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]
GarnetLapis Lazuli is losing control. Soon, Jasper will overpower her and Malachite will be loose.
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]
Garnet
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.
Be careful, Steven! Watch each other's backs.
Garnet
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?
Garnet
She'll be fine.
[concerned] You look happy! Uh, did you destroy the Cluster?
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.
[utterly astonished] How on Earth did you bubble that whole thing?!
[The Cluster is shown again, still peacefully contained in its bubble]
[Steven peeks inside the barn, worriedly seeing Lapis laying on a sack of hay while recovering from her unstable fusion with Jasper]
Garnet
I see you're worried about your friend.
Yeah. When I saw her in my dreams, it looked like she was fighting so hard to keep Malachite from escaping.
Garnet
Lapis spent an unbearable amount of time fused with Jasper. The emotional and physical strain of that type of fusion, I can't imagine. She's gonna need a lot of time to recover.
[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.
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?
Garnet
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.
Garnet
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!
[After Ruby and Sapphire accidentally refuse into Garnet after the baseball game]
Garnet
[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?
Garnet
[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?!
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]
Garnet
[Star iris closes in on Garnet's face as she smiles] Not all of them.
[Steven and the Gems take Bismuth to the strawberry battlefield]
Garnet
Homeworld's final attack on Earth wiped out all of the Crystal Gems.
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!!
Garnet
It's not like they've stopped trying.
Garnet
Homeworld still has its eyes on this planet.
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]
How come nobody told me about Pink Diamond?
Garnet
We all did what we had to during the war. Everything's different now.
But did Mom really do it? Did she really... shatter her?
Garnet
She had to. The Earth belonged to Pink Diamond. Destroying her was the only way to save the planet. For Amethyst to be herself, for Pearl to be free, for me to be together. [clutches her hand] For you to exist.
But I thought... a-at least she'd never—
Garnet
She didn't always do what was best for her. But she always did what was best for Earth.
Even... if it meant shattering someone?
Garnet
Yes.
[Steven pauses, takes a deep breath and sighs as the Gems pilot the Rubies' Roaming Eye back to Earth]
[laughing at the Crystal Gems' failure to capture the gem tongue monster] That was terrible!
[offended] This is harder than it looks, you know!
How could you all be outsmarted by that thing?
Well, first, it ran over Garnet, and then Amethyst tried to use her-
Garnet
Pearl, we don't need the play by play. Mistakes happen, even when you can see the future.
Yeah, Peridot. Let's see you do better.
Well, I saved all your butts from Jasper. I suppose I could help you here, too.
Garnet
Feel free.
And then we go into the tricks.
All right. But I really think we should save the dog walker for next time.
This is our first impression. We gotta go big. And we should go soon, too, before they get suspicious.
Those two are acting very suspicious. [to Garnet] Should we ask them what's going on?
Garnet
I can't.
[talking to herself] There must be some common thread between Steven and Amethyst that's heightened by their fusion.
I don't know, Sards, I guess, zero plus zero equals zero.
Something they both think. Something they both do.
They say two wrongs don't make a right-- I guess I'm living proof that that's true! [chuckles] I'm just one big super wrong, good-for-nothing dud with a yo-yo!
[The audience laughs louder hysterically]
[uncomfortably] They want to impress us! They were planning this all morning, we hijacked the show! I was excited. [covers her face in guilt] It's not about US!
[The studio lights go out and Smoky watches Sardonyx separating back into Pearl and Garnet; The room begins to fall apart as it lights up]
Garnet
It's Sardonyx! If she's not here, the room can't exist!
Yo, Greg, check it out! We brought gifts for Little Rose.
Garnet
Amethyst, we've gone over this. Steven is a--
Garnet
And Steven is--
[closes the door as the Gems enter the house] Can I get you guys anything? We've got water, old plates, uh… How about some tea.
No. We're just here to drop off these gifts.
These gifts are great, but Steven's just too young for this stuff. Nowadays he's really into this. [swinging a keychain carabiner] [singing] Carabiner! Carabiner! [Baby Steven laughs]
Whoa, he loves it! [takes the carabiner, swings it] Hey, 'lil Steven!
Hm, he's certainly captivated with those things.
Garnet
Well, next time, we'll just bring a big box of keys for Steven.
[Baby Steven's gem glows]
Garnet
Oh!
Garnet
It's... Rose.
Is he gonna turn into a laser?!
Relax, y'all. I got it all figured out. Rose is trying to shapeshift back to her old self.
She can't shapeshift because she's trapped in a baby!
[to Baby Steven's gem] Rose? Rose, it's me, Pearl. Are you in there? Glow twice for yes. [Baby Steven grabs Pearl's nose] Baby, please. I'm trying to talk to Rose.
We can all see her. She's right there! She just can't reform because... she has this... baby around her. Rose, I know you're in there. I can let you out. We'll be... together... again. [reaches out her hand, ready to pull out Rose's gem out of Baby Steven's navel and Baby Steven suddenly starts giggling; startled] I can't. [begins tearing up] I can't! She wanted this so much… I just don't understand why. "Everything should grow, and everything should change, and isn't it so great how it comes so naturally to humans?" Well, it's not natural for us! It's not natural... for me.
Garnet
It will be, for him.
[After a somber silence…]
Garnet
This isn't about Rose. From now on, everything has to be about Steven.
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