Ch. 2: Catching Up

"Woah, who is that?" asked Steven in awe, watching Garnet and the strange figure below.

"Onyx." mutter Pearl, who was said it a with some nervousness in her voice.

"Onyx?"

"Yeah Onyx. He is one of the Crystal Gems." said Amyethis, happily.

"Woah! Another member of the Crystal Gems! That is cool!" shouted Steven, all in awe. "Hey, if he's a member, he has to be a good guy!" and with that bolted out the door.

"STEVEN!" both gems shouted, but it was too late.

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"You got some nerve showing back up here." said Garnet, with a bit of anger in her voice.

"Oh please" scoffed Onyx. "We both know I would be back. After all, you can't keep a good gem at bay. Anyways, Im not really here to see you, Garnet. I just want to see Amy, Pearl, and Rosie."

"Rose is no longer with us, Onyx."

"What?" replied a shock Onyx. "What do you mean, shes no longer with us where did she-"

"HEY GARNET!" shouted a young voice. Both gems turn up to see a young boy running down towards them, with two other gems following him. Garent shook her head as Onyx lookat at he boy profoundly. Then Onyx saw it, a something gleaming off his belly. It was a gem. It was his sister's gem, which means...no...no it couldnt mean that. "Hi my name is Steven!" said the boy happily, going up next to him.

"...Onyx." replied the black gem, squatting down to the kid's eye level. He gave one look at the boy up and down. He look nothing like Rose, besides the gem. "Please tell me Rosie is-"

"No longer with us." interrupted Pearl, as she looked down. "She has not been around for a long time Onyx."

"Yeah, you been gone like, forever!" replied Amyethis.

Onyx just kept staring at Steven, which was making the younger gem a bit uncomfortable. "So um...are you part ofthe team?" Steven asked.

Onyx stood up and turned to Garnet. "I want answers." in a serious tone.

"So do we." replied Garent.

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About a half hour later, instead their home, Steven sat in bed, watching from above in the living room where on one side sat Amyethis, Garnet, and Pearl, while Onyx sat on the other, in a chair drinking a cold soda. As Pearl talked about what happened, and Amyethis ask questions where he been, Garnet was the only one not talking but staring directly at the black gem, her arms crossed, and her gauntlets out, as of "insurance" she told Steven. When Onyx replied to Amyethis questions and asking Pearl things, however he always looked like he was staring back at Garnet, like they were the only two in the room. Everyone could tell the tension between the two was as thick as fog.

As for Steven, he and a bit of Amyethis and Pearl, were enjoying the tales of Onyx's adventures.

"So then after my travels in Bangladesh, and saving the people there from this sworm of electric skulls, I was almost given these jewels which were going to make me as rich as a sultan, you know as thanks. But I turned it down cause you know the way we do things." said Onyx, nonchalantly as he drank from soda.

"Aw man you could of been rich!" should Amyethis, waving her arms.

"Amyethis! It was not about the reward! It was about helping out people...right, Onyx?" asked Pearl, raising an eyebrow.

"Oh course, we are Crystal Gems, we are bound to save humanity." replied Onyx.

"Wow so cool." said Steven, in awe, as he came down from his bed to the group and sat on the floor near the Crystal Gems.

Onyx looked at the boy, still taken in the fact that his Rosie, the woman he looked up to as a sister, gave up her physical form, to have this child with a human. Sure, he didnt mind that it was a human but still.

"So...Steven? Hows the training going, are these three being good mentors to you?" asked the male gem, sipping his drink some more, saying it as he looked back at Garnet.

"Of coures we are!" said Pearl, astonished, blushing a bit blue.

"Yeah, so we almost loose him once or twice, but we still make sure he's safe!"

"Amyethis!" shouted Pearl.

"What? He's still fine!"

"I see..." Onyx turned to Steven, and smiled. "So Steven, how would you like it, if I began teaching you the ways of being a Crystal Gem uh?"

"Would you?" asked Steven, awe struck and grinning from ear to ear.

"Yeah, come on, no offense to you three, but my guess Steven needs a male role model, gem wise I mean."

"What kind of teaching?" asked Pearl, questioning.

"You know, go on adventures, teach him the ways of being a Crystal Gem, I mean what you have been telling me, he has not master his powers yet." replied Onyx. "So what you say, Steven, how about your fellow gem Onyx teach you a few things, eh?"

"No."

Everyone turned to face Garnet, who for the first time since entering the house, spoke.

"Excuse me?" asked Onyx.

"I said no, Onyx. I think Steven should not learn on how to be a Crystal Gem from you."

"What?! Garnet!" replied Steven, in shock. Amyethis and Pearl was shock too.

"I understand." said Onyx, with a smug as he got up and stretch. "I had a long day getting here, and want to take a look around town. See how thing changed. If thats alright. I'll just crash out in the side cave for a couple of days...we still have a side cave right?"

"Of course." replied Pearl.

"Great." he said getting up. " Well I'll see you around. And thanks for the talk and the drink!" and went out the door.

"Garnet! What cant he teach me how to be a Crystal Gem?" asked Steven, a bit disappointed.

"Steven. I think its wise not to trust Onyx." replied Garnet, her gauntlets finally dissappearing. "He's no good, that's all."

"But he's a gem! He's one of us!" the child responded.

"He's got you there, Garnet." teased Amyethis.

"He is still one of us." added Pearl.

"No he WAS one of us." said Garnet, getting up, and leaving to their special door. "I'll be in my room if anyone needs me." and with that, she opened the door and left.

"What was that all about?" Steven asked the tall and short gems in the room.

"Well, you see Steven, Garnet and Onyx...they um-"

"They pretty much despise each other."

"Amyethis!"

"What? Its true. Those two use to fight more then we do. Rose use to be the one who had to cool them off."

"Oh." said Steven, as he look toward the front door. Suddenly his eyes widen. "Oh I just remember, I got to meet Connie by the Big Donut." he said as he ran to get his closet and pulled out his cheeseburger packback. "Tell Garnet, I'll be home late!" and ran out the door.

"Ok...bye." said Pearl, slowly waving. She and Amyethis looked out the window. "He's going after Onyx, is he?"

"Yep." replied the purple one. "So...do you want to tell Garnet or should I?"

TBC

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