[Pearl's aggressive driving draws the attention of a police car]
StevenThe police want us!
Steven
You have to pull over to the side and show them your license.
[chuckles uneasily] Oh, right.
Steven But... but you're old!
What was I supposed to tell the DMV? That I'm from another planet?! I'm not exactly a citizen, Steven!
Steven
Then what do we do?!
[After a moment's thought, Pearl narrows her eyes, steps on the gas, speeds past the "mystery woman" and turns up the radio. Amethyst cheers, while Steven becomes more worried]
Steven
Pearl, you can't just drive away! This is serious!
Pearl, you're a total bad-- [is cut off by the screeching tyres as Pearl makes a sharp turn]
This is why we buckle up.
[Steven, Amethyst and Pearl are walking alongside the road. Pearl stops abruptly]
I was so ready! I really wanted to see your Krol.
Steven
What are you talking about?
[throws her jacket on the ground and struggles to get out of her jeans] I was going to drink a juice and wear these...ugh... pants! [falls over] ..And... [grunts] hit people gently enough as to not actually hurt them, and you'd say, "Wow, Pearl is really cool!" But nooo, instead, we drove to loud music... [throws off her jeans] chased a mysterious woman into the night and broke the law. [groans] I've lost my edge. I should have stayed home with the puzzle.
[Steven and Amethyst turn to each other]
Listen to yourself. You're so hardcore! Who cares about pants? You gunned it from the cops!
Steven
That's the most scared I've been since you almost let me die! You're a criminal now!
Now? [gets up on her feet, grinning] I've been a criminal for 6,000 years.
[Greg talks to his long-distant cousin Andy after telling him Rose is no longer with us]
These people are... sorta like her family, so... I offered to let these two stay in the barn.
AAndy
Yeah? Oh, well, that was real nice of ya. But the barn's for the DeMayo family!
Steven
What's a DeMayo? [Andy looks shocked at him]
AAndy
Andy DeMayo, Greg DeMayo, Steven DeMayo. We're the DeMayos.
Actually, we're, um... the Universes now. [Andy is shocked and enraged]
AAndy
You space walnut! You didn't even keep the family name, but you're goin' around givin' family property out like candy on... some kind of... candy-giving-out holiday?!
Steven
You're telling me "Universe" isn't a real last name?!
It is a real name! I had it changed! Andy, look, they just really needed a place. They're alien refugees from space and—
AAndy
They're illegal aliens?! Wh... You couldn't even marry an American?!
Steven
[to himself] DeMayo's a much cooler name than plain old Universe.
[as Steven walks up to the Beach House, he stops to face Greg]
Steven
Dad, before you go, can I ask you something?
Steven
Did Mom ever talk to you about... Pink Diamond?
There were some things your mom didn't like to talk about. I never pressed her for details.
Steven
Why not? [Greg pauses, sits down next to Steven on the steps]
Rose and I talked about tons of important stuff. Music, comic books, getting sand between your toes, y'know, feelings. We both made a lot of mistakes when we were young. I thought disco was coming back, she started a war—I think she felt like she needed to confess everything to me, but I told her, "The past is the past. All that matters to me is who you are now." And who she was, was an incredible, loving being. [Steven hugs Greg]
Steven
Night, Dad.
Steven
[shows Buddy Budwick's journal to the Gems] Hey, do you know anything about this thing? [Amethyst takes a closer look]
Hmm. Steven, you deserve to know the truth. And the truth is... I have no idea what that thing is, I've never seen it before in my life.
Excuse me, Amethyst, allow me. [sees illustration of the Palanquin] Uh, well... it appears to be an illustration in some kind of journal.
Steven
C'mon, you know what I mean. I had a dream where I saw this thing. Connie and I were wondering if maybe...
[stammers] S-Steven, why don't you and Connie— [Garnet interrupts her]
You can't go there! [everyone stares at Garnet for a beat]
Steven
..Why not?
[shady] Yeah, why not? [Garnet hesitates. Steven sighs and closes the journal]
Steven
I thought you were going to tell me everything from now on.
Steven
[points Palanquin illustration] Does this have anything to do with Pink Diamond?! I already know Mom shattered her, so what is it about this that you can't tell me?! [Pearl winces to Garnet]
Please! You're making Pearl very upset.
Steven
No! I'm very upset! [Connie and Amethyst back away]
We're--not--going. Rose never wanted you to see this place.
Steven
"Rose wanted..." [growls] What about what I want?! [points at Garnet] I'm sick of everyone lying to me! Rose is my mom! Out of anyone! Don't I deserve to know the truth?! [Amethyst offers a box of popcorn to Connie, who declines]
Steven
I don't care!! I wanna go there now!!
I'm sorry... I... I shouldn't have brought the book.
Steven
Yes, you should've brought it. It's lucky something has some information that I don't have to get out of them!!! Connie, I need to borrow this book.
That's right! Pink Diamond's insidious human zoo.
Steven
What?
During her reign on Earth, Pink Diamond stole humans from their families as trophies of her conquest.
Oh, no. It was very serious. When I still served… Homeworld, I saw it myself. A private menagerie deep in space. Humans in captivity. We were never able to rescue them. We had no way to get to them after the war. But, that was over 5,000 years ago.
Lapis, Peridot, stay here. You'll have to protect Beach City if something happens while we're gone.
[Lapis gives her a thumbs up]
[The Roaming Eye rises from the ground and flies off into the sky, and into space]
Steven
[watching the Earth shrinking in the distance] Don't worry, Dad. We're on our way.
Steven
Uhh, Why do you guys look like that?
The gravity warp seems to be affecting our bodies.
Please tell me this lasts forever.
Our bodies are made of light, and usually they form a mass dependent on the air pressure and the level of gravity in the environment. But we're in a situation where the normal laws of physics don't apply.
In what way is this funny?!
Steven
So, you guys aren't doing this on purpose? Can't you shapeshift back?
Hold on. [hapeshifts into Purple Puma] Huh, check it out. Puma cub.
The ship seems to be putting out some kind of energy, keeping us in this shape.
Steven
[turns to the control panel] Oh, I know the problem!
Steven
Peridot said the ship was calibrated for Rubies. It must be making you all Ruby-sized.
Ugh! Why doesn't she tell us anything? This is why we don't listen to her.
The human zoo. I can't believe it still exists.
Steven
Dad's gotta be in there. We just have to find him and bust him out.
[The Roaming Eye enters the zoo hangar and they see two Amethyst guards in front of the entrance]
Amethyst guards. Right, like we could just waltz up as an ownerless Pearl, a fusion and- and you.
Steven
We just need disguises. I'll be Esteban Universedad!
Steven, it doesn't matter what your name is. We're all going to stand out!
[Garnet defuses, separating into Ruby and Sapphire]
We won't stand out if we play the roles we were made for.
Steven
Ruby! Sapphire!
Okay, everybody. Hear her out.
Today, I'm a Sapphire traveling with my Ruby guard…
Esteban, I've brought you as an offering for the Zoo.
Steven
Pobrecito Esteban!
You're accompanying me as extra muscle.
[points to the Amethyst guards at the entrance] Muscle like them?
But I've never even seen another Amethyst before. What do I do? What if I say something wrong?
Just look the part. You're new and we're rusty, but we just have to sell this long enough to find Greg.
Is this really going to work?
No. [they all gasp] Just… stick together. Play it straight! Let's… change the future! [smiles crookedly]
[An Amethyst Guard throws Steven and Greg into a room full of Amethysts and Jaspers]
HAHomeworld Amethyst
These the ones?
Steven! Greg! They found me out!
Steven
Ameythst!
You won't believe what I've been through! These Amethysts, they're really, really... great!
Steven
What?! [all of the Quartz soldiers laugh]
HAHomeworld Amethyst
[laughing] Your faces!
A8Amethyst 8XL
[laughing] You were right. That was priceless!
[hugs Steven] I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I had to! What are you wearing? Greg, this is a good look for you.
Steven
What is going on?
These Amethysts, they're all from Earth! They're from the Prime Kindergarten! Wait. Hey, 8XL!
You guys, I'm an 8! Tell them, tell them!
A8Amethyst 8XL
The Amethyst under me never popped out. We were all waiting and, nothing.
I'm 8XM! Facet 5, Cut 8XM! That's me! This is 8XG, this is 8XH…
Oh, geez! Sorry, I'm worse than Holly Blue!
A8Amethyst 8XJ
Aren't we all?
J"Skinny" Jasper
Prime, Prime, Prime. You Amethysts are so cliquey.
Skinny's a Jasper! There are gems here from the Beta Kindergarten, too. Hey, where's Carnelian?
J"Skinny" Jasper
Celebrating.
CCarnelian
[carries Amethyst] I'm not the shortest anymore!
Steven
Hey! Please, if you don't mind me asking, we really need your help. We came in with Sapphire, Ruby, and Pearl. We've gotta find them and get them out of-
[The door behind them suddenly opens up, revealing Ruby, Sapphire, Pearl, and Holly Blue Agate standing in the doorway]
I'll only be a moment. [enters the room as Steven and Greg quickly hide behind an Amethyst Guard] What are you all doing in here?! Get to your stations! Even you hideous off-color Betas! Get out of your cubbies and into your places! It's the least you can do for the Diamond that kept you worthless sorry Gems in service! That's right. Blue is back already! Now go pretend your filthy vein of Quartz is capable of gratitude! Go, go, go!
My Diamond. My gracious, wondrous, luminous, lustrous Diamond…sss? [gasps in surprise as she notices Yellow Diamond] Oh, my! It's truly an honor to bask in your radiance…ses.
[clears throat] Yes, of course. My deepest apologies. You'll be pleased to know that your Sapphire has completed your special delivery.
Um, the special delivery you requested from Earth, of course.
I never asked any Sapphire to go to Earth.
I… Um… [nervously starts freezing up]
Steven
[whispering] Oh, no! She's freezing up!
My…future vision foresaw you, my Diamond, desiring more…humans for the zoo. So I…acted accordingly.
It's true. The window preserving Earth's specimens is closing.
[Steven sighs in relief]
Is that what you want? Sapphire, has the Cluster emerged yet?
Then there's still time. That will be all. [claps twice]
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