Steven Universe fic

Pt6 Chapter Seven: Grand Escape

The Emerald and Quartz soldier exited their fleet carrier, not even acknowledging Spinel who sat on the ground as they walked by. They headed straight for Aquamarine's base, greeting the tiny blue gem as they neared.
Spinel took the opportunity to slip inside the ship, she glanced around, looking for any soldiers of the Emerald's who might be guarding Lars and his friends.

None had been nearby, she overheard chatter and laughter from one of the corridors, and slinked to the wall to eavesdrop.
At least twelve Citrines sat in what looked like a break room, joking and laughing with each other about the simplicity in catching the off colors.

"Jasper really came through for us!" One laughed, punching their friend in the shoulder.

"Did you see the look on Emerald's face? She's been hiding that grin all day! She deserves this." One remarked, pointing at a wide smile on their face.

Spinel dipped away, heading toward the cells where the gems and Lars were kept. She flattened herself against the wall and peered around the corner again, making sure no soldiers were in the area. Then she zipped over to Lars who seemed worse for the wear.

"Lars!" She whispered loudly, catching his attention. The pink boy raised his head, grimacing from the pain.

"I'm not telling you anything." He grumbled through a cough. Spinel leaned closer, trying to see him better in the shadow of his cell. Did he not recognize her?

"It's me, Spinel." She whispered, squeezing herself through the bars to come closer. The gem reached out a hand, hesitant to touch the aching child. "Steven's friend?"

Lars looked up at her, trying to recall her from his memory, she looked familiar, darker, her hair sagged, but this was the same gem he recognized as Steven's new friend.

"What are you doing here?" He asked, raising a brow at the gem, she looked away, uncomfortable with the answer she was about to give.

"Steven told me to leave-" she looked back, "but he's still my friend right?" Spinel's eyes pleaded for Lars to say yes, he shook his head.

"How am I supposed to know? We haven't been able to get back to earth." The boy replied, sitting up now. Spinel's eyes drifted to the floor as her heart sank.
Maybe Steven never intended to come for her, he hated her, she hated her. The black bile began to bubble from her skin as her thoughts turned dark.

"What's wrong with you?!" Lars gasped, scooting away from the melting gem. His words yanked her from her thoughts and she noticed her body beginning to drip the sludge. Spinel shoved her arms into her pits quickly.

"I don't know- it doesn't matter, what are you doing here?" She asked, glancing at the doorway to make sure the Citrines didn't hear. Lars let out a heavy sigh.

"Jasper led us into a trap, she and Emerald are teamed up." He looked at his friend's cells, their gems had yet to reform.
Spinel nodded, now understanding why Aquamarine was so keen on contacting Emerald.

"You have to get back to Steven, they are planning something big-" Lars searched the room for any eavesdroppers. "On Homeworld."

Spinel's eyes widened at the thought, she could leave, with Lars, help his friends and escape Beta. She could go back to Steven, and help him. She blushed at the thought, a wavering smile on her face.

"I can get you guys out of here, but I have to grab something, for Steven." She nodded decisively. The pink gem slid through the bars of the cell, pressing a button and opening it, then slinked to the other off colors, pulling down the destabilization field one at a time.

Lars snuck out of his cell, keeping a close eye on the room where the Citrines hung around before sprinting around the corner in search of some kind of weapon.

The Citrines had tasers, if he could get a hold of them, he could easily poof them and take off with the fleet carrier.
Spinel glanced back, watching the human run off before exiting the ship.
She needed the scythe, if Aquamarine had it, she could easily go after the diamonds, and destroy anyone in her way.

Spinel flattened herself to the ground, snaking toward Aquamarine's ship, the last place she saw the weapon. She entered, looking back for a moment to see if the troupe had noticed her. Antarcticite stepped out of the hut, causing Spinel to quickly dodge her sight behind the doorway to the saucer.

She watched the white gem stop, slowly looking around for something before turning back toward the hut. Spinel let out a relieved breath, and began looking for the weapon.
She spotted it, leaning up against the corner between two control panels. She hesitated to touch it, fearing the worst.

"What are you doing?"

Spinel froze, feeling the unwavering stare of Antarcticite boring into her, she snatched up the scythe and turned around.

"The-the," she fought to find a good lie. "The prisoners are escaping!" The gem stammered, stretching past her before Antarcticite registered her response.

She raced toward the fleet carrier, nearly reaching the entrance before the Citrine soldiers filed out one by one, drawing their tasers.
Spinel halted, spinning around to see it Antarcticite had followed. The white gem stood a few feet behind her, causing her to jump. She glanced back, noticing Lars who had his own taser ready.
Spinel nodded, readying herself to attack.

She whipped around, launching the scythe at Antarcticite, but the watery gem melted into a puddle before it could hit. Spinel pulled the scythe back, swinging it around the Citrine soldiers, poofing a line of them in one foul swoop, she spun the scythe in her hands, before blocking one of Antarcticite's giant spikes, gripping it in her hands tightly.

The white gem's spike melted, turning itself into a plethora of smaller ones, refreezing and shooting toward the gem.
Spinel dropped to the floor, twirling the scythe in her hands, shattering the spikes on impact before striking at her again.
The scythe slipped in her melting hands, catching the pink gem off guard and she stumbled, narrowly avoiding Antarcticite's claws.

Spinel tightened her grip on the weapon, causing it to begin shrieking as its dual function activated.
Antarcticite leapt backwards and Spinel attempted another strike, nearly cutting the gems water body in two.

Spinel screamed, somersaulting into the air as rage consumed her. The Citrine Soldiers stood staring at her as she continuously swiped at what they had thought was her comrade. The pink gem began to spastically leap from the air, as the bile oozed from her body, exploding from her gem and dripping on the ground.

Spinel glanced down at her gem, then at the enemy in front of her letting out a howl of pain and rage.

Lars gathered his companions in the chaos, stealing them away to the captain's deck of the ship, he ran back toward the fight in an attempt to rescue the pink gem. He watched Spinel trudge toward Antarcticite, who seemed to genuinely hold fear in her face before the pink gem was caught it Aquamarine's blue light.

He hesitated, knowing he wouldn't stand a chance against them, then turned, glancing back as the raging gem was lifted in the air.

Lars sprinted back to the captain's deck, pressing in coordinates as his friend began to reform, he glanced at the Rutiles who sat on the ground, confusedly looking around.

"Start the engines!" He pleaded, his voice cracking as he heard the commotion outside quiet. The Rutiles bolted to a chair and started the engines.

The ship buckled for a moment, as the engines revved and hummed, the ship lifted into the air, jetting off into space.