4. Eye

The next day, after battling a huge millipede and helping his friends, Stephen decided to celebrate with a couple of tasty trimmings, which he always gets for free at the Jarkins' Diner.

Stephen just loved scraps! He didn't know why himself, he liked normal fries just as much, but scraps.....mmmmm, just the thought of them made him drool.

So he woke up early, got dressed, took a bath, brushed his teeth and went for the scraps.....on the way he met his custodial friend, Amethyst.

-Hey, Steven! What are you doing up so early? It's only....- she looked away from her watch for a moment. - .... It's not even ten o'clock! You're up too early, kid!

Amethyst stood on the beach and waited for the waves to wash in another batch of junk that people lost in the ocean. She loves collecting junk and storing it, she doesn't know why, she just likes it.

Only then Pearl swears.... but when it's Amethyst, she puts Pearl's opinion before her own.

-I know! But I just can't help it!" he jumps up with excitement. - I want the scraps! I've been dreaming about them! You just want to taste their fat on your tongue...

-Mmmmmm, I see your point. - she swallowed her saliva at the same time. - Okay, let's go together! I'm just getting hungry!

She dropped the rubbish she had already picked up and together they raced to the Jarkinsons' place, where they had the most delicious fries in the world! Naturally, in their humble opinion.

They quickly made their way to the newly opened establishment....boubtedly. Mr Jarkins had just opened his counter and all he saw was not new and hungry customers, but an old and hungry Stephen, along with Amethyst.

-Mr Jarkins! Good morning!

-You too, tee-tee-tee-tee-tee-tee-tee-tee-tee.

-I want scraps! - he went straight to the point. - Give me the scraps! Me and Amethyst! Scraps!

Stephen leaned over Mr Jarkinson and began to plead with him. Mr Jarkins knew it was useless to resist, so all he could do was sigh in amazement.... in normal situations.

-Sorry Stephen, but right now I'm busy. - he smiled and pointed a finger. - That new guy was the very first one here. So whoever got in line first, that's who I'll be filling the order for.

Turning in the direction indicated, Stephen and Amethyst saw....Aisek! He was standing a little distance away and looking at the rising sun and the waves on the shore..... that was all he could do. He didn't have a mobile phone, so he had to leave it, they could trace it.

-It's him again! - Steven exclaimed and pointed at Isaac. - It's him again! First he ate the last of the kittens and now the potatoes!

-Hmmm, Steven, there's plenty more potatoes. - Amethyst correctly pointed out.

-Who the hell is he! - Stephen grumbled grudgingly. - I was always the first one in here and the first one to get my order.

-So now you'll have to wait. - Amethyst shrugged and sat down on the ground. - That's all right, we can wait and taste the delicious, crispy and greasy trimmings! Isn't it Stephen.....Steven?

Amethyst looked around, but didn't see her friend. Stephen, on the other hand, was heading towards Isaac, moving like some kind of mating animal or a male baboon defending its territory.

-Oh, no... that's not going to end well. - Amethyst ran her hand over her face and followed him.

Steven quickly walked over to Isaac, Isaac didn't notice him.... or rather pretended not to see him. He was more interested in looking at the sun and the ocean than some angry kid puffing out his cheeks.

-Hey, you! -You!

-Hmm?

Isaac was distracted from contemplating the scenery and turned around, or rather he had to. After all, the kid was yelling too loud and squeaky not to pay attention to him.

-Who are you?! - Stephen clenched his hands into a fist and raised them. - Why dare you come between me and the scraps!

-...? - Isaac could only bend his head in question. - I'm sorry, who are you?

-I'm Steven! Steven Universe! Who are you?! You're a potato thief! Thief of other people's happiness! Unicht.....mmmmmm! Mmmmmmmmm!

Stephen, didn't have time to say anything more to Isaac as Amethyst came up behind him. She covered Steven's mouth and lifting him up, began to pull him back. She smiled apologetically at Isaac and stepped away with the rampaging Steven, trying to calm him down.

Isaac stared at the matter, with a strange look in his eyes, especially gazing at Amethyst. A thought flashed through his mind.....

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"Ha, so that's what they look like. I didn't think this kid had anything to do with them. I wonder if this is their real uniform or just some kind of illusion." - I thought to myself, looking at the purple girl.... literally.

There was another girl with this kid whose skin was completely purple. She had long, ash coloured hair that had fringes covering one of her eyes. She was wearing a long T-shirt, the strap of one of which had come off to the side, showing the strap of her bra.

On her feet she had jeans with holes in the knees in the form of a star, as well as white sneakers, without laces. But most of all my attention was attracted by a jewel that was sticking out of her chest, right between her breasts.

"That poor thing also had a jewel, just like her big mom." I remembered. "Only that creature didn't look like a human and attacked me. It looks reasonable and calm, even wears clothes. It's becoming....more interesting."

- The order is ready! Please take it away! – I was distracted by the voice of the potato seller who finished my meal.

- Yeah, thanks. – pure formality, when taking food.

- Thank you for that, I finally served exactly that customer in the morning, and not a hungry creature. – the seller smiled and went deep into the counter.

I shrugged my shoulders, took a potato, sat down on the nearest bench and began to eat. I don't know myself, but for some reason I wanted potatoes, I just had a feeling that if I didn't eat it, I would die.

"Well, since I didn't sleep all night and looked at the ceiling, I just waited for the opening hours and came first....Yes, that's why that kid got hysterical. Well, whoever managed to do it first ate the fried potatoes, there's nothing to be done, rules are rules."

Slowly devouring the potatoes, my thoughts returned to the topic of creatures from the beach.

"If I understand correctly, there are at least three of them. I saw one right now, but there were still two silhouettes. Also, looking at the reaction of the seller, I can conclude that they have been here for a long time and people are familiar with them, people have at least seen them. So, if people do not panic and do not rush to the leak, then they are not dangerous to humans .....I would have said if I hadn't seen yesterday's performance."

I had only to remember how that caterpillar was dismembered in half, already goosebumps go. From delight and anticipation, of course.

"I would like to know what the other two creatures look like. Where did they even come from? They couldn't just.....".

- Wait, why did it get dark quickly? – I looked at the sunset. – Just that it was morning, did I really think for so long?

I squinted my eyes and looked closer. I saw something blocking the sun. It was something like a huge orange eye that had just blinked!

- It seems to me or.....- I put my finger forward and started counting. – One, two, three, four, five... no, I don't think this thing is coming!

I quickly stuffed the leftover potatoes into my mouth and ran to my room. From there I took binoculars and literally rushed to the lighthouse in order to see the upcoming spectacle.

"If the caterpillar was associated with these creatures, then this dick-bora is also obliged! This is my chance to see other creatures! This should not be missed! ". – a smile has already appeared on my face.

I quickly ran up the hill and carefully crawled to the edge, trying to look out for those creatures. They weren't on the beach, they weren't near the hut either, where are they?

"Come on, where are you....." – using binoculars, I was looking out for them. - "Any creature similar to a person, if taking the example of that girl, but slightly different.....bingo! Caught it! ".

Using the regulator on the binoculars, I focused on the objects of my desire and, having received a clear picture, began to capture them in memory.

"Good....okay, a pony looks almost the same as humans. One has red skin, and the other is too white or rather even white).

I decided to start the inspection with a pale lady, by the way, they were also girls, so all three creatures are masquerading as human women....interesting.

The woman with snow-white skin was quite long, unlike the purple one. She was dressed in.....ballet clothes? I definitely saw pointe shoes, short pink shorts, a translucent skirt, as well as a corset with a yellow star painted in the center.

She had straight light pink hair, blue eyes, a rather sharp nose, and a jewel was in her forehead. I noticed that she was arguing about something with a low purple lady and they were arguing, quite passionately.

Followed by....probably not a girl, but rather a woman with red skin. She was dressed.....most likely in some kind of suit, black and red, she had stylish square glasses on her eyes. She had a black afro made in a square style....her hairstyle looked like a square.

She stood a little apart from those two and watched the huge eye rushing here. I didn't see the stone on her, maybe it's somewhere under her clothes.

"Good, very good. Now at least I know what they look like. The fact that they are women is a surprise, but not a big one."

I also noticed that all three of them had guns in their hands.

The purple one has a barbed whip.

The white one has a spear with a twisted tip.

The red one has two huge gauntlets with a star in the centre.

"OK, so they have weapons, so they're potentially dangerous. We'll remember that, too. Really, I'm more interested in why they all have stars on their bodies or weapons in some way? Maybe it's like their insignia? A race flag? The emblem of a space republic? Maybe they just like stars too..... but I don't believe it's just like that."

In the next moments, I saw a painfully familiar van approaching them, carrying something on a trailer. As soon as they pulled up, the kid and the guy who drove me here got out of the car.

"Now that's something I didn't expect, turns out this Greg, the owner of the car wash is spinning these things too. And the kid's got something to do with it, too. Probably his son, but what's he got to do with the Gemstones? I'll call them that for now."

The kid, I think his name was Stephen, was saying something enthusiastically to the stone and pointing to an object in the trailer. This one looked like some kind of cannon, but only pink in colour.

Redstone picked up this cannon with one hand and set it on the beach, pointing it at her eye. She tried to activate it somehow, after which she turned to Stephen and said something to him.

He walked over to the cannon, just as he tried to activate it, and the eye got closer and closer. His approach made the air begin to ripple and things began to pull in his own gravity.

"Come on, kid. If you don't do anything, we'll all go up in flames from the contact of that thing with the ground."

Stephen put his hand on the gun and whispered something and then it started working! I could see it collecting a charge in its muzzle before firing it straight into the eye!

In the air the projectile multiplied into many others, taking the shape of a flower, presumably a rose. And the main projectile, took the shape of a woman, riding forward with a sword in her hand.

BOOM!

The projectile crashed into the eye and shattered it into many pieces! They scattered all over the beach and some hit Beach City as well. The C=stones began to celebrate their victory, and there was nothing to keep me here any longer.

I quickly gathered my things and headed away. Need to think hard about a plan of action for next time.

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While Amethyst and Stephen celebrated their victory, Garnet and Pearl looked at each other before shifting their gaze to the hill Isaac had just been on.

-Did you feel it too, Garnet? Someone was watching us....

-Mm-hmm. -She nodded and folded her arms across her chest.

-I don't think we need to worry about it, of course, but it's worrying me for some reason. - Pearl shuddered with goosebumps.

-Yeah. -Garnet adjusted her glasses, they glistened mysteriously. - Let's not worry about that for now, we'd better get on with cleaning the beach of debris. People shouldn't get such dangerous technology.

-Okay Garnet, since you said so, then it's all right. - Pearl exhaled and walked over to Steven and Amethyst.

Garnet on the other hand stayed where she was and continued to stare at the hill. No one knew what was on her mind, but I'll tell you what she felt. She felt that something big was about to happen. And that something big would involve her, her friends, the world and whoever was watching them.

For now it was only a small premonition, a small prick in her brain. But over the coming days, that feeling would grow and grow.

As long as the trouble, no more, would happen.