Short Stories

Okay, I know the story has been concluded and I already wrote the spinoff (which I am currently debating if I'm done with it, too, or not). But I heard from someone that writing basically what you would like straight away instead of building a plot towards it, can really motivate you and keep the creative juices flowing. I took that into consideration and it made sense to me.

So, this is basically like a cut content chapter except everything is canon and they're short. As well as I don't have to write a couple of chapters to explain the context.

Also, just really quickly, I want to explain: This was supposed to be published yesterday because I was almost done with it but I had a little accident at the gym yesterday. I was doing a power clean mixed with a squat. How that is performed is you do a normal power clean but once the bar is raised to your arms, you squat and raise the bar above your head and stand up straight.

Then, you put the bar on your shoulders and do a squat with the bar on your shoulders like you're doing squats instead of power clean. Then you raise the bar above your head again and put the bar on the ground. What happened to me is that while I was in transition to squat, I was unbalanced and I face planted and the bar would've crushed me if my hands didn't let go as soon as I was unbalanced.

It was a scary experience but I'm fine now and I just took a day off. Sorry about that.

#1: Diamond Notes:

Summary: The three Diamonds (Yellow, Blue and White) meet Moonlight, Alfred and explore the Batcave.

[I'm using the Arkham Origins Batcave because it looks more like a cave than Arkham City's Batcave.]

3rd Person P.O.V.

The three Diamonds enter the cave via the wine cellar's tasting room secret entrance and go down the platform that moves up and down like a elevator.

(Bruce) This is it. The cave is partially damaged and dangerous if you are careless. Proceed with caution and you'll be fine. If you have any questions or concerns, you can ask me, Alfred and... Moonlight.

(Yellow Diamond) Moonlight?

(Bruce) She's a guest. A permanent one. She stays down here most of the time because she cannot be seen in public.

(Blue Diamond) That sounds a little harsh. Like when we locked up Pink in the tower.

(Bruce) Moonlight deserves it. And she's not down here 100% of the time. She can only leave if nobody's here other than Alfred and myself.

The three of them walk up the stairs that lead to the main area of the cave where the Batcomputer is located. Bruce pulls up a chair to sit down and starts working on the computer. The three Diamonds looked around.

(Alfred) I see you've brought guests to the cave once again.

(Bruce) Where's Charlotte?

(Alfred) In her cell. I just replaced the lock. With such luck, she'll be in there for--

[CLANGING]

They heard a metal object hitting the floor.

(Alfred) ...a while...

(Blue Diamond) Hello, you must be Alfred.

(Alfred) Indeed. The noise you heard was from Miss Oliver.

(Yellow Diamond) Miss Oliver? I thought Moonlight was down here.

(Alfred) Charlotte Oliver is her real name. Moonlight is just a name she called herself when she was causing trouble. But she's practically harmless down here, I think.

(Moonlight) [distant] Bruce? Did you bring guests over? Should I stay in my cell?

(Alfred) (mouthing) Tell her yes.

(Bruce) No, you can come out.

(Alfred) (thoughts) Damn...

Soon enough, Moonlight made herself present.

(Moonlight) Hello! Ooh! You must be the Diamonds!

(Yellow Diamond) Indeed, we are. You're Moonlight, I presume.

(Moonlight) In the flesh.

(White Diamond) You have the same taste in color as me.

(Moonlight) Not by choice.

She puts her arm around White's shoulders.

(Moonlight) Just a couple of white girls here.

(Batman) Charlotte, you were African American and White Diamond doesn't have a body, she's just light given a form.

(White Diamond) Holographic mass, more specifically.

(Alfred) Please do not add racism. Just be glad nobody who isn't fond with racism heard that.

(White Diamond) Unless the reader isn't fond with racism.

She said and looks at you.

(Yellow Diamond) Reader?

They look around.

(Bruce) Don't break the 4th wall.

(White Diamond) Okay, dear.

(Blue Diamond) I don't know what that is.

(White Diamond) It's nothing important, Blue.

They resumed their exploration of the Batcave. They all noticed the ambience of cave is a humming sound and the squeaks of bats. Blue looks up and watch the bats fly around.

They kinda looked cute.

(Blue Diamond) I've never seen a bat before. Well, the actual animal.

Yellow Diamond is taking notes on the technology she is observing down here. It was quite fascinating that it's close to how Homeworld technology is. The average technology Earth has is primitive to Homeworld, but Batman's technology almost looks like the technology they had in Era-1.

Yellow is almost jealous. She's more jealous of his Detective Mode. Why doesn't Homeworld have it?

Imagine all the things they could do if they have it. Unfortunately, their technology is too advance for creating a device that was created on Earth. She looks at his arsenal, completely astonished.

His armor or suit is on display and it actually intimidated her on it's lifeless state. She observed the damage on it. It's got holes, scratches and tears on everything, including the cape.

She can tell from the stratches that they came from someone wielding a sword. The holes and tears on the cape came the cape degrading over being used to glide and when Batman uses it to stun his enemies. The holes on his suit came from those high caliber pellet cylinders called bullets.

Stars, his suit already looked like that before he came to Homeworld. He went through a lot.

(Moonlight) Whatcha lookin' at?

(Yellow Diamond) Nothing.

She looks away.

(Moonlight) You like the suit.

(Yellow Diamond) I was observing the damage on his armor. It's looks like he's been through so much.

(Moonlight) See that dent right there?

She points at the abdomen part of the suit.

(Yellow Diamond) Yes.

(Moonlight) I did that.

(Yellow Diamond) You did?

(Moonlight) Yes, ma'am.

(Yellow Diamond) How strong are you?

(Moonlight) Very. Not sure how strong, but I'm stronger than the average human and even Batman.

(Yellow Diamond) Really?

(Moonlight) Yep.

(White Diamond) Yellow, Blue. Come look at this.

The two Diamonds listened to White.

(Yellow Diamond) What is it?

Whitw points at a board that has paper and pictures on it that involves Rose Quartz.

(Blue Diamond) Is that Rose Quartz?

(Yellow Diamond) You mean Pink?

(White Diamond) Wayne certainly has more information about her than us. He must've been the one to deduce the secret.

(Yellow Diamond) He is a detective afterall.

(Blue Diamond) White...

She looked embarrassed. She blushed blue.

(White Diamond) What is it?

(Blue Diamond) I can't read English...

(Yellow Diamond) N-Neither can I...

White smiled.

(White Diamond) It's okay. I can teach you both how to read and write English later. But for now, I can translate the words for you.

(Yellow Diamond) Thank you, White.

White looks at the piece of paper that's on the top of the bulletin board.

(White Diamond) "Rose Quartz: Innocent or Convicted?" "With the information I gathered, Rose Quartz is accused of the murder of Pink Diamond. However, Steven stated in the trial with Yellow and Blue Diamond that it would be impossible for Rose Quartz to even be there without anyone seeing her get close."

(Yellow Diamond) Steven tried to tell us that. But we were too stubborn to focus on in.

(Blue Diamond) Stars... I was a monster...

She remembered that she almost shattered an innocent gem and killed an innocent human just to prove Steven guilty to a crime he never committed. She lets down a tear and Yellow comforted her. White reads the next paper.

(White Diamond) "Steven looked different in Detective Mode. His gem didn't look like a rose quartz gem, it looked like a diamond shaped gem. I need to ask him and the others the 3D shape of a rose quartz gemstone to confirm my suspicion. Need further evidence to provide a verdict."

(Yellow Diamond) Of course! That Detective Mode would've prevented a thousand year war if we used it!

White reads the last piece of paper. There's also a check mark next to it.

(White Diamond) "Suspect identified: Rose Quartz is Pink Diamond. Case solved ✔"

(Blue Diamond) And to think, I had almost killed him in cold blood... I'm just glad Bruce stopped me from ending him when we arrived on Earth.

(Yellow Diamond) I can say the same to that. I broke his teeth...

Yellow's fists balled in anger. She was angry at herself. White can also feel the same as Yellow and Blue, but worse.

She actually killed Steven instead of getting close to killing him. She was so flawed...

(Bruce) If there's any consolation, you got Pink back.

He startled the three of them. They each turned around.

(Bruce) Of course, you were still in the wrong, but the damage is fixed and Pink is back.

(White Diamond) But she hated us for a long time.

(Bruce) I'm sure it was only temporary.

(Blue Diamond) It was.

(Yellow Diamond) But Pink hardly spoke to us for months. She kept giving us looks and she just... she held that grudge against us for a long time.

(Bruce) Can't say I blame her. You three haunted Steven for a while.

The three of them were shocked upon hearing those words from his mouth.

(Bruce) He didn't tell you?

(Blue Diamond) N-No.

(Yellow Diamond) What did he say?

(Bruce) He kept having nightmares about you. He didn't exactly bounce back from the horrors he's witnessed. Steven is good at hiding his emotions. I'm surprised White didn't check him.

(White Diamond) I genuinely thought he was... fine.

(Bruce) But he's not. He's scared of all three of you, White especially.

The three of them are very ashamed of themselves. They terrified a child and didn't even check on him. They need to make things right.

(White Diamond) Wayne, can you take us back to Beach City?

#2: Old Wounds

3rd Psrson P.O.V.

(Steven) Okay, so we should watch the next tape. This one is dated exactly one week after the first tape we watched. Do we have the snacks and stuff ready?

(Spinel) Yeah!

(Pink Diamond) Put the tape in.

Steven went to do that but he heard the Warp Pad illuminate. Some gem is here. He looks at the Warp Pad and it's the Diamonds.

(Steven) Oh, hey. How was it at Bruce's house? D-Did you explore the cave?

Fear slowly grew inside of him.

(Yellow Diamond) It was fine. Very enlightening.

(White Diamond) Steven, we wanted to apologize to you.

(Steven) What about? You haven't done anything bad in like years.

(Blue Diamond) Yes, but there's one thing we haven't made up for.

(Steven) What is that?

(Yellow Diamond) You.

(White Diamond) Pink, Spinel. Can you give us some privacy?

(Pink Diamond) Uh, sure.

(Spinel) We'll just talk to each other about the tape upstairs.

They went upstairs. Steven didn't want them to go, but the other Diamonds requested them to leave. Yellow and Blue sit down while White was stoll standing.

She can see the look of discomfort in his eyes.

(White Diamond) We learned from Wayne that you have been haunted by us ever since the night you and him came to Homeworld.

Steven flinched. He thought Bruce wouldn't tell them.

(Steven) I-I told him not to tell you...

(Yellow Diamond) It's not healthy or good to have this fear in your mind on a daily basis.

(Steven) I can't help it...

(White Diamond) Steven why didn't you tell us?

(Steven) I... I couldn't...

She didn't need to ask him why. She could read his expression and his mind to know the answer. He was too scared to ask them.

It just hurts her to still him terrified, let alone him not feeling safe around them. While Yellow did rescue Steven from Pearl but it doesn't just fix the past just like that.

(Blue Diamond) We're so sorry, Steven...

She lets a tear slide down her face.

(Yellow Diamond) I am deeply remorseful for breaking your teeth.

(Steven) T-They grew back, with Mom's power.

(Yellow Diamond) But you had to spend a long night without them. I now understand how important human teeth are.

(White Diamond) I killed you, and I didn't even hesitate.

(Steven) I-It's fine. Mom brought me back and--

(White Diamond) Stop it.

She stopped him.

(White Diamond) Stop trying to justify the sins we did. They weren't right, we did them maliciously, well aware of what we're doing.

Steven couldn't deny it anymore.

(Steven) S-Sorry...

(Yellow Diamond) You have nothing to apologize for.

(Blue Diamond) We're the ones apologizing here.

Steven's hands shake.

(White Diamond) Steven, you can be honest to us.

(Yellow Diamond) You can say what you think of us, and we'll accept it.

(Blue Diamond) And if you hate us, we won't blame you, nor would we be upset with you.

Steven had no choice now. If he lied, White would know and tell the other two the truth anyway. It would be best to hear the words from his mouth than White's.

(Steven) I'm scared of you... like how the criminals are scared of Batman...

While Yellow and Blue don't know how much that means, White does. She knows that the criminals feared Batman because he acts like a monster that lurks in the dark at night and hurts you to the point that they wish they were dead. Knowing that and hearing Steven saying that lets her know where they stand.

(White Diamond) I'm so sorry...

She opened her arms a little to see if she could, at least, embrace him. He gleefully accepted it. He cried a little, feeling like it's his fault.

(White Diamond) It's not your fault.

The other two Diamonds joined in on the hug, trying their best to comfort him.

(White Diamond) We want to help you. We're going to make it right for you from now on.

#3: Training

3rd Person P.O.V.

[Batcomputer] Simulation activated.

Many forms were made in the realistic simulation of a combat fight. It's important for Batman to keep up his training, just in case. He has nine enemies to fight.

A criminal, a mobster, a rioter, a inmate, a amethyst guard, a rose quartz, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond and Bane before he took TN-1. He has his suit on and all his gadgets prepared. He cracked his knuckles.

Six of them went to grab a weapon nearby or just attack Batman head-on, while White, Yellow and Bane stood back and watched.

(Inmate) This'll hurt him.

(Criminal) This gives me an edge.

They both grabbed baseball bats. The amethyst guard grabbed a destabilizer. They surround Batman but didn't get too close. The rose quartz tried to strike first but she was punished when she missed and Batman swept her off her feet.

The criminal took a swing at Batman with the bat and he blocked it with his gauntlets and slammed his elbow down on the bat to break it. The amethyst tried jabbing Batman with the destabilizer but he caught her wrist and broke the destabilizer after snatching it from her.

(Mobster) He's tougher than he looks!

(Criminal) He's too strong!

An inmate tried taking a swing at him while he was behind Batman. Batman ducks to avoid the swing and stood back up, facing the inmate. He grabbed the middle of the bat and pushed it at the inmate's solar plexus and forced him to the ground with the bat on him.

He grabbed the inmate's wrist and turned it to the point they could hear a snap and the inmate is incapacitated.

(Rioter) Oh, man! That's brutal!

The rose quartz charged at Batman. He gave her a surprise by tackling her which caused them to roll on the ground. The rose quartz is on the ground on her stomach and Batman's boot is on the side of her face.

Batman had his arms around her leg and turned it 180°.

(Rioter) Her leg, he broke her freakin' leg!

The rose quartz poofed before she screamed and there wasn't a gem to hit the ground because she's a realistic hologram, like those gems in The Chamber on Homeworld.

(Criminal) Come on, you guys!

(Amethyst Guard) Shut up! He broke your weapon.

She threw a broken piece of the bat at the criminal.

(Criminal) Now you've done it!

He took the same piece and threw it at the amethyst. The mobster puts on brass knuckles and tried to punch Batman right in the face. Batman caught his hand real quick and punched his stomach.

Then he used his other hand to hit the mobster's head and he fell to the ground, Batman is still holding his fist when he tried to punch him. Batman bent the arm to a right angle backwards. If that was a real mobster, his arm would never lie steady again.

(Criminal) How are you so damn fast?!

(Rioter) Hey, look! A gun!

A assault rifle just appeared and the rioter went for it. Batman didn't give him a chance to fire the gun as he grabbed the front part of the gun and gave it a tug before pushing the stock to the rioter's face, causing him to drop it. Then he grabs his arm and forced it to move almost 360° clockwise, which most likely broke his shoulder joint, since a snap was heard.

The amethyst guard tried to use the gun but she didn't know how to use it. He snatched it from her and hits her with the stock of it and then he rips it apart. He incapacitated her with a spin kick that hit her chin.

(Criminal) I'm retirin' from crime.

That wouldn't stop him. He got a punch that send him to the floor and sliding back. He'd be out cold for a while if he was real.

Those he just pummeled were mere punching bags for him. Those who are left will give him a challenge. Bane cracked his knuckles and approached Batman.

(Bane) Face a warriors death!

He jumps and nearly crushed Batman but he slides under Bane when he was in mid air. Yellow took out her sword and tried to slice him with it while he wad still on the ground. He used the spikes on his gauntlet to break the sword because the sword was pushed to a side and it got stuck in between the spikes on both and he moved his arms in difficulty to directions to break the blade.

Batman stood up but immediately ducked when Bane came back and tried to backhand him. However, Bane ended up backhanding Yellow and it knocked her over and her helmet off her head.

(Bane) Be careful not to get in my way.

He warned her as he tried to refocus his attention to Batman. White almost nabbed Batman if he didn't jump over her. Batman is having a rough time to fight one of them.

Batman quickly uppercuts Bane which distracted him and he focused on White. She threw a right hook, he pushed her hand away with his right hand, turned his back so he could hit her abdomen with his elbow, and finally he turned around to get a direct uppercut to her chin. White falls over.

Yellow tried to jab Batman but he swatted her fist away and picks her up and threw her at Bane. Bane caught Yellow.

(Bane) I said not to get in my way!

He tossed Yellow to the side like she was a plush toy. Batman ducks under Bane's arm and slammed his elbow down on Bane's thigh which struck the bone in his leg. As Bane lets out a pained yell, he tried to use the venom to help him but Batman cut the tubes with his spikes on the gauntlets.

Fast and viciously, Batman grabbed Bane's head and slammed it to his knee. Bane was knocked out. Yellow got back up and jump kicked Batman when he just finished Bane.

Batman flips back on his feet. Yellow tried kicking Batman. He caught her leg and kicked the back of her knee of her other leg.

She falls over and Batman twisted her leg to break it. White is the last one left. He stuns her with his cape and began to give her a beatdown.

Those jabs are hard, fast and brutal. After about 23 punches, Batman finished her with a uppercut.

[Batcomputer] Simulation complete.

Reality came back.

(Alfred) Well done, sir. You finished the hardest training sessions yet.

(Moonlight) Yeah, after so many failed attempts. You always got defeated by Bane, Yellow or White.

(Alfred) Not this time.

The End... Again... Maybe... I don't know...

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