Chapter 13: A Rude Awakening
Had to rewrite the chapter cause I accidentally deleted it lol. Anyways enjoy the chapter.
The trio of gem officers warped back to the Lunar sea Spire, to see it fall to the ground. (metaphorically of course). Gems ran around the spire in a state of panic, throwing paper with maps on them.
"What is going on here?" Citrine asked a gem.
The gem looked at her shook her head and kept running.
"We need to find Rose," Garnet asserted while she grabbed Citrine and Amethyst by their wrists.
When they reached the fountain room, they found Pearl holding two clear gems, and shaking.
"Jade...Jade...I'm so sorry..." Pearl whispered to the gems. "Pearl, what the heck is going on?" Amethyst asked in a concerned voice.
Pearl ignored the gems and began dunking the gems in healing water.
"Rose!?" Garnet called out.
Suddenly a door in front of the fountain room opens. Inside is Rose Quartz, looking tired and over worked. Her usual fluffy pink hair was matted with pencils in it. She was leaning over a map, covered in lines and scribbles.
"Where have you all been? Looks like you've been on vacation!" Rose exclaimed.
"Rose I went to retrieve the power, but them me and the girls were kidnapped by a local tribe," Garnet explained. "The clothes?"
"They insisted we wear them,"
"Rose what the heck is going on?" Citrine asked.
"Well, while you three were away, I sent out three scout groups to the artic, Africa, and Italy. The africa and italy group said they barley escaped with their lives, attacked by strange beasts. They said they lost Emerald in Africa. The artic group lost more than half of their team, and came back with a drained Jade. The disappearances are scaring the gems outside causing them to act this way," Rose explained.
"Well...that explains a lot," Amethyst commented.
"Ever since I've been driving myself crazy trying to figure out were the gems are being kept,".
Garnet took off her glasses, revealing her extra eye, and closed all three of them. She began to massage her temples.
"I see...Our troops, crying out...for someone to save them...very cold..." Garnet said.
"They must be in the artic!" Citrine beamed.
"Garnet...how?" Rose asked.
"The eye, Rose," Garnet replied.
"Okay, I'll set up a task force for you-"
"No Rose, you go," "Me?"
"Yes, you've been locked up in the spire for to long, its about time you get some action," Garnet reasoned.
"Okay,.I'll take Pearl amd leave immediately, " Rose decided.
With that, the pink gem left the room, grabbed Pearl and the horses and warped away.
While Rose was away, The officers did their best to try to stabilize the spire. So, Amethyst decided to call a meeting on top of the spire.
"Okay gems, what's going on?!" Amethyst asked.
"Emerald's gone! "
"Jade is drained!" "Our friends are missing!"
"Rose has failed us!"
"ROSE HASN'T FAILED US!" Amethyst screamed.
"I can't believe that the thought would even enter your minds. You all sitting up here in the spire complaining about everyone disappearing, and none of you haven't done a single thing to find them. Meanwhile Rose is risking her neck with Pearl to bring them back. I'm very disappointed in all of you," Garnet snapped.
She sighed, massaged her temple.
"Rose is doing everything in her power to help us, and I suggest you all do the same," Garnet growled through gritted teeth. The gems now got up and walked down the spire with guilt and regret seeping into their hearts. None of them looked Garnet in the eyes on their way out.
"How's Citrine doing?" Amethyst asked.
"She's fine, Citrine is being drained a s we speak. She'll be back to her normal yellow self in a couple of hours," Garnet explained.
"Good, this Captain stuff is hard work,"
"The troops are loosing moral...if things keep happening the way they do...well I don't think you want to know what happends Amethyst,"
"You can see into the future? "
"Yes, and so far, it doesn't look good..."