Chapter Text
Your gem name in this story is Azurite. I own nothing except my OC's, and some parts of the plot.
Location: Knowhere
Azurite sighed as he set an empty glass on the counter after finishing his liquor. He could hear the sound of the people talking, arguing, or even singing some songs they knew while being drunk in the background. It was a bar so he wasn't excepting more from this place.
"Just sit in the bar, and wait for one of my servants to call over for you." He thought to himself, shaking his head in irritation. He's been waiting here for over two hours now.
"So, what are you doing here, Az?" The bartender asked him as he refilled his glass. Azurite was visiting this bar from time to time, and these two were actually really good friends.
"Take a guess." Azurite answered.
"...Oh, The Whitebound brothers?" The bartender said in realization. If Azurite didn't came here to get a drink or two by himself, or with the people he knew, there was only one other reason than that, he came here because someone wanted to offer him a job. When Azurite shook his head, he said another person that came into his mind, "The Collector?"
"Yup." Azurite confirmed with a nod of his head, "He called me, and told me that he has a new job for me."
"It must be something important if he didn't told you what he wants from you in the message." The bartender stated.
"You're telling me." Azurite agreed with him.
"...So, how have you been doing? It's been a while since you came here." The bartender asked.
"As usual." Azurite answered, "Just traveled around, did some jobs, either alone or with Shi'ra's help, saw Quill and his crew once or two.''
"Just another days of Azurite." The bartender stated.
"That's right." Azurite said with a nod of his head.
"So, have you seen the message, two months ago when this kid..." The bartender was cut off in the middle of the sentence.
"I saw it when I was on Xandar. I am happy that the Diamonds are not longer a threat, but it doesn't change the fact that I despise them." Azurite explained as the bartender nodded his head in agreement, having the same mind as Azurite about the Diamonds, "Also, this kid things that the universe is suddenly safe because of it. The Diamonds were just one of the many threats, and there are threats that are much worse than all of them combined. The universe is a dangerous place. It always has been and it always will be."
"Yeah. It's hard to disagree." The bartender couldn't do anything but agree with him.
Suddenly, on the other side, a dar opened, revealing a pink-skinned woman. She stepped into the bar and called over, "Mister Azurite, I'm here to fetch you for my master."
The woman gestured towards the doors, and gestured to follow her through them, Azurite stood up from his seat, and said, "Thanks for the drink."
"Sure thing. At least I had someone to talk to." The bartender smiled at Azurite, nodding his head.
Azurite followed the pink-skinned woman, who as he found out from was named Tarina, led him to a building in the shape of a large, purple dome. Inside were numerous glass cages, big and small, each containing something, be it plants, animals or people.
"No matter how many times I was here, this place always creeps me out." Azurite muttered to himself.
"Azurite!" The familiar voice called over to him. Azurite turned towards the source of the voice and saw a man wearing a white fur coat, "How wonderful it is to see you!"
"I wish I could say the same." Azurite said, crossing his arms. The only reason why he was doing jobs for this man was that he paid him a lot.
"Your words are hurting my heart, Az." The Collector said, putting his hand on his heart, dramatically.
"At first you need to have one." Azurite thought to himself. This man would sell his own family if it would make his collection bigger.
"You're probably wondering why I wanted to talk with you." The Collector stated the obvious.
"Otherwise I wouldn't come here." Azurite pointed out.
The Collector just rolled his eyes at Azurite's comment, as he began explaining, "You see, my dear Azurite. You probably saw the message of a person is known by many names. One of them being Pink Diamond. He told that he is going to spend some time with his friends on Earth..." The Collector began explaining, but Azurite interrupted him.
"I know that already. Get to the point." Azurite demanded.
"You see, I could use some more servants, and I heard that a certain gem from your spieces were specifally made for serving." The Collector finished his explanation.
"No, no." Azurite said as began to shook his head, once he realized what he meant by that, "Don't even think about it!"
"Yes, yes." The Collector said back, "I am thinking about it."
"I told you already that I want to have nothing to do with them! They were fine with me dying off in some small ship. Why do you think I keep covering my gem with that headscarf?!" Azurite shouted, angrily, pointing at his covered forehead.
"I know about that. That's why I told to come here, otherwise you wouldn't even consider coming here." The Collector pointed out.
"You're damn right I wouldn't!" Azurite confirmed what he just said to him.
"Just let me tell how much I want you pay you for that." The Collector said, calmly.
"Go ahead." Azurite told him.
"1 million units." The Collector revealed.
"... Excuse me... How many?" Azurite asked, wanting to be sure if he didn't misheard it.
"1 million units." The Collector repeated what he said.
"Why are willing to pay me so much for it?" Azurite wanted to know.
"Because, your species don't age, so I wouldn't have to worry about losing her." The Collector explained.
"How are you going to make her serve you? Is is a part of the contract as well?" Azurite asked another question.
"No. That is none of your concern. I'll find a way how to make her serve me." The Collector assured him.
"But, why me out all people, because something tells me that you have other reason than me being a gem." Azurite asked.
"Because, your old pals. The Guardians of the Galaxy recently paid a visit to bar on this planet, and I met one of them on the streets. I know that you're in a need of units after you gave almost everything you had to fix your ship." The Collector answered.
"Rocket..." Azurite muttered under his breath, knowing exactly who it was. He knew he was overpaying when he visited that mechanic, but if his ship would no longer be usable, he'd lost every upgrade his ship had on, such as the possibility of invisibility which he earned from a huntresses named Shi'ra, someone that he grew to love a his own family, a sister, despise being different spieces.
He sighed. He didn't want to do this, but he didn't had other option. He knew he needed those units to survive, "Fine. I'll do it."
The Collector clapped his hands, as a smile grew on his face, "Wonderful! I'm glad you decided to do this!"
"Whatever." Azurite said, as he turned towards the exit, "I should get going on."
"What about my other contract? Did you reconsidered it?" The Collector wanted to know.
"No and I won't. Good luck finding a moron who will do it." Azurite answered.
"You know, I've been having The Reality Stone for a while now. I bought it from someone." The Collector revealed something that Azurite was unaware of.
"What?" Azurite asked, suprised by what he just heard. Who was that stupid to give him one of the most powerful objects in the universe?!
"Life is full of suprises, dear Azurite." The Collector told him, as Azurite, was still not believing that someone sold him one of the Infinity Stones.
Azurite whispered, "Bastard." to himself, as he started to make his way towards his ship. As was walking through the streets of Knowhere, he came across a young girl, who was holding her arm out towards him.
"Here you go, kid. You need it more than me." He said to the girl, giving her some of his money. He knew he was in a need of units, but there were people who needed it more than he did. And that little girl was one of those people.
"Thank you." The girl said in a very grateful tone.
"There's no need to thank me." Azurite said with a wave of his hand, as the girl smiled at him, and gave him a quick hug, before running off, probably to get some food for herself.
He smiled to himself. At least he brought a smile to this girls face as he proceeded to walk towards his ship. A few minutes later he arrived on his ship, and walked inside of it. One of the first things he saw upon entering it, he saw something what he called "Memorial Wall" of the people he met, and came to care about in his years of exploration of the universe.
He stopped himself in front of it and stared at the photos, as he began thinking about the people he cared about in his life.
The first photo on this wall was the photo of a man who's name was Freddy. He actually knew him for only a few hours, but he took a liking in him during them.
The second photo showed Darnel. The man who was Freddy's companion when he met them. They were the first people he talked with since his banishment from Homeworld, because he came across them on the first day he came out of his ship, which also happened to one of the scariest days of his life. While he and Darnel made it out of the situation they found themselves in alive, Freddy was killed in action. That's why he knew him for such a short amount of time. As for Darnel, he and Azurite became really good friends, and stayed with each other until Darnel passed out his bed.
The third photo was showing a man who taught him how fight hand-hand-in combat, and made him prefer this style of fighting instead of using guns, or swords, or knives. His name was Dragan.
The fourth photo was showing a huntresses that upgraded his ship that it could turn invisible any moment Azurite wanted. He could actually relate to her, because they both were banished by their people for being different. The reason why was she banished was because she was born with a rare sickness that made her shorter than most of women from her people. She and him actually remain in contact with each other, the only difference being that she was much older than she was the moment they met each other.
The fifth photo was showing a family that took him in as if he was one of their own. This was actually one of not many times in his life when he felt like he actually belonged somewhere, but all good things must've come to an end. One day, The Dark Lord of the Universe invaded this planet and killed half of it's population, this family being one of the victims. The head of the family, Rin held his daughter Aleena in his arms, while his wife, and Aleena's mother Karolyn had her arm wrapped around him.
"I wish I could've saved you from them... Save you from him..." Azurite thought to himself.
And finally the last picture was showing the poeple who were one of not many people he could call a friend these days. These people were a crew who called themselves "The Guardians of the Galaxy". They met with each other when they were ordered by The High Priestess Ayesha of Sovereign to take him, and Nebula otherwise known as "The Biggest Sadist in the Galaxy" to the prison on Xandar, but fortunely for them, Rocket, a talking raccoon stole some of their batteries, which lead to the series of interesting events. They even offered him a place in their crew, but he politely declined their offer, but they still remain in contact with each other.
He only wished he had the picture of Nebula alongside theirs, but he couldn't blame her for not wanting him to take her a picture. After everything she's been through...
How did he found himself in the Soverign captivity? Because he agreed to do a job for the Whitebound brother to steal some of their batteries.
"New contract, new contract, new contract..." He heard his computer say as it took him away from his thoughts. It was repeating those words over and over again, as Azurite made his way towards it, and eyed what was written on the screen,
New Contract
The Task: Bring a Pearl to The Collector
The Person That Ordered it: The Collector
Payment: 1 000 000 Units
Do you accept it?
Yes No
Azurite sighed as accepted the contract, by pressing yes on the screen.
This was going to be a long contract, and probably the most dangerous one he had in a while.
He knew that if they caught him, they most likely were going to shatter him, or banish him, one more time.
He was worried about the first part that much, because he didn't had anything to lose. As for the second part, he wasn't going to not stay with them, anyway. So the option of getting banished once again wasn't that scary to him.
One day later
Azurite sighed to himself, as he thought to himself, "This is it. I'm here."
It took him only one day for his ship to take himto Earth, thanks to the upgrade which increased his ship's speed. He was still working on making it faster, but for now, it was better than nothing.
As for now, he was preparing himself to step outside out of his ship, making sure to hide every trace of him being a gem, or for what he came here for.
He stopped what he was doing the moment he heard someone banging on his ship.
"Hello? Are you a gem from Homeworld? If, yes. I'd like to meet you if you allow us to talk to you."
Azurite immediately recognized that the voice. It was Steven, the kid from the massage.
"I'm a gem, however, I wish I wasn't." Azurite thought to himself, as he made sure that his machete was on his back, even though he was barely using it because he prefered to use his hands and that his chains with a hooks were hid in the back of his red jacket. He also made sure that his headscarf was wrapped tightly around his forehead, he didn't want them to discover what he really was.
"Here we go. Relax, Azurite, you just take one of the pearls with you without anyone noticing and leave." He actually couldn't remember the last time when he was that nervous about a contract.
With that, he hit the control panel, which lowered hatch down.
The moment after, a daylight shone into his face...