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Jasper ducked out of the way of a thick book and growled. She's been easily ducking away from stuff the human had been throwing at her for almost five minutes. And the tiny thing hadn't stopped screaming the entire time. Jasper hadn't planned on hurting the ridiculous thing, but if she didn't calm down soon then Jasper just might change her mind about that. What the taller of the two really wanted, besides some blessed silence, was to know just where she was. The large gem didn't recognize anything around her upon first glance. No beach (which was a good thing in Jasper's opinion since that meant no Lapis.) and no battle field. Those were the only two places Jasper really remembered with much clarity of this insignificant planet. She recalled the battle field most. Just the thought of that place and Jasper was overrun by mental images of her fellow Homeworld warrior gems fighting numerous Crystal Gems.

The screams of pain from hundreds of fallen and wounded gems as well as the cries of terror from younger gems that hadn't been given proper combat training rang through her head. They, some of whom Jasper had been familiar with, had been thrust into battle against the Crystal Gems so soon after their awakening. And they'd barely lasted minutes on the field before they were chopped down by older, more experienced, gems. Jasper had tried to push for more training but her superior had nixed that idea. They were losing warriors fast and just didn't have the time needed to infuse the young gems with the fighting skills necessary to help them kill, let alone keep them alive long enough to do any damage. And then the blasted Crystal Gems, with Rose Quartz leading them, had finally overpowered them all.

Shockingly the rebellion managed to overpower Blue Diamond easiest. Her personal guards had unfortunately been slain fastest leaving her to fend for herself against Rose Quartz and numerous other gems. Then to everyone's shock, White Diamond was taken down soon after. The last Jasper had seen of her was when a large crowd of Crystal Gems had her trapped in the far end of the battle field. Jasper wanted to send more troops out to aid White Diamond. They couldn't just leave her to be slaughtered. They had barely enough soldiers left to save her but it was doable. But when she voiced this to Yellow Diamond the last leader told her in no uncertain terms that it was impossible. And so the remaining soldiers and technician gems were ordered to get back onto the ship so they could flee instead of rescue. Jasper and the other troops had no choice but to obey. It had been a very direct order after all. So they fled Earth and left all their wounded gems and two other leaders behind to save themselves. And now the entire Homeworld population is ruled by Yellow Diamond's iron fist.

And in a last ditch effort to wipe out the remaining Crystal Gems on Earth Yellow Diamond shot 50,000 diamond strength warheads at the battle field. Jasper assumed that they were the reason there were only a few gems left here on Earth. Those warheads were made by the Diamond Authority themselves. So their strength was unmatched by anything else Homeworld had at the time. Jasper wondered if White Diamond or Blue Diamond were killed by them. They probably were. The orange gem couldn't believe Yellow Diamond would rather take the chance of wiping out her fellow leaders if it meant she killed all of the Crystal Gems with them. It was cruel and senseless. But Jasper knew that was just war.

And never in a billion years would Jasper utter a word of it for fear of being labelled a heretic and tried for treason. But...Jasper had her suspicions that Yellow Diamond used the diamond warheads to intentionally get rid of her sisters. With them gone she would be the only ruler of Homeworld. For eons before they'd discovered Earth they'd ruled Homeworld as a triumvirate. Each Diamond held no more power than another. It kept things peaceful and equally balanced on their planet. But not anymore. Yellow Diamond's rule could only be likened to being under the reign of a power hungry dictator. You did what you were designed and assigned to do unless you wanted to be decommissioned. Publicly. And without mercy. Jasper had seen the horrors of gems being decommissioned because they'd messed up one too many times or they'd simply outlived their usefulness. As a matter of fact, the only reason Jasper hadn't felt the threat of decommission was because she was one of five remaining gems of the Jasper-Unit. Before the war there had been over a hundred Jaspers made.

The large Jaspers were created to be fierce warriors and strategists. And their colors ranged from the more common brown, yellow, or red to the less common green, orange, and black. And unluckily for Homeworld (but luckily for her) they'd been unable to make more of her class. So as long as she willingly followed every single order given to her by Yellow Diamond she was safe. But despite her rare class she knew Yellow Diamond wasn't going to go out of her way to send her help if she were stranded here. Plus she had no way of contacting Homeworld without Peridot's transmitter. Hers had been on the ship when it crashed. So now she was royally screwed. She absolutely has to find Peridot. But first she has to know where she is. And she can't find that out until THIS HUMAN STOPS SCREAMING! Enough was enough!

"STOP SCREAMING!!!" The gem's bellow of rage silenced the human instantly. The small thing took a fearful step back but the second Jasper took one step forward she was running for the door. Jasper narrowed her eyes at the human before giving chase. She wasn't going to hurt her so long as she answered her questions. The human made it out the front door and made a bee line for hr car. She got in and started the engine but jolted when she heard a crash. She looked in the rear view mirror and gaped when she saw the giant person had wrecked her front door! The whole thing was hanging off its hinges and the actual door frame looked broken. Suddenly Jasper was behind the car and without giving it much thought, mostly because her rational side was on vacation and fear was in control, she put the car in reverse and stomped on the gas.

The tires squealed as the car flew backwards. Jasper grabbed the back of the car to stop it but her feet slid and both her and the car flew backwards and through the closed garage door. She was slammed against the back of the garage, pinned between the bumper and cement wall. When the human drove forward Jasper slid down the wall and groaned in pain. That had hurt. But the sound of the tires brought her back into focus just long enough to see the bent bumper of the car before it smashed into her face. Then all she knew was darkness. Her body poofed out of existence leaving only her now cracked gem behind. (____) slowly got out of her car and timidly stepped stepped around to see if the orange person was dead. She stopped abruptly when she saw there wasn't a body anywhere. The hair on the back of her neck stood on end and for a moment she feared the giant person was about to strike.

But the she looked down and saw a very familiar orange gem, now sporting a hairline crack along the top. She picked it up and took in a shaky breath when she realized that the gem in question was linked to that terrifying orange skinned person who screamed at her. She gulped as she remembered it coming out of the gem. That meant it was going to return. "But when? What do I do now? Oh god." She held the gem out like it might bite her and slowly made her way inside. She didn't have anybody she could call. And who would believe her??? She was basically on her own. But maybe she could somehow protect herself. Maybe arm herself before whoever the hell that person was came back out of the gem. And if (____) wasn't mistaken, she recalled buying a stun gun when she lived in the big city. But before she got a chance to use it she moved out here to the coast. It was somewhere in the bottom of her purse. And now she'd use it if she needed to.

"I hope it still works."

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Jasper ducked out of the way of a thick book and growled. She's been easily ducking away from stuff the human had been throwing at her for almost five minutes. And the tiny thing hadn't stopped screaming the entire time. Jasper hadn't planned on hurting the ridiculous thing, but if she didn't calm down soon then Jasper just might change her mind about that. What the taller of the two really wanted, besides some blessed silence, was to know just where she was. The large gem didn't recognize anything around her upon first glance. No beach (which was a good thing in Jasper's opinion since that meant no Lapis.) and no battle field. Those were the only two places Jasper really remembered with much clarity of this insignificant planet. She recalled the battle field most. Just the thought of that place and Jasper was overrun by mental images of her fellow Homeworld warrior gems fighting numerous Crystal Gems.

The screams of pain from hundreds of fallen and wounded gems as well as the cries of terror from younger gems that hadn't been given proper combat training rang through her head. They, some of whom Jasper had been familiar with, had been thrust into battle against the Crystal Gems so soon after their awakening. And they'd barely lasted minutes on the field before they were chopped down by older, more experienced, gems. Jasper had tried to push for more training but her superior had nixed that idea. They were losing warriors fast and just didn't have the time needed to infuse the young gems with the fighting skills necessary to help them kill, let alone keep them alive long enough to do any damage. And then the blasted Crystal Gems, with Rose Quartz leading them, had finally overpowered them all.

Shockingly the rebellion managed to overpower Blue Diamond easiest. Her personal guards had unfortunately been slain fastest leaving her to fend for herself against Rose Quartz and numerous other gems. Then to everyone's shock, White Diamond was taken down soon after. The last Jasper had seen of her was when a large crowd of Crystal Gems had her trapped in the far end of the battle field. Jasper wanted to send more troops out to aid White Diamond. They couldn't just leave her to be slaughtered. They had barely enough soldiers left to save her but it was doable. But when she voiced this to Yellow Diamond the last leader told her in no uncertain terms that it was impossible. And so the remaining soldiers and technician gems were ordered to get back onto the ship so they could flee instead of rescue. Jasper and the other troops had no choice but to obey. It had been a very direct order after all. So they fled Earth and left all their wounded gems and two other leaders behind to save themselves. And now the entire Homeworld population is ruled by Yellow Diamond's iron fist.

And in a last ditch effort to wipe out the remaining Crystal Gems on Earth Yellow Diamond shot 50,000 diamond strength warheads at the battle field. Jasper assumed that they were the reason there were only a few gems left here on Earth. Those warheads were made by the Diamond Authority themselves. So their strength was unmatched by anything else Homeworld had at the time. Jasper wondered if White Diamond or Blue Diamond were killed by them. They probably were. The orange gem couldn't believe Yellow Diamond would rather take the chance of wiping out her fellow leaders if it meant she killed all of the Crystal Gems with them. It was cruel and senseless. But Jasper knew that was just war.

And never in a billion years would Jasper utter a word of it for fear of being labelled a heretic and tried for treason. But...Jasper had her suspicions that Yellow Diamond used the diamond warheads to intentionally get rid of her sisters. With them gone she would be the only ruler of Homeworld. For eons before they'd discovered Earth they'd ruled Homeworld as a triumvirate. Each Diamond held no more power than another. It kept things peaceful and equally balanced on their planet. But not anymore. Yellow Diamond's rule could only be likened to being under the reign of a power hungry dictator. You did what you were designed and assigned to do unless you wanted to be decommissioned. Publicly. And without mercy. Jasper had seen the horrors of gems being decommissioned because they'd messed up one too many times or they'd simply outlived their usefulness. As a matter of fact, the only reason Jasper hadn't felt the threat of decommission was because she was one of five remaining gems of the Jasper-Unit. Before the war there had been over a hundred Jaspers made.

The large Jaspers were created to be fierce warriors and strategists. And their colors ranged from the more common brown, yellow, or red to the less common green, orange, and black. And unluckily for Homeworld (but luckily for her) they'd been unable to make more of her class. So as long as she willingly followed every single order given to her by Yellow Diamond she was safe. But despite her rare class she knew Yellow Diamond wasn't going to go out of her way to send her help if she were stranded here. Plus she had no way of contacting Homeworld without Peridot's transmitter. Hers had been on the ship when it crashed. So now she was royally screwed. She absolutely has to find Peridot. But first she has to know where she is. And she can't find that out until THIS HUMAN STOPS SCREAMING! Enough was enough!

"STOP SCREAMING!!!" The gem's bellow of rage silenced the human instantly. The small thing took a fearful step back but the second Jasper took one step forward she was running for the door. Jasper narrowed her eyes at the human before giving chase. She wasn't going to hurt her so long as she answered her questions. The human made it out the front door and made a bee line for hr car. She got in and started the engine but jolted when she heard a crash. She looked in the rear view mirror and gaped when she saw the giant person had wrecked her front door! The whole thing was hanging off its hinges and the actual door frame looked broken. Suddenly Jasper was behind the car and without giving it much thought, mostly because her rational side was on vacation and fear was in control, she put the car in reverse and stomped on the gas.

The tires squealed as the car flew backwards. Jasper grabbed the back of the car to stop it but her feet slid and both her and the car flew backwards and through the closed garage door. She was slammed against the back of the garage, pinned between the bumper and cement wall. When the human drove forward Jasper slid down the wall and groaned in pain. That had hurt. But the sound of the tires brought her back into focus just long enough to see the bent bumper of the car before it smashed into her face. Then all she knew was darkness. Her body poofed out of existence leaving only her now cracked gem behind. (____) slowly got out of her car and timidly stepped stepped around to see if the orange person was dead. She stopped abruptly when she saw there wasn't a body anywhere. The hair on the back of her neck stood on end and for a moment she feared the giant person was about to strike.

But the she looked down and saw a very familiar orange gem, now sporting a hairline crack along the top. She picked it up and took in a shaky breath when she realized that the gem in question was linked to that terrifying orange skinned person who screamed at her. She gulped as she remembered it coming out of the gem. That meant it was going to return. "But when? What do I do now? Oh god." She held the gem out like it might bite her and slowly made her way inside. She didn't have anybody she could call. And who would believe her??? She was basically on her own. But maybe she could somehow protect herself. Maybe arm herself before whoever the hell that person was came back out of the gem. And if (____) wasn't mistaken, she recalled buying a stun gun when she lived in the big city. But before she got a chance to use it she moved out here to the coast. It was somewhere in the bottom of her purse. And now she'd use it if she needed to.

"I hope it still works."