Stand Strong (CW)

Connie jerked out of bed, breathing heavily and looking around frantically. She slipped on her sandals, and ran to her window, before ripping the curtains open. She peered out the window, and her breath was taken away, and her eyes widened. A massive green floating hand seemingly plummeted out of the sky, and had been buried in the beach directly in front of the temple. She had noticed the three gems running towards it, all of them summoning their weapons, and Onion wearing his limb enhancers.

The young gem raced through the temple before bursting out the front door, and running down the steps and onto the beach. She watched as Corundum cracked her knuckles and lifted the massive hand-ship with ease, before using one of her hands to pick up an unconscious figure. Connie found herself at Tourmaline's side, and turned to look at Onion, who had a worried and frightened expression on his face, before turning back to Corundum, who had laid the figure down on the ground, inspecting it. Connie walked closer to the figure before discovering that it was a she, and had red skin and maroon hair; she then knew, that the person must in fact be a gem. Corundum flipped the gem over, revealing Connie's suspection to be correct, as she saw a cracked, bright red gem on her navel.

Tourmaline entered Connie's thoughts, and told her, "That is a Homeworld ship, right there... I don't suspect this gem means well, and will likely call for back up when she regains consciousness." Connie then gained the worried expression that Onion had shown her, while Corundum remained stone-cold and expressionless. Onion then unexpectedly walked toward the sleeping gem, and put his hand on her gem. A bright yellow bubble formed around the gem, and Onion poked it, making it seemingly vanish. "D- did... did he kill her?" Connie asked in a worried tone. Before Tourmaline responded, Corundum cut in. "No, he sent her to a room, that she can't escape from. Good move too, I don't expect her to mean well, since she was in an enemy ship; Connie, you should, um, stay in the living room. We have something to take care of." Corundum finished.

All of the gems walked into the house in silence, and Connie waited in the living room as Onion, Corundum, and Tourmaline walked into the Burning Room. Against Corundum's commands, however, when the last gem entered the door, Connie slipped in along side them. She scrambled behind one of the pillars to hide while the three gems approached the largest bubble, which held the gem that Onion had bubbled. Onion reached up and popped the bubble, sending the gem down to the floor. Upon impact with the floor, the gem groggily awoke, before realizing her surroundings and shuffling backwards in fear. "G-get away from me!" she yelled, summoning balls of molten lava in her hands. The three gems summoned their weapons instinctively, and Connie gasped. "Stop it, now! We do not mean any harm, as long as you cooperate" Corundum growled. "Where are you from, and why are you here?" The gem was breathing heavily, before gulping and speaking. "I'm... I'm from Homeworld; I came here... to escape." Onion's features softened significantly, but Corundum remained on edge, before yelling "What?! You hijacked an entire warship, and escaped! Do you *realize* what you've done?!" Corundum roared! "They're probably on their way now, looking for *you*! I have half the mind to shatter you right here, right now!

Before the gem could respond, a deafening noise sounded out, like a massive speaker activating. The gem looked to the three, before tearing up. "I-.. I'm sorry..." she said.