Me, Myself, and Him

Chapter 25: The Galaxy Warp

Lapis? POV

This was it. The moment I had been waiting for my entire life. The ocean moved and crashed against the platform on which I stood.

Revenge.

I waited 14 long years in bleak nothingness, waiting to be found. I had everything taken away from me. A family I can't even fully remember. An entire lifetime I would never get to experience. Thousands of ideas and projects would never see the light of day thanks the Crystal Gems. They took it all.

So now, I take something from them.

"Okay, you need to help me control your powers. We're creating a tidal wave large enough to destroy a city, that takes skill. How do I do it?" I asked Lapis, who silently stood near one of the pillars of this 'Galaxy Warp'.

Okay, just... give me a second.

She walked close to me and held her hands out.

Copy my movements.

I followed her instructions and held my hands out like her.

Just concentrate... Focus all your emotions and motivation into the shape you want to create. My powers don't work based on thought, they work based on feeling.

"Okay..." I said, closing my eyes and taking a deep breath.

My emotions...

The anger of the life that was stolen from me.

The pain of never knowing what my family really was like.

The fear of living in darkness.

Feel...

I could feel the ocean swirling, becoming more and more violent. The waves crashed harder, and the entire platform seemed to almost shake.

I'm... I'm sorry, Steven.

I could see the beginnings of a giant wave form in the violent waters. It grew larger and larger, causing a shadow to loom over the Galaxy Warp.

"This is it. The moment I waited for after all this time. Payback."

P-Please, Gray, reconsider... you don't need to do this...

"You're wrong, Lapis. The world is a better place without the Crystal Gems ruining it. It can't depend on monsters to save them. I'm showing them this." I replied.

Out of the corner of my ear, however, I heard a faint noise. It was difficult to hear over the sound of the rapidly forming wave, but it could be heard.

"Did you hear that? It kinda sounded like-"

A Warp Pad. Someone else is here.

I whipped around, trying to keep concentration on the wave. However, when I saw who had warped to the Galaxy Warp, I lost all concentration. I heard the wave quickly crash back into the ocean.

P-Peridot? What did you...

Peridot stepped off the warp pad, each step letting out a metallic clunk.
Her face was set in a determined scowl. Her entire appearance had completely changed.

Gone was the small, nerdy child I knew from the Barn, this Peridot seemed cold and distant. She had created some sort of... Exoskeletal system attached to her limbs. They were fitted to each of her limbs, not only armoring her, but also increasing her height. She was even taller than Lapis.

They're Limb Enhancers. That's one of the tech that the Crystal Gems gave me to study. But they were... upgraded in a way.

The arm enhancers were Green and black, and the sides were accentuated by curved points directed down. 5 floating green "claws" hovered at the end of her arm enhancements. They were retrofitted with several buttons and systems on the arms. Her legs enhancers were the same color scheme, looking much more durable than your average leg enhancers. The leg part was clunkier than I remember, the feet are rounded triangles and I can almost see air subtly stiring around the bottom of the feet. Some sort of propulsion system, perhaps?