Chapter Seventeen: Hostile Gem

Under the cover of darkness, he put his hand on the slab, opening the cave entrance.

Being the other half of Kyanite, Malachite also had access to this cave, but it was Azurite's.

Malachite had his own on the other side.

He snatched a bubble.

The wrong bubble.

He popped it and threw the gem out onto the sand, watching it regenerate.

…

Jet rose, looking around.

He could smell his own kind.

Altaite.

Jet was infamous. He was the one that proposed the idea of cloning.

He was essentially the father of all the Larimar, Pearls, Altaite, and such.

But the only Altaite ever made was defective.

He was traitorous.

Nonetheless, his inventions worked.

Yellow Diamond made it official, that this would surely make her armies stronger.

All the Pearls, Larimar, and the one Altaite are here now because of Jet.

Altaite was actually a hybrid.

Part Jet.

Part Howlite.

Particularly, the Howlite from earlier.

The very same one that made him retreat.

Howlite, though, had her memory wiped after a small piece of her gem fell off when she was in combat.

Jet combined it with a piece of his own, and thus, Altaite was made.

Malachite left the cave, and upon seeing Jet, he almost fainted.

He released the wrong Gem.

He was supposed to release another Gem.

One that had no feelings, no thoughts.

Except this Gem had what everyone called the "Tracker skill."

Citrine.

She was once a sentient Gem.

Now... not so much.

Like Howlite, her memory had been wiped.

She used to serve Yellow Diamond alongside Aventurine.

Jet summoned his weapon, which appeared to seem like a cannon was stripped off a tank and had a velcro stuck to it that was used to put it on your arm.

He started shooting at Malachite.

He dodged, shooting his own beams from his sword.

Tiger's Eye looked out the window.

She saw a black figure and Malachite, apparently fighting each other.

With heavy eyelids, she summoned her claws, running outside on four legs.

She accidentally ran in front of one of Jet's shots while attempting to dash in and she fell onto Malachite.

Well, actually, she didn't fall onto him.

Her gem did.