Chapter Eight: The Diamond Spire
A month or so had passed since Malachite had seen Turquoise last. For the whole month he devised a plan. And the end of it was not pretty. Not for the Diamonds, at least. Extravagant for the rebels.
And he took up the plan a week after he confirmed the course. He got some Marble creatures, which Peridot hated, and got them to repair the Universal Warp Pad. He brought the other Crystal Gems with him, including Steven.
And they began the warp to Homeworld.
When they got there, Malachite saw how much the Gems advanced since he was gone. And when he looked behind him and up, that was it. He was done for.
The Diamond Spire.
It was at least a mile tall, lined with glass and iron. At the top was a sphere of silver, orichalcum, and gold. Above that sphere of riches was a giant purple crystalline cloud.
The Gems marched right in, knocking out the receptionist and doorman. The elevator inside went a mile per second. Malachite counted. The Spire was five miles tall.
At the top was the throne room. There were four thrones. One was black, one blue, one pink, one white, respectively. On the blue throne was Blue Diamond, seemingly bored with a bandage between his eyes and a leg cast. He was the only one there.
"She left to do some chores," he told them. Malachite didn't take his word for it. He just punctured his neck by throwing his sword at him. "Where is she?!"
"I swear, I don't know."
"WHERE. IS. SHE?!"
"I DON'T KNOW AND I DON'T CARE!"
That was his biggest mistake and regret. Malachite repeatedly punched him on the face and gem until he retreated.
"Why is he the one that takes all the beating?" Onyx asked.
"He's the second most hated," Tiger's Eye told him.
Even after Blue Diamond retreated, Malachite punched his gem. Hard. It almost cracked, but Malachite didn't want to be accused for his death. He just put the gem on the pink throne and put a sign over it saying 'Do Not Disturb'. He also put a tracking chip in one of the cracks.
Tanzanite rushed in. The elevator and everything else were just about big enough.
Malachite sprinted over and stabbed the shoulder gem repeatedly. Garnet went and helped him. The other Gems stood by for encouragement. That was his fight. And Garnet knew how it felt to be separated from your love. It happened to her…er, them… once.
Then Malachite poked out a pink eye.
Tanzanite brought out her weapon, a trident, and pushed away the Gems with the handle. Malachite got in just one more hit before he got sweeped.
They unfused. But Pink Diamond still had her eye.
And, luckily, Turquoise did too.
But the fight was far from over.
Too far.