AN: After the first section listen to Gem Shards, if you can.

She's fighting with all her might. It's all she can hope to do. Her limbs feel dreadfully tired, and she yearns desperately to retreat into her gem, but knows she can't. Who knows what would happen if she did.

…She retreated into her gem—she didn't mean to—she didn't mean to—she didn't—

The fragment left of her doesn't know what to do.

she hasn't thought in a while (where is it where is it) but she feels like she must think she feels LIKE SHE MUST SCREAM

let me out

let me out

let US GO

reform; they try to scream and writhe from each other LET US GO LET US FREE!

They must mesh no I don't want this LET she can save it's

its garnetgarnetgarnetgarnetgarnetGARNETGARNETGARNETshe can help usGARNET GARNET GARNET GARNET

They poofed.

i know that gem any—the SHEILD! the SHEILD!

they HOWLED.

I̷ͫ҉̥̳̹T̩̯̤̥̞̼̳̰̓ͪ̾̈̒͋ͪ̚͘ͅ ͎̻̹̟̯̟͍̹̔ͨͯ̄̍̂͛W̬̱͇̹̜͍ͥ̍́ͪͪͩͭ̍A̠̬̗̟̯̤̠̙ͣ̽͐̑͌̀͆̆͢S͓̹̰̺ͭ̋͊͗ ̴̴̬̲̻̬̳̿̾̎̏ͫR̶̞̳̞͎͍̔̓̃͜ͅO̾̐̔̐̏̊̇̉̒͏̧̘͎̺̩͙̫͝S̮̞̘͙͚̣ͩE͎̺͚̲̠̒̐̌ͤ͑͢ ̧͎̳̘̌͒͢͟ͅQ̴̻̘̙̂ͤͮ͊͊ͤU̮͕̳͔͋͋Â̱͉͙͎͉͙̂͐̊̈R̛̄͏̘̺͉̖̫̺̝̞T̵̖̱̮͓̤̳́̀Z̝̿̽͋̇̑̉͂̍͊͘͜.̢̈͛͆ͪ̑̈́҉̟̲͓

she's here she's here she's here she's here she's here she's here she's here she's here she's HERE SHE'S HERE SHE'S HERE SHE'S HERE SHE'S HERE

Y̴̶̽ͪͥ́ͤ̈́̋̓͗̓͋̑͐ͤ̔͡҉̞̤̻̳̗̙͖̼̝̹̱̫̙͘ͅƠ̧̥͕̱͇͍̝̳̙̟̩̘̥͆̆ͦ̐͑ͤ̀̎̇̓ͨ̃ͥͮ̐͜͞Ų̴ͧ͌͐ͥ̔̿͒ͩ͒̈́ͯ͌͌͑͏̛̩̬̙̝̖͓̠͈̭̳͍̹̠̮̻̭͠ ̶̎ͭͥ͋̐ͮ͐̒̏̂ͤͦ͆҉͔̗͖̺͕̪̬͈̥͈͟F̧͗͋ͣ͊̾̏̉̽̄̕͞͏̖̼̬̬̝̯̟̹̩̤Iͯ̅̊̄̆ͪ̇͏̳̣̲̻̳̗̱̬͚̬̪̳̤̣̦͓̼́N̢̡̠̪̦͓̬̮̬̳͉̖͙̹̣̩̯̫ͤ̊̓̅A̢͈̱͇̱͔̻̩̯̝̱͎̥̖̮̟̻̰͇̰̔̈́̀̓͒͂̓̾́L͆ͨͭ̑ͥ̉̅̌ͬ͒̃͌̂̔̇̊̚͏̢̛̯̗̗̦͓͘Ļ̶̘̜͈͎̪̻̥͙̅͂͐ͦ͘͟͜Y̻̮̜̯̻͍̤͖̍ͫ̊̊̀͢ ̢̮̞̭̭̘͖͕̻̭͔̜̟͙̟̊ͨ́̆ͣ̂̊̒͑ͭ͗͌͗̅͝͡ͅC̶̮̳͉͚͍̠̼̜̥͕̝͚͖̺̻͉̫̬ͪ̑ͤ͆̅͂͆͂̃͑̓͜A̴͚̗̼̩̘̟̘̤͈̭̟ͯͪͫ̇ͪ̍̑ͪ͢M̷͓͉̥͙̬͍̙͊ͤͬͭͦͤͨͣͨ̾̋̔̑͑ͮẸ̡̻̮̫̮̱̄͌ͨͥ̕͟ ̛̗̠̣̳̎̑̓̍̃̋̋͗́̈́͢͠ͅŢ̗̼͚͖̻̬̭̬̩͙̤̱͕̠̯̘ͤ̉̈́̈͒ͧ̎ͮ̎ͥ̅̌̒̐͛̓̚͘͟͞ͅŌ͌ͯͬͫ͆ͩ̇̚҉͏̺̤̜͓͉̭̦͙̘̤͇̥̺̺ͅ ̸̼̙̹̤̺͎̦̹͉̺͚͇̳̪̮͈̣͇̓̾͂̍͌͋̆̐̆ͦ͝S̸̅̌̈ͤ҉̢̗͙͚͕̝̭̜̫̪̙͔̱̤̣͙̰͟ͅA̵̶̤̭̳͚̘̻͇ͬͣ͊ͬ̀͘͝V̭̰̳͔̪͇͌ͣ̅̀͆̈́̋̓͒͌͊̀͂͂ͬ̍̈́͡E̿̊̎̏҉̴̩̝̥̺̪̱̙̬̦̫͙̺̭̜͟ ̴͈͖̙͎̪͔̖͎̲̳̫͇̬̦͓̆̏͌̊̂̀͟͠ͅU̅ͧ́ͧͪͣ̓͑̀̚͏͓̻̺̱̙͖͘͟͝S̰̪͔̲͊̔͌̋̀͒ͧ̚͜͠,͔͉̪̝̭͆̒̓ͫ̇͌̅̀́̚͘͝ ̸̸̛̤͉͚͙̘̭͎̖̝̙͕̑̈͛̾̓ͦ̽̽̉ͮͣ̚̕͢Ȑ̴̼̻̦̩̥̮̯͖̭̯̟̪̳̯̹̪̠̀ͣ̑̽̀͛ͤ̏̕͡ͅǪ̳͕͖̣̫̭͚͙ͫ͐̂ͣͧͣ́Ṡ̵ͣ̆̋ͤ̔͏̣̺͇̺̦̥̮͖͙̲̰͍̕͟ͅͅE̛ͥ̉̂͑̽ͯͧ̋̋ͮ̚҉̛̙͖̖̮̲̼̼̝͕̰͍̹̩̦̫̺́͝—͖͇̳͉͙̭̙͚̣̯͚̔͑͐͌̍͟͠

They poofed.