The quartz soldiers abruptly grabbed the crystal gems, holding the blades of their weapons to their necks, the pulsating black glow inches from them.
Even Connie had been apprehended by the lightning quick efficiency of White's soldiers.
She crouched down, gently tussling Steven's hair with a deceitful gentle smile. It made his hair stand on end and his skin pricked with apprehension.
"I have a special tool for you." She stood up, from behind her feet a bleach white Pearl stepped out, wielding a rejuvenator. The Pearl stepped closer, swinging the scythe in her hands like a pendulum as she neared the boy.
"There's no substitute for a Diamond, Steven. Not even her son."
The Pearl raised her weapon, prepared to cleave Steven through. He jolted, pushing back the quartz guards that held his arms.
Spinel's gem clacked to the floor, sliding in front of the pearl, temporarily distracting her.
Steven's rejection caused the soldiers that threatened his friends to tighten their grip, bringing their blades closer to their gems, threatening their lives if he moved a muscle.
He looked around, searching, begging for something that would stop them, a bargain, anything. He needed something.
The Pearl took another step toward him, backing him toward the guards that surrounded him. She raised her scythe.
"NO!"
Spinel's voice echoed throughout the room, she gripped the scythe in the Pearl's hands, struggling with her strength to take the weapon from her.
Her arm coiled around the shaft of the weapon, wrenching it from the Pearl's grasp and she flung it around, stretching out her arm and hitting the quartz guards.
"You're not getting rid of my friends." The newly reformed gem hissed, stepping protectively in front of Steven.
She gripped the rejuvenator tightly, glaring up at the Diamond.
"Very well." White smirked, flashing the gem with a sickening white light. "You can get rid of them for me."
Spinel nearly collapsed, the color draining from her form as White gained control over the gem.
"Steven, get away from her!" Pearl yelped, just as the colorless Spinel whipped around to attack.
Steven jumped backward, slipping in the gem of a rejuvenated quartz soldier and hitting the floor, Connie jumped in front of him, blocking Spinel's next attack with her sword. The bleached gem bobbed a bit, a forced grin on her face as she raised her weapon for another attack.
"This is fitting," The gem mimicked White Diamonds voice, "the one who begged you for help is the one who will finish you off."
The gem swung down the weapon, stopping just millimeters from Steven's face, the blade shook, tiny tremors emanating from Spinel as she desperately fought against White's control.
"Isn't that lovely?" She whispered softly.
The gem struggled to touch her friend with the blade, the smile on her face turning into a look of wild frustration as White fought for domination.
"Do as I sa-" She shrieked, her voice cut off with a gag and the gem looked down at the sword that jutted through her stomach. Connie pulled the weapon away, causing Spinel to poof.
Her gem fell to the floor, slowly regaining it's color.
Connie grabbed Steven's arm and helped him up.
White scowled, confused before frustration and rage fell over her. She shrieked in anger, bright light flashing out to whoever still stood.
Steven raised his sheild, protecting the crystal gems from her power and turned to Garnet, silently pleading for some means of escape. Behind her, Lion stood bristled at the attack, prepared to release a deafening roar.
Lion.
Lion could help them escape.
Steven raised his arm, growing the size of his sheild as its fractals spread into a dome around them.
"Lion! Get us out of here!" He screamed, the giant cat turned, and opened its mouth, roaring concusively, a bright pink light shot from it's mouth, widening into a portal at the other end of Steven's dome. He nodded, pushing Amethyst, Garnet and Pearl and finally Connie, he hesitated, searching the floor for Spinel's gem and snatched it from the ground, stuffing it in his pocket as he escaped into the warp. His sheild lessened, completely dissipating as he left the torrent of White Diamond's rage.
The five of them plummeted forward, skidding across the ocean waves as they flew toward the beach side. Slowing until the force of their arrival stopped and they fell into the water at the edge of the pier.
They were safe.
For now.
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Steven Universe fic
FanfictionSYNOPSIS: Steven Wakes up from a cryptic dream about Spinel who has been with the diamonds for at least a year now, only to find out that she has warped to his house unnanounced and in considerable distress. Now faced with a gem in desperate need of...
