Chapter Two: Out of this World

With Lapis's help, the Gems made their way to the spot in the ocean where the meteor had crashed.

Andesine came along too, as she had something up her sleeve.

Once they found the crater, it was still smoking, despite it being under the ocean.

Andesine had created a "heat bubble" so that the water wouldn't disrupt their investigation.

After creating the bubble, she summoned her weapon, a hammer, and smashed the meteorite open.

Inside was a white gemstone.

It had gray veins running through it.

Altaite somewhat recognized who this belonged to, but he couldn't remember her name.

Tourmaline nudged him. "Is that Howlite?"

Yes, that was it.

Her name was Howlite, a warrior.

She'd fought in the war, but not on the rebel side.

Howlites were mass-produced, like Pearls, and fought for White Diamond.

Wait, the Gems took out White Diamond first…

So, in a day or two, would Black Diamond's warriors come?

Probably not, seeing as this was the only Howlite that came.

The Gem regenerated quickly, armor and all.

She saw Altaite, summoning her pike.

"You!"

Altaite snarled. "What are you doing here?"

"Taking back my leader."

She mumbled something under her breath.

"…And Yellow Diamond banished me…"

She looked up at him.

"But that's not the point. I have come to avenge her, and if I can't, I'll… I'll…"

"Do what? You're still as stubborn, geez…"

Her face turned red. "Ugh."

She threw her pike at him, summoning more and doing the same.

Malachite tried to step in, but Altaite said he'd handle it.

He summoned a small cannon, shooting at her.

Dodging a cannonball, Howlite threw a pike into the cannon, hijacking it.

The cannon exploded.

And Altaite didn't have time to run.

After the smoke settled, Altaite was in his gem, which Tourmaline caught before it fell.

She decided to bubble it and pop it at the Temple, seeing as he'd usually take a while before regenerating.

Tourmaline glared at Howlite, summoning her scythe and cutting a pike she'd thrown in half.

Moving quickly, she made her way to Howlite, dodging and cutting pikes.

Howlite yelped, backing into the edge of Andesine's heat bubble.

Speaking of Andesine, she had jumped to the ceiling of the heat bubble and was now falling down, whacking Howlite with her hammer.

She caught Howlite's gem in a bubble.

And now to interrogate her.