Accessing Plumber Database:

Accessing Alien Threat Files:

Opening Files: Gems

Considered to be one of the most powerful species in the universe the Gems are extremely dangerous given their callous attitude towards organic life. The only species they have established any cordial relationship with are the Petrosapiens, a silicon based species on the planet Petropia. This is likely because Gems are a silicon based species as well. Gems are characterized by the gemstone embedded somewhere on their body, which is analogous to a brain.

Gems' physical forms are projections from their gemstone which can be changed at will, described as being like a hologram, but with mass, with their only constant feature being their gemstone and color scheme. Although Gems lack sexual dimorphism, Gems' physical forms typically have characteristics associated with human femininity. Because of this, all Gems are inherently sexless. There are a variety of gemstones, each of which imbues the Gem in question with specific abilities, and there are multiple Gems with the same gemstone.

The gemstone can be located in many different parts of the body, regardless of Gem. Typical Gem abilities include extreme physical strength and durability, weapon-summoning, fusion, the power to 'store' material in their gemstones, the ability to use their gemstones like a flashlight, and bubble creation. Gems are engineered to adapt to a variety of conditions and cannot die by natural causes. Gems do not have to breath, eat, drink, and sleep to survive, and they do not age, making them effectively immortal. They can, however, still eat and sleep if they so desire.

Their bodies will also automatically alter themselves to fit the conditions of whatever celestial body or spacecraft they are on, such as adjusting mass for gravity. The only way to permanently destroy or 'kill' a Gem is to destroy their gemstone. When the physical body of a Gem is seriously injured, they will retreat into their gemstone to regenerate. This is one of the only times Gems can make permanent changes to their physical form.

The length of the regeneration process can range from minutes to weeks, but a 'rushed' regeneration can suffer from physical deformities. Regeneration can be prevented if a gemstone is contained in a specific kind of energy field. If a Gem's gemstone is damaged, their physical form will deteriorate and render them incoherent. A Gem's gemstone can be used as an energy source, even if damaged.

Gems are advanced, possibly rivaled only the Galvens, the Highbreed and several other species that came together and prevented many worlds from being invaded by Gems. The Plumbers have called in to deal with many Gem incursions and remove them from planets that are already inhabited. It has been recently discovered that Gems are extremely vulnerable to the Dark Substance that the Creatures of Grimm are made from. The current reasons why are unknown but evidence has been found from Gem ruins found on Earth that the Gems came to Earth a very long time ago and attempted to colonize the planet before encountering the Grimm.

It is currently unknown how the Grimm would react to a species not from Earth but according to the logs found in the Gem ruins by the Plumbers the Grimm not only stopped the Gems from colonizing the planet but successfully drove the Gems off of Earth. This would be perhaps the one time that Humanity could survive because of the Grimm.

Close File

Xxx

"Ever hear of the saying 'It could always be worse'? Well whoever came up with that was absolutely right. Things can be bad, they can horrible, and they can be downright depressing but don't ever think they can get worse because they can. Accepting things can get worse is the first step with the second step being to make sure they don't get worse." TOM said, closing the Plumber file on the Gems. "When you realize things can be worse you have to work to try and make them better."

Xxx

Connie was glad she had a provision container with her since it was unlikely she wouldn't find any form of shelter out here. Luckily she came upon a village, obviously desolate from how old the houses looked and from the fact that there no occupants inside. Still they could allow her to spend the night since she would need to enter her REM cycle.

She brought out a small recorder. "Log Date: Earth Cycle 1, C0-N1Y recording. After my pod crashed I have roaming the surface of abandoned Gem colony planet Earth in the Crystal System. Continuing my mission for Blue Diamond I have come across village on the outskirts of a city, leading me to believe the inhabitants have not only survived an environment with one of Homeworld's worst enemies but have reached a technological level, far advanced since Homeworld's last visit. I will continue my mission and hopefully rendezvous with Peridot at the Homeworld Warp Pad with more information."

She took shelter in an abandoned shack, deciding to make herself comfortable and continue her journey when the REM cycle was over.

As she entered the shelter a pair of eyes watched her as she entered. "A Human from Gem Homeworld. I never thought I'd see the day when one of their descendants would return to their home. I better check this out."

Xxx

Something was wrong.

He knew this much as he stepped into his office and looked out the window, staring off into the distance.

It wasn't his feelings that were telling him this.

It was something else.

He reached up to his eyepatch and pulled it up, revealing what it was hiding. In that moment Phil Ken Sebben's vision was a spiraling tunnel of multiple colored lights. Sebben strained himself, trying to focus through the tunnel, seeing so much at once.

It was overwhelming but he willed himself to focus on a single point.

A massive shadow towering over a small town…

Three lights merging to become a giant made of light…

The shadow's eyes glowing red as giant wave rose up behind it...

A screeching sound that ripped through the land…

The shadow letting a terrifying laugh as it lunged forward.

"GAH!" Phil Ken Sebben cried out as he collapsed to the ground, quickly bringing his eyepatch back down.

The door opened and in walked a close friend with a concerned look on her face. "Mr. Sebben, are you all right?"

She was a cat Mobian with long blond hair, green eyes behind glasses and wore a magenta business suit that fitted her position.

Sebben panted slightly as he gripped his desk to help steady himself. "Miss Briggs, we have an emergency."

Calico 'Callie' Briggs, Deputy Mayor of GrimmFall was at Sebben's side, helping him stand. "You used it, didn't you?"

"It was necessary." Sebben replied. "There's a grave threat coming. We need to put out a Red Alert on a Huntsmen channels at once."

"Where is this threat?" Briggs asked, stepping back as Sebben finally stood up straight.

"A small village on the coast called Beach City. Direct any and all available Hunters and Enforcers there." Sebben said, taking a deep breath. "And we must hurry."

Xxx

A single bus stopped at the sign saying 'Welcome to Beach City' and a single young man wearing a dark coat and summer cap exited the bus after paying the driver. "Thank you! Have a good day!"

He waved as the bus door closed and the bus drove off to drop off more passengers.

The man looked at the city that was now in walking distance. "Beach City…Nice place to hang back and kick up my feet for a while."

He carried a single bag over his shoulder as he started walking towards the city, looking to night sky and looking at the stars.

"…They have been here and have been causing trouble all right." The man sighed. "Crystal Gems, they just can't stay out of trouble."

Xxx

The clean-up of the Gem spaceship was taking a while and though Steven wanted to help the Gems asked him to simply enjoy the day while they cleaned up. Steven had more than earned it for saving them from the Homeworld Gems, Jasper and Peridot.

"They came from the sky on a giant hand.
It landed on our beach and kicked up a lot of sand.
And out of it came two mean Gems and the other was a friend.
They beat us to the ground and it looked like it was the end."

Steven Universe sang, playing his guitar.

"But I got free and helped free one Gem and then two.
Garnet, she was once two but she is one which was a stun.
She helped free the other two and we landed back on the planet Earth."

The image of Lapis appeared in Steven's head.

"Then the bigger mean Gem tried to fuse with my water friend and she turned into an even bigger Gem. We thought it was over but then my water friend saved us in the end."

Steven ended the song with a high note and sighed.

He felt bad for Lapis being at the bottom of the ocean, all alone with only a mean Gem like Jasper for company. Too bad he couldn't go down and help Lapis but the ocean was too big for him to dive down and actually find her. He remembered seeing her in his dreams along with Jasper, Malachite and some kind of vampire glowing guy but he wasn't sure how real that was.

"Lapis, I don't know if you can hear me but I hope you'll be free again someday. You might not be able to go home again but I think you'd like Earth if you gave it a chance. The people here are nice and I'm sure you and the Crystal Gems can get along. You're not so different when you think about it." Steven said, looking out across the ocean from the end of the dock. "I'll be back to say hi again, Lapis. Don't give up."

Steven turned and walked away, putting his guitar back into his back-pack.

Xxx

The young man whistled as he walked down the pier of the small town, looking at the few stores and a single arcade. He stopped when he saw the beach, seeing the multiple green pieces scattered across the beach.

"So they did come here." The young man commented with a sigh. "Better late than never, I guess."

He continued walking, stepping onto the beach and looking at the pieces of the Gem ship that had crashed onto the beach. He stopped when he saw a van parked near a beach house on a giant cliff that resembled a four armed woman.

"Apparently they don't know the meaning of the word 'subtle'." The man sighed before looking at the van and chuckled. "That's his van. After all these years he's still living in that old broken down rust bucket."

A small light pulsed on his chest, making him look down at it. The light shined through his dark shirt and circular shaped, glowing a bright mix of green and silver.

"I understand." The man closed his eyes. "I'll be careful…I know how they'll react. They've never been known to ask questions before resorting to bashing and slicing."

The stone flashed again.

"I'll be gentle." The man said a chuckle. "I honestly will."

Xxx

The sun slowly rose up over Beach City but people were still in the process of reopening their businesses after evacuating the city following the Gem attack.

"RE-OPENING IS GOOD! RE-OPENING IS GOOD!" Mayor Dewey drove through the small town in his van, speaking through his microphone.

It was already a week since Peridot's ship had crashed and by now the beach had been thoroughly cleaned and things were returning to normal. Right now Steven was walking on the dock with Lion and Amethyst towards the Beach Citywalk Fries.

"So what are Pearl and Garnet doing?" Steven asked as they walked up to the counter.

"Who knows? Maybe they're just lounging around." Amethyst shrugged and rolled her eyes.

Lion sniffed the air and walked away from the two and towards the end of the dock where someone in a dark coat was standing, staring out across the ocean. Lion stopped just behind him and sniffed the back of his head.

"Hm?" The stranger turned and faced Lion. "GAH!"

He jumped back in shock at seeing the large pink lion and fell into the water.

"Huh?" Steven and Amethyst turned around and saw Lion at the end of the dock. "Hey! Lion!"

Lion remained still as Steven ran up to him, staring down at the water.

"Lion? What's wrong?" Steven asked, standing next to Lion and saw he was looking down at the water. "Is there something in the water?"

Just as Steven asked that question the stranger Lion had frightened popped his head out of the water, gasping for a breath.

"Ah! There's a guy in the water!" Steven gasped. "Hey! Why are you in the water?"

"Huh?" The man looked up at Steven with confused silver eyes.

"It's nice to be in but if you stay in the water how do you sleep? Unless…can you breathe underwater?" Steven asked.

"Huh?" The guy was now thoroughly confused. "I'm not living in the water. I fell in after a big lion snuck up behind me."

"Oh that's just Lion. He's harmless." Steven patted Lion on the back while Lion simply stared at the man.

"Well…Good to know." The man shivered as he swam over to a ladder and climbed up back onto the dock.

"Hey. What's going on?" Amethyst asked as she walked down to the end of the dock. "Who's this guy?"

Steven looked at the man and didn't recognize him. "Hey! I haven't seen you before."

"I haven't seen any of you before either." The man took his dripping coat off and shook his head, sending water flying out of his…

Dark green hair?

"You have green hair!" Steven gasped.

"Yeah, last I checked." The man said, stepping back as Lion walked up to him and sniffed him. "He is friendly, right?"

"Aw, yeah. He's nice." Steven said with a smile.

The stranger watched as Lion sniffed his chest with an apprehensive look on his angular face. "Well he hasn't bitten me yet." Lion suddenly growled and the man stepped back. "On second thought…"

"What is it, Lion?" Steven asked. "What's wrong?"

"Maybe he smells something on him." Amethyst suggested with a shrug.

"I don't have anything he would want." The man took another step back and raised both hands in a harmless faction as Lion growled again.

"Lion, why are you being so mean?" Steven asked, starting to get upset.

This seemed to cause Lion to back down as he stepped back from the man but still glaring suspiciously at him.

"Whoa! I was afraid I was about to be this guy's lunch." The man sighed in relief, putting a hand to his chest. "Thanks, kid."

"I'm Steven and this is Amethyst." Steven gestured to Amethyst who simply waved and then to Lion. "And this is Lion."

"You named a lion Lion?" The man raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah." Steven nodded. "He liked it."

"…Meh, I can live with that." The man shrugged.

"What's your name?" Steven asked.

"Oh right, I forgot about that. My name is Seph." The man introduced himself with a smile; despite being still soaked head to toe.

"Seph?" Steven asked, tilting his head slightly.

"Yeah, Seph." The man nodded. "And I think a trip back to the inn I'm staying for some dry clothes is in order."

"Are you new here, Seph?" Steven asked.

"Yeah, I'm staying for a bit. You'll probably see me around. This isn't a big place…Why do they call it a city?" Seph asked as he looked around.

"I…I don't know." Steven asked, not really understanding Seph's confusion. "Maybe it looks like a city."

"Looks more a beach village but I'm not going to judge. It was nice meeting you, Steven." Seph said, stepping back. "I'll see you around."

"Okay, bye Seph!" Steven waved good bye.

Lion growled again which caused Steven and Amethyst to look at him.

"Lion, what's the matter with you?" Steven asked, becoming saddened and confused.

"Maybe there's something wrong with that guy." Amethyst offered.

"He seemed nice to me." Steven pointed out.

"Meh." Amethyst shrugged, not really caring. "Can we get some fires now?"

"Okay!" Steven said, grinning happily at the mention of fries.

As the two walked back towards Beach Citywalk Fries Lion cast one look in the direction Seph had walked off in and discreetly followed him.

Xxx

"What's going on, Grandpa?" Gwen asked as Max drove the Rustbucket down the road.

And he was going very fast.

"The Plumber Badge I had alerted me of an alien threat and it's a big one." Max answered, keeping his eyes on the road. "This kind of threat is the one few out there that might outclass Vilgax."

"Really?" Ben was at Max's side instantly. "What is it?"

"A silicon based race known simply as Gems. They visited this planet five thousand years and tried to colonize it. Luckily they were fought off by a combination of Grimm, early Humans along with Faunus and Mobians trained by secret Plumbers who had been charged with protecting planet and a band of Gem rebels who opposed their colonization." Max explained, taking a turn at a sign saying 'Beach City Next Exit'. "The Homeworld Gems were driven off the planet while the Rebels vanished, possibly dying out since Gems are very vulnerable to the Grimm. But I just received word of Gem ship and also a large Gem approaching a small town on the east coast. Hopefully our Gem modified weapons will be ready for them."

"And if they aren't we got this." Ben held up the Omnitrix.

But Max didn't look happy at the idea at all. "Ben, don't get cocky. Gems are dangerous. They literally suck the life out of the planets they capture, hollowing out its resources and exterminating the populations so they can make more of themselves. They match almost Vilgax in terms of cruelty and the worst part is that they don't consider themselves cruel since organic life is too alien for them to understand so they simply get rid of it."

"So what do we do?" Gwen asked.

"We get to this town and see what's going on. The last thing this planet needs is another Gem invasion." Max said as the Rustbucket turned onto the road leading to Beach City.

Xxx

"First day on the job and I end up walking back as a wet rag." Seph sighed as he left his wet clothes in the bathroom and now wore a grey T-shirt with 'Beach City Rules' on it and black shorts. "Not the best way to make an impression but no one told me about the lion!"

The gem on his chest flashed.

"Oh come on. How was I supposed to know about it?" Seph retorted. "It's not like she left me a brochure on everything that happens here!"

The gem flashed again.

"Yeah I know the lion might have sniffed me out. Still I'm grateful it didn't maul me to death." Seph walked to the door leading to the deck stepped out- "Wouldn't surprise me if he was somewhere around here"

-And found his face buried in pink fur.

"GAH!" Seph jumped back and saw Lion was on the deck. "Oh no, not again!"

Lion didn't attack Seph which he was thankful for but he did sniff the stranger again.

"You know what I am or at least what we are don't you?" Seph asked, becoming strangely calm and held out a hand. "Peace, great protector. I mean you, the Gems, and your charge no harm."

Lion sniffed the hand as the gem on Seph's chest again and Lion's eyes widened.

"I know. Amongst the people you have encountered I am different, even from the Gems. I am here because I have work to do just as you do but I promise I will never try to endanger your charge." Seph said, sounding completely honest.

Lion stared at the gem that was flashing beneath Seph's shirt and stepped back, nodding and then jumped off the deck and onto the ground.

Seph watched as Lion ran off, most likely back towards the Gem Temple. "Well, I have to get started."

He turned back into the room and closed the door.

Xxx

It rose up to the surface of the ocean, roaring. Its mind was a mess but it knew what it wanted.

Vengeance

Malachite was the living incarnation of an abusive relationship between two Gems locked in eternal struggle: Lapis who wanted to protect Steven so much she made herself into a prisoner under the weight of the ocean and Jasper who struggled to break free but secretly enjoyed the power she felt from the fusion.

But as Malachite Plasmius the fusion became the incarnation of Pain itself.

The pain Jasper felt from Pink Diamond's destruction.

The pain Lapis felt from being a prisoner for five thousand years.

And the pain Vlad felt from his loneliness, the loss of his status, the loss of the love of his life, the loss of everything when he was so close to gaining the world.

Malachite Plasmius felt all of their pain and with that pain came feelings of rage, sadness and a need to take revenge on any and all things; inflicting the same pain it felt onto others for no other reason than to share its pain with the entire universe.

"Steven…Crystal Gems…Danny Phantom…" The monster whispered and howled. "I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE! EVERYONE! EVERYTHING! ALL WILL SUFFER!"

The ocean shook as Malachite Plasmius howled and began stomping its four legs. It did not care which way it was going.

All that mattered to it was finding the ones who made it feel its pain and destroy.

Destroy them all.

Xxx

"Geez, how many of these pieces are there!" Amethyst complained.

In front of her and the other Gems was the pile of debris from the Gem ship that attacked Beach City almost two weeks ago.

"We have to make sure that's all collected and destroyed." Garnet answered.

"We should also keep an eye on the warp pads. Peridot escaped the ship in an escape pod and landed somewhere on Earth. She might try to repair the warp pads to escape back to the home world." Pearl said in agreement. "We'll need to monitor the warp pads for any signs of her."

"So what we just go to all the warp pads and check them over and over again?" Amethyst groaned.

"We'll leave some kind of alarm system at each warp pad that will alert us if Peridot is spotted." Pearl suggested.

Xxx

"Thanks for helping me out today, Steven." Steven's dad, Greg Universe said. "I know it must have been pretty boring with no one needing their car washed today."

"Aw, it's no big deal, dad." Steven said with a smile.

Steven was hurrying back to the temple as the sun started to set, having spent the entire day with his dad and wanted to be back before missing his curfew. He walked down the beach towards the temple, humming happily with a smile on his face. Just as the temple came into sight a dark figure in the corner of Steven's mission made him turn and he saw someone standing on the beach right in front of the ocean.

"Is that…" Steven squinted to get a better look. "Seph?"

Seph didn't seem to notice Steven standing a few yards away as the gem on his chest glowed bright green and Seph opened his eyes, now glowing bright silver.

"Seph?" Greg stopped and looked at where Steven was looking, his eyes widening in shock when he saw the dark green hair. "Holy hot dogs!"

"What is it, dad?" Steven looked at his dad. "What's wrong?"

Seph's ears perked up and he looked over his shoulder. "Greg? Greg Universe?"

"He-he-hey there." Greg nervously chuckled.

Seph blinked. "Good lord man, you've let yourself go. I know you're not getting any younger but it's important to keep exercising and try to stay in shape. I exercise plenty and I'm in pretty decent shape for an old fossil."

"Hey! I stay in good shape!" Greg protested a wining tone.

"When did you last work out and how long was it?" Seph asked in a deadpanned tone as he crossed his arms.

"A month ago and it was for…two days." Greg rubbed the back of his sheepishly. "But I made some progress."

"Dad, you know Seph?" Steven asked.

"Yeah but his name is not Seph. At least it wasn't the last time he was here." Greg answered, staring at Seph. "Why are you here now?"

"Just correcting a wrong." Seph said simply with a smile.

"And what is that-"

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and Steven gasped in horror as he spotted off in the distance familiar giant stomping through the ocean and towards the beach. It was the same Gem fusion that was formed by the fusion of Jasper and Lapis.

"Lapis!" Steven cried out upon seeing the Gem fusion as it approached.