(Obsidian)
And then the lead gem, who accidentally made me, got clearance to try again. I never saw him so happy, and crazed to start his work again. It was like he was going insane. At the time, the gems were having trouble with riots and terrorists, and the lead gem decided to take this into account. He developed a gem that could dispatch of such efficiently and effectively.
There was another cell that I was next to, identical to mine. I could see right into it. It wasn't used after I was made. The Superiors shut down the operation, but now I guess it's back in use. They created another planter, and had one specific gem inside. Euclase. I could pick up enough to know what they were doing. They were making a war machine. I was extremely interested, to see how the gem they would make would fair compared to me. The planter worked smoothly and just as expected, but only planted one gem, and just drilled holes for the rest. And did not plant the rest of the Euclases. It was a failed trial 2. I saw how the gem developed.
We communicated. The lead of the trials said it wasn't too big of a deal. I fabricated words to talk to her on the window separating us. And she wrote words after breathing on the window to talk to me. She was a charmer. She was a perfect gem to the lead experimenter, and always impressed the guards watching over her cell. She also practiced her abilities, similar to me. We were both impressed with each other. She could skate on air. Most days she skated in circled. It was fun to watch her grow. But we both knew, there was no future for us, and eventually we would have to escape, we didn't want to hurt them, but we needed to get out. She practiced using her tri dagger, it was ballet like, her skating and gracefully trusting her dagger. I loved to watch it, the trails she left behind were almost mesmerizing to the eye.
One day I couldn't take it anymore. I crushed the window separating us. We couldn't just talk to each other on a window forever. And we needed to plan an escape. So I crushed it. Glass fell everywhere. Euclase gasped. Then smiled slyly. The guards panicked and called the lead gem down. The guards were exchanging worried looks. But they were confident 2 gem children couldn't possess a threat to the 8 of them. The lead gem looked into the now one cell, and laughed. She was amused by my performance of power. I just then noticed and connected, that I was the only boy gem. But I didn't have time for that now. Euclase smiled at me and mouthed, we'll talk later. Usually we talked at night. The cells lights came off at night, simulating the real world. And Euclase illuminates the window, with her glowing daggers, and we would talk.
We waited until night. And talked. It was the first time I heard her voice. It was soft, and calming. I was so happy to be able to commune with not just writing on a wall for a change. We talked about each other. Both of us waited till later to talk about a plan to escape. We talked about our abilities, and the knowledge I possessed. How they made me and her.
We waited for what felt like the shortest amount of time, and I told her my plan. To wait until the next terrorist attack, and when half of the guards left to go deal with them, I would use my portal, and she would kill them. We both didn't like to kill them, but I wasn't able to control my fabrication enough to subdue them. Even if that was possible. And we decided to play it by ear. All until after that, we practiced our abilities with each other. I would try to catch her with my gem fabrication, and she would try to get close enough to be within range to kill me with her daggers. I used my portals to escape her movement.