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Zari smiled at them, and nodded. "I need your help guys. I want to regenerate one of Emrys's ruby shards, but since one of them aren't his, it'll be someone else's.... and it'll be a mutant, since it is just a shard. Since you're so strong... would you mind watching over Rosalie? I don't want her to get hurt." he said. He would feel even worse if Rosalie were to get hurt, or poofed, especially by something he released himself.
Rosalie heard her name. Zari was talking about her not getting hurt or something like that. She smiled, and sat down at a tree stump. She took a stick and drew some stick figures into the dirt.
Mari carefully listened to Zari. "Alright, I'll watch over Rosalie for you," Mari gave a sweet smile. Alexa knew Zari wasn't talking directly to her, but she nodded anyway.
Liam sighed. Yasuke hadn't helped him find out why the gem was damaged. Sure, he had given him an idea as to why it happened, but he didn't know for certain. Liam walked off, hoping that he would find someone who would be able to answer his question.
Zari smiled back, and reached up and grabbed a bubble with a ruby shard in it. The shard seemed to be an off red, more like a magenta. It must not be a true ruby, he thought. He dropped it, and the bubble shattered, releasing the shard. The shard sat on the ground for a few moments, and suddenly floated in mid air. It glowed, and a white mass surrounded it. The mass shaped into a strange amorphous blob, and finally formed and solidified. It was a hand fused onto the top of a leg, was a bright pink, and had the ruby shard embedded in the palm. Two eyes opened on the ankle, and stared at Zari. Oh gods, what did I just release.
Kyle withdrew his lips, as he hugged her. He was almost ready to give up on that thought, but it kept returning.
The thought of suicide.
The many ways he could do it, they flashed through his mind and imagination. He tried blocking it all out, but it kept coming back, and it seemed there was nothing he could do about it.
Izzy hugged Kyle again, but stopped when she saw somebody in the distance. They seemed to be walking towards them, but they were too far away for Izzy to see who it was.
Liam thought he saw two people in the distance, though he couldn't tell who. He began walking towards them.
Kyle felt Izzy leaving his embrace. He let go of her, and turned around to see what she was looking at. At the same time, he was combatting the thought of suicide, and how selfish he would be if he really did kill himself. He didn't want to, but he did want to, all the same.
Izzy got up and tried to see who the person was. As they got closer, she began to recognise them. "Ugh, not you again..." she muttered, as Liam got closer.
Liam began to see two familiar looking people - Kyle and Izzy. "Oh god, not those two again..."
Mari looked at the mutant shocked, "What is that thing..?" Alexa hid behind Mari, obviously afraid of the mutant. Why does it have eyes?! It makes it even more creepy!
Rosalie looked up to see a giant mutant. It had eyes on its ankles, which made it creepier. "W-What is that thing?!" Rosalie yelled, hiding behind a tall tree, scared for her life.
Zari felt horrible for the poor person. That mutant was once a gem, a normal gem, and now it's just a fragment of what it once was. "That, Mari, is why you and Alexa shouldn't try to kill yourselves. You don't want to become a poor fragment of what you are now, stuck here forever in this realm, do you?" he asked. An icicle formed in his hand, as he was ready to poof it.
"I-I had no idea..." Alexa softly whispered. Alexa clutched onto Mari's clothes. "I see, did you once know this gem?" Mari asked. Mari was carefully watching the mutant. Poor thing.