Author's Note

Slightly longer chapter here. This is going to lead into the first climax arc of the story. It's about to go down in the next few chapters. I'm going to get to work on them now while everyone starts to read this. Enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 14

Once the CH-47 landed on the base, everyone awaited to see their return. The entire team had boarded off along with some new faces. Saber offered Quartz her shoulder as they made their way off the CH-47. The government officials and soldiers applauded their return earning a smile from Quartz and his sisters. However, Quartz eyes soon fell upon a woman. This woman being his mother. They passed by her, and he barely acknowledged her as they passed her. Rarity was quick to follow them.

Lavender stopped along with her sisters. They blocked her path and turned towards her, "We opt that you should not visit him at the moment. He's recovering from a plasma bullet right now. Let him rest before you think about visiting him," She left with both sisters with them bowed before following her.

Rarity clenched her fists as she sprinted past them, and as she did, a light smile formed on their faces. She caught up to Quartz who was now being set on his bed in his quarters. He still didn't acknowledge her as Saber patted his shoulder, "Training will start again when you're fully recovered. Also, come by the Head Council's room. They want you to review the evidence that we got from the ship. Just message me when you're ready."

"Alright, thanks...," Saber nodded as she walked towards the exit. Rarity moved out of her way as the door closed behind her. She stopped in front of Rarity, and nearly instantly, she placed a knife at her throat and glared at her.

"I know how you've treated him, and you're lucky I won't lob your head off right now. You're being protected by Quartz and Alicia. If I had it my way, I would burn you at the stake. You're really lucky...," She retracted her knife, and walked away, "You do anything to hurt Quartz, and you'll answer to not only me, but his sisters. I can see what it means when they say 'Like mother, like daughter'," And like that, she walked off.

Although she was shaken by that event, she took a deep breath and walked into the room. Quartz was now at the end of his bed twirling his handgun. He started to speak, but she couldn't tell if it was aimed towards her, "This very moment could be the opportunity of a life time you're waiting for, so stop waiting."

"Quartz..."

"But what if that moment was long ago... long before this current time...," The blade hidden in his wrist then shot out from his hand as it went straight through the trigger guard and began twirling it on there. He then talked directly to her while staring at the wall in front of him, "Did you not try to stop and think that maybe, just maybe... I was forced to work hard for no apparent reason? What's the point of all that work if in the end, you're wonderful princess would take the throne either way. Silver is perfect in every single way. Her beauty, intellect, and battlefield expertise would show up anyone out there. There was no point, and I knew that. Is that why I was defiant? Yes, to an extent. However, I was a deviant because I didn't want to try and make anyone proud. Why should I worry about what people think about me? Who cares if I'm not like my family, or a mistake. Cause in the end, that's what I feel like. A mistake," Quartz finally turned to meet his mother who was nearly at tears.

"I'm not angry at how you and father have treated me. I'm not disappointed in either of you. I'm sorry for not living up to your expectations and being the only one that was a mistake..."

"Q-Quartz..."

"I feel as if both of our lives would've been better if I was born here in Uskain rather than on the mainland...," At this moment, Rarity tackled her son for the tightest hug she had ever given anyone.

"N-no. Nononononono! You should be angry at me! You should be yelling at me! I... am the worst mother in hi-hi-history...," The sobs of Rarity rang through his own ears and he could do nothing but listen, "I am so sorry for how both myself and your father have treated you. We had no idea why you were like how you were. I would understand if you would prefer this place rather than home."

"But our home doesn't exist anymore, right?" Rarity remained silent, "I want to help, but I vowed Alicia that I would end this civil war here. I won't stop until I do so..."

"I understand. Your father should be safe now. He escaped the mainland and has landed in Depab," She still held onto Quartz as she said this, "You feel a lot like your father when he was younger..."

"Don't make this weird..."

"S-Sorry..."

"It's fine. Just uh, relax for the time being," Rarity finally released her grip from her son and saw a sight that made her extremely happy. She saw her son smiling. Smiling at her, "Let wipe those tears away. You have a knack for doing that mom...," Quartz took out a rag and wiped her face of her tears and running makeup.

"Thank you sweetie, and I'm so happy to call you sweetie," Rarity kind of didn't realize how tall he was either, "And gosh are you tall. I never realized that until now..."

"Of course you didn't," They both lightly chuckled as Quartz got a message on his radio.

"Quartz, are you ready to review the evidence?"

"Yeah, and I have a request for this reviewing..."

"What is it?"

"May I do it alone? I feel like I can decipher the hidden message behind this A.W. guy. Or at least what Carnisians is about."

"Alright, I'll see if I can arrange something, Saber out."

"Hm, isn't Carnisians a race of some sort? I think it's an ancient demon race that was exiled from the Mystic Realm before your father was even born."

"That could be a lead. Perhaps someone is trying to get them back here to the surface..."

"Well, get a move on darling. Don't want to disappoint the queen now would we?"

"Right, I'll see you later mom," Quartz gave her a quick peck on her cheek as he ran out of the room.

After he left, all of his sisters stood with smiles on their faces before walking away.

Once Quartz arrived at the Head Council Office, Alicia along with Saber, "Hm? Where's the council?"

"They are in the main town talking with the other wives of Cobalt."

"They're here too? Uh, may I see Fluttershy or Twilight."

"Hm?" Alicia angrily raised an eyebrow as she stepped slightly closer, "Why may I ask?"

"Well, I need to speak with Twilight because I need to see if I can make some upgrades to my blades, and I kinda wanna talk to Fluttershy about Lavender's weapon affinity."

"Weapon affinity?"

"Her weapon right now is a battle harp, right? It just doesn't seem practical, but that doesn't matter right now. Where's the evidence we arrived with?"

"Follow me Quartz," Saber waved him over to them as Alicia looked away from them, "Don't worry Alicia. Do you think Quartz would want to try and bang his own family?"

"What are you saying?! He's right there!"

"Yeah, and that reaction will give it away. Come on Quartz," Saber continued walking leaving Alicia behind with Quartz.

"Is something wrong my queen?"

"N-No, I'm just happy to see that you're safe. Don't worry about me."

"I have to worry about you. I'm obligated to keep you from any harm. If anything is wrong, don't hesitate to ask," Quartz continued walking, leaving Alicia with a bright blush on her face. She soon followed after, but only after she slapped herself lightly.

They soon entered a lab of some sorts that had all the evidence they salvaged from the ship. Quartz looked around at all the equipment he could use to decipher the evidence from their recon mission, "Is everything really here?"

"Yeah, from the weird scriptures, and the strange liquid. It's all here. The real question is: Can you handle finding everything out yourself?"

"I'm sure I can. I study a lot with my aunt. I'm sure I can find someway to see what exactly they're planning. Just give me some time. I don't know how much time, but I'll see what I can do."

"Alright," Saber looked at Alicia and chuckled, "I'll leave you two alone for now. Just radio me if you find anything, or you can tell her yourself if yu find out while she's here."

"As much as I would love to, I have to head into the city and speak with the rest of your family Quartz. Be diligent with your work Quartz. We're counting on you."

"Got it. I'll radio in if I hit something big. You can count on me."

Meanwhile, on the north side of Uskain, Cupcake awoke just minutes later to footsteps. She jolted up to Cobalt standing with his hands held high. Inside was a small group of armed individuals. All wielding military-grade plasma rifles.

"Cobalt?"

"Hands up lady," One of them ordered.

Cobalt turned to her and said, "Do as they say..."

Cupcake did as Cobalt instructed her and held her hands up. The group were covered head to toe which made sense since it was slightly chilly. However, they specifically had a lot of cover on their face.

One of them then kicked Cobalt in the back of his knees and aimed his rifle at him, "Well, well, if it isn't The Great Cobalt. We've been expecting your highness. Oh wait, perhaps that title no longer holds any meaning. Especially after the last two days. Think about it, your entire mystical empire all just crashing down. That could've been prevented. With a little help of course, but you decided to listen to your mistresses and look at where you are now. Worthless," As they said this, they took out a baton and took one good cracking at the back of his head, "lost...," And again, "defeated...," And once more, "utterly humiliated!" He took one last swing. This swing sent Cobalt to the floor.

This whole time, Cupcake is thinking,"Whyisn'the fighting back?There'sonly 4 of them. We could easily take them out? Whyare ishe so passive and why are they so aggressive towards him?"

"And who's this? Decided to get another mistress? Although she looks a bit young. About the same age as your daughter. Hey boys, I heard she's on our side now. How does that make you feel? Your daughter fighting for the son of a tyrant?"

Cobalt remained silent as he received this vocational beating. Cupcake wanted to do this, but then she heard Cobalt's voice,"Don'tdo anything. Trust me,don'ttry anything stupid.They'llleave us be eventually. Give it time. I know this plot..."

"Sir, we have new orders to-," Before the could continue, the lead hushed him.

"I know. Besides, he passed," He soon let down the cloth from his face and looked at him, "Good job Cobalt. Glad to know you didn't forget."

"Wait what?!" Cupcake exclaimed, "Cobalt," Cupcake quickly hoisted him up and pinned him on the wall, "What is this?!"

"Years ago without my family knowing, I placed my own task force down here in Uskain to keep the area under control. They're the Storm Division."

"B-B-But the beating... a-and the insults..."

"It was test to ensure I wasn't under any mind spells or under a trance of sorts. However, I am curious of the use of firearms. What's with that?"

"Well sir, magic is out of use. The queen enabled that to prevent the civil war from getting too bloody. Anyway, we received word from the queen that we are to offer defense around the perimeter of town. She's having around meeting with your wives. You may come with us if you'd like."

Cobalt turned looked at Cupcake and sighed, "As much as I would like to see them, I made a promise with this young woman. I'm here to find the whereabouts of her sister. Apparently her sister and friends taken by some type of entity. Possibly the same entity that attacked the mainland. I'm here to help her, and I promised that I wouldn't leave her side until I help find her sister."

"I see, well, we saw some suspicious loping activity down yonder. It's a village that sort of specializes in this sort of field. Go there. Perhaps they can help you."

"Thank you."

"Well, we'll be off. Do come see you wives soon though. They must be worried sick about you."

"I can imagine," They lightly nodded before moving off, leaving the two behind to gather themselves.

"Cobalt, if magic is rendered useless here then that would mean..."

"Yeah, our powers about are nothing. Which means, everyone on this country will be using forearms. We have to find some way to get weapons. Ours wouldn't hold well in a battle here. I did some scouting earlier and saw that there was a resistance supply depot. We could sneak in there and retrieve some supplies. However, that would mean wed have to skip out on the village. I say it's your call here Cupcake. What should we do?"

In the main city, Alicia awaited for the rest of Cobalt's mistresses to join her on the dining all. Around the building and city, multiple units were set up to over watch the meeting. Soon afterwards, they all arrived with Fluttershy leading, "I'm glad all of you could join. We have some pressing matters to discuss regarding your family and the state of the Mystic Realm."

"We were told that our children are fighting in the resistance of your army, correct?"

"Yes, Rarity's son returned from a recon mission that nearly got him killed. However, your daughter Lavender and myself arrived just in time to save him."

"So my daughter is in your castle along with Quartz?"

"Yes, I'm very glad to have both of them with me. Also, during that mission, we were able to gain the trust of the daughters of Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie," The latter looked at each, but Twilight shook her head. Alicia continued, "However, there is still one who refuses to side on the right army. Silver..."

They all looked at each other with disappointment knowing how they belittled Quartz earlier. Fluttershy only shook her head and spoke, "Can there be a time where we may see them?"

"Lavender, Electric and Fluffy, yes, but Quartz is researching some type of weird scriptures and concoctions. He won't be seen for quite some time, but he actually wanted to speak with you Fluttershy and Twilight."

"Really?"

"Yeah, he wanted to speak to you about your daughter, and he wanted to speak to you Twilight about an upgrade on his wrist blades."

"Have they been of use to him?"

"So far, he passed the initiation, and fought in a duel with them. Other than that, he hasn't really used them."

"Hm... I see..."

"Queen Alicia, if by any chance that we could speak with our kids today, may we?"

"I can arrange an escort for all of you. However, I do think they're tired after last nights events."

"Excuse me," Sunset spoke up and continued, "What about my daughter? Where is she? You haven't even mentioned her."

"Quartz told me he had to fight Blaze and Silver to obtain the evidence he's reviewing currently. They're the only two that are still in Platinum's army. It seems that Quartz refuses to hurt them, but won't hesitate to do what is necessary," Sunset remained silent as she continued, "We want to prevent that, but we have a feeling that my brother will plan an attack some time soon. I know he wants to protect that evidence we have. We can only delay the inevitable for so long."

"Alicia, I don't know how we can help, but I hope we can," Fluttershy offered, but Alicia held her hand up, "I don't want to risk it. Besides, I believe your kids is all the help we need," However, they remained silent as Alicia asked them, "But I do have to ask... how long do we have before Discord arrives?" They all looked at each other as she awaited her answer.

Meanwhile, Cobalt and Cupcake were outside the supply depot of the resistance and saw multiple tents. Each tent possibly held different types of supplies.

"If we can raid at least 3 of those tents, we can have enough supplies to last us until we make it to the captiol. Hopefully it'll be enough..."

"We'll only need enough for the two of us. How do you think we should plan this. It's your turn to decide..."

Cobalt peaked out saw a 3 man squad standing out in the open. They stood guard by a tent while the ones beside it seemed unguarded on the outside, "Well, if we distract those guards there, we can get by easily. However, those two may have some people inside. You wanna risk going for those, or do you wanna play it safe?"

"Let's play it safe for now. I don't think kicking this nest would be in our favor. Hm, I say we try something something simple to distract. You could probably throw a rock over there. They could get distracted by it and go check it out."

"Possibly, but what if it doesn't work?"

"Well, they seem pretty lazy. Maybe we could just sneak by if we get the chance," Cobalt looked on and nodded.

"Alright," Cobalt picked up a rock and tossed it over towards the bushes near the guards. One of the guards took notice, and aimed his gun in the area.

"Do ya' hear that? It's the creatures of the night..."

"Oh hush up. Probably just something running through the bushes. You get used to it after a while. Just pipe so we can get some sleep..."

"Shouldn't we be, you know, guarding the supplies?"

"When you're here in these trees, ain't nobody gonna see this camp. Trust me."

"I hope you're right."

"Why don't you go grab us a couple of beers over in the food tent. We could use a few more, right Jethra?"

"Damn straight..."

"A-Alright...," Like that, the new guard was off while the other two went straight to sleep.

"Looks like they have a new guy. This will be a piece of cake."

"But isn't that a-?"

"Let's get going Cupcake."

Cobalt made his move first and took one more look at the sleeping guards before chuckling. He looked over at Cupcake and waved her over, "Come on," He loudly whispered. She nodded as she quickly made her way over to him, "So which one do you wanna go for?"

"Let's go with this one," She pointed to the one behind them, "I don't think it's going to be guarded heavily."

"Right," Quartz peaked into the tent and saw nothing but a few supply crates, "Hm, we have a enough to grab for ourselves. Let's get some quickly," They both quickly ran inside and jammed open the crates, "This one has some ammo. What about yours."

"I see some guns and such. No food. This might be an equipment tent. I would guess that the food tent would be beside ours. Oh, I see some weird looking weapons. They're glowing," Cobalt instantly turned and glanced at what she saw, "What is it?"

"Plasma Swords. Extremely fatal to all mystics alike. Can pierce through skin with ease, and unleashes the plasma into their bloodstream. If the loss of blood doesn't kill you, then the plasma will."

"Is plasma some kind of poison for mystics?"

"Yes, if it pierces our heart, it's an instant death. I uh... assassinated someone with plasma before," Cupcake instantly looked at him as he stared at the weapons in the crate, "Plasma is a dangerous weapon if in the wrong hands. However, it is the very reason I banned weapons like this from the mainland. I'm not surprised it's used here."

"Why is it here? This is still in the mystic realm right?"

"I'll explain later. Let's get these supplies first," Cobalt started to pick some of the weapons and some ammo for reserve. He opened another crate that had some armor that lightens the effects of plasma depending on the caliber of plasma. Kind of like a ballistic vest, "Put these on. I don't know what effects plasma has on all of you, so put these on," They quickly put on the arms guards, vests and leg guards to be protected in future endeavors.

"Cobalt, I think this is enough. Let's get some food and first aid."

"Right, actually, do you have some sort of healing factor?"

"Yeah, but isn't that magic?" Cupcake questioned, "It wouldn't work here right?"

"No, if you're born with, it's not magical. It's lineal in a way. So if you were born with it, your healing factor, it should be alright."

"Alright, so do we skip the first aid?"

"Definitely. It'll lighten our load. All we have are these duffle bags. Let's keep it moving," Cobalt glanced outside the tent and moved while signaling Cupcake to follow him.

He glanced once more before stepping into the final tent. He saw more crates and decided to crack them open. However, there were less of them in their, "This is definitely the food tent. They need to keep this open for certain items in the Mystic Realm."

However, in the middle of their raid, the same beginner guard earlier walked in and stood still in shock as she saw the two. Cobalt slowly began walking and he put his hands up, "I know this looks bad, but I assure you that-."

"I need-!" Cobalt glanced around as he felt time slow down around. He had to make a decision fast. He glanced around as he tried to make that decision.

Meanwhile, Silver and Blaze led an army of nearly 200,000 on the capitol of Uskain. They plan to attack an unprepared army. An army that the rest of their siblings are currently allied with. Far behind the army with another army of about 50,000 was led by Platinum. In the air, many apache, black hawks, and little birds that carried even more troops.

Chinook Helicopters carried some long range artillery and a small army of tanks filled the area around them. The Resistance were prepared this time. They didn't want a single person left standing after this battle.

In the capitol, Lavender was off to see Quartz, but ran into her other sister, "Oh, uh, Electric, Fluffy, what are you doing?"

"I'm off to see Quartz. I haven't seen or talked to him in the last two days, so I wanna see him," Electric responded.

"I was going to check on my little brother. He needs me to comfort him after last night," Fluffy retorted.

"Uh, I'm the only one that has actually been with him even before today. I'm the obvious choice to comfort him. And what do you mean your little brother? I've never seen you be a big sister to him. If anything, you belittle him too."

"Uh, I've been a big sister to him. I've uh...," Fluffy tried to back up her earlier statement, but couldn't find a way.

"Well, I've been a sister to him. We've even...," She looked around around softly said, "slept together..."

"So...," The two responded in a monotonous.

"What?! What have you two done that can top that?"

The two responded in unison, "Taken a bath with him..."

"Eh?!"

"Look, arguing about won't go anywhere. We're his sisters, let's just go together. I'm sure he'll be glad to see us."

"No I'm not," Quartz quickly spoke as he poked his head of the doorwat, "I am way too busy to do anything right now. Ta-ta!"

"Already picking up from me I see," the girls quickly turned to see Rarity standing behind them, "I'd say I would be enticed by him. Is that how Cobalt said it when he met me...?"

"What are you doing Auntie Rarity?!" Lavender exclaimed.

"Oh, you called me Auntie!" Rarity quickly jumped forward and grabbed both her hands to them together, "Your mother would be so proud to hear that."

"Geez, don't touch me you old hag..."

"Oh dear, I don't think a body as voluptuous as mine would be considered old," Rarity said as she bounced her chest slightly with her hands, "Are you jealous that you don't have anything that my son would enjoy seeing on you?"

"W-What are you on about?! Quartz d-doesn't care..., r-right?"

"Well, Fluffy here are a size DD. Hm, even Electric here is a CCC. Your sitting at a measly little B. You'll be lucky if Quartz likes them petite," Lavender hid her body shamefully as Rarity walked in front of him, "I'm his mother, so he'll definitely let me in. I'll reward him too when he does."

"Why are you trying to seduce your own son?"

"Honey, he's just like Cobalt when he was younger, and he's nearly at that age now, so it's best to test those waters while we're ahead. I need to give him some pointers."

"But he's only 15...," Rarity stopped and turned around quickly.

"Ahem, you are correct. Uh..."

"Can all of you keep it down? It's kind of hard to concentrate in here with all the noise out there. Thanks," And like that, he closed the door.

"B-But..."

"Hmph, serves you right," Lavender stated in victory.

"Wow, not even his own mom...," Fluffy said in shock.

"I'm still surprised she knew our bra sizes..."

"Oh," A soft voice spoke, "is there a hallway party going on here?" Everyone turned to see Lavender's mother, Fluttershy and Twilight, "Who are we waiting on exactly?"

"Fluttershy?! Twilight?!" They all exclaimed. Soon afterwards, Quartz poked his head out again for a short second.

"Oh, the two ladies I needed to see," Cobalt stepped out and greeted, "I didn't think Alicia would send the both of you."

"You owe me for doing so...," Alicia said behind them, "Tonight, come by my room. I'll make you owe me then," As Alicia said this, everyone around them stood around awkwardly blushing.

"Uh, mind clearing the context for the immature ones here Alicia," Quartz stated as he scratched the back of his head.

"What do you-," The thought crossed her mind as she thought about what she said, "No! It's not like that! Just... come by my room tonight!" Alicia stormed off obviously embarrassed at the situation.

"I really need to help her figure out the right words for the right context..."

"Ahem, anyway, Queen Alicia told us that you waned to speak with us, right Quartz?"

"Of course, uh, please step in," Quartz walked in as everyone followed. Everyone was astounded when they saw all the work Quartz has done in only a few hours. However, they also saw saw a few crumpled pieces of part and multiple cups of coffee that sprawled across the room.

"You did all this in only a few hours?"

"I've been up since I started. I haven't slept yet, and I don't want to right now. I need to get to the bottom of this,"Quartz said as he did some more work as they looked around.

"Quartz, if you need help, just ask. You can't carry such a heavy workload on your own..."

"I wanna do this on my own for a reason. I want to prove to everyone that I'm not just some incompetent kid. I can do things just as well as anyone else in our family. My chance to prove to everyone that I can do something...," Everyone paused as he aid this, but he clapped his hand, "But let's talk what I wanted to say. Aunt Twilight, I would like to know if you could upgrade my wrist blades," He shot his blades out so that she could check it.

"Alright, let me see if it needs any repairs first...," As she went to check on her blades, the group that arrived at the room first grouped up.

"Does it seem strange to any of you that he let them in without hesitation?" Lavender asked as she continued to look back.

"I don't know, but he also seemed happy to see Queen Alicia," Fluffy responded. She also glanced at her 2 aunts and thought back to Alicia, "They all vary in bust size. What does he like?"

"Uh...," Is all Electric could muster.

"For a mother to not even know her own son's taste..."

"Well, there's no repairs needed for this, but I can upgrade it slightly. I'll need to spend time making the upgrades however. I don't know how long that would take though..."

"That's fine. I need to complete my investigation here. As for you Aunt Fluttershy, I want to discuss the change for Lavender's weapon affinity. I don't see the practicality of using a harp in battle."

"I've tried to tell her, but she insisted on using that," Quartz chuckled as he leaned back.

"That sounds like her a lot..."

In their group, Lavender pouted, "What's that suppose to mean?" She thought back to her duels and losing streak before sighing, "I guess a harp isn't the strongest weapon out there..."

"What do you suggest Quartz?"

"Hm," Quartz thought about it as he walked around the lab, "well, we could try to train her using... oh," Quartz picked up a strange rock from a drawer, "It's what I got from the ship. It's unrefined plasma in its purest form," The rock was extremely colorful, but the pure-blood mystics in the room could feel weak at its sight, "The both of you aren't weakened by the effect, so maybe you two can brew something for her to use apart from her harp. Here, she can use firearms, but you can never be so sure."

"Alright, we'll see if we can do anything," Fluttershy stated, "Let's get to work on it," Before they left, Fluttershy hugged Quartz, "I missed you Quartz. I see you've changed. Don't worry about impressing anyone," Little did she know, Quartz was suffocating, "I just hope your mother could see that."

Back in their tiny group, "She's totally trying to win him over with her chest. What a smart girl...," Rarity said with disdain, "I can do just the same," Rarity broke from the group, and squished him from the other side of Quartz, sandwiching him between the two voluptuous women, "We have already made amends thank you very much, and I don't appreciate you suffocating him with those melons of yours Fluttershy deary."

"Oh please, you expect me to believe that? Ha, not even for a second would I believe that he warmed up to you in only a few hours..."

"As much as I would loved to be squished by some large boobs, I don't want it to be my own family members..."

The two parents glared at each other as Lavender cleared her throat loudly, "Well, I don't think he'll take too kindly to being suffocated by the two of you," She pointed at Quartz head which was now gone in the two older women's breasts.

"Oops..."

"Oh dear..."

"I'm sorry Quartz," Both said as they bent over to comfort him, but he held his hands up to stop them.

"Please, no more comfort. I'm fine. Besides, I need to do some more work. I gotta get around this in some sort of way. I'm not quitting until I decipher this language and chemical formulas..."

"Alright, if you need any of us, just say so alright?" Rarity softly asked, "I don't want you becoming like your father and staying awake every night to complete his work..."

"I'll try not to. Also," Quartz paused for a second before continuing, "I feel that this place won't be safe for long. I'm worried. Not for just the queen, but for all of you. People are going to die... people will then choose who to fight for when this happens..."

"Quartz...," They all questioned him, but he chuckled nervously.

"S-Sorry, uh, just let me get to work...," Quartz instantly went back to work, and he acted as if no one else was in the room with him anymore. After realizing this, they walked out and thought about what he said.

"Could The Resistance really be coming here? After last night's raid, I don't think they would just sit by and let it happen."

"Well, it wouldn't be smart to attack the capitol. Unless," Lavender glanced at her other two sisters. The same two who were just in The Resistance, "Did Platinum tell the two of you any plans?"

"Well, hm...," They thought back, and then it hit them, "Actually..."

Lastly, while Cobalt was hiding with Cupcake and supposedly their hostage, the guards from earlier arrived, "Huh? Where that kid run off to?" One of them asked as he picked up the beer cans that were on the ground.

"Forget 'em. Let's get going. I heard we're finally launching our attack on the capitol. Let's go. I wanna rip that queen in half."

"Hey, I heard she was quite the looker. Maybe we could have some fun with her when we capture her. Turn her into a whore."

"That sounds good, but isn't she under aged?"

"What should it matter?! Why should we follow their dumb rules anyway? We'll just make our own! To freedom!" One guard toasted.

"To freedom!" The other one agreed. They walked off as the too sighed heavily, but Cobalt still had that one statement in his head.

"Cobalt...," Cupcake uttered, "your wives are in the capitol aren't they?"

"We gotta go...," Cobalt quickly let the guard go, but they stopped them.

"Please, take me with you. I can't stand it here, and there's no way I'm letting these Neanderthals ruin this island. Please allow me to accompany you."

"Uh...," Cobalt thought it over, but Cupcake stopped him.

"I don't trust her."

"Her?"

"Can't you tell it's a girl?" Cobalt looked over and nodded, "See? But I don't trust her. She's with them. How can we trust her so easily?"

Cobalt fell silent for a short moment, and chuckled, "I trusted you didn't I? And you attacked me. Let's bring her along. We could always use a helping hand," Cobalt turned to the young soldier and nodded, "Alright, you're with us. No any shortcuts to the capitol?"

"There's a yard over yonder that houses many trucks and vehicles. I can hot wire one and leave without any of the guards noticing."

"That sounds like a good plan. Alright, lead he way uh...?"

"Just call me Kat."

"Hm, Kat... again with the weird names. Let's get going quick. I need to get to the captiol as fast as possible..."

"We'll do it," Cupcake reassured him, "We can do this. Don't worry," Cobalt checked his equipment before sighing, "Let's get going. Kat, show us the way."

"Follow me...," Kat moved on with Cupcake following close, but Cobalt stayed back slightly as he saw multiple helicopters carrying artillery and siege weapons. Kat and Cupcake stopped as they witnessed the numbers of artillery and siege weapons they were bringing.

"They're not just planning a full-out assault, they planning to completely destroy the capitol...," They looked at each other as they thought the worst.