Chapter Eighteen: Chalcedony and Labradorite
Titanium and Diamond took their first breaths.
Titanium had to be revived first, since he was really the only one that knew Diamond.
Their reunion had been quite awkward for the other Gems. Titanium had to introduce her to his other friends, of course. And Diamond decided to explore the temple, now that, after three days of work, she had her own room.
Inside there were clusters of diamond, each a different color. There were four that were a color but were dull, and one that seemed to have an aura. The four were black, white, pink, and blue. Perhaps they were to hold the Diamond Empire's gems in.
One of the diamond clusters was flat and acted like a Warp Pad. They could tell because, when Onyx stepped on it, a blue light similar to the Warp Pad's (but darker) shot upwards. Onyx disappeared with the light.
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Onyx found himself in the Diamond Spire unconscious. When he woke up, Blue Diamond was staring at him, with a smug smile on his face. The pad didn't activate; Blue Diamond did it himself. But it still WAS a Warp Pad.
Beside him was Lapis Lazuli, pleading to Blue Diamond to let Onyx go.
Onyx was, as he could tell by the marks on his wrist, tied by some invisible iron. He focused on "staring Blue Diamond to death", but when he looked over, he realized the two Gems looked similar.
He connected the dots and thought of something the others wouldn't think about.
Blue Diamond's hair was similar to Lapis's, but more masculine. His outfit slightly resembled hers. They even had the same eyes.
Blue Diamond was Lapis's brother.
The Warp Pad activated when Onyx was thinking about this.
The old Crystal Gems, including Rose, appeared from its light, Garnet and Amethyst enraged.
Steven must've known what Onyx was thinking, because when he saw Lapis next to Blue Diamond, he was in shock.
He also found that Blue Diamond was the one who freed Lapis from Jasper. It made perfect sense.
The Gems took Steven by the hand and did a dance similar to the one that formed Carnelian, but Rose was here now, which meant a lot to Blue Diamond's fate.
When the light from their bodies faded,the others saw a large Gem that looked EXACTLY like the Temple . Its skin was the maya variety of blue, and its hair was a bright lavender color. The double-face was white with a pinkish hue. Staring into space, almost literally.
This was Chalcedony, a Rose-controlled fusion, and one of the most powerful, aside from Orichalcum and Mishap.
When it came to summoning the weapons, the arms that belonged to the base Gems pulled out that Gem's weapon, but when it came to the Rose Quartz weapon, one arm took the sword, while the other took the shield. Chalcedony raised the weapons skyward, and when they flashed, a giant blue-spiked mace fell to the floor, crashing through at least a hundred stories.
Blue Diamond and Lapis had fused too, and in their place was Labradorite, controlled by Blue Diamond. It looked more like Lapis than Blue Diamond, and its hair was blue lined with a silvery black. It had four legs and two arms, like the Malachite fusion, but Labradorite was smaller, yet bulkier.
He, too, had summoned his weapon, a lance that was able to launch projectiles, those being miniature Lapis wings.
The two Fusions clashed, steel against steel. The mace had hit Blue Diamond's gem, making a large gash in it. The lance shot two projectiles, one on Rose's gem and another on Amethyst's, cracking slightly. One more hit from the mace, though, destroyed Blue Diamond's gem, and as it fell in five small pieces, Lapis glided down with her wings, unharmed.
If this was a hard battle, Orichalcum would most definitely be stronger.
But the Gems first had to retreat to the Temple.
Lapis included.