Prodigal Gem ch. 2

I OWN AND REGRET NOTHING!

DING!

All the Gems looked at the computer they had fed all the evidence the agents gave them. Pearl looked at the results.

"Well?" Asked Garnet. She was fairly certain what the answer would already be...but that that stop her for hoping she was wrong!

Pearls legs became weak. "C-conclusive! He did kill him!" Pearl flopped down on a nearby chair. "Oh my glob...W-we were really going to kill him!" Said Pearl between tears.

"But we can't kill him! He's my brother!" Screamed Mabel as she started to hyperventilate.

Pearl winched, seeing Mabel unhappy always hurt...But she steeled herself for what she was about to say. "Mabel...I'm sorry about this...I really am...But Dipper murdered someone! And not just anyone! A helpless human! We and your mother sacrificed everything to protect the humans of this world! What he has done...I...its unforgivable!"

"This whole thing is bogus!" Snapped Amethyst. This is Dipper were talking about! He'd never do this! We know that!"

"Do we? Do we really?" Asked Garnet. "Dipper didn't fight like an amateur who accidentally summoned his weapon the first time...he clearly practiced...in secret."

Garnet let the implication of that sink in. "The fact of it is...We don't know Dipper as well as we thought..."

"B-but kill him? I-I don't...I can't just..." Mabel began to wobble.

"Mabel, no one's asking you to be a part of this." Assured Garnet. "In fact it might be best if you kept away from the base until...until we settle things."

She motioned to Stan, who'd been keeping out of the way and quiet. Without a word. Mabel let herself be taken away by her uncle...her face hot with tears the whole while.

After she left, the Gems got on the Warp pad. "Hey, what was that human that got killed called again?" Asked Amethyst.

Garnet frowned as she thought on that. "Eastwest...Something-or-other? Or was it-"

"Oh, who cares!" Snapped Pearl."All that matters is he's dead! Dipper killed him! And now...Now we...Now we..." Pearl couldn't even finish the sentence without breaking out in tears.

WHERE DID WE GO WRONG!?

She cried as the Warp sent them away...

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TO BE CONTINUED?

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