Story Idea: The Crystal Brothers

Ch. 5: Game Over

-Undisclosed Region-

"Where I am?" Chromus said, looking around.

Instead of the inside of the moon base as he expected, Chromus found himself in some sort of garden but it wasn't like the one on earth. The garden in question sits on a large floating rock protected by a large glass dome-like a greenhouse but the place seems to be fallen apart everything that had life has withered away due to no one taking care of the wildlife. Some of the pillars have crumbled and have fallen apart not being colorful or lively.

'Where is this place?" Chromus whispered, looking around the overgrown garden in shock.

It was so dark that he had to use his powers and make his gown shine in a slight rainbow color, allowing him to see more clearly.

"Its so empty and..." Chromus said as he looks at the wilthered trees "Sad."

"Who said that?"

A mysterious voice made Chromus jump in surprise, looking around the source inside of this dying garden.

"Uhm...I did?" He said, not sure he should even be saying that.

Chromus heard something moving, turning the light start in front of him towards a weird looking tree....only for it to NOT be a tree at all as it moved and slowly turned to him.

"Who...are you?" It spoke to him.

Chromus gasped at the sight of the "tree" as he could see a gem on sorts in the center.

"I.....I am Chromus. Who...are you?" He asked, slowly walking towards the "tree."

The closer he got, the more he could see with his light until there was a point that Chromus saw that what was talking to him was not a tree...but someone covered in roots to the point they could be confused by a tree if seen from afar.

"My name is Spinel." The "tree" or gem said as she looked up to him.

Looking down at her, Chromus could see she had pink skin, pinker hair, and black eyes while wearing a white shirt with puffy sleeves and matching shorts with white pants legs that lead to big pink shoes. But do to bring in this place for who knows how long, her clothes were faded and slightly torn. Her hair, held in heart shaped buns, was disheveled with some strange standing up.

"Are you...ok?" He decided to ask, feeling worried for the stranger.

"Oh, I'm fine. Just a little tired but I'm not going to give up yet." Spinel said, "smiling" as best as she could to Chromus. "I'm not ready to give up on our game yet."

"Game? What game?" Chromus asked, knowing at least enough to know what a game is. "And who are you playing with?"

"I am playing with my best friend, it has gone for quite a long time already." Spinel said.

Chromus looked around the garden, seeing the overgrown or wilting greenery in the dark dome.

"And...exactly how long has this game be going on?" He asked, turning back to Spinel.

"Uhm..." She said before then looking at her hands and started making some calculations to remember.

This worried Chromus even more as Spinel may have either forgotten due to how long she was here. How could a gem stand here for so long and who would do something so horrible as to make a gem stand here under the assumption that this was some sort of GAME?

"Does...your friend's games usually last this long?" He asked cautiously.

"Oh! No, they don't but that just means she's really dedicated to it and that I might be winning." Spinel said, not counting for a moment. "Pink always loved playing our games."