Peridot quickly put a determined look on her face, the specters roared with fervo, peridot took a deep breath, followed by a shout of fury, the small gem advanced, and the first specter attacked with two consecutive kicks, peridot defended to the right and then upward, she countered with a punch, a forearm defense, and a kick, the two locked eyes, and the specter kicked peridot's heel, followed by a kick to her face, peridot defended herself, and as the specter kicked her, she delivered a small kick to the back of its knee, causing it to fall
"Martial arts... this thing is good," peridot said to herself
Suddenly, the other three specters joined the fight, one attempted a knife attack on peridot's neck, but she dodged and moved to the side, the blindfolded specter exchanged punches and defenses with peridot, peridot lowered the creature's arm and pushed it with her shoulder, The larger gray specter advanced towards peridot and the green gem delivered a swift attack to its waist and neck, after finishing the attack, the specter kicked peridot in the chest, she coughed and returned to the fight, a part of the house started to catch fire as more specters descended upon it
Peridot assumed a stance and counterattacked the specters, after the last specter's attack, peridot executed a triple spin and landed a precise kick to the monster's face, she spun again, and a metal trash can lid levitated from the kitchen, hitting another specter in the face and causing it to fall
"MOM, DAD!" turquoise shouted from upstairs
Upon hearing this, peridot ran towards the stairs again, but a monster grabbed her shoulder, in response, peridot let out a scream reminiscent of Bruce Lee
With a high-pitched scream, peridot began to strike the specter, more specters appeared, and peridot opened her arms, facing the surrounding enemies
"OHYAAH!" Peridot shouted
She advanced on the specters, flipping and kicking, with each move, she emitted a high-pitched scream, Soon, the Crystal Gems entered through the door, attacking the specters, pearl wielded her sword, and the other gems used their weapons
The Crystal Gems engaged in combat with their adversaries, pearl fought a giant specter with a tungsten ring in one eye, while garnet punched the specter wearing leaf-like clothing
Lapis heard her daughter's cries and flew towards the upper floor, connie carried turquoise in her arms, rushing towards to the stairs, an explosion was heard upstairs, throwing turquoise down, and lapis with her, lapis caught her daughter with an embrace, hitting the kitchen cabinet, and connie hit her head against the sink, peridot fought against two specters simultaneously, defending against their attacks
Soon, Peridot realized that two of the specters were heading towards lapis and turquoise, she ran towards them, dodging attacks
"PERIDOT!" pearl shouted, throwing one of her swords to peridot
Peridot caught the sword with a jump and attacked one of the specters, standing in front of lapis and turquoise, she delivered two strikes, one upwards and one towards the monster's leg, and then a kick to its waist, sending it to the ground, peridot spun with her sword and struck the other specter's leg, finally, the blindfolded specter approached peridot, lapis raised her hand, creating a water spear from the kitchen faucet that pierced the monster's abdômen, this action marked the turning point for peridot
Peridot struck the blindfolded specter with her forearm, then a powerful frontal punch, sending it backward, she made small hops, followed by light breaths, and ran towards the monster
"UHUUUU, OAGAHHHHH!" peridot delivered a flying kick, sending the specter flying
The specter hit the entrance door, breaking it, Like a yellowish light it exploded into smoke, but the light flew towards the sky, the remaining specters roared and fled through the door
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief for a moment, peridot looked at Lapis and walked towards her with a concerned expression, lapis holding her daughter and gave peridot a comforting hug and smiled
"Peridot... you are wound" lapis said concerned
"Just some scratches and some holes, nothing big," replied peridot, tiredly
But the screams and explosions continued, it was like a rain of fire
They all quickly ran outside, looking at the black sky, steven with connie in his arms, took charge
"Alright, everyone, the plan is to run to the city center, gather all the soldiers and gems who can fight, they're coming from all sides, once there, we'll split into pairs, peridot and Lapis, you defend the 'southwest and south's side..." Steven said
Lapis and Peridot nodded with a determined look
"Ametyst, pearl, you two defend the 'west and northwest's side..."
"Garnet, you stay with the 'east and southeast.' I'll go to the center, there, we'll figure out how to keep connie and turquoise safe, Let's go!" Steven shouted
Everyone ran for about fifteen minutes until they reached the city center, a battle was already raging there, with many quartz soldiers gathered
Before they have time to act, a large specter appeared to attack them, but before it could strike, a water source pushed the monster away, everyone initially thought it was lapis, and they were correct, but it wasn't the lapis they knew, this lapis lazuli was known as the nice lapis, and she was surprised to see Steven
"Steven universe, is it you?, can someone tell me what these things are?" She said with fear
"No time to explain, we have to keep everyone safe, freckles, can you take connie and turquoise to a safe place?" Steven asked
"The gem temple is safe for now, there are soldiers there, turquoise can stay in Lion's mane, but Connie needs to be somewhere else, the best option is to keep them together," garnet suggested
Freckles looked surprised but nodded, steven kissed Connie's forehead, and lapis and peridot said their goodbyes to their daughter with the same affection
"Be brave for Mommy and Daddy, okay?" lapis said with tears
Freckles created a small water bed, and turquoise started crying as she watched her parents get smaller as Manchas flew away.
"I'LL KEEP THEM SAFE. I'LL BE BACK FOR THE FIGHT AFTER, GOOD LUCK!" freckles shouted
As freckles finished her sentence, a buzzing sound resembling a shot flew close to the crystal gems and destroyed a nearby house, everyone quickly ran towards the source, seeing Jasper finishing a fight against a specter that turned into a yellow light
"Finally, you showed up, did you stop for what the Earthlings call a snack?" Jasper mocked
Jasper ran towards them with a sword in her hands
"That side is a mess, runt, you're coming with me" Jasper said pointing to peridot
"No, I already have my mission, I'm staying with lapis," peridot shouted
Jasper gritted her teeth
"No time for discussion, you're coming with me" Jasper said
Peridot quickly realized that it was where she needed to go
"Fine, let's go" peridot said, rolling her eyes.
"GEMS, MOVE!" garnet shouted
Everyone split up, each of the gems gathering forces, grabbing gems and quartz soldiers who could fight, as they walked, Steven pointed to where the pairs should go
"SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH OF BEACH CITY..."
The specters fell more and more, spreading fire, terror, and death on the beach, lapis, jasper, and peridot ran to the beach as specters emerged from the water running as if there was nothing else to do
"Like the war on homeworld... but instead of the sky, the beach is red" Jasper said with horror
The three gems could see how brutal the monsters could be as they saw corpses on the beach with blood, The specters were getting closer, and witnessing that scene fueled an immense fury in the three gems
"How dare you attack my home, over the years, many things have changed, and today you will see how far my strength has extended!" peridot shouted
"That's the spirit, runt," Jasper said
As the specters got close enough, many other soldiers and gems appeared with shouts attacking them, the battle began, and peridot floated various metallic debris from the destroyed surroundings, lapis extended her wings and flew a few meters above the ground, raising her hands, countless chains and water spears hit and trapped many specters in the water, but she couldn't catch them all
"COME ON..."
Jasper's shouts encouraged everyone, peridot extended her hand and threw sharp metal objects that pierced various specters, while maintaining her pose, one of the specters kicked peridot, sending her flying, peridot circled over the beach sand, but she quickly got up and ran towards the monster, the metal-bending gem placed some debris over the monster's foot while running, then, she jumped high and raised her hand to her face
The metals surrounded the specter's feet at great speed, and they approached the specter, which stood still, the metals cut the monster's leg, and finally, peridot used one of the metals as a sword, with a spin, she severed the monster's head
Lapis looked on with surprise but had to keep Fighting, jasper jumped into the midst of the specters, attacking the ground, causing an explosion of sand and wind
BEACH CITY CENTER...
Steven finished puffing a specter, and its light flew towards the warp. The screams of the people became more frequent; many were being killed by the monsters, even with almost all the warriors protecting Beach City's main weaknesses, it was impossible to contain them all, a woman and her child were huddled in a corner, waiting for the final attack of the monster. With his super speed, Steven gave a push to the specter that puffed with the impact.
"It's okay now, but you need to find a safe place" Steven said, panting
The woman held the child in her arms and resumed running, tears streaming down her face
"STEVEN UNIVERSE!" freckles shouted from her flight
Steven just looked up
"There are many of them in the warp galaxy, we must send the organic life forms through it, But if they destroy it..."
"I'm going there right now, freckles ,You stay here, and I'll be back soon" Steven finished with his super speed
WEST AND NORTHWEST...
Amethyst and Pearl ran as fast as they could to the west of the beach. There, they saw desperate people descending the hill one by one, with the specters supporting each one. Some even had laser and ray-enhanced weapons.
"HERE, BEHIND US!" amethyst shouted to the people
As the people passed, Pearl shouted at them to go to the city center, where a barrier of gems and quartz soldiers was being formed, pearl took one of her spears and looked forward, still finishing alerting the people, suddenly, a buzz was heard near amethyst's and pearl's ears, indicating that the monsters were trying to hit them with shots
"Amethyst, let's control the situation here, after that, I'll stay, and you control the northwest," pearl said
Amethyst grabbed her whip, and the two advanced, dodging shots, a giant specter tried a frontal attack, pearl jumped to the side with a leap and held her spear at neck height, amethyst coiled her whip around the monster and quickly, pearl cut what seemed to be the monster's neck, many others began to advance one by one
Pearl spun her spear gracefully, and with each turn, she had a precise strike on the specters, points, amethyst wrapped her whip around one of the specters and hit it against many others, preventing them from reaching the city, a specter with swords tried to entangle swords with Pearl, but her fencing was superior, and she quickly defeated it, however, it didn't take long for amethyst and pearl to lose control, there were too many
But a ray of hope came when they heard gem shouts approaching, and the battle started to balance
EAST AND SOUTHWEST...
For Garnet, it was diferente, She had to choose between protecting the lighthouse mountain or guarding the beach entrance
"GEMS, MOVE!"
Many soldiers began to fill the beach entrance, and Garnet, with a shout, began to climb the lighthouse mountain, but garnet stopped running when she heard cries from the little home school, the city was starting to smoke, the defenses of the little home planet had been broken, and garnet couldn't ignore it
Soon, garnet had to pass the situation to someone, but it might be too late, then she saw a gem she could count on
"Topaz, I need to go to the school, If they invade there, we'll all be overrun, I leave you in charge, I'll be back as soon as I can"
Topaz just nodded, and garnet made a high jump down and started running
WARP GALAXY...
Steven, on one of the transporters, arrived there with an angry face, the specters were trying to do what freckles had predicted, they wanted to destroy the escape route, with a shout, Steven activated his pink form and, with his super speed, pushed one of the specters through it. There were few specters; they didn't expect someone to divert from the main battlefield
With a roar, the specters ran towards Steven, one of them leaped and tried to attack the man's neck, but Steven punched him hard in the abdomen, making him puff, The last one tried to shoot steven with what seemed to be a ray weapon implanted in its arm, with speed, steven put his hand on the weapon, and the specter fired, but little effect was seen on Steven's hand, He quickly punched the specter, passing over its head, which twitched a bit before exploding