Chapter 9: The Forged Warrior
(537 Years Later)
In any war, there's 2 things you must have.
1: People to help you.
2: Weapons so they can fight.
And for the Crystal Gems, they have just the person for that job, Bismuth.
One Bismuth alone was able to supply thousands of Gems with material weapons from a secret forge inside a volcano. During the middle of the war, Bismuth called Hematite, the clown Gem, to the forge to show him something.
(Hematite)"Bismuth, while I do enjoy our little chats,why did you drag me off the battlefield?"
(Bismuth)"I have a new weapon that I think will turn the tides in this war. I wanted to show you first before Rose."
(Hematite)"Alright then, what's this special weapon?"
Bismuth turned her left hand into a cross shape, and placed it in a port on the floor. The two Gems then descended to a small room with lava pouring down. She then presented a type of gauntlet with a spike on the front.
(Bismuth)"I call it a Breaking Point."
(Hematite)"Breaking Point? What's that thing gonna do to help us?"
(Bismuth)"Just watch."
Some lava poured into a vaguely humanoid mold with a generic gem cut on its chest.
After it hardened, Bismuth put the Breaking Point on, and placed it against the statue's gem.
(Bismuth)"Hah! Listen up, you Homeworld upper crusts! We! are! The Crystal Gems!"
Seemingly automatically, the spike shot straight through the statue's chest, shattering it.
(Hematite)"Whoa, there's nothing left..."
(Bismuth)"That's right! One shot from this baby will shatter any Gem in the galaxy, in the blink of an eye. So what do you think?"
(Hematite)"Hm...well, I like it, but I don't think Rose will."
(Bismuth)"Huh? Why not?"
(Hematite)"Haven't you noticed what Rose has been doing? She goes out of her way not to shatter any Gem she fights. Like that sword you made for her, she specifically told you to make it so it couldn't damage a gemstone."
(Bismuth)"I never thought of that before..."
(Hematite)"Do you know what she would do if you showed her that? She would first destroy it, then...she would have made you disappear."
(Bismuth)"What?"
(Hematite)"That's right. She would have poofed you, hid you away, and she would tell the others that you went missing."
(Bismuth)"But, that doesn't sound like her at all."
(Hematite)"She's willing to hide things from her closest friends, even from me. Why do you think we're bubbling Gems? She doesn't want to actually kill anybody."
(Bismuth)"Wha...? How could she value the lives of the enemy?"
(Hematite)"I know it's hard to believe, friend, but it's true."
(Bismuth)"How exactly do you know all this?"
(Hematite)"Hmmm...let's just say, I have a reliable source!"
Without warning, one of his fingers turned red as it impaled Bismuth's forehead. His black eyes then opened to reveal red sclera and green irises.
(Hematite)"So Bismuth, you will give me the Breaking Point, forget about its existence, and forget everything that just happened."
(Bismuth)"I-I will give you the Breaking Point, forget about its existence, and forget everything that just happened..."
She handed the weapon to Hematite, who immediately swallowed it whole.
(Hematite)"Good, thank you for your cooperation."
He removed his finger, and returned to normal.
(Bismuth)"H-Huh? Where am I? What are we doing down here?"
(Hematite)"You were just making some weapons, and you came down here to get some practice dummies."
They heard something come from the upper floor. They looked for the source, which came from a strange device in the corner of the room.
(Bismuth)"The Wailing Stone! Someone's sending a message!"
(Snowflake Obsidian)"This is Snowflake Obsidian ,is anyone there?! We need back up!"
(Bismuth)"This is Bismuth, what's going on over there, Snowflake?"
(Snowflake Obsidian)"We've been forced out of the Lunar Sea Spire, only a few of us made it out alive! There's this Jasper sent by Black, she's unstoppable! She's picking us off one by one, and-AHHH!!!"
(Bismuth)"Snowflake? Snowflake?! Snowflake, are you there?!"
A rough voice came through instead.
(???)"I'm afraid she can't come to the communicator right now..."
(Bismuth)"Who is this?! What have you done to her?!"
(Jasper)"I'm afraid she met with an...unfortunate accident."
(Bismuth)"Don't tell me you..."
(Jasper)"She's still in one piece, but that's only because our Diamond has ordered me to."
(Bismuth)"You're not gonna get away with this! I'll find you, and rip you to pieces!"
(Jasper)"I'd like to see you try..."
(Some Time Later)
(Black)"So the attack was a success?"
(Jasper)"That's right, my Diamond. I single-handedly wiped out 1,286 of those rebels!"
(Black)"Good, I knew I could count on you. Yellow's forces will arrive there shortly. Wait for any further orders."
I cut the transmission.
During this war, I had a new robot constructed, a type of commander I named SE-2006. The "SE" stands for "Scouting Eye", as the future models will be used for scouting missions in unsafe territories.
(Omega)"I can never get arms right."
(Black)"SE-2006, is everything prepared?"
(SE-2006)"Yes, Black Diamond. The Eclipse Dreadnought has arrived, and its weapons are fully operational."
(Black)"Then I think it's appropriate to give it a little test."
(SE-2006)"As you wish."
Four of the fingers on his right hand formed into a screen, and as he used the thumb to draw a circle on it, I could see the massive battleship fly overhead.
(Black)"You may fire when ready..."
(SE-2006)"Super Laser fully charged...activated."
He placed his thumb in the middle of the circle, and a red beam shot out from the dreadnought, and completely destroyed a large portion of the land mass on Earth.
(Black)"Wonderful..."
(Omega)"And that's why Russia no longer exist on the map"
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