AN: Yeah, sorry it so long. But I had thought it best not to try and force anything, but let it come at its own pace. So anywho, R&R.
"And it was such a Beautiful day too. Well, guess it's time I get ready play with my large new friend." I spoke with a humorless smile. Focusing on my Gem I prepared for battle, summoning my weapon takes seven minutes and thirty-two seconds. "This is going to be a long day."
As the giant's footsteps become audible, I realize that standing in front of a dented tree is not a great stratagem. Normally I would have opted to make a hasty retreat to home, but since this a Gem that may not be an option. Gems are an even more unique race than humanity, as well as being more advanced in general. In short, it could track me down and smash my house...I'd rather not have that happen.
Looking around this forested area, finally, I see a way to ambush my foe. Running to a nearby tree and climbing towards the top.
And then it happened, three trees ahead of me exploded revealing the weapon that hit me. It's a very large flail shaped like two fists in a praying fashion. But just as fast as it came, it was pulled back to its wielder. And again it went right to left to right in a sweeping motion knocking down trees. I believe it is looking for me-BOOM. Its rapid deforestation finally reached my tree forcing me to abort the ambush.
Making good on my agility, I jumped to another tree. Quickly trying to come up with a plan of action, which is much harder with a berserker of this, likely great, power.
A minute of jumping tree to tree to avoid the wrecking ball of deforestation, patent pending. Stopping atop a branch of a tree that must have been at least twenty meters from the dent tree. As of yet I haven't seen the brute fully, only glimpses of shadows. "How could something so big remain hidden for so long? I going to run out of forest if a don't do something" I thought aloud, but I didn't even get a moment to think as the double fist wrecking ball smashed through the tree and hit me with tremendous force, I had barely any time raise my arms to lessen the blow. Through the sheer strength of the attack I was sent another twenty meters away.
With a bit of skill I righted myself in mid-air allowing for a smoother landing in the snow, as of now I have three minutes left for my weapon charge up. But I nearly lost all focus when it came again straight at me with hardly any thought I leapfrogged the monstrous weapon and while it was still under me, I used it as a springboard to get atop of a nearby tree. Looking around I came face to face with my opponent, literally.
At the top of this, arguably, very tall tree I could feel a gust of wind caused by its booming laughter.
Crooked smile upon the giant's face it spoke "So you jump like a scared, little bunny rabbit. Come on, fight like you mean it!" With its mocking I was able to finally see my assailant.
It was big, really big, and purple too. Wild purple hair, and four arms two on each side connecting at the shoulder. It had to have at the very least three eyes but with the blue tinted visor, made it difficult to tell. Along with the purple and black skin tight one piece it's wearing, I assume that it is a female or at least feminine.
It-She is hard to classify due to Gems being a genderless species.
Her gem is in the middle of her chest and that too is purple. But from the current distance, I can't make much else out about her.
From atop the tree I shouted to the approaching giantess "Why are you attacking me? Have I offended you so?" My questions were met with more laughter.
With a smile befitting her stature "No, little man, I just felt like it! I was on my way back to teach those puny Crystal Gems a lesson for leaving me, Sugilite, behind!" her smile turned to a sneer at that last bit, but returned full force soon after "But before I got halfway there I felt something, a Gem something!" after she said 'gem' she threw her flail left-ways at me. I had but mere seconds to jump to another tree. "You! You are that Gem! I don't know how, and I don't care! All I know is you be a good warmup before I get to the others."
Pulling back on the flail she caught it with the arm under the one holding the rope, revealing another gem in the middle of her palm. She then swung the flail downwards, aimed at the tree I was hiding in. Leaping to a tree closer to her, I started to focus more energy to my right eye.
This pattern kept for a short while, and she hit me again. But luck is on my side, the power behind her attack was well reduced, but it still might have cracked a rib as well as bruised a few more. If this keeps up, I'll turn into her accursed color. I even found out that she three gems. But our rather one sided fight had cleared at least a half a kilometer of forest.
And while it seems I have finally gathered enough energy that I can summon my weapon. Even better it seems she has lost track of me. "Come out and fight me! I'm tired of playing cat and mouse!" It seems that she has superb tracking skills. To find anything in front of her, unless she gets lost to her frustrations. Like she is now looking this way and that, it won't take her long to find me crouched behind this tree stump I barely made it to, fifteen meters behind her.
Taking deep breath to calm my heart as I knew that to defeat my opponent I need to out maneuver her. And while she is surprisingly fast for her size she is likely to become clumsy if I can get within her guard and striking her gem causing significant damage and she should retreat inside. But she has not one, but three gems the two other feral Gems only had one, blast and damnation! Does that mean that I must hit the others as well or just damage one enough.
Bah, I'll just have to hope that I can manage, almost eight minutes of charge gives me seventy-four seconds of power and afterward I'll be drained quite a bit from its usage.
I raised my hand above my head, focusing the power from my eye to my palm. Slamming it upon the ground and rising from my near sitting position, to bring forth Mütterchen!
It is a halberd made completely out of White Onyx. Height from the pike tip to the end of the shaft is two meters. The ax blade is 76cm long and is 15cm from blade to shaft, the pike is 40cm, and the back hook 20cm and 10cm wide. My halberd is in hand in less than a second, holding it my neutral stance with pike pointed down with the middle in the crook of my elbow, and the rest behind my back.
With a crazy idea of a plan I charged her, and was spotted instantly. Laughing mirthfully and she in a pleased manner, spoke "Finally bringing the fight, huh? Bwahahahaha! Good, I'm tried of crushin' trees!" Grabbing the wrecking fists with both bottom arms, suddenly Sugilite pulled the one wrecking fist into two. Now with both top arms she holds the handles for the now separated flails, and holding the flail fist in the bottom hands. "Now lets make this double the fun!"
I made it nine meters when she threw both flails, one right after the other. Sprinting harder I continued to charge as the first flail fist came at me. Thinking fast, I jumped so that I faced the ground. Just as I did so, it went under me with only nose between me and the flail. Then with all my might I swung Mütterchen, cutting the rope causing it to crash and tumble to the treeline. I landed in a roll with the second flail passing by harmlessly to the left.
Despite the loss of her flail, Sugilite laughed more, "Bwahahahaha! If that's what you can do with a toothpick, maybe I should've let you get it sooner! Bwahahaha!" Pulling back her remaining flail to meet her awaiting hand but as it pasted by me I grabbed onto it, bringing myself and the crazy plan I had just concocted to her. Cutting that rope as well, I moved instantly bringing myself to the ground facing side of the fist. I kicked off it with all my might, lifting it up and pushing myself down. I hit the ground rolling hard, causing me to lose focus and dismiss my halberd, but the flail's aim was true hitting the giantess' face with the full power of her own might.
When the flail hit the ground, it was dismissed just as fast. Sugilite staggered, a hand to her face an other on her head, the others moved to help keep balance. The hand on her face moved to show that her visor was gone, revealing her five eyes each blinking independent of each other.
Finally after a minute of me on the ground staring with a wide unblinking eye and bated breath. She finally looked at me with full clarity and said "Good shot, ouch." and with that Sugilite burst into a cloud of white smoke.
"I didn't think that was gonna work. I wonder if David felt this bad." I said slowly getting up, wincing at my tender ribs, "Oh, tomorrow is going to hurt." Limping my way over to where Sugilite should have been. "Huh?" I stared dumbly at the two new figures laying on the ground.
The first looked to be as tall as me with a similar build but stronger. Pinkish-brown skin, three eyes, and a black rounded square Afro. She has a red and black bodysuit, with square shoulder pads, and a pink star on her chest.
The other is quite short in comparison with a heavy build. She has pale-purple skin, one or two eyes. Her long, pale purple hair covered where her left eye would be. She has a gray off-shoulder shirt over a black under shirt, black leggings and white boots.
Taking a step closer to investigate the duo better, when suddenly the tall one has me by the throat and on the ground.
"Don't. Move." she spoke simply but, in such a way that I felt it better to comply.
To be continued...