Prodigal Gem ch. 3

I OWN AND REGRET NOTHING!

The Gems had spent several hours searching for dipper and still they had found nothing. Garnet continued her surveillance. Amethyst tried to goof off but her heart just wasn't into it. And Pearl...Pearl continued down her downward spiral.

"I-I knew he was becoming more recluse...But...I-" "Maybe it's his gem!" Interrupted a worried Amethyst. This caused everyone to go deathly pale as memories came back to them in force...

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"This-this is amazing!" Exclaimed a much younger Pearl as she examined the gem she had in her hands. "You actually did it! You created a synthetic gem!"

Stanley nodded. "If my calculations are correct you should be able to have our child now without dying!" He said to Rose eagerly!

…...

Of course it hadn't worked out that way. For what Stanley had failed to mention was that he got the recipe for making artificial gems in a deal...A deal with BILL.

Just thinking of the Gem cultures equivalent of the Devil sent a shiver down their spine. Naturally he'd asked for an unnamed favor at a time and place of his choosing...And the time he picked couldn't have been worse...

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STANLEY! YOU MADE A DEAL WITH BILL!? Screamed Rose while she was in labor. Stanley groaned, but he turned to bill. "Alright, whatever you want make it quick-"

STAB

Stanley looked at the dagger sticking out his chest uncomprehendingly, then he feel down dead to the world.

WAS THAT QUICK ENOUGH FOR YOU?

Said Bill with a laugh-

…...

The gems almost cried themselves; as they remembered Roses tears, her pleading, her begging.

And of course...They remembered Bill's deal...

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SO WERE AGREED? YOUR SOUL FOR STANLEY'S LIFE?

Asked Bill smugly.

The other gems and Stan tried to talk her out of it...But Rose was determined.

And then...she was gone...just gone...And in her place were two twin babies.

And with a snap of his fingers life returned to Stanley...Only for it to leave again immediately due to the knife still in his chest!

OOPS! DID I FORGET TO TAKE THAT KNIFE OUT?

Said the demon in mock surprise.

HONESTLY, I'D LOSE MY EYE IF IT WEREN'T GLUED TO MY FACE WITH THE TEARS OF A THOUSAND TORTURED NUNS!

OH, WELL! C'EST LA VIE!

And so he left as mysteriously as he came.

Leaving 3 heartbroken gems, 1 devastated human, and 2 now orphaned babes...

Needless to say, that trip down memory lane didn't improve the gems mood. For all of them were thinking the same thing: was it his gem? Was this...Bills work?

Garnet shook her head. "It's no good. We just don't know enough...Let's head back to the base and decide where our next stop should be." The other gems nodded and returned home-

Only to find it in shambles! The Gems quickly mobilize. They check the security system, but it's been shut off! Garnet then uses the Durational Spectrometer (which can show the afterimage of anything that was in its vicinity in the past 5 hours).

And that was mostly a bust too! Whoever did this knew how to jam it!...Except...It was only for a second...But if they squinted at that particular second. All the Gems turned pale. It was Dippers signature hat! None of them knew what to say...

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Meanwhile, far away. Dipper Pines looked at the journal marked with a 1.

One down, two more to go...And I doubt they'll be as easy to get as digging through Amethyst's room.

At that moment he was hugged from behind. "Daddy, can we get ice cream? Asked the 5 year old gem/human hybrid.

Dipper smiled. "Of course." He said as he put Pacifica on his back and carried her to the nearest town...

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TO BE CONTINUED?

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