Chapter three: I Just Don't Get It, But It's Still Beautiful

The earth was a beautiful planet. Even though it was a great reminder of the lose homeworld had with the rebels, even if many good gem were lost here, not many could argue that aside from all of that it was still pretty. But it wasn't just the look of the planet. It was the overall worth of it. For a quartz soldier to go against her own diamond and risk her life, her allies life, and her own people's lives; such a planet must be worth something in the end.

And yet, after 5,000 years, I still don't know what it is. Was it the life? A lot of planets have life on it. Or maybe the humans? But they were so primitive. Sure, they help fight in the war but what else? I just don't get it.

Maybe I'm not suppose to get it. Maybe that's why I didn't join her-join Rose-in the rebellion. The way I saw it, I would be going against my diamond and my kind for just one planet when there were others that were gem controlled. In the end, I'm glad the earth stayed the way it did. I just wished it didn't come with such a heavy cost.

"Obsidian!"

I turned to the sound of my name and found Aventurine. She was big like most quartz soldiers. Well, she was tall and had a muscular form, but not as buff as the legendary Jasper. Her hair was long and curly down to her thighs. Her gemstone-which was located on the back of her right arm-was in the shape of a circle and it was smooth. The rest of her form verified in the color of green. "How long have you been there?" I asked the quartz.

"I just got here." she replied. "Tiger wants to know how long you plan on sitting there."

Tiger Eyes-or Tiger for short-was a much more impatient quartz. Her hair was just as long as Aventurine, but was much more wild. Her gemstone was orange with black and was placed where her right eye would be. It was shaped in a way that made it look like it was in a permanent scold. Her form also took on the similar colors of her gem; black and orange.

"What's the rush?" I asked. "It's not like we need to be anywhere. Besides," I turn in the direction of the setting sun as it made it's dip in the great ocean, "I rather enjoy just taking in the scenes like this."

"She just wants to make sure we are using are time wisely. 'If I had known she was just going to sit there, I would had been training,' she said."

I laughed, thinking of Tiger saying that exact thing. "She knows she can do what she wants until I give the word."

"I think it has more to do with her being bored. I mean, recently we haven't come across too many corrupted gems and you just let the gem experiments go. And what's so great about that little town you keep staring at?"

I smiled. "You know why." Aven was silent(sometimes I say Aven for short). My smile got bigger. "Besides, there is no point in attacking now. I'll wait just a little bit longer."

What was the hurry? I had nowhere else to be except here. If anything, this was the hill would be the perfect seat to watch as one of my greatest achievements turn this "Beach City" into a peaceful shore. Yes, that would be a beautiful thing indeed.

"Are you sure?" asked Peridot. When I got back to the barn, I told both Peridot and Lapis what I had saw.

"I'm positive." I said.

"So what?" says Lapis in a rather plain tone. "Wouldn't that be a good thing since there is some like Steven out there?"

"It's not that." I said. "I just can't believe it."

"So what now?" You Peridot asked.

"Nothing right now." Not much was said after that. It was mostly brushed aside and I tried not to think about it.

The next day, I went back down to Beach City and meet up with Abigael. Just like the day before, we just spent most of the day talking. I didn't ask her about anything gem related. Even if she was half gem there was no reason to bring it up.

"Hey Rekirts?" She asked. "You said you've been here for two years. What do you do exactly?"

"Nothing much really." I lied. "Mostly just hang around."

"Really?" she looked confused. "You look like someone who does a lot more than just hang around." I started to wonder if she actually knew more than what she was letting on.

"Yeah. I get that a lot. But what about you? Do you have any hobbies I should know about."

She shook her head. "Not much."

For a moment we just sat where we were. We ended up going to the pier and just decided to look at boats. In the silence, I noticed that Abi was quieter than she was yesterday. She seemed lost in thought. "Rekirts?" she asked.

"Yeah."

"If you had a secrete, who would you tell?"

Well, that came out of nowhere. "I guess that would depend on the secrete." Silence. "Is something wrong."

With a look of determination, she seemed to have come to a conclusion. She lifted the sleeve of her left arm to reveal….

"Rekirts. I'm not human." she said with a mix of fear and sadness as she showed me a sky blue gemstone. It was rectangular in shape with the cut of the gem also being rectangle. It took up about three fourths of her shoulder. All I could do was stare in silence as my suspicions were being realized. To be honest, I was more speechless from the fact that I only knew her for two days and she is already telling me this. "Rekirts."

I looked up from the gemstone. Abi was looking a little less confident. "Sorry. I didn't mean to stare." I said. "So you're half gem." I meant it more as a statement than a question.

"Yeah." she sighs as she puts her sleeve down. "I guess you already know what I am."

"I might have meet a guy."

"The thing is, I wasn't born like this."

You know the saying, "it hit me like a truck"? Well replace the truck with something ten times heavier moving twice as fast. Shocked couldn't even fathom the oblivion that was now my mind. My heart began to race and the best thing I could say was, "W-wh-What?"

Now Abi look sad; almost like she was about to cry. I didn't understand. I was confused and needed answers. But not now, not like this. Whatever happened, it clearly was a bad memory to her. Shaking my head to snap out of my confusion, I said, "Hey, you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to."

Abigeal looks up at me. "But.."

"I'm in no rush for answers so you can just take your time." Actually, a butt ton of answer would be lovely, but I didn't want to force her.

All of a sudden, her expression changed from sad to disappointment. "You shouldn't lie about stuff like that." Then she got up and stormed off.

Only two days and this girl has managed to blow my mind three times already. Two of those times involved her seemingly looking at me and knowing what I was feeling. That was it. I couldn't take it anymore. Grabbing my pack that I had laying beside me, I made my way to the nearest bathroom. There I got change into my creed attire: a black jacket that was infused with light armor, my hidden blade on my right arm, athletic shoes, and then strapped my pack on. I need to know who this girl was and at this point I really couldn't wait around. Keeping a good distance away, I followed Abigael in hopes that I might get something out of this. But for what came next, lets just say I'm glad I changed into uniform first.

I was bored of waiting. I was tired of doing nothing. But I didn't have to stay in one place. That's what Obsidian said. So I left; not far. Just enough to reach my target. I was told not to break her. And I won't. I'll just see how she compares to me. The one I'm not suppose to break. I want to have some fun. Or at least, have something to do. I'll wait for her. It should be worth it. Obsidian thinks so. Yes. It will be. One way or the other. I, Tiger eye, versus the mutant experiment. That should be exciting.