Sorry to everyone who reads my Steven Universe Fanfic. I was out of the country for a week and never had anytime to type my next chapter but I'm finally back so here is Chapter 4 the continuation of Toms story. Enjoy.
Chapter 4
Without protest my father knew that leaving was the best thing to do. If these men were able to beat me half to death with ease, even though I'm a gem, who knows what else they're capable of. Who, or I should say what are these guys? How can they be this powerful?
"Whatever" I think to myself as I push it out of my mind all I should be thinking about right now is getting us out of here.
After the long trip we made it to Beach City as we stood on the wooden deck that was clearly falling apart in some places I took in the smell of the salt air and knew that coming here was the right decision.
"Alright dad" I say aloud clasping my hands together "lets go find the gems!" "We need to tell them everything and hopefully they'll let us stay there for a while until we find a place of our own." My father nodded in agreement.
It wasn't tough to find out where they lived, their house kind of stuck out like a sore thumb.
When we reached their front door I let out a nervous sigh right before knocking three times on the front door. No more then 20 seconds passed until the door was answered and Pearl stood there with a huge smile on her face.
"Tom?" "Rodger?" "Oh my goodness, it's been years!" Pearl says with tears in her eyes grabbing both of us with an arm and pulling us in for a hug.
"I can't believe you're here," she says pulling away from the embrace. "Please come inside!"
As we walk inside we immediately see Amethyst and Garnet look up and I know, just like Pearl, that they recognize us immediately. As they run over to us I can't help but smile and forget about all the cares in the world. I was so young when I last saw them and can barley even remember it. Now I'm 19, it's been too long. Way to long.
After a bit of talking Garnet finally breaks the ice. "So why are you covered in cuts and bruises?" I let out a sigh
"I knew one of you was going to ask this eventually, I'm surprised that it took this long though. "It's a hell of a story. Shall we sit and I can explain it from the beginning?"
"Of course!" Pearl chimes in and motions us both over to the couch.
I explain everything to them and tell them that in the off chance they find us I would need there help in defeating these unbelievably powerful masked men.
"Sounds a plot to an action movie" Amethyst pipes in
"Oh man trust us, we both wish it was a movie" my father says.
"You are both more then welcome to stay here with us as long as you two desire," Garnet says.
"Oh man thank you guys so much!" I exclaim as I stand up
"We can't even begin to thank you enough" my father says also standing up
"You got it!" Amethyst says giving me a thumbs up.
"So, how much control do you have of your gem, Tom?" Pearl asks me "Steven doesn't really have any control of his."
"Oh man Steven! Where is the little guy?" I ask I want to meet him finally, well I mean I met him while he was a baby, but that doesn't count."
"He's out with his girlfriend!" Amethyst blurts out
"Steven has a girlfriend?" my father and I ask confused
"Amethyst! Stop it!" Pearl says as she shoots her a look. "They're not dating, Steven just has a little crush on her. Her names Connie!"
"Oh gotcha!" I say snapping my fingers. "So I assume he'll be back in a bit then."
"So, uh, back to my question." Pearl says hesitantly
"Oh yeah! I have complete control of it."
"Can we see it?" Amethyst asks delighted.
"My gem or the power?" I asked puzzled
"Both!" She explains as her eyes light up in excitement
"Why not?" I ask as I shrug I lift up my shirt, and turn my back to them showing them my mother's old beautiful green emerald that shines beautifully. The gem is located on my left shoulder blade. I reach my right arm around my left shoulder touching the gem and pulling my weapon out.
I pull out a complete black chrome pistol with splotches of emerald colored green on the outside of the foot long barrel. The butt of the gun fits perfectly in my hand I gently tap the trigger, knowing it won't go off since it's not loaded. The chrome glistens in the blistering sunlight as everyone, except Garnet, puts a hand up blocking their eyes.
"Impressive!" Garnet is the first one to speak "it's been a while since any of us has seen that."
"You guys want to see what I can do?" I ask somewhat cockily
"YES!" Amethyst yells out "Of course we do!"
"Awesome, then let's go" I say motioning to the door
Amethyst gets up with out hesitation and is the first one out the door
"Hey Steven! How was your date?" I hear Amethyst from outside
"It wasn't a date...although I do wish it was" Steven says faintly
I immediately walk out the door seeing Steven standing there, He definitely looks a lot different, last time I saw him he was a baby.
"Hey buddy!" I say with a smile. Steven's eyes immediately light up when he sees my weapon daggling from my right hand.
"Are you Tom?" he asks in anticipation "I've been told so much about you!" "Both of our mothers-"
"Yeah buddy" I say sadly as I kneel next to him and place a hand on his shoulder. "Both of our mothers sadly suffered the same fate, but that kind of makes us brothers in a way right?" I ask
Steven lets out a grin "Yeah it does!" "Are you about to show of your weapon?" he asks as he raises an eyebrow.
"Yeah I am" I exclaim, "Care to see it?"
Steven's facial expression already answers my question. I walk down the stairs and to the waters edge when I reach behind my back again a pull a clip out of my gem right before I slap it into the gun.
"Everyone ready?" I ask. Everyone nodes.
I turn around, facing the water point the gun out in front of me and pull the trigger three times. Three bright green, round blasts of energy fly out of the barrel like rockets before quickly disappearing over the waters horizon.
"That was so cool!" Steven and Amethyst scream out
"It's been a while since we've seen your mothers weapon." Pearl states
"It is amazing, glad to see that you've been able to properly use it." Garnet chimes in
"Yeah it is!" I reply with a smile as I lift up my shirt again and let the gem take my gun.
"Now, I know gems don't eat, but could I buy everyone ice cream? Just as a little thank you for letting us stay?"
Steven and Amethyst immediately run next to me "Lets go!" Amethyst screams out
"Pearl? Garnet?" I ask
They both shrug. "Why not?" asks Pearl, "We haven't seen these guys in years." Garnet nods in agreement.
"Come on Dad" I say as I motion to him lets go
"Alright son, I'm not going to pass up free ice cream!"
"Hey Steven!" I say as I turn to him why don't you go fetch your dad and both meet us there I would like to see him again.
"Okay!" Steven explains as he runs off
"This is perfect!" I think to myself "this was a great decision to come back" nothing could go wrong!
At that moment, I didn't think that two weeks later, everything was going to change for the worse and lead us to where we are today…