Tektite's Revenge Chapter 4
Steven was sitting around and playing video games when he heard the warp activate. Eager to meet the gems he sprang up.
"Hey guys you're ba-," he stopped once he saw the duo's condition. Their hair was messy and their clothes were torn. They looked like they had been through hell and back. The leader wasn't anywhere to be seen and that worried him. "What happened? Where's Garnet?"
"Now's not the best time Steven," Pearl sighed, "I'll tell you when Ruby and Sapphire regenerate."
"Regenerate?" Steven asked.
"Here why don't you look after them," said Pearl while handing Steven the two gems.
"O-okay," Steven said, tearing up.
Pearl entered her room and broke down crying.
"I-it can't be h-him," Pearl said, her voice shaking. "A-anyone b-but him!"
"Pearl! Ruby and Sapphire are back!"
Steeling herself, she left her room into the house. She sat at a table with all of the gems, including Ruby and Sapphire.
"So w-what happened?" Steven asked shakily.
"We fought a gem today that was like nothing we had ever seen before," Sapphire said without emotion, "He easily took on all three of us and still managed to separate Garnet. The strange thing is that he let Pearl and Amethyst go even though he could have easily crushed them both."
"Who was he?" Steven asked.
"I don't kn-"
"His name is Tektite." Pearl interrupted, her face solemn. "You two should remember him. He was one of the first members of Rose's rebellion, and my first friend other than Rose."
"I remember him now!" Ruby exclaimed. "He was feared by the Diamonds so they tried to put him down. That's why he joined the rebellion!"
"This guy must have been really strong to have been feared by the Diamonds!" Amethyst said in awe. "No wonder he smacked us around like he did."
"Why did he attack you guys if he was apart of the rebellion?" Steven questioned.
"I assume it was Celestine." Pearl said with a sigh.
"Who?" Steven asked.
Ruby spoke up. "I remember her! She was Tektite's sister."
"Yes and she was his world. Nothing else meant as much to him as her. She was the real reason he rebelled with us," Sapphire explained.
"And the reason he turned on us," Pearl said with a pained expression, "During our escape from Homeworld, we were fighting our way to the warp pads when we were suddenly outnumbered. Tektite asked me to protect Celestine and I promised him I would, but I saw Rose in the way of a gem's axe and I reacted, and left Celestine open to the arrow that shattered her gem."
Tektite was pacing around his cavern and muttering to himself.
Who was that gem? Why did she him fill him with anger to surpass a thousand suns? He was about to lose control when voices and screams tore their way through his mind.
"Tektite!"
"Celestine no!"
"I'm so sorry."
"I'll kill you! I'll kill you all!"
They sounded broken and disjointed as if they were clips and not a flowing conversation. He made out two of the three voices as his own and the pearl from before. The third voice however was a mystery to him. Obviously, her name was Celestine but other than that he knew nothing about the gem. He thought nothing of it, however, he found it strange how he knew the pearl. He only knew the leader, Rose, right? The only reason he wanted her dead was because she locked him away in that damned prison, right? But something itched in the back of his mind, telling him that that was not the case, but he dismissed it. He would complete his mission, and then he would return to Homeworld a hero. And that pearl would not get in his way again. Pulling up his hood, he slowly drifted to sleep.
As Tektite slept, he dreamt. He was surrounded by gems yet mercilessly slaughtered them all. He could not control his actions but could still see and feel them through his own eyes. He heard a scream and turned to see a gem. She had alabaster skin and hair and golden eyes with a knee-height white dress to match. He didn't know who she was, but felt a strong urge to protect her.
"Tektite!" She screamed.
It was the same one from before!
She was Celestine!
The dreamscape shifted so that Tektite was surrounded by panes of stained glass depicting the scene from before, accompanied by her screams coming from each one. Tektite fell to his knees and grasped his head as the screams penetrated his skull like white-hot nails.
"NO! NO! NO MORE! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!"
He screamed as his eyes flooded with tears as the glass spun around him, making him see the horrible scene over and over.
Just as he thought he might go insane, the glass and the dreamscape shattered and fell through a black void as the screams echoed around him.
Tektite landed on a wet surface. He opened his eyes and saw that his was standing in what seemed to be a cavern filled with water that he was standing on. As he looked around he heard a splash as a gem burst from the water before him. She looked exhausted as her chest heaved with exertion as she struggled against chains. She turned and saw the gem staring at her. Her expression turned from one of pain to horror.
"No! No one can be here! Get out!"
As she said that hands made out of water grabbed Tektite and drug him under the water.
A/N: Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed! It may be awhile before my next post but hang in there it's gonna be awesome! Don't forget to review!.