or so." Garnet told Aquamarine. Diamond motioned to had her the phone.
"Aquamarine? I'll track you. Are they holding you captive?" Diamond asked into the phone.
"Not a chance. See ya!" with that, Aquamarine hung up.
~@~@~@~
"So, the person who created you is named Diamond, right?" Gilmore asked Aquamarine. She nodded.
"And she's made others?"
Again Aquamarine nodded. After Ivan had told them to lay off, Joe had asked who she really was, if she had a number. Aquamarine had no clue what he was talking about. She had told him that she was named for the birthstone of March.
This question-and-answer thing had been going on for awhile now. After about forty minutes of it, there was a knock on the Dolphin's central door. "Anyone home?" a female's voice asked. Britain stood up and got the door.
"Hi, I'm Diamond. This is Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, and Ruby." Diamond said.
Aquamarine was so happy to see them, she nearly passed out.
~@~@~@~@~
Mika: Yay! I did it! Chapter three's done!
Soraoathkeeper: YAY!
Both: *dance around like idiots*
Mika: since next Monday is Soraoathkeeper's birthday, let's have an early party!
Sora: ^_________________^
009: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Mika: where'd you come from?
009: around.
Soraoathkeeper: can we get going?
Mika and 009: YES!
Black Ghost: I think I'm in the wrong story.
Soraoathkeeper: right you are! *volcano of soda erupts*
Mika: Read and review! See you after I have an awesome party in chapter four!