Rhodonite and Blue Diamond were sitting in the gardens by the river, planning for the revolution of course. Blue had become less reluctant to the idea, especially since Rhodonite explained all the benefits of joining her. It was night, and the moons were shining directly over them. Blue Diamond was captivated by Rhodonite's plans, or more or less, captivated by her, period. There was something about Rhodonite that Blue marvelled, and she was just interested in every aspect of Rhodonite, from the sound of her voice to her wild, dangerous look, to the melancholy, yet psycho look in her eyes, also, the way they lit when she was excited was truly remarkable to Blue, and she could not look away.
"We'll be the Crystal Gems Homeworld Division!" Rhodonite shouted, moving her hands excitedly and dramatically. "How come no one else thought of that before?"
"Well, you see...we sort of...kind of...erased you from history," Blue said hesitantly.
"What? Why? No wonder you people haven't rebelled yet, you don't know how and you think no one's done it before!" Rhodonite replied.
"I know about the Crystal Gems. The Earth was my colony, and they were fighting against me. My sisters and I decided that the Earth was never really independent, nor did the Crystal Gems save Earth, they just delayed the inevitable from happening. The Earth is no longer seen as a functional colony, but rather the egg of a massive geoweapon that can help Gems fulfill their purpose." Blue explained.
Rhodonite's excited smile sunk into a glare. "What is the purpose?" She asked through gritted teeth.
"To conquer all worlds, duh," Blue replied as though it were an easy answer.
"Do you have any idea what you're talking about?" Rhodonite growled, her eye beginning to twitch. Rhodonite hated that philosophy, mostly because it reminded her of her own beastliness, and it made her feel like some monster that was bloodthirsty and power-hungry, which she was about 90% sure she wasn't that.
"Of course, I do, I was there. I've been here for a long time." Blue shrugged.
"I was there too! Myself, Rose Quartz and everyone else didn't die for that planet's independence just for you and everyone on Homeworld to say that it was a waste of time! I'm beginning to question who's side you're on, and whether or not I should just terminate you now..." Rhodonite began, her hands shaking violently. "It'd be one less Diamond to worry about!"
"Rhodonite...calm down...this isn't you..." Blue said, stroking Rhodonite's back.
"Get off me!" Rhodonite abruptly threw off Blue Diamond's hand. "You want them dead too! Let's save us some trouble and take over right now!" Rhodonite shouted, her voice becoming more distorted and low, and it seemed to divide into two different tones, like two singers singing in a melancholy harmony.
"This can't be happening, not now. You gotta fight it." Blue kept trying to calm Rhodonite down as she stood up and began to lurch and squirm as she morphed into her corrupted form. The crest of Rhodonite stood on end, and the beast let out a mighty roar before beginning to stomp out of the pavilion. Blue ran after her, and when she got close enough, she jumped and grabbed onto Rhodonite's long tail. The tail moved violently up and down as the giant, six-legged lizard galloped through the halls of the palace, pounding through the floors, leaving dents and cracks in them. Blue kept climbing up the body of Rhodonite, eventually reaching the neck, where she dug her hands into her crest and held on tight, panicked, but not sure what to do.
"You can't kill them! They are practically indestructible!" Blue shouted, but she knew that Rhodonite had lost all sentient in her corruption.
The roaring, stomping creature of Rhodonite woke everyone in the palace, and everyone except for the sentries and the Diamonds evacuated from the area. As the beast lolloped its way through the palace, its giant body couldn't fit in the tight hallways, causing many fractures and holes in the infrastructure. A small army of Quartz followed the beast and watched as it crashed head first into the throne room with a roar and a flame of rebellion in its eyes, startling Yellow and White Diamond, who were discussing something. The Quartz followed Rhodonite, pulled out plasma chains, and started trying to restrain her. They started with the legs, and the army quickly diminished with a swipe of Rhodonite's tail, the few that were left, however, took away her mobility by tying up her legs with the plasma chains, a chain that would electrocute and numb whatever part they were wrapped around. The Quartz then threw a long chain over Rhodonite's neck, and with two Gems on either side, they pulled down the neck, bringing Rhodonite's head to the floor, and the same was done with the flopping tail. Blue Diamond leaped off the monster's neck, only to be snatched by her own neck by White Diamond. Rhodonite was still gnashing her jaws at whoever came close, growling and roaring. They quickly tied up Rhodonite's jaws, and Yellow Diamond climbed up on her snout, examining the creature's eyes.
"Rhodonite..." Yellow Diamond whispered in realization as the animal snorted in frustration. "Take her to the corruption lab, and send in builders to fix this mess, at once!" Yellow ordered, and everyone immediately got to work. The Quartz dragged the beast out of the throne room, leaving the three Diamonds.
"Yellow, I found Blue, riding the beast into here." White Diamond said bitterly, holding Blue Diamond tightly by the neck as she squirmed and grunted in her grasp.
Yellow strode up to Blue and stared her in the face. "Did you make her corrupt?" She asked through gritted teeth.
Blue tried to shake her head no, but White's grip just tightened.
"That was going to be one of my greatest achievements. Artificial fusion, no more of this love business, a way to synthetically make stronger warriors and technicians, and you corrupted her. " Yellow growled, still with gritted teeth.
"She was always like that, and you'd know that if your experiments were actually practical." Blue tried to choke.
"Put her down, let her speak," Yellow ordered White, who reluctantly dropped Blue Diamond on the floor, where she coughed and wheezed.
Yellow bent down to the weak Blue. "I don't know what your plan is, but my experiments are practical and they will prevail. You may have just tried to kill me, but you have failed, and I know you can still be useful to us, so I have decided to spare you...However, one more suspicious act, and you will be punished severely. I'm not one to keep corrupt leaders in power."
"Then you obviously need to be impeached." Blue Diamond muttered.
Yellow's scoff quickly turned to a growl. She called in two Quartz, who entered the room instantly. "Take her to her room."
The Quartz obeyed and dragged Blue away, leaving Yellow and White.
"Corrupt...It had to be corrupt." Yellow said, rubbing her temples in frustration.
"It's not over...she could slip out of it with the right treatment...and...we finally get a chance to continue our studies. The law says we can't interfere with another Diamond's Gem unless it's an emergency...and corruption is a certified emergency, is it not? " White added, smiling devilishly.
"By Gold, you're right! As long as we don't inform Blue, I swear she's going to blow it for us in the end. For now, let's just make sure the beast doesn't escape again." Yellow replied.
"Stay back, foul beast!" A Quartz said rather dramatically as she backed Rhodonite into her cage by spearpoint. Rhodonite's crest was slicked back in defense and she was growling loudly, which had alerted all the other corrupted beasts in the cage hall of her arrival. Rhodonite would sometimes gnash her jaws or attempt to snap at the Quartz, which caused her to jump back cowardly. After several minutes, the Quartz had cornered Rhodonite into the cage and shut it. The minute the doors shut, the creature began ramming into the laser barrier, no matter how much it hurt her to do so.
The corruption lab was quite large, for it was underground, so there was plenty of space. It had the same color scheme as the palace, glassy white floors, white walls with luminous green wiring snaking through. The hallway where Rhodonite currently resided was lined with cells where other corrupted Gems growled and minded their own business.
Rhodonite looked over to the cage in front of her, where a long, slender, serpent-like, although furry, brown creature slammed its side against the left wall of its cell and met eyes with Rhodonite. The other creature looked like a Chinese Dragon, except with light brown fur instead of scales and a long, chocolate brown mane that ran down its back. Its face was feline-like, and its paws light and agile, it had a mouth full of sharp teeth and black eyes with gray irises. The creature growled, snorted out a blast of fire, then roared to Rhodonite so loudly that it shook the laser barrier, yet the barrier never broke. The grip of its consciousness had obviously slipped off the ledge of sentient.
Even in her corruption, Rhodonite seemingly sarcastically cocked an eyebrow.
After multiple hours of unspoken communication between Rhodonite and the mystery beast, both creatures had drifted into slumber...
The next morning, Rhodonite woke up, still corrupt. Two Quartzes had wrapped her snout in plasma chains and were urging her out of the cage, tugging with all their might. The beast she had conversed with last night was sitting like a dog, watching the scene. Rhodonite focused back on what was happening, her beady eyes quickly moving to the Quartzes, who could feel her gaze and trembled at the feeling. Rhodonite was finally coaxed out into the hallway, and she followed reluctantly behind the guide Quartzes, her quiet, yet pounding and thunderous footsteps echoing a rhythm.
"Have the others wrangled the other creature?" Rhodonite could hear one of the Quartzes whisper.
"I presume so. I'm surprised we didn't think of this sooner." The other one replied, still in a whisper.
"Those two were 'talking' all night, I bet they'd love a go at each other, and Yellow Diamond will be pleased to have their poofed Gems." The first one said, smirking.
The other one chuckled. "Yeah."
Rhodonite let out an annoyed snort, for she had become uncomfortable wth having her mouth being closed for so long, allowing saliva to pool in her mouth. She also knew that the Quartzes were speaking of her. She soon heard the thundering footsteps of another, and she turned her head slightly behind her to see the creature she saw last night, being lead by another pair of sentry officers. The beast had chocolate brown bangs, connected to its mane, which spilled over covered its forehead messily, and its black eyes were filled with rage, yet felt as cavernous as a black hole. It also had small white horns and bent ears tucked underneath. Rhodonite turned her head back around as they passed a cadaverous thing, a never-melting ice block which held a long, slender, eel-like creature, its mouth permanently frozen in a roar of agony, its Gem as dull and lifeless as the creature itself.
Rhodonite's eyes locked on the frozen creature, her heart begin to race with fear that that might be her fate. They soon entered a white room, except there were no wires like in the hallway. It reminded Rhodonite of the experiment rooms she had been in previously, which definitely did not ease her anxiety. The Quartzes released the two creatures and quickly scurried out of the room, leaving them to eye each other awkwardly, growling softly. The brown creature began to pace, its slender body moving fluidly, as though it were living liquid. The creature's snarl got louder, and it eventually led to Rhodonite and them circling each other, hinting at a non-sentient showdown.
Rhodonite's crest stood on end and she let out a piercing roar as she charged the other creature, who evaded by leaping gracefully out of the way. Rhodonite ended up crashing head first into the wall, leaving a large dent. She shook her body like a wet dog, snarled and ran after the brown beast again, this time managing to lock its neck in the vise of her jaws. The other beast struggled, making noises that sounded like a mix of a whimper and a snarl. It almost looked funny, seeing the brown furry creature trying to push its way out of Rhodonite's jaws by weakly pressing them against her neck as its strength died down. The brown creature exploded in a white cloud, its Gem landing on the floor with a light clink.
Suddenly, a Quartz ran into the white room, holding a powered gem destabilizer, yelling a not-so-mighty sounding battle cry as she ran towards her. Rhodonite snorted and whacked away the Quartz with her tail. The Quartz landed against the wall, but she got up and caught Rhodonite off-guard. She jabbed her with her destabilizer, causing her to poof at last.
"Hey, I finally got the devil!" The Quartz shouted excitedly as it picked out Rhodonite's Gem and carried it out.
Devil... The word was her first breath as Rhodonite appeared in her black Gem dimension...
Uuuugh this took forever.
I've also been procrastinating, sorry.
Part One of a TWO PART SPECIAL!
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