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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: Jewel's Counter Attack

Not a Crystal Gem. Not being trusted. Jewel simply is not going to accept Pearl's pent up frustration. She believes that they can still win. And by the looks of it, Steven and his crew are being attacked by the gems. And they won't be able to hold out long. No drones to support, only human weapons and advanced gem technology. If Jewel wants to make sure no one dies, she has to take out the EMP. And there happens to be a shockwave of green electric bubble spawning the district, making every human based tech useless. The bubble expands every few seconds, providing a constant black out. The device spawning the shockwave is a few blocks away and is high up. And there happens to be a number of ships in the distance moving in. Jewel move from rooftop to rooftop, around the building and gets a vantage point next to the building. The ships drop off Peridot with new limb enhancers, Obsidian and a group of gem soldiers at the EMP. Peridot runs over to the device and pulls up a holo-screen from her peg fingers. Obsidian stands over her, watching the process and the soldiers just stand there. About six of them.

Jewel summons her sword and leaps over to the rooftop. She lands in front of a soldier and swings the blade. Poof, gem falls on the floor. Five left. The gems try to take position, running into place. Jewel cartwheels to the side, landing next to a soldier. Swing, poof. Another soldiers springs to a halt and points his gun. Jewel leaps in the air, stabbing at the soldier. Poof. Three left. The three left try to run into place. Jewel summons metal at the feet of the one in the far back, making it fall. Jewel swings at the one nearest. Poof. Another runs in and tries to smack Jewel with its gun. Jewel makes metal envelope her hand and punches it, making it fly into a nearby building. The remaining one aims its gun. Jewel rushes in, shoves the gun to the ground and stabs it, poof. Soldiers down. Jewel turns around and sees Obsidian summon his trident and Peridot sneak behind the device. "Fend the clod off," Peridot yells. "I need to finish my modifications!" The device hums and makes a snapping noise, making the green shockwave burst out.

Jewel is thrown back, covering her eyes. Obsidian swings his trident at Jewel's feet, tripping her. Jewel falls down seeing Obsidian ready to stab his trident. Jewel rolls to the side and gets up in a crouch, watching the gem pull out his trident. Jewel runs forward, ready to stab at Obsidian's gem. Obsidian traps the sword between his trident prongs and with a twist, snaps the sword. With no weapon, Obsidian moves in and grabs Jewel's calf, tossing her over his head and slamming her into the concrete. Jewel rolls over and looks at Obsidian, rolling in. Jewel summons a new sword and cartwheels again, avoiding Obsidian's stab. Now slightly behind Obsidian, Jewel swings, slicing at a joint in the knee. Obsidian falls to his knee and stabs at Jewel like a javelin with his trident. Jewel drops to the floor on her back, reaches out with her legs and twists the trident from Obsidian's grip. She pushes up to her feet, watching as Obsidian rises and tries to punch. Jewel ducks around it, grabs the hand and throws Obsidian at a nearby building, making it collapse around him and disappear.

Jewel runs behind the device and sees Peridot tapping at her screen. Jewel grabs her limb enhanced hand and spins her around grabbing her shirt and pulling her close. "Peridot," Jewel says, staring into Peridot's face. "What modifications did you make? How do you shut this thing down?"

"I'll never talk to you, you lumpy clumpy clod!" Peridot yells. She punches at Jewel and the gem blocks it.

"Suit yourself." Jewel says, throwing Peridot over the building's edge. Jewel runs over to the screen hovering in the air. The gem mumbo jumbo basically said every time the device detected a user other than Peridot, it would shut down, re-encrypt itself and keep running. Frustrated Jewel punches the screen. She looks at the large device. Eight feet tall, shaped like a small metal cylinder with a yellow diamond on top, producing green electricity. If Jewel wanted to shut it down, she would have to do it the old fashioned way. Doubting her sword could do the trick, she came up with the conclusion to pick up and throw the device. And conveniently, the main injector was a few blocks away. If she was able to destroy it with the device, it could mean a win for the Crystal Gems.

"Jewel," Steven's voice said. "Was that you? That building just collapsed!" Jewel looks around and doesn't see Steven anywhere.

"Yes," Jewel says. "Where are you? How can I hear you?"

"I can telepathically communicate with gems through neural stimulation from the brain to the gem while in rest," Steven says. "Whatever that means, that's what Pearl says. I can talk to gems while I'm asleep. Which is why I had Amethyst knock me out!"

"What?" Jewel asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Don't worry about it," Steven says. "Are you with the EMP?"

"Yes," Jewel says. "But I can't turn it off. I have to destroy it. I can chuck it at the Injector nearby. We can win the battle this way." Jewel takes the device by the bottom and lifts it up, ready to toss.

"What, no," Steven says. "We're still in the blast zone! Do you know how many of the soldiers will die? We already lost too many. Here, throw it at the group outside our corner. They'll be taken out and we can group up at the safe place and throw everything we have at it!" Jewel's knees tremble and her muscles ache. She breathes slowly.

"This is more effective," Jewel says. "Besides, there are still gems crawling around. We have no idea what kind of resistance we'll be facing. And what we have isn't all that much. We can win faster this way." Jewel begins sweating. She can't take much more of this pressure.

"That's not the point," Steven says. "Less people will die in the blast! You want to be a Crystal Gem! Being one means protecting all humans! The code is simple and I taught you it! 'Fight for life on the planet Earth. Defend all human beings, even the ones you don't understand. Believe in love that is out of anyone's control…"

"And then risk everything for it." Jewel says. The pressure built on her being, and her entire body trembles. She has to throw the device now. But in which direction?

Which direction, readers? At the Injector that stands in the way of victory or defeat for the Crystal Gems, or at the platoon in front of the Crystal Gems, to further prolong the relevance of Rose Quartz's manifesto? There are pros and cons to each side, and it's up to YOU to figure out which way to throw. Choose wisely. OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES!

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