Characters created by: Rebecca Sugar
Part 1: American Revolution-Chapter 2: Centipeetle Hunt In Yorktown
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Yorktown, Virginia-October 18th, 1781
"A mother Centipeetle?" said an American soldier.
"Yes, they can grow as big and mighty as a warship." said Garnet.
"We must find the remaining Centipeetles and the Centipeetle mother forthwith!" said Pearl.
"Hurry Gems." said Garnet.
The Gems traveled on to find more Centipeetles.
Farm In Yorktown-1 Hour Later
The Gems stepped upon a house and a farm in Yorktown. The Gems had found and took out hordes of Centipeetles along the way, and followed a path of the Centipeetles to the farm.
"Thank goodness these Centipeetles have not set foot near a single solitary person, or else it would be catastrophic." said Pearl.
Just then, a man ran out of his barn screaming.
"Mister, are you alright?" said Garnet, who grabbed the running man's hand.
"I was just walking to my barn to tend to my animals," said the farmer, "and I find these green creatures inside and, other horrifying sights."
"There must be Centipeetles in there!" said Garnet.
The Gems then ran to the barn. Garnet opened the door, her face turning into complete disgust at the sight in front of her. In the barn were cows, chickens, and pigs, but they were all dead. Their bodies had giant bloody holes in them from the acid that the Centipeetles spit out. Cows stomachs were gashed open. Chickens feathers were missing from the acid. Pigs legs were bleeding violently.
The other Gems looked in and were also consumed by disgust. Pearl screamed, Amethyst looked away, Rose gasped, and Garnet kept staring at the carnage, fear in her eyes behind the glasses, and the farmer outside threw up.
"All these innocent creatures, massacred." said Rose.
"And I thought that maybe the farmer would offer us some food." said Amethyst.
Just then, Garnet saw behind the bloody mess of dead animals a hole in the ground, and out roamed around Centipeetles.
"Gems," whispered Garnet, "I believe that this farm is where most of the Centipeetles came from. We need to keep these Centipeetles from escaping this farm and wreaking havoc on the people."
Just then, a Centipeetle looked in the direction of the Gems and hissed.
"Gems, close and lock the door, these Centipeetles must be dealt with!" said Garnet.
The other Gems closed the farm door and summoned their weapons. The Gems charged at the Centipeetles surrounding the deep hole. Centipeetles were thrown in every direction. Because these Centipeetles had no gems, the Gems did not have to worry about bubbling them all afterwards.
A few Centipeetles snuck past the Gems and looked to the locked farm door. The Centipeetles then spat at the door, causing it to be disintegrated.
The other Centipeetles then noticed the now open farm entrance, and they all ran outside.
"No!" said Garnet.
"Oh no." said Amethyst.
The Centipeetles split up in all directions and ran through the field.
"Now they are all loose, and now they will no doubt engage the people." said Garnet.
"We must split up to find them all!" said Pearl.
The Gems then split up to find all the Centipeetles.
Pearl went over a fence on the farm into a forest. She then threw her spears at the Centipeetles in front of her.
Amethyst caught a few Centipeetles attempting to step foot on the farmer's farm house with her whip.
Rose took out another few on the field with her shield.
Garnet followed the rest of the Centipeetles, this group even bigger than the others combined.
Garnet then heard nearby gunfire. Garnet then looked in front of her, fear in her eyes behind her glasses.
Garnet had accidentally chased the Centipeetles into the battlefield.
The Centipeetles ran in the direction of the very battle of Yorktown. American Soldiers were charging up a hill, where a line of British soldiers awaited. The American soldiers shot their muskets at the British on top of the hill, to which the British exchanged their fire.
Behind the charging American soldiers were the Centipeetles, heading straight toward the soldiers.
American soldiers turned around to the sound of hissing to find the Centipeetles right behind them.
"Ah, what are those damned things?!" said an American soldier.
The American soldiers screamed in panic, starting to scramble everywhere. The British soldiers looked to the panicking Americans in confusion.
"What the hell is going on down there?" said a British soldier.
Some Centipeetles ran straight toward the British now. The British started screaming too.
"What are those?!" said a British soldier.
American and British soldiers started concentrating their fire on the Centipeetles, some successfully hitting the Centipeetles.
American and British soldiers scrambled everywhere, trying to avoid and shoot the Centipeetles. The Centipeetles started shooting acid at the soldiers.
American and British soldiers own uniforms were being disintegrated, the acid starting to touch their skin. The soldiers yelled in pain, some even jumped into the water on the nearby shore.
Garnet ran through the crowd of American and British soldiers and took out every Centipeetle she saw.
Running through the crowd of soldiers were the other Gems.
"Garnet! Where are you?!" yelled Pearl.
"Over here!" said Garnet. The Gems ran to the direction of Garnet through the crowd of soldiers.
"We must engage what remains of the Centipeetle horde!" said Garnet.
The Gems split up in the crowd to find the rest of the Centipeetles. It was frustrating to find and take out the Centipeetles, but after a few minutes, it seemed as all of them were finally taken out.
With no more Centipeetles in sight, everyone started to calm down. Some soldiers even started attacking again. The Gems ran from the battlefield and into a nearby forest. The Gems then stopped running.
"Was that all of them?" said Amethyst.
"I believe so." said Pearl.
"We still must find the mother Centipeetle." said Garnet.
The Next Day
It was now the morning of October 19th, and the Gems were still trying to find the mother Centipeetle. They had searched nearly every part of the town apart from the battlefield. Rumors have spread amongst the citizens of Yorktown that the British were starting to give up.
"We have searched for hours, and no sign of the Centipeetle mother." said Pearl, "The mother might have already left the area. She is probably causing havoc in another town."
"We are not finished searching yet." said Garnet.
Nearby Battlefield-Present Time
While the Gems were looking around, American soldiers were advancing toward a British encampment. On the way, an American soldier noticed what looked like a giant green gem on the ground.
"My friends, take a look at this." said the American soldier. Some other soldiers walked over to the gem.
"It looks like a humongous gem." said a soldier.
"This could be worth a lot! We'll be filthy rich!" said another soldier.
The American soldier then poked the gem.
"It is hard as a rock, it is real." said the soldier. Just then, the ground around them started to shake. The giant green gem started moving away from the soldiers. The soldiers looked to the gem with confusion. Just then, the sand around them exploded and flew up everywhere. Out of the sand was a giant green centipede-like creature.
The giant creature then opened its mouth, and charged at the soldiers.
"Ah!" screamed the soldiers. The soldiers then dodged the giant creature's gaping mouth and ran.
Just then, out of a nearby forest, the Gems ran out to the direction of the screams to find the giant creature nearby. They then noticed that American and British soldiers were firing at the creature, though the inaccuracy of their muskets hardly did any damage.
"The mother Centipeetle!" said Rose, "It was on the battlefield all along!"