Hey guys! I managed to make it past the baseball game and write this story. As always, thanks for reading and reviewing :)
Pyrite limps up the stairs, wincing. He hadn't noticed how much damage the crash had caused him.
Alarms are now blaring throughout the facility, and he moves faster, determined to get away.
He makes his way to the top floor of the building and turns left to see a control room. Surely this base's leader would be in there.
There's a keypad next to it, not unlike the ones back at Homeworld. He presses a button on his helmet and it instantly shorts out, spitting sparks in all directions.
The door opens, revealing a heavily built man with a gun. "Goodbye, alien scum," he growls, pulling the trigger. The force of the bullets is enough to knock Pyrite back a few steps, but other than that he is unharmed. He shifts his stance and walks through the hail of bullets so that he's directly across from the man. He grabs the barrel of the gun and twists it upwards, rendering it useless.
The attacker's smug smile disappears, and he stumbles backwards. Lace steps forward. Her gem shines, and thin, tiger-like claws extend from her knuckles. She puts the claws under the man's chin, and he starts shaking. "Tell us where we can get a mode of transport to Empire City," She demands.
The man extends a hand, giving keys to Lace. "T...take my car! Just don't hurt me!" He stutters. "It's in parking lot B." He finishes. His two assailants walk out, their job finished. How had they decimated an entire military unit just by themselves?
Pyrite and Lace arrive at parking lot B, where the man said his car was located. Lace runs two scans. One on the keys, and one widespread scan on all of the cars in the lot.
"That one," She says, pointing to a gray car. Pyrite puts in the key and turns it, opening the door. He climbs inside and turns the key in the ignition, starting the vehicle up.
He stomps down on the gas pedal, and the car shoots backwards, ramming into another and setting off it's alarm. He chuckles at his mistake, then shifts gears and presses down on the gas more softly. The car cruises ahead at a steady pace.
Finally, Pyrite presses a button on the dash and a door opens, exposing the outside world. He gasps. He had never expected Earth to be this... beautiful. The humans had done a lot of work throughout the years.
Most of what he had seen during the war were battlefields, littred with the crushed remains of gems. He had no idea it would be like this.
The place was a vibrant mix of colors of all kind, and real life-forms were littered throughout the area. It reminded him of the old Homeworld so much. He hopes it wouldn't happen to this gem pf a planet. [1]
He cheers as they turn onto a highway, driving on the open road.
He doesn't forget their mission though, and presses a button on his tactical helmet, sending a message.
Peridot glances at the walls of their impenetrable prison.
There was simply no use in trying to escape. This must be at least a level 3 containment field. Yellow Diamond would be furious with her. At least she wouldn't be terminated. She hoped not.
The sound of footsteps walking up causes her to moan.
"Can't you see I'm busy, you clod?"
She looks up, expecting to see one of the Crystal Gems. But it's not any of the three. It's Steven.
"What are you doing here?" She asks.
"I just came to say hi," He responds.
"With no obligation? I find that hard to believe," She scoffs.
"I brought Monopoly," Steven smiles. He walks through the containment field as if it were nothing.
For a second, Peridot is tempted to attack him with her Gem Weapon. But that would just make her captors keep a closer eye on her. She decides instead to go along and play this "Monopoly."
Steven opens a strange box and starts reading from a small index of information. Apparently, there are many rules to this "game." Peridot records them all and stores them for later use.
Steven takes out a board and he lays it on the floor along with many thin sheets of paper. Peridot assumes it's the "money."
They start playing. Steven at first has the advantage, because he has played the game before. But Peridot quickly catches on, and starts beating him.
Finally, she rolls a 6, and snatches the last 50$ bill out of Steven's hand. "Ha! I have collected all your currency!" She yells, pointing at him.
"Good game!" Steven cheers, and starts packing up the game. "Do I get my freedom now?" Peridot asks hopefully.
"Huh? Oh no, that was just for fun," Steven says, and walks out of the room, leaving Peridot alone again.
Peridot did have a warm feeling inside. She assumes it's because she has easily overtaken her opponent. She lets her mind wander again, thinking of Steven.
Woohoo! Another chapter on time! Hopefully you enjoyed this one as much as the others. As always, thanks for reading and reviewing! :)
[1] I'll show myself out.