Can't you see it in our eyes
We're the one, we're the—ONE, [all Gems] TWO, THREE, FOUR!!
We're not like the other guys
We're not like anybody
By the way, don't go back in time
Or you'll destroy yourselves
All S1
S1 E15Unfinished Business
Steven and the Crystal Gems
We're gonna make you smile
I accidentally created
An alternate timeline.
Steven and the Crystal Gems
Come on, now, don't be shy
I learned to stay true to myself
By watching myself die.
[tends to a tiny Centipeedle] Uhh, hi. Ah, it's okay. Look, please don't be scared of me. See? I'm not gonna hurt you. Yeah, just relax. [the Centipeetle soon relaxes itself] Yeah, that's it. Doesn't relaxing feel nice? You wanna... come over here and relax with me? [it growls] Yeah, we can totally just hang out right here on the floor. [it walks slowly forward] Yeah, don't be shy. We can be friends. My name's Steve—
STEVEN!! Get away from that thing!! [Garnet jumps]
Whoa, dude!
Wait! It's not— [Garnet lands down in front of the Centipeedle; Pearl lands to Steven]
This was a terrible idea! And he's even managed to pop a bubble and let out that awful... thing!
[Garnet clutches her sparkling left gauntlet at the Centipeedle, which starts backing away from her]
If that thing hurt you, so help me I'll—
No! It didn't do anything! [runs and blocks Garnet] Garnet! Don't hurt it! I accidentally let it out of its bubble, but it didn't even try to hurt me. It's not like the other monsters, it's just scared and confused. [Amethyst jumps down] Please, Garnet! I'm begging you!
[Garnet stares face-to-face with Steven for a beat]
I can't say no to that face.
Excuse me?! You can't be serious!
I think you should try and tame it, Steven. [Steven runs to Garnet and hugs her left leg]
Garnet, thank you sooo much!
Hmm... [Amethyst starts laughing]
Shut down by the G-squad! Ha ha ha ha!!
Well, let's at least take some precaution.
So, what's the problem? Amethyst falls on stuff all the time.
It'd be fine if it was just her body, but her gem is damaged.
So, what do you do to fix it?
Before... we had Rose... [Garnet walks to Steven]
Steven, your mother had healing tears that flowed from her gem. She felt real love for those around her, and she felt real sorrow when they were hurt. You have the Rose Quartz gem now. I know that power is in you too. [Steven comes to googly-eyed purple eggplant girl who is sassy and lazy and eats salsa all day]
AMETHYST, SHOW ME YOUR GEM!!!
Yeah, alright.
The power... to heal...
[vines wrap around Steven, leaps out in a burst of roses. Cut back to Steven straining in front of Amethyst]
It's not working! I guess I'm just too tough to cry.
Just today, you were crying about snakes.
They don't have any arms!
We have no choice. We need to take Amethyst to Rose's Healing Spring.
Pssh! Guys, I'm fine! I'm not gonna get any wor-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r... [pop, speaks backwards] ...hcaeb eht no gniod uoy era tahw syug yeh?
Did you see what I did? It was magic! My tears brought the fountain back to life and saved Amethyst!
..I'm pretty sure me and Garnet unplugging the clogged chamber brought the fountain back to life.
We saved Amethyst.
[beat] You don't think my crying was... a little related to that?
Oh, Steven. You don't have healing tears. You'll never have any real magic powers, [Steven becomes horrified] and we don't want anything more to do with you.
"She didn't really say that!"
[cut back to present]
No... but that's what it felt like.
Is that why you've been so down? [he shrugs] Oh. You can have your juice back.
Nah, that's okay. [sniffles, sighs] Everyone expects me to be like my mom. What if I never get those powers?
Then you'll be like me. That's not so bad.
But... if I don't have powers, then I can't hang out with Amethyst, or Garnet, or Pearl... [starts crying, grips pants tightly] and I-I can't go on missions! [Connie touches his hand]
You don't need any powers to be here with me.
[a gust of wind blows through; Connie slurps his juice box. She leans forward to Steven and sparkles magically appear on her head]
Ow! Ahh...
What's wrong?
I think... [sigh] there's just... [take glasses off] There's something wrong with my glasses. [sees Steven clearly] My... My eyes... I-I-I can see!
What?!
I can see without my glasses!
Did I... heal your eyes? But... how?
[he looks at the sparkles around the straw of the Durian juice carton; Steven gasps, Connie drops it]
The juice box! I don't have healing tears! I HAVE HEALING SPIT!!
What am I going to tell my parents? What am I going to tell my optometrist?!
I don't even know! [hugs her] Oh, thank you, Connie! Lion, let's go tell the Gems! They're never gonna believe this!
[observes school equipment] Yup, it's all coming together.
So, how do we begin our... school?
Ugh... I... I don't know! This is everything Connie told me! Why do I never ask follow-up questions?! Who will teach little Stevie now?!
[gasps] Teach you?! Steven! If only I had known that's what you really wanted!
[Pearl then performs incantations and slowly summons an object out of her gemstone]
We found this Gem-powered mirror at the Galaxy Warp. It can capture and display any event it's witnessed in all of Gem history. [it drops in Steven's hands] It'll offer you everything you've ever wanted to know about your fellow Gems and our culture.
I must be incredibly important to Gem culture.
[scoffs] It's just you in there. It hasn't even been activated. [clears throat] Show us the Galaxy Warp. [long pause] Show us the Galaxy Warp! [beat] Oh, come on! [tugs it dragging Steven]
Whoa! [chuckles]
I know you've seen it! [examines mirror, sighs] It is in pretty rough shape. It must finally be broken. [sighs] What a shame.
It doesn't seem broken to me.
[sighs] Oh, well. I guess that's the end of our school.
[starry-eyed] Ohh! Ahh! So, you could say... school's out for summer?
Yes. Good, Steven. There are many ways to say the same thing.
[gasps] School's out! [runs outside]
Hmm. The asymmetry of this pile is really starting to bother me.
[The Gems have just learned that the mirror is being sentient towards Steven and are horrified.]
It's talking to him? It shouldn't be able to do that. I-it should just be following orders...
Garnet, do something.
Steven. [walks towards him]
MMirror
[displaying an image of Steven, Lars, Sadie laughing and using his voice] Noooo!
You should just give us back the mirror. It will be safer where we can watch it.
Yeah, let's bubble it!
MMirror
[still displaying Steven laughing] Noooo!
Wha..?
Steven. Don't make me have to take it from you.
[confused] It doesn't want to go with you. Don't you hear it screaming?
Steven, it's just a mirror, a tool. It can't want anything.
[she reaches out to take the mirror from him.]
MMirror
[now repeatedly] Noooo! Noooo! Noooo! [Steven looks at the mirror and then back at Garnet, greatly disturbed.] Noooo! Noooo! Noooo! [now displaying an image of Steven yelling] Noooo!
Ah! [places his hand over the mirror and snaps] It wants to be with me!
[he tries to smack her hand away, but accidentally hits her face instead, knocking her shades off in the process. He stiffens in shock at this. Cut to first-person view on Steven.]
APAmethyst/Pearl
[gasp]
[Garnet, all three eyes exposed, looks straight at Steven in anger, giving him a terrifying furious look. Cut back to Steven, who quickly glances at the hand that he had hit Garnet with, and then looks back at her with a look of complete terror on his face.]
[gasps] Ah! Ah! AAAAAAHHHHHH! [runs out the front door] AAAAAAHHHHHH! I'M SORRY!
[puts her shades back on, clenching her fists] That little boy is in big trouble.
[following Garnet and Amethyst, who angrily walk out of the house to find Steven] Garnet, wait! I'm sure he didn't understand what he was doing!
[Steven approaches the blue girl with the cracked gem on her back; she turns to Steven with blank eyes]
Thank you. [stands up] You didn't... oh! [Steven catches her fall] You actually talked to me. You helped me! It's Steven, right?
[breathes deeply] Hm.
I'm Lapis. Lapis Lazuli. Are you really a Crystal Gem?
Yeah!
But... you set me free.
But... wha..?
[offscreen] STEVEN!!!
Wha? [the Gems run forward to them, summoning their weapons] WAIT!!
You... [Steven turns back; a huge water-arm slowly rises out of the ocean behind her; to the Gems] You three knew I was in there, and you didn't do anything. Did you even wonder who I used to be?! [slams the water-arm on the Gems, trapping Garnet; Pearl and Amethyst land down opposite sides]
Steven, run!!
What are you doing?!
I'm Lapis Lazuli, and you can't keep me trapped here anymore! [Steven gasps] They're not gonna let us leave.
Leave?! [Lapis parts the ocean apart to make a path]
Steven, come with me.
Where?!
..Home.
B-b-but... B-but I... uh... [Lapis becomes down for a beat, closes path]
Fine.
[Garnet breaks free and punches the water-arm away, runs to Steven and Lapis]
Don't trust them, Steven. Goodbye.
[a huge wave knocks Steven and Garnet back behind Lapis as she walks into the ocean; Pearl and Amethyst run to them]
[hugs him] Steven! Are you okay?!
Yeah. I'm fine. So, that was another Gem?
[sighs] Yes. [the Gems stare at the ocean for a beat]
Steven, you're grounded.
I'm grounded?
Yes, you're grounded.
You disobeyed an order.
[holding up a shovel] And now we're gonna bury you 'til you've learned your lesson!
Aah! That's not how grounding works!
MDMayor Dewey
Hey! It's those magical ladies! [runs at Garnet] What's going on here?!
The ocean is gone. Obviously.
MDMayor Dewey
That's right! Now it's just a desert. No one wants to take a vacation to... Desert City! [bawling] Aww, we're gonna lose all our summer business!
And all the beach babes! Awww!
Who's gonna buy my fries?
KKofi
And my pizza!
SMr. Smiley
Who's gonna have fun at Funland?!
MDMayor Dewey
As mayor, I DEMAND YOU EXPLAIN THIS IMMEDIATE— [Garnet slaps megaphone off his hand] ..ly...
It was Lapis Lazuli.
Lapis Lazuli?
She's the Gem you released from the mirror.
[Pearl projects a hologram of Lapis through her gemstone; the citizens all gasp and awe in amazement indistinctly]
But she's a Gem just like us!
There's a lot you don't know about Gems, Steven.
I'm trying to fix what I did to our home. I was the one who set Lapis free from the mirror. Now it's my fault the ocean's gone. I'm gonna bring the ocean back, or get really thirsty trying.
[looks up to the sky] See you, Lapis… Wherever you are.
Ahh... Forgot to ask Dad what kind of donuts he wants. Ugh... [walks back inside] Hey, Dad, I—
[sees Greg rummaging the fridge and humming to himself. He grabs a plate with turkey leg and mashed potatoes, a bowl of cranberries; kicks fridge door and spins around]
Olé! Steven! [a shocked Steven stares for a beat] Ha! You had me scared there, son. Didn't see you... standing in the doorway. Your old man's still got it! [Steven angrily stares at him] What, this? I guess I couldn't wait for those donuts.
[Steven crosses his arms. Greg pauses, looks down at his broken leg]
Oh—oh, yeah! Ugh-ho-ho-hoh! [falls down] Ouch! [rolling] Ho-ho-ho-hoh...
Just stop, Dad. I get what's going on. Your leg isn't broken at all, is it? [Greg stands up]
It was broken, but you healed it back at the car wash.
You lied to me! Now I can't do it anymore!!
What?!
The Gems needed me to fix the broken rock, but my powers aren't working! It-it's because of you! You messed with my head!
No! I-I didn't mean to fo— I-I just wanted to live with my son again!
I really thought I was getting better. I finally felt like a Crystal Gem. [cries] Now, what if I can't do anything?
Steven, don't beat yourself up! This is my fault!
Yeah! Yeah, it is!
I've never seen so many warp pads before! I hope I have enough of these Crying Breakfast Friends stickers. Where do all these warp pads go, anyway?
Well, Steven, these warp pads were used to travel off-planet. They were our connection to the Gem Homeworld and to Gem-controlled planets all over the universe.
[gasps] You mean we could go anywhere we want in outer space?!
Yeahhh, we could do that if they weren't all busted.
It's true. The Galaxy Warps have all been inactive for thousands of years.
Can't we fix them?
..No.
It's fine. I'll always have my memories of other worlds, but now I'm here... on Earth... forever.
With me!
Right. [pats his head] With you. [walks to the destroyed central pad] It really is incredible out there, though. I wish you could see it, Steven.
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