[Greg, Connie and Amethyst (as a baby car seat for Baby Steven) drive up in his van; Connie waves a maraca trying to calm down Baby Steven]
How can the Gems not know what to do?!
You think they know the first thing about raising a baby? That was all me! But I don't get it. Driving always used to calm him down.
But, how do we change him back?!
I don't know! Look, Connie, let me take you home. I-I'll call you when this all this gets sorted out.
[Connie turns to Baby Steven babbling and crying]
W-Wait, no! I wanna stay.
Yeah! I just want to be there for Steven. Don't worry, Steven. It doesn't matter to me what age it seems like you are, I wanna hang out with you no matter what. Your dad still has to earn his car wash and the Gems have to do gem stuff, so I'll watch you when they're not around. I can come see you after I'm done training with Pearl, too. Doesn't that sound fun? [Baby Steven holds onto her finger; cooing happily]
Look at that. He finally stopped crying.
Well, that's a start. [Amethyst clears her throat]
AmethystBaby Steven needs changin'.
This is so incredible! Only the most elite can enter these sanctums. We are literally walking in the footsteps of the Diamonds.
They must really like stairs. [They enter an upstairs room with only a single mysterious object in the middle] Hey, what's this room?
[continues walking] It's not what we came for.
Amethyst
Can we hurry it up? This place gives me the creeps.
[as they reach the top of the moon base] We really are on the moon.
[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!
Amethyst
Yeah, this plan stinks!
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!
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]
She took a direct line to the Diamonds, from the moon base?! What was she thinking?!
Amethyst
[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.
Amethyst
Is that another Pearl?
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]
Amethyst
Is that…
Amethyst
Feel what?
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.
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]
Amethyst
You got this, dude! You know the drill.
Be careful, Steven! Watch each other's backs.
And Steven... we love you.
[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?
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!
Amethyst
Amy!
[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?!
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]
Amethyst
Man... Rubies are dumb.
[Star iris closes in on Garnet's face as she smiles] Not all of them.
[Amethyst walks to the front door before looking at Steven up high in the sky]
Amethyst
Wait, can Steven fly? Yeah, I think I remember that. [enters house and closes front door; comes running back outside seconds later] No, no, I'm thinking of Lapis! Hey, Steven!! How did you learn how to fly?! I-I-I’m Amethyst Fletcher! The only way you should fly is that you’ll have a coupon! Not only to Woo Foo, right?
Amethyst
Whaaaaat?!!
Amethyst
[jumps up high] Hey, Air Steve!
Amethyst, I need you to... [she falls back down] Dang, too slow. Better ask quicker.
Amethyst
[jumps up again] What'd you say?
I could really use your assistance dealing with the sudden appearance [she falls down]—aw, rats! [she jumps up again; Steven continues] —of a power previously was unbeknownst to me [she falls] which I can't control... Um... [she jumps up again, annoyed]
Amethyst
Dude, summarize!
[Steven, Amethyst and Peridot are too short to ride the Appalachian ride; Peridot's hair makes her look taller, but Harold Smiley pushes it down, making her throw a tantrum and wave her fists]
HHarold
[laughs] Sorry, guys. Looks like this squad has some growing to do before you can ride.
I do not have to grow! This height is indicative of my rarity and importance! I demand entry, you CLOD!
HHarold
[clears throat] You kids want another lifetime ban?
[nervously pulls Peridot away] No thanks, Mr. Smiley!
Amethyst
Shorty Squad out.
[confronting Amethyst] I came here to fight Rose, not some runt!
Amethyst
You think you can just keep showing up and picking fights with us? Hah! Why don't you get a life?!
Fighting is my life! It's what I was made for! [points at her] It's what you were made for too, runt!
Amethyst
So? I've got other stuff goin' on. I can fight JUST FINE!! [lashes her whip at Jasper, who catches it easily]
Well, then... let's see it!
[she pulls Amethyst holding her whip, kicks her, spin-dashes her numerous times on the sand. She struggles to get up in front of Jasper]
You're not even trying. Is it because you know you're already a failure? [Amethyst looks up at her] You're a quartz soldier, just like me. But you're not like me, are you?
[cut to show Steven, Connie and Lion fighting the corrupted gem monster; Jasper chuckles as Amethyst gets up]
You're small! [begins rapidly punching Amethyst, slamming her down; Steven sees them]
Amethyst?! [the monster lunges its hand near them]
Are you that desperate for troops, Rose, that you keep a defect like this?! [Amethyst slowly stands up]
Amethyst
Rose said... I'm perfect... the way I am!
Then she had low standards. [an enraged Amethyst charges at Jasper with her spin-dash] You... could've been me! [kicks Amethyst into the air, falls down as she watches Jasper face to face] And what are you instead? [Amethyst slams into the ground]
CSConnie/Steven
Amethyst! [a badly bruised Amethyst looks back at Jasper]
[loses to Amethyst on "Lonely Blade" video game] That was crazy good, Amethyst! Nice job!
Amethyst
Knock it off, Steven. I know you let me win.
[stammers] Wha— me? No, I— pfff... nooo... [Amethyst shuts TV off]
Amethyst
You weren't even trying.
I'm sorry. I just wanted you to feel better.
Amethyst
Great, and now you're even more mature than me.
Amethyst
You're supposed to be the rookie but now you're better than me at everything! [sighs] Now I'm the worst Crystal Gem.
Amethyst
Ugh! [mutters] You know what I mean, Steven.
Uhh, not really! I thought you guys wanted me to be strong. An-and now I am, and you're mad at me?!
Amethyst
No! I get mad at myself! That's, ugh, the thing I do! I get mad at myself, and then it makes me suck at everything I do even more.
[sighs] Amethyst, you don't suck. You do so many cool things. You have two whips. Two whips! And the dash thing? Amethyst, you're so much better than me!
Amethyst
No way. You have Rose's shield, and bubble, and the floating thing, and— [grunts] I'd just be floating all day!
Floating? I forget to use that half the time! And the rest of the time my powers aren't even guaranteed to work! I'm... I'm way worse than you!
Amethyst
Nuh-uh! I'm the worst!
No way, I am! I'll prove it! I'll-I'll fight you, and show you how bad I am!
Amethyst
Fine! Let's do it!!
BBoth
Let the worst gem lose!!
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