Steven woke up to voices of Pearl and Amethyst calling out to him in a concerned tone. "Are you okay?" asked Pearl.
"Yeah; what happened?.. Argh. Huh? Where's Garnet?" He groaned as he looked around. Just then, an explosions set off behind the tree's.
"Garnet?" blurted before he tried to dash off towards it. The injuries limit his speed. "Steven?!" Pearl cried out.
"I-I 'am fine. Really." He said ignoring the white gem.
"Uh, maybe you should have sit this out?" questioned Amethyst.
"I said... I 'am fine. He took another step, but fall down.
"Steven?!" Pearl called out again as she and Amethyst rushed to the boy's aid.
Steven chuckled and said "Maybe I do need help. Could one of you guys help carry me there?"
"Absolutely not, Steven. You're way too inj-""I can do that." Amethyst mentioned before she pluck up the gem hybrid and carry him. Meanwhile Pearl kept on shouting the purple's gem's name and struggling to get her to stop, but they gotten to the place before they could.
From a distance, he could see Yellow Diamond's gem a bit back Garnet. The Gems seem to holding their fist. Just then, another explosion exploded where the battlers stood.
"GARNET!" Steven cried out, nearly in tears.
This battle was going to be tough. Garnet knew it, she foreseen it through the Sapphire half of her, but even with that it couldn't do much to prepare her for the challenged they must tackle. Yellow Diamond had sent a follower of hers with immense strength. Garnet and her team of Amethyst, Pearl, and Steven fought their hardest, however their foe was too strong, despite weakening the gem in the process.
She lie there in the ground motionless until she struggled to raise her body. She could see in a distance Amethyst purple gem resting on the ground and Pearl's white gem just a ways away from her sister-figure. The fusion look over and saw Yellow Diamond's gem strolling closer to Steven. The boy had cuts. Blood covered a good portion of his body. He lie their not moving. "Steven?!" Garnet called out as she lunged an attack at the enemy. Her punch send the aslant backwards.
The fusion wasn't going to let anyone hurt her friends, her surrogate family. Over her shattered gem shards. The two warriors face off. Garnet moved their battle away from the others, towards the edge of a cliff, so no one would get hurt anymore. She lunged a punch and the gem dodged sending her own attack at the fusion creating an explosion.
The match continued until it was clear that both opponents were drained. The home world gem geared for final attack. Garnet could feel, as she was certain the gem was using her last attack. The fusion was at her max. She looked at her games.
Argh! There's no way to we could win this, Sapphire!"
Yes there is, Ruby, but it...
We would not make it back?"
Yes.
Well, if this our last battle then there's no one else I wanted to be with.
Making her mind up, she pluck up her strength for one final attack.
Steven we're sorry. We know you'll be a good kid and a better leader than Rose. Take care.
Just then, the gems unleashed their last attacks in the forms punches, but they both managed to block their hands, keeping each other from proceeding any farther.
As Garnet try, she couldn't held up her strength and the home world's gem inched her fist closer. However Garnet wasn't going let that happen. She plucked up some inner strength and send the appendages back where they were. At that moment, she could feel one of gems begin to crack. Her foe seem to be keen destroying it, so that the other would be easier destroy. It hurt, but she pay no mind to it however. All the fusion thought about was just defeating this enemy. Garnet poured inner power, however the crack grew.
As the home world follower pushed, she pressed on sending every ounce of energy they had causing an explosion.
"GARNET?!" She heard Steven voice calling out to her.
It couldn't be. Not this. As soon the smoke cleared, gem shards littered the area, replacing the two warriors once stood. The boy didn't to believe it. He tired and succeeding in getting free from Amethyst grasp. Steven limped to the shatter gems. He had a pain that stuck his heart like a bell that was amplified when he saw serval red gem shards, Ruby's shards.
The gem hybrid fell to his knees. Tears sprang forth. At that moment, he knew that his guardian and mother figure was gone and can't come back no matter what. He scooped up the shards and bubbled them. Sighing, he breathed out "Thanks Ruby... You deserved the rest."
"Oh Steven." A second after he send the bubble to the basement, a hand placed itself on his shoulder. He turned. It was Pearl giving him a sympathetic face. He couldn't, but to hug her, crying on her chest. "I 'am sorry that it had to come this Steven. I 'am sure Garnet would be to."
"I-I know." After the trio bubbled the other gems shards and left with sadden heart, though there was a question that still had Pearl and Amethyst baffled is what happen ever happen to Sapphire. They Gem shards that could belong to her, though the pain they felt was too strong that it cloud that thought.
Hours later, back at Beach City beach Connie made fast paced to see Steven's place, unaware of the events that token place when she saw something blue glistening in the sand. The human girl walked over and examined it. It was a dark blue gem. "Could it be?" She said to herself.
All of the sudden the gem glowed. Connie let go of the rock and it hovered up in the air. It soon appeared to take a bit of some forms, like it couldn't deiced on what to pick. Not long it appeared to settled on one before the glow dissipated and blue girl with eloquent clothing and bangs concealing her eyes. Floated down in a slow manner. Though baffled as the gem appeared to be, Connie took upon herself to help this stranger. "Hey uh, are you okay?"
"I... I 'am alive?" The blue gem muttered.
"What?" The stranger took finally notice noticed of her.
"How's Steven?" She asked in a clam tone though there was a hint of worry in it.
"Are one of his friends? I haven't seen today, but I was going to. Maybe we c-" It was this moment that the gem dashed off to Steven. Connie stood surprised at the blue girl's speed. She could really be useful for a few sports teams.
At the house, Steven lied in his bed, banged up thanks to Pearl, though she didn't like being messy. His two sister figures went out while he rest. All of the sudden the doors shot open and he woken. Shaken, he looked at the door. His widen at a second of looking. "SAPPHIRE!"
"STEVEN!" The blue gem called out sounding surprised as Steven was. She zipped towards Steven beds and the two gave each other a big hug, however pulled when the boy flinched and yelped in pain. Steven let out a light chuckle.
"So how are you doing?"
"Fine, Steven. How about you?"
"Oh... Well... good I guess."
"Steven, you could ask me?"
"Huh?"
"You were going to asked if knew about what happed to Ruby."
"Oh, well..."
"The answer is yes. Garnet felt it, moments before we were defeated. Ruby and I knew the risk Steven, but we chose to do it to protect everyone. I never thought I would be the one to make it out."
"It's okay. I 'am glade that your still here, Sapphire." As the clam gem gave a faint smile. Connie came in. Soon everyone started to fill in the pieces.
After Pearl and Amethyst return, suspired to see the missing blue gem as well as happy to see her. They too were filled in about what happen. It was going to be a long road before the intense pain everyone's chest would heal, Sapphire would be among the worst. Ruby was her loved, her most precious treasure after all, but at least she has her friends to help her get through it; like how she did when was Garnet did for them when Rose died.
