Characters created by: Rebecca Sugar
Part 3: The Great War
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Crystal Gem Temple-April 14th, 1916
Inside the Crystal Gem Temple, the Gem activated door opened, and the Crystal Gems stepped out.
"Alright Gems," said Garnet, "we've gotten sightings of a Gem Drilling Serpent sighted digging through army trenches in Verdun, France."
The Gems stepped onto the warp pad, and were instantly transported.
Verdun, France-Present Time
In the town of Verdun in France, a bloody battle between French and German forces ensued.
A warp pad in a nearby forest glowed, and from it emerged the Crystal Gems.
"Alright Gems," said Garnet, "let's find that Drill Serpent, it'll be hard finding it since it mostly travels underground."
"Got it." said Amethyst.
The Gems searched carefully through the forest to find the Gem Drill Serpent. This Gem creature is able to drill through the ground and travel swiftly underground.
"How are we gonna be able to find it when it travels underground?" said Pearl.
"I don't exactly know how, but I'm sure we'll find it." said Garnet.
The Gems could hear nearby gunfire and loud explosions coming from the battlefield. Ignoring the nearby sounds of war, the Gems continued looking for the Drill Serpent.
Nearby Battlefield-Present Time
Meanwhile on the battlefield, bullets were flying through the open field, as soldiers on both sides were shooting from their trenches.
After taking out a good number of Germans, including most of the enemy machine gunners, a French officer decided to charge.
"Chargez!" said the French officer.
The French soldiers quickly ran out of their trenches, charging through No Man's Land, hoping to take out the Germans in their trenches.
Suddenly, the ground around them shaked. French soldiers were suddenly dragged into the ground.
"Ah!" screamed the soldiers being dragged into the ground.
"Que se passe-t-il?!" screamed a soldier.
"Retomber dans les tranchées!" said the French officer.
The French then ran back into their trenches. Just then, in the trench, the French officer was suddenly met by rows of teeth jumping out of the dirt in front of him, snatching him, and launching him back into the dirt behind him.
"Monsieur!" said a French soldier.
"Quelle était cette chose?!" said another soldier.
"Je n'ai aucune idée." said yet another soldier.
German Trench-Present Time
"Was ist in der habe sie erschreckt?" said a German soldier.
"Seltsam." said another soldier.
Just then, rumbling could be heard and felt.
"Mach dich bereit, ich denke, das ist mehr, Artilleriefeuer." said yet another soldier.
Suddenly, German soldiers were snatched inside the trenches into the ground.
"Ok, das ist nicht Artilleriefeuer!" said the German soldier.
The Germans could not do anything but run and try to avoid the seemingly elusive thing that was snatching them. The thing was too fast for the Germans to know what to even do. After a while, the chaos stopped, and no more Germans were being snatched by the creature.
"Was ist passiert?" said one German soldier.
"Ich weiß nicht," said another, "aber was auch immer es war, ich hoffe, es kommt nicht zurück."
Forest In Verdun-A Few Hours Later
It was now night, and the Gems were still looking for any sign of the Gem Drill Serpent.
"It's gotta be somewhere here." said Amethyst.
"Hmm, hopefully." said Garnet.
Suddenly, Rose felt her step on something soft and slimy. Rose looked down and saw a slimy tail.
"Guys, I think I found it." said Rose.
Suddenly, the creature started to slither away in the ground.
"Let's get it!" said Garnet. The Gems followed the slithering creature.
The Gems were then led to the battlefield.
"Uh oh." said Amethyst.
French and German soldiers were now being snatched up by the Gem Drill Serpent.
"Das ist die Sache! Er kam zurück!" said a German soldier.
"Gems, weapons!" said Garnet.
"Tirez sur la fichue chose!" said a French officer.
"Erschieß es!" said a German officer.
Both the French and the Germans concentrated their fire at the Drill Serpent. Screaming in pain, the Drill Serpent dived back into the ground, attempting to escape the battlefield.
"No! It's going to get away!" said Garnet.
Suddenly, a mine exploded, and unnatural screams could be heard. Garnet ran over to the location of the mine explosions. Garnet then found the Serpent's gem, but it was all in pieces.
"The mine shattered its gem." said Garnet.
"We need to bubble it." said Pearl.
"No need to bubble it, it's dead." said Garnet, "Now, let's get outta here."
The Gems then ran from the battlefield back to the warp pad.
Crystal Gem Temple-Present Day
"So, the Gem Drill Serpent accidentally killed itself by running into a mine?" said Steven.
"Yes, it didn't know what to do." said Pearl.
"I feel bad for it." said Steven.
"These were interesting, Pearl! I can't wait to make my report!" said Connie.
The End