No whining. We need to start cleaning up the debris.
PearlGarnet's right. People are already coming back into town!
We've got to keep them off the beach. If any humans got access to Gem technology, [shuts blinds] they could really hurt themselves. Maybe we should shut them out... for good.
Pearl
You know... we did once have a fence. Let's get a new one—with barbed wire!
This time, let's build a moat. I could be... [shapeshifts her head] the crocodi-i-ile!! Jazz hands!
Pearl
You always say you'll be the crocodile, but you never commit!
Steven needs to see his father and his friends.
No, I don't! I can't keep clinging to the vestiges of my humanity. It's time I got serious. [his phone starts ring-toning again] Errh!
Pearl
Steven, why is your communication device playing that song?
It's Connie, trying to call me... but I can't face her anymore.
Pearl
So... you're just going to ignore her forever?
It's the responsible thing to do.
[sees thru blinds] It's gonna be hard, 'cause she's coming up the steps right now.
Pearl
What's going on?! Who is this stranger?
He's not a stranger, he's Uncle Grandpa!
[Uncle Grandpa honks his nose]
Pearl
So that would make him Greg's brother… and father?
That would explain a lot.
BBBelly Bag
That's right! He's not just your Uncle Grandpa, Steven. He's everyone in the world's Uncle Grandpa! And when he comes to town, you're sure to have a fun time.
[All their heads circle around the Earth in space]
[laughing] We're in space!
[huddling up with Pearl and Amethyst] Gem huddle!
Pearl
Obviously, we're dealing with some sort of super powerful, reality-warping entity.
He could be a danger to the fabric of space itself.
I don't know, guys. I kinda like him.
[huddling in] Hey! What are you guys talking about?
[also huddling in] Are you forming a secret club? [a clone of himself appears] Can we join too?
[The Gems run frantically across the plot hole many times, stop for a breather]
There's got to be some way out of here.
Pearl
[extremely panicked] WE'LL NEVER ESCAPE!! THIS IS OUR NEW HOME!
Pearl you're overreacting.
Pearl
I'M NOT OVERREACTING! [runs around screaming crazily until she crashes into Amethyst]
Hey, where's Steven? [Pizza Steve walks in dressed like Steven]
PSPizza Steve
Lookin' for me, Pizza Steven Universe? [Pearl gasps, cowers behind Garnet]
Pearl
That's not my baby!
Ah, nice! [eyes on Pizza Steve]
PSPizza Steve
Whoa, hold on!
Pizza!! [chases Pizza Steve offscreen]
PSPizza Steve
Don't eat Pizza Steve! [munching noises]
[Amethyst walks back on, putting on Pizza Steve's sunglasses from out of her mouth]
Okay, I'm ready for this episode to end. [stomps her foot on the ground, causing the plot hole to crack and shatter, leaving them back at the beach]
[They see Steven, Uncle Grandpa, Lion, and Giant Realistic Flying Tiger having a tea party]
[sighs] I'm sorry I couldn't help you learn to use your shield, Steven.
It's okay, Uncle Grandpa. I had a lotta fun today.
Pearl
He's a MONSTER!
[Amethyst hisses and growls]
Hey, cut it out, guys. He's done enough already.
GGems
[diving towards Uncle Grandpa while beating him up] FINISH HIM!!!
[rushing in as a chibi] No, don't hurt him! [lets out a small fart; in slow-motion] STOP!!!!!! [his gem begins to glow and halts the Gems, in shock and surprise, with his shield] Whoa! [turns to Uncle Grandpa] I did it, Uncle Grandpa! I really did it!
Pearl
Protecting him activated Steven's powers?!
He must really care about this stranger.
I hope he didn't care about that pizza.
Listen! It was a big, weird surprise when Uncle Grandpa showed up here today. We've never met anyone like Uncle Grandpa, but you can't just attack people you don't understand. You have to stick up for them, and listen to what they have to say. You guys always do that for me.
Pearl
[blushing with tears in her eyes, feeling guilty and sorry] Steven, you're right. [cries emotionally] HOW CAN I BE SO BLIND?! I'M SORRY!
I also apologize for Pearl.
Thank you, you taught us a valuable lesson, Uncle Grandpa.
[Steven rushes to the Beach House]
Pearl
What is it?!
It's an emergency! You have to help me take down all the shirts and stop Buck from making more!
Pearl
Have the shirts come to life and and possessed the bodies of their wearers?!
Are people catching on fire when they put on the magic shirts?
Pearl
Are the shirts destroying the wearer's will to continue on in this mortal coil, thereby shutting down Beach City!?!
NOOOOO!!! They're— they're just... using my art in a way I don't agree with.
Pearl
Oh. [all Gems sit down]
What?! But— but I really need your help!
Pearl
Steven, this sounds like a very abstract problem.
It's not something we can punch!
You must learn to help yourself. That's how you become stronger. [shades sparkle]
APAmethyst/Pearl
Good point, good point. / Oh, absolutely.
You figure something out, Steven!
Pearl
Yes! Why not dust off those conflict resolution skills?
Let your problem be known, then you can work towards an understanding.
Oh... I'll make them understand. I'll make them all understand... [leaves]
[fights off seagulls with her violin bow] Run back to your masters! Tell them we're not afraid of your kind!
[chuckles] Thanks for saving my jam snack. Unfortunately, it's not safe from me. [munches it] You're such a good sword fighter, Connie.
Really? I was just swinging this thing around. I don't really know what I'm doing, but I'd love to learn how to use a real sword!
Oh! [gulps snack; starry eyes] Steven has an idea!
[back at the Beach House]
Pearl
You want me to do what?!
You should teach Connie to sword fight, she's already so good!
But you are! Y-You helped me fight the robot floaty-thing, she took down that evil clone of herself, uh... those mean seagulls just now?
Pearl
You're awfully young to begin something like this. But I suppose I was only a few thousand years old when I began fighting alongside Rose Quartz. [Connie raises her hand] Yes, Connie?
Please! I want to learn! I mean, I don't know what'll happen in the future. But if something dangerous comes along... I don't wanna be a burden, I wanna help! I want to be there for Steven to fight by his side! The Earth is my home too. Can't I help protect it? [Pearl starts watering tears of joy]
Pearl
Oh... okay... If that's how you feel... we should get started!
Woo-hoo! [runs after her laughing]
Pearl
Garnet, you don't think Peridot would come looking for us, do you?
We weren't her priority. She was sent here to do something in the Kindergarten.
Pearl
Do you think she's still going to try to reactivate it?
Mm. If she gets it back up and running, the Injectors will turn back on.
Injectors? What're those?
Pearl
You've already seen them. [projects hologram from her gemstone] Well, you've seen them disabled. If Peridot reactivates them, they'll pick right up where they left off, planting gems in the crust of the Earth, where they'll incubate and suck the life right out of the ground. We can't let Peridot restart Gem production here. If we do... [sighs] the entire planet will become…
Garnet! [laughs] That mouth! [sniggers]
Don't worry. We'll stop her.
GRGarnet/Ruby
So this is what Homeworld thinks of fusion.
GSGarnet/Sapphire
We couldn't have known they would do this.
GRGarnet/Ruby
This is where they've been…all the ones we couldn't find… they've been here the whole time!
GSGarnet/Sapphire
Rose couldn't have known.
GRGarnet/Ruby
This is punishment for the rebellion!
GSGarnet/Sapphire
[breaking down] It's not our fault!
[sliding down with Pearl] Yo! We're back.
Pearl
Garnet, we lost Peridot. Her fingers were too fast for us. [two fused hands climb up on Amethyst and grabs them] Um… what are these things?
Pearl
Wha...? [throws the hands away]
We need to poof and bubble all of them. We can't let any escape. [She poofs the hands as the screen turns black]
[The Communication Hub is glowing and shooting a beam of light towards the sky]
Pearl
It looks like Peridot somehow repaired the Communication Hub. Well, at least some of it.
So... we just gotta wreck it up again, right? (to Amethyst) You guys should form Sugilite!
(smiling a bit) Yeah... Well, it's up to Garnet, I guess. (smiling widely, to Garnet) What do you say? [Pearl looks scared in the background] Shall we mash it up?...
But, don't we need to be huge like last time?
Last time was a disaster. Last time we fused, Sugilite went berserk. It's because of her that we can't even warp here anymore. (takes off her visor) I can be brash, you can be reckless. And we can both get carried away. So, for the time being, [She puts her visor back on and Amethyst's reflection can be seen in them] Sugilite is benched. What we need now is to be careful. [Steven gasps] It's you and me, Pearl. Let's fuse. [Pearl looks astonished as she begins to tear up] Don't cry, Pearl. [Pearl tries to not cry and quivers as she strongly breathes in through her nose, sniffling thickly] Come on, let's do this.
Pearl
I'm right behind you. (sniffling)
(running towards them) Woo-hoo! Fusion! Fusion! Fusion! Fusion! *sits to the left of Lion* (Amethyst walks over)
Pearl
(grunts; stretches) Hang on, it's been such a long time.
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