Shattered III- Home World (A Steven Universe Fanfic)

Dragonbloom

A YOUNG SAPPHIRE stared at Ruby through the fireplace that separated them in the small cave in the outskirts of Region Blue's inner city. Ruby shuffled about, trying to gather some firewood in the corner of the cave and she noticed the blue girl staring at her, quickly becoming uncomfortable. "Y'know, you're kinda creeping me out here."

"I'm sorry." Sapphire chuckled uneasily. "I've never had friends before."

"Well, you and me both." Ruby smiled. "Tell ya what, I'll show you the ropes when it comes to interacting with people and you'll show me how you do this magicky stuff, alright?"

"Yeah, I'd like that." Sapphire smiled when a loud explosion erupted from outside, drawing her attention to the inner city that was going up in flames! "What the ...?"

Chaos spread through the inner city streets as missiles rained upon buildings on the outer walls and gems ran about in a panic. A warship descended upon a building and opened its hanger doors to let out its occupants when a giant tube of water erupted from the ground beneath it and tore through it, ripping it to shreds! Commander Lapis landed on the ground nearby and studied the chaos around her, turning to her right where her Lieutenant Peridot appeared aboard a floating metal disc.

"Okay, Peridot, tell me what's going on here."

"I just visited the Security Outposts in this quadrant and they all claim to have detected several warships enter our atmosphere." Peridot explained.

"But, what kind of warships are these? There's no energy emanating from them and they're easy to destroy, but they went through the city barrier like nothing." Lapis turned back to the ship she skewered and frowned as it slowly disappeared. "That means ..."

"Yup, they're fakes to distract us." Peridot looked to the sky and huffed as the barrier fizzled off above her. "And now they've shut off the barrier."

Lapis turned to her right and saw several armed Quartzes fly over the diminishing barrier and attack the royal guards below. "Guess I have to get to work then." She huffed and conjured water around her.

"REGION WHITE and Yellow are under attack as well, it's a full-scale invasion." Helio said on the other end.

"Alright, keep me posted and be sure to get in contact with Commander Lapis." Jasper replied.

"But, what about you? We need you here."

"I've got something I need to take care of; it shouldn't take long." Jasper said.

"Okay, just be careful." Helio said worriedly and cut the line.

Jasper pressed a button on her gauntlet and huffed as she walked out of her airship and looked at the dilapidated streets of Region Pink around her. She strolled across the dust road and took in the scenery, the memories of the place coming back to her from years ago. Stepping into an alley, she went up to a dumpster and looked at the ground, sensing the energy beneath, and fired an energy ball down and blowing a hole before her leading underground.

Jumping into the depths, she walked down a sewer and searched around for a bit, finding a hidden door by the wall and blasting through it as well, finding a large empty room dimly lit by a single light above. "So, I was right; you did have a tracker on me." Rose said as she stepped out of the shadows.

"I had to keep an eye on you somehow; you weren't speaking to me." Jasper said. "What're you doing, Rose?"

"What? It's just like we planned, remember? Take down the Diamonds; make them pay for what they did and whatnot."

"We were supposed to do this together."

"I figured you were no longer on board with the plan, so I had to carry it on myself, Commander." Rose said.