59. Long-awaited answers.
--- I'll tell you about, who you are for us.
There was silence. August realized that this was the moment he had been waiting for for so long. All this time he has been striving here, during all the time that he spent in Beach City. And finally, the hour came, it was time for the truth to come up.
--- Well ? Tell me already. - August was still in Blue's hand, she, like Stephen, pressed it to her cheek and began to cry. August has never taken a shower of tears, a refreshing feeling.
--- Ahem ! I think we should start from the beginning.
.....
It was a time when Pink was split. The entire HomeWorld was in chaos because one of their rulers was split. The gems were delighted, but there were others. Those who caught fire with the idea from Earth and began to gather an uprising in HomeWorld.
After all, everyone now knew that diamonds could be split. And then a huge uprising broke out. Only the most loyal gems remained on our side. We had to do something, we wouldn't have been able to cope with all this crowd. And then, the experiment began.
We decided to create such a gem that will be equal to us in strength. but it will not be a diamond. He was supposed to be the defender of the entire gem empire, the one who will come out of the shadows in a difficult hour and destroy our enemies.
...
--- Wait, are you trying to tell me that I'm your super-duper destroyer of worlds 3000 ?
--- I don't know what you're talking about.
--- I say, am I your most destructive weapon ?
--- Don't interrupt, it's not that simple.
...
Experiments began. We needed weapons, weapons that could destroy an army in an instant. So we decided to use a diamond particle, we took a particle from each of us, but there was a problem, our cells could not merge and create a new organism.
And we decided to go further, we decided to take also particles from each of the strongest gems to stabilize, and it came out. We advanced, and then you were created. But even then there was a problem.
You couldn't take on a physical form. You were in the form of gas, could not take a solid form, we thought that the experiment was a failure. Until one of those who sacrificed his particle for the sake of your creation came.
All this time you behaved passively, but as soon as he appeared, you aggressively flew inside him. He fainted, and then you appeared in his place. You've captured the gem's body.
...
--- Am I a Venom ?
--- No, you're not poison, you're different.
--- Okay, I'm not interrupting anymore, finish the story.
...
You captured the body of the gem, but you didn't have self-knowledge. You explored the world around you, studied, and improved yourself. But you were missing something, so we decided to take you under our control.
We trained you, told you about your goal, that you were created by a weapon, Bela and I saw you only as a weapon, but Blue....she always saw something different about you.
Instead of guiding you along your path, she treated you as if you were Pink. She saw you as a replacement, not noticing that it was ruining us all, she awakened something Pink in you, it was interest.
You started asking too many questions, about the uprising, about the gems, about the war, you started thinking, awakening your consciousness. We didn't need it, you should have obeyed our orders unconditionally, but now you've started to think. And then the rebels broke into the palace.
Our guards could not restrain them and they made their way to the throne room. And then you showed your abilities. Just a click, the usual click of a finger and the whole uprising fell from unconsciousness. You instantly did what we could not do, you completely erased their memories, brought them back to the very beginning.
We underestimated you, made you too strong. And then, White decided to intervene. She attacked you, but instead of losing, you fought with her on equal terms, but you picked up experience. You've lost. She destroyed your body, split your stone, and she threw your gas form into space, we thought that you were finished. But you survived and somehow miraculously flew to Earth.
...
--- ...are you saying that the body I'm in was captured by me ?
--- Most likely, but we don't know how, people can't merge with gems.
---....Blue, put me down. - Blue released August and he walked over to Yellow.
--- What do you want from me ?
--- Nothing, it was Blue who wanted to come here, I flew after her. - August turned to Blue.
--- What do you want from me ?
--- Please, come back.
--- Go back ? After what I learned ?! You must be crazy !
--- August....
--- I need to think about everything, alone.
.....
" The proverb did not lie. The truth stings eyes. "
August was walking through the forest. He has a lot to think about. This was not the truth he had expected, certainly not this.
"I'm a super weapon. Weapons, yeah....it still doesn't fit in my head. "
He sat down on a rock and looked at the sky, it was already covered with stars.
" But why don't I remember anything ? I should remember, but there are no memories. And why was I able to inhabit this body ? Some questions are gone. others came. "
A star flew over August's head, it seems today there is a starfall.
"If I am created from the particles of all diamonds, then why do I not have their powers ? I only have invisibility and an enhanced body with regeneration. Maybe it's worth a try ? "
August got up from the stone and stretched out his hand forward and closed his eyes. He cleared his mind and focused on something else. Lightning. Yellow's ability was lightning. The whole forest was quiet, the wind blew. A small lightning bolt ran through August's body, after which his entire arm was enveloped by lightning.
--- It really worked, so she wasn't lying. - his hand was still wrapped in lightning, and the shooting star was really about to fall.
--- Then it's worth trying Blue's ability. I do not know what ability the other two have, I think over time...
[ BANG ]
The star that had recently been flying over August's head landed right in front of him. He was thrown back a few meters, dust rose everywhere.
--- Kha, kha ! What the hell is this ?
--- Oh, oh. It seems that the landing was super not perfect ! And where am I ?
The dust settled down and August saw the strangest thing he had seen so far.
--- Oh ! A new friend ! Let me introduce myself ! I am the most fun friend in the whole universe ! Nice to meet you, I'm Spinel !
" From one extreme to the other. " - a single thought flashed through his mind. It seems that the oddities do not let him go.