aaa Chapter 9: temple trouble
Garnet, Citrine and Amethyst have finally reached their destination.
"Wow, sure is big," Amethyst observed.
"oh look ancient drawings! Can you read it Garnet?" Citrine asked.
The red gem walked over to the wall and rubbed her fingers on the drawing.
"The power of the Aztecs...Will give you...strength...a worthy gem...tainted...hearts...won't...be let... in," Garnet explained.
"Kinda creepy," Amethyst said while she shivered.
"Ready to keep moving Garnet?"
"Yes...let's go,"
As the trio of gems kept moving, they reached a long, dark stairwell.
"Something's not right..." Garnet observed.
Citrine picked up a nearby pebble and threw it down the stairwell. The pebble triggered a pressure pad, causing thousands of arrows to shoot.
"Well, how are we going to go down?" Amethyst asked.
"We could use our armor-".
"Won't work, its too heavy," Garnet butted in.
"Then what do you think Garnet?" Citrine questioned.
"Slide down the rails,". "Fine,"
The gems stood on top of the rail and began to slide down. As they picked up speed, the hallway began to get darker and darker.
"Wow Garnet, this is alot better than walking," Amethyst complemented.
Citrine rolled her eyes, until the gems reached the end of the rail and flew off towards the walls.
"ouch..." the gems cried out in unison.
They stood up and looked around for a way out. Down the hall they could hear a low growl.
"Ummm...You guys here that?" Amethyst worried.
Without Amethyst and Citrine even knowing, Garnet grabs Citrine and Amethyst by their collars as runs. As Carnet picks up speed, the growling turns into howls, and sprinting paws.
"Gem wolves!" Citrine cries out.
One of the wolves latches onto Garnets leg, slowing her down a bit.
"Guys! A little help back there!" Garnet said as she struggles to run.
Citrine quickly summons her sword hooks and bashes the wolf on it's head. It lets out a blood curdling howl, signalling more wolves to join the chase. Garnet kept running until she reached a dead end.
"Gems, get ready to fight!" Garnet ordered.
Amethyst and Citrine summoned their weapon waiting for the wolves to make the first move. As the wolves close in, Citrine accidentally triggers a step pad, that send the gems tumbling down a slide. Suddenly, the slide ends, and the gems fall off a cliff.
"What is wrong with this place!?" Citrine cries out while falling.
The gems fell smack down in a pool of murky water.
"Eww gross, my mouth was open!" Amathyst exclaimed.
"Were to now Garnet?" asked Citrine.
"We swim down,".
"Seriously!?" Amethyst complained.
"Yes,"
Garnet ignored the complaints of her teamates, and swam down under water. Citrine and Amethyst had no choice but to follow, since Garnet still had the half soaked map. Once they reached an opening in the water, the gems found a ledge that led to the rest of the temple.
"This place is alot bigger than I thought, " Citrine awed.
When the gems traveled further into the temple, they reached a large room with pictures of every gem on them. Clear gemstones light the room with its glow. Garnet walked up to the wall and began reading the pictures.
"It says here...how gems were picked for the spire...," Garnet explained.
"So how does that work?" Amethyst asked.
"Lady Moon and Father Sun handpicked each gem they wanted to be in their spire. Says here...They fought over one gem...looks like-,"
"Who was it Garnet?" Citrine inquired.
She stood there for a moment, frozen.
"It was...me..."
"Well I guess we know who one that fight," Amethyst joked.
"The Solar Spire never...got over the loss...of the Ultimate champion..." Garnet explained.
"I guess that's why we usually don't get along do well with them," Citrine assumed while shrugging.
"It also says here...that if the spire's...go to war... that..." Garnet stopped again.
"Well what's going to happen?" Amethyst and Citrine asked in unison.
"We need to keep moving, " Garnet suggested.
As Amethyst and Citrine walked past the last mural, they noticed the picture had fire raining down on gems below. It didn't look good at left the room, without even looking back to see if the gems were following. Something was definitely bugging her, and Citrine and Amethyst had no idea what it was.
"Umm...Garnet is everything okay?" Amethyst asked.
"Yes...I'm fine,"
"Should we take a break?" Citrine suggested.
"No, the faster we get to the final chamber , the faster we can leave,"
"You're the boss Garnet," Amethyst concluded.
Garnet led them over a bridge with a flowing river of lava under it. When they reached halfway the temple began to shake. Since the bridge was so old, it broke in half. Not letting her friends fall, Garnet used her incredible strength to tie the bridge back together.
"Whoa, that was a close one," Amethyst commented.
"We're almost there, stay close you two," Garnet ordered once they finish crossing the bridge.
In the next room there was a huge door, with lava waterfalls on each side. At the end of the door, the Lunar Guardians saw three gems attempting to pry the door open with their weapons.
"Why hello there girls," Obsidian greeted with a smug smile
"What are you doing here," Garnet snarled.
"Well my dear, I guess we're here for the same reason, to obtain the power of the Aztects,"
"You're not worthy Obsidian, " Citrine growled while summoning her weapons.
"He's more worthy than you'll ever be!" The red Alexandrite brother yelled.
The Solar and the Lunar gems charged at each other, weapons drawn. The Alexandrite brothers locked weapons with Amethyst and Citrine, leaving Obsidian and Garnet to battle by themselves. Obsidian slashed Garnet in her stomach. It was more than apparent that she wasn't focused. Recovering from the blow, Garnet attempted to socked the black gem in the face.
"Finally, I get a second chance to take you down!" Obsidian yelled.
"Not if I can help it," Gasps Garnet.
Obsidian punches Garnet in the face, almost sending her into the pool of lava. While she recovers, he picks her up by her collar, and throws her into the final chamber's door. When Garnet's hand touches it, the doors lit up red and desenegrated.
"No! No one is worthy but me!" Obsidian snarled while he charges at the glowing door.
Right before he reaches it, Obsidian feels a yellow hooks swords latch itself on his neck.
Garnet ignores his battle cry, and steps through the doorway. Once she was through the door quickly shuts behind her.
"The final chamber..." Garnet whispered.