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!
Amethyst[sliding down with Pearl] Yo! We're back.
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?
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]
[Greg re-watches Pearl and Rose's fusion dance, practices and falls down]
Ah, geez! How'd she get her legs to do that? [groans]
Amethyst
Hey! [looks at face-to-face with Garnet] Are you dead?
Wha? Uh, no, no. I'm alive.
Amethyst
Whoa, cool! [jumps over Greg, runs to the TV] It's us from before!
Yeah, I was just... trying to get my head around this fusion dance.
Amethyst
A fusion dance ain't about your head! [laughs out loud]
Wait... you guys are Gems. You gotta help me out here. I need to be able to fuse with Rose!
First, you need a gem at the core of your being. Then you need a body that can turn into light. Then you need the partner who you trust with that light.
Amethyst
[whispers] Shh! Come on! I still wanna see him try!
Ugh, so it's true. I really can't do it. [touches his face] I'm kidding myself with this! I'm never gonna be a Gem... [Garnet looks down and picks up a twig]
Amethyst... give us some privacy! [throws it far away]
Amethyst
YEAH!! [scampers after it]
Let me tell you something, Mr. Universe. I think you can do it, but it won't work if you dance like Pearl. You have to dance like you. You have to fuse your way. Get open. Get honest. Invent yourselves together. [lowers her shades and winks left of her three eyes] That's fusion.
[The Communication Hub is glowing and shooting a beam of light towards the sky]
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!
Amethyst
(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?...
Amethyst
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.
I'm right behind you. (sniffling)
(running towards them) Woo-hoo! Fusion! Fusion! Fusion! Fusion! *sits to the left of Lion* (Amethyst walks over)
(grunts; stretches) Hang on, it's been such a long time.
[Pearl and Garnet are about to fuse again when Amethyst interrupts the moment, realizing exactly what Pearl is doing]
Amethyst
Stop!
Is something the matter, Amethyst?
Amethyst
You... you shouldn't.
You need to tell Garnet it was you!
I'm sorry. It's just... so much fun being Sardonyx with you.
[drops her to the ground; shocked] That's why I couldn't see us finding Peridot.
[starts walking towards her; intimidatingly] You've been fixing the hub!
[backing away; fearfully] It really was Peridot! The first time.
No! No, no, no, no! We just needed a reason to fuse! I just wanted to share a few more victories with you!
Amethyst
Wait, Garnet! You know, we're so much weaker than you! Fusing with you is like our one chance to feel... stronger!
Don't defend her! Peridot is out there somewhere and Pearl's been distracting us with... NOTHING!
[angrily points at her] That's enough! [to Amethyst] Amethyst, fuse with me!
Amethyst
But-!
[clenching her fist] Let's just get this over with.
[Steven and the Gems enter a room in the ship. Peridot appears on a projected screen]
[laughs] You Gems really are as dull as dirt!
You're the dull one if you thing you can fly this wreck!
[pauses] What? Can you speak louder? Some of these communicators are gunked up.
[cleans off a microphone, speaks into it] Pearl says you're the dull one if you think you can fly this wreck!
[waits for Steven's response to come through] [laughs] Fly? I'm not using this vessel to fly. I'm using it to TRAP YOU! [a door closes, trapping Steven and the Gems in the room] Isn't this nice? No more Crystal Gems running around, messing with my plans, destroying my things. Looks like I've got you just where I want you. How does it feel to be so easily outsmarted, you CLODS?!
Amethyst
[speaks into the microphone] Hey, uh, this is Amethyst. I don't appreciate being called a clod, you clo-
Enough talk! Prepare yourselves for annihilation! [dramatically hits a button] Hiyah! [nothing happens, hits it again] Hiyah!
[the room's laser cannons activate and take aim at Steven and the Gems]
It works! Yes! DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE, DIIIIE!
[through screen] Garnet… I'm sorry!
Amethyst
Wait a sec!
Things weren't supposed to turn out this way... [inside, Garnet punches the wall again]
We'll get outta here somehow.
[sighs] That's not what I mean! I really wanted to catch Peridot to make up for what I did... [Garnet withdraws her gauntlets] I wanted to prove to you that... that everything could go back to normal...
Catching Peridot won't make things go back to normal. [through screen] This isn't about Peridot.
Amethyst
Hey... they're actually talking!
Now they can finally work things out!
[soon, the gears start to activate and turn and start closing into the trapped two]
Amethyst
Not if they get crushed!
[both Garnet and Pearl push their unflinching sides]
Please! Tell me! How can I make you forgive me?!
You can't! You lied to me! You need to learn that there are consequences to your actions!
I'm sorry! I... I couldn't help myself!
[kicks opposite side of wall next to Pearl] I don't want to hear your excuses!
But it's true! No matter how hard I try to be strong like you, I'm just a Pearl. I'm useless on my own. [cries] I need someone to tell me what to do.
[the walls suddenly stop moving; Both Amethyst and Steven pull her whip on its gears in its place. Garnet and Pearl pause for a beat]
When we fuse, I can feel what it's like to be you. Confident and secure, and complete. You're perfect. You're the perfect relationship. You're always together, I just... I wanted to be a part of that.
You're wrong! I'm not as strong as you think. I fell apart over this. Ruby and Sapphire were in turmoil over how you deceived me. [through screen] I came undone.
Amethyst
Whoa, that really happened?
It's not easy being in control. I have weaknesses too, but I choose not to let them consume me. I struggle to stay strong because I know the impact I have on everyone. Please understand, Pearl. [through screen] You have an impact too. [inside] There are times when I look up to you for strength. You are your own gem. You control your destiny. Not me, not Rose, not Steven. But you must choose to be strong, so we can move forward. So I can trust you again.
I understand. I can't give up anymore!
Wait. Y-You need me! I'm the only one who knows about the…
[Garnet grabs Peridot by the waist and squeezes her, poofing her to her gemstone as her limb enhancers fall to the ground]
[shocked] What on earth?!
Amethyst
Ugh, sick. There's bits of her all over.
Nope. She's right here. [bubbles Peridot's gemstone and sends it off to the temple] And now she's in the temple.
So… these weren't actually part of her body?
[in bathroom] Hmm... Seems I've discovered some sort of archaic... think chamber. Roomy, with a fresh hint of Earth citrus. [lifts toilet seat] A perfect crossroads for my escape.
Amethyst
[fiddling the bathroom doorknob] It's locked.
Peridot, open the door! [flushing sounds are heard]
Amethyst
Uh, if you're trying to flush yourself down the toilet, it won't work. [cut to Peridot spinning inside the toilet bowl] Trust me, I've tried.
How did she get out?! We bubbled her!
Amethyst
Maybe we needed a bigger bubble.
[sweating nervously] I did it.
[shocked] Steven, why would you do such a thing?!
Because she knows something. Something that's made her scared.
Amethyst
Duh, Homeworld girl knows we're gonna beat her into a green pancake.
No, not 'cause of us. 'Cause of something called "the Cluster."
What else did she tell you?
That's right, you dirt bombs! You don't even know what's coming! [notices her reflection in the mirror] Ooh…
I'm tired of playing these games. If we can't fight her, fine. We'll talk. Peridot!
[slips off the sink] Whoa!
All right, no more fighting. Let's just have a civil conversation.
As if I'd negotiate with you, filthy war machine!
[summons her gauntlets] Okay, let's kick her butt.
Yeah! Destroy me again! [hangs on bath curtain pole with a plunger] And have fun trying to talk to me when I'm in a bubble! [almost slips off]
I really hate to say it, but unfortunately if she has information, she's more valuable to us like… this.
This is going to be tricky. [hear knobs turning, water splashing]
You have to turn the knob the other way for cold! [later in the kitchen with the Gems] Wait, so we're just gonna let her live in my bathroom?
Well, yes. What other option do we have? Keep her outside on a leash?
[knocking on the bathroom door] Open the door, Peridot! If this "Cluster" is putting us in danger, you need to tell us what it is so we can (find it and) stop it!
No! I hate you! I'm not telling you anything about the Cluster!
Amethyst
Oh, come on. Is it like a big, hunk of granola?
I'm sure it's not granola. Now, Peridot, I'm sure we can reach some sort of agreement. Perhaps a trade is in order?
Oh, sure. Why don't you just give me back my leg enhancements and my arm attachments with my screen and my log and all my information? Oh, wait, YOU DESTROYED THEM! So, no, I don't think we can reach some sort of agreement!
[The Crystal Gems groan in annoyance]
[flushing the toilet] Okay, Peridot, you can turn around now. [exits the bathroom; clears throat] Sorry for interrupting your interrogation.
Don't worry about it, Steven.
I swear, Peridot is gonna crack any second now.
I'll never crack for the likes of you, you… Crystal Clods! [laughs]
[angrily] Ooh, I got your clods right here, you little…!
[puts her hand on her shoulder] Hold on, Pearl. If she's not gonna be of any help, let's investigate this thing on our own.
Sorry, Steven. We're gonna need you to stay here and keep an eye on our…guest.
Amethyst
Yeah. Make sure she doesn't try anything.
Don't worry. She's harmless without her limb enhancers.
[speaking with the Cluster puppet] It's the Cluster.
It does not look like that. But it is real, and it can activate at any moment!
Amethyst
What a cluster.
That abomination must be stopped.
But how? We'll need to build some sort of machine to take us to the center of the Earth, it'll have to-
[swats at Pearl, interrupting her] Hey! I wasn't finished speaking! What we need is to build some sort of machine to take us to the center of the Earth.
[Steven and Amethyst walk up to a leashed Peridot growling over a microwave]
I just need some sort of leverage optimizer...
Amethyst
Leverage optimizer?
Amethyst
Ohhh! Ha! You mean you want a screwdriver? [laughing]
Uh... [hands a screwdriver] Why don't you just use this one?
Because it was outside my radius.
Amethyst
He-hey... Hey, Peridot... [points to her nose] What do you call this?
Huh? [Amethyst laughs some more]
Amethyst
Okay... [opens her eye] what's this?
Amethyst
Wait, wait, Steven! Peridot... [waves her fingers] these?
[getting annoyed] Touch stumps.
Amethyst
[points to her foot] This?!
Amethyst
This?!
THAT'S YOUR BUTT!!! [Steven and Amethyst laugh out loud]
Oh, man, Peridot, you're killing me!
I am not! That would violate our truce agreement!
Amethyst
No, no, no! You're funny!
The strangest thing is, Amethyst... you think you have to listen to them! [laughs] You are the one they should put you in charge!
Amethyst
Ha! That's your best joke yet.
No, really. Pearl is a Pearl. Garnet is a fusion. I don't even know what he's supposed to be.
You're the only Crystal Gem that's actually a Gem!
Amethyst
Uh... [laughs nervously] What?
You outrank everyone on your team. They should be listening to you. You're a strong, singular, fully-functional soldier, despite the fact that you're defective.
Amethyst
..Defective?
Well, sure. You're small.
Amethyst
So?
Well, you're not supposed to be! Hold on, wait, wait. Let me guess. [points to Amethyst's hole] This— [runs to hole] This is the hole you came out of. Too small, too low, the exit marks look about 500 years newer than every other hole. Hmm... this place must have been empty when you came out. No wonder you have no idea what you're supposed to look like!
Peridot... [Amethyst holds Steven on the shoulder]
Amethyst
What was I supposed to look like?
Well, you're a quartz. They're huge, loyal soldiers. You should be twice your size. Broad shouldered, intimidating, but you simply stayed in the ground too long.
Amethyst
Are you saying I'm wrong?!
[laughing] Gemetically speaking, yes. When you think about it it's also... [snickers] funny! [Amethyst feels more enraged]
Hey, soldier. Maybe you can help me get this hunk of drill off.
[Amethyst violently slashes the drill head off of an Injector with her whip]
See? Look at that! You can do everything a normal quartz can do. Let's head back and shove this thing in Pearl's face!
Amethyst
Don't worry about it.
[Steven runs and hides to an edge of the barn; he de-ages into his normal state]
Ohhh, geez! If I can just keep this up for the rest of my life, no one will suspect a thi—
[he sees wide-eyed Amethyst and Greg staring at Steven for a beat; he drops a piñata stick]
Amethyst
What are you doing?!
[stammers] U-uh— well, what are [ages back] you doing?
What are you doing to your body?!
Amethyst
Woah, woah, woah... Have you been stretching yourself out all day?!
No! I was just... slouching.
Why are you doing this? It... really isn't like you.
Because, Dad! I can't stay a kid forever! When Connie grows up and becomes president, what is that gonna make me? First Boy?!
Amethyst
Steven, you can't just keep stretching forever. If you hold it too long, you could really hurt yourself.
Yeah, well, I'm half-human so maybe it works different for me! We'll just have to wait and see, right?!
[holds up crying Baby Steven in front of everyone] We were just talking, then all of a sudden…
He turned back into a baby?!
Amethyst
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.
Oh, no, no, don't give him to me!
Amethyst
Here you go. [gives her Baby Steven]
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