"They're really here?" Lapis asked, weakly looking at the sky, where she saw the Homeworld ship closing in on Earth.
It looked like the Green Hand she, Jasper, and Peridot traveled in to get to Earth the first time, but it was white and the fingers were thinner and pointier, like claws.
"Speed it up! I want to get off this planet as soon as possible!" Peridot hollered up at the ship.
"I can't believe it...they really came," Pearl muttered, her eyes growing bigger the closer the ship got and her skin became paler as the fear inside her increased.
"Only this time, their ship will be here in seconds. Everyone! Run from the beach before it lands!" Garnet ordered the nearby people.
Everyone fled from the range of the possible landing zone of the ship and took cover behind benches or inside of buildings.
When the ship was just a few yards above the beach, big drills popped out of the bottom and dug into the sand, forming holes big enough for the fingers to stick inside. After it was finished landing, there was an odd silence.
The Crystal Gems stood vigilantly and Lapis remained on her knees, waiting for whatever or whoever to step off the ship and attack. Jasper and Peridot stared at the hand-ship, awaiting the Gem or Gems who have been sent to rescue them. The humans of Beach City stayed hidden, wondering what was going on and what was going to happen.
Finally, a ramp slid instantly out from a gap between the pointer and middle finger, stabbing into the ground, and a door from the gap opened.
Within seconds, several beings emerged from the ship and examined their landing zone.
The Crystal Gems and humans stood in shock, surprised by the invaders.
Lapis looked down at the ground, wishing that what was happening was just a dream.
Peridot however, didn't have the slight bit of fear on her body and hopped over to the Gems. "It's about time you all got here! Do you have any idea how long I've been here waiting for you to come and rescue me! I have the right to complain to Yellow Diamond about this long wait, you know!" she snapped.
A tall dark purple and black Gem (possibly 2 inches taller than Garnet) stepped up to the green Gem and hissed, "It took a while your message to get to Homeworld, Peri! You should've been more patient!"
"Patient! How can I be patient when I'm one of the most miserable planets in the entire universe! Have you seen these creatures called humans!" Peridot argued, pointing at the humans standing near the scene.
"Well that's offensive, especially since you said it right in front of us," Dr. Maheswaran pointed.
"Yeah, and Earth can't be the worst planet ever. There has to be somewhere worse than us, right?" Peedee threw in.
The purple gem glared at the humans and shouted, "Silence! Or you'll die!"
"Really?" Lars asked. "We'll die if we just commenting on what you're saying? What are you doing to do? Beat us with your magical Gem powers?"
"Lars! Be quiet! I think she's being serious!" Sadie warned her friend.
The mystery Gem just glared at the teenager before her Gemstone (located on the side of her head; her hair is the half-shaved style) started to glow. Within seconds, she summoned a long staff from it, and with a swing, half of it got wider and seemed to have small points growing on it.
After a few moments, she was brandishing a huge spiked club! "Don't think Gem powers are a joke, meer human. I could crush you in an instant if I could," the Gem sneered.
"Purpurite, put your weapon away. You know what our mission is," said a sinister voice.
The she-Gem named Purpurite looked back at the Gem who spoke as her club disappeared, and she said, "Yes. Sorry, Phantom Quartz."
"Phantom Quartz?" Garnet asked.
Then, another Gem came into view. Anyone that wasn't a Homeworld Gem looked up at him in horror...literally!
This Gem called Phantom Quartz must've been twice Rose's height! He was completely white save for the dark brown or black tinge at the torn fringe of this long robe he wore that hid his feet and the ends of his hair that was similar to Malachite's except most of it was longer and was slicked down a bit. He looked at everyone with completely black eyes like, well, a phantom. He grinned his pointed-edged mouth in enjoyment seeing all the terror in all the people's expression, almost as if he was welcomed by it.
Then, the Crystal Gems caught his eyes. He slinked towards the trio and looked down at them, then he leaned down for closer inspection to see if they were really there.
Upon doing that, Pearl pointed her spear in his face, which caused him to move back a bit, but he still had a permagrin. "Well, isn't this a lovely surprise!" he laughed. "Looks like Jasper wasn't lying; you Crystal Gems are still alive. And you've hid yourselves for 5000 years. I must say that is impressive."
"Back off, creep!" Amethyst shouted at the monstrous Gem.
Phantom seemed taken aback by Amethyst's outburst, but he cackled, "AHAHAHAHAHA! Feisty birthstones, aren't you."
The Crystal Gems just gritted their teeth in annoyance, ready to attack at any moment.
Then, Phantom leaned down until his face was a few inches away from Pearl's face and asked in a curious tone, "Say Pearl, you wouldn't happen to know where Rose Quartz is, now would you?"
"Nothing in the world will ever make me tell the likes of you!" Pearl snapped.
"Wait a sec, this guy knew Rose?" Greg immediately asked, wondering who this he-Gem was, especially considering that as far as he could remember, Rose never mentioned him.
Phantom stood up and rubbed his hair back, saying, "Oh, it's really a sweet story. Maybe I'll tell you...maybe I won't."
Greg glared skeptically at the Gem, still wondering what this monster was hiding.
Then, Jasper ran up to the Gem and shouted, "Now since you've arrived. I believe now you should know what happened that caused me trapped here!" Then, the orange Gem began to rant, "Everything was going smoothly! We were about to destroy these traitors when Rose Quartz showed up and interfered! Turns out, Lapis LIED about her presence still around on Earth, and then-."
However, Phantom Quartz must've gotten annoyed by Jasper's monologue, because he pointed a finger at her and move it to the right. As soon as he did that, Jasper's mouth seemed to zip shut and she couldn't speak! She seemed to freak out a bit and tried to pull her lips apart, which proved to be useless and began to jump up and down glaring up at Phantom, as if mentally demanding him to free her mouth.
"I don't care what you have to say about this, Jasper. It doesn't matter anymore," the tall Gem stated.
Jasper narrowed her eyes at him, as if asking, "What's THAT supposed to mean?"
"You're wondering what I mean? Well it could do with the fact that after you disappeared, Yellow Diamond demoted you!" Phantom snarked.
Jasper's eyes widened in horror and she stood stiff, barely able to process what she was just told.
"Yes, that's right; Yellow Diamond sees you as useless now. You'll no longer be respected the same way the Diamond Authority treated you before," Phantom confirmed.
Jasper looked up at him, still in shock.
"Let me guess, you're wondering who replaced you as Yellow Diamond's right-hand? Here's a hint: you're looking at that Gem right now," Phantom sneered in the she-Gem's face.
Jasper's face fell, unable to comprehend anything. After a few moments, she gave into her despair by falling to her knees and beating her fists into the sands, trying to scream with her mouth clenched shut. After a few seconds, Phantom Quartz pointed at her and moved his finger to the left, unzipping her mouth allowing her to cry out in agony.
Everyone just stood by and watched, some of them feeling a little sorry for the Gem.
Phantom just sighed satisfyingly, "I adore the sound of agonized cries in the dead of night."
After of few more moments of Jasper taking her anger out on the ground, she finally stopped and got on her feet, still staring down at the ground. Then, her eyes shifted to where Lapis was, seeing she was still pretty weak.
Suddenly, before any Gem could stop her, the orange Gem dashed at the smaller blue gem. "YOU! YOU'RE THE REASON I LOST MY POSITION TO PHANTOM! YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT!" Jasper snapped.
Lapis gasped and tried to get up and run away, but due to her current lack of strength, it was impossible.
Luckily, before Jasper had a chance to lay a hand on the poor she-Gem, another Gem ran up and blocked a fist attack with the flat side of a dark blue blade. Jasper looked up to see the owner of the weapon was a light blue-skinned Gem that was donning dark blue armor, short, slightly slicked back hair, looked like it was the same height as Garnet, and seemed to appear male. This one had a dark blue-light blue striped smooth Gem located on its throat.
"Blue…" Lapis muttered.
Jasper glared angrily at the new Gem and grumbled, "Of course, you had to be here you get in my way."
"Jasper, you really need to contain your rage and express it in a way that doesn't require harming other Gems. You know how it annoys me when I see my friends get threatened," the Gem told the she-gem in a serious masculine voice.
Peridot walked up to the Gem and said, "Well, I see you decided to volunteer on this mission to rescue me, Blue Quartz."
"This isn't completely about you, Peridot. We came for Lapis Lazuli and Jasper as well, along with a couple of extras," the he-Gem named Blue Quartz informed the green Gem.
"What! You cannot be serious! You clods need me if you want these experiments go to smoothly!" Peridot snapped.
"We have Moss Agate to take your place back on Homeworld. He could've done everything in your place," Blue told the she-Gem.
"Excuse me!" Peridot gasped. "I am just as good a technician as he is!"
"At least he still has both his feet," Blue countered, motioning at Peridot's leg that was missing a foot.
Peridot looked down at her leg and then started hopping away, commanding, "Okay, one of you clods better find my foot before I really lose my mind!"
Blue Quartz rolled his eyes as he helped Lapis to her feet. "Are you alright? What did those Crystal Gems do to you?" he concerned.
"Actually, they didn't-," Lapis started to explain to the he-Gem when a voice cried out, "LAPIS!"
Within seconds, a small green Gem, possibly the same size as Ruby and Sapphire, ran up to the she-gem, it's eyes wide in terror and helped Lapis stay on her feet. "Are you okay?" it asked in a shaky male voice.
"I'm fine. Just a little worn out," Lapis assured the little he-Gem.
Garnet observed the small Gem, and after seeing he had a green square faceted Gemstone, her mouth dropping open in shock for a moment before she hollered, "Emerald! Is that you?!"
The green Gem froze in place, seeming to recognize the voice. He turned around and saw Garnet looking at him, where he muttered, "Garnet…"
Well, looks like Homeworld has arrived to do their mission, and we met several OCs.
What could this mean for the Crystal Gems? Why does Phantom Quartz seem interested in Rose? Who are these "extras" Blue Quartz mentioned? Who is this Emerald Gem and why does Garnet recognize him? Find out in the next chapter of Rescue from Homeworld!
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