Aquamarine's saucer delicately placed itself precariously on a cliff over hanging a wide expanse of gem buildings and homes. The landing gear and door extended outward, bridging the ship to the nearest walkway. Several rubies stood at attendance while Aquamarine and her troupe made their way toward them.
The blue gem tossed Spinel's bubble toward one of the rubies.
"Here, hold this." She muttered, fluttering by as the gem scrambled to catch the bubble. The leading ruby stepped away from her crew, saluting Aquamarine.
"We've successfully gathered the coordinates to the kindergarten, and have tracked ship number IX1294- Z." She remarked, her eye following Aquamarine as she passed by.
"And what does that have to do with anything?" Aquamarine yawned, turning around to face the Ruby.
"It's the ship rose-err Steven stole three years ago."
"Oh." Aquamarine paused, a smile creeping across her face at the thought. "Well, why didn't you say so?"
The tiny blue gem hovered in the air above the Ruby, thinking of ways she could hinder her foe. She glanced at the Ruby and her crew, looking them up and down, they weren't exactly smart gems, but she could think of at least one use for them.
"Soneone tell Emerald that we're taking the Sun Incinerator for a joy ride." She giggled, shooting a look at her silent pearl. The Pearl flinched, before pulling out a communicator to reach the green gem.
Aquamarine spun in the air excitedly before heading to a new and improved military base. One she had won after convincing the upper crusts to her side.
Jasper trailed behind the rest of the group, gently rubbing Lapis's gem, patiently waiting for her to reform. Patiently waiting for a moment alone with her.
The orange gem held back from the rest of the crew, setting the gem on the ground and staring at it intensely. There was no realistic way that Lapis would willingly reform to talk with her, or even trust her enough to talk. Part of her wanted to crush the little droplet shaped gem with her fist.
"Come on, I'm not gonna hurt you!" She grumbled, resting her head on her fist.
"I just want to fuse with you, and talk to you! Why won't you reform?" She growled, raising her voice slightly in irritation.
The little blue gem shook for a moment, before lifting itself in the air and allowing Lapis to reform.
Lapis quickly spun around, preparing herself for escape before Jasper reached out for her.
"Wait!" She begged, her voice cracking in desperation. Lapis paused, glaring at her, waiting for her to make her pitiful case for abduction.
"Why do you keep coming after me?" Lapis's voice was cold as ice as she spoke, as if no answer would conceivably sway her feelings. Jasper had been an eternal cause of suffering and turmoil for her, and she had contributed in their cycle of forced manipulation.
What could possibly make Jasper so irrevocably intent on finding her?
"I want to fuse with you." She answered, typically Lapis would have ignored the words. But Jasper had a layer to her voice that intrigued the blue gem.
"I want to feel that way again. With you, with someone..." she fell silent for a moment, lowering her head, feeling somewhat ashamed of herself.
"With anyone."
Lapis hesitated, she wanted nothing but to leave, fly off into space and somehow make it back to earth, back with her friends. Yet, she somehow, unfathomably felt pity for her tormentor.
Jasper seemed to fundamentally misunderstand fusion, its importance, the bond needed to achieve it. Or, she was only beginning to grasp it and still under the impression that with enough force anyone will fuse with her.
"That's not how fusion works." Lapis answered blandly, causing the orange quartz to look up. "Fusion requires a bond to work, you can't just make gems fuse."
She shuddered at her own words, recalling the horrendous time she spent as Malachite.
"We have a bond-" Jasper murmured, trying to grasp at ways she could improve Lapis's mood. Or ways she could turn her to her side.
Lapis shook her head, looking down at the quartz.
"Malachite wasn't good, she wasn't a good bond. She was unhealthy."
Her words caused Jasper to lurch forward, pulling herself off the ground and kneeling before her. Lapis took a nervous step back, preparing herself for escape.
"How do I make it better?!" The orange gem cried, clasping her hands together.
"How do fix our bond?!"
"You can't."
Jasper dropped her pleading hands, looking down at the ground, utterly broken by the steeled words of the blue gem.
"You can't fix it. I can't forgive you, and you shouldn't forgive me. You need to move on."
The blue gem gently opened her watery wings, and took off into the sky. Leaving Jasper on the ground, at a loss for thoughts and words.
She lost her one chance to regain malachite, her one chance to fuse with Lapis.
Because she was deemed unhealthy.
Jasper clenched her fist, raising it high and slamming it into the ground in desperation and rage.
Small tears flecked her eyes, pattering to the ground and silently soaking the dirt.
All of this. Was a grand waste of time.
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Steven Universe fic
FanfictionSYNOPSIS: Steven Wakes up from a cryptic dream about Spinel who has been with the diamonds for at least a year now, only to find out that she has warped to his house unnanounced and in considerable distress. Now faced with a gem in desperate need of...
