(Roxanne's House)
Roxanne was smoking a cigarette, rocking her chair back, and forth, slowly.
Then she heard a noise coming from her bedroom.
[OBJECT BREAKS!]
Roxanne went over to investigate what happened.
There stood, a now-reformed Marco, who had spawned from within the dresser.
Marco panted.
"Marco?" She said, shocked.
"Hi Roxanne, what happened? Where's Jarek?" Marco asked, looking around him.
"He's out there, doing who knows what. I can't believe it! You're back!" Roxanne said. She gave him a tight hug.
"Hey! Hey! Let go!" Marco said.
"I thought it would be years before you would finally reform." Roxanne said.
Marco patted her back.
"I need to find Jarek." He said.
"Before you go and find him, there's a lot of catching up you need to do first. He's got children now." Roxanne said.
"Children? With who?" Marco asked.
"A diamond, her name is Black Diamond. And she's a real beautiful woman." Roxanne said.
"Oh no.. I think I've seen her before. Black Diamond.. does she wear a black sparkly dress?" Marco said.
"Yes, why?" Roxanne said.
"Because she's the twin sister of White Diamond, and she's not that different from her. She's not all there in her gem. She's a terminator." Marco said.
"Yeah, but Jarek said she's isn't one anymore. I was going to call him, see how he was doing, but he said he was going to be really busy. He also brought in another gem, an agate. Her name is Holly Blue." Roxanne said.
"Holly Blue Agate? I thought she was the warden of pink diamond's zoo." Marco said.
"That's as may be, but she works in my restaurant now, it's called the Strawberry Ranch. Between you and me, I think he likes her." Roxanne said.
"He's always had a thing for big women. Disgusting." Marco said.
"Well that's his business, what he likes." Roxanne said.
Marco nodded in agreement.
"I prefer skinny girls." Marco said.
"Any who, let me make you something before you go searching." Roxanne said.
"Thanks, Roxanne." Marco said.
(Jarek's Castle)
Marco reappeared through the warp pad, and saw the sight of the castle.
"Whoa. So this was the castle Jarek was hiding all along.. " Marco said. "What size.."
Then he walked along the pathway that went to the castle.
He entered through the front gate, and was met with a terminator.
"State your name, and business." T-805 said, aiming its weapon at him.
"I'm Jarek's friend. Is this his castle?" Marco said.
"Yes, but he is not here at the moment. He left this castle under the care of my creator, Black Diamond." T-805 said.
"Would you know where he went?" Marco asked.
"Negative." T-805 said.
"Oh. Well thanks anyway." Marco said before walking off.
After leaving, the front door closed.
Black Diamond came to the front, and saw him leaving.
"Wait! Marco?" She said.
Marco turned, and faced her.
"Black Diamond." He said.
"Been a long time. Jarek said you were poofed, and that you hadn't revived. But here you are now." She said.
"I just awoke, only to find that he's out there somewhere, and I need to get to him. He's my friend. He needs my assitance, wherever he is." Marco said.
"I wouldn't worry too much about him. He's with Steven, and his friends." Black Diamond said. "Wait, do you know Steven universe?"
"Yes, Jarek, and I saved him from a giant centipeetle monster, and then everything went black for me. Next thing you know, I wake up in my boss' home. Where is Jarek?" Marco said.
"I don't know where he went. I'm sorry, but he's not here." She said.
"Did you have children with him? Roxanne told me you did." Marco said.
"Yes, but one of my daughters chose to be with him. Do you want to meet my other two triplets?" Black Diamond asked.
"Wait, triplets?" Marco said. "Bish, how many times did he fu-"
"Watch your language, gem!" Black Diamond said.
"Well, how many times did you and him.. you know?" Marco said.
"We don't discuss that with other gems. I made them myself." Black Diamond said.
"All in the same kindergarten?" Marco said.
"No, in different regions all within the same time frame." Black Diamond said.
"Oh jesus." Marco said.
"Here, why don't you come in?" Black Diamond suggested.
"Alright." Marco said.
(Living Room)
Tundra was sitting on the couch with a cup of hot cocoa in her hands, and Orange Aquamarine was eating some french fries, and chicken strips.
"Hey guys, this is Marco. He's friends with your father." Black Diamond said.
"Hey there, gems." Marco said, waving hello.
Orange Aquamarine waved hello excitedly, while Tundra gave him a greeting nod.
"So what are your names?" Marco asked.
"My name is Tundra Quartz Diamond." Tundra said.
"My name is Aquamarine." Orange Aquamarine said.
"Well that's what you are. That's also your name?" Marco asked.
"Yes. Nice to meet ya!" She said, shaking his hand.
"Nice to meet you too. I'm Marco, I was friends with your dad before you guys were born. Well, made." Marco said.
"What was he like before?" Tundra asked.
"Before what?" Marco asked.
"Before he made us." Tundra said.
'Well, he was always having fun, he ate a lot of food, and he did workout somewhat, it was mainly your uncle Robo, and I who did the heavy lifting. He took credit during our missions like he was the man. But man, he was cool, until I find him again that is. I really need to find him again." Marco said.
"Well he just bought a house not too long ago. I can give you the address, and then you can check if he's there or not." Black Diamond said.
"Please do." Marco said.
"Alright, let me write it down." Black Diamond said, summoning a pen, and paper. She wrote down the address on the slip, and then handed it to him.
"Thank you very much, Black Diamond. I am relieved that you got your light back too." Marco said.
"How can you tell?" Black Diamond said.
"Your glow is brighter than before. I remembered you as a machine." Marco said.
"Yeah.. I hated those days." Black Diamond said.
"Yeah, my friend was imprisoned in a giant mech, before we freed him. May he rest in peace." Marco said.
"What happened with him?" Black Diamond asked.
"He was melted by the centipeetle." Marco said.
"I think Jarek showed me something like that. Like they were remains of a gemstone." She said.
"Show me!" Marco said, with hope in his voice.
"Alright, wait here." Black Diamond said, walking to the hallway.
Soon, she came back with a container, that had a piece of Robo's gemstone, with acidic damages on it.
Marco examined it, and held the gem shard in his hand.
His lip quivered, and he began to tear a bit.
"I'm sorry it happened. I'm sure he was a good gem." Black Diamond said.
"He was like a brother to me. All three of us, we were all like brothers." Marco said.
Then suddenly the gem shard began to glow, and levitate from his hand.
"What the?" Marco said.
"This is new." Black Diamond said.
Then the gemstone began to shake, and it flew away at a fast speed.
"What the, where's it going?" He said, following it.
The shard flew down to the lower level of the castle, and into the heart room, Orange Diamond's crystal laid to rest.
Marco saw it spin in a slow motion.
The crystal glowed slightly, and shot an energy beam at the incomplete structure.
The shard turned white, and reformed what was left of Robo.
Robo was left with only a part of his torso, his head, and his left arm. He landed on his left arm with a yell of pain.
"Robo!" Marco said, running to his aid.
Robo groaned, and grunted.
"M-m-marco?" Robo said, reaching for him.
"Oh my stars.. can it be? You were just a shard!" Black Diamond said, running in.
"I'm not like other gems. I was part of a machine for so long, I learned how to store myself in all the corners of my gem." Robo said, as Marco held him the best way he could, behind him.
"Let me get you to Red Diamond immediately, she can help with creating an artificial body for you." Black Diamond said.
"No! Just.. WAIT!" Robo said, grunting as he then levitated off of Marco, and floated above like frieza when he was cut in half. lol
"Can you maintain your form while floating like this?" Black Diamond said.
"I can certainly try to!.. AAAGH!" Robo said as he started to descend slightly.
"Let me hold you, you need to save your strength. You're in pieces!" Marco said.
"I am a lot stronger than you think, Marco. Where's Jarek?" Robo said, squinting.
"I don't know. Black Diamond here gave me his home address, so I can hopefully go, and see him again."
"It's the only place I know of that he's staying at." Black Diamond said.
"Why did he split with you, if you don't mind me asking?" Marco asked.
"He told me he doesn't love me anymore. Which I find it hard to believe, he was all lovey dovey over me for the longest." Black Diamond said.
"Maybe he just wasn't in love with you anymore. That does happen." Marco said.
Black Diamond looked away.
"He was saying that. But who says that?" She said.
"He did apparently. Look, I have a long road ahead of me, and I gotta see about getting Robo some help." Marco said.
"Let me come with you. I'll hold him." Black Diamond said.
"Yes please, I can't hold on any longer." Robo said, before falling, and being caught by Black Diamond's arms.
She held him.
"My gawd, what the hell did that thing do to you?" She said.
"I was melted, and rendered a disabled gem!" Robo said, maddened by that memory.
"Well don't worry. Help is on the way." Black Diamond said.
"So what does this mean, mom? How are you going to fix him?" Tundra asked.
".. Through a method I swore I would never do again. It's not gonna be pretty, so I want you to do as I say when we get to your aunt Red's place." Black Diamond said.
"Okay. Can Aquamarine come along? I don't want her to stay here by herself with Circus Sapphire." Orange Aquamarine said.
"No, let her stay here. She'll be fine with her here. What can go wrong?" Black Diamond said.
Circus Sapphire came in, eating a peanut butter sandwich.
"Hey, I made peanut butter sandwiches for everyone!" She said.
Black Diamond nodded.
"Yes." She said.
(322 Dover Street)
Marco knocked on the door for the nth time.
"Huh, I guess he's not here right now." He said.
"He's probably out there, adventuring with Steven." Black Diamond said.
"Hang on." Robo said, reaching beside her, with his left arm.
Suddenly the door unlocked, and creaked open.
"Whoa. Amazing, Robo." Marco said.
"I still got it. Don't mention it. Please set me on that couch right there." Robo said, as Black Diamond entered, and upon telling her, he was set down.
Robo panted, as he was trying to relax his back muscles, but he couldn't as he was still merely incomplete and being in pain was all he could be in.
"Just rest, Robo. It's going to be okay." Black Diamond said.
"Here, let me try something." Tundra said, before freezing his torso stumps, leaving him shuddering.
"Did that help?" She said.
"Only a little. I can't feel anything below my stomach now." Robo said, panting.
Tundra examined his gemstone on his right shoulder, and saw lines that indicated where his gemstone was supposed to be.
"Wait, are you a peridot gem?" She asked.
"Yes. One of the first era peridots." He said.
"Hm." She said, before using her left index finger, and gently shooting a laser of ice energy into the shard areas, where the missing parts of his gem were supposed to be.
Robo grunted, and yelled in pain.
Then the right stump of his torso began to generate, and form his right arm, but made purely of ice energy.
Once his arm finished forming, he moved his fingers.
"Oh my gawd, this is too strange. But pretty cool at the same time." Tundra said.
"Yeah, try squeezing my hand." Robo said, holding his right hand outward.
Tundra squeezed his hand, hoping it wouldn't shatter, or crack. Luckily it didn't.
"I think I can get up now. I think what you did to my gem relieved some of the pain. Now I'm just missing my legs." Robo said.
"We'll get you some legs soon." Black Diamond said.
"He's not here." Marco said, exploring the house.
"This is place is pretty nice though. A bit small." Black Diamond said.
"Yeah, but this is what dad wanted." Tundra said.
"True that." Black Diamond said. "Let's go see Red Diamond, and get him situated." She added.
"Right." Robo said, trying to sit up.
(Red Diamond's Base / / Tallon IV)
Red Diamond was setting up the missile systems on her dashboard.
"My diamond, it's Black!" Red Topaz said, running to her. "She has an injured gem with her."
"An injured gem?" Red Diamond said, getting off her chair, and coming down her small stairway.
Black Diamond came in with Robo, was groaning in immense pain.
"Oh my stars, what happened to his gem?" Red Diamond said.
"He was melted, but he was somehow able to reform." Black Diamond said.
"I think I'm gonna pass out!" Robo said as he lost consciousness.
Black Diamond set him on the table.
"Gee. I don't know if I can fix something like this. I can re-empower his light, see if he can sustain that, but he's missing 3 forths of his whole gemstone." Red Diamond saidd.
"That's why I was going to say we must create an artificial body for him, and modify his gem." Black Diamond said.
"Are you crazy?! Do you know how risky that is?!" Green Diamond said.
"Green, it's the only option we have left. He's still part of your color." Black Diamond said.
Green Diamond examined his gem.
"You're right. Damn it. Alright, get the endoskeleton, I'll get my tools. This is going to get ugly." Green Diamond said, worried, and horrified by what she was about to have to do.
"What's going to happen exactly?" Tundra asked.
"We're going to perform a remodeling surgery on him, in order for him to sustain his body again. He's too weak to survive like this. He's lucky he made this." Red Diamond explained.
"Okay, that doesn't sound too bad." Tundra said.
"Tundra, go get some drinks or something from earth. I'm pretty thirsty." Black Diamond said.
"Oh alright." Tundra said. She left the room.
(Woods)
Jarek (clone), and Jasper were walking along the path that was in front of them.
"Sorry if I came off as weird or whatever in the past." Jarek said.
"It's fine. Just refrain from kissing me anymore." She said.
"You didn't like them?" He said.
"No, I didn't. I wasn't ready for them." She said.
"Sorry." He said.
"Stop apologizing." She said.
"Okay." He said.
A few minutes passed before Jasper spoke again.
"Where did you come from before you met Steven?" She said.
"I think I explained it to you already. Maybe that was someone else. I came from a very far away place, and a different timeline, where I destroyed the earth, along with a madman. To put it in a nutshell. So in some ways, I'm not so different from an invader gem species." Jarek said.
"Good to know." She said.
"But I learned from my mistake, and all I try to do is defend the earth, to make up for that thing I did." Jarek added.
"Like the crystal gems?" She said.
"Well, yeah. They protect this place from people like you." Jarek said.
She gave him a death glare.
"Look at me like that all you want, and interpret it however you like, but I am right, ya know." Jarek said.
"I didn't know anything then. I should have known before! If I did, maybe I wouldn't have tried to kill Steven." She said.
"Don't beat yourself up for not knowing. There's still things I don't know, but I'm not gonna bash myself down for that. You can still do right by him." Jarek said.
"You make it sound easy." She said.
"Well it's not easy, unless you make it." Jarek said.
"How do you make it easy?" She asked.
"Well like me, I try to apologize for the things I know I did or said that were wrong. And if they accept it, hurray. If they don't, then at least I tried. That's the important part of it, that you tried to make it right in the first place. That's how I make it easy." Jarek said.
Jasper looked away.
"If you say so." She said.
(Red Diamond's Chamber)
Red Diamond descended Robo's gemstone into the rebirthing chamber.
The gemstone was that of a normal Peridot triangle, but with 3/4 being dark gray, with that area being the artificial addition to his natural gem.
The gemstone glowed a bright white, and formed his entire body, finalizing the edits made to him.
Robo's eyes opened, and he looked at his mecha attachments. He now had legs, and a mechanical right arm.
He ascended to the top of the water, and was met with a splash.
Robo gasped for air briefly.
"Welcome back, Robo." Red Diamond said. "Although, that's a weird nickname for a peridot."
"It's a long story. Thank you guys so much for fixing me." Robo said as he took his first step out of the pool, and nearly fell, but was helped by Marco.
"Can you walk?" Marco asked.
Robo started to adjust to his new legs, as he took his first steps as a gem reborn.
(Orange - He's cursed, the poor thing!
Me - Now now, Orange. Some gems who are defeated don't get a second chance. You gave him his.
Orange - But at what cost?! He's like frieza now! Fuck!)
"Now let's go find our friend." Robo said.
"Yes. Hey, do any of you know where Jarek might be?" Marco asked.
"He's in a desert, on earth. He's still playing that obnoxious song." Green Diamond said, going to her crystal ball.
She tapped it twice, and it revealed a screen that showed Jarek walking, and playing his blues harmonica.
"Oh there he is. Wait, why is he in a desert?" Marco said, confused.
"To help his runaway ruby find herself, or in this case, find who she is. I had to sit through her song, and then he went bananas for a bit. I think the heat got to him." Green Diamond said.
"Yeah, he doesn't fair too well in deserts." Marco said.
"No kidding." Green Diamond said.
"Can you take us there?" Marco asked.
"Nah. I'm beat now. Remodeling your friend took a lot out of me. Along with empowering him with his correct color energy." Green Diamond said.
"Come on, it'll be the last one!" Marco said.
"mmm fine." Green Diamond said before casting a laser at Marco, and Robo.
"What the? What's happening?" Marco said, turning green.
The two vanished in a green cloud.
(Desert)
Jarek put away his blues harmonica, and wiped the sweat off his eyebrow.
"So do you see it now?" He said.
"Yeah. I know what I must do." Ruby said.
"And that is?" Jarek said.
"I must go propose!" Ruby said.
"Wait what? No no no, don't propose just yet. I mean, are you certain the things you said about not wanting Sapphire are not true?" He said.
"Yes, Jarek. I didn't mean any of them." She said.
"You have to be absolutely sure of this." Jarek said.
Ruby showed her serious face.
Jarek looked at Steven, and then back at Ruby.
(DETAILED RUBY FACE)
"Alright, I support you the whole way through." Jarek said.
"Thanks." She said before giving him a hug.
"Ruby?" He said.
"Thank you for being here with us." She said.
Jarek took a moment, and nodded.
"Yeah. Sorry again for earlier. Sun cooked my head." Jarek said. "I have a lot of repressed anger, and I release a lot of it. I have to work on all that."
"You don't have to do it alone. We're all here for each other." She said.
"Yeah. My friends would have loved you guys." Jarek said.
Suddenly Marco, and Robo appeared through that same green cloud from a minute ago.
Marco landed on all fours, and Robo landed on his left knee cap, and with his right fist.
"Marco?! Robo?!" Jarek said, shocked to the core.
"Oh thank the stars we got a good landing. It's great to see you again, Jarek." Marco said, walking to him.
The two hugged.
"Oh man, when's you wake up?" Jarek said.
"Judt a little while ago. I woke up in Roxanne's house. Look who else is here." Marco said.
Robo approached Jarek.
"Holy shit. What the hell happened to you, man?" Jarek asked Robo.
"Your baby mama, Red, and Green put me back together." Robo said.
"I can see that. Wow, man. Is this a dream? No, maybe I passed out with the blues harmonica in my mouth." Jarek said, pinching his cheeks.
"No, you're not dreaming. You're not dreaming." Marco said, taking his hands off his cheeks.
"Omg, you're the gem from when we fought the centipeetles." Ruby said to Robo.
"Yes, Ruby. I'm the one that got melted." Robo said.
"How did you come back?" Ruby asked.
"I was released from my container, and I was brought back by a giant orange crystal in a castle." Robo said.
"That's Orange Diamond's crystal. Orange, did you do this?" Jarek said to his phone.
"Yes, I was going to tell you, but then I thought your horrible singing was amusing. I wanted to see how far you'd go." Orange Diamond said.
"OHH!" Jarek whined.
Ruby, and Robo both laughed at him.
"What? What singing?" Marco said.
"Nothing, nothing. Just don't mind the things she says." Jarek said.
(MORNING : 6/4/2017) - Crystal Temple - 6:09 A.M
"So let me get this straight, Garnet was composed of a Ruby, and Sapphire, whom the Ruby is proposing to?" Marco said.
"Yes, and at first, Ruby didn't want to be back with Sapphire, but she realized that being alone made her want to be with her more. She was with her for a really long time, and I think that's the way she wants it to be." Jarek said.
"Sounds like a devoted partner." Robo said.
"I can't wait to see where this goes." Jarek said.
Ruby rode Amethyst (horse) past them, slowly.
Out came the door, Pearl, and Sapphire.
Sapphire ran down the stairs.
"Ruby! I'm so sorry I should have never so those awful things to you. That we didn't matter anymore. I shouldn't have pushed you away like that. I was wrong." Sapphire said.
"Nah. You were right." Ruby said.
She jumped off to the ground, and patted Amethyst's side, signaling her to run off.
"Someone else told us we were the answer. But.. I don't believe that anymore. At least, not 'till I hear it from you." Ruby said.
Ruby held her hand out to Sapphire. Sapphire took it, and Ruby knelt down.
He cowboy hat flew away.
"Sapphire.. will you marry me?" She said.
"What? Marry you?" Sapphire said, blushing.
"Yeah. This way we can be together, even when we're apart! This time, being Garnet will be our decision. Whaddya say?" Ruby said.
Sapphire smiled. "Of course."
"Yee-haw!" Ruby said as she hugged her tightly.
"I've been waiting to kiss your cute face!" Sapphire said.
Sapphire kissed her cheek, and the two began spinning around together happily, laughing.
The two shared a kiss.
"Wow." Jarek commented.
"That's devotion right there. She loves her very much clearly. Love is something we all need right now. You had yours, where did that go?" Robo said.
"It wasn't real." Jarek said.
"Yeah, I heard about that. Black Diamond told me you left her because you didn't love her?" Marco said.
"That's the pin. I'm quite tired of talking about it already. I've set my sights on someone else." Jarek said.
"Holly?" Marco said.
"Who's Holly?" Robo said.
"Holly Blue Agate, the Warden of Pink Diamond's Zoo, and a total beyotch." Marco said.
"(Offendedly) Oh! She's not like that anymore. She's gotten a lot better than that." Jarek said.
"That's what I remember from her anyway." Marco said.
"Well it's not like that anymore." Jarek said.
"Just sayin'." Marco said.
"Dad, what did I just watch? Ruby and Sapphire are dancing and kissing." Magma said.
"Two lovebirds reunited, and back together. A beautiful thing, isn't it?" Jarek said.
"It's weird, seeing two girls kiss!" Magma said.
"It's not weird at all, kid. It's just two gems sharing their love for one another. Your great grandmother is in love with Blue Zircon, and that's not weird at all." Jarek said.
"Yyeah, about that. That is totally weird." Magma said.
"You'll warm up to seeing this soon. It's really not bad." Jarek said.
Just then Amethyst was chasing Pearl around, while still being a horse.
"OHH! Amethyst, stop chasing me!" Pearl said, running away. Steven was laughing.
Jarek patted Steven's shoulder.
"Well done on bringing these two back." Jarek said.
"I couldn't have done it without you." Steven said.
"Nah, you did do it without me." Jarek said.
"..yeah. You still helped." Steven said.
Jarek shrugged, and nodded.
Then suddenly he heard whispers in his mind again.
"Nooo... not again!.." Jarek said, putting his fingers on his temples.
"What is it?" Steven asked.
"Nothing. A lingering a headache. I didn't sleep much." Jarek lied.
Steven felt his skin, which felt oddly cold. As if he came from a freezer.
"You're freezing." Steven said.
Then Jarek gasped, and grunted.
Suddenly Jarek's skin temperature reverted back to normal.
"What was that about?" Steven said.
"... I didn't want you to worry. It's a power I have, called stasis, a cryomancy power. It's pure darkness." Jarek said.
"Stasis? Ohh, so that's why Tundra has ice powers too?" Steven said.
Jarek nodded.
"Yes. I didn't want anyone to find this out about me. When I use this power, a terrible blizzard / winterstorm happens, and the earth suffers tremendous damage whenever I use it." Jarek said.
"But what happens to you when you do use it?" Steven said.
"I become encased in ice, and I start freezing every foe in front of me. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but I begin to lose control of my mind. It's not a safe power. I swore to myself I would never use it again because of it's sinister embrace." Jarek said.
Then a loud whisper echoed in Jarek's mind for a brief second before fading away.
"I think it's gone now." Jarek said, patting his head.
"Okay, that's good. That's crazy, you have ice powers, and that's why Tundra does too." Steven said.
"Well, it's also because she was born in an atmosphere that made her this way. Just like Magma, she was born in lava." Jarek said.
"Yeah.. is her hair made of lava?" Steven asked.
"No, but she can repair it with lava. It's also a healing source for her gem." Jarek said.
"Ohh. That's pretty cool. I wish I was lava-resistant." Steven said.
"You know, I have something just for that. Something that will make that happen for you. But it ain't gonna come cheap." Jarek said.
"What do you want?" Steven asked.
"Well, just uh.. a glistening watermelon." Jarek said.
"I think I have one." Steven said.
"Really? Let me see it." Jarek said.
The two went into the house.
Steven handed him a glistening watermelon from his closet.
"Ahh, yes! Finally, now I can finish creating my potion of instant health! With this, I can create, and replicate this stuff." Jarek said.
"You make potions?" Steven said.
"Been doing it since I was a kid." Jarek said. "You thought I'd ask for something valuable of yours?"
"I sorta thought you would ask for my sword or something else." Steven said.
"Nah, nah. It's all good. Just something to help me while I help you. I'll bring you the beverage soon." Jarek said before running off with the watermelon.
"Okay?" Steven said, weirded out.
...
