Welcome back. Let's Go."Hey cub you okay?" Steven's savior asked again.
"Oh yeah. Thanks...um?" Steven asked.
"Lava. Call me Lava."
"Lava?"
"Ya know glowing red hot stuff, volcanoes, all that?" Lava answered pulling Steven up so he was piggyback. When he got there he saw something between Lava's shoulder blades.
"Hey you wouldn't happen to be a gem? Would you?" Steven asked a bit cautious.
"Yeah. How'd you know?"
"Cause I know a few. In fact some help raise me." Steven said trying not to say to much.
"Well cool. So which way ya headed little cub?"
"Oh I geuss up. I just didn't peg you for a gem. You seem a bit..." Steven said trying to find the right word.
"Masculine?" Lava chuckled. Steven nodded. "Well I'm defective. I'm one of roughly 10,000 male gems we're very rare." Lava explained climbing up the side of the mountain back towards the wrecked ship.
"Rare? But you said there's about 10,000 of you." Steven said wrapping his arms around Lava's neck.
"Yeah that's rare considering out of about 10,000,000 only 2 or 3 have a chance, hold on..." Lava said before making a jump over a gap in the mountain. landing with a grunt he continued. "...Only about 2 or 3 have a chance to be male gems and even then we come out with flaws."
"So are any other male gems on earth?" Steven asked really curious.
"Almost all of them." Lava answered. "We came here around the time of the war and stayed after for...reasons. This little thing is one reason." Lava pulled out a glowing orb about the size of a baseball.
"What is it?" Steven asked starring at it.
"The power sphere from that splicer that fell."
Steven was a little concerned now. Why did he want it? What was it for?
"This baby is basically like a jillion batteries and it'll really help with our power problem back at home base." Lava turned his head to Steven. "Don't worry we just need it for the lights and stuff. Incase you were concerned. Now hold on." Lava said his gem glowing before Lava grabbed his weapon a stabbed it into the mountainside and grab a duplicate. Both weapons were pick hammers that had black heads and handles. "We're going double time so hold on and try not to tug on the due."
--meanwhile with the gems--
Pearl was freaking out. "STEVEN! STEVEN! STEVEN!" She called down hopping to hear anything. Amethyst was summoning as many whips as she could and tieing them together as fast as she could. Garnet was starting to climb down to try and find Steven.
"I'll be back. Be ready to rush home when I do." She said starting to climb down faster before hearing a ringing getting closer. They stopped what they were doing long enough to hear.
"No I'm telling you try it you won't regret it." One voice they didn't recognize but then heard. "I don't know. peanut butter on a burger. sound a little weird." Came a voice that they could pick out of any crowd on any day.
"Steven!" They all yelled. Looking down they saw him and a large man who was carrying him on his back as he climbed up the mountainside.
"Hi guys!" He yelled up at them. The man carrying him looked up and waved. "Hey this little cub your's?" He laughed climbing faster and reached them in about a minute. The man set Steven down who was instantly swarmed in a hug by the three gems as Lava looked on. All of them were crying tears of joy till Lava coughed making them look at him.
"Sorry for ruining the moment. But Steven I'm a little mad you didn't tell me you had three fine ladies waiting for you. I would have gone triple time." He said before gently take Amethyst's hand and kissing it. "What's crankin little momma?"
Amethyst snorted a laugh. "That was so bad." She laughed taking her hand back. "So who are you?" She asked.
"Name's Lava. Ya know you should keep a leash on this little guy. Be a shame to lose him he seems nice." Lava answered as Garnet approached. "Sup stretch?" He asked before Garnet pulled him into a hug.
"Thank you so much." Garnet said crying a bit as Lava returned it.
"No prob big girl. He's actually really fun to have around. But gotta go." Lava said turning around. Before Pearl yelled out.
"He's a gem?"
"Yeah he said he's one of about 10,000." Steven answered before Pearl summoned her spear. "Woah what are you doing?" Steven cried.
"Stay back Steven." Pearl demanded taking a fighting stance before a black gloved hand grabbed the tip of the spear and pointed upward.
"That's not very polite." A grey skinned gem with black hair in a high ponytail wearing a black and white vest and baggy pants and bare feet he was as tall as pearl and had the body of a swimmer and a face that looked similar to Pearl but with a smaller nose speaking with a very educated voice. Garnet summoned her gauntlets just before another gem appeared right infront of her in the blink of an eye. This gem was a bit taller than Garnet and had a face shield over his face save for his mouth he was built like Lava but had off white skin and his mane like hair seemed to contain a rainbow of colors and wore an outfit similar to Jasper's but with arm and leg gaurds all of it black with white trim.
"We mean no harm to you, this planet, or its inhabitants." The first gem said. "I am black onyx and we will be leaving." He continued as a portal opened up behind him. "Lava."
"Yeah I'm going. See ya little cub." Lava said waving to Steven as he walked through.
"Good. Now Prism come." Onyx said. But Prism didn't move he just stared at Garnet lowly growling. "PRISM NOW!" Prism stepped to the portal walking through. "Now I'm sorry to trouble you. I bid you a good day ladies. May our paths cross again." He said stepping through as the portal closed.
"What was that?" Steven asked.
"Yeah he was nice. That was seriously uncool P." Amethyst said crossing her arms over her chest.
"You two don't get it." Pearl said as her spear disappeared. "If They're here then..." She trailed off looking worried.
"Then what?" Steven asked.
"Then Black Diamond is here." Garnet said looking where the male gems had left. "Let's get home so we can explain."
"WAIT!" Amethyst yelled making everyone look at her. "We still gettin ice cream?"
--A Trip Home Later--
As they returned Garnet went to the fridge getting a small tub of ice cream and a few spoons for Steven and Amethyst who were sitting on the couch.
"Here dig in." She said before also taking her own seat on the couch.
"So who is Black Diamond?" Steven asked eating some ice cream while Amethyst was inhaling it.
"A monster." Garnet answered. "Even the other Diamonds feared him. He is the only male Diamond to exist and he tore through galaxies like a force of nature."
"He shattered gems if they failed in the slightest. A story say he shattered a technical gem for a mistype." Pearl cut in sitting next to Garnet. "He disappeared after the war but..."
"How could we not know he was here?" Amethyst asked.
"He is a master of evading any he wants I guess he taught his gems that as well." Garnet said leaning forward resting her chin on her hands. "Now we have him, Peridot, and Malachite to worry about."
Suddenly there was a knocking at the door. Garnet got up and answered the door but saw noone confusing her before she heard a voice. "Down her miss." Looking down she was shocked to see a male sapphire dressed in a dark blue waist coat, white shirt, black pants, and dark blue leather shoes with the classic swoop over his face covering his eye.
"Huh she's tall." She heard another voice said making her look to the side seeing ruby dressed in a dark red muscle shirt and black shorts and boots sporting the classic Ruby hair leaning against the house.
"Be polite Rusty." The Sapphire said turning to Garnet. "Apologize for my companion he is...blunt."
"I know how that feels." Garnet said making her and the Sapphire chuckle.
"Laugh it up Blue, laugh it up." The Ruby called Rusty said. "Do the thing."
"Oh...*cough*...I am pleased to invite you your leader and any other Crystal Gems to the home of my master to properly thank you for your assistance on a mission one our teams had. Will you accept?" Blue said speaking in a regal monotone voice.
"No." Garnet answered closing the door on the pair.
"That went better than I thought." Rusty said before Blue smacked him in the back of the head.
Back inside Steven looked at Garnet. "Who was it?"
"Two gems wanting us to come and see their master." She answered.
"Cool. When we going?" Amethyst asked trying to get the last bit of ice cream out of the tub.
"We're not." Garnet said and left for her room meaning there would be no arguing it.
"Well then I think with that all settled I think I'll be going to my room." Pearl said going to the temple door and into her room.
Left alone Steven and Amethyst looked at each other. "You thinkin what I'm thinkin Ste-man?" He smiled and nodded as the two got up and ran to the door seeing the gems beginning to walk down the steps.
"Wait!" Steven called the two going after them. The two gems stopped and looked at Steven and Amethyst.
"Oh have you reconsidered?" Blue asked.
"Yeah let's go." Steven said happy as a clam.
"Well then give me a sec." Rusty said taking out a small device and pointing it infront of them before a portal opened up. "Our portal awaits." Rusty and Blue walked forward motioning to the two others to follow.
Amethyst smiled at Steven and said. "This is so exciting." The two then followed going through the portal. To the home of Black Diamond.
Well Ch2 we learned alot see ya next time.