Obsidian realized that something was wrong when she tried to open her eyes, and yet nothing happened. She knew that she hadn't been poofed, as she could still fell her projection and could still interface it, but couldn't fell anything outside of it.

This inability was only worsened by the fact that, she couldn't remember anything that had happened after her last battle, and so had no idea what happened to her and were she was currently located. And due her bodies inability to fulfil its function she couldn't find out.

This strange limbo dragged out for some time. She tried to interface her body again and again, but failed every time, something was preventing her from interfacing it. She started examining every part of the body, and yet found nothing wrong with the projection; everything was the same to the blueprints located in the core of her gem.

Maybe her gem was unable to provide enough energy?

Impossible, if this truly was the case, it would not be able to support her body and it would poof.

Was her gem somehow damaged?

Negative, everything was seemingly intact.

Everything seemed perfectly functional, and so, she tried to interface senses of her projected body again. This time, it worked.

The first thing she was able to understand, was that she kneeling against a hard surface, her hands and legs restrained, her hands behind her back, her legs beneath her. She tried to shapeshift her body, so that she could free herself, but for some reason it didn't work.

Second sense to become available was sight, and her eyes began to adjust towards the light of her surroundings.

She started looking around and saw that she was not the only obsidian in the room, countless others were in the same position as her, and we're also looking around. Obsidian presumed that just like her, they weren't yet able to speak or hear anything. And so she continued examining the room around her.

The room itself was massive as obsidian could barely see the ceiling or walls so far they were from her. There was only one light source, which went in a straight line, parallel to how the restrained obsidians were lined up.

The third sense to return was hearing. Obsidian understood this from the fact that her ears were filled with several difficult to describe sounds. Other obsidians seemingly also noticed the sound as they stopped looking around and focused, possibly on trying to understand the sound, but to no avail.

And thenz something started shifting and moving in front of the obsidian's. A fist it seemed that the wall right in front of them was moving towards them, but ass the movement came closer to them they were able to see that it was not the wall, but a rank gem soldiers.

Thee gem soldiers entered the zone where their forms were fully illuminated by the light. And now that they were fully visible, Obsidian wanted to scream.

Their faces were covered by a metal masks, without any facial features except for holes drilled where the wearer's forms eyes would be, so that they could see. Their bodies were bigger than any quartz or obsidian and we're completely hidden under a projected bodysuit. Massive ballistic weapons rested in their hands as they stood in front of the lined up gems.

Obsidian was absolutely terrified seeing these things standing in front of her. These were no mere obsidian soldiers, but something far far more terrifying and deadly. They were the most brutal and savage warriors the Universe had ever seen. These were soldiers powerful enough to crush armies. These were the beings which had scared the rebellious elements of gem legions into submission and cooperation. These were the gems who matched the great defect in combat ability and served as it's own personal army.

They were the sharded.

The rank of the sharded split, and to Obsidians surprise the pearl which belonged to the silver defect walked out. She gazed through all of them and then began speaking.

"I presume that none of you have any idea why you are here and your physical forms are restrained like this.

It's because you have shown yourselves to be unreliable and uncontrollable."

What is she talking about? Thought obsidian to herself as the pearl spoke.

The weird sound started becoming louder

"You were unable to control your basic instinct and due to this, as the battles for the worlds of the enemy you, wishing to satisfy your lust for brutality, began attacking your own comrades."

This was impossible! An gem warrior wouldn't attack another one without an order from a commanding officer! Would they?

The sound was nearly a loud as the speech of the pearl.

"For this reason, you shall all be punished!"

The sharded prepared their weapons and started aiming. Obsidian and other gems started to struggle, but were unable to free themselves, they didn't know what this punishment was, but they didn't want to risk.

The sound now was so loud that the defective pearl in front of them literally screamed out her words.

The pearl raised her right hand.

"Lock targets"

With horror Obsidian realized that the sharded in front of her started aiming for her gem, which was located on her back. They were going to shoot through her physical form until her gem would broke.

She tried to move herself again, and strangely this time the restraints felt far more rough and hard on her hands and legs, as if her form had become more receptive for outside stimulus...

"Fire" Screamed the pearl.

As ability to use her vocal box returned to Obsidian, the only sound she could produce were screams.