Hey guys I'm finally back! Yeah... Sorry it took so long but life all of a sudden just hit me like a truck full of bricks... so... yeah. Anyways here's the sixth chapter enjoy.

I DO NOT OWN STEVEN UNIVERSE OR ANY OF IT'S CHARACTERS ALL RIGHTS GO TO REBECCA SUGAR AND CARTOON NETWORK

THE ONLY CHARACTERS I OWN ARE MY OWN OCS(AND MY FRIEND HAS ONE IN HERE TOO)

Chapter 6 "An Analog Problem"

"Aha! Finally my work is complete!"

Peridot has just finished working. She has turned a cave system, that is one mile underground, into a large factory. "Yes! Now to activate the factory, then I'll start on phase two of my plan. Nyhahahahahaha". Peridot then presses a few buttons on her screen bringing the factory to life with the sounds of moving and working machines. After a few moments of taking in her good work she exits the cave and begins to fly to a new destination to begin 'Phase Two' of her plan.

"Those Crystal Clods won't know what hit 'em. Nyhahahahahahha."

"So, what exactly do you do with these 'books'?"

"Oh yeah, you're not that old are you? I guess we'll have to get you caught up on a lot of stuff then."

It had been three weeks since Spessartine and Umbalite had met Steven and not much had happened since then, except for Umbalite learning he doesn't like sleep much and Spess learning he loves tea. Connie was
sitting on the sand with Spessartine and a box of books trying to introduce Spess to reading, while Steven was teaching Umbalite how to build a sand castle farther down the beach. "No it's not like we don't
know what things are. We just don't know how to use or what to do with some things."

"Wait, what? Could you explain how that works to me? I don't entirely understand."

"Well, Connie, you see, while it is true that me and Umbalite were still in the ground only a week ago, gems are designed to be up to date with the modern technology of the planet they are grown on when
they emerge."

"Really? But... how?"

Spess gives a small shrug. "Beats me. I just know it works, not how it works." They both stare at each other for a few moments until Connie starts laughing while a hugh smile appears on Spess's face as he
watches. "Heh, look at Steven and Umbalite. They seem to be having fun," Spess points to where Steven is sitting next to a well built sand castle making a fake smile at Umbalite and his deformed sand
castle, that looks more like a wet pile of sand with a few finger prints indented in it. "Umbalite, Steven, watch out!" In a flash of light Spess had run up, grabbed, and was now standing several feet
from where Steven and Umbalite had just been with both of them tucked under his arms.

"Um... Spess? What the-" Umbalite is cut off as he sees a large robot burst from the ground where he and Steven had just been. "...Oh, alright, cool, sweet, awsome, thanks Spess, but um... put us down please?"

"Huh? Oh yeah, sure," Spess sets Steven and Umbalite down then looks back to the large group of robots that had appeared after the first one.

"Connie!"

"Already on it!" Connie jumps over one of the legs of the robot in between her and Spess, Umbalite, and Steven, running over to join the small group.

After a few moments of looking one over, Steven notices something. "Hey, those kinda look like the Injector things from the Kindergarden."

"Yeah, but with more arms, drills, and hooks. So yeah nothing frackin weird about this."

"Umbalite's right. Steven, Connie, you guys go get the gems while me and Umbalite take care of these things."

"Yes Sir. Let's go Steven." Steven responds with a slight nod before he and Connie begin running to the house. Once they are safely inside, Spess turns to look at Umbalite, "I want to play a game."

"Enough with the references, let's just waste 'em."

"After you." Spessartine brings his hands to his side, clenching them, sending electricity flying off of his fist.

"With pleasure." Umbalite summons a sword from his gem, jumping up to the closest robot, cutting one of it's legs off, then continuing to launch into a spin, slicing the robot in half twice. Umbalite stands
on the diced remains of the robot and looks over to Spessartine, who was running towards a robot at unimaginable speeds, punches it with his electrified fist, creating a crater in the ground where the remains
of the robot were dented so severely that it was almost completely folded in half.

Spessartine looks up to see one of the robots launching a hook at an unsuspecting Umbalite. Before Umbalite even knows what is happening, Spess darts behind him, punching the hook, sending it flying back
and impaling the robot it belongs to. "Getting a little slow there bud."

"Daaaang! That was slick. Thanks Spess."

"No prob Bob. Hey Umbalite..."

"Yeah?"

"Why are there still the same amount of them as when we started?"

"Wait, whoba say what now!" Umbalite counts the robots, that were now surrounding him and Spess. He notices that there were still twelve left. The same amount that there had been when they started. "You're
right! That's bull dung! What the heck happened!?"

"Umbalite! Look!" Spessartine was now pointing at the house where Pearl, Amethyst, and Garnet were jumping from the top of the staircase. Garnet jumps several feet into the sky, landing on one robot, crushing
it, then jumping to the next, punching it with her gauntlet. Pearl lands next to a robot, cutting off one of it's legs, then spearing it through the 'eye' at the top of it's body. Amethyst throws her whip
around one robot, yanking at the whip, sending the robot flying into another one, crushing both of them.

At first it looks like they are winning, but then Umbalite notices something. He had just cut one of the robots in half before he stops to look at the battle going on around him. There were still eleven
robots, not including the one he had just defeated. It didn't make sense. How could there still be the same amount of robots as when they started even though they have obviously been destroying them. But
when Umbalite looks for the defeated robots, he finds nothing. None of the robots were where they had been destroyed. But... how? None of the robots they are fighting have any indication of a fight: no
dents, scratches, or cuts. Umbalite thought about it a little more, looking back down at the robot he had just defeated, just in time to see the robot putting itself back together. "Everyone regroup!"

All the gems hear Umbalite and jump away from the robots, meeting a few yards down the beach from the mechanical hoard. All attention directs towards Umbalite before Garnet speaks, her tone commanding and
authoritative, "Umbalite, what's wrong?"

"These things have been flipping repairing themselves the entire time."

"So you're saying no matter how many times we take them down, they will just repair themselves and continue fighting?"

"Yep, that's about right."

"But how do we beet something like that!?"

"Calm down Pearl. We need to make a-"

"No." Garnet was cut off by Spessartine, guessing what she was going to say next. "Sorry Garnet, but if what Umbalite says is right and these things will keep coming each time we take them out, there is only
one plan."

"And what would that be?" Garnet was now deeply interested in what Spessartine had in mind at this point.

"We need to take them all out at once with one attack that will completely vaporize them."

"Yeah that's a great plan, but... we don't HAVE something like that!" Amethyst was the one to point it out.

"Actually, I might have something."

"You do?" All four gems: Garmet, Amethyst, Pearl, and Umbalite, respond at the same time.

"Yeah just stand a good distance behind me and try not to get hit." As he had instructed, the other gems stand several feet behind Spessartine and watch with anticipation. Spessartine closes his eyes, facing
the robots that were moving towards him.

"What's that dumb butt doing!" Garnet puts an arm in front of Umbalite to stop him from running any closer to Spessartine.

"Give him a moment. We have to have faith."

"I agree with Garnet, Umbalite. SP. over there has this under controool."

"Garnet and Amethyst are right Umbalite. As Garnet says, have faith in Spessartine."

Spess is concentrating, waiting. He knows the robots are getting closer but he also knows that if he doesn't charge up enough electricity, his plan won't work. The robots were still a good distance away from
him, but it didn't matter. He has built up enough electricity already. Spess opens his eyes, looking at the robots, opening his mouth and screaming, releasing three giant bolts of lightning from his open
mouth, each bolt hitting a different robot then branching more lightning off of that robot, hitting on after another, continuing the pattern until all the robots were connected in a web of lightning. Within
a few seconds of being trapped in Spess's lightning web, the robots begin vaporizing because of the intense heat and power of each bolt.

It didn't take long for all the robots to be completely vaporized. Once the lightning, sparking, and flashing around Spess had died down, all the other gems ran up to him. Umbalite is the first there,
"Holy crap that was epic!", then Amethyst "Wow, SP. That was amazing.", next is Pearl "Yes that was quite the display," and last is Garnet who just goes with a simple nod and a "Mmhm".

"Heh, It was just something I thought of off the top of my head." At this point Steven came running out of the house. "That was amazing Spessartine!"

Following shortly behind him was Connie "Yeah Spessartine that was exciting."

"Yes, well that's enough excitment for today. It's almost time for Connie to get home isn't it?"

"Oh, you're right Pearl! Steven let's get going, my mom will freak out if we're late."

With that Steven and Connie ran off to the car wash so they could get Connie home in time, leaving the gems to discuss where the robots came from, unaware that Peridot's recon bug had been watching the whole
battle.

Peridot sat in yet another cave, yet this time it was several miles away from any warp pads. She had been watching the whole battle between the Crystal Gems and her Gem Crusher robots. She leans back against
the cave wall with a large smile on her face as she turns on her log recording software. "Log date 6 12 2: This is Peridot updating status. After my prolonged incarceration on this dirt ball of a planet, I
have finally devised a plan to escape Earth. I cannot go into the details of my plan for now, but I will give a full report when I am back on Homeworld. For now, I have put phase one of my plan into action.
With the Crystal Gems occupied by my robots, I am free to work on phase two of my plan which is almost complete. Peridot out."

After finishing her log, Peridot turns back to the large machine she was working on, before stopping to watch the battle. As she works on the machine, her fingers flying around two fingers each holding
different tools, which she had stolen, she finally stands up, "Finally, it should be complete now." She flips a few switches and presses a few buttons, bringing the machine to life, glowing with a bright
green light and making audible buzzes, before sparking and burning out. "CLODS! *Sigh* Oh well, it doesn't matter." Peridot went back to work on her machine, mumbling a few inaudible words to herself.

It is night time now. The ocean almost as calm as the green giant that sleeps under it's waves.

Lapis flies around the ominous green room. Her pace is slower than before. Much slower. Her movements were more sluggish and lazy, but not as if she wasn't trying. It is more like she was tiring, which she
is. She has kept Jasper trapped under the sea for almost two months now. And the effort it took was apparent in her movement.

"Come on Lapis, how many times do I have to tell you?! You can't keep me trapped forever." But Jasper's voice wasn't one of anger or hatred anymore. Her voice was more tempting and sly, almost like a
knife. "Just give up now Lapis. I know you can feel yourself tiring. If you let me out now I'll kill your friends quickly and painlessly."

But Lapis wasn't listening. "Darnit Lapis I'm trying to be nice, but you're leaving me no choice but to make your and their deaths slow and painful."

Lapis knew she shouldn't listen to Jasper and so she didn't. She just continued dancing on to the imaginary music.