Sorry for the absence! I just got caught up on Steven Universe. I won't spoil anything for those who haven't yet. We are almost to the end and I'm very excited!
Steven finally did get the bubble to bust. He fell forward. He was very afraid but he understood Amy's reasoning. She was afraid for all of them.
"I'm going to pop all of them."
He popped all the bubbles, setting all the gems in a circle. Amethyst was the first to reform. She hugged Steven tightly.
"Steven! Are you ok?!" she cried looking worried.
"I'm fine but I'm worried about Amy."
Amethyst nodded.
"I guess we wait for everyone to come back."
Amethyst nodded, "Not…. Not to sound like a negative nancy, but do you think that she'll be able to do it?"
Steven grimaced.
"I know little man but… we all have to face it… we may not make it alive."
"I know that but I would feel better if I were with her," Steven said tears forming in his eyes.
Amethyst hugged him again.
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"Do you want to stand here or fight me?" Amy asked, making Yellow Diamond angrier.
"I will destroy you!" she screamed.
Amy took a fighting stance like she was a professional fighter. Pearl had taught her how to stand when it came to fighting. She had to careful and vigilant while moving fast. Even in reality none of things would apply to Amy since she couldn't be shattered anyways but she liked the skills she had learned. White Diamond said sometimes she would remember things through "dreams" which were just memories hidden away.
Yellow Diamond summoned a giant yellow hammer. It didn't surprise her any since Yellow Diamond seemed like the type to be brutal. She charged at Amy swinging the hammer into her chest. The sound boomed almost like thunder. Amy was unaffected from the hit besides sliding in the sand a few feet. Yellow Diamond's hammer shattered and disappeared from her hands.
She whipped around to see White Diamond snickering at her. Yellow Diamond let out an angry cry and summoned another hammer. She lost some control of herself and started swinging wildly at Amy who blocked every hit with hands until Yellow Diamond knocked her into the ground and slammed the hammer into her body. It did hurt but her body held up. Blue Diamond watched in fear as her companion had lost her mind beating the enemy into the sand.
White Diamond watched with extreme interest wondering if Amy would poof into thin air but it seemed she wouldn't or she couldn't. For what seemed like the hundredth time, she raised the hammer above her head Amy threw her hands up. Suddenly the sand shot out from underneath her forming a shield and it magically harden into glass. Amy flinched in fear as she slammed the hammer down but nothing happened. The glass held up even against the intense impact.
"What is that!" she screamed making Amy flinch again.
She was in pain.
"It looks like a shield," White Diamond said and Yellow Diamond glared at her.
"You should calm down! You won't get anywhere like this!" Blue Diamond cried.
What is this? I've never been able to do that before- is this my weapon?
"COME OUT OF THERE!" Yellow Diamond bellowed beating her fists against the glass.
Blue Diamond pushed her out of the way, "Let me try."
Amy felt slightly more panicked as Blue Diamond got closer.
"It looks like "glass". It seems Violet can morph her surroundings… Everything has a weakness…."
Blue Diamond placed her finger tips onto the glass and closed her eyes. Amy cried out when long, blue finger nails came through the glass. The nails cut through and the nails started to grow clawing at her fluorite gem. Amy suddenly felt weird as the nails tried to pull out her gem from her chest.
Amy jerked her body sideways trying to get away from the nails but it didn't work. It felt like they were invading her body but Blue Diamond couldn't pull her gem out. She pulled her hands away and stared into the glass at Amy. Never in her life had she felt that feeling… like she wanted to puke. She had tears in her eyes… she felt violated almost. Something wasn't right with Blue Diamond…
"Usually I can pop the gems out no problem. I wonder why her body won't give it up."
Amy closed her eyes tight.
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Pearl and Peridot came next then Lapis. No one said anything as they waited for Jasper, Ruby and Sapphire to come out. The Earth was still intact meaning Amy hadn't lost yet. If she had won, she would have come back already. Even though they wanted to help Amy defeat the Diamonds, no one was eager to go because they knew what they were capable of. They had seen the Diamonds destroy things. Steven was the only one who had never seen them.
Pearl knew White Diamond would be there and she wasn't ready to face her yet. Even though it had been a very, very long time she wasn't ready. She wasn't ready to face her Diamond after everything that had happened. Part of her still felt like she had betrayed her but she wanted to be with Rose. She had fallen for Rose and was willing to doing anything for her.
Here she was still fighting in her name.
Pearl felt stupid. She was fighting in her name all these years and for what? Rose was no longer here and she would never return Pearl's affections no matter how hard she tried. Pearl placed her face in her hands. She wanted to cry. Here they were, probably the end of the world and she still worshipped the pink goddess. Rose Quartz would always be the one who fell in love with a human and had a human child.
"Pearl… are you ok?"
"Huh? Yes- yes I am."
Steven placed a hand on her shoulder, "Everything will be ok."
Amethyst looked at her friend and nodded, "Everything will be fine."
"Everything isn't ok."
Amethyst frowned and Peridot looked at her funny.
"I spent all this time… protecting the Earth because I loved Rose so much but… here I am… in my final moments thinking I wasted everything I ever felt on something that would never be returned."
Amethyst knew what she was talking about, "Pearl…"
"I'm sorry Pearl," Steven said softly backing away from her.
"It's not your fault Steven. It's no one's fault but my own. I wish… I wish I had fallen in love with someone else who would have returned my affections. I wouldn't feel so much regret in the end."
Peridot looked down at her sleeping girlfriend. She didn't regret anything when it came to Lapis.
"You can still love someone else," Steven said, "Amy will do this. Once Garnet and Jasper come out, we can help and finish this. It'll be once and for all! Then you'll have all the time in the world to love someone special."
Pearl smiled sadly.
"Hey, I think she's coming out," Amethyst said as Jasper started to reform.
Jasper sat on the ground staring at the floor in shame.
"Hey," everyone said but she stayed quiet.
"Jasper," Amethyst said, placing a hand on her arm, "Once Garnet is back… we can go help."
"Then I'll stay here."
"What?" Steven said, "Why-
"I've been horrible to her!" Jasper screamed scaring him, "All I did was hurt her! I don't even know why she even cares about me! Look what I did to her- I wanted to be Malachite and I did it. I should have fought it off but I couldn't resist the feeling! I ruined everything for her! She deserves so much better! She's a Diamond! She deserves to be with Pink Diamond!"
Lapis was awake now and she looked ashamed too. Peridot got up and slapped Jasper across the face.
"Stop being so stupid, you idiot! If Amy didn't care, then she wouldn't have healed you! Yes, it is true she is drawn to corruption, but she saw something in you that made her want to be with you! It wasn't because of Malachite or Pink Diamond or anything else besides who you are! Did you ever just ask her without yelling at her?!"
Jasper stared at her dumbfounded.
"When this is all over you can ask her!" Peridot cried, fuming.
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Blue Diamond had managed to destroy the glass Amy had created by accident. White Diamond watched them with great interest as Blue Diamond and Yellow Diamond tagged teamed against Amy. Amy was indestructible but she felt pain. It wouldn't be long before she couldn't take it anymore. White Diamond sighed as Amy dodged and dodged but she was slowly down greatly.
"I want a turn."
Blue Diamond and Yellow Diamond turned around.
"What do you think you can do that we can't?" Yellow Diamond spat looking annoyed.
"Nothing. I have some steam to blow off."
White Diamond walked her way towards Amy as the other two backed off.
"I can't wait after all this time…"
This was the moment of truth: Who would White Diamond side with for sure?
White Diamond stopped in between the other two Diamonds staring at Amy. I waited all this time to get my revenge against you but instead I'm going to end up siding with you not because you were right or because you deserve to live peacefully with your friends but because I miss Pink Diamond. Everything she ever was, helped me cope with the dark times after my mothers were destroyed. She was the only one who was ever sorry for what happened to me. This is the end of the darkness that has plagued Homeworld. This is the end of the crap I have dealt with all my life since you were gone.
"Don't disappoint me," White Diamond said, reaching into her collar.
Without warning, she kicked Yellow Diamond in the abdomen sending her flying and then punch Blue Diamond in the face. They both screamed in anger and confusion watching the scene unfold before them. White Diamond pulled out a perfect white bubble with black and pink diamond shards. Amy's eyes began to water seeing her first friend like that. White Diamond threw the bubble and it popped halfway to the fluorite gem.
Amy caught it and she was sent flying into the sand several feet away. Suddenly a giant black bubble appeared. The sky darkened around it with lightning and static charging around the bubble. White Diamond had no idea if it was supposed to happen but it was worth waiting for. Blue Diamond grabbed her shoulders shaking her furiously with fear in her eyes.
"WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!?" she screamed.
White Diamond smiled at her, "What's there to be afraid of?"
"SHE WAS CORRUPTED YOU IDIOT! WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS NOW!"
"Your down fall."
Yellow Diamond stood there with her mouth hanging open unable to speak.
"Is they fuse together then do you know what happens?!" Yellow Diamond screamed looking pissed off.
"She cures Pink Diamond of her corruption and you're left with a corrupted monster who can't be destroyed but who can destroy you."
"NO!"
The three Diamonds turned around to see Jasper and the rest of them standing there.
"YOU'RE DEAD!" Yellow Diamond screamed, "This was your plan- to betray us this whole time!?"
White Diamond smirked, "Yea… Payback is a bitch isn't it?"
Suddenly the black bubble got bigger and bigger in size scaring everyone but White Diamond. She was amused by the scene before her. She looked over at Pearl who looked a lot different than the last time she had seen her. Some part of her ached seeing her after all this time. White Diamond ripped her eyes from her and looked at the black bubble for it had stopped expanding.
It started to crack all of the place and the lightning started to get worse. Dread began to fill everyone as pieces started to fall off onto the ground. Blue Diamond collapsed to her knees as the rest of the black bubble fell apart onto the ground. The Crystal Gems gasped at the monster that once was Amy and there was Pink Diamond on her knees staring at her first love corrupted.
Amy had grown several feet. Her fingers were long and sharp looking like knives. She had some type of black liquid dripping out of her mouth and eyes. She was hunched over with spikes coming out of her spine, twitching all weird. She looked far worse than the corrupted gems they all had encountered before. She looked over at the Diamonds and roared again.
"AMY!" Jasper screamed.
Amy's hand grew abnormally large to her arm and she swatted Pink Diamond away like she was an insect. Pink Diamond hit the sand several feet from the horrified Crystal Gems.
"AMY! DON'T DO IT! DON'T KILL ANYONE BECAUSE YOU'LL REGRET IT!" Pink Diamond cried.
Steven stared at her. She was beautiful and didn't seem like the horrible Diamond he had heard about it.
"Get ready," White Diamond said, "She's coming."
Yellow Diamond pulled out her war hammer and Blue Diamond finally recovered taking a stand.
"Amy!" Jasper screamed but Pink Diamond threw out her arm to stop her.
"Don't do anything," she whispered, her voice was almost like Opal's.
"My Diamond-
"I'm no one's Diamond, little Jasper. She won't come after us at first. Watch her movements. We will end up having to fight her. All that black liquid is corruption. So we have to wait it out until it disappears. If we hit her, we may can cause the corruption to leak out faster but because Yellow Diamond is the strongest of us four, let her hit Violet up to help."
Jasper looked shocked.
"Violet will be just fine. My corruption was too much for her to handle… but she knew that."
They just stared at her in awe.
"We can start making counter measures after she beats Yellow Diamond."