Mika: That last chapter had some spikes, huh?
002: I'll say! Stop making me fall in love with evil people!
Mika: wanna die? holds up hammer
002: no! But Sapphire IS hot...
009: coming out of nowhere can I do the disclaimer again?
Mika: why not?
009: Mika only owns the gem girls, nothing else.
Mika: yay!
Sapphire had locked herself in the control room, feeling betrayed by herself. She had even closed her mind to anyone trying to make contact that way. Personally, she had salvaged a CD from Jet's collection. She doubted he even knew that he had it.
(People everywhere, sense of expectation hangin' in the air. Gazin' at a spark, 'cross the room your eyes are, glowin' in the dark. And here we go again, we know the start, we know the end, masteress of the scene. We've done it all before and now we're back to get some more, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!)
Without knowing it, Sapphire put onto the speakers. Now the entire Dolphin was getting Voulez-vous played through it. Sapphire didn't seem to care. It was a great song and it is! She skipped over the chorus to the next verse.
(Lookin' mighty proud, see you leave your table, pushin' through the crowd. I'm really glad you came, you know the rules, you know the game, master of the seed. We've done it all before and now we're back to get some more, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!)
(Voulez-vous, aha, take it now or leave, aha, now we saw, we get, aha. Nothing promised but regret. Voulez-vous, aha, babe got nothin' to say, aha, you know what to do, aha. Fact, you still say voulez-vous. Voulez- vous, aha..)
She let the whole song play ten times before skipping to Waterloo. these songs are by Abba, an old band. That isn't all of Voulez-vous, but if I typed it, it would be a boring chapter.
Still, Diamond was unconscious. Black Ghost's tracking device indicated that she hadn't moved. But a large opal had begun to push its way to the surface. It had begun to take a very rough human-like appearance. It was low tide again, so now the yellow cape fluttered in the breeze.
All that it wanted was its owner to be found.
(YOU'RE ALL THAT IT WANTED, IS CALLING YOU ONTO THIS MUSIC, AND THE SONG THAT IT'S GOING THROUGH) Sapphire had changed CDs to the Moody Blues: Night at Red Rocks Cafe. The Voice wasn't a half-bad song, she thought. Unfortunately, letting herself get caught up in the music, she unlocked the doors.
"Sapphire? Sapphire, are you ok?" a nervous sounding Amethyst said, walking in. "002 says he's sorry..."
"I don't care." Sapphire barked. "I don't know what I was doing." She told Amethyst, hiding her tear-stained face.
"We think that we've found Diamond. Can you cry somewhere else so we can get there?" Amethyst asked kindly.
"Fine." Sapphire told her reluctantly.
On the way out, Jet had "accidentally" bumped into her. He was red all over, still feeling Sapphire's lips brush against his skin. That had been like a moment in paradise. Then he recalled what she had done when she realized what she had done. Sapphire had let him go, eyes wide with fright. She had run off, scared by what she had done.
When Sapphire saw Diamond's diamond pendant, it was glowing brightly. As they began to move forward, it got brighter. Sapphire began to watch the window to see where they were.
All she could see for miles around was water. It was dark blue, but when it caught the sunlight in the right spot, she could see about a mile down. Looking in, she saw fish swimming by. Then an odd glimmer caught her eye.
It looked like a large, blue-green wave underwater. Someone was sitting on it, staring out into oblivion. He/she was wearing a khaki cargo skirt, a magenta-and-periwinkle striped top, an indigo vest that reached to their knees, and a magenta scarf that would be about knee length if they stood up. They seemed calm, like they were above the water. guess who this is.. P Their long, dark brown braids floated out behind them. Sapphire felt a warm glow behind her. The diamond had begun to get brighter again.
But when Sapphire looked out into the water again, the person was gone.
"What are you looking at?" a kind voice asked Sapphire. It was Albert. "002 told me what happened earlier. It isn't easy, is it?"
"I don't care." Sapphire told him, her voice raspy. "He just needs someone so when he goes out somewhere he looks cool. And he needs a new person to play with."
"No he doesn't. I think he's in love with you." Albert said. He could see that this wasn't getting him very far. It was more like having a conversation with the wall.
The large opal was beginning to look ever more like a human. You could clearly see eyes, ears, fingers and hair. Diamond slept on, not knowing three separate parties were tracking her. One of cyborgs, one named Black Ghost, and the other wasn't a party.
The other person was the girl sitting on the underwater rock. Yes, that other person. She had been picking up a huge magical vibe from the island.
"I think I've found something." Sapphire announced, walking into the control room. "Watch the diamond."
Everyone looked, except 009 and 008, who were piloting the Dolphin. It shone extremely bright now, light enough to be a lightbulb with unlimited energy. Like a miniature sun. As they continued forward, it became even brighter. Then, all of a sudden, it went out.
"Why did it do that, Sapphire?" Emerald asked. She had liked the glow.
Looking out the main window, Joe saw a billowing yellow cape and an opal shaped like a human. "I think it stopped because I think we've found Diamond."
"Lemme see." Sapphire ordered. When she looked out the window, she saw Joe was dead right. There was Diamond, tied to a tree. She was wearing the same uniform as they zero-zero cyborgs. A scream escaped in Sapphire's head. This wasn't true, she was dreaming...
"Diamond!" several voices cried, each running out of the Dolphin. Sapphire could only stand there, in shock. All the others had clamored out of the ship to retrieve Diamond. But something was preventing them, like a barrier. Very slowly, Sapphire began to walk. She climbed up and out. Standing on the top, she put her psychic powers into full gear. This charged a shield up around the barrier, canceling it out.
Go through, it's safe. Sapphire told them. Someone else heard it, too. That someone else who had been generating the shield. That same someone else that had been sitting on that rock underwater.
The other gem girls untied Diamond and ungaged her. about time! She was missing for awhile there! Peridot looked at the opal, and decided to take it with them. Besides, Diamond had probably been working on it subconsciously. Peridot lifted it out of the ground, then vanished. She hadn't accelerated; she had merely become invisible.
Back inside the Dolphin, Emerald placed Diamond's body on a bed inside the infirmary. She shut her eyes and scoured Diamond's body for a virus. Since there wasn't any, she called Gilmore.
The opal Peridot had brought back in turned out to is a new cyborg. Diamond had been making it while she was unconscious without knowing it. Peridot had remained invisible, and didn't regret it. She had all ready scared the hell out of Jet, Joe and Gilmore. Opal just had to wake up, then they could see what her powers were.
The girl had decided to trail the Dolphin. She'd already taken the precaution of making herself invisible to the radar. Magic was very handy, especially in tracking. It didn't hurt to have the most powerful magic in the world, or have three different varieties either. Life was a big, night sky for Mikage.
Her father was Japanese, her mother was American. By touching Sapphire's mind, she saw 009 had a background like hers. Pulling out the manga book she had been reading earlier, she hopped on the Dolphin's top. Chobits was an awesome story.
There had been nothing crucially wrong with Diamond, only minor dehydration. Gilmore said not to worry, she'd wake up in a few days, but that was not what Ruby wanted. Since Opal had woken up about ten minutes ago, she had asked if she could speed up time. Opal said she was capable of time travel, not altering time.
Ruby looked into the past through Diamond's mind. She saw a man tying Diamond to a tree, then go away. Diamond had been stranded on the island, with no way of communication.
Pearl walked haphazardly into the room. Her face had a solid red line running down it on the left side. She, too, had been crying. Ruby's best guess was that she was crying because she couldn't help Diamond. Opal was in tow, trying to get Pearl to smile.
"Opal, why can't you..." Ruby started to say, but was stopped. Sapphire walked into the room with Diamond's pendant. It glowed furiously. Then, all of a sudden, it flew out of Sapphire's hand. It floated above Diamond, like it was waiting for a command.
The topaz came out of it. None of the gem girls present understood it. Unless, there was that itsy-bitsy possibility that Diamond was doing this without knowing it, or someone else was doing it.
"It seems entirely possible that Diamond is doing this without knowing it. I mean, that's how she created Opal." Ruby mentioned.
The topaz began to whirl, and a new cyborg began to form. Psychic words floated around, but they were indistinguishable. Topaz collapsed over Diamond's chest, and the topaz returned to the pendant. The pendant floated into Diamond's hand.
"Talk about odd." Opal stated. "That's probably one of the strangest things I'll ever see."
(Once beneath the stars, the universe was ours. Love was all we knew, and all I knew was you. I wonder if you know, I wonder if you think about me, once upon a time in your wildest dream.)
Mika had begun to listen to the Moody Blues. Even reading Chobits got boring after awhile. She turned the headphones off and tuned into what was being said on the Dolphin.
"When I get my hands on you, I swear I'll..." Mika was sure that was a movie.
"Talk about odd."
"002, can you take the controls for awhile? I need to go and find Sapphire."
It wasn't a very enlightening thing to listen to. But wait, Mika, be patient. Mika was good at this, so it wasn't a problem for her. She let the manga book go and pulled a notebook and pencil from nowhere. Setting her thoughts into writing mode, Mika let writing fill the pages.
Jet was in a slum. He wanted so badly to tell Sapphire sorry, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. Sapphire was ignoring him. Whenever Jet entered a room that Sapphire was in, she'd look at him, then march away.
He had thought of giving her a gift of some kind. But then what would happen if she didn't like it? Jet decided to ask 004 about it. He probably knew what Jet could do to make it up to Sapphire.
Mika: another chapter past!
Sora: speaking of which.. today's my birthday!
Mika: sing, people, sing! I'd love to get you into the start or end of a chapter. Tell me in your review bout it and I'll see what I can do!
Sora: let's go, Mika! PARTY OVER HERE, WHOOT WHOOT!
Mika: see ya in chapter seven! Over and out! flies with Sora to a party
Plane: stops
Mika: I forgot to tell you about my friend Makoto's story. Please read it!