CHAPTER 5: Gembond
One hundred years passed, the Diamond Gems assault team, leaded by Malachite, fought many battles in order to redeem crystal gems:
First with the battle of the Cloud Isles, where Blue Agate, by using her staff, destroyed a wooden bridge in order to make an entire battalion of crystal gems, fall on the ground, with a total of 56 Crystal Gems, all Bubbled by the Agate, that was so proud of Herself... Even if She was the one who Panicked.
Then the battle of the Sea spire, where at the top of it, Dolomite used her whip, to use a rock as a boulder, that poofed all the gems that were coming for her... And when She went to bubble the 20 Crystal Gems, She was naively impressed on how Her attack used to work.
And then, in the battle at the prime kindergarten, Peridot used her Ferrokinesis in order to make one of the injectors a weapon, for then using it toward a bunch of Quartz soldiers…
A total of three hundred and eighty nine crystal gems were captured, and interrogated, logically by Peridot, Morally by Agate, Sincerely by Dolomite, and reasonably by Malachite… None of them were redeemed though, but the team was sure to have left a mark on the ideology of their enemies.
One day, at the main battlefield, while poofing more crystal gems in the heat of the battle, Malachite encountered again the Bismuth, and she said to Her "Long time no see… Metal Head!", the Bismuth, recognizing the gems that use to compose her opponent, laughed a bit, and then exclaimed "Oh my… It's been so long since the last time I say you… Two… What did happen to you?! You look great!", embarrassed, Malachite replied "Oh you know, I haven't been myself at the time... then I've fused, I've captured tons of crystal gems in order to redeemed them and released most of them because I failed… Nothing special!", surprised, Bismuth said with a smile "Ahahah… You really are different from Homeworld's Standards… I thought that you would shatter my friends… Not releasing them… Ah… You're not such a treat for us!" and started to laugh even more, something that made the malachite a bit nervous, and then angry, for then launch Herself toward her enemy, yelling "How dare you make fun of me!" only to see Her punch, blocked by a Quartz soldier, a very buff Quartz soldier, whose Bismuth referred to "Thanks Biggs!".
Brown Jasper's Dominant voice said shocked "Biggs!? Biggs Jasper!?" and the latter replied "Yes… Is there a problem, Defective Jasper?", Malachite felt very sick by that statement, and with Her guard down, She inadvertently let Biggs kick Her right in the stomach, launching Her away… Lapis' Dominant voice asked "What's wrong B? What's the matter?" the Jasper's voice replied "Biggs, She came from my same Kindergarten… But she came out better than me… Far better than me… I can't, I… I!" Malachite in the end Unfused, under the shocked eyes of Dolomite, Agate and Peridot, who saw the event from a far distance, while fighting other crystal gems... and under the pleasured eyes of Biggs, that said "Here's your true self… Weak, incomplete… A total failure… I don't get the use that Homeworld makes of you!" Brown Jasper felt more depressed, but the Lazuli tried to comfort Her "Don't listen to her… You are not a failure… You're just incomplete… But that's ok, that is a reason for why we need to fuse… To fix that sense of incompleteness… B… Please, trust me… I would never lie to you!" "Why not?!" " Because… We are friends!" the two exchanged a smile toward each other... before being poofed respectively by Biggs and Bismuths, with the latter that said "Don't tell Rose… But I want you to take these gems at my forge… When I'll be back, I would like to test something with them!" "Sure… Let me just put them into stasis." Biggs bubbled the two gems, and after being separated from Bismuth, she went to the Warp pad, for then disappear.
Peridot said to the other two "We must save them, trust me, I knew what Bismuth is up to!" Agate asked "How?!" " I haven't passed the last hundred of years by just capturing Crystal Gems, I've been sneaking inside the rebels lines in order to get various informations about their strategies and plans… Trust me… Bismuth is working on a weapon that would shatter any gems in the galaxy in a blink of an eye! Only I have managed to get this information… And if it's true, our friend will be the test subjects!" Dolomite gasped, and asked "What can we do!?" and Peridot replied "Relax, I know where the forge is, just follow me!" the two allies started to follow Her to the same warp pad used by Biggs, in order to reach Bismuth's forge.
Once arrived at the entrance of the forge, after a walk in the volcano valley, Peridot said "Ok… It seems that no one is in here… Except for Biggs that is possibly guarding our friends inside of the forge… What we need to do is…" and Dolomite said "We all need to fuse!" "NO way… A three gems fusion is more difficult than a two gems one… What we need is a distraction!" and then, after noticing that Agate was missing, she whispered, like she was yelling "AGATE!", the latter, inside the forge, reached Biggs, and told Her "We need your support at the Great North! A bunch of Homeworld's soldiers tended an ambush to our allies!" the Jasper, believing to Agate's lie, replied "Really!? Thanks for telling me! Guard these two gems until Bismuth is back." and she went away.
Some time later, Peridot and Dolomite, without being noticed by the Biggs, entered in the forge, where Peridot yelled at Agate "What where you thinking to do!?" who replied "Well, with Biggs at the great north, we have enough time to free our friends and escape this place. Come on, we have a Lazuli and a Jasper to freed!" the Dolomite and the Agate bursts the two bubbles, whose gems started to reform, with a new outfit, disoriented, but fine.
"Thanks guys!" Said lazuli, while Brown Jasper said "Yeah… Thank you…", Peridot replied "It was a pleasure… You are the leader of our team… We had to freed you!", the Jasper's get up, and said "I thought that… We were friends…" Lazuli snorted, and then laughed, for then say "You really have changed B…" "Eheheh… I can say that it's your fault! You… Infected me with your kind behavior of yours!" She replied with a smile, making everyone smile... but then, the good moment was interrupted by the return of Biggs, who said " I knew it… It was strange that only I was the one required of a surprise assault by Homeworld soldiers… You were here for free your friends! With a Useless Peridot and a ridiculous Dolomite. And what about that… Brown Jasper… That weak and useless Quartz soldier… What would you do now, fuse again with the Lazuli!? Go ahed and try… You will only prove to me that you are so weak, that you need someone for being and feeling stronger… You Homeworld upper crust…" Brown Jasper didn't get depressed, and by geting close to Lazuli, she replied "And so?! That is not a problem! I'm weak, defective, incomplete… But you know what?! I still have my loyalty toward Homeworld, I have my friends by my side… I have Lazuli… And with her… I have…" the two gems fuse, and Malachite concluded "… Malachite!", the team prepared to fight Biggs, who yelled before launching Herself into the action "Argh, All of you are a shame! A living shame Team!" and the fight started, with Malachite erecting, by using her water arms, an ice shield that used to protect the entire team, later Peridot used her Ferrokinesis to use one of the weapons of the forge for attack the enemy, who avoided the attacks, only for later being blocked by Dolomite's Whip, while Agate's staff weakened Her, giving so the opportunity to the peridot to stab Biggs in the stomach, that said her last words after a little laugh "You seems to be a better leader than rose… Why you are on Homeworld's side?! You… Are far better than their standards…." and in the end, she poofed.
Malachite took her Gem, and Agate asked "What would you do to her?!" the fusion thought for a bit, until she answered "I… It's better to… Left her here… She doesn't deserve nothing…" She left the gem on the ground, and walked away with her friends, all happy by the reunion, and by the fact that they were all friends in the end… Not just allies… They we're the Diamond Gems.