009: and you were...?
Mika: Hey, I had four tests. You can't blame me, I had to study.
007: what's this? "Got plans? Now you do! You're invited to another sleepover party at Mika's house!"
Mika: GIVE THAT BACK, YOU IMBECIL!!!! *seizes the invitation*
009: *shifty eyes* Studying very hard, I see. A party?
Mika: you aren't invited!
009: yeah, you own the gem girls, ok. What authority does that give you over us?
Mika: maybe I'm the one writing!
007: you have to admit, she's got a good point.
Mika: and oh yeah, I don't own Shakira: Laundry Service
~@~@~@~@~
Diamond was going to finish the gem girl series that night, no matter how much magical energy it took up. She set up gemstones all around the living room-like place to hype her powers. Dumping the turquoise, jade, spinel, zircon, alexandrite, morganite and coral from her pendant, she began.
She was ready. After all, the word diamond had come from the Greek word adamas, which meant unconquerable. Diamond shifted her powers into full. The gems whirled, all managing to sap a large amount of energy from her. They took on human shapes, and Diamond didn't even have to give them powers. They pulled it from their stones by themselves.
Due to a large drain of magical energy, Diamond fell asleep right then and there.
~@~@~@~
"AQUAMARINE!!!!!" Topaz yelled, for Aquamarine had just run in and dumped a very large amount of iced water on her. "YOU'RE GOING DOWN!!!" Topaz screamed, opening her palms. A large stream of flames shot out of them.
"What is going on?" Pearl asked, poking her head out of the control room. Aquamarine began to giggle insanely. She sprinted away with Topaz close on her tail. They both bumped into someone, however.
This person had blue hair that hit her shoulders. It was tied back in a bandana to keep it out of her eyes. She wasn't especially tall. But there were some interesting features to her, like the cat ears, claws, two-inch long fangs and a tail. They were wearing gloves that had been cut off half way up the fingers. Except for the cat features, this person had blue everything. No, not blue, turquoise. She had even pierced her ears with turquoise studs and small silver hoops. It didn't hurt her appearance to with the claws, being eight inches long, coming out of her knuckles.
"Hi!" she exclaimed, holding up a clawed hand. "I'm Turquoise!"
Six other girls trooped out of the room behind her. Diamond wasn't among them. "Let me introduce you to the latest of the gem girl series."
"Spinel!" shouted a girl with very pale bluish-purplish hair. She had pinkish eyes and a large smile.
"Zircon." Said a girl with goldish-brown hair. Her eyes were the same color as her hair.
"Alexandrite!" exclaimed the girl with forest green hair and eyes.
"Morganite!" the girl with pink hair and eyes shouted.
"Jade." The girl with pale green hair and eyes told them.
"Coral." The girl with red hair and eyes said to them. By now, all the other gem girls had come out to see what the commotion was.
"And now, let ME introduce to you the other gem girls, except Diamond, who created us. We'll tell you our names in order of which we were created!" Aquamarine told them, grinning from ear to ear.
"Garnet."
"Amethyst."
"AQUAMARINE!"
"Emerald."
"Pearl!"
"Ruby."
"Peridot!"
"Sapphire."
"Opal!"
"TOPAZ!"
With introductions finished, they all headed for the kitchen. The total was now eighteen, plus Diamond. They were going to have to get a new vessel to travel in if Diamond made any more.
Chang store in horror when he saw that there was an addition of seven people this morning. Garnet seemed to pick up his vibe.
"Don't worry, 006. I'll go make some more." Garnet assured him. Diamond walked into the room, feeling tired still. With all seven of the new gem girls complete, she could rest. She had finished the series.
"Hello, Diamond!" Morganite shouted.
Diamond wanted to know what gifts she had given the new arrivals. "To those who I made last night, Turquoise, Jade, Spinel, Alexandrite, Zircon, Morganite, and Coral, can you tell me what your powers are?" Diamond asked them.
"I'm part cat." Turquoise told her.
"I have the power of ice." Jade said. Aquamarine grinned. An ally in the battle against Topaz.
"I can call upon the stars for help." Zircon said, looking up.
"I have a fraction of power in the earth. Oh, yeah, and I can fly." Alexandrite said. "And by the way, call me Alex."
"I can dematerialize." Morganite informed them, looking at 007. "Call me Morgan. Morganite' s too long of a name."
"I can call any object to me at any given time." Coral told them.
"I change the weather to what I want it to be. Of course, I don't have full power over this.*" Spinel said, sounding serious. But she wasn't like that.
At that moment, Garnet and Chang cam flying out of the kitchen, loaded up with food. Garnet's arms were teeming with plates of eggs. Spinel came up to her and relieved her of some. Garnet looked glad.
Jet meandered into the kitchen. Seeing eighteen girls, he rubbed his eyes. Either some had duplicated, or more had come in overnight.
Sapphire caught his glare. She winked at him, then returned to staring out of the window. Morgan didn't like this. There weren't enough places to seat them all. There had been just enough with only the first gem girls to sit down.
"Coral, can you get more chairs?" Morgan asked.
Coral unleashed a huge smile. "You bet I can." She told Morgan, wearing an identical grin. She looked at a chair, and suddenly, there were eight more. She smiled. "Told ya, didn't I?" she asked, striking a pose.
"Sure. Yeah. Whatever." Sapphire told her, still looking out the window. She felt omnipresence. And whatever it was, it wasn't a nice one. It was like when you were three and your big sister told you about the boogie man. You had this feeling that it wasn't there, but you always locked the closet door just in case. That was how Sapphire felt. Black Ghost was looming, but where, she didn't know.
"Earth to Sapphire, come in Sapphire. Sapphire, do you read me?" Alex asked. Poor her, Jade thought. Alex got lifted off the floor and rammed into the wall.
[I read you loud and clear, Alex. Leave me alone to seek out Black Ghost.] Sapphire thought. Aquamarine, Alex, Morgan and Topaz sighed. They had wanted Sapphire to stop staring out the window and do something. With many thanks to built-in enhanced hearing last night, they had heard Sapphire and Jet. Sapphire caught their thoughts.
[YOU ARE NEVER TO EVEASDROP ON ME AGAIN OR I WILL ABANDON YOU AT THE OCEAN FLOOR] Sapphire boomed in their minds. That was usually not a good sign. Jet walked into the room, holding his hands up. Sapphire, mistaking him for Aquamarine, sent him up into the air. As she let him back down, she hoisted him up again when he was about an inch from the floor. She made this into a repeated motion.
Turquoise began to smile. Jet was beginning to look sick, and Sapphire was just staring out the window, minding her own business. She also happened to be seeing to Jet's business, too. Sapphire turned around to see how Aquamarine was taking her torture. When she looked, however, she saw Jet. A horrified expression came over her face. Sapphire let Jet down gently, and as soon as she did, he ran to the bathroom. Sapphire frowned ever more at Aquamarine.
"I'm going to go look at the control room." Morgan announced. What she really wanted to do was escape Sapphire's wrath. From what she had seen, Sapphire was a scary person.
Sapphire went into the engine room that she used as a bedroom and changed from pajamas into daytime clothes. Since today had been the day she started to feel the omnipresence, she wore the black safety pin outfit.
~@~@~@~
Turquoise, too, was paying a visit to the control room. She, like Sapphire, came across the CD player. And, she too, had found Jet's CD collection. The CD Turquoise had stolen was Shakira: Laundry Service. Being a "natural" fighter, she did a cross somewhat between martial arts and a dance to #13: Te Aviso, Te Anuncio [Tango] {translation: Objection [Tango]. It's in Spanish}
(Nunca pense que doliera el amor asi Cuando se entierra en el medio de un no
Y un si Es un dia ella y otoro dia yo Me estas dejando sin corazon Y cero de razon)
Joe looked on as Turquoise did her very odd dance/martial arts/combat practice. Spinel walked in and began to do combat practice with her as the chorus came on.
{for those who care, I'll email you the English lyrics to Objection if you ask me. And also, it does have a great beat!}
(Ay te aviso te anuncio que hoy renucio A tus negocios sucios Ya sabes que estoy de ti vacunada A prueba de patadas Por ti me quede como Mona Lisa Sin llanto y sin sonrisa Que el Cielo y tu madre cuiden de ti Me voy sera mejor asi)
Amethyst walked in and avoided combat practice and switched the music off. Turquoise and Spinel stopped, too. Amethyst felt almost premature next to the latest models. She had been made in a laboratory, unlike them. They'd been made by Diamond's magic. She, Garnet, Aquamarine, and Emerald had been made by hand, so to speak. But then again, they had been made first.
"I've already had breakfast. 008, do you want me to pilot for a while?" Amethyst asked, wandering over. Diamond now too walked in, and Joe saw her in a new light.
Diamond wore a denim skirt today, instead of the cyborg' s traditional uniform. She was wearing a black blouse to cover up a black tank top. The diamond pendant was around her neck, like it should have been. Diamond grinned at him. Life felt slightly more normal.
"Sure, Amethyst." Pyunma said, accepting her offer. It was going to be nice to take a break from the controls for awhile.
~@~@~@~
{and finally, we see Black Ghost!-Mika}
The 0016 twins were almost ready. The administrative faculty wanted to see how they worked. Judging by all the extras they had given the 0016's, they should be fine in combat.
Besides, they didn't know about the seven latest gem girls. They also happened to be oblivious to the fact that Diamond had fantastic magical powers.
And when she had fantastic magical powers, it was the understatement of this half of the century.
~@~@~@~
Zircon invested in exploring the Dolphin. Coral participated in similar activities, expanding where it was needed. Zircon asked if she could put in a larger window so she could stargaze. Coral did it in a flash.
Spinel was experimenting with what she could do. So far, she had managed to start a mini-tornado in the living room. She had also sided with Topaz in the fire vs. water battle. Topaz would give her a flame and she could spin it into a fire whirlwind. Aquamarine had to peel off her jacket; this fight was getting intense.
Ruby had gotten herself stuck doing dishes with Garnet, Emerald, and Jade. Most of the gem girls had tangled themselves up in the never-ending battle between fire and water. As if struck by lightning, Sapphire and Francoise came racing into the kitchen.
"We think that Black Ghost is tracking us. We also think that they're about to send Diamond clones after us in a matter of days." Both said, panting for breath.
Everyone heard this. Panic struck Diamond's mind.
Luckily, she wasn't the only one to faint from shock.
~@~@~@~@~
Mika: SPRING BREAK IS UPON ME!!!
007: can I please come to the party? Pretty please? *changes into a small crying girl*
002: that is really pathetic.
Mika: not as pathetic as you, though.
002: *runs away*
Mika: OK!! I'll be seeing you a lot since I have spring break! Read and review, and I'll see you very soon!
009: like after a party?
Mika: oohh, you and my dad, I'll get you...
[and to tell you the honest to god damn truth, I don't really look Japanese. Who knows? Maybe I might not even be Mika in real life. You're just reading, not seeing. But I like being named Mika.]
Mika: Hey, I had four tests. You can't blame me, I had to study.
007: what's this? "Got plans? Now you do! You're invited to another sleepover party at Mika's house!"
Mika: GIVE THAT BACK, YOU IMBECIL!!!! *seizes the invitation*
009: *shifty eyes* Studying very hard, I see. A party?
Mika: you aren't invited!
009: yeah, you own the gem girls, ok. What authority does that give you over us?
Mika: maybe I'm the one writing!
007: you have to admit, she's got a good point.
Mika: and oh yeah, I don't own Shakira: Laundry Service
~@~@~@~@~
Diamond was going to finish the gem girl series that night, no matter how much magical energy it took up. She set up gemstones all around the living room-like place to hype her powers. Dumping the turquoise, jade, spinel, zircon, alexandrite, morganite and coral from her pendant, she began.
She was ready. After all, the word diamond had come from the Greek word adamas, which meant unconquerable. Diamond shifted her powers into full. The gems whirled, all managing to sap a large amount of energy from her. They took on human shapes, and Diamond didn't even have to give them powers. They pulled it from their stones by themselves.
Due to a large drain of magical energy, Diamond fell asleep right then and there.
~@~@~@~
"AQUAMARINE!!!!!" Topaz yelled, for Aquamarine had just run in and dumped a very large amount of iced water on her. "YOU'RE GOING DOWN!!!" Topaz screamed, opening her palms. A large stream of flames shot out of them.
"What is going on?" Pearl asked, poking her head out of the control room. Aquamarine began to giggle insanely. She sprinted away with Topaz close on her tail. They both bumped into someone, however.
This person had blue hair that hit her shoulders. It was tied back in a bandana to keep it out of her eyes. She wasn't especially tall. But there were some interesting features to her, like the cat ears, claws, two-inch long fangs and a tail. They were wearing gloves that had been cut off half way up the fingers. Except for the cat features, this person had blue everything. No, not blue, turquoise. She had even pierced her ears with turquoise studs and small silver hoops. It didn't hurt her appearance to with the claws, being eight inches long, coming out of her knuckles.
"Hi!" she exclaimed, holding up a clawed hand. "I'm Turquoise!"
Six other girls trooped out of the room behind her. Diamond wasn't among them. "Let me introduce you to the latest of the gem girl series."
"Spinel!" shouted a girl with very pale bluish-purplish hair. She had pinkish eyes and a large smile.
"Zircon." Said a girl with goldish-brown hair. Her eyes were the same color as her hair.
"Alexandrite!" exclaimed the girl with forest green hair and eyes.
"Morganite!" the girl with pink hair and eyes shouted.
"Jade." The girl with pale green hair and eyes told them.
"Coral." The girl with red hair and eyes said to them. By now, all the other gem girls had come out to see what the commotion was.
"And now, let ME introduce to you the other gem girls, except Diamond, who created us. We'll tell you our names in order of which we were created!" Aquamarine told them, grinning from ear to ear.
"Garnet."
"Amethyst."
"AQUAMARINE!"
"Emerald."
"Pearl!"
"Ruby."
"Peridot!"
"Sapphire."
"Opal!"
"TOPAZ!"
With introductions finished, they all headed for the kitchen. The total was now eighteen, plus Diamond. They were going to have to get a new vessel to travel in if Diamond made any more.
Chang store in horror when he saw that there was an addition of seven people this morning. Garnet seemed to pick up his vibe.
"Don't worry, 006. I'll go make some more." Garnet assured him. Diamond walked into the room, feeling tired still. With all seven of the new gem girls complete, she could rest. She had finished the series.
"Hello, Diamond!" Morganite shouted.
Diamond wanted to know what gifts she had given the new arrivals. "To those who I made last night, Turquoise, Jade, Spinel, Alexandrite, Zircon, Morganite, and Coral, can you tell me what your powers are?" Diamond asked them.
"I'm part cat." Turquoise told her.
"I have the power of ice." Jade said. Aquamarine grinned. An ally in the battle against Topaz.
"I can call upon the stars for help." Zircon said, looking up.
"I have a fraction of power in the earth. Oh, yeah, and I can fly." Alexandrite said. "And by the way, call me Alex."
"I can dematerialize." Morganite informed them, looking at 007. "Call me Morgan. Morganite' s too long of a name."
"I can call any object to me at any given time." Coral told them.
"I change the weather to what I want it to be. Of course, I don't have full power over this.*" Spinel said, sounding serious. But she wasn't like that.
At that moment, Garnet and Chang cam flying out of the kitchen, loaded up with food. Garnet's arms were teeming with plates of eggs. Spinel came up to her and relieved her of some. Garnet looked glad.
Jet meandered into the kitchen. Seeing eighteen girls, he rubbed his eyes. Either some had duplicated, or more had come in overnight.
Sapphire caught his glare. She winked at him, then returned to staring out of the window. Morgan didn't like this. There weren't enough places to seat them all. There had been just enough with only the first gem girls to sit down.
"Coral, can you get more chairs?" Morgan asked.
Coral unleashed a huge smile. "You bet I can." She told Morgan, wearing an identical grin. She looked at a chair, and suddenly, there were eight more. She smiled. "Told ya, didn't I?" she asked, striking a pose.
"Sure. Yeah. Whatever." Sapphire told her, still looking out the window. She felt omnipresence. And whatever it was, it wasn't a nice one. It was like when you were three and your big sister told you about the boogie man. You had this feeling that it wasn't there, but you always locked the closet door just in case. That was how Sapphire felt. Black Ghost was looming, but where, she didn't know.
"Earth to Sapphire, come in Sapphire. Sapphire, do you read me?" Alex asked. Poor her, Jade thought. Alex got lifted off the floor and rammed into the wall.
[I read you loud and clear, Alex. Leave me alone to seek out Black Ghost.] Sapphire thought. Aquamarine, Alex, Morgan and Topaz sighed. They had wanted Sapphire to stop staring out the window and do something. With many thanks to built-in enhanced hearing last night, they had heard Sapphire and Jet. Sapphire caught their thoughts.
[YOU ARE NEVER TO EVEASDROP ON ME AGAIN OR I WILL ABANDON YOU AT THE OCEAN FLOOR] Sapphire boomed in their minds. That was usually not a good sign. Jet walked into the room, holding his hands up. Sapphire, mistaking him for Aquamarine, sent him up into the air. As she let him back down, she hoisted him up again when he was about an inch from the floor. She made this into a repeated motion.
Turquoise began to smile. Jet was beginning to look sick, and Sapphire was just staring out the window, minding her own business. She also happened to be seeing to Jet's business, too. Sapphire turned around to see how Aquamarine was taking her torture. When she looked, however, she saw Jet. A horrified expression came over her face. Sapphire let Jet down gently, and as soon as she did, he ran to the bathroom. Sapphire frowned ever more at Aquamarine.
"I'm going to go look at the control room." Morgan announced. What she really wanted to do was escape Sapphire's wrath. From what she had seen, Sapphire was a scary person.
Sapphire went into the engine room that she used as a bedroom and changed from pajamas into daytime clothes. Since today had been the day she started to feel the omnipresence, she wore the black safety pin outfit.
~@~@~@~
Turquoise, too, was paying a visit to the control room. She, like Sapphire, came across the CD player. And, she too, had found Jet's CD collection. The CD Turquoise had stolen was Shakira: Laundry Service. Being a "natural" fighter, she did a cross somewhat between martial arts and a dance to #13: Te Aviso, Te Anuncio [Tango] {translation: Objection [Tango]. It's in Spanish}
(Nunca pense que doliera el amor asi Cuando se entierra en el medio de un no
Y un si Es un dia ella y otoro dia yo Me estas dejando sin corazon Y cero de razon)
Joe looked on as Turquoise did her very odd dance/martial arts/combat practice. Spinel walked in and began to do combat practice with her as the chorus came on.
{for those who care, I'll email you the English lyrics to Objection if you ask me. And also, it does have a great beat!}
(Ay te aviso te anuncio que hoy renucio A tus negocios sucios Ya sabes que estoy de ti vacunada A prueba de patadas Por ti me quede como Mona Lisa Sin llanto y sin sonrisa Que el Cielo y tu madre cuiden de ti Me voy sera mejor asi)
Amethyst walked in and avoided combat practice and switched the music off. Turquoise and Spinel stopped, too. Amethyst felt almost premature next to the latest models. She had been made in a laboratory, unlike them. They'd been made by Diamond's magic. She, Garnet, Aquamarine, and Emerald had been made by hand, so to speak. But then again, they had been made first.
"I've already had breakfast. 008, do you want me to pilot for a while?" Amethyst asked, wandering over. Diamond now too walked in, and Joe saw her in a new light.
Diamond wore a denim skirt today, instead of the cyborg' s traditional uniform. She was wearing a black blouse to cover up a black tank top. The diamond pendant was around her neck, like it should have been. Diamond grinned at him. Life felt slightly more normal.
"Sure, Amethyst." Pyunma said, accepting her offer. It was going to be nice to take a break from the controls for awhile.
~@~@~@~
{and finally, we see Black Ghost!-Mika}
The 0016 twins were almost ready. The administrative faculty wanted to see how they worked. Judging by all the extras they had given the 0016's, they should be fine in combat.
Besides, they didn't know about the seven latest gem girls. They also happened to be oblivious to the fact that Diamond had fantastic magical powers.
And when she had fantastic magical powers, it was the understatement of this half of the century.
~@~@~@~
Zircon invested in exploring the Dolphin. Coral participated in similar activities, expanding where it was needed. Zircon asked if she could put in a larger window so she could stargaze. Coral did it in a flash.
Spinel was experimenting with what she could do. So far, she had managed to start a mini-tornado in the living room. She had also sided with Topaz in the fire vs. water battle. Topaz would give her a flame and she could spin it into a fire whirlwind. Aquamarine had to peel off her jacket; this fight was getting intense.
Ruby had gotten herself stuck doing dishes with Garnet, Emerald, and Jade. Most of the gem girls had tangled themselves up in the never-ending battle between fire and water. As if struck by lightning, Sapphire and Francoise came racing into the kitchen.
"We think that Black Ghost is tracking us. We also think that they're about to send Diamond clones after us in a matter of days." Both said, panting for breath.
Everyone heard this. Panic struck Diamond's mind.
Luckily, she wasn't the only one to faint from shock.
~@~@~@~@~
Mika: SPRING BREAK IS UPON ME!!!
007: can I please come to the party? Pretty please? *changes into a small crying girl*
002: that is really pathetic.
Mika: not as pathetic as you, though.
002: *runs away*
Mika: OK!! I'll be seeing you a lot since I have spring break! Read and review, and I'll see you very soon!
009: like after a party?
Mika: oohh, you and my dad, I'll get you...
[and to tell you the honest to god damn truth, I don't really look Japanese. Who knows? Maybe I might not even be Mika in real life. You're just reading, not seeing. But I like being named Mika.]