Charoite opened her eyes. She expected the infused Ruby guards to have cornered her and to have flung right at her but, She was safe. She was with her two friends. But why? How? Why did they put their lives at risk just for her? Tourmaline shook her shoulder. "Hey, You all right?" She asked. Charoite sighed. "Yeah…Yeah I'm all good…" She responded.
Tourmaline and Onyx's eyes widened as they heard Charoite's voice glitch and screech even worse. Tourmaline dug her bangs out of the way. "Hey, Where are we anyways…?" The purple cybernetic gem asked. "We're in Pink Diamond's court. It's been abandoned for thousands of years, there's no way the Ruby guards will find us here."
"We should be safe here in Pink Diamond's old room so in the meantime, Just relax for a bit. Your voice has gotten worse…" Onyx said as she calmed her down a bit. The mint green gem stepped out and peaked out of the door. "I don't know how long it'll be until they find us but until then, We gotta think of a way to make sure Charoite is safe. Got it Onyx?"
"Yeah. Got it." The dark gem replied. Charoite still didn't know how to feel. 'Why do they care so much?' 'Why are they getting themselves involved?' 'Why are they risking their lives just to save me?' She wondered as she stared at the ceiling.
"So where else can we go if they find Charoite?" Onyx asked. "Well I can try to teleport us to our room and hide her in our ship. Ruby guards aren't very smart so they're probably gonna think it's some sort of decoration we added." Tourmaline answered. But, Charoite didn't feel a need for them to do this. She didn't want them to do this. She felt as if she wanted to give herself up. Charoite stayed silent as she was still thinking.
"Hey Charoite, You feeling all right?" The gem with twintails questioned her. Charoite looked over at her as her expression stayed blank. "Why you ask?" "You've been spacing out. Is there something you're thinking about?" Tourmaline asked. She was thinking about a lot of things but she didn't want to share them yet. "No. I'm fine. Hey guys?"
"Yeah?" "Why didn't we just use the warp pad to get here? We were right behind it." Charoite answered. "The warp pads have been disconnected from the Pink Court since there's no one in it anymore, I remembered where it was so that's how I was able to get here." "You can only teleport to places you know?" The purple gem asked. "Yeah…my skills on teleporting are rusty and Onyx doesn't know how…" Tourmaline responded.
"Hey Tourmaline?" Charoite asked again. "Yeah?" "What's gonna happen if White Diamond finds out you've been involved? Wouldn't you and Onyx get suspended?"
Onyx thought for a moment. She hadn't thought about what would happen if White Diamond found out if her most favored member and her guard had gotten into trouble with a criminal to the rest of the courts. 'What would happen to Tourmaline? She'd probably be bawling her eyes out but…' She then remembered how determined Tourmaline was to save and rescue Charoite from the Ruby guards, White Diamond, and most possibly Blue Diamond.
'Blue Diamond must have informed White Diamond that there's a traitorous cyber gem on the loose…Wait, Charoite never mentioned if Blue Diamond knew where she went after she got kicked out…' She realized. 'I really have to ask her about that…'
Tourmaline winced as she opened her hand up and closed it tightly. "I'm aware of the risk I take but…" She sighed. "It's worth it if it means helping a fellow gem from the court." 'So…she cares a lot about the other members of the court. If only White Diamond was like that.'
"Charoite I have to ask you something." The sleek black gem said. "What is it?" "Look, Was Blue Diamond aware of you?" "Huh? What are talking about?" "Was Blue Diamond aware that you transferred yourself to the White Court?" Onyx asked. "No. Blue Diamond probably doesn't remember who I am anymore and White Diamond hadn't acknowledged my existence until now…"
'No?! Charoite, what do you mean no? If Blue Diamond didn't know where Charoite had went then how was White Diamond ever informed about a traitor being in her court? There's no way the Ruby guards knew, They're air heads!' Onyx thought.
"Were there any other gems besides Blue Diamond who knew you?" Tourmaline asked. "I had only been mentioned to Yellow Diamond as a "gem". Other than that, The only gems who knew me were Blue Diamond and the members of her court." Charoite answered. "The members of her court would never indulge in anything that happens to a transferred gem, So they wouldn't bother."
'Then how in the world was White Diamond informed of a cyber-gem being here?! Damn it I want an answer to that!' Onyx thought. 'The other members in our court were probably too buried in their work to get involved and let alone were probably told from White Diamond not to get themselves involved.'
She looked over at Tourmaline who had been watching the door since after Charoite woke up.
"Hey Toury you should probably stop standing for so long, Your feet get tire- She didn't finish as she covered her mouth at what she just said. 'Crap I called her Toury!' Tourmaline sighed. "Onyx one, I'm fine and two, D-Don't give me any nicknames like that…" The dark gem noticed that her face had darkened a bit. 'Is she flustered?'
Just then, they heard something coming from outside the court. This surprised all three of them. The Pink Court had been abandoned for thousands of years, How is there a noise coming from outside? "Onyx, you and Charoite stay here I'm gonna go find out where the noise came from."
"But Tourmaline, I'm ordered to stay with you at all times!" The sleek guard reminded. "Well I'M your gem and I'm pretty sure I can order you what to do for me, And right now is an exception." She said as she left, not even giving her guard a chance to breath.
Tourmaline quietly summoned her word as she looked around the rest of the outer court. 'There's nothing here anymore. What caused the noise here?' She then heard a glowing noise. The mint green gem quickly turned around and saw one of the warps blinking. Warp pads that blink are the ones that are being reconnected with the other ones. 'H-How?! How did they think of the Pink Court of all places is where the fugitive gem is hiding in?!' She then remembered how dumb Ruby guards were. 'They must've thought this court was STILL alive! Looks like their dumbness is used for genius stuff…'
Tourmaline backed away from the almost working warp pad in fear as it began to blink faster. She immediately ran back into Pink Diamond's old room. "THE WARPS HERE ARE RECONNECTED!"
"WHAT?!" Onyx shouted. Then, The three gems heard the warp pad go completely on and off, alerting that the Ruby guards were here. Before they could do anything else, The infused Ruby guards broke into the room. "WHERE IS SHE?!" They yelled.
Onyx and Tourmaline summoned their swords. They had to be at least three times bigger from the two but they still kept their guard up. The fused Rubies nearly lunged at them but was stopped…
Tourmaline had tried to block it but she wasn't hit. She moved her arms down and saw Charoite holding down the Ruby's fist. "You…are not…GOING TO TOUCH THEM!" She yelled as she lunged at the Rubies as they flew back out of the room. The Rubies unfused as they soon became too beaten to continue fighting. 'Is that how powerful Charoite is?' Tourmaline wondered. Onyx was in too deep in disbelief to say, do, or even think of anything. Charoite summoned her small scythe and soon cut right through the Rubies as they poofed and retreated to their gems.
"Nice work Charoite…" A familiar voice said. The three gems turned to see White Diamond standing close to the warp. Charoite's eyes widened in fear. "Hmph. Now normally, No one would be able to defeat my Ruby guards despite how deluded they are…" White Diamond continued as she started walking over to Charoite.
"And it seems my best gem from my court aided you…" She said as she noticed Tourmaline and Onyx standing back still wielding their weapons. "Do you really think you can fight me? Your Diamond?!" She yelled as she threw a punch at Charoite. The two other gems were paralyzed in fear. They didn't know what to do. They couldn't do anything to White Diamond, she was too strong and would end up throwing punches right back at them.
"YOUR MISTAKE WAS THINKING YOU COULD ESCAPE FROM YOUR CRIMES! A TERRIBLE MISTAKE! YOU THOUGHT BRINGING YOUR MEASLY FRIENDS COULD HELP YOU BUT THAT MADE IT EASIER FOR US TO FIND YOU!" White Diamond yelled. Onyx was almost in tears as her eyes widened. She had never seen any violence like this in her short, timid life. She'd seen lots of gems poof and retreat back into their gems but… She watched in fear as she saw Charoite, laying on the floor as a darker purple substance flow out of her face, mouth, and nose.
White Diamond kept throwing punches at Charoite as she yelled. The two gems then saw something White Diamond was too busy to see as she was lunging at her, At the last punch, Charoite looked at them with a weak smile. Why? Why is she smiling she's about to die! Is this what she wanted?
She then reached for Charoite's gem and easily pulled it out, as if it was just like a puzzle piece. White Diamond picked her limp body up by her hair. Charoite shakily looked back at both Tourmaline and Onyx. She wanted the only two friends she ever made to be the last thing she sees.
"Thank you…" She whispered right before White Diamond yanked her head right off her body, sparks coming out as wires and more of that dark purple fluid flowed out of her head. The tall indestructible gem dropped Charoite's head and body onto the cold floor. She winced as she stomped right on both of them, more purple fluid pouring out as the wires were squeezed out.
Tourmaline put her hand over her mouth as Onyx started hyperventilating. Onyx felt tears flow out of her eyes. This was too much for her. She couldn't handle this kind of horrible violence. Her friend died right in front of her…
White Diamond then faced Tourmaline and Onyx in anger. "I expected so much more and better from you, Tourmaline. I'm appalled and disgusted that you two decided to get involved with that traitor's heinous acts." The gem with twintails was too frightened to speak. Her friend, her fellow member, her fellow gem…died in front of her and she did nothing…'
The indestructible gem groaned. "You two are suspended from all your duties. I do not want to see you out and about until ANY further notice." She said as she left as if she hadn't just killed a member of her court. Yes, she was a fugitive but she had truly changed. Charoite accepted everything. The consequences, penalties, and costs…she accepted it all.
Tourmaline sank to the cold, decayed floor and hugged her knees. "I-I have never seen anything like that…I didn't know that…You can just…kill another gem like that. I-I didn't know the Diamonds were ever capable of doing that to THEIR court members…!" She shouted as tears of shame streamed right out of her eyes. Onyx was barely able to listen. She had been hyperventilating faster as her tears fell onto the floor. The mint green gem turned around and her eyes widened immediately as she saw Onyx.
Her hands were buried in her hair as she didn't stop hyperventilating . Tourmaline got up and shakily walked over to Onyx as she started to grow worried. Onyx is taking this far worse than Tourmaline had. She put her hand on her guard's shoulder. "Onyx are you-
"D-Don't…!" Onyx begged. She hadn't stopped hyperventilating and she kept crying. She began to remember all of it, Charoite's last smile, Her last words, and….White Diamond blatantly murdering her…
Her friend is dead.
"AAAAAAAAAAA!" Onyx shrieked as everything in the room started spinning and was soon, cut to black.
"Onyx? Onyx!?"