(TORN BETWEEN REALITIES)
[HEART BEAT NOISES]
"Jarek! Jarek!"
Jarek's eyes snapped open.
The sky was dark blue, with thunder clashing in the distance.
Steve was on his knees, appearing to have lost all hope.
"This is it. I'm trapped in here with you." Steve said.
"No, Steve. I thought of you a brother to me. You were like one, I loved you, bro." Jarek said.
"And yet you still defied my wife, attacked and nearly killed her. If you loved me as a brother, you would have tried to understand what our intentions were." Steve said.
"So much turmoil occurred, and I didn't want any of that to happen. I didn't want lose my life to her again, despite her words. That's how people get killed, by being lured away." Jarek said.
"You make these bad things happen. You made them happen. Watch and see when you wake back up." Steve said.
"You're wrong. I'm not the reason everything happened. I'm not the reason you lost your wife the first time. I healed you just earlier. You may not think I'm a good person and I'm not, but I'm trying to be. I have to for my family, I have to for Steven." Jarek said.
"Are you aware of the things you made Blue Diamond go through? She became sick as soon as you left again. All that grieving she did over Pink, over you damaged her in psychological terms. She has become mentally unstable." Steve said.
"I know I hurt her, and I'm going to make up for all of it. You watch me." Jarek said.
"We will see." Steve said.
Then everything turned white.
(REALITY)
"Jarek!" Steven said.
"No... please don't leave me.. not again." Blue Diamond (human size) said, holding him.
"I'm not going anywhere, mother." Jarek said, awakening.
"Jarek!" Blue Diamond said, hugging him close to her.
"I'm here, mother. I'm here." He said.
"This is all too messed up. She's your mother, she says. But how?" Marco asked.
"Because she gave birth to Orange, who fused with me." Jarek said. "So that makes me the same as Orange."
"Where is she anyway?" Yellow Diamond asked.
".. contained in a crystal to recharge herself. She's gone for now." Jarek said.
"She told us her end was coming, did she mean she was dying?" Blue Diamond asked.
"Yes, and no. She doesn't recharge often, and the last time she did that, she was dead for two decades. Nearly two decades, which is why.. oh man, you don't even know that part of her history." Jarek said.
"Explain." Yellow Diamond said.
"One : don't demand me like that, and two : I will. (PANIC-LIKE) as soon as my mom lets go of me!" Jarek exclaimed.
"Sorry." Blue Diamond said, releasing him.
"It's fine. So basically, a short time before Pink Diamond was living her life as Rose Quartz, being [points to Greg] Greg's partner, being in love, and enjoying life, Orange Diamond crashed landed onto earth, and got caught in the middle of a war between two forces. There, she met the love of her life, Nemphis, my grandfather, and then he had children with her, after she created a living organic form version of herself, a short time later, he was killed by an unknown force by a single OP punch, leaving her to raise my father, and my aunt. After which, once he grew to an adult, her form started to expire. Orange Diamond passed away in life, and her essence went back into her crystal, thus she was recharging, and gathering energy to re-emerge as herself again. I was born later, and one day, as I became a new rookie of my company, I met a strange machine, a device that looked like a sort of DVR? Sort of? DVD player looking thing? She was in that machine, watching over, and protecting me.
I fought in a corporate war that nearly ended the earth, with me siding with the bad, and Orange assisting me in deceiving the bad guys, and getting me out of there. Through thick, and thin, she stood by me until came the day we used an unprecented method of fusion. We joined bodies together, and I became what you fought against before you [gazes at Yellow] MURDERED ME!" Jarek said, summoning a stasis orb in his right hand, about to attack.
"Calm yourself, Jarek!" Blue Diamond said.
"I already made up! You beat me up!" Yellow Diamond said.
"CORRECTION! My poor friend had to take it all from you!" Jarek said, cancelling his stasis orb.
"But what happened that made her disappear again?" Blue Diamond asked.
"The same thing like before : she lost all of her energy, in helping get me out of the jam on homeworld, being stuck in your nice mansion, and getting Steven to safety. She'll be back soon. I don't know how soon, but I know she will be, one day." Jarek said.
"Orange said there were other diamonds here too." Blue Diamond said.
"One other one, my former partner, Black Diamond. She's hiding right now, on command." Jarek said.
"Black Diamond? You were partnered with her?" Yellow Diamond said.
"Yes, didn't you know that part?" He said.
Yellow Diamond's face turned green. She was about to barf at this point.
"Yeah, they have children together." Steve said.
Yellow Diamond swallowed her own vomit, and groaned.
"You two had.. c-children?" She said.
"Isn't that against the rules?" Blue Diamond said.
"There really aren't any here on earth, except don't rape, don't kill, and don't steal money. Pretty much it." Jarek said.
"Where is she hiding?" Blue Diamond said.
"Over here." Black Diamond said, coming from behind a pillar.
Yellow Diamond rubbed her eyes.
"Long time, Yellow. Here to put cuffs again?" Black Diamond said.
"Jarek told us everything. So drop that." Yellow Diamond said.
"Guys, I know there's a lot of anger around us, but let's not elevate it." Jarek said.
Black Diamond sighed through her nose.
"How about an apology?" Jarek said. "That works too."
"Only if she goes first." Black Diamond said.
"In the interest of putting it all to rest, that's what it's gonna take?" Yellow Diamond said. ".. Fine. I'm sorry for everything."
".. Me too." Black Diamond said.
The two shook hands.
"Good, I see there's some real progress being made here." Jarek said.
"But wait, how did you all survive? We blasted the planet, and obliterated every gem on this surface." Blue Diamond said.
"They weren't exactly.. obliterated." Steven said.
"What happened to them?" Blue Diamond asked.
'Their light based forms were disrupted, and they became giant creatures, unable to think properly, thinking like savages. Knowing only violence. Mindless killing things." Jarek said.
"Show us." Blue Diamond said.
"But before we do that, I want you to meet your grandchildren." Jarek said.
"Grand.. children?" Blue Diamond said.
Tundra, Magma, and Orange Aquamarine came out of the house, and approached them.
"Oh my goodness." Blue Diamond said.
"Did you make them yourself?" Yellow Diamond said to Jarek.
"No, Ulyssa did, despite my wishes." Jarek said.
"What are your names?" Blue Diamond asked.
"My name is Tundra Quartz Diamond." Tundra said.
"I'm Magma Quartz Diamond." Magma said.
"And I'm Aquamarine, but my daddy calls me orange, because of my skin color." Orange Aquamarine said.
"Why Tundra and Magma?" Blue Diamond asked, curious.
"It's obvious, Blue. Tundra is obviously cold, and Magma is made from heat." Yellow Diamond said.
"Heat? Really? I think you need to see this first before speaking again." Magma said. She created a ball of lava and threw it at the water.
(BUBBLES FORMING)
(SPLASH!)
"Oh." Yellow Diamond said.
"And I can do this." Tundra said, summoning an ice crystal, and throwing it at Yellow Diamond, freezing her left leg.
"Hey!" Yellow Diamond said. She broke the ice casing on her leg.
"And what can you do?" Blue Diamond asked Orange Aquamarine.
"Not really anything. I don't fight." Orange Aquamarine said.
"Good. At least you know not to." Blue Diamond said.
"Well I always saw fighting as dumb, except for cartoons. But when bad guys come to hurt the good guys, then they have to fight. Just like daddy fought [Points at Yellow] her, and she got mad when he was taking gas." Orange Aquamarine said.
(CRICKET SOUNDS)
"You what?" Blue Diamond said, looking at Jarek. She was slightly displeased.
"It was fuel to power up my castle. The only place left that had fuel, and Yellow Diamond was holding the place off limits and killing people who were entering." Jarek explained.
"Because it was already being invaded by scoundrels, and thugs. We use that fuel too." Yellow Diamond said.
"Yeah, tell her about the head chop you did to my friend, and the obsessed Agate you had there." Jarek said.
"The agate was out of my control, I had just met you at the time, and your friend wound up living through that anyway. What was I supposed to do?" Yellow Diamond said.
"... Anyway." Jarek said, turning away from her.
...
(RUINS)
Blue Diamond, and Yellow Diamond followed Jarek, and Steven, with the crystal gems right beside them.
Steven opened the door of the centipeetle ship, and out came Centipeetle, but MUCH smaller than when she was first seen.
Robo growled, electricity shocking his metallic right arm.
Marco put his hand on his shoulder, calming him.
"What is that thing?" Blue Diamond asked.
"One of the creatures left behind from your blast." Jarek said.
Blue Diamond sighed, covering her mouth.
Yellow Diamond put her fingers on her forehead, stressed.
"Oh my goodness." Blue Diamond said.
"Centipeetle's mind is broken. I tried to heal her, but it didn't last for very long. It didn't stick." Steven said.
"Heal her?" Yellow Diamond said.
"Maybe you two can help her! You both are so much stronger, and I got close." Steven said.
"Well, that's not something we normally do." Blue Diamond said.
"This is completely unprecedented." Yellow Diamond said.
"Look at them, they don't even want to help you. Let's not waste anymore of their time, and let's go home. I'm gonna make something. Hungry again." Jarek said.
"No, they did this to her! They have to help her! All of the corrupted gems!" Steven said.
"Very well, I can try, but I make no promises." Yellow Diamond said. She rubbed her hands together, emitting a static energy, and then placing her fingers on the Centipeetle creature.
Centipeetle's form started to change drastically, reverting back to her human form. But instead of standing, her legs were still stuck together as if it were a tail-like limb, flapping. She still shrieked, as if her form was unchanged.
"Hmm.. she may be too far gone." Yellow Diamond said, unsure of this.
"Gently, Yellow." Blue Diamond said putting her hand on her shoulder.
"Can you help?" Steven said to Jarek.
"With what? I'm out of juice." Jarek said. "And darkness will only corrupt her further, beyond repair."
"Darn." Steven said.
Centipeetle shrieked, seeing Blue Diamond's hand looming.
Blue Diamond's hand touched her head.
Suddenly Centipeetle's expression changed.
"Whoa.." Jarek said.
"No no! No no we're all gonna be!.." Centipeetle repeated, clutching her head. She sounded worried, and scared.
"Centi?"Steven said. He licked his hand, and touched her head.
She panted, his energy having an effect on her.
"It's okay Centi." Steven said.
Then she looked up at the diamonds, and saluted them.
"Nephrite! Facet-413 Cabochon-12! I am sorry for failure to heed my hessonite's evacuation orders.. my team and I tried our best to make it out before the attack, but.. you're here and it must have worked! You finally avenged Pink Diamond! You destroyed Rose Quartz!" Centipeetle (Nephrite) said.
Blue Diamond and Yellow Diamond both flinched, as they let go of her.
"No don't!" Jarek said, reacting too late.
Then Nephrite reverted back to her corrupted gem form, as Centipeetle.
"Poor thing." Robo said. "All this time, she didn't understand what she was doing, and I wanted to get back at her for it." He shook his head.
"Ugh Pink! How many adequate gems did you have us ruin?" Yellow Diamond said, disappointed and shocked.
"Shh Yellow! Pink's been punished enough! She's been trapped here in this awful planet with these.. creatures." Blue Diamond said.
Steven was hugging Centipeetle, trying to comfort her.
Jarek's hands began glowing slightly.
"What the?" He said to himself.
"Jarek? What's happening?" Blue Diamond said, seeing this.
Jarek turned to the warp pad.
...
MEANWHILE... [DURING EVENTS STARTING FROM START OF CHAPTER]
(Northern Ocean Town)
The warp pad activated, and out came Orange Lepidolite-1, Lentix, and Victoria.
"The temple is this way, let's go!" Orange Lepidolite-1 said.
They ran along a pathway to a deserted temple, with vines covering the majority of the structure.
There stood a fountain, with orange water, coming from a statue that commemorated Orange Diamond, in the form of a human woman.
"Is this the fountain you were talking about?" Victoria said.
"Yes. Once I transfer the catalyst energy, I can begin healing." Orange Lepidolite-1 said.
"What will that mean? You'll be reborn?" Victoria said.
"Yes. But it's going to take a long time." Orange Lepidolite-1 said.
"Oh." Victoria said.
"I will stay and guard this place until your return." Lentix said.
"I will need you to." Orange Lepidolite-1 said.
Then a shuriken struck Lentix from behind, impaling his back. He roared in pain, trembling.
Victoria, and Orange Lepidolite-1 turned to see Reiko, badly injured, holding a shuriken, about to throw another one. He threw it at Victoria, she caught it.
Reiko whipped out a club, and swung at her.
Victoria summoned her scythe, and blocked the swing.
Orange Lepidolite-1 kicked him in the right side.
(KRUSHING BLOW)
Reiko's ribs collided.
"AWWH!" He yelled.
Orange Lepidolite-1 grabbed her knife.
"Victoria, help Lentix." She said.
"Right away." Victoria said, tending to him.
Reiko cracked his knuckles.
"So you decided to show your face, right as I am about to self-res." Orange Lepidolite-1 said.
"As if I would let you do that. You escaped from me once, you won't get away again." Reiko said.
"Orange, you can literally vaporize him! Just do it!" Victoria said.
"No. I want him to SUFFER. He killed my son, Jarek's father!" Orange Lepidolite-1 said.
"When I am done with you, he's next." Reiko said. He jumped through a warp hole, and appeared next to Orange Lepidolite-1, pulling her into another one.
(BEATING SOUNDS)
"OWW! OW! AAAUGH! AAAAAUAGH!"
Then another warp hole opened, in mid-air, with Reiko flying out.
Orange Lepidolite-1 flew out of it, preparing to hit him with his club.
(BONE CRACK!)
Reiko landed on the ground, already nearly beaten.
Orange Lepidolite-1 swung the club at his torso, earning yells and groans of pain.
Reiko grabbed the club, and pushed back, keeping her from hitting him again.
Then he teleported again, and landed a kick to Orange Lepidolite's back, when she landed on her chest, he jumped on top of him, feet on her back.
Orange Lepidolite-1 growled, and gripped the ground.
(ICE SPREAD!)
Reiko was frozen.
Orange Lepidolite-1 got up, his frozen encasement falling to the side, and shattering, damaging him significantly.
Reiko groaned, beaten.
Orange Lepidolite-1 stood up, looking down at him. If she had any expressions, one would see that she was gritting her teeth. But it wasn't visible, as she was just a machine.
She grabbed her knife that was on the floor, and went for the kill. She grabbed him by the vest, and held him, earning another groan.
"You took my son away from me! Now you're about to pay your debt." She said. Right as she was about to jab him, she stopped herself and started to cry silently. She dropped him.
(THUD!) "Oh!.. Ohhh.."
"Orange, what are you waiting for?! Kill him already!" Victoria said.
Orange Lepidolite-1 covered her eyes, there weren't any tears coming out, as she wasn't capable producing tears in this form.
"KILL HIM! NOW!" Victoria said, angry.
"Victoria wait, OrangeKell is having a moment. Leave her be." Lentix said.
"What do you know about her? Nothing!" Victoria said.
"That's enough, Victoria!" Orange Lepidolite-1 said.
"He hurt you! He hurt your family! Don't you want revenge for what he's done?" Victoria said. Just as she did, a wave of diamond energy casted upon everyone, much like Blue Diamond's when she gets upset.
"Not like this." Orange Lepidolite-1 said, unaffected due to having suffered worse symptoms than Victoria's.
"Fools." Reiko said, recovering slightly from his injuries. He grabbed a shuriken, and tossed it at Victoria.
Lentix took the shuriken right to the shoulder, and roared in pain.
Orange Lepidolite-1 quickly saw this, and acted out of panic.
(FINISH HIM)
She jabbed her whole right hand into his bronchial pipe, and tore a chunk of his spine, taking his neck and head. Basically sub zero's signature move..
FATALITY
Orange Lepidolite-1 dropped Reiko's head. "Your debt is paid at long last."
Then the fountain's water bubbled aggressively.
"Lentix, are you okay?!" Orange Lepidolite-1 said, running to him.
"I will live. You faired against him well." Lentix said.
"I did what I had to. Let's get this show on the road. I hate this body, and I want to be in mine again." Orange Lepidolite-1 said.
She removed her armor, being nude, if that was even possible for exos.
She stepped into the fountain. As she did so, her entire body began to glow bright.
"She's changing. This it it!" Lentix said, glad she was finally doing what she came to do.
Then the state's eyes glowed.
Orange Lepidolite-1 reached out for the statue. Her hands casted orange particles of energy that were Orange Diamond's. As she did this, her entire body turned to stone.
"Orange!" Victoria said, in panic.
Then the stone broke into pieces, now just remains.
"No... No! No! No! Noooooo!" Victoria yelled, she began sobbing. Her diamond power intensified, because of her sadness.
Lentix patted her shoulder.
"I am sorry, Victoria." He said.
"Don't feel bad, sister. I am not gone." Orange Diamond said.
Victoria looked up at the statue, and gasped.
The statue began to crack.
Then the entire statue crumbled, revealing a ball of orange energy, which flew into the orange water.
Bubbles started to form, like a boiling pot.
Then Orange Diamond rose out of the water.. still wearing nothing.
"Lentix! Cover your eyes!" Victoria said, smacking his eyes.
Lentix moved her hand, and watched.
"Well. That was refreshing. You really need to stop crying so much. You're like our mother." Orange Diamond said.
"Oh my god!" Victoria said, running to, and hugging her.
"It's okay, sis. It's okay." Orange Diamond said, rubbing her back. She squinted, and her form changed to that of wearing robes, much like a warlock.
"OrangeKell. I greet you in your most true form." Lentix said, bowing down.
"No need to bow. Now let me fulfill my part of our deal." She said, raising her hands out.
Orange particles shrouded him.
Suddenly he felt a surge of energy course through his body. He felt positive emotions, like love, peace, and happiness.
"This is.. this is magnificent!" Lentix said. He had a stripe on his top-left arm, which marked his new power.
"Now you can heal others, and practice this technique called hamón. I will teach you this soon. Because now I have to go find my grandson!" Orange Diamond said as she then started running.
"Wait!" Victoria said, following. Lentix also followed.
(RUINS)
"She's back. She's really back. Oh my goodness!" Jarek said.
"This is bad. Great that Orange Diamond is supposedly alive again, but you two were our best chance at helping these corrupted gems." Robo said, bummed out.
"Well we did the best we could. If it were the four of us.." Yellow Diamond said.
"No. We can't let her see this." Blue Diamond said.
"Who? Who do we need?" Steven said.
"Ulyssa's twin sister, White Diamond." Jarek said.
"Oh my god.. Not her." Pearl said, covering her mouth in shock.
"Well, if we want to help these gems, then we'll have to go up, and pay a visit to her." Jarek said.
"But Jarek, you can't be serious. She's the reason for all of this. For me being in jail, my sisters hiding, your death. You already died once, I won't let you do this." Black Diamond said.
"That's why I'm going to use one of my old armor pieces." Jarek said.
"Wait. You don't mean?" Robo said.
Jarek nodded at him.
"What? What are you going to use?" Steven said.
"Basically freeze everything. Just spam it. Easy." Jarek said.
"Okay, you seriously need to stop playing that game." Black Diamond said.
"But mom!" Jarek pretended.
"No buts." Black Diamond said.
(Beach) - - 2 HOURS LATER..
Jarek had ice strapped to his biceps.
"Great. Snug, and ready for shielding." Jarek said.
"You look ridiculous with that on." Black Diamond said.
"Right, and you wear too much makeup." Jarek said.
"I like to look pretty." Black Diamond said.
"I always told you, you didn't need it." Jarek said.
"And I always told you not to judge me on what I wear." Black Diamond said.
"Blah blah blah." Jarek said, walking away.
He went to Blue Diamond, who stood with Yellow Diamond.
"So if it is true, then I have to go and search for Orange." Jarek said.
"We'll go together. I'm tired of searching in space, and getting nowhere." Blue Diamond said.
Jarek nodded. "That's fine. Just stay with me."
"Of course." She said.
"You think you two are doing this alone? I'm coming with." Yellow Diamond said.
"No, Steven is going to need someone to guide him to Homeworld. And if things go wrong, you'll have to protect him." Jarek said.
"I already know that, but I want to find Orange too. She needs us." Yellow Diamond said.
"That's why it'll be just my mother and I." Jarek said.
"Fine. Be safe out there." Yellow Diamond said.
Jarek, and Blue Diamond left the scene at the beach.
(Neighborhood)
"Is this where you live?" Blue Diamond asked.
"Yes, and no. I have kin who lives here. My father's aunt, a real pain in the neck, but harmless." Jarek said.
"It seems so peaceful here. There's children playing at their homes." Blue Diamond said, seeing one house where some children were laughing, playing on the swings.
"Life here is different than Homeworld. There are rules, but not as strict. Here, you can be what you want to be, to an extent. You won't be killed for disobeying orders, just get reprimanded or fired from your job. You won't have to worry about losing your life over something really small. It's fine here on earth." Jarek said.
Blue Diamond nodded.
"Why are you wearing ice on your arms?" She asked, not understanding his arms-piece.
"It's protection. I call it Icefall Mantle, it's basically like body armor. It's nothing but pure stasis." Jarek said.
"I don't like it when you use that. You should get rid of it. It's killing you." Blue Diamond said.
"I'm fine. I learned this, so I could stop getting my butt kicked so easily." Jarek said.
"And how did that turn out?" She asked.
"I'm like Billy from Billy and Mandy." Jarek said.
"He gets beat up all the time. Take those off." A kid said.
"Go away!" Jarek said to the kid. The kid laughed and ran away.
"See?" Blue Diamond said.
"Relax, mother. I know what I'm doing. They used to call me TANK." Jarek said.
Then a piranha plant tapped his leg and spoke.
"No one ever called you that." It said in a child-like voice.
"Go away!" Jarek said to it. It ran away.
Blue Diamond giggled.
"What else were you called?" She asked him.
"Slowburn." Jarek said. "Because I used to burn things."
"Nobody called you that either." The same piranha plant said.
"Quiet!" Jarek said to it.
"What else?" Blue Diamond said, about to laugh.
"... Jackass." Jarek said.
"Everyone called you that." The piranha plant said.
"OH COME HERE!" Jarek said, chasing it.
Blue Diamond laughed.
"Jarek, come on!" She said.
Jarek followed her.
"I swear, that wasn't my nickname, mom!" He said, panting.
"I believe you, son. Let's just go." She said, still giggling.
The piranha plant blew a raspberry at him, while he gritted his teeth at it.
(Jarek's Castle)
Jarek, and Blue Diamond appeared through the warp pad, and saw the massive castle in front of them.
"Is this your castle?" She asked.
"Yeah. It belonged to my father, before he died." Jarek said. "This is where Orange rests. She gave her essence to become me. But, I'm glowing again, this has to mean she's either back, or something else."
"We better hurry." Blue Diamond said.
The two went through the entrance, by the elevator.
...
(Orange Diamond's Chamber)
Jarek, and Blue Diamond approached the giant, dark orange crystal that rested in the room. It seemed to beating like a heart.
"Oh my stars. What's happening to her?" She said.
"I don't know." Jarek said.
"Mom?" Orange Diamond said.
The two turned around and saw Orange Diamond, Victoria, and Lentix.
"Orange.. I'm.. I'm sorry." Blue Diamond said.
".. Yeah.. I'm sorry too." Orange Diamond said.
"Victoria, I.. you're here. You're here too." Blue Diamond said.
"Yeah, unfortunately." Victoria said.
"Victoria?" Jarek said to Blue Diamond. "And who is she?"
"My sister." Orange Diamond said.
"Oh. How come I never knew about her?" Jarek asked.
"Because I never spoke of her. That was my fault." Orange Diamond said.
"I'm getting the FUCK out of here." Victoria said, about to flip out again. She started walking away.
"Victoria, no." Orange Diamond said.
"She said that she was ashamed she ever made me after I became a bounty hunter! She said she wanted nothing to do with me after that! You are brain-dead stupid for believing in her!" Victoria said, her blue power emitting again.
This time, the crystal began to crack.
"Victoria, I'm sorry I ever said that! It was a selfish thing to say, and I spent the last few decades regretting it!" Blue Diamond said.
Victoria set off a smoke bomb that made her invisible, and she fled the room.
Lentix grabbed her collar, immediately disrupting her invisibility.
"Where are you going?" Lentix said.
"Let go of me, fallen!" She said.
He, with ease, yanked her cloak, and threw her back to Orange Diamond.
"You need to stop and think. Why would she come here if not make amends? Stop and think about that for a minute. And it ain't to pick on you." Jarek said.
"And who are you? The Jarek my sister spoke of? The crazy one obsessed with a video game?" She said.
"It was a great game." Jarek said. "And yes my name is Jarek. So, why a bounty hunter? Trying to catch up to Boba Fett?"
"He was the best, and no, I needed money." Victoria said.
"Oh. Understandable, I did too. Anyway, you should listen. Blue Diamond came back here to make amends with Orange. Clearly she's willing to do the same with you." Jarek said.
Victoria kept her silence. Then her power canceled, and the entire room went back to normal color, the orange glow from the crystal returning.
"Tale a deep breath." Jarek said.
Victoria took a deep breath.
"What do you have to say to me, mom?" She said.
"I'm sorry for everything that happened. Between you, Orange, all of us." Blue Diamond said.
Victoria looked at Jarek.
"And you simply believed them like that?" She asked.
"She wouldn't have risked everything to come down here otherwise. If you are sorry for doing someone wrong, you're willing to do whatever it takes to atone for it. And she did that." Jarek said.
Victoria closed her eyes and sniffed.
"I need a moment." She said, walking away.
Blue Diamond sighed.
"Well, she didn't reject it." Jarek said.
"And I didn't forgive her either." Victoria said in the background.
Orange Diamond hugged Blue Diamond.
"It's okay, mother." Orange Diamond said.
Blue Diamond looked down.
...
(A/N - So that pretty much wraps up Reunited, and the conflict between Blue Diamond's family. Or at least a part of it.
Also, no one ever called me Jackass.
Man.
