[Opening: Nujabes - Battlecry]
FusionFall Infinite
Season 3
Spiral Arc Part 5
Chapter 21: The World was Never Yours
This mission, so far, has been tolerable so far. Enid and I continue to remain in the shadows. Much to my relief, the other shard was found by allies. With it safe for now, Enid and I are racing to get to the last one. However, we may have to make a deal with a "devil" and his pet assistant we met at Steel Pier. Now it's been a week in this drained version of Beach Ci…
"Really, you callin' me a devil compared to Sosa?"
"Tony, both of you are dealers of crack. Mr. Motana, the only difference is you and Sosa is loose "morals", and besides you'll sell to Spinel too." Maylene sniped hotly glaring at him.
"I mean, she's not wrong." Wynn said with a sigh. "Seeing I'm working for you as your assassain, I'm not inclined to kiss your ass and defend that."
Maylene finished writing in her diary as Enid landed on the boat they were all hiding on.
"Ok, I've scouted out the place." Enid said taking off the hoodie.
"And it's been it's nearly a day since we were on this boat, please tell me you have results." Maylene asked.
"I do. Look, I got some bad news first. Sosa's got the shard, but it's on display on his mansion that he built surrounding Steven's old house. He's got a ton of enslaved Gems as bodyguards, and the town looks riddled with corruption and cocaine. Sosa was holding a party yesterday, and I got to sneak as apart of his female entrouage touring the mansion. Steven's house is still intact…I think if we can find a warp pad, we can sneak in." Enid explained.
"Ok, let me just get my phone out and look up the list of warp pads in canon." Enid said getting her phone out.
"It's just freaky how cell phones are so tiny now." Tony remarked as Wynn agreed.
"Closest one is Mask Island." Maylene said getting to the controls of the boat. "Is everyone armed and ready?"
"Can I change into my power suit like we arrive on the island?" Tony asked.
Maylene nodded as the boat was speeding for the island. What they found at the island, was a drug farm Sosa set up with Watermelon Stevens aiming Carbine Rifles at them forcing them to turn around.
"Plan B: The Barn, that's if it's still in the same locale. The show always was freaking vague with it's few fucking locations." Maylene snarled. "Of course, the only location with a notable Gem warp is in fucking Norway!"
"That's not too far." Tony remarked as Wynn pointed out that it was. "Oh…"
"Well that's just fucking dandy!" Maylene said sending out her Arwing out of it's capsule. "Tony, get in the back."
Enid sent hers out and the team were off for Norway which was not exactly good news for the Red Decks. They could only hold out for so long.
-o-
[Neo Bayview, CN-Zen Kuro]
"So, the show's finally over. What a shi-crap ending." Ryker said scowling as he turned off the television.
"At least you can insult. I had to watch my counterpart know into a supreme butthole because of the plot." Steven said bitterly. "All because they think him breaking down over Pink is a good idea."
"Only one to celebrate this." Pink said pouring everyone a glass. "At least, you predicted the Jasper thing."
"Pink, don't…" Ryker said taking the firewater. "To Steven Universe, the show's over and out with a pathetic whimper. May an army of fanfiction sing the better praises."
"Cheers/Kampai!"
There was a clinking of glasses as they all downed their drinks. Ryker took up his son gently ruffling his hair as he looked down at him with a bit of worry.
"Something wrong?" Pearl asked having her daughter in her arms.
"The world is still holding a bigotry against Gems. They've become a punching bag being considered the trend for SJWs infecting media. Look at what's going with DC and Marvel. The moment Snowflake and Safespace were revealed for the New Warriors, warpers were planning to attack the worlds of it that pop up. Right now, it's not exactly safe to be a Gem. I worry about my son." Ryker said wistfully.
"You shouldn't be, at least for him. At the very least, he has previlge. Juila, on the other hand." Sapphire said as Tsubasa sighed.
"This is screwed up." Tsubasa scowled. "I…"
Ryker's WarpTab had rang to which he answered, "Moshi moshi, Blackthorn speaking."
"It's Merch. I wanted to warn you if you're planning on leaving this universe. Anti-Gem groups have the Crystal Squadron on its shitlist. I don't know if any group may attack the planet, but just…be careful, kid." Merch said concerned. "I always passed word to your B-team. Stay safe, I don't know how long this anti-gem shit will go on. It's spreading like a fucking virus. Side note: Travel to Earth Prime is banned until the COVID shit is dealt with."
"Feh, not like I was ever going back. Thanks for the heads, I'll stay safe." Ryker said before hanging up. "What a diaster. This year not even halfway over, and it already frigging blows…except for the two joys in my life. However, I think I may consider speeding the aging process for our son, Garnet. Just considering for now, I don't do anything unless we both agree to it."
-o-
For Maylene, getting to Norway was not the issue. Finding the Gem Battlefield was because she could not just ask around for it without sounding too suicipous. Tony simply put a gun to a mugger and asked questions.
"Where is it? It's a field of strawberries and weapons!" Tony asked as his pistol dug deeper into the mugger's stomach.
"The historical site? It's right out of Rogaland, next town other." The mugger squealed as Tony pistol whipped him.
"Got it." Tony said as Maylene facepalmed.
Before long, they were at the sight having found the warp pad. Enid and Maylene long changed into their mission wear and cocked their weapons. The four got on the pad and Maylene activated it. What they found was the beach house was simply used to store things and left to gather dust.
"All the money from the coke, but that fuckin' snake can't hire a fuckin' maid." Tony said before sneezing.
"Tony, shut up and let us sense out the place." Maylene said sensing out the area. "Ok, I don't sense anything..."
"What about that person under the sheet?" Wynn said cutting Maylene off as Enid took the sheet off to reveal a glitching Pearl with a cracked gem. "Should I…"
"No, it's damaged and not a treat. Sosa might have dumped it here." Enid said as Maylene's Omnitrix blipped.
"Genetic damage detected. Would you like to repair?" Maylene's Omnitrix said as Maylene looked down at it.
"To hell with it, she could make useful. Omnitrix, commence!" Maylene said her watch zapped the Pearl repairing her Gem.
This also inadvertently resetted her completely physically and mentally. The Pearl was altogether very lean, with long legs and arms, and has a tall oval-shaped head with a prominent and pointed nose as per the norm. She had light purple skin and messy, shoulder-length dark purple hair that covered one eye. Her powder purple cabochon pearl rested on her chest above her sturum as she wore a simple purple maid's dress, even having the shoes, and maid. And then she opened her eyes which lay upon Tony and she called him her master before introducing her her as Purple Pearl.
"That's just perfect." Tony said confidently. "Because I'd like your help to deal with the owner of the mansion."
"I'm not much of a fighter, but I can summon a weapon." Pearl said summoning a broadsword.
"I think we really need to do some more reading on pop culture, boss." Wynn said flabbergasted.
"You think that's weird. You're a reality warper, sweetheart. Everything is possible, aliens, ghosts, demons, angels, mutants, and so on." Enid explained. "I'm of a werewolf and a vampire yet I practice ninjutsu."
"I…wow I really didn't think much of being a warper. God damn…" Tony said mirthfully. "Hell, are guns still effective?"
"Yes and no, depending on your ammo. If those guns aren't from the GTA universe, they're pretty much worthless. However, let me take a look around here." Maylene said shuffling through the boxes. "Well, well, it seems Sosa tossed stuff he thought was worthless. Stuff I can use to upgrade your weapons. It'll take an hour so we can talk. You need to be caught up."
The hour was spent working on Tony and Wynn's weapons while they all just discussed the times, warper life, and so on. There some laughs, swears, and a few drinks tossed around.
"I missed a lot of shit, but it seems everything is both too extreme and too restrained." Tony said shaking my head. "When this shit is over, I think I want to find one of them GTA universes. I'd feel at home there."
"You know, there's a character in those games based off you. Tommy Vercetti. Lives in Vice City in Miami. He's basically you if he had no sister, never touched drugs, and was ax-crazy." Maylene said showing Tony a picture.
"He looks just like me. 'Cept I totally look better." Tony bolstered as Purple Pearl agreed.
"Ego, much?" Enid remarked as Maylene finished.
"There's done. Be lucky that my father was a solider of sorts. He and the others had to craft weapons in their war and I learned the tools of the trade. Plasma cartridges, rapid fire, charge shot for the pistol, and I even built a bazooka. However, it's only got three shots." Maylene said handing them their improved weapon.
"I'll hold the bazooka." Wynn said cocking her new sidearm. "Now let's move out."
They all crept out of the beach house to see it was already nighttime. They used Purple Pearl to easily fool some of the guards there to spill some information.
"Ok, we need a distraction. Can you cause some mayhem?" Maylene asked Tony who only smirked evily as he took the bazooka. "What are you doing?"
"Causing a distraction!" Tony said firing a missile which blew a hole in the wall. "Now go!"
"Tony, you're fucking crazy!" Maylene said as she and Enid bolted.
Sosa's room of treasures was guarded, but Tony's little stunt drew them away allowing for Maylene and Enid to break it. With a spin kick, she smashed the glass as Maylene collected the shard.
"Now let's save Tony." Maylene said activating her Omnitrix. "Let's try the Sonorosian."
Maylene had her body combust into sound waves before being contained a silicon black containment suit with a square appendage resembling an MP3 player behind his back with a port on it, decorated with a "M" symbol and what looks like cassette tapes on his lower legs. The purple circle-shaped indents on the back of her hands flowed with sound as she also wore headphones on her ears. She realized she was now rather short as Omnitrix symbol formed on her upper chest.
"You ready?" Maylene said getting used to her new voice.
Enid cracked her knuckles and nodded.
[Cues: Shadow the Heghehog OST – I Am, All of Me]
Tony, Purple Pearl, and Wynn were in the heat of the firefight, only for Maylene to kick the door open as the music kicked. Tony did not what that song was, but he'd ask later ask Maylene opened fire on the guards with her V-Chargers on the human shields. Maylene produced several sound blasts to shatter any gems in the way.
"We couldn't just leave you behind." Enid said blasting one of the guards with an energy blast. "Let's go!"
Maylene produced an army of clones and told her friends to run for it before facing the horde.
"All right, you sons of bitches, say hello to my little friends!" Maylene said before screaming as loud as she could utterly wrecking parts of building, people's eardums to brust, causing gems to crack from the pressure, and tearing apart the building.
She and her clone army walked down the hall decimating left and right before she run ahead taking several hand to hand. Grabbing one, she screamed right in their ear to cause their head to explode.
"You can stay and fight, or die because I am all of me." She said as what was left shook in fear.
[Music Ends]
"Can we take the coke?" One of them asked only for Maylene to tell them take what they could carry and leave.
She could only watch in disgust as they dropped their weapons to get the cocaine only affirm her disdain for users. Her clones merged back into her as she returned to her human form leaving them to head back to the treasure room which was soundproofed.
"The mansion is torn up, but I got them all. Those aren't dead are fleeing with the coke. What drug lord lets their henchman get hooked on coke? I thought the rules of being a drug lord is don't get high on your own supply and don't let your minions get high off it either." Maylene said looking over at Tony.
"Why is it that every woman I met keep telling me this?" Tony said as Wynn gave him a backhand slap.
"Because might I remind you that not following it got you nearly killed and us ran out of Miami." Wynn said annoyed.
"Yeah, well. Go find the coke, and you can tank what's left. I'll take what's in here." Maylene said looking around. "Enid, anything of value?"
"Let's see. Mostly just jewels and…wait hang on. That one, the red one that looks a 20-sided dice is giving off some energy." Enid said punching through the glass to take it.
Maylene's Omnitrix beeped once again, but this time it detected a competent for it indefintying it as a "Polymorphic Crystal" which could upgrade it and unlock some more aliens. Of course, Maylene had it open up and shoved that crystal in it. As the Omnitrix closed, it rattled before changing form appearing quite similar to the Omniverse version of the Omnitrix but in Maylene's colors of black and purple, the core had changed from green to red due to the control. The Omnitrix A.I. sounded much clearer as it explained that the Omnitrix now has access to about 20 aliens along with Ultimate evolvutionary function. The good news was the 13 she already had was kept, but the bad news was the new seven were randomized.
"Maybe if you get a Galvan to work on this, the programming would not so imperfect."
"Fuck off, the fact my mom and dad built you should be impressive enough." Maylene said before activating it to cycle through the new aliens. "Ok…you got to be shitting me. All it did give me was aliens from the first series. A.."
"Can you just call them by Ben's pet names? Not everyone bothers to remember their species' name." Enid said as Maylene groaned.
"Fine. I got Grey Matter, Buzzshock, Blitzwolfer, Wildmutt, Cannonbolt, Diamondhead which is pointless I already have Chromastone, and Snare-oh." Maylene said punching a wall. "Let's just get going."
It would Purple Pearl who led them to cocaine storage where there were a few packs left and a few stragglers.
"Pearl, kill them." Tony commanded as Purple Pearl run her sword through several of the stragglers before Maylene shot the last one.
"A deal's a deal's. Take my advice and get the hell out of this universe. I got what I want, you got what you wanted." Maylene said tersely.
"If you're leaving…take me with you." A weak voice said.
In walked one of the Sosa's guards who was injured slightly with a shot to the shoulder.
"Look man, I could offer my services and a bit of help for you."
The guard removed the helmet to reveal a head of black hair revealing a tired and weary young man.
"Sosa has spaceships. I had show you to them and navigate you anywhere in the multiverse. Just take me with you."
"Depends, you do coke?" Tony asked.
"Hell no, I hate that shit. Personally, I prefer ale as a vice. It's only good for selling…I was only doing this to support my girl before she cucked me for Sosa. So personally, I want to join you and make sure this place burns to the fucking ground."
"What's your name?" Wynn asked.
"Rodney Morash." Rodney said with a sigh.
"It's a deal." Tony said shaking Rodney's face.
"Come on, we need to blow this dump like yesterday." Rodney said as Pearl make sure to pack all the bags of coke she could carry.
"I guess this is goodbye. Maylene, Enid, maybe we may meet again." Tony said with a smirk.
"I doubt it, but you weren't so glad." Maylene said as she and Enid took off.
With Sosa's mansion in ruins and the second shard obtain, all they had to get to Neo-California. However, destroy the coke den of one of the biggest drug lords when he's supplying a madwoman probably was not a bright idea. Because…at Castle Spinel, Spinel was on another cocaine binge.
(A/N: Mid-season upgrade! All those updates all in time before April Fools…in the West. Add Spinel and cocaine, the newsroom will have plenty to discuss. As for why Scarface? I had explained where the coke was coming from. Considering that the important characters of Steven Universe were mostly killed off by Spinel, I had to fill it with something. Wynn is actually the Assassin assist character from Scarface: The World is Yours. Points to whoever knows who Rodney is. Moving on, we're close to end of this arc.)
