The Lost Diamond Chapter 5
It was a bright sunny morning and Lapis and Peridot were planting seeds in front of the Barn. Red was too busy relaxing on a hammock.
Peridot then yelled out towards Red, "HEY! We could use some help. We want to get these "seeds" into the ground as soon as possible. The sooner we get these growing the sooner we get to have more lifeforms here at the Barn."
Red just smiled and opened one of his eyes and said, "Why should I work on a beautiful day. It's such a waste. Lapis come on over and relax. This shade is big enough for at least two people."
Lapis just gave Red a glare and went back to work. Red just shrugged and went back to relaxing. Peridot got frustrated at Red and tried to throw a rock at him. Red just caught it and dropped it. "That isn't nice Peridot. How would you like it if I threw a rock at you while you were relaxing." That just made Peridot even more frustrated.
Peridot went back to planting seeds. "I can't believe he is not helping us Lapis. He just wants to be lazy. Can you do something Lapis?" Lapis just sighed and got up and started walking towards Red.
Red heard her coming and said to her, "I knew you would take me up on my offer. There a reclining chair back at the Barn." Lapis just stared down at Red. "Help us. Now. Unless you would like me to ruin your relaxation." Lapis then raised the water from the pool and put it over Red.
Red just looked up and his eyes got big. He sighed and got out of the hammock and started walking towards where Peridot was working. Lapis smiled and put the water back and went back to work again.
Peridot was ecstatic about the project. "I can't believe we are actually doing this! Now that I'm free Homeworld I can finally do whatever I want. I heard that Yellow Diamond had a room filled with plant life from all the plants she had conquered. Now I will have my own collection." Peridot laughed at this but Red frowned at what Peridot said.
"I still can't believe how you all think that they are better than you." Peridot turned towards Red and said, "What do you mean?" "What I mean is, that you all think these Diamonds are perfect beings. What they are is just manipulative leaders who failed at achieving their perfect order." Red seemed to be getting more upset.
Peridot then stated, "How could you say that? They are by far the most perfect beings in the universe! Although I can't go back to Homeworld I still know that they are truly great."
Red then started to get angry at Peridot. "How do you know that they are so perfect?" Peridot, in return, was getting annoyed at Red. "I know they are perfect because they have made so many colonies and have kept them in order. Although Pink Diamond did fail to keep this colony in check. Hmmm.. Pink Diamond was always the weakest of the Diamonds."
Red was furious. He was clenching his fists to the point where his hands were shaking. He breathed in and then out and began to calm down. "It doesn't matter now. Who cares about the Diamonds. We are free and that's all there is to it. I'm done for today. I'm going to go sleep. I heard it's pretty relaxing." Red smiled and walked off.
As Lapis watched Red walk off towards the Barn she looked over to Peridot who was smiling in victory. Lapis then broke the silence, "I think this is enough, Peridot." Peridot turned towards Lapis and said, "Are you sure?" Lapis nodded. They both got up and started walking towards the Barn.
Peridot then stopped and yelled out, "Wait! We have to water them. Lapis do you mind?" Lapis just smiled. "Yeah, I don't mind. Go on ahead" Peridot smiled in return and walked off towards the Barn.
Lapis sighed and got some water from the pool. As she watered she couldn't stop thinking about the argument. Red seemed so calm and collected. Then Peridot mentioned the Diamonds and he seemed like he was about to poof Peridot. Lapis needed to make sure that they got along better, as well as making sure Peridot doesn't mention the Diamonds. Lapis knew it was gonna take a while for Red to start settling in but she didn't know it was going to be like this.
As Lapis walked in the Barn she heard Red training in his room. He had recently put a metal door to the entrance of his room in the ground. Lapis still didn't know why he wanted to be living and training in the ground. She probably wouldn't find out anytime soon. She looked towards where Peridot was at. She was tinkering with some of her Meep Morps and at the same time was practicing her metal powers. She looked like she was working her anger out.
Lapis decided it was time for some "training" for both Red and Peridot. She also just wanted to see some more fighting action besides Pierre slapping Percy. She then went up to Peridot and told her to meet her outside. "Hmmm... Okay" Peridot said with a questioning look. Lapis then went to Red's door.
As she knocked on his door, it was clear he was training furiously from all the noise of clashing swords. Red's training stopped as he heard the knocking. He opened the door and said, "What's up, Lapis?". "Peridot wants to train with you. She wants to practice her metal powers", Lapis said with a smile. Red nodded and stepped out after he closed his door. Lapis tried to see what was inside but failed.
Lapis ran out to the Barn and said to Peridot, "Red wants to train with you. He just wanted to practice so he asked me to get you out here." Peridot then said, "Of course he would want to train with me. I do have cool metal powers. I'll try to go easy on him. Wait I have to get something! Tell him to wait here."
As Peridot ran behind the Barn Red came out with his sword, whistling a tune. "Where's Peridot? I thought she was out here." Lapis smiled once again and said, "She went to get something for the training." They both then heard a metallic walking sound. They looked to where it was coming from and saw Peridot's robot walking towards them.
Red immediately got into his defensive stance, putting his sword into a reverse grip as he did. He smiled and was ready. Peridot or Peridot's robot then got into a stance as well but a bit more sloppy than Red's. It went quiet for a second and then Red took off towards the robot. The robot slammed its hand against the ground where Red once stood. She clearly had more control with the robot now that she found out about her powers.
Red jumped on the arm of the robot and was quickly skimming over the surface of it to find a weakness in the armor. All he got was a shock from the surface of the arm. As he fell off he landed into a roll and immediately started running towards the robots' leg. He jumped onto the leg and used his sword to make sure he didn't fall off again. Peridot then shook the robots leg and used the electric shock again.
As she did Red jumped on the left arm and proceeded to run down it. He jumped off the arm and was about to stab his sword into the cockpit but before he could he was grabbed by the right arm. Red could hear Peridot's laughter and his face began to turn serious. She threw Red into the ground and started laughing some more. Red stood up and switched his sword grip to a forward one. His smile that was always there seemed to have been torn away. His face turned deadly and he rushed towards the robots right leg.
He slashed into a seemingly random area on the leg but the leg collapsed anyway. As Peridot's laughter stopped, Red slashed the leg once more but at the base of it. It opened up a big enough hole for him to crawl into. Peridot seemed to be mashing a lot of buttons. The left arm tried to grab red before he crawled in but it was too late. Peridot looked down at Red staring up at her.
He grabbed her and slashed through the back of the robot. Peridot was trying to break away from him but she couldn't get free. As he landed on the ground the robot faceplanted into the ground. It then exploded. Peridot's eyes grew wide and she tried to break away more furiously. He placed her down, but as he did she used her metal powers to throw a piece of the robot at him.
He caught and pointed the sharp end at her. Lapis who was being thoroughly amused with the fight was then concerned and thought Red was gonna take it to far. Lapis created her wings and flew off to where they were but before she could get to them Red was already striking down. His face was emotionless as he struck down. Peridot braced for the impact.
Red stabbed the metal piece into the ground next to Peridot. Peridot was in shock and looked up towards Red's now smiling face. He dissipated his sword and started laughing. "That was a pretty good robot. Very well made. That was a good fight Peridot we should do it again sometime." Lapis landed and sighed. Red the turned towards Lapis.
"Next time you try to manipulate our anger out on each other try not to make it obvious.", Red said with a smile. Peridot once again stood there and thought about it all. She knew now not to get on Red's bad side. She also had an image in her head. As Red was staring up at her from the right leg exit she saw Red's eye glow, like how it did when he caught her. It couldn't be anything, she thought.
Red then tapped her on the shoulder. She screamed. Red chuckled and said, "Come on let's go inside and take a break. I'll help you with your Meep Morps." Peridot smiled and nodded in agreement. They both started talking about the fight and Lapis looked towards them and smiled as well. It finally looked like things were finally turning better for them all.
I am finally done. I'm sorry guys. Once again I have failed you. ;-; It's been tough trying to write this while at the same time doing schoolwork. I am truly sorry. But hopefully, you guys will forgive me. Yes, I know my past chapter had a lot of words clumped up so I spaced them out a bit. I will try to fix the other chapters as well. Don't feel bad to criticize my work. It will probably make me cry for at least 5 minutes. Lol. No, but jokes aside I,m still looking for some fanart of Red. In the last chapter, I put my email address for anyone to email it to me. Thanks for staying here this long and I'll will see you all in the next chapter. :)