Ch.10: Mission part 1
Onyx stretched as he walked into the main room that morning. He meditated a lot during that period after Garnet left his place last night. He wonder if he would have to tell the other two gems about his reason of left, or if Garnet or Steven told the others. Well he would find out.
"Morning." he said to Pearl as he walked into the kitchen area.
Pearl looked up from what she was doing and gave a little smile. "Morning Onyx. How did you like your room?"
Onyx sighed, happy she didn't know. "Oh it was good thanks for taking good care of it." he smile. "Though I dont remember putting some of my books in alphabetical order." he added with a chuckle as he sat on one of the stools, as the white gem blushed blue.
"Oh well, you know." she said with a bigger smile.
"ONYX!" shouted a familiar gem who broke the moment Pearl and him having as he was hugged from behind again. "Are you excited! We finally go back into action again."
"Yeah...the five of us right?" smile Onyx back at the short purple one, who was smiling back.
"You should thank Steven." uttered Pearl.
"Yeah it was Steven's idea." replied Amethyst.
"Really now?" said the black gem, though he already knew that. "So what's today's mis-"
"Morning Gems!" shouted the young half-gem boy, coming in with a step ladder.
Pearl sighed "Steven, you can ask me to get something for you if you need the cereal from the topshelf."
"Its cool Pearl." he said, as he climbed up the ladder to get a candy-like looking cereal.
"So like I was saying, what's today's mission." replied Onyx, eyeing the cereal as Steven poured it in a bowl.
"Not sure, but its gotta be awesome!"
"Has to be"
"That too Pearl." said Amethyst, getting a grown from the taller gem.
Soon the temple door open and Garnet stepped out, be watched by the rest of the people in the room as she walked near them. "Today we are heading out to retrieve the Flute of Tranquility."
"Really, we going after that?" asked Onyx, with his arm crossed.
"Flute of Tranquility?" asked Steven.
"It's a flute that, when played, can calm anyone down." said Pearl. "It was use to help settle differences between gems without it turning violent."
"So, when are we going?" asked Onyx, ready for action.
"As soon as Steven is done eating." replied Garnet, sitting down and watched the boy eat his food, as quickly as he can so they could go.
"This is going to be awesome." said Steven, smiling, with a little bit of milk drooling out of his mouth, causing stares from the other gems, and a chuckle from Amethyst and Onyx.
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They appear on the top of giant boulder in the middle of a temple. Well, what remain of a temple, it was hard to tell, if not for the random columns. Around it was surround by palm trees
"Well this seems lovely." muttered Onyx. Garnet just glared at him before jumping off, follow by him, Pearl, Amethyst, and Steven, who trip and fell to the ground face first.
"Steven! Are you alright?"
"I'm fine Pearl." said Steven, smiling and brushing the dirt off him. He wsa just happy Onyx was here. Maybe him and Garnet could finally get along.
"So...flute. Wonder where that would be?" said Onyx, not really looking around. Then e stopped as he stared directly at the forest. A second later he took out his scythe.
"Whats wrong Onyx?" ask Steven.
"Throogs ." said the black gem, in a stern voice.
"Throogs?! Where?!" said Pearl frantic, as she took out her spear.
"I dont see any Throogs?" replied Amethyst, looking around.
"No, but I can smell them."
Steven, who was confused at this pount, took a sniff into the air. He immedeatly covered his nose to a stench that remind him one time when he forgot to take the trash out for three days. "What's is that?" he asked.
"Throogs' scent." said Onyx. "And judging by the smell, there is a lot of them."
"What's a Throogs?"
"Well, Steven, do you remember what a frog looks like?" asked Pearl.
"Yeah."
"Think of those too mash up together with a monkey." said Amethyst.
"And they are blue and have red crystal eyes." added Onyx. "They are strong, but a bit slow."
"Are they dangerous?"
"Compare to an alpha Throog, not as much." said the black gem
"Alpha Throog?"
"Term that we use to call its leader, easy to spot too." said Garnet. "They must of taken it for some reason."
"They are not bright, Garnet. I'm sure they just like it cause it was shiny."
The leader glared at the older male gem, before turning back toward the forest. "We better go look for them then, just in case. Onyx, since you have a good nose, you lead."
"Ah thank you." said Onyx, giving a shark-like smile before walking to the dark red gem.
"Just no funny business."
"Yeah yeah, keep your glasses on." and walked into the forest.
"Wait up, Onyx." shouted Steven, and followed after him.
"Steven! Be careful!" shouted Pearl, and went in after him.
Amethyst stayed behind and looked at Garnet for a second. "Please don't start, Garnet...I want my big brother to stay." in a sincere voice, before the purple gem went in.
Garnet sighed and shook her head. This was going to be a loooooooooooong mission.
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"Onyx, what is your report?"
"I think we are getting close to where they are." replied Onyx, as he and Pearl cut through the forest with their sharp weapons. "Anything else you want, mistress?"
"No." said Garnet, getting a little laugh from Amethyst.
"Aaaaaw how much longer?" asked Steven.
"As long as it takes. Who knows we might be here forever!" shouted Onyx.
"Are we!?"
"He was just joking, weren't you Onyx." said a stern Garnet.
"Yeah, joking."
"Hey you guys hear something?" asked Amethyst, taking out her whip.
"Get into a circle." said Garnet, as the five for a circle, each facing out, with their weapon, besides Steven, who was trying to concentrate what Onyx told him a few days ago. "What makes me happy...what makes me happy..."
"Sh, Steven." whispered Pearl, gripping her spear tighter.
All five were quiet until...something a big as Steven and blue jumped from the bushes at the younger gem and landed on him. It looked like a body and face of a toad, with frogs legs, but had monkey arms and a tail. It was big, blue, and scary.
"Steven!" shouted the gems, as Garnet punched the creature off the boy. The monster was about to attack when a might slash from Onyx's scythe came across its body and it vanished in a cloud of smoke.
"Steven are you ok?"
"Wa-was that a Throog?"
"Yes." replied Onyx, acting nonchalant.
"Man, I forgot how ugly those things are."
"Were, Amethyst. How ugly they were."
"Yeah, same thing Pearl."
"Easy now you two." said the black gem, getting in the middle of them. "We are not each other enemy."
"Onyx is right." said Garnet, all shock hearing those words. And yes she died a bit inside saying those words. "We must be getting close to them, We got to keep moving forward."
"Yes, indeed! ONWARD!"
"I lead Onyx."
"...Fine."
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"So there I was talking to Gandhi, talking different ways of peace, when suddenly-"
After another half hour, Steven was getting bored so Onyx was began to tell stories about his adventures, with Steven, and even Amethyst, interesting in the black gems words, with Pearl listening to some of the words, more concentrated on the task at hand, like Garnet, who was getting a bit annoyed of his stories.
"Onyx, we have to concentrate on the mission at hand."
"Eh, lighten up Garnet. I don't smell any. Besides what makes you think they have the flute?"
"Its a feeling I have."
"Could also be indigestion."
Garnet stopped and turned to face the black gem, and look dead into his eye. "Must you always joke around?"
"Must you be also so serious?" he replied to the dark red one, looking dead into her eyes.
"Hey come on, you two, no arguing!" said Steven. "We are on a mission, we got to stay focus."
"Kids right, no room for a big head...well room for two." muttered Onyx.
Garnet's hand grasp tightly. "Don't start."
"I'm not starting anything, just observing."
"From what, that useless gem eye of yours." said Garnet, with a small smile. Everyone else's mouth gap open at her comment, before Onyx glared and point his scythe at Garnet.
"Oh you want to go again? I crush you like yesterday."
"Please, we both know who was winning that battle." replied Garnet with her gauntlets gloves raised.
"Guys!"
"Steven stay out of this." order Garnet.
"No...you two aren't going anywhere! You two need to sit and talk it out."
"Yeah, you two are acting worse than me." replied Amethyst.
"I think you two are jeopardizing the mission." said Pearl, a little worried.
"What?"
"Gems, we dont-"
"No you two are going to just stay and talk right here. Even if it takes all day."
The two tall gems look at each other before both nodded and put their weapons away and sat on the ground, facing away from each other.
"Do you two have something nice to say to each other?" asked Steven, in the middle of them.
"...I like your hairstyle, better than the straight hair version."
"Thank you, like your hat, better than the other version too."
Onyx sighed. "This is pointless, sorry kid, we just can really agree on anything anymore and-"
Before he could finish his sentence, they were being ambushed by Throogs, about twenty of them.
"AND THIS IS WHY WE DON'T LET OUR GUARD DOWN!" shouted Onyx as he got up quickly to punch one of the creatures before one of them grabbed him from the back and started to lick him. "Aaaaaaah crimity, it burns!" and threw the creature off his back.
"Gems, attack form now!" ordered Garnet as she started to punch the Throogs off.
"Steven don't let them lick you!" shouted Pearl. "Their tongues are made of acid."
"Aaaaaaah!" shouted Steven, as he ran away from a few of them that popped out of no where. "How many are there? They seem to keep popping up from no where."
Suddenly something shook the ground and everyone froze.
"Guess the Alpha is coming." muttered Onyx.
Suddenly a Throog, red skin and twice the size of Garnet appear, with a might roar croak. "Croaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
"Gem, formation now, we must-" Garnet started to say, but Onyx cut in.
"Show no mercy!" and began to swing his scythe at the monster gem. However, it just hit the gem with its large arm sending him into a tree.
Garnet smiled for a second before looking at the new threat. "Attack form now!" and all three gems attack at once, but sadly ending with the same results, getting hit and into a tree.
"Hey leave them alone you big jerk!" said Steven, throwing a rock at its head. It just bounced off like nothing happened but still the alpha Throog looked at the young boy, angrily. "Uh-oh."
"CROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" shouted Steven running away, as it chased him though the jungle.
"STEVEN!" shouted the four gems, all getting up but being stopped by the rest of the smaller Throogs.
"Amethyst! Pearl! Onyx! Stay here and take care of them, I'm going after Steven!" shouted Garnet and ran in the direction of the two beings went.
"Wait up, I'm coming too, cubehead!" shouted Onyx, and followed her. "Hang on kid, we are coming to save you!"
TBC
sorry for the long wait was busy, but dont worry it be good the next chapter but i do hope this one is good too...anyways hope you enjoy nad more asap.