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Spinel found herself wondering around her woods as she searched for the corrupted gems that frequented the area. This had been her every day since the diamonds attacked that fateful day, find one of the corrupted, fight them, poof them and leave them there to do it all over again the next day. It was the only thing that kept her going, she knew it was a little unethical, but she wasn’t a stranger to wrongdoing.
Though the numbers of corrupted gems had increased it was never really a problem for her, they were stupid, and she was overwhelmingly stronger than almost any gem on the planet. The real problem is when those gems attacked a village nearby, there were injured but she managed to finish the monstrous gem before they could do any harm. She didn’t know how the people would react, she didn’t interact with humans at all in her time there, but they seemed strangely grateful? Or maybe just grateful? She didn’t know, she wouldn’t know. After that she had taken the gem and a farming thing that she used as a weapon against the beast and released it on the furthest side of her forest, away from the village.
That was a few months ago now, at that point it wasn’t snowing yet. At this time of year, for some reason she didn’t know, activity from the corrupted gems almost ceased completely, the exception being the bigger ones. She didn’t mind this, the bigger ones always put on a better show than the others, plus she could enjoy her new weapon more, she thought it really complemented her. It had a weird shape, the blade went down for some reason and the handle was long, which was good because she could spin it around with ease.
As she walked, she noticed something on the ground, the snow was shaped like the paw of one of the gems she was looking for, this exited her to no end.
“Finally, I’ve been searchin’ for you all day…” She said with a smirk as she quickened her pace.
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Garnet, arrived through the warp pad on the beach house, slowly making her way towards the couch were the other gems and Steven were. She had visited a small village, her future vision had brought her there, but when she arrived, someone had delt with the corrupted gems already. The villager seemed very grateful but what concerned her who was this person that had successfully taken down the creature was. Sometimes a single corrupted gem could be a handful, and this one was described to her as big and very beastly. As for the stranger that manage to defeat said beast, the only thing she got was that they wore a hood. There were not many people who she could think of that could take down a corrupted gem, but of those few there was one that came to mind instantly, and it terrified her, not for herself but for Steven.
“Alright gems, listen up, I found a village that is infested with corrupted gems, we must go and take care of this immediately and, sorry Steven, but you can’t come on this one.” She said, she knew that the boy would be disappointed, but it was for his own good.
“Aww, why not? I thought I had proved myself already…” He whined, he thought that it wasn’t fair, he thought that they finally trusted him.
“Because this mission is very dangerous because… there is a lot of them, but don’t worry Steven, I promise that on our next mission we will bring you a long.” She said with a tender smile.
Meanwhile the other gems knew there was something else going on, Garnet seemed… almost nervous and she is rarely like this. Both Pearl and Amethyst figured that she would tell them later when they leave.
Steven on the other hand was super disappointed, he wanted to go, but he knew it was dangerous and he didn’t want to break their trust by going while they were not there, so he decided he would sit this one out.
“Ok… but if there’s anything cool, can you bring it back for me?” He asked excitedly while he looked at Garnet.
“Sure, thing Steven, I’ll get you something.” She replied
And with that they said their goodbyes to the boy and headed out.
As they landed on the other portal, both amethyst and pearl looked at Garnet for an explanation, which she quickly gave.
“I think Spinel might be here…” She said bluntly, which prompted Pearl to gasp and Amethyst to raise a brow in confusion.
“Who the heck is that?” Asked the smallest gem of the group, not really knowing what they were talking about.
“She is a gem that belonged to Pink Diamond… she was one of the few survivors of the corruption blast, she hated Rose with a passion for…” Pearl lost her voice for a second, raising even more questions for Amethyst.
“That is way I didn’t want Steven to come, if she were to realize that he is Rose’s son, there is no telling how she would react.” Garnet finished as they started to walk towards the entrance of the village.
“Why haven’t I’ve heard of her before? And how come she hasn't tried to do anything against us?” Asked the purple gem.
“We did have an encounter with her… she almost got the better of us if it wasn’t for Rose… But that was years ago, you weren’t here yet.” The thin gem responded. This made the gem realize that they didn’t have rose here… What were they going to do if things went south? She hoped Garnet knew what she was doing. Even with future vision, Garnet had said that it was hard to get a read on Spinel, she was unpredictable.
As they got closer to the entrance the villager took notice of their presence and waved at them, they were welcoming of stranger as Garnet had found out earlier. They weren’t there to interact though, they were just using the dirt road to get to the forest, since it was the only accessible way since the sides of the village where two mountains.
But before they could get there, three large, corrupted gems blocked their path. The gems quickly got into position to fight off the beast. All three of the corrupted gems looked similar, they walked on all fours, mad manes of hair, and their bodies were solid as a rock. They had delt with this type of gem before, they were very aggressive and equally strong, but they weren’t the brightest creatures. The one in the middle lunged first at them, but before it could bite down on any of them, Garnet managed to grab it by the face and lift its body off the ground to slam it as hard she could. This didn't poof the beast however and before either Pearl or Amethyst could finish it off, the other two pounced at Pearl, one pining her to the ground while the other tried to bite her. Amethyst was quicker though and stopped the beast from biting her by using her whip to grab it by the neck to pull the beast away. At the same time Garnet had made a dash towards the one that had pinned down Pearl and Punched it in the face, making the monster back off. Pearl quickly got up and summed her spear to fire at the creatures.
As the battle against the beast raged on, a hooded figure lurked in the shadow, and she wasn’t very happy at what she was seeing, at who she was seeing…
“The nerve of those damned gems… but they are alone this time.”
The Gems were being pushed back a little, though they were starting to get the upper hand on the beasts once they puffed one of them. The other two kept pouncing wildly however, it was more annoying than difficult for them but just before Garnet could punch one with all her might, a scythe flew across the road and impaled the monster, poofing it immediately. Before the scythe could fall to the ground a long arm grabbed it, shortly followed by the rest of their body. All three Crystal gems were stunned, but before anyone could say anything Spinel turned around and finished the other one. Using her arm to wrap it around the beast, she squeezed it until the gem poofed.
The magenta gem turned around to face them, a smirk plastered on her face. The crystal gems once again regrouped into a stance. Spinel Just laughed at their little show that they were putting on, she really liked a good performance.
“This is going to be fun… And this time it seems that rose isn’t here to spoil the fun! I can’t wait to collect your shards and show them to her.”
“We are Screwed…”