Amethyst
Yo, Greg, check it out! We brought gifts for Little Rose.
Amethyst, we've gone over this. Steven is a--
Amethyst
Human baby.
Amethyst
Not Rose.
[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]
Amethyst
Whoa, he loves it! [takes the carabiner, swings it] Hey, 'lil Steven!
Hm, he's certainly captivated with those things.
Well, next time, we'll just bring a big box of keys for Steven.
[Baby Steven's gem glows]
Amethyst
Whoa!
Is he gonna turn into a laser?!
Amethyst
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.
[After a somber silence…]
Amethyst
What about Rose?
This isn't about Rose. From now on, everything has to be about Steven.
[shows Buddy Budwick's journal to the Gems] Hey, do you know anything about this thing? [Amethyst takes a closer look]
Amethyst
Hmm. Steven, you deserve to know the truth. And the truth is... I have no idea what that thing is, I've never seen it before in my life.
Excuse me, Amethyst, allow me. [sees illustration of the Palanquin] Uh, well... it appears to be an illustration in some kind of journal.
C'mon, you know what I mean. I had a dream where I saw this thing. Connie and I were wondering if maybe...
[stammers] S-Steven, why don't you and Connie— [Garnet interrupts her]
You can't go there! [everyone stares at Garnet for a beat]
Amethyst
[shady] Yeah, why not? [Garnet hesitates. Steven sighs and closes the journal]
I thought you were going to tell me everything from now on.
[points Palanquin illustration] Does this have anything to do with Pink Diamond?! I already know Mom shattered her, so what is it about this that you can't tell me?! [Pearl winces to Garnet]
Please! You're making Pearl very upset.
No! I'm very upset! [Connie and Amethyst back away]
We're--not--going. Rose never wanted you to see this place.
"Rose wanted..." [growls] What about what I want?! [points at Garnet] I'm sick of everyone lying to me! Rose is my mom! Out of anyone! Don't I deserve to know the truth?! [Amethyst offers a box of popcorn to Connie, who declines]
I don't care!! I wanna go there now!!
I'm sorry... I... I shouldn't have brought the book.
Yes, you should've brought it. It's lucky something has some information that I don't have to get out of them!!! Connie, I need to borrow this book.
That's right! Pink Diamond's insidious human zoo.
During her reign on Earth, Pink Diamond stole humans from their families as trophies of her conquest.
Amethyst
You gotta be kidding.
Oh, no. It was very serious. When I still served… Homeworld, I saw it myself. A private menagerie deep in space. Humans in captivity. We were never able to rescue them. We had no way to get to them after the war. But, that was over 5,000 years ago.
Uhh, Why do you guys look like that?
The gravity warp seems to be affecting our bodies.
Amethyst
Please tell me this lasts forever.
Our bodies are made of light, and usually they form a mass dependent on the air pressure and the level of gravity in the environment. But we're in a situation where the normal laws of physics don't apply.
Amethyst
Who cares? It's funny.
In what way is this funny?!
So, you guys aren't doing this on purpose? Can't you shapeshift back?
Amethyst
Hold on. [hapeshifts into Purple Puma] Huh, check it out. Puma cub.
The ship seems to be putting out some kind of energy, keeping us in this shape.
[turns to the control panel] Oh, I know the problem!
Peridot said the ship was calibrated for Rubies. It must be making you all Ruby-sized.
Ugh! Why doesn't she tell us anything? This is why we don't listen to her.
The human zoo. I can't believe it still exists.
Dad's gotta be in there. We just have to find him and bust him out.
[The Roaming Eye enters the zoo hangar and they see two Amethyst guards in front of the entrance]
Amethyst
Those Gems.
Amethyst guards. Right, like we could just waltz up as an ownerless Pearl, a fusion and- and you.
We just need disguises. I'll be Esteban Universedad!
Steven, it doesn't matter what your name is. We're all going to stand out!
[Garnet defuses, separating into Ruby and Sapphire]
We won't stand out if we play the roles we were made for.
Okay, everybody. Hear her out.
Today, I'm a Sapphire traveling with my Ruby guard…
Esteban, I've brought you as an offering for the Zoo.
Amethyst
Uh, what about me?
You're accompanying me as extra muscle.
Amethyst
[points to the Amethyst guards at the entrance] Muscle like them?
Amethyst
But I've never even seen another Amethyst before. What do I do? What if I say something wrong?
Just look the part. You're new and we're rusty, but we just have to sell this long enough to find Greg.
Is this really going to work?
No. [they all gasp] Just… stick together. Play it straight! Let's… change the future! [smiles crookedly]
[An Amethyst Guard throws Steven and Greg into a room full of Amethysts and Jaspers]
HAHomeworld Amethyst
These the ones?
Amethyst
Steven! Greg! They found me out!
Amethyst
You won't believe what I've been through! These Amethysts, they're really, really... great!
What?! [all of the Quartz soldiers laugh]
HAHomeworld Amethyst
[laughing] Your faces!
A8Amethyst 8XL
[laughing] You were right. That was priceless!
Amethyst
[hugs Steven] I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I had to! What are you wearing? Greg, this is a good look for you.
Amethyst
These Amethysts, they're all from Earth! They're from the Prime Kindergarten! Wait. Hey, 8XL!
Amethyst
You guys, I'm an 8! Tell them, tell them!
A8Amethyst 8XL
The Amethyst under me never popped out. We were all waiting and, nothing.
Amethyst
I'm 8XM! Facet 5, Cut 8XM! That's me! This is 8XG, this is 8XH…
Amethyst
Oh, geez! Sorry, I'm worse than Holly Blue!
A8Amethyst 8XJ
Aren't we all?
J"Skinny" Jasper
Prime, Prime, Prime. You Amethysts are so cliquey.
Amethyst
Skinny's a Jasper! There are gems here from the Beta Kindergarten, too. Hey, where's Carnelian?
J"Skinny" Jasper
Celebrating.
CCarnelian
[carries Amethyst] I'm not the shortest anymore!
Hey! Please, if you don't mind me asking, we really need your help. We came in with Sapphire, Ruby, and Pearl. We've gotta find them and get them out of-
[The door behind them suddenly opens up, revealing Ruby, Sapphire, Pearl, and Holly Blue Agate standing in the doorway]
I'll only be a moment. [enters the room as Steven and Greg quickly hide behind an Amethyst Guard] What are you all doing in here?! Get to your stations! Even you hideous off-color Betas! Get out of your cubbies and into your places! It's the least you can do for the Diamond that kept you worthless sorry Gems in service! That's right. Blue is back already! Now go pretend your filthy vein of Quartz is capable of gratitude! Go, go, go!
[as Steven, Greg, and the Crystal Gems try to stealthily file past her] It's a shame, though. This outpost is so remote, I was beginning to think we'd been forgotten. But we haven't! Two diamonds, one day! What an honor! I don't think anything can spoil this for me! [turns and catches the group frozen while boarding the Roaming Eye] What… is… THE MEANING OF THIS?! [the Quartz soldiers appear to watch in the doorway watching behind her] Why are these two outside the containment area?!
Holly Blue, I can explain…
No need, your Clarity. Not even you could have forseen how incompetent these Amethysts are. Well, if you want something done right... [summons an electrified whip from her gem in the back of her head] you just do it yourself. [to Steven and Greg] You two are coming with me! [swings her electric whip at the, but Sapphire and Ruby fuse into Garnet and catch it, stunning her and the Quartz soldiers]
SGSteven and Greg
Garnet!
Steven, get Greg on board.
[Pearl severs Holly Blue Agate's whip. Amethyst catches it and wraps her up with it to the amusement of the Quartz soldiers]
[approaches Holly Blue Agate, summons her right gauntlet] I've been waiting to do this all day... [hits Holly Blue Agate with her left hand, knocking her down]
[to the Quartz soldiers laughing at her] What are you doing?! They're traitors! Destroy them!
Amethyst
[kisses and waves to the Quartz soldiers] Famethyst for life!
[as the whip fades] I'll report you to the Diamonds! All of you! You'll all be shattered!
You're really going to tell the Diamonds that you allowed a band of traitorous rebels to infiltrate a highly secure facility and escape from right under your careful watch? [inhales sharply] Doesn't sound like a wise thing to do, Holly Blue. So do yourself a favor and keep your mouth shut. That will be all.
[Holly Blue groans in misery while the Quartz soldiers wave their goodbyes to the Crystal Gems as they take off and leave the zoo]
Thanks so much for coming to get me. That has to be, like, the third craziest weekend I've ever had.
Dad, I'm really sorry I got you into all this. This whole thing started 'cause… I wanted answers.
You don't have to be sorry about a thing. I hope you found what you were looking for.
[Steven inspects Connie, Amethyst, Pearl and Garnet's drawings of Aquamarine]
[sketch resembles Aquamarine] I think I made one eye bigger than the other.
Amethyst
[drawing resembles a winged creature] I was going for a feeling.
[drawing resembles Lapis and has been signed] Honestly, I can't even draw a circle. [laughs nervously]
Okay, Garnet, you just drew yourself.
Why is Homeworld stealing humans from the boardwalk?!
I don't know, but they're only taking my friends! They even got Connie! If we don't do something, they're going to take them up into space!
Amethyst
And our spaceship got jacked. So if they leave Earth…
They'll be gone for good.
Amethyst
Ugh. Who were these guys?
That little Gem I saw before, her name's Aquamarine.
She's got a big friend… a fusion, named Topaz.
A Topaz fusion and an Aquamarine?
Amethyst
Are they a big deal?
Uhh, yes! Blue and Yellow Diamond must have sent them personally!
The Diamonds? Oh, no! They must be collecting more humans for the zoo!
[freezes Onion, Sadie, Connie, Jamie and Alexandrite trying to escape her spaceship; to Steven] Nice try. But it's hopeless, My Dad. I can't go back to Homeworld without getting what the Diamonds want.
[looks back at his friends frozen in mid-air; pauses and admits to her]I'm... not My Dad.
How much longer is this mission going to take?
Well, I can end it for you, right now.
I'm someone the Diamonds will want more than any of these humans. The leader of the Crystal Gem rebellion, the Gem that shattered Pink Diamond. I'm not My Dad... [lifts his shirt to reveal his gem to her] I'm my mom! I'm Rose Quartz!
[gasps in surprise, deactivates her wand] No way!
[Alexandrite un-fuses as everyone falls into the ocean]
Amethyst
What are you doing?!
[turns back] I get it now! I'm the only one who can stop what she started! I can stop all of it!
You're wrong! Steven, get down here!
She wouldn't have wanted this! But I do.
Amethyst
I'm gonna kick your butt if you don't come down here right now!
[Steven pauses and walks back into Aquamarine's ship]
[breaks down as she watches helplessly] Steven... [the door begins to close behind Steven, Aquamarine and Topaz]
[as the door begins to close behind Steven, Aquamarine and Topaz] No! Don't you dare!
[turns back before the door closes] I love you.
NO! STOP!! [the door closes and Aquamarine's ship warps into space instantly] STEVEN!!
[picks up Ruby's letter to her and reads it] "Sapphire, you were right. I need some time to think. So I'm running away. Ruby." This can't be happening! [starts tearing up] Oh, Ruby! I'm so sorry! You left before I could take back all the horrible things I said to you!
Well, Amethyst was with her. Right? Maybe she knows where she went.
[They look up and see Amethyst, laying on Steven's bed and playing a video game]
Amethyst, have you seen Ruby?
Amethyst
Yeah. I've seen her. She asked me for a pen and paper a while ago. Why?
Because she ran away! Did you see where she went?
Amethyst
I don't know. Maybe she'll come back. It's not my job to babysit her.
Hey everyone. Did you guys… "Bis-mith" me?
[Pearl, Sapphire, Ruby and Amethyst drop their sodas simultaneously]
Ha! I win! Also, less importantly, who are you?
I… invited Bismuth! I hope that's cool.
[slowly walks up to her] Bismuth. [hugs her]
PRPearl and Ruby
Bismuth! [tackle her to the floor, and begin nuzzling her]
You wouldn't believe what we've all been through. I'm so sorry! We should've-
Look, I'm right there with you, Steven filled me in.
So, is anyone going to introduce me?
Amethyst
Let's give 'em some space.