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The Black Pearl Brigade chapter 13: Lords of the Universe

AN: Three chapters left until the end. Only one regular chapter to go then the big two-part finale, afterwards we'll take a break so I can start readying the remainder of this universe, and I've already been writing outlines for Little Homeworld Life's first season lately. But as for Black Pearl Brigade, we finally get a chance to shine some light on the backstory of one of our main villains so that we may give him a proper send-off in the next episode. That's right, Torius Vosania takes the stage once again!

Synopsis: Batsputin, one of the Universal Lords, finds his power over his corner of the universe being challenged by Cinnabar.

Cast:

Deedee Magno-Hall as The Black Pearl Brigade

Avi Roque as Cinnabar

Zehra Fazal as Zoisite

Sam Witwer as Torius Vosania

Kathleen Barr as Púrén

Featuring Christopher Lloyd as Batsputin Vosania

With Anna Akana as Dionna of the Sands

Peter Stormare as Reximillian

Elizabeth Maxwell as Vigrid

James Earl Jones as Wobbla the Butt

Barrett Wilbert Weed as Ezlipsia

And William Houston as Mr. Bartok

The Diamonds aren't the only ones with absolute control over the universe. Though they only lay claim to 36.3% of the known universe compared to the Diamond Authority's 63.7%, the Universal Lords' power was infamous the cosmos over.

Each of them had control over their own galaxies. Dionna of the Sands and her army of warrior women claimed mainly desert and paradise planets in the Bogon Galaxy and Sky Canopy Domain. The dinosaur-like Reximillian oversaw the Aeron Galaxy, the Pegasus Galaxy, the Ford Galaxy, and the Seraphia Galaxy. Vigrid, a witch-like Universal Lord, ruled over her domain known throughout the galactic communities as the Upside Down, which also happened to be rich in Illudium Q-36. The sluggish crime lord Wobbla the Butt ruled his planets from the spaceport known as Hellknight's Lot, and some of his favorites included the Makyo Star System, Melmac, Spira, and Cepheus-18. Finally, the princess of Umbran Ezlipsia, the young ruler of Aldebaran, inherited her parents' massive empire at the age of 20 and has guarded such planets as Thra, Zeenu, Shuggazoom, and Petropia.

Many have risen and fallen over eons of the Universal Lords' existence, but Cinnabar had planned to put an end to one in particular. And her partner Torius Vosania knew just the one.

"This is the one you want?" Cinnabar asked Torius while they examined a hologram of a male humanoid with two sets of massive wings, one pair beneath his arms and the other serving as wings. He looked like a near-dead-ringer for Torius, minus the extensive cybernetic enhancements he applied to himself.

"Yes, that's him." Torius hissed eagerly, rubbing his hands together at the image. "I've been waiting for ages to get revenge, brother."

"So, that's your brother, huh?" Zoisite asked while reclining against a door. "I totally called it, Bloodstone owes me big time."

"Well, if you were so sure about it, then why don't you go down and bring us his head?" Cinnabar asked the one half of her top assassin duo. "I'd get DJ to come along, but she's already occupied with surveillance on the other Lords.

"I won't let you down, Cinnabar." Zoisite saluted while pulling her naginata from her gem and leaving the two criminals alone.

"Soon, Batsputin, your kingdom will finally be mine!" Torius howled loudly. "Just as it was meant to be so many decades ago."

Since his youth, Batsputin Vosania ruled over his native planet of Cavenousya in the Twilight Zone, which served as the capital for his empire as a Universal Lord. However, all was not well in his palace. There were rumblings about a possible assassination on the horizon, and the planet's great leader found himself the most stressed out after learning from inside sources plotting the hit on him.

"Can it be? My brother still wants vengeance for me taking the throne?" Batsputin fretted over what his brother could want with him while pacing around his private quarters. "Great Scott, I need to do something about this before it's too late!"

"My lord, is something wrong?" the Vosania family's majordomo, Mr. Bartok, asked Batsputin.

"Yes, it is brother Torius." Batsputin declared fearfully. "He's still calling for my head, but this time he has backup. It's a Gem he's aligned interests with that is currently wanted for crimes against the Gem Homeworld. Who knows what they could do together, Mr. Bartok?"

"Might I suggest an idea?" Mr. Bartok replied. "On the topic of Gems, I hear that there is this band of Pearl mercenaries who regularly combat the forces of this criminal." He then presented a holographic gallery of the Black Pearl Brigade's recent adventures, such as their encounters with Sylvia Spectre and their protection of Budiansky-84. "The way I see it, it should take a Gem to know a Gem. Plus, it says they take jobs through the Diamonds being called by potential clients."

"I suppose if we have no other choice, we must hire the Pearls." Batsputin agreed with his right hand. "I shall make arrangements, posthaste!" Batsputin turned and flew deeper into his stalactite-shaped castle to contact the Diamonds, while Mr. Bartok stayed behind to enact some plans of his own.

"Batsputin is planning to contact the Pearls, young Torius." Bartok said over a communicator to Torius. "Those five have no idea what they'll be getting into."

"Excellent, Bartok, I always knew you were the only one back home I could still count on." Torius declared.

"I always did have faith in your abilities, my boy." Bartok replied warmly, yet condescendingly at the same time. "Now, which of your cronies has been sent out to perform the deed?"

"A Gem assassin named Zoisite is on her way to Cavenousya." Torius responded. "Be sure to make her feel welcome when she arrives. Understand?"

"I surely will, my child. Over and out." Bartok nodded and ended his call before smiling to himself. "The fools have yet to realize that I have plans of my own."

The Servant exited hyperspeed into the Twilight Zone and landed in Cavenousya mere minutes after the Pearls had received Batsputin's call for help. As is natural for the Vosania family's species, the planet was in a state of eternal night with Victorian gothic architecture as far as the eye could see, all contained within caves that dotted the world's surface.

"So glad we could finally reach the Twilight Zone." IQ stated. "The architecture and ecosystem always fascinated me so much."

"Well, glad you can finally get a chance to check everything out after Sylvia interrupted our trip," Cap replied with an arm around her subordinate. "But we have work to do. We've been hired by one of the Universal Lords this time."

"I still can't believe it either, a Universal Lord wanting our help!" Pony excitedly reiterated. "And not just that, but one of the big ones, the cream of the crop, the biggest of them-"

"Okay, Pony, settle down." Braids ordered Pony with a finger to the other Pearl's mouth. "No need to get all excited."

"I wouldn't blame her, though. Batsputin is among the most powerful Universal Lords." Tails replied. "We must treat him with the utmost respect to stay on his good side."

"Precisely, now let's get moving." Cap nodded to Tails as she led the Pearls to Batsputin's castle, with Sculder following behind in case any other assassins were coming for their heads. Eventually, they finally reached the Universal Lord's palace, hanging from the ceiling like a large stalactite with small bat-like creatures circling around it that picked up the visitors and flew them straight through the nearest window, where Batsputin awaited them.

"Ah, the Black Pearl Brigade, I see." Batsputin grinned at the arriving Pearls. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Batsputin, lord of the Twilight Zone and current head of the Vosania dynasty. I am pleased that you received my summons."

"It is a pleasure to meet you as well, Lord Batsputin." Cap bowed with her fellow Pearls and their robot companion. "We happen to be quite familiar with the one who ordered the hit on you, Torius Vosania."

"Yes indeed, my brother." Batsputin declared sorrowfully. "He always was very ambitious, conceited, and childish, but he also found it very easy to get jealous of others, me included. After I inherited our parents' throne, Torius went mad and tried to kill me to take what he thought was rightfully his, but that was when everything went horribly wrong."

"Please, Torius, it didn't have to be this way!" a younger Batsputin called out to a younger, horribly scarred Torius in the middle of an epic battle to the death for the right to be called the ruler of Cavenousya. "Just let me help you, and we can rule the Twilight Zone together!"

"I HATE YOU!" Torius shrieked angrily. "You were always better than me! Everyone loved saying you were better than me!"

"That's not true!" Batsputin objected to his younger brother's claims. "Everyone may say I am more fit to be a leader, but you Torius, your charisma, and tactics are second to none!" He then extended a winged hand to his injured sibling. "Just take my hand. I know you still have a place in my kingdom."

However, Torius instead slapped Batsputin's hand away and let out a feral hiss before he tried flying away. Unfortunately, the younger Vosania sibling was too horribly injured to keep going, and he dropped out of the sky, presumably to his death.

Disgusted at himself for not being able to save Torius while grieving his brother's demise, Batsputin began quietly shedding tears as he turned away from where he last saw his younger brother and started walking back to their home, where he would soon rule for the rest of his days.

However, that was not the last the brothers would see of each other. Torius lay at the canyon where he and Batsputin fought, barely clinging onto his life and croaking his brother's name. "Batsputin! Batsputin!"

"Something the matter, my child?" Mr. Bartok asked as he suddenly stood by Torius's side and helped the young prince up. "My, you took quite a beating."

"Indeed." Torius replied, hacking up blood and phlegm. "Please, Bartok, help me!"

"Oh, I most certainly will." The Vosanias' majordomo replied evilly as he guided the brutalized prince into the shadows. "But you'll have to bear with me for a bit. The process will be most painful, but certainly worth it."

Elsewhere in the castle, Mr. Bartok snuck into a hidden room behind a bookcase, where Zoisite happened to be waiting for him on the other side. "Ah, you must be the assassin Torius had called for."

"And you must be the majordomo of the Vosania family." Zoisite replied. "Bartok, was it?"

"You are correct, Gem." Bartok nodded before taking in the bounty hunter's form. "My, such delicate features, yet you are so strong at the same time." He said while creepily stroking Zoisite's arm. "Those Kindergartens are most certainly advanced."

"Okay, creep." Zoisite replied, slapping Bartok's hands away from her body and pulling out her naginata. "Now, I need this assassination to be done clean and quick, so I don't need anyone trying to get in the way. That includes you."

"I, what?" Bartok stuttered as his eyes widened in fear.

"I've also heard that you always had a bit of a lust for power yourself, and I cannot allow you to interfere." Zoisite continued before she plunged her naginata deep into Bartok's torso and made him topple over, looking like he was just about to die. "Hopefully, whoever finds you won't find out what really caused all this."

As Zoisite left to perform her duties, Bartok was left to eventually die from his grievous wounds, but little did the green and red Gem know that this majordomo wouldn't give up easily. Bartok struggled to get up while covering his stab wound, and with a vengeful sneer, he snuck into a hidden room within the hidden room to plan his next move.

As soon as the Pearls received the information they needed for their mission, they took it upon themselves to serve as Batsputin's bodyguards for all of his duties, defending him while greeting civilians on the streets and attending to the servants' needs, and taking care of his own. But there was one activity of Batsputin's that they found the most interesting.

Later that day, or at least that's what they thought since it was always night, Batsputin entered a grand meeting hall to meet with what the Pearls believed to be some of the other Universal Lords. Sitting closest to Batsputin was a tall, tan-skinned, humanoid woman who seemed like the perfect mix of feminine beauty and might while clad in an armored toga. Next to her was a massive dinosaur dressed in a sharp tuxedo and bowler hat, holding a cigar in one of his three-fingered hands.

Across from the pair was another humanoid female sporting a pair of glasses, a skintight bodysuit with a robe resembling butterfly wings hanging around her shoulders, pointed ears, a pair of horn-rimmed glasses, and a massive witch's hat. Next to her was a gigantic and very unsightly looking slug monster with ape-like features whose body gave off a disgusting discharge, much to the annoyance of his fellow Lords. He was accompanied by a furry goblin, and an advisor with tentacles hanging off his head. Finally, an owl-like young woman dressed in regal gothic attire paid no mind to the other Lords and spent more time gazing at her mobile device than joining in on the conversation.

"Ah, my friends." Batsputin greeted the Universal Lords happily. "I was so wrapped up in the possibility of assassination; I forgot I invited you all here to place bets!"

"Yes, yes, your brother still wants your head." Dionna of the Sands snarked. "So anyways, who do you think shall win this year's gladiator games?"

"Oh, I'm personally betting on Rigby Starglow!" Reximillian declared. "I'm a huge fan of his music, so I'm kinda biased."

"Personally, my credits are on S-L1M3," Vigrid replied. "Slime-like creature with cybernetic enhancements that update themselves with every time their user is defeated to adapt to their opponents' every move. I consider it a safe bet."

"Me, personally, I'm kind of split between Lady Imagineer and Earthos." Wobbla the Butt stated, laughing while coughing up phlegm that began making a mess and forcing Batsputin's servants to clean it up. "I mean, one can fly, sync up with whoever they touch, and bring their thoughts to reality! But the other can bend the earth beneath him to his will and has super strength!" He let out another laugh, causing more disgusting bodily fluids to fly out of his mouth. "Okay, maybe Lady Imagineer will win. What do you think Ezlipsia?"

"Well, for one, stop drooling all over my phone." Ezlipsia growled while wiping some of Wobbla's fluids off her screen. "And second, I'm personally betting on one of the Metals to win." This bet caused the Pearls to look at the princess of the night in shock because last they remember, the Metals were living peacefully on Quarron. What could have possibly happened to them, and how? "Their military experience definitely tells me why the Snake People abducted them for their games."

Before any of the Pearls could speak up, a door quietly opened in the far distance, and a familiar silhouette emerged.

"Hey, is that who I think it is?" Cap whispered to her comrades.

"Zoisite!" Braids answered with a fist to her palm. "And it seems she's alone this time."

"Thankfully, we're a little more prepared." Tails stated and aimed her rifle at Zoisite's shadow. She then fired, causing a brief uproar among the Universal Lords as they glared straight at the Pearls. "Should've used a silencer!"

"What is the meaning of this?!" Reximillian roared while slamming his tail on the table.

"The assassin is here; everybody run!" Cap exclaimed before Zoisite appeared from behind and put her in a full nelson. "You!"

"My my, six of the seven Universal Lords all in one place!" Zoisite grinned eagerly. "All the more to slaughter and bring to Cinnabar!"

"We'll see about that!" Dionna exclaimed and unsheathed her sword to face Zoisite in combat, causing Vigrid to summon a staff with an owl at the end of it that she used to create circles casting offense spells, while Rexmillian gnashed his rows of massive teeth.

"Batsputin, get to safety now!" Pony commanded the king of Cavenousya before he was abruptly killed by Zoisite, stabbing him to death with her naginata. "No!"

"Batsputin is down, I repeat, Batsputin is down!" Zoisite spoke to Torius through her communicator. "And it seems the Pearls are here too!"

"The Pearls?! They must've been hired to protect him!" Torius screeched on the other end. "No matter, they have failed! Now all that's left is to reclaim my rightful throne!"

"I wouldn't be so sure of that." Another Cavenousyan who looked just like Batsputin declared as he appeared and tossed his own corpse away, much to everyone's shock. "What, did I forget to tell you that I have dozens of body doubles in case something like this happened?"

"Wait, then where is he?!" Zoisite yelled before killing that body double in response, just as a third one emerged from the shadows. "Oh no, they're multiplying!"

"Another thing you should know is that this castle has more secret tunnels than you can shake a stick at!" the third doppelganger bragged with a laugh, only to be cut short by a naginata to the head.

"Then it looks like I'll have to slaughter my way through all of you till I find the real deal!" Zoisite declared before she kicked down the door to the grand hall and killed a fourth Batsputin double that was already about to enter.

As the Gem assassin kept slaughtering body doubles, the Pearls, now with the knowledge of where the real Batsputin was, now needed to find him before either Zoisite or Torius did. "We need to find a way into those secret tunnels!" Cap exclaimed before she turned to the Universal Lords. "Do any of you know where we can find them?"

"Glad you asked." Ezlipsia stated and knocked on a nearby wall, making a part of it cave in and reveal a mysterious hallway lined with torches behind it. "I've explored these passages myself when I was a young girl, so I definitely know which ones are located."

"Thanks, you have all been a big help." IQ stated as the Pearls and Sculder stepped into the hidden hall searching for Batsputin.

"Best of luck to you all!" Reximillian called to the Pearls before turning to the other Universal Lords. "Torius Vosania's forces should be nearing Cavenousya any moment. Are you willing to fight?"

"Anything for a fellow Lord." Vigrid stated.

"Well, I got nothing better to do today." Wobbla smirked while putting a long smoking pipe to his mouth.

"If he wants to conquer the Twilight Zone, he'll have to go through us first!" Dionna exclaimed, unsheathing her sword.

"Guess I have no other choice." Ezlipsia obliged, brandishing a set of knives in the shape of fans. "Come now, to battle!"

Meanwhile, the Pearls trekked through the secret passage Ezlipsia pointed them towards, Cap leading the way with a torch in hand. "Your highness, where are you?!"

"Here, Batty, Batty, Batty!" Pony hollered, and her echoes bounced around the hall. "Dang, nothing!"

"I suggest we must perform the act of splitting up to search for clues!" Braids declared. "Cap, you and Pony go this way! Tails and IQ shall go that way, and I'll go with Sculder!"

"How can we split up? We're in a narrow hallway!" Tails exclaimed, her declaration echoing as well. "I'm sure he's here somewhere!"

"You rang?" Batsputin's voice echoed too, spooking the Pearls. "Come closer, I'm at the end of the hall!" The Pearls moved further down the hallway into a large room where Batsputin was awaiting them, surrounded by paintings of a younger Batsputin engaging in battle with a man in green and red armor with a purple cape. "Ah, you made it, my friends! Bet you didn't expect to see me here, eh?"

"I don't think we ever heard about this place before, either." Cap replied while gazing at the paintings surrounding them. "Who's the other guy supposed to be?"

"That is Velhallen Beo, a rival Universal Lord from ages ago." Batsputin explained. "He and I went to war for control of this galaxy many years ago in what would be called the Battle of the Night. He was a very confident warrior with an army of thousands, but I came out on top in the end."

"Interesting." IQ muttered while recording the data on an electronic notepad. "Is there any way we can see Mr. Beo now?"

"I don't know. Haven't seen him in ages." Batsputin replied with a shrug. "But that's beside the point. Where is that assassin now?"

"You mean Zoisite?" Braids responded. "She's busy killing her way through all those body doubles we just learned you have."

"Oh, the body doubles." Batsputin realized. "Don't worry; I have tons more where they came from. I GOT DOZENS MORE FROZEN TODAY!"

"And hopefully, you'll be needing all of them to mourn you." A familiar voice declared as Mr. Bartok emerged from the shadows, now wearing similar cybernetics to Torius to cover up his earlier stab wound. "Surprise, your highness. Happy to see me?"

"Mr. Bartok, what has happened to you?!" Batsputin exclaimed at the sight of his majordomo. "What's with the cybernetics, you duncebucket?"

"Oh, I just met with a certain Zoisite in league with your brother, only for her to try and kill me because I have my plans for conquering this world." Bartok revealed. "I've been planning this for ages, pitting you and Torius against each other in the hopes that you'd get each other killed and leave me to take the throne! But when Torius managed to survive the encounter, I had to change plans."

"So it was all because of you Torius has been chasing us?!" Cap exclaimed while brandishing her spear to threaten Mr. Bartok. "Sculder, shoot him!" Sculder did as it commanded and fired its arm cannon at Bartok, but nothing seemed to have hit him. Bartok seemed invincible.

"Your pathetic machinery can't do anything against me." Bartok bragged. "I suggest you surrender yourselves now, Pearls. I think you would make a perfect harem for me."

"Over our dead bodies, Bart!" Braids yelled and attempted to chop Bartok down with her ax, but he quickly dodged the swipe and flew up to the ceiling. "Curses!"

"And I'm not the only one you should be worried about." Bartok smirked before the ceiling suddenly caved in, and Torius swooped down like a feral predator, gunning straight for his older brother, and looking like he was about to bite Batsputin's head off.

"Finally, brother, we meet again at last!" Torius howled eagerly. "And now, to settle our score!"

"Not today Torius!" Batsputin yelled back, and together, the two brothers flew away from the chamber as they began wrestling each other in the sky, while Bartok followed behind.

"We need to follow them and save Batsputin!" IQ exclaimed. "Everyone to the Servant!"

The battle between the brothers raged on in the air as the other Universal Lords worked together to fight off Torius and Cinnabar's forces, leaving Cavenousya in a state of crisis as the civilians ran for shelter and their fearless leader fought for his life.

"You may have beaten me the first time, but you can't win this time!" Torius yelled while firing lasers from his cyborg thorax at Batsputin. "All my life, you've done nothing but outshine me!"

"But you don't understand, it doesn't have to be this way!" Batsputin exclaimed. "Bartok has been playing us all along just to seize power for himself!"

"From my point of view, you've been playing us all along!" Torius retorted before tangling Batsputin in his ears and tossing him through the castle just as the Servant began firing at him. "You!"

"Púrén, all weapons on Torius!" Cap commanded the ship's AI.

"Affirmative!" Púrén exclaimed and kept attacking Torius, even when he leaped at the spaceship and began clawing at its body. "Oh, come on!"

"Don't worry, I got you!" Batsputin tried to save his bodyguards from harm, only to be held back by Mr. Bartok latching onto his ears. "Hands off me, Bartok!"

"Never! Once I have you and Torius out of the way, Cavenousya shall be mine to rule!" Bartok yelled while brandishing a dagger to finish the job once and for all. However, this was not meant to be. Zoisite shot the dagger out of Bartok's hands with a rifle and was ready to do the same to Bartok. "Oh great, I forgot about you for a second."

"As soon as I heard what happened, I just had to stop my rampage to check this out." Zoisite declared. "Regardless, I just can't leave a job unfinished." She then quickly sniped Bartok in the head, sealing his doom as the insidious majordomo lost his grip on Batsputin's ears, and his corpse fell to the ground. "Now that he's out of the way, onto you, your highness."

"No, he is mine to kill!" Torius yelled defiantly. "I should be the only one to take the throne!"

"What made you think we were going to take over your planet to begin with?" Zoisite asked while preparing to kill both brothers.

"Quick, someone stop her!" Batsputin cried out, forcing the Pearls to take action immediately and direct their fire towards Zoisite, who nimbly dodged every attack from the Servant while launching from her rifle every chance she got. However, one wrong move was what finally ended the battle.

In a hurry, Zoisite aimed her rifle and accidentally fired straight through Torius's ear, causing him to lose airtime and start falling through the sky. "NO! NOOOO!"

"Wait, how did that happen?!" Zoisite exclaimed before she realized what she had done. "I have to get out of here!"

"Exactly! Strategic retreat, everyone!" Torius called for his forces. "We must evacuate, immediately!" On command, one of Torius's minions flew in on his ship and beamed the crime lord aboard before flying off with the rest of his armada.

"Well, chalk that one up to another bit of an anticlimax." Cap declared as the last of the Vosania Syndicate's armada left Cavenousya. "But regardless, another planet saved!"

"Yes, we give you our thanks, Pearls." Batsputin replied as the other Universal Lords gathered behind him. "If you hadn't shown up, our deaths would've caused a political uproar!"

"You truly saved us during the meeting." Dionna added happily.

"We'll be sure to put the good word in about your services." Reximillian bowed gratefully.

"It was a pleasure meeting you!" Wobbla declared.

"I'll have to check out Homeworld for myself and see what has changed." Vigrid pondered.

"In case you haven't gotten the message by now, we are forever in your debt." Ezlipsia said.

"You are all much too kind, but I fear we aren't done yet." Cap thanked the Universal Lords while opening the bay door. "Torius is undoubtedly still out there, and I think that his empire has much more where that came from."

"But still, after what one of Cinnabar's minions did to him," Pony added nervously. "who knows what he could do to the rest of them?"

"YOU FOOOOLS!" Torius shrieked furiously at Cinnabar and her minions as he licked his wounds from Zoisite's accidental hit on him. To say he was positively livid at his latest failure was an understatement. "I WAS THIS CLOSE TO DESTROYING MY BROTHER, ONLY FOR YOU TO TAKE IT ALL AWAY FROM ME!

"But you don't understand; Batsputin was trying to tell you that Bartok was playing the two of you against each other from the start!" Cinnabar stood up in defense of her minions. "I ask of you to give us another chance!"

"No, I'm done giving chances!" Torius growled. "Now, allow me to bathe the starways in your shards!" He then prepared to tear the Gems standing before him to shreds, only for Zoisite to buy them time by stabbing him in the same spot in his ear where she shot him before. "Fool!"

"Everyone, we have to get out of here!" Zoisite commanded her fellow Gems while knocking Torius down as the six Gems fled for the mothership's massive hanger, leaving the prince turned crime lord to give chase.

"GET BACK HERE, YOU NO GOOD CORUNDUMS!" Torius shrieked as he tossed all sorts of furniture at the fleeing Gems. "STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE SO YOU CAN BE PUNISHED FOR YOUR CONSTANT FAILURES!"

"Faster everyone, faster!" Cinnabar commanded her forces as soon as they found the nearest ship and used it to escape their now former ally's wrath, leaving Torius to keep shrieking angrily.

"You can run, but all Gems will come back as cowards!" Torius snarled at the fleeing ship before he turned away to start plotting. "It seems I'll have to take matters into my own hands. First, I shall have to terminate those Pearls myself since a certain someone is too inept to do it. Then, I'll move on to the rest of Homeworld itself."

The road to the BPB finale begins! All that's left is our penultimate episode "Light the Way" followed by the big two-part finale "Shining Diamond". It has been a pleasure delivering consistently quality content to my adoring viewers week by week, and I hope to keep doing it for many years to come if I'm not procrastinating. See you all next week for "Light the Way", and happy Fourth of July! Not that there's anything about this dystopian hellhole to be proud of anymore.

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