Interstellar War-Part 4
(Grand Finale)
Last time we saw the Crystal Gems, they had joined up with their new friends, Big Hero 6, to uncover more information about their failed attempted kidnapping by the elite male Gem, Wulfenite. In the secret headquarters of Big Hero 6, both they and the Crystal Gems learn that they're abduction was at the hand of the group of high ranking Gems, known as the Diamond Authority, and it was to be the start of an invasion of Earth, to weaken its best line of defense, besides Big Hero 6, in order to accomplish what they had started thousands of years ago. Once this has been discovered, they were immediately notified of an attack in Town Square, and upon arrival, both teams run into another attack force of flask troopers, led by a female Gem called Ametrine. Big Hero 6 and the Crystal Gems do battle with Ametrine's forces, and during the midst of the battle, Steven gets into a tussle with Ametrine, who proves to be quite the challenge for the hybrid. Then Steven gets the chance to fuse with Connie, bringing Stevonnie into play. After an intense fight, Stevonnie gets the upper hand on Ametrine, but then, by the time her forces were destroyed, she gives them the slip. Once they followed a faint trail left by Ametrine outside the city, the two teams discover a secret warp pad, and use to reach the believed-to-be destroyed Galaxy Warp. There, they take a minute to reach a hard choice: where they take the central warp pad to the Gem Homeworld, and bring down the Diamond Authority before they go forth with their invasion plans. So this is it, this is their last stand, so they better hope things don't get too ugly, otherwise, it's bye-bye Earth.
So there they are: both teams, with Greg and Connie in tow, in that large teal colored room, among several other warp pads, have arrived on the Gem Homeworld. Almost everyone was too speechless for this, luckily FredZilla, had his mind on track.
"We're standing on another planet! I'm totally geeking out here", said FredZilla.
"Man, we have a weird job", said GoGo.
"So this is it, the Gem Homeworld. I can't believe it", said Steven.
"Believe it", said Garnet, as Steven turns to her, Pearl and Lapis, each of those three seem to be in awe, but a little more uneasy, especially Lapis. Steven remembers how Lapis explained to him and the others how Homeworld has gotten so technologically advanced, it's impossible to understand. Remembers how unhappy Lapis was, and is now, how she's been away from her birth home for so long, that it's not really home anymore, this being one of the reasons she decided to stay on Earth with them. And even sees that this kind of thing is just as hard for Pearl and Garnet to take in.
"You okay guys?", asked Steven.
"Yes, we're fine, it's just, so strange. Coming back here after so long, to see everything's changed so much, you can't really see it as the home where you've lived your whole life, and that you've been left behind", said Pearl looking down at the floor with an upset look on her face.
"Join the club, P", said Lapis, with an even more upset look, in her eyes, then Pearl, with an embarrassed look now, walks over to Lapis and rests her hand on her shoulder.
"I'm so sorry, Lapis, I forgot for a moment you found out about this first. It must've been really hard on you", said Pearl.
"It's okay, I just with things didn't get this advanced", said Lapis.
"That's the burden of progress, if you don't try to keep up, you'll be left out, and very few will be willing to help you", said Garnet grimly, and this caused a bit of awkwardness among the others.
"Wow that was deep Garnet, but a little harsh too", said FredZilla.
"It is what it is", said Garnet.
"Good to know", said Wasabi, and as they all step off the warp pad, they notice a door on the far side of the room open up, and standing there was Peridot, the Gem technician, with her tetrahedron-shaped hair and her floating fingers , accompanied by six flask troopers. She was just as surprised to see the heroes as they were to see her.
"What in the world?! I come down here to investigate an unauthorized use of the warp pads, and YOU show up?!", demanded Peridot, who seems much more furious back when she found out the Crystal Gems were trashing the machines she sent to Earth.
"I'm guessing this is Peridot, that Gem you told us about", said Hiro.
"Yeah, she's really annoying", said Amethyst.
"Reminds me of someone I know", said Pearl, in which Amethyst responded with a brief glare.
"How'd you know we showed up, are you psychic?", asked FredZilla excitingly.
"The warp pads are equipped with sensors that alert me when a warp pad is used by someone without proper identification", said Peridot as she pointed at weird looking gizmos hooked up to the warp pads.
"Guess we should've figured it wouldn't be that easy", said Connie.
"I can surmise why you all came here: you're trying to take down Yellow Diamond, in an attempt to ruin our plans! But that outcome is unlikely", said Peridot.
"Oh we'll see about that", said GoGo.
"Yes, we most certainly will", said Peridot as she extended her right arm and her floating fingers rearranged into a circle made of five points spaced apart, followed by two green glowing circles lighting up within that shape, her hand had shifted into a Gem-based laser blaster. Her flask troopers followed her lead in their own way as they engaged their own arm lasers and, by Peridot's command, opened fire along with her.
"Take cover!", shouted Garnet as everyone moved quickly to use the warp pads for cover. They were taking heavy fire from Peridot and her troopers, as Pearl and Wasabi used their spear and laser blades to return fire, but weren't quick enough to land a shot on any of those bots.
"We can't land a direct hit! It's a wide spread barrage!", shouted Pearl.
"I'm open to ideas here, people!", shouted Wasabi, and then Hiro thinks of something.
"Got an idea! GoGo, draw their fire for a minute!", shouted Hiro.
"On it!", shouted GoGo as she used her roller blade discs to zoom out and starts speeding around the other side of the place as three of Peridot's troopers started to focus on her.
"Okay, good enough! Steven, run out there with your shield, and Pearl, on my mark, you and Wasabi get ready to fire!", shouted Hiro as those three nod in agreement. Steven summons his shield and runs up ahead to the right while blocking off those laser attacks and gets into position.
"Okay, I'm ready!", shouted Steven.
"Now you two!", shouted Hiro as Wasabi and Pearl both fire a concentrated blast at Steven, who moves the shield in the right spot quick enough so both blasts bounce off the shield and right at the flask troopers, taking them all out at once. That little bit of mayhem distracted Peridot long enough for Garnet to run up and held her high by the arms.
"Release me you primitive fools!", shouted Peridot.
"Tell us where to find Yellow Diamond!", demanded Garnet.
"Never!", shouted Peridot as she kicked Garnet in the face, made a backwards flip, and landed on the ground with ease.
"That's new", said Amethyst.
"I believed it was wise of me to master some Gem combat skills myself. Fortunate for me I made the right choice", said Peridot as she arranged the fingers on her left hand into a laser blaster as well, and made a dash for Garnet unleashing a flurry of lasers. Garnet evaded Peridot's fire as those two ran in close to confront each other head on. Peridot tries to land a roundhouse kick on Garnet, only for her to duck and land a right punch, knocking her back a few feet. As Peridot gets back on her feet, Honey Lemon throws out an entrapment chem-ball, which traps Peridot in a foamy colorful mess which quickly hardened, lucky for her it didn't reach her head.
"This chemical entrapment is quite efficient, but gross", said Peridot as she struggled to free herself.
"Gross? It's not gross, it's fun!", shouted Honey Lemon in joy.
"Alright, enough playing around, where is Yellow Diamond?", asked Pearl.
"Do you honestly think I'll betray my superior? If so, then you're all more ignorant than I could imagine", said Peridot.
"Tell us or we'll mess you up!", shouted Amethyst as she summoned her whip.
"Violence inflicted towards an un-armed prisoner is morally unwise", said Baymax, much to Amethyst's interest.
"You know, for a bot with a good attitude, you can really stink sometimes", said Amethyst.
"Forget it, I know where to look! Let's get out of here!", shouted Lapis as they all ran out the way Peridot came in, leaving Peridot behind in her foamy trap.
"I'M REPORTING THIS!", yelled Peridot as the heroes made their way outside. It took a few minutes to find their way around that place, but they got outside. When they do, it's even more surprising and amazing than they thought: they seem to be on a rather large balcony, and it would appear to be they're in the middle of an enormous futuristic alien city, with a majority of the skyscrapers and other locations coming in bright teal color aided by a beautiful nighttime sky, much like the room that housed those warp pads, vehicles were flying by that appeared to be much like Earth cars, but in a more design and color and material like those flask troopers.
"This. Is. AWESOME! It's like we're in the future! But on another planet! And I would totally wet myself!", shouted FredZilla, which disgusted everyone else for a moment.
"Please don't", said Wasabi.
"Alright, no time for sightseeing, we need to move now. Peridot will no doubt call for reinforcements once she frees herself. Lapis, where's the Diamond Authority's base of operations?", asked Garnet.
"It's just on the other side of the city. It's marked with their symbol, and the place is bigger than most of these other buildings", said Lapis.
"Alright then, let's move", said Garnet as she and the others were preparing to make the trip with the same means as back in San Fransokyo, but there was one complication.
"Wait a minute! What about me and Connie? We don't have any super amazing way of getting around", said Greg.
"He's right, and it's not like we can leave them here. Peridot and her troopers would take them prisoner and use them to blackmail us into turning ourselves in", said Hiro, and then Pearl comes with a solution to that when she was the first to spot one of those flask hovercrafts.
"I think I know what to do", said Pearl as she runs up to the vehicle and enters, it seems like it's the standard design that can hold up to four passengers. Pearl then calls for Greg and Connie to get inside while she fiddles with the controls.
"Are you sure you can fly this thing Pearl? It seems pretty complex, even for you", said Greg.
"It shouldn't be too hard, I attempted to fly that Handship that Peridot used to make her way to Earth into after all", said Pearl.
"Didn't that thing crash and explode?", asked Greg.
"That wasn't my fault, alright, let's do this", said Pearl as she placed her hands on that fancy holo-control board and then her eyes go green. She attempts to get the craft to hover, so far so good, but when she attempts to fly forward, she backs it up against the wall.
"Do you really think you got this Pearl?", asked Connie.
"Of course I do! Now hang on, I think I've got it", said Pearl as Greg and Connie exchange a nervous glance at each other.
"I feel scared", said Greg as Pearl attempts to get the craft to hover again, she then gets it to slowly move forward.
"See? I told you I would figure this out", said Pearl before she then accidentally sets the craft to full speed. And there goes the craft, with Pearl, Connie and Greg, speeding away toward the desired destination.
"Hey guys! Wait for us!", shouted Steven as he hopped on Lion, Baymax flipped out his wings as Hiro, Garnet and Amethyst hopped on his back, Lapis summoned her water wings, Wasabi activates his laser blades, GoGo her roller blades, Honey Lemon a few of her bouncy chem-balls, FredZilla got into leaping position, and they were off. Baymax, with Garnet, Hiro and Amethyst in tow, flies off with Lapis and Wasabi joining him, Steven, riding on Lion, and FredZilla use the flying crafts to their advantage as they hopped on craft after craft, GoGo speeds down on the side of building and makes her way on street level and Honey Lemon joins in in her manner as she tossed ball after ball, bouncing high on those bouncy piles of color. They all made their way through this city as fast as they could.
"This is fine! We're okay!", shouted Pearl as she still struggled a bit to properly fly the craft she was riding along with Greg and Connie. They were all about half way through the city when Steven notices three of those crafts following them, but they look more militarized than the others.
"Guys! Someone's following us!", shouted Steven as they get a good enough view of the trio of crafts following them. The lead craft opens from the top and reveals the brutish Gem Jasper, with her crash helmet summoned and furious attitude, accompanied by three flask troopers.
"Who is THAT?!", shouted Hiro.
"Jasper, another high-ranking Gem we DO know. She was with Peridot when she came to Earth a long time ago", said Garnet.
"Who wants to kill us", said Hiro.
"Pretty much", said Garnet.
"Guess Peridot called for back-up after all", said FredZilla.
"Ya think?!", shouted Amethyst.
"Don't think I've forgotten what happened back on Earth! I've been waiting a long time to get back at you weaklings, and your little friends can join you! Fire!", shouted Jasper as her flask troopers opened fire at the heroes, who dodged frantically. Then the troopers leaped out of the craft to get closer, but as they got closer, FredZilla was able to grab one of them by the arm, toss it way into the air, and lets out a short burst of fire-breath that completely obliterates the bot. Baymax joins in as he uses his right rocket fist to take out the second bot, then Amethyst reels in the third and last one with her whip fast, and Garnet knocks its head off with an uppercut. The head of that third bot falls into Jasper's craft, which leaves her irritated.
"AGHH! These troopers are so useless! Zircon! Spinel! Get out here and lend me a hand!", yelled Jasper as the other two crafts opened up to reveal two other female Gems. Zircon appeared to be Pearl's height, short but wavy dark blue hair, light blue skin like Lapis, a dark and light blue tank top, very small shorts of the same color, dark blue pant legs with a small crescent moon shaped hole in the knee caps, barefooted like Lapis as well, but she has two blue small triangle shaped gems on the top of her feet. She summons her weapons, which are dual hammers with her color scheme as well, but with a little crescent moon on top of each one. Spinel looks to be the height of Lapis, but with light gray skin, a Wolverine-style haircut, but with part of it blocking her left eye, a black one-piece outfit with a white diamond design in the middle with the bottom of it acting like a pair of shorts for her, a short sleeve for her left arm, but nothing like that for her right arm, where a black square shaped gem rests close to the shoulder, black fingerless gloves, white thick boots ending just below the knee with gray socks at knee level. She summons her weapon, a hammer as well, and in a color scheme of black and silver, except the hammer is huge and almost her size.
"They're new to you guys too?", asked Hiro.
"Yeah, definitely", said Amethyst.
"Steven, Garnet, Fred! Get over there and stop those three! We can't let them slow us down!", shouted Hiro.
"Like you have to ask", said FredZilla as he hopped into the craft carrying Zircon, Steven jumps off of Lion and gets tuck with Spinel, while Garnet goes one on one with Jasper once again.
"So these are the guys giving us a hard time? This'll be a snap", said Zircon.
"Less talking, more hitting!", shouted Spinel as she makes a swing for Steven, who blocks it off with his shield, and summons his sword for extra help as he slashes at Spinel, but she just blocks that off with her giant hammer. FredZilla tries for a fire breath attack on Zircon, but she dodges and makes a double hit on him with her hammers, but then FredZilla grabs her by the arm, spins and throws her against the wall of the craft. Garnet blocks Jasper's head-butt attack from her crash helmet with her gauntlets and uppercuts her straight in the chin. Then Jasper charges at Garnet like a mad rhino, and despite having to really put some effort into it, she holds off the attack and knocks Jasper back. Meanwhile, FredZilla tries to land a few blows on Zircon but that Gem evades each one and lands a blow herself with her hammers, until she slips up and FredZilla knocks her back with a tail-whip attack. Steven is constantly blocking off Spinel's giant hammer strikes with his shield, until he ducks from her next swing and shield-bashes her, followed by a quick flying kick. After about five excruciating minutes of beating exchanged between these combatants, Steven, Garnet and FredZilla quickly smashed the control boards for each craft they were riding in, sending them out of control, but were able to get back to the others. The same can't be said for Jasper, Zircon and Spinel, who were left knocked out for a minute before waking up and were forced to bail, just in time before their rides end up wrecked. Those three cling to the side of a skyscraper and watched in frustration as the heroes kept making their way to their destination.
"I told you these idiots were trouble, you runts shouldn't have gone easy on them", said Jasper.
"Just shut up already", said Zircon.
"WHOO! That was epic! Let's do it again!", yelled Spinel, which earned her a glare from Zircon and Jasper, which she ignored. Meanwhile, the heroes were still making progress, which would pay off as Lapis spotted something familiar up ahead.
"There it is! The Diamond Authority's palace!", shouted Lapis as she pointed at the building of interest, as she stated earlier, the place was way bigger than most of the other structures in the city, same teal color as well, but with the mark of a large diamond on the very top, and the place also looks harmless on the outside, but will no doubt be much more dangerous on the inside.
"Alright, we don't have much time so we'll have to go charging in. Once we're inside, they'll no doubt try to hit us with everything they've got, so we'll have to fight our way up to Yellow Diamond!", shouted Garnet.
"Baymax, think you can make us an entrance?", asked Hiro.
"Most certainly", said Baymax as he allowed for Garnet, Amethyst and Hiro to jumps off his back, allowing him to kick in full thrust and fly straight at the heart of the structure, hitting it with enough force that he literally crashes in, making a perfect landing while making an entrance for the others to come in as well. Pearl, Greg and Connie were last as Pearl makes the hole even bigger when she accidentally flies the craft inside and makes a poor landing. The craft was wrecked, but those three made it in one piece.
"See? I got us here in one piece, like I said", said Pearl with a little nervous laughter as Connie and Greg looked scared stiff, luckily they were able to get their nerves back and exit the craft along with Pearl.
"This is why I prefer my van over other rides any day", said Greg.
"I'm just glad we're still alive", said Connie.
"That's not gonna be long if we don't take care of this Yellow Diamond lady first", said GoGo.
"Agreed, be ready, this place will no doubt be on high alert, and they'll be sending their security forces any second now", said Garnet, and as they all explored the room they were in, they found it to be much like that Galaxy Warp Chamber, but was more heavy on detail, and it seemed to be some kind of armory, housing all kinds of tools of violence, even a wide set of private Gem destabilizers.
"What are these?", asked Wasabi as he stumbled upon a wide set of intriguing little batons, and when FredZilla grabs one, it instantly shifts into some alien cattle prod with some yellow energy ball in-between the two tips of the device.
"Those are private Gem destabilizers, tools in which are used especially for making a Gem retreat back into their gems, and it can be really painful", said Garnet.
"How do you know?", asked FredZilla as he fiddled around with the gadget.
"Jasper once used it on me", said Garnet.
"Ouch, sorry I asked", said FredZilla as he casually placed the destabilizer back where it was. Then a couple squads of flask troopers come barging in and opened fire.
Watch out!", shouted Hiro as he activated his microbots and had them form a barrier for the others.
"Looks like security finally showed up!", shouted Steven.
"Ya think?", said GoGo.
"Alright, you all know what to do, let's move!", shouted Garnet as Hiro used his microbots in the manner of a giant fist as they crush the troopers like soda cans. Then they were off, the heroes followed Lapis' lead as she guided them throughout the many levels of this maze of a "palace" and up to the top floor, all why they fight off hordes of flask troopers coming in from left to right. As they got closer and closer to the "throne room", things intensified as they started getting bombarded by those flask bruisers now, in which it took Baymax and Garnet's combined raw strength to fend off these mindless brutes. It took almost half an hour of running and fighting, but they reached their point of interest, the "throne room".
"Should we knock?", asked Honey Lemon.
"Not a chance. Baymax, help me out with this", said Garnet as she and Baymax worked to knock down the giant doors down. Once ripping those doors apart, they all enter the massive room, in true appearance as any throne room of any royal ruler, with impressive Gem decorations lining the walls, along with the diamond symbol branded on both walls. And, on the far side of the throne room, sitting in a very fancy throne lined with diamonds, was the grand leader of the Diamond Authority, Yellow Diamond. Almost everyone was expecting someone who looked more tyrannical, yet she seemed okay. She was about Pearl's height, light yellow skin with dark yellow marks around her eyes and dark yellow lips, short yellow hair, dark yellow gloves up to her elbows, and a dark yellow one-piece suit, including high heel boots, and a standard yellow diamond mark on her chest. Her gem seems to be positioned where Amethyst would have her gem. She was just sitting there, not readying herself for a fight, or even calling for more security, she wasn't even angry, she looked so calm.
"Well, look what we have here: the traitors I've been wanting to meet again after so long, and their little Earth hero friends. Peridot, Jasper, Wulfenite and Ametrine were telling the truth about you all: you're quite the little troublemakers we should be dealing with", said Yellow Diamond.
"Yellow Diamond, we've come to have a word with you! You need to leave the Earth alone, or else!", shouted Garnet, but Yellow Diamond seems unmoved.
"*chuckles* Or else what? You'll beat on me? I don't think that'd be wise of you, Garnet", said Yellow Diamond as she snapped her fingers, and one by one, the rest of this Diamond Authority enter the throne room from a secret door behind the throne.
"That's not good", said Wasabi.
"I believe I should introduce everyone, you already know Wulfenite and Ametrine, not to mention Peridot, Zircon, Jasper and Spinel, here's everyone else: Emerald, Turquoise, Aquamarine, Tanzanite, Jade, Fluorite, Moonstone, Azurite, Topaz and Beryl", said Yellow Diamond as she introduced everyone. Jade is the same height as Baymax in his armor, grayish green skin, very buff, teal colored hair with two long locks ending at the waist and have a curl at the end, along with a few curls on the top of his hair, an outfit that's mostly made up of blueish green for the shoulder parts, lime green for the center of his torso, along with a lime green belt, little loin-cloth, dark green shorts, green shoes but no socks, dark green sleeves, lime green fingerless gloves with a little lime green diamond on each one. His jade colored gem is on his right forearm with a diamond shaped hole cut out of the sleeve around it. Emerald is the height of Pearl, same colored skin as Peridot, same huge white hairstyle like Jasper, white shirt, short sleeved, with a lightly shaded V-neck design, along with a triangle on the bottom, dark green pants with a light green diamond symbol on the bottom of the left pant-leg, and what appear to be green boots. His gem appears to be his left eye, which also functions as a regular eyeball. Turquoise is Emerald's height, light blue skin like Lapis, has a white Mohawk, but made up of four large spikes, sky blue one-piece suit, sleeveless, V-neck design, dark blue belt, same color applies to the forelegs, white diamond symbol on each of the forelegs, blue boots. His gem is located on his chest, just below the V-neck. Aquamarine is the height of Lapis, lighter blue skin, blue hair that ends just around her knees, ears that resemble fins, freckles, light green dress ending slightly above the knees but looks like it had a lower half torn off, the top of the dress ending at her armpits, and there's a white stripe for the top part, a white stripe around her waist with a light blue diamond symbol in the center, a white and green arm band around her right bicep area, light green gloves that focus on the back of her hands in a pointed manner, and light green shoes but no socks. Her blue gems are each embedded in her palms like Garnet. Tanzanite is Garnet's height, light purple skin, dark purple hair with the long of it covering her face from a side view and lies on her right shoulder, black sleeveless shirt, wears a short blueish purple jacket with puffy sleeves that end just past the elbow, black fingerless gloves with a yellow diamond symbol on each one, light purple pants with the end of the pant-legs extending to her feet, serving as shoes as well along with a yellow diamond symbol just above each foot, dark purple belt with a yellow buckle shaped like Peridot's gem. Her purple gem is on her forehead, also shaped like Peridot's.
Fluorite is Pearl's height, same colored skin as Tanzanite, a thin mustache and little beard combo, black hair in a simple style, same gloves as Garnet, but dark purple, same one-piece suit as Turquoise, but split into three colors, the top is dark purple, the middle is light purple, the pants area is black while the foreleg and feet areas are dark purple as well, and a small white arch symbol on his chest with a white diamond beneath it. His purple gem is on his forehead as well, but shaped like the diamond symbol on his chest. Moonstone is Lapis' height, light blue skin, a few freckles, blue hair that reaches just at her neck, short, blue sleeveless shirt which also appears to include a hood, light blue fingerless gloves, dark blue shorts with a purple diamond on the right pant-leg, something that looks like a white sweater tied around her waist that reaches just at the end of her shorts, and blue shoes. Her dark blue gem is located on the back of her left hand. Azurite is Pearl's height, short dark blue hair, light blue skin, black necklace with a yellow diamond on it, wears a one-piece blue outfit, but the top area is much like that of Aquamarine's dress, there are short sleeves connected to that part, two fairly big holes on the sides of the outfit showing the sides of her lower torso, the bottom of the outfit are like short, and wears Roman style shoes. Her dark blue gem is located on the left side of her lower torso. Topaz is a few inches taller than Pearl, pale blue skin, white hair that looks to be punk-styled as it's focused more on the left, blocking her face on the one angle, short shirt in the same manner as Azurite's outfit, her forearms and hands are wrapped in layers of gauze, dark blue shorts with two black straps going over her shoulders, she has no shoes rather her forelegs and feet are wrapped in gauze like her forearms and hands. Her ice blue gem is located on the right side of her head, close to where her hair starts, and is tear-drop shaped, like Lapis' gem. Beryl is Pearl's height, light red skin, red hair in a style much like Tanzanite, red outfit featuring a sleeveless shirt, red sleeves ending oversized for her hands but starting just half of the bicep area, red pants that end just past the knee and wears red simple shoes. Her gem is located on the side of her right thigh.
And so there they were, the remainder of the Diamond Authority, consisting of the most skilled and most dangerous Gems on Homeworld. But of course, Steven could easily recognize Emerald and Turquoise, those two were an ice monster and a centipeedle when they were corrupted, but Steven wanted to test out his healing power on those bubbled gems back at the Temple, so he thought he'd test it on those two first. It worked, much to Steven's surprise, and he hung out with those two for a couple of days, but it wasn't long before they wanted to go back to Homeworld, much like Lapis when Steven first freed her from that mirror. But apparently, they went back, only to swear their loyalty to the Diamond Authority, despite really sharing a bond with Steven, since he helped them, and obviously, they hate how they don't get to return the favor. As Yellow Diamond was about to speak, there was a bit of an interference. That interference was Peridot, Jasper, Spinel and Zircon running up to the doors.
"Yellow Diamond, do you need any assistance?", asked Peridot.
"No, I'm fine, Peridot, but please you four, come over and join the rest of us", said Yellow Diamond calmly.
"But Yellow Diamond, these punks need to be dealt with!", shouted Jasper, and with that, most of the D.A. were a little nervous, considering not many Gems speak to their ruler like that. Instead, like what happened with Garnet, she was unmoved, but did glare at Jasper.
"Don't remind me, after all, you and Peridot were the first ones to let me in on them in the first place. And we could deal with them right now, true, but I thought that, since they stormed in here anyway, we might as well have a little chat", said Yellow Diamond, and with that, the four late Gems walk past the heroes and join up with the others.
"*whispers* Ha, quite the smooth talker, aren't ya Jasper?", asked Wulfenite.
"*whispers* At least I didn't get thrown around by a bucket of bolts", said Jasper, and that made Wulfenite and Jasper exchange a brief glare.
"Break it up you two. This ain't the time for that", said Fluorite as he stood in between those two. Apparently, those two have quite the rivalry. Finally, they calmed down, so they could join in on the talk Yellow Diamond wants to have with the heroes.
"Well, now that we're all here, let's get started, we have a lot to talk about", said Yellow Diamond.
"There's nothing to talk about lady! You jerks are gonna leave Earth alone!", shouted Amethyst.
"How dare you speak to speak to your high ruler like that, you worthless Kindergarten failure!", shouted Peridot, and that made Amethyst blow a fuse a bit.
"SHUT UP! DON'T EVER TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT! EVER!", yelled Amethyst with such fury, that could've been heard throughout the whole structure.
"Amethyst, calm down! She's not worth it!", shouted Pearl, before resting a hand on Amethyst's shoulder, this got Amethyst to back off.
"Dang, Peri, that's cold. High five!", shouted Moonstone, but got nothing.
"I don't do high fives", said Peridot.
"So we've noticed", said Tanzanite.
"Do we get to hit something or what?", asked Topaz.
"I don't think so, Topaz", said Beryl, and Topaz groaned in response.
"Let's allow our ruler to decide that, guys", said Azurite.
"Yeah, I gotta know what we're doing next", said Emerald.
"That makes two of us", said Turquoise.
"Make that three", said Aquamarine.
"Same here", said Zircon.
"What they said", said Spinel.
"Agreed", said Jade.
"Totally", said Fluorite.
"Yeah", said Jasper.
"Whatever you say", said Wulfenite, and after a moment, the heroes had a brief huddle, and then brought their attention back to the Diamond Authority.
"Alright Yellow Diamond, we're listening", said Hiro, and hearing that pleased Yellow Diamond.
"Well good, one of few of the first humans to set foot on our planet, and you're already showing some respect", said Yellow Diamond, "Alright, so here's the thing: since it's pretty clear the Crystal Gems shared our history with you, you should know, once we've found a planet worth controlling, we'll stop at nothing to finish what we've started, and to put it out there, we're going to continue using Earth to benefit our own needs and continue to grow more Gems, regardless of what happens to all living creatures that live there".
"But there's gotta be something that can benefit both planets, not ours, not yours, both. There has to be a compromise", said Hiro.
"Sorry kid, this is what we've always done. One little planet isn't going to be missed", said Yellow Diamond.
"Except that planet, is our home, and theirs", said GoGo, briefly referring to the Crystal Gems, who were grateful for something like that.
"That dirtball of a planet really means that much to you, huh? Well then, here's a little offer: we would consider leaving Earth alone and focus our attention somewhere else, but under the condition that Lapis Lazuli is turned over to us", said Yellow Diamond, and this surprised the heroes, while Lapis was more scared than surprised.
"What would you want with Lapis?", asked Honey Lemon.
"*laughs* what would we want? Well that little squirt is practically the whole reason we had to deal with you losers in the first place!", shouted Wulfenite.
"She had the power to deal with you all from the minute she was freed from her mirror prison, especially YOU Crystal Gems", said Tanzanite.
"But what does she do instead? She just leaves, then shows up with me and Peridot, only to fuse with me into Malachite just so she can trap me in the bottom of the ocean, then later, we both get out of there, and she joins up with YOU!", yelled Jasper, who's obviously really cranky thinking back on that dreadful day.
"Lapis Lazuli is the WHOLE reason our operation on Earth is proving to be quite tedious and time-consuming!", shouted Peridot.
"And we can't have THAT kind of insubordination around here", said Yellow Diamond, and the heroes have a moment to think.
"Just say IF we WERE to agree to your terms, what would you do with Lapis?", asked Hiro.
"Well that's simple really, we'll just have her imprisoned in a mirror like what happened to her back on Earth", said Yellow Diamond, and that was all it took the make Lapis drop to her knees, and stared at the ground with absolute fear in her eyes as that certain idea of a punishment has chilled her to the bone.
"Wait what?", asked Steven before he turned his worried gaze to Lapis, still on her knees, still full of fear.
"That way, she'll spend an eternity forever trapped in a mirror once again. All alone, and given enough time, no one will ever even remember her. She'll be completely forgotten, and no one will be none the wiser. Seems like the proper punishment if you ask me", said Yellow Diamond in a wicked manner, followed by Steven walking over to Lapis and getting on his knees facing her as he checked on her.
"No…no no no. Not again, not again", said Lapis to herself as if she were a little crazed.
"Lapis, are you okay?", asked Steven, then Lapis turns her view to Steven and grabs his shoulders.
"Steven please, don't turn me over! I can't be stuck in a mirror again! Not again!", shouted Lapis as she shook Steven a little.
"Lapis, calm down! Seriously, this isn't helping!", shouted Steven.
"I just can't be stuck in there again! All those years, trapped like a prisoner! Please, Please, PLEASE don't let them put me in there! Don't make me spend forever in there again!", shouted Lapis as the atmosphere intensified. Steven had never seen Lapis this panicked before.
"Lapis please stop! You need to calm down!", shouted Steven as he tried his best to calm her down, until this happens.
"I'M SCARED!", yelled Lapis, then the whole room went silent. Then Lapis' eyes slowly filled with tears and then lowers her head, along with letting her arms drop to the ground, before she said something else, something that really got to Steven, "I don't wanna be alone again".
"Lapis…", said Steven as he sadly looked at Lapis, crying, feeling like she was about to be sold out for the sake of Earth. The other heroes looked to her and felt upset for her as well. Even Ametrine, and the few other members she spoke of: Emerald, Turquoise, Azurite, Jade and Aquamarine felt upset seeing Lapis like this as well, but also like Ametrine said, she and those certain members are honor-bound to serve the D.A. no matter what, and see their goal to the end. Baymax, of course, looked to Lapis for a good minute or two, with that never-changing look in his eyes, then he turns to Yellow Diamond, takes a few steps forward, and speaks.
"I believe I must inform you, Yellow Diamond, that surrendering Lapis Lazuli over to you, to be imprisoned for an eternity, in exchange for the well-being of our planet Earth, is not to be an option", said Baymax, and Lapis quickly raises her head and looks to Baymax with surprise, and almost the same went for the others. Yellow Diamond, on the other hand, looked a bit annoyed, having a robot tell her no.
"*chuckles* what? You're saying no? Is that it? Does this tin can speak for the rest of you losers?", asked Wulfenite, then Hiro walks up and stands by Baymax.
"He does", said Hiro, followed by Pearl.
"Yes", said Pearl.
"Leave no man, or woman, or Gem, behind!", shouted FredZilla as he stood next to them as well, followed by everyone else, except Steven, who was still on the floor next to Lapis. Then Steven rises up and looks down at Lapis with a smile, and extends his hand.
"Beach Summer Fun Buddies ALWAYS stick together", said Steven as Lapis looks to him with a wide eyed look, before she wipes away her tears, smiles herself, and grabs Steven's hand, as he pulls her up and back onto her feet.
"Thanks", said Lapis before she gives Steven a tight hug, in which Steven hugs back. But of course, this moment's gonna end up ruined.
"How touching, yet how disappointing, I had hoped you would've taken us up on our offer. Passing that up for the sake of your little friend there? Time you saw where selflessness gets you", said Yellow Diamond as it seemed like the Diamond Authority got into battle stances, and the heroes did the same, but then Steven thought of something, it was a longshot, but it was better than nothing. He ran in front of the other heroes and made his announcement to Yellow Diamond.
"Wait! Hang on, I have something else in mind! Yellow Diamond, how about a wager?", asked Steven, and this caught everyone by surprise.
"A WAGER?", asked everyone in unison.
"This is clearly a trick, Yellow Diamond, I advise you don't take the hybrid up on it", said Peridot.
"No tricks, I really mean it! It doesn't hurt to have a little bet now and then", said Steven, then Wasabi walks up beside him.
"Uh, dude, what are you doing?", asked Wasabi.
"Yeah, what he said", said GoGo.
"Trust me on this guys. I got this", said Steven, then his dad steps up.
"If Steven says we should trust him, then that's good enough for me", said Greg, then Lapis steps up as well.
"Same here", said Lapis, then the others nod in agreement, and with that, Steven turns back to the D.A.
"So, do you wanna hear me out?", asked Steven.
"I'm telling you, it's a trick", said Peridot.
"For once, I agree with her", said Jasper, then Yellow Diamond waved them off, indicating that they should stop talking already.
"Alright kid, what did you have in mind?", asked Yellow Diamond, and Steven took a breather of relief before he started.
"So, if we win, you have to give your word you'll stop with what you've been trying to finish on Earth, and you have to fulfill one request of our choosing, even if you don't like it", said Steven before Yellow Diamond finished him off from there.
"But if you lose, we continue with the invasion as planned, AND you'll all be forced to watch plenty of it before you face execution. And as for this request, we'll carry it out to the letter, so long as it's within our power", said Yellow Diamond, and the heroes felt a little uneasy, but still try to trust Steven on this.
"That's pretty much it. You get to name the challenge, anything you guys want, and we'll take it. Do we have a deal?", asked Steven, and there was a moment of silence, until Yellow Diamond rises from her throne, walks over to Steven, and the two of them shake hands.
"Very well kid, by the ancient Gem rules, the wager is set", said Yellow Diamond.
"I bet the challenge is totally gonna be an ancient and classic gladiator-style battle!", shouted FredZilla, before GoGo elbows him in the gut a bit.
"Might wanna keep that to yourself, Fred", said GoGo.
"Yeah, I'd prefer a challenge that won't end with us being horribly beaten to a pulp", said Wasabi.
"Actually, that's exactly what I had in mind for our challenge. We've been growing bored, so I thought this would be best to get us some sport", said Yellow Diamond.
"Fred, I badly wanna laser-hand you in the face right now", said Wasabi.
"I wanna toss a magne-disc in his face instead", said GoGo.
"My bad", said FredZilla.
"A fight?! ALRIGHT! I've been itching to hit something besides Jasper all day long!", shouted Wulfenite before Jasper glared at him for that.
"Now now, there's no going to be a fight, not here anyway, I've just had this place redecorated, and I think the doors are as far as I'll go in letting this room get trashed. Peridot, prep the royal escort ship", said Yellow Diamond.
"Of course", said Peridot as she pulled up one of her holo-screens and worked her magic, "Might I ask, what is the destination I'll be programming in the ship's course?"
"Somewhere that's fit for a duel of epic proportions, have it set to take us to the Gem-Coliseum", said Yellow Diamond, and that raised a bit of a surprise to the heroes.
"What's the Gem-Coliseum?", asked Connie.
"An ancient arena that housed many kinds of events, most often death battles", said Garnet.
"Like what they did in the Roman Coliseum?", asked Connie.
"Yes, but much like that coliseum, ours has been abandoned as technology started to give way. Leaving it as nothing but a distant memory", said Pearl.
"For a while now, I've been thinking about whether or not I should have that place torn down. Guess I'll be glad I didn't", said Yellow Diamond, then the heroes and the Diamond Authority mad their way to a huge landing pad, and there in front of them, was a massive Gem escort ship. This was much like the other crafts the heroes have seen, but unlike the standard or militarized versions, this one was meant to allow Yellow Diamond to travel in style, as this ship looked much sleeker, covered in various diamond markings, and the inside looked the same as this was made to ensure anyone and everyone who rode in here were in the lap of luxury. Everyone boarded and they were off to the coliseum.
"Where's the coliseum?", asked Steven.
"Just outside the city, but it'll be plenty isolated enough so we'll all mingle in peace", said Yellow Diamond as she sat back in her own special chair, figures she'd want to feel as comfortable in a ship as she does in her own throne. Everyone was a little uneasy, no point in most of them trying to mingle on the ship when they'll just be saving that for the arena. Steven then finds Lapis sitting next to a window, just staring out there, so he decides to join her.
"We're almost at the city borders, it won't be long now", said Lapis before she faced Steven.
"How can you tell?", asked Steven.
"I did a little sight-seeing when I first came back here, hoping there was something that stayed the same since last time, besides the coliseum that is", said Lapis.
"Sorry you came back here before to find nothing's the same. You know, since in your message warning me about Peridot, you sounded so unhappy", said Steven.
"Yeah, I was. But you know what changed that?", asked Lapis.
"What's that?", asked Steven.
"Staying with you", said Lapis with a little smile, and Steven smiled in response, clearly Lapis was much more grateful for Steven's support and kindness that expected. But then that moment faded away as a familiar sight caught Lapis' attention.
What's wrong?", asked Steven, then he looks out the window as well and sees what she sees.
"It's the Gem-Coliseum, we're here", said Lapis as the ship made a landing just outside the coliseum. As Yellow Diamond described, there was nothing but landscape from every direction, no one in sight. As Steven, Amethyst, Connie, Greg and Big Hero 6 imagined, the Gem Coliseum appears to be a clash of Greek and Gem architecture: that place has a balance of the shape and texture of the Roman Coliseum, but seems to be two or three miles large, and made of the material mixed with the ancient design of Gem culture. As they all enter the coliseum, if they'd wish it were alright on the inside as it was on the outside, they'd be wrong. The inside is a mess, the whole place looks as if it's crumbling apart, not to mention the ground everywhere was littered with battle scars and broken weaponry from battles past. Clearly Yellow Diamond never bothered to have the place patched up in case she decided to have it all torn down.
"Hasn't changed much since before", said Pearl to herself.
"You've been here before?", asked Honey Lemon.
"Only a few times, of course I was only interested in some of their more athletic events. I didn't want to have anything to do with the slaughter fests they held here", said Pearl in disgust, despite being a warrior herself, she's never been a fan of killing. Then the heroes stayed on their side of the arena while the Diamond Authority walks all the way over the far opposite side of the place, it took a few minutes or so, but hey, the place is two or three miles long after all. Then the D.A. finally reach the other side and face the heroes.
"Here's the deal: there aren't any rules except win, at any cost!", shouted Yellow Diamond.
"Well, good luck for you guys then", said Hiro with a smirk as he activated his microbots, then the other heroes readied themselves while Greg and Connie took a step back, knowing things are going to get intense. Then Yellow Diamond smirked herself in response as she spoke her part.
"I don't believe in luck, kid", said Yellow Diamond as her hair gets all spiky and hard like diamond, and pulls off a single sliver of her diamond hair, drops it on the ground, and appears to replicate itself and become a large puddle of shifting diamond that she can control in the same manner as Hiro with his microbots, much to his surprise. While the heroes already recognize the weapons of Wulfenite, Ametrine, Peridot, Jasper, Zircon and Spinel as those guys summoned their weapons, the rest of the Diamond Authority follow suit as they each summoned their weapons as well. Jade's weapon is simply a powerful plasma blaster formed around his right forearm. Emerald's weapon is a huge dark green sword with six big and sharp edges that resemble the teeth from his corrupted centipeedle form. Turquoise's weapon is a large pick-axe, almost as big as his body. Aquamarine's weapons are dual swords with hand-guards. Tanzanite's weapons are dual long hook swords. Moonstone's weapons are dual Sai. Topaz's weapon is a topaz-spiked bat. Beryl's weapon is a long thin blade called a rapier. Azurite's weapon is a large staff that's as tall as her, ending with a slightly curved yet big blade. And Fluorite's weapon is a spear, much like Pearl's, but in a much more realistic design.
"That is not good", said Wasabi.
"It's time for some fun", said Yellow Diamond, followed by Wulfenite making the first move by firing straight at Hiro, before Baymax intercepts and shields Hiro as the lasers bounce off Baymax's armor.
"I really hate that robot!", shouted Wulfenite, then Yellow Diamond has her shifting diamond pile hold her high in the air, then Baymax engages his wings and thrusters, and flies straight at her, only for Yellow Diamond to move quick enough and has her shifting diamond pile quickly grab Baymax by the legs as he flies by, swings him around and throws him to the far right side of the arena, right into the wall.
"Baymax!", shouted Hiro, but the armored companion gets back up in one piece.
"Do not worry, Hiro. I am unharmed", said Baymax as he waved to the others.
"We'll see about that. Jade and Spinel! Deal with that armored behemoth!", shouted Yellow Diamond, and those two wasted no time charging toward Baymax. Jade immediately starts firing at Baymax, who runs to his right avoiding the plasma blasts, then starts up his thrusters again, and flies straight at Jade, who didn't stop firing as Baymax quickly landed a solid left punch that sent Jade flying, but then Spinel shows up and knocks Baymax into her opposite direction with her big hammer. Then Baymax pops back up and fires a right rocket fist at Spinel, who knocks it aside with her hammer, and couldn't help but gloat a little.
"Ha, did you really think I'd fall for that?! Oh boy", said Spinel as she had little time to react when Baymax quickly fires his left rocket fist and sent Spinel crashing into the wall, then Baymax's rocket fists returned to him before he spoke.
"I believe a strategic action such as that was quite effective", said Baymax, then Jade and Spinel recover and get ready to make another move on Baymax.
"Well, that's our cue I guess", said Steven.
"Pretty much", said GoGo.
"I'll take Yellow Diamond, I might be the only one who's a match for her", said Hiro.
"Alright then, this is it! Let's go! And don't hold back!", shouted Garnet, and the rest of the heroes and the Diamond Authority were off. Hiro uses his microbots to advance for Yellow Diamond, who was doing the same with her shifting diamond pile. Hiro has his microbots throw a huge right jab at Yellow Diamond, but is blocked off before Yellow Diamond makes the same move, but then Hiro leaps high to avoid the attack and lands safely back on his microbots. Then the two of them start throwing various attacks at each other, microbots clashing with diamond, as Hiro and Yellow Diamond were at a stand-off. Meanwhile, Steven and Lapis were facing off against Wulfenite and Ametrine, and remembered how they took quite the beating from those two earlier. Lapis used her water wings to give herself an advantage as she flew past Wulfenite, dodging his laser pistol blasts, before firing an explosive arrow right at him. But then Wulfenite makes the same move as before and throws it right back at Lapis, but is quite surprised when she spins and knocks the arrow aside with her bow.
"Like I'd fall for that again", teased Lapis, and that made Wulfenite furious as he fired a barrage at Lapis, who fires a single arrow that quickly forms multiple arrow, each one exploding as they collided with a laser shot, and resulted in a cloud of smoke. While Wulfenite wasn't expecting it, Lapis flew right at him, landed back in the ground and swings her bow's double blades at him, only the arrogant Gem to dodge and pull a spinning kick on Lapis, knocking her to the ground.
"But I knew better not to fall for THAT", said Wulfenite as he fires at Lapis, who springs up fast and flies at him with her water wings again and flip kicks him square in the jaw, "Not bad kid, but I'm just getting started".
"Same here", said Lapis as she and Wulfenite resume their fight. Then, Steven and Ametrine are having their duel, clashing sword and shield with stun baton, but then Steven finds himself in a similar situation like back in San Fransokyo, as he's forced to take several kicks from Ametrine. Steven then realizes he's gotta make the same call like what happened earlier. That's when he gets his chance to knock Ametrine aside with his shield and then runs over to his dad and Connie.
"Connie! We need to fuse again!", shouted Steven, and then he and Connie wasted little time in fusing back into Stevonnie.
"You watch yourselves out there, or yourself, or something", said Greg.
"Don't worry, it'll be fine!", shouted Stevonnie as they ran back to the battlefield with their weapons in tow, just in time as Ametrine recovers and sees Stevonnie again, much to her surprise.
"Well, this'll be fun. Here we go again", said Ametrine as she and Stevonnie ran for each other. Then those two clash weaponry once again, but this time, it's a balance of Stevonnie and Ametrine landing blows on each other.
Amethyst and FredZilla were stuck with Emerald and Turquoise. Emerald strikes first by flinging his blade boomerang style, but FredZilla runs right at it, ducks and slides right beneath it, then starts running again and leaps into the air and launches a shot of fire-breath at Emerald, but dodges and then his blade comes spinning back to him just in time to intercept a tail swing from FredZilla, who spins fast and fires a laser-eye attack at Emerald, knocking him back a bit.
"Wow, you're good", said Emerald as he takes a quick breather from that hit from the laser eyes.
"Back at ya, and it's back into the fire!", shouted FredZilla as he unleashes a stream of fire breath, while Emerald runs to avoid it. Amethyst was in a frenzied state as she rapidly swung her whip at Turquoise, who was able to avoid every swing, then strikes the ground with his pick-axe, which results in a force of power sent at Amethyst from below, which then sends her flying.
"Not bad for a Kindergarten Gem", said Turquoise, and that made Amethyst upset a bit.
"Hey, mind your own lousy business!", shouted Amethyst as she summoned a second whip, manages to wrap both around Turquoise's pick-axe, which he struggles to pull free, and then executes her flame whip trick, and that sends Turquoise flying himself, returning the favor.
Honey Lemon and Lion were up against Azurite, Peridot, Moonstone and Beryl. Things weren't looking well for them.
"I'm actually upset we can't just talk this out", said Honey Lemon.
"Funny, I'm actually looking forward to this", said Moonstone.
"As am I", said Peridot.
"I know I'm not, but it does fall within my duties", said Azurite.
"Same here too, sort of", said Beryl, then Lion lets out a mighty sonic roar that disperses those four, and then Honey Lemon climbs on top of him and got to work. As Lion runs, Honey Lemon starts throwing various freezing and exploding chem-balls at their targets, some nearly hit those four, but Azurite, Moonstone and Beryl evaded a potential hit and used their weaponry to knock a majority of these balls aside as they blew up far from them, while Peridot blasted plenty of these balls as well. Lion aided in Honey Lemon's efforts by unleashing a sonic roar from time to time, those two were lucky they landed a couple of blows on their targets.
GoGo and Garnet were facing off against Jasper, Zircon and Topaz. This is gonna be tough on those two, especially since Jasper's with them.
"I've been waiting for a rematch", said Jasper.
"That makes two of us", said Garnet, and so she and Jasper charge as Garnet's gauntlets and Jasper's crash helmet collide, producing a huge shockwave. Then Jasper quickly swings her head and knocks Garnet back, there she charges in like a mad rhino, again, but Garnet makes her stand, grabs her by the helmet, turns and tosses Jasper against the wall, then the beefy orange Gem gets back up, and stares at Garnet with great fury in her eyes, and the two of them get ready for another bout. Then, GoGo had to make her stand against Zircon and Topaz.
Don't hold back", said Zircon.
"Like I ever hold back", said Topaz.
"That's something we can agree on", said GoGo as Zircon leaped and brought her hammers down on GoGo, but not before GoGo zooms out of that spot, leaving Zircon to smash the ground instead, as she sped all over the place, while Topaz aims her spiked bat at her target, and fires mini projectile beams, from the little topaz spikes, and fires a flurry of mini beams at GoGo, who zoomed quick enough to avoid those shots. Then GoGo turns fast enough and tosses one of her magne-discs right at Zircon, who turns and knocks it aside with one of her hammers, only for it to ricochet a couple times before it flies right at Zircon from behind, but then she turns and knocks it aside again, but wasn't quick enough a third time as it manages to hit her straight on the face, then bounces off and right at Topaz, but she swings her bat and knocks it right at GoGo, making it easy for her to catch it, as she speeds right at those two as they get their act together.
Last there's Pearl and Wasabi, who were stuck with Tanzanite, Aquamarine and Fluorite.
"You two seem like capable blade masters, let's see if that's the case", said Tanzanite.
"Please don't flatter us", said Pearl.
"Well, when she puts it that way, I guess we are pretty good", said Wasabi.
"I kinda wonder if these two are THAT good", said Aquamarine.
"Only one way to find out", said Fluorite.
"Agreed", said Tanzanite as she strikes first by swinging both hook swords at Pearl and Wasabi, in which those two fend off the attack with their spear and laser blades. Then those two push Tanzanite back and strike quick, but Tanzanite proves to be quite a challenger as she blocks off every attack Pearl and Wasabi made against her, and was able to give them a few kicks now and then. As that fight intensified, Pearl was forced to summon a second spear, but even that didn't help her and Wasabi. But then by both sides, Pearl and Wasabi each have one blade pressed against each of Tanzanite's blades, that's when Fluorite and Aquamarine join in y having their blades collide with Pearl and Wasabi's free blade. Those five were at a stand-off, until Pearl and Wasabi both executed a spinning blade attack that drove their attackers back, and once they've finished, Fluorite, Aquamarine and Tanzanite get ready to make another go at Pearl and Wasabi.
An hour passes, and the overall battle intensified as the whole arena was lit up with the heroes and the Diamond Authority trading dozens of attacks and blows. Even Garnet and Amethyst gave themselves a chance to fuse into Sugilite, and she was able to use her fist-flail to knock some of these jerks around. But slowly, the heroes were taking more of a bigger beating than expected, such as Baymax took a huge blast from Jade at point-blank range, and sent him flying into a wall, or Zircon got a chance to bring both of her hammers down on top of Sugilite hard enough to split them back up into Garnet and Amethyst. Then things really got bad when the Diamond Authority corralled the heroes together and then Peridot pulls some strange device from her gem, throws it out, and has the heroes trapped in some sort of light green energy dome.
"Hey! What the heck is this?!", demanded Amethyst as she pounded on the wall of the dome.
"It's a capture dome, genius. There's no way any of you can escape from this", said Peridot.
"Well, it looks like you've all lost this little bet, too bad, so sad. Earth is ours now", said Yellow Diamond, but she and her D.A. were so caught up on everything, including the heroes that they all forgot Baymax wasn't in there, he was still buried in rubble from that blast he took form Jade. As he rises up from the rubble, he could see all of his friends in great danger, even Hiro. And so, Baymax falls back on one little option he would never resort to, not after what happened during Big Hero 6's first outing. Baymax reaches for his access port, pulls out his healthcare chip, gently places it on the ground, and then closes his access port. That's when Baymax shuts down for a moment, then he starts up again, but then his eyes start to glow red, he then targets every member of the D.A. and starts walking toward them. It didn't take long before everyone noticed Baymax walking over to them.
"Does something seem weird about Baymax to any of you guys?", asked Stevonnie.
"Something's not right...", said Hiro as he wondered to himself, then remembered it, much to his surprise, "Oh no".
"Hard to believe that bot's still standing", said Yellow Diamond.
"Guess he's pretty stubborn", said Tanzanite.
"He'll be all trashed when I'm done with him", said Topaz as she charges for Baymax, and swings her spiked bat at him, but then he blocks it off, punches her, grabs her by the head and tosses her into the wall on his left. This surprised everyone, especially Yellow Diamond.
"Topaz!", shouted Beryl.
"He's mine!", shouted Spinel as she charged at Baymax, but the he fires a rocket fist at her, only for her to knock it high above her with that big hammer of hers. Then as she stands there and gloats, the rocket fist ignites its thrusters and shoots straight down at Spinel, knocking her head-first into the ground hard, before it quickly returns to Baymax.
That's it", said Yellow Diamond as she throws a huge jab at Baymax with her shifting diamond pile while still held in the air by it, but Baymax shatters that jab with a strong backhand and fires a rocket fist aimed at Yellow Diamond's fancy diamond "height booster", causing her pile to fall apart and she falls to the ground.
"NO ONE disrespects out great leader like that and gets away with it!", yelled Jasper as she executed her spinning dash attack right for Baymax, but then he fires up his thrusters crazy fast and flies right at Jasper, as he quickly breaks her out her attack by grabbing her by the head, holds on tight as he flies by the others with Jasper in tow, slams her head right into the ground and continues dragging her while he flies, leaving a huge trail of damage to the ground. During this painful ride, Jasper was able to kick Baymax and send him a few feet across from her. As they both get back up, Jasper's face is all scratched up and quickly turns back to Baymax with her eyes full of hate, but notices Baymax firing a rocket fist. Jasper's crash helmet collides with the fist as it comes in at full speed, but was too exhausted and beaten to be able to hold off the fist as it sent her flying and knocked her into the ground, leaving her down for the count as that fist returned to Baymax.
"I've had enough of this. Let's just go full force and deal with this metal pest at once", said Tanzanite as she and the others left the heroes unattended, and try to take on Baymax as he targets them all, with those creepy red eyes of his in that state, ready to dish out great pain. One by one, Baymax takes down each of the remaining Diamond Authority, each punishment dealt out to them more brutal than the last. From Zircon and Beryl trying to strike at Baymax, only for him to grab them each by the leg, swings them into each other with full force and then slamming them into the ground repeatedly before throwing them against the wall. To Turquosie getting his attack blocked of by Baymax as he grabs him, flies him over to the wall, slams his head into the structure five times hard and then throwing a punch that sends Turquoise flying into Aquamarine and Peridot, and those three end up hitting the opposite wall with enough force to produce a shockwave. And so on and so forth, the brutal beatings keep piling up because of Baymax.
"Something's not right! We've seen Baymax fight before, he's never acted this vicious!", shouted Pearl.
"That's because this hasn't happened since…then", said Hiro worriedly.
"Then WHAT? Hiro, whatever's going on with Baymax, you HAVE to tell us", said Garnet, followed by the rest of Big Hero 6 nervously looking at each other, helping the Crystal Gems realize that this was something that whole team knew about. Then Hiro spoke about it.
"It was during our first outing about a year ago, it involved our first villain, we called him Yokai, and he was our professor Robert Callaghan. He stole my microbots just to help him get revenge on tech pioneer Alistair Krei for being the whole reason he lost his daughter in an accident with a teleportation test. Luckily we stopped him and saved his daughter when we found out she was still alive", said Hiro.
"That doesn't explain Baymax's overly violent behavior", said Pearl as she briefly turned back to see Baymax now engaged with Wulfenite as the cocky Gem went in guns blazing with his dual laser pistols, only for Baymax to smash him into the ground, pick him up, toss him into the wall on his right, rushes over and throws Wulfenite into the opposite wall with great force.
"Callaghan had to start a fire at a showcase at our school, when I was first trying to get myself enrolled there, so he could steal my microbots and cover his tracks. But he basically let Tadashi die when he ran in there to try to save him. When I found out, I pulled out Baymax's healthcare chip, left his battle chip in there, and that sent him in a violent mindless state when I told him to…try to kill Callaghan", said Hiro, and this shocks the Gems.
"And you just stood there and almost let him do it?!", demanded Lapis.
"I was angry, I hated him for just letting my brother die on that night. It was stupid, I know. Because of me, Baymax almost turned himself into a killer", said Hiro upsettingly.
"And that's gonna happen tonight if we don't hurry", said Stevonnie as they and the others see that Baymax has dealt with the whole Diamond Authority. Every last one of them were all beaten brutally, most of them looking as his their gems were nearly busted, meaning that their injuries would most definitely be near-fatal. But one was unaccounted for: Yellow Diamond. That's when she surprises Baymax by basically trying to crush him between two huge walls of shifting diamond, and to her, it would seem like a success.
"No one makes me look like a fool in front of my followers!", shouted Yellow Diamond, clearly furious as she looked, yet felt satisfied thinking she'd managed to finish off Baymax, but she's going to have to think again. That's when she notices the two diamond walls slowly opening up, and reveals Baymax managing to push those two wall apart without much trouble. His red eyes shot directly at Yellow Diamond, who was still furious but surprised. Then pushes the diamond walls apart with enough force to shatter them into nothing, then quickly sends Yellow Diamond flying with a rocket fist. As soon as his fist returns, Baymax starts walking over to Yellow Diamond, who was stuck in the wall of the arena.
"Why's he going for Yellow Diamond first, he didn't kill any of the others", said Amethyst.
"Baymax must see Yellow Diamond as the biggest threat, so he's gonna take her out first! We gotta get out of here! The only way he'll stop is if we can get his healthcare chip back in his access port!", shouted Hiro.
"You make it sound way too easy, dude", said Amethyst.
"Let's just find a way out of here first", said GoGo, then the other heroes had to work to find a way out of Peridot's force field. As he studied the field, Hiro came up with a potential solution.
"Wasabi, extend your arm at the field, and get ready to switch on your laser blade", said Hiro as Wasabi got himself ready with sticking his arm out until his fist was a fraction away.
"All set", said Wasabi.
"Alright, now!", shouted Hiro as Wasabi activated his laser blade, which went straight through the field, and then the field starts acting strange, then deactivates.
"That was, surprisingly effective", said Pearl.
"Come on!", shouted Garnet as the others made their way to Baymax. Baymax had approached Yellow Diamond, still stuck in that wall, and aims his rocket fist right at her, while aiming at her gem.
"Baymax stop!", shouted Lapis as she pushes Baymax's arm up, causing him to fire the fist a few feet above Yellow Diamond, but then Baymax knees Lapis in the gut, punches her with his other hand, and throws her across the arena as his fist returns. He then aims at his target again for another go, but then Hiro uses his microbots to grab Baymax and reels him in, but Baymax breaks his bonds as though they were made of paper and throws Hiro across the arena, but then Lion shows up and knocks him down with a sonic roar.
"Hold him down!", shouted Garnet as she and the others got together and did what they could to pin Baymax to the ground. But that proved futile as he broke free and tossed them in separate directions one by one. He gets back up and Lion hits him with a sonic roar, but then Baymax returns the favor with a rocket fist, leaving him down for the count. Despite being a great distance away, Baymax once again aims his rocket fist at Yellow Diamond. Waking up but still a little hurt, Lapis noticed what Baymax was about to do and summons her double bladed bow and fires a regular arrow, just to get his attention. This works, but then Baymax turns around and stares at Lapis for a moment, before sticking both fists in the ground, and rips out a really huge chunk of ground, flies up and throws it high up, and gravity does the rest as it comes falling down straight for Lapis, who was so surprised and scared, she didn't even try to get back up and run or fly out of there.
"Lapis!", shouted Pearl as FredZilla notices this, and leaps over to Lapis. It like as if he's going to try to shield Lapis from the giant rock, but instead, he charges up his suit's flame attack, and unleashes a massive stream of fire right at the rock, stopping it just five feet above them, then he kicks in a little more power as he shoots the rock back upward as it bursts into many little pieces way above the arena.
"Thanks", said Lapis with a breath of relief.
"Anytime", said FredZilla, but then that was short lived as Baymax dashes at FredZilla, carries him across the arena, slams him in the ground, spins and throws him far in the opposite direction, right into Lapis. Everyone was incapacitated, so Baymax now flies back over to Yellow Diamond and readies his rocket fist to finally end her. But as luck would have it, Garnet and Stevonnie pop up from behind and holds back both his arms.
"Now Hiro!", shouted Garnet as Hiro pops up close to Baymax with the healthcare chip recovered, and sticks it back into the access port. Baymax finally leaves that state of his as his eyes stop glowing red and returns to his usual simple expression on his face. As he readjusts himself, Baymax notices Hiro, Garnet and Stevonnie with him, then looks around and sees all the pain he's inflicted on everyone, friend and foe alike, even though his expression obviously stays the same, then he speaks.
"My healthcare protocol has been severely violated", said Baymax, before he turns his attention to Yellow Diamond, who was just waking up, and aids in helping her out of that little hole she made when she slammed right into it, "I regret any or all distress I may have caused".
"Baymax what were you thinking? Why would you do something like that?", asked Hiro.
"You and our friends were in danger, I sought a means of aiding you in your time of need. I apologize for my reckless behavior", said Baymax, then Hiro just pats his arm.
"It's okay big guy, and yeah that was a big mistake you made. But you shouldn't let it get to you, that just makes you human for a change", said Hiro.
"I understand", said Baymax as he and Hiro fist bumped each other.
"Hey don't forget about us", said Stevonnie as they fist bumped with Baymax as well along with Garnet, then Stevonnie splits back into Steven and Connie. A few minutes later, everyone was gathered up, as most were still healing from their injuries.
"That robot of yours went nuts for a moment, thrashed us around like we were nothing. He could've killed us in that state, but you didn't let him, why?", asked Yellow Diamond as she sat among the rest of the D.A.
"Well, for one thing: living like mindless killers isn't how we do things", said GoGo.
"Not to mention we'd be horribly scarred for life", said FredZilla.
"Not helping", said GoGo.
"And another thing: we knew it wouldn't be right", said Steven.
"You weren't worried we'd just double cross you?", asked Yellow Diamond.
"We'll just have to hold you to it", said Steven.
"Even after everything we've done all this time, to Earth, to you all, to Rose Quartz, you'd still show us respect and even spare us, not to mention trust us to honor the wager", said Yellow Diamond.
"It's called forgiveness. Earth has so much to share and teach. Like how I have a great family and friends looking out for me", said Steven, but then his gem starts to glow brightly.
"Steven, what are you doing?", asked Honey Lemon.
"It's not me! It's glowing on its own!", shouted Steven as the gem glows brighter and brighter, so bright it might as well be the sun. A minute longer and the glow went away, and when Steven and everyone else were able to open their eyes, and were, for a moment, speechless by what they were seeing, something that shouldn't be possible, yet it is. Standing before them was a Gem they thought would never show up again.
"Rose Quartz", said Jasper in awe. Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Greg were the first to step up to her, and Pearl speaks.
"Rose…is that really, you?", asked Pearl, followed by Rose staring at her for a full minute before she smiles and speaks at last.
"It's me alright", said Rose, then Pearl slowly breaks down into tears, runs up to Rose and hugs her tightly while crying.
"Rose! *crying* I…I thought we'd never see you again! We missed you so much!", shouted Pearl as she continued to hug Rose tight while crying at the same time, as Rose returns the hug.
"*sighs* Believe me, I missed you all even more", said Rose as Amethyst ran up and joined in as well, but replacing her cries with laughter, and Garnet gets in on it as well, while remaining in her usual mood, even Lion joined in as Rose gave her former companion a well-deserved scratching on his back.
"Rose", said Greg as Rose finished up with Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Lion and walks over to him. Those two look into each other's eyes before they gave each other a thirty second long kiss, and then hugging each other, before they speak to each other.
"It's been so long, my love", said Rose.
Tell me about it. Rose, I hope you know, even after you left, I never stopped loving you, with all my heart", said Greg.
"*giggles* I know", said Rose before she finally made her way over to Steven, her son. As Rose knelt down to his level, Steven was teary eyed as Rose laid her hand on his cheek, smiles wide, and kisses him on the forehead.
"Hi mom, nice to finally meet you", said Steven.
"It's nice to finally meet you too, Steven. You've grown into something remarkable, more than I ever could've dreamed. I'm glad I've been able to actually face you and see it for myself", said Rose, which raises a thought for Steven.
"But, in the tape, you said we can't both exist together, because you were a part of me", said Steven.
"That's exactly why I can't stay for long, son. It took a while, but I had to wait until you were the right age to be able to manifest myself out of the gem, but it takes a while for me to gather up enough strength to pull it off, so I had to wait until the right time to do so. Looks to me I picked the right time", said Rose.
"You were always great with timing Rose", said Greg, followed by a brief laugh by his wife.
"Yes, I guess I was, which explains how we met each other in the first place", said Rose, followed by a brief blush from Greg.
"Wait, can't you stay a bit longer Rose?", asked Amethyst.
"You just came back to us after all these years, there's so much we could catch up on", said Pearl.
"I already know. I've been watching everything since I first became a part of Steven", said Rose then turned to Steven before she continued, "I've watched every single thing you've done from the second you were born Steven. I saw the choices you've made when helping those around you. And all of that helped you grow into the person I knew you would become".
"Did I do a good job?", asked Steven.
"More than you know", said Rose as she and Steven hugged, then Rose got back up and Steven remembered something.
"Oh, wait! I think I should really introduce you to the others", said Steven as he held Rose's hand and had her follow him over to Lapis and Connie, who show their respects to Rose as Lapis bowed in the manner of a princess, while Connie pulls off a simple bow, "Mom, this is Lapis. Lapis Lazuli, she's one of us now".
"Hello, I've heard so much about you. It's an honor to finally meet you", said Lapis.
"And this is Connie, she's practically the reason I've discovered my powers in the first place", said Steven.
"Hi there, Mrs. Quartz Universe. Your son is a really great friend to me", said Connie.
"You two have extremely pure hearts. I'm glad my son was there for you", said Rose.
"And then these are Big Hero 6! Hiro, Baymax, Honey Lemon, Wasabi, Fred, and GoGo. They're one really cool superhero team", said Steven as the Big Hero 6 meet with Rose one at a time.
"Hello, great to finally meet you", said Hiro.
"Hey there", said GoGo.
"Hiiii! It's so nice to meet you!", shouted Honey Lemon.
"Hello to you, miss", said Wasabi.
"Greetings", said FredZilla as he pulled a Star Trek hand pose like Spock.
"It is nice to make your acquaintance, Mrs. Quartz Universe", said Baymax after taking off his helmet, as Rose walked up to him and pressed her hand against his armored chest, and it looks like she could feel something strangely good.
"This robot is really unique. In all my years, I've never sensed so much heart and soul inside any one being, until now. Baymax, you're a one-of-a-kind robot, with the soul of a human", said Rose.
"Thank you very much", said Baymax as he puts his helmet back on.
"Rose", said Yellow Diamond as she got back on her feet, puts her back against the wall, looks right at Rose, and talks, "I have to say, that's a pretty impressive kid you got there. He's willing to trust us, even after everything we've done, is that even possible?"
"Of course, Yellow Diamond. Steven's shared with you a taste of what humanity has to offer, and how precious the Earth is. We don't have to resort to our old ways anymore, especially with so many other planets out there, when we could do so much more, if we only try", said Rose, and that left Yellow Diamond thinking for a moment.
"I suppose you're right Rose. It would take some getting used to, but maybe we could make it work out", said Yellow Diamond.
"I'm glad. Now, I can't stay like this any longer everyone, I have to go", said Rose.
"It was great seeing you again Rose", said Garnet.
"Will we see you again?", asked Pearl.
"In due time, only when I've gathered up enough strength, and when you need me most, I'll be back", said Rose before turning to Steven one more time.
"I love you mom", said Steven.
"I love you too, son", said Rose before she hugged Steven again, and finally, Rose begins to fade away, back into Steven's gem, until she was gone. Luckily, no one cried.
"See you soon mom", said Steven as he touched his gem.
"Well, kid, I believe you and your friends here have won the wager, and surprisingly, our friendship", said Yellow Diamond as the rest of the D.A. agreed, even Jasper agreed, though reluctantly, since she was stuck on Earth after that fusing incident with Lapis and what not.
"What do you mean?", asked Steven.
"For one thing, I'm a Gem of my word, so even if I planned to double cross you, I'd be honor-bound to see my promises through. And second, what can I say, you really got to me kid, you and your mother. So, what's your request?", asked Yellow Diamond, but it didn't take long for Steven to figure out exactly what he should ask for.
"Well, what I have in mind, it's pretty much what my mom shared with you, that you should make a real home out of Earth and all other planets out there, without hurting them anymore", said Steven.
"*chuckles* I had a feeling you'd say something like that. It's a big request, but it shouldn't be too difficult. But before we try this out with other planets kid, we outta test this out first, see if it's that great, just in case", said Yellow Diamond before turning to her followers in the D.A., "I'm having you all accompany these champions back to Earth, and there, you'll spread to the farthest corners of the planet, searching for any or all Gem outposts that can also serve as multiple oasis, of course you'll have to help in taking care of plenty of those corrupted Gem beasts that are roaming around there. Peridot, you'll build your own base of operations in a remote area of Earth, from there, you'll monitor any Gem activity on the planet while helping in the restoration efforts of the Gem areas, report anything you find. It's time we officially change our ancient ways".
"Of course, I'll prep all the equipment necessary for this mission", said Peridot as she started fiddling around with her holo-screen again.
"If that's what you command, Yellow Diamond, we'll see it done", said Tanzanite.
"Yeah, what she said. This could be fun", said Spinel in an excited manner.
"I still won't like the idea of being on that planet again", said Jasper.
"If you don't wanna like it Jasper, then that's your choice, but we'll hold up the honor of the wager, as we guaranteed, so just deal with it", said Yellow Diamond.
"Come on, Jasper, just give it another go", said Emerald.
"Fine, we'll see how this goes for me", said Jasper reluctantly, and then Yellow Diamond gets a closer look at the Crystal Gems outfits, and then she thought of something.
"Since they're going to be on Earth with you all as well, then allow them to do this for the sake of Rose Quartz", said Yellow Diamond as she hinted this at the rest of the Diamond Authority, and one by one, they each morph the diamond symbols on their outfits into stars, the symbol of the Crystal Gems, much to the heroes' surprise.
"It's official: MORE CRYSTAL GEMS!", yelled Steven in excitement as he hugged Conie and lifted her up as those two started laughing like crazy, while Hiro and Baymax exchange their trademark fist bump. And so it begins, this is the start of a new age for Earth AND Gemkind, including other planets in the universe: the start of the colonization of other planets in the universe, but treating all the living beings on them with care and helping them, not to mention a possible future for Gems and other beings to co-exist, starting with Earth. As the heroes returned to Earth alongside their fellow honorary Crystal Gems from the Diamond Authority, those Gems use the warp pads to spread out throughout the world, to carry out the mission thanks to that wager. By the time the heroes said good bye to those Gems for now, until they hear from them again sometime later during their stay on Earth, they warp back to the wondrous Beach City, the home of the original Crystal Gems. As the Gems showed their friends Big Hero 6 around, having a great time with this, it wraps up with everyone on the house porch, staring out at Beach City.
"Man, you guys have it great here", said Wasabi.
"The same goes to your town", said Lapis.
"Guys, thanks for everything you've done, and all that you helped us with. We probably wouldn't have pulled any of this off if it weren't for you", said Garnet to Big Hero 6.
"Hey, glad we could help, and we all made a really big and great team", said Hiro.
"You dudes still owe us that tour of your sweet H.Q.", said Amethyst.
"We'll put out the welcome mats the next time you come, promise!", shouted Honey Lemon in joy.
"And fear not, we've got plenty of microwavable burritos for all of you!", shouted FredZilla.
"Just don't make a mess, sometimes I wax the floors when I can", said Wasabi.
"Yeah, that be a real downer for you", said GoGo.
"Farewell, friends. It has been good to meet you all", said Baymax before he and Lapis exchanged a brief hug.
"Thanks for speaking up for me like that back there", said Lapis.
"You are welcome", said Baymax.
"So, want us to help you out with the warp pad?", asked Pearl.
"No thanks, while we hung out with you for a bit here, I called in our own ride, it should already be here by now", said Hiro before he pressed a switch on his glove, and out of nowhere on the beach, was a large red futuristic jet, which was obviously in cloaking mode, and the Gems were quite surprised.
"It's called the Big-Jet! I thought of that name", said FredZilla.
"And I still wonder why we kept that name", said Wasabi.
"Whoa! It's incredible! Think we'd get to ride it next time?", asked Connie.
"Most definitely", said GoGo.
"How'd you guys even get your own jet?", asked Amethyst.
"Like we told you: a lot can happen in a year. Good-bye you guys, see you soon", said Hiro as his team and the Gems exchanged a hug or a handshake and went their separate ways, while Big Hero 6 were already on board the jet and it started to hover way above them.
"I wonder how fast that aircraft of theirs can go?", asked Pearl, then the jet turns, facing the ocean, and flies off at crazy fast speeds, within a few seconds they were gone.
"Well, that answers that question", said Garnet as Pearl had a brief surprised look in her eyes.
I can't wait to see those guys again. But, I can't help but feel like we forgot something", said Steven, and they all pondered on what did they forget, until Greg remembered exactly what it was, and it nearly gave him a panic attack.
"MY VAN! IT'S STILL IN THE CITY! WAIT! TAKE ME WITH YOU! I LOVE THAT VAN!" yelled Greg in craziness as he ran out to the beach begging for Big Hero 6 to come back and take him to his van, while Garnet and Pearl ran out to him to calm him down, and the others were watching it all on the porch, having a good laugh. And during that moment, Steven looked up to the sky, and saw a cloud that looked just like Rose.
"Things are gonna get even better for Earth mom, I know they will", said Steven to himself with pride, and so that was it, and believe it or not, for Steven, that was just the beginning.
Well, there you all have it! The end of Interstellar War! Let me just say, I really enjoyed every second of making this tremendous crossover story of Steven Universe and Big Hero 6, not just for myself, but for all of you out there. And I hope the creators of those incredible OC Gems who read this love how their characters got their time in the spotlight of a story like this! Just to let you know, I'm going to be putting up a sequel to this story, though just to tell you right now, the sequel won't involve Big Hero 6 showing up again until later in that story, and it'll be the story-based debut of my own Steven Universe character, but not of Gemkind! You'll really love him, he's quite the force to be reckoned with! That's it for now, Goodbye!
-MarioDeleon59
