Malley Kite 2: Reunite

Out of Sight

Malley sits up and scurries away from the two bigger amethysts until she was against a wall. The amethysts only followed after and the malachite felt trapped. One of the quartzes had a gem on top of her right hand (8XH) while the others was on her upper left hip (8XK).

"What are you?" Amethyst 8XH asked. "And how did you get in here?"

"Look, I don't want any trouble," Malley said. "I just wanna get out of this place and go back home,"

"Home? You mean Homeworld or wherever you're supposed to be stationed?" 8XK asked.

"Homeworld?" Malley shook her head. "No, I don't wanna go up in space, I just wanna get to my home on earth."

Both amethyst's eyes widen in surprise.

"Earth?" 8XH said.

"Like planet earth?" 8XK said.

"Yes, the earth, the planet earth," Malley clarified. "That's where I was last time I checked. I mean just look out the window and I bet you can still see the moo-..." Malley's words faltered as she looked up and saw, not the earth's moon, but instead, a giant looking yellow-orange planet tinted pink and with a large ring around it.

Malley's water wings emerged from her back and she quickly flew towards the window.

"Whoa, she can fly?" 8XH asked marveled. "Hey, get back down here!"

"Don't pop any of those bubbles!" 8XK said.

The water gem didn't seem to hear the quartzes as she looked out across the dark space with more than a million sparkling stars with wide eyes full of wonder. Although the sight was amazing, Malley's feeling of wonder melted away to worry and fright and this caused her to float down to the polished pink floor. The amethysts easily caught the malachite as she descended but they were gentle with her.

"I'm... I'm not on earth." Malley stuttered to herself.

The guards could easily tell how scared the malachite was. They were thinking of scaring her with a prank at first but quickly decided against it.

"Hey, what's your name?" 8XK asked.

Malley almost forgot about the other gems around her and didn't answer.

"Well, whoever you are. We're just gonna take you somewhere safer than this place, k?" 8XH said.

The malachite began to panic again, and fear took hold of her. She looked at the other gems back to back before fighting her way out of their hold and running away.

"Whoa, hey, that's not a good idea!" 8XK said before she and the other amethyst chased after Malley.

The frantic malachite ran past the back door before it suddenly opened, and Holly Blue Agate walked in.

The agate nearly flinched when the amethysts approached her so quickly before they stopped short before her. Holly looked at the two purple gems with an annoyed expression, not noticing the water gem behind her, frozen in place.

"How many times must I tell you worthless chunks of earth not to run around!" Holly exclaimed. "You could have injured me!"

The amethysts straightened out and saluted their superior. "Our apologies, Holly Blue Agate." They said in unison.

"Now, did you find any escaped gems?" Holley questioned sternly.

The two amethysts looked at each other before glancing at Malley who was still frozen in fear.

"N-No Holly Blue," 8XK answered. "There are definitely no other gems here but us."

Malley arched an eyebrow at that but when 8XK waved her hand to the side, the malachite suddenly understood and hid behind a pillar.