Chapter 7: Chasing the Sun.
The two generals returned to camp to pack up. Turquoise, still having her own tent had two blue and brown polar bears pulling a wagon of all her junk.
"Ready guys?" the blue gem asked.
"Not yet, Amethyst and Pearl, gather everyone up I have something to say,"
Rose announced.
The two gems nodded, and ran off to gather the gems in front of the officer tent. Once all the gems were present, Rose and Garnet began their speeches.
"Gems, I can't say how proud I am of your performances today," Rose complemented.
"Your bravery, courage, and determination was able to drive out the the solar spire menace!"
The crowd of gems cheered.
"They, are afraid, and on the move, thanks to your bravery!"
"We will bring them down or die trying!" Garnet added.
"Pack up gems, let's go chase our destiny!" Rose exclaimed.
The troops let out a cries of excitement, and went to their tents to pack.
"oh hey um, Colonel Citrine, what do I do with the retreated gems?" Tourmaline asked while catching up with Citrine.
"Go to the medical tent, and soak the gems in the water, it'll make them comeback faster and stronger,""Okay,"
Citrine and Pearl strapped Amethyst's cannons to their horses, and prepared to leave.
"Pearl, is it okay if I go next to Citrine?"
Garnet asked.
"Yeah of course Garnet, "
Pearl quickly unstrapped her thin little horse, and took her to Rose for more orders. Garnet strapped her red war horse to Amethyst's cannon, and took her place next to Citrine.
"Hey Citrine, "
"Hi Garnet,"
"How are you feeling?"
"Better I guess,""Did you see him?"
Citrine looked down to the reins in her hand.
"Yes, he's fine,"
"Did you follow my advice?"
"Yes, Garnet,"
"Did it help?"
"Yes..."
Rose and her horse rode ahead of the two gems.
"Alright everyone, lets move out!" Rose ordered.
The troops advanced foreward.
"I just want to let you know, I'm always here for you,"
"okay, Garnet,"
The rest of the ride, the two gems rode in silence. When they reached the spot were ths sun warriors dissappeared, they noticed red destroyed warp pads.
"Where do you think they could have gone Rose? Emerald asked.
Rose closed her eyes and thought for a moment.
"Officers can you come over here please, " Rose called.
"I realize that there is no way for an average gem to track a warp pad thats broken, so we need to resort to more drastic measures,"
"Drastic how?" Amethyst asked. "You all heard of the power of Aztects?"
Garnet's eyes grew wide.
"No Rose, it's too dangerous," Garnet stated.
"Hold on guys what is it?" Emerald asked.
"It's an ancient ruin in South America. I was stationed there 1,000 years ago along with my team. It's said to grant unimaginable power to a worthy gem. So far, no gem I've known was able to obtain this ancient power,"
"What makes you think anyone in our army is able to get it?"
"Before I left the temple for good, the walls described the hero worthy of its power,"
"Well who is it then!? Pearl questioned in anticipation.
"It's Garnet, "
Garnet took a step back.
"What, me!? Why not you?"
"Garnet, I already went in, although I survived all the traps, I wasn't allowed into the final chamber. I think you'll be able to get in,"
"Come on Garnet you can do it!" Emerald encouraged.
"I know how uneasy you are about this, so I'm sending Citrine and Amethyst with you. Garnet don't worry you'll do fine. The moment the power is obtained, we'll be ready to advance,"
Garnet thought it through for a moment, and nodded. "Okay, then its settled," Rose concluded.
"In the meantime, me ,Emerald and Pearl will go back to the spire and try to track them,"
"We should go to the spire with you, to prepare for the journey," Garnet added.
"What, do I do?" Turquoise asked.
"You stay here with a team of gems amd see if you can fix the warp pad," Garnet ordered.
"Okay," Turquoise said as she began to kneel down to the red warp pad.
"Listen up everyone! We're going back to the spire to regrouped and refresh. Turquoise is in need of a volunteer army to stay here," Rose announced. Tourmaline, Angel Quartz, Amber, and Jade volunteered to stay behind.
"Good, the rest of you come with us," Garnet ordered.
The troops pranced around in excitement, knowing that they're going back home. But, the war wasn't over. In fact, it was far from being over.