Smart And Strong

Chapter Thirteen: Feelings

Amethyst's POV:

I awoke up in a cage and barely managed to sit up. There was a sting in my chest and I looked and saw a huge burn right below my gem. I gently touched the blisters from the burn and winced in pain. I sat there in my little prison alone. The prison was cold and was made of metal. It was rusty and somehow reminded me of the Kindergarten. It made me sad. A spider started to crawl up my arm and it tickled as each of its legs touched my skin. I picked up the spider and brought it to the edge of the cage, and let it free. As soon as I did I heard loud footsteps coming down the hall. It was Jasper, she saw the spider and stomped on it. I don't know why, but I felt bad for the spider. "Listen runt...your going to be a part of our army now." Jasper said and she had an angry look on her face. "Who's gonna make me?" I said and stood up and faced Jasper. "Me." Right then and there she grabbed a hold of my arm and put a needle into my skin. She injected me with this blue liquid. After that, all I wanted to do was destroy. Destroy the Crystal Gems, that is. "You will kill them." Jasper said and I nodded my head.

Garnet's POV:

"No. No. No." Pearl kept on repeating the same word over and over again, so I walked up to her and placed both of my hands on her shoulders. "It is going to be alright Pearl we will get her back." I said in a calm tone and she seemed to calm down. Pearl nodded her head. "We need to find them." Lapis said. "Do you know where they are?" I asked her and she nodded her head once. "On the ship." There is a warp pad there. I know where it is." She responded. "Let's not waist time." I said and stepped onto the warp pad. The rest of the gems followed me. "Lapis you know what to do." I said and we all warped to the ship quickly.

We all were now on the ship and saw no one. That is, until I saw Jasper walking down with Amethyst. I overheard some of their talking. "I am glad to be in service of you." This voice belonged to Amethyst. "What did you inject me with?" Amethyst asked. "Serum." Jasper said with a grunt and the footsteps became lighter, until they faded away. "Amethyst has been injected with serum. It appears she has turned evil, but I know how to fix it. Pearl, I will need your help." I said and Pearl nodded her head. "I need you to talk to Amethyst." I said and Pearl stumbled back a bit. "She is probably still mad at me though." She said. "I don't care, talk to her." I said in a firm voice and she looked at me in shock. "Alright." She smirked at me. "Good. Now we need to split into groups. Just like last time. Pearl and I go together. Steven, Connie, and Emerald. Lapis, Citrine, and Aquamarine." They all nodded their heads in unison, which brought a smirk across my face. "Good. Now go." When I said this they knew what to do. Wait, Emerald." I said and she turned around to face me and I kissed her on the forehead. "That may come in handy." She gave me a questioning look and shruged her shoulders. "Alright." She said and walked off with Steven and Connie.

Steven's POV:

Connie and I began walking and Emerald catched up to us. "What did Garnet do?" I asked and she smirked at me. "You'll figure it out." She said and walked ahead of us. Emerald was now at the end of the hall and looked around the corner. When she did her eyes went wide and she looked at us and motioned is to walk towards her. Connie and I looked at each other and did as she told us. Emerald moved out of the way and we looked and saw an army. The worst part was, that it was bigger and more diverse than the last.

Lapis's POV:

Citrine, Aquamarine, and I began walking. I could tell that Citrine was scared. "It's going to be okay." I said and she smiled at me. I felt a hand on top of mine and I knew it was Citrine. Her fingers slowly interlaced with mine and she squeezed my hand. I squeezed hers back. "I-I." Citrine began to stutter. "What?" I asked and I looked at Citrine's face and she was blushing a deep shade of golden brown. I knew what she wanted to say, so I said it for her. "I love you too." I said and Citrine grabbed both of my arms and brought me close to her. I felt her breath on my lips and before I could say anything, she kissed me. I saw that out of the corner of my eye Aquamarine was smiling. My hands began to wrap around Citrine's waist until I heard a noise. I pulled away slowly. "Did you hear that?" I whispered and Citrine had a terrified look on her face. "What?" She pointed behind me. I looked and saw Yellowdiamond with a smirk on her face. "I always knew you two would become a couple." She said and summoned her weapon.

Emerald's POV:

I began to get a massive headache. "Ow." I whispered and began to rub my head. "What's the matter?" Steven asked and I saw a picture in my head. It was of Lapis, Aquamarine, and Citrine. They were battling Yellowdiamond, and they were losing. "Follow me." I quickly ran off to find them. Steven and Connie followed. "What are we doing?" He asked and I ignored his question. I turned a corner and saw at the end of the hall that Lapis, Aquamarine and Citrine had been battling Yellowdiamond. I summoned my sword and ran up behind her. Her hand grabbed my blade and she ripped my sword from out of my hands. Ber hand was covered in blood, but she didn't care. She raised her weapon, a golden axe. She swung her weapon downwards and I squeezed my eyes shut, but when I looked up Steven was in front of me with his shield summoned, standing over me. I quicky moved out of the way and saw a pink light glowing around Steven. "This is for my mom!" He yelled and used his shield to throw Yellowdiamond against the wall. "You will not hurt us anymore!" A pink lion appeared from a portal and bowed in front of Steven. He grabbed a sword from the lion's head and walked over to Yellowdiamond. He raised the sword over her head and brought it down with no hesitation. Steven stabbed her in her chest. Yellowdiamond looked up at Steven and laughed. "Foolish child, you will never beat me." She said and retreated to her gem. Steven bubbled her gem and flicked his wrist, sending the bubble away.