[narrating] I was back. I was someone and I didn't know who. But I felt I was getting the hang of my strange new form. [beat] And then I fell.
PGPast Garnet
Ahh! [tumbling down a hill and crashes in bushes] Ouch... [a sword is pointed to her face] Aahh! Don't hurt her! Don't hurt... me?
[Pan up to see Pearl as the sword bearer]
PearlIt's you... the fusion.
PGPast Garnet
We didn't mean to fuse! Well... well, we did this time. We'll unfuse! We-we'll... w-we'll... [Rose Quartz comes by]
No, no, please. I'm glad to see you again.
And there they were - Rose Quartz, the leader of the rebellion and her terrifying renegade Pearl.
PGPast Garnet
I don't... upset you?
Who cares about how I feel? How you feel is bound to be much more interesting.
PGPast Garnet
How I feel? I-I feel... uh, lost... and scared... a-and happy. W-Why am I so sure that I'd rather be this than everything I was supposed to be, and that I'd rather do this than everything I was supposed to do? [Rose chuckles and smiles]
PGPast Garnet
C-Can you tell me?! How was Ruby able to alter fate? Or, why was Sapphire willing to give up everything? W-What am I?!
No more questions. Don't ever question this. You already are the answer.
[Flashback story ends as Garnet concludes]
So…what was it? The answer?
[holds up crying Baby Steven in front of everyone] We were just talking, then all of a sudden…
Pearl
He turned back into a baby?!
Dude, I told you. Stretching your body out for that long is not good for you. [Baby Steven talks in baby language in response; holds him up to Pearl] Here you go, Pearl.
Pearl
Oh, no, no, don't give him to me!
Here you go. [gives her Baby Steven]
[Peridot brings up a hologram of Earth, which starts eroding to a hollowed-out version with a ring system as Steven and the Gems awe in shock]
Ta-da! A finished Earth colony. Wow, look at this! Eighty-nine Kindergartens, sixty-seven spires, a Galaxy Warp in each facet, efficient use of all available materials. What were you thinking shutting this operation down?! It could've been great!
What do you mean? It's perfect. Look at it!
Pearl
We are looking at it.
Completing this colony would have meant the extinction of all life on Earth!
But think of the good it would've done! The Gems that would've been made, our empire expanded!
Pearl
Rose Quartz believed all life was precious and worth protecting.
Well, if she wanted to protect it, she did a lousy job! There'd be no Cluster if the Earth had stayed a colony! Now there's no colony, and there's gonna be no Earth! So thank you, Rose Quartz, you doomed the planet!
[Garnet, Pearl and Amethyst stare angrily at Peridot for a beat]
Ohh-hoh-hoh! [nervously] Is there anything that's worth more than—
[picks up Peridot by the tunic, sharply] You, listen to me, now. [summons gauntlet] You are talking about things that you do not understand.
Garnet! Stop, please! It's not worth it. We're done here. Let's just go home.
[Garnet drops Peridot on the seat and smashes the control panel with her gauntlet and the hologram dissipates; the Gems start leaving soon after. Steven sighs]
What'd I say? I'm just stating a fact. The rebellion didn't really save Earth, it just delayed the inevitable.
[sighs] That's not the way they see it. They've spent thousands of years trying to protect the Earth. I thought maybe you finally understood why.
[Steven shows the Crystal Gems the Diamond Communicator Peridot took from the Moon Base after locking her in the barn before she was able to contact Yellow Diamond, and they gasp in shock]
Pearl
She took a direct line to the Diamonds, from the moon base?! What was she thinking?!
[frustrated] Man, after everything we've gone through, she's still out to get us! Oh, I'm taking back all my cool nicknames for her.
[Steven and the Gems hide behind the Peribot as Peridot activates the Communicator, contacting Yellow Diamond]
This is the Yellow Diamond control room.
PPearl
Not all Pearls know each other, Steven.
Who authorized you to make this call?
No one. But it's an emergency!
That's no excuse to use the direct Diamond communication channel!
Why is there someone on the diamond line?
I don't know! I was just about to tell her that…
I'll take it from here. [brings the screen up to her eye level, revealing herself]
[Steven and the Gems gasp in shock]
The ground shook! This could be the start of the emergence of the Cluster! Stage 1: Slight tremors every quarter hour. Stage 2: Full-scale earthquakes. Stage 3:… [flips the board that shows a drawn picture of the Earth being destroyed with words reading, "CLUSTER EMERGES / BYE BYE EARTH"] THE EARTH IS DESTROYED! We're running out of time! We need to drill, right now!
GAGarnet, Amethyst, & Pearl
Malachite?!
I was on Mask Island. I was in a Watermelon Steven. They have a lovely community, but Malachite, she was there!
[Amethyst coughs out a bite of her sandwich sub]
Lapis Lazuli is losing control. Soon, Jasper will overpower her and Malachite will be loose.
Pearl
Who knows what sort of destruction an unstable fusion like Malachite could cause?
[the Gems and Watermelon Stevens hold on as strong earthquakes tremble up Mask Island]
It must be the Cluster! Peridot was right! [to a watermelon Steven] Steven, it's up to you! The warp was destroyed, we won't make it back in time! Wake up! Get Peridot and start drilling! The Earth needs you, Steven! We'll be fine! You can do this. [Pearl and Amethyst join her] We believe in you.
[the crying Watermelon Steven nods and closes its eyes as the Gems slowly fade to black]
You got this, dude! You know the drill.
Pearl
Be careful, Steven! Watch each other's backs.
And Steven... we love you.
[After Steven helps the Cluster bubble itself]
[hugging him] You did it!
We did it together. And it was great.
[The other Gems arrive, with an unconscious Lapis]
Guys! You're back! I-is Lapis okay?
Pearl
[concerned] You look happy! Uh, did you destroy the Cluster?
Pearl
What?
It doesn't want to destroy the Earth. It just wants company. And it's got it now! It's like a bajillion people! They'll have lots of time to get to know each other, now that they're in a bubble.
Pearl
[utterly astonished] How on Earth did you bubble that whole thing?!
[The Cluster is shown again, still peacefully contained in its bubble]
[Five Homeworld Rubies have arrived on Earth as Steven and the Gems hide in the barn]
[scared] I knew it! They're after me! This is the end of the line!
You really weren't kidding.
I disobeyed a direct order from Yellow Diamond, and I called her a clod…to her face.
Pearl
Oh, honestly, you call everyone a clod.
Yes. But not everyone has command over all the armies of Homeworld waiting for the word to shatter me! [fearfully hides under a box]
Peridot! We won't let them get you. [lifts the box, revealing Peridot curled up]
Haven't I caused you enough trouble?
Don't worry, Peridot. It's our sworn duty to protect anything that calls this planet home, and that includes clods like you.
[quietly] That's my word.
Listen up, everyone. I have a plan. Or should I say… [holds up her hands] We have a plan? [giggles as she unfuses, separating into Ruby and Sapphire]
PAPearl & Amethyst
Ruby! Sapphire!
[runs over and hugs them both] Hugs!
[Disguised as a human baseball team]
We're the humans! Steven!
Pearl
Earl!
[flirtatiously] And Sophie...
[Saspphire's Ruby blushes]
[After Ruby and Sapphire accidentally refuse into Garnet after the baseball game]
[laughs joyously for a moment] ... Whoops.
R"Army" Ruby
[also angrily] WE'VE BEEN TRICKED!
R"Navy" Ruby
[in quiet awe] What a turn of events...
R"Leggy" Ruby
[confused] Huh? W-what?
[to the other Crystal Gems] Sorry, guys. The game is over.
That's it! Rubies... COMBINE!
[The five Rubies fuse into a giant Ruby and roar]
WAAAAAAIIIIIIIT!! WAIT! STOP! DON'T HURT THEM! [rushes out of the barn, trips twice, and runs the rest of the way on all fours, panting] Wait, oh please, please! It's me you're after, right? I'm not gonna stand by and let my friends fight my battles!
GRGiant Ruby
[squats down] Are you the Peridot assigned to the failed Earth mission?
[nervously] Not sure if "failed" would be the right word to--
GRGiant Ruby
Where is Jasper?
You're looking for... Jasper?
Wait - but I'm the one who betrayed the mission! Who called Yellow Diamond a clod! The new leader of the Crystal Gems?!
Pearl
What?
GRGiant Ruby
Tell us where Jasper, NOW!
Jasper... umm... we know where Jasper is! [Pearl nervously shakes her head]
[pointing to the sky] Neptune! She's on the planet Neptune!
GRGiant Ruby
[stares at them suspiciously for a moment, then smiles and shrugs] Well, why didn't you say so?
[Steven sighs in relief, and the Rubies unfuse]
We all here? One, two, three, four, aaaaand... HA! Five. [points to herself] To the planet Neptune!
R"Army" Ruby
Let's move out, soldiers!
R"Navy" Ruby
[dreamily] What a lovely sounding planet...
R"Leggy" Ruby
But we just... got here.
[dragging "Leggy" along] Let's go, newbie!
R"Eyeball" Ruby
[glares at the Gems for a moment, then speaks in a strained voice] Thank you...
[The Rubies re-enter their space pod and zip into space at hyperspeed]
[Star iris closes in on Garnet's face as she smiles] Not all of them.
Look, if I were you, I'd hate me too.
Pearl
I don't hate you.
But... I knew how you felt about Rose and I stayed anyway.
Pearl
That wasn't the problem.
Pearl
She fell in love with you.
BBoth
[chuckling in tears] She always did what she wanted!
[Steven and Amethyst lie down on the floor for a beat, they start up laughing amongst themselves]
What's wrong with us? [continues laughing]
Well, I know what's wrong with me. I'm not supposed to be small. And everyone's always acting like there's no problem. "You can be anything you wanna be!" No, I can't! [sighs] I can't even be the one thing I'm supposed to be, you know?
Of course I do. I'm... not Rose Quartz.
[hits her face] Oh no! Oh, Steven—
Why do you think I've been working so hard?
[chuckling, gets up] I sure hope so.
[Amethyst sees Steven holding out his hand to her, smiles. She swings her arm but misses, laughing; she misses again before she finally catches his hand. She gets up and laughs with Steven]
Thanks, Steven. [Pearl gasps in horror at the entrance]
Pearl
What did you two do?! You've ruined the ruins!
I don't think we're gonna see the prize pouch for a while.
[Steven and the Gems take Bismuth to the strawberry battlefield]
Homeworld's final attack on Earth wiped out all of the Crystal Gems.
Pearl
Rose was able to protect Garnet and myself, and by the looks of it, she was able to protect you as well. [Bismuth picks up a rusty battle-axe]
I knew those Homeworld elites were twisted. How many of us did they shatter? Crazy Lace? Biggs?! Snowflake?! If I was there, I-I coulda stopped it!!
It's not like they've stopped trying.
Homeworld still has its eyes on this planet.
Pearl
We continue to thwart their plans over and over. [Steven runs over followed by Amethyst]
But they just keep coming back!
Good. I thought I wouldn't get another chance to show those upper-crusts who's boss! Let's show 'em what happens when you mess with the Crystal Gems! [slams battle-axe to the ground with a loud roar; Steven smiles]
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