"Can I come too?!" Steven pleads, dropping his controller, letting his character die.
"Sorry Steven, but this is a mission just for us." Pearl explains.
"Pleeeeeeeeeasseee." Steven continues.
"Steven…no." Pearl says sternly.
"Awwwww…" Steven flops back onto the floor.
"Don't worry, it'll be like a minute….or an hour." Amethyst says.
"What-"
"Cya!" The gems disappear leaving just Steven at home.
"Aw man!" Steven realizes that he died in-game. *Sigh*"What to do…." Steven stands and walks around in a circle, pondering. "Hmmmm…..….OH! I know!"
(Exactly 2 Minutes Later)
Steven is sitting in the toilet, as the water pressure spins him around. "Huh…so you really can't flush yourself down the toilet." After getting a new pair of pants, Steven starts to think again, before sprouting another bright idea. "I got It!" Steven causes a bit of a mess looking for his phone, but he eventually finds it, and dials a number. It rings for a while to Steven's dismay…and impatience, but they finally answer.
"Hello?" They reply.
"Hi Connie!"
"Oh….hey Steven, what's up?"
"Pearl, Amethyst, and Garnet left for a mission….and I wasn't able to go, and they're going to be gone for a while. So I was thinking of something to do while they're gone, and I got one!"
"Really? What is it?"
"An Adventure!"
"Ok…do you know where?"
"Well….no."
"So….you're going on an adventure, but you don't know where you're going?"
"Uhm…..yes."
"That…..sounds fun!"
"Really?!"
"Yeah!"
"I was wondering….would you like to come?"
"Sure! I'd have to ask my parents first though."
"Alright…see you then."
Steven hangs up, and takes a sigh of relief. "Well that was-"
"I'm here!" Connie exclaims, barging through the door, and startling Steven.
"Whoa! That was fast….how did you ask your parents that quickly?"
"Ah…well…I didn't, I just snuck out."
"Oh."
"So anyway, we're are we going to be heading?" Connie asks.
"Hmm…I don't know, I guess where fate takes us." Just then Steven's Gem starts to glow…it proceeds to open up Rose's Room. Steven and Connie lock eyes before staring back at the room.
"Well I guess fate has chosen a route for us." Connie says.
"Great! Well come on!" Steven takes Connie's hand and rushes into the room.
"Whoa! Steven!" Steven and Connie enter the room, before skidding to a stop.
"Well…I guess this is it." Steven says. Almost immediately after entering the room, they're met with an entrance to a cave. They aren't able to see much inside though, due to it being extremely dark. Steven's Gem shines bright once more, this time it shoots out a beam of light into the cave, making a pathway and a small light-source.
"Steven…"
"Huh?"
"You're shaking…" Connie says with worry.
"What? I-I-Im….." Steven stutters, before grasping his hand which was shaking. "Stop it you!"
Connie lightly puts her hand on Steven's shoulder. "It's alright."
Steven takes a deep breath. "I'm fine…So we'll follow it." The Gem still shines brightly. Connie nods.
They both start to walk inside of the cave, which is still somewhat dark. They walk for a while, occasionally hearing sounds of water dripping. Then…
"Steven…look here!" Connie exclaims, pointing to something on the walls.
"What is it?" Steven asks, rushing over.
"It's…something, I can't understand this."
"Huh?" Steven looks at the wall and notices writing, but not in words, but what seems to be some sort of hieroglyphics. "Hmm…..I wish I can understand this." Steven's Gem shines even brighter….but nothing happens. "So this is a real place…."
"And here!" Connie points just above it to see a dark figure with a ring of fire around it. The figure looks similar to Aquamarine.
"What do you think this means?" Steven asks.
"I don't know, but it's probably not good."
"Should we tell-" Steven's Gem shines even brighter, almost turning white. Steven starts getting pulled away, almost like getting dragged. "W-Whoa!"
"Steven?!"
"My Gem! It's…." Steven gets pulled further and further inside of the cave, and almost out of Connie's view, but stops.
"Are you alright?!" Connie shouts, running over to Steven.
"Yeah! I've also found another one of those drawings!" This drawing shows the same figure from the first, this time though, walking through what appears to be a village in flames. This one had even more writing, which they still couldn't understand. "Do you think they know what this is?"
"Maybe…..Y'know, I really don't judge based on first appearance, but…I don't think whoever this is exactly a nice gem. We should continue to see if there is more.
"Right." Steven agrees. Steven and Connie continue on their Merry Way deeper into the cave. They walk through with no sign of anymore pictures, or weird letters, but they do meet two pathways.
"I guess we have to split up." Connie suggests.
"Yeah….I'll go right because my Gem is shining that way." Steven answers, before summoning his shield. "Be careful, we don't know what could be in here.'
"I know." Connie grips the sword on her back. "I mean, I don't know what's in here, but I-"
Steven Chuckles. "I get it Connie…"
"Okay….but will the path's merge again?"
"I don't know."
"Great.." Connie starts walking down the left path. "Well, that's enough stalling. I'll see what's down this side."
"Here we go…." Steven starts to walk down the right path. It doesn't take long before they both meet an unseeable force-field. They both phase right through it, but it sends shivers down their spine.
"Is there a breeze in here?" Steven questions.
"What was that…."Connie thinks.
Connie hears a small noise that makes her stop.
"Who's there?" There's no response, except the sounds of rain that has just started. Thinking of it as just a bit of paranoia, Connie continues walking…..until she hears the same noise again. Grasping the hilt of her sword just incase, she asks again, "Anybody there?" Still no answer.
Not trusting just silence, Connie starts running in almost complete darkness, but skids to a stop realizing a Torch had been lit at the far end of the cave. Connie hears a big thud, the noise appearing to come from the other side of the wall. Seeing as she had nowhere else to go, and as she didn't want to turn back now, walks closer to the torch. Upon closer inspection, she realizes the torch is also a lever, with a huge arrow pointing to it. Connie reaches for the lever, but hesitates.
"This leads somewhere…..but Steven might not know…" Connie thinks. "Gah! We don't have time for this." Connie grabs the lever and flips it up, causing the entire cave to shake. The wall which the lever was on, rises up to show gigantic base inside the cave. "Whoa…..so somebody has been in here." In the middle of the base, is a ship, which was pretty small.
"More specifically, a gem…"
(With Steven)
"Something happened to the cave…but I must find out where my Gem is leading me!" Steven exclaims, still chasing the ray of light. Suddenly, the light dips into the ground, making Steven just stop and stare. "Um…..is this it?" Steven just starts looking around blankly. "Maybe it's underground." Steven gets on his hands and knees and starts digging with his hands.
"Come on….I need a new pair of-BRIGHT LIGHT!" Steven has found something buried in the ground, causing his Gem to shine a white bright, blinding him momentarily. After the light dims, and Steven regains his sight, realizes that his Gem stopped glowing.
"Oh…so I-What's this?" Steven picks up a Gemstone, apparently what his Gem had been leading him to. "It's an Aquamarine…" Steven states to himself.
"Do I go back and try to catch Connie and tell her?" The Gem answers for him, it shines bright, causing the entire cave to shake again. "Whoa!" It stops, and so does the light from the Gem. Steven just starts looking around, thinking what just happened. "Maybe something opened!" Steven grasps the Gem and starts to run.
(With Connie)
"That shaking happened again.."She thinks. "Maybe Steven found a lever!" Connie was touring the underground base, looking at how hi-tech it was compared to humans. "OOF" Connie accidentally bumps into a table, on the table was an Aquamarine chained to it, it appears to be lifeless, as she has no color. "Whoops…..don't want to ruin anything…..WAIT WHAT!" Connie leans over the table to get a better look. Her hair was short, cyan, and very messy. She wore a white sleeveless shirt, and her jacket was black and unbuttoned. Her skirt was also black, including her gloves.
"This Aquamarine looks vastly different than the one I met before."Connie thinks. "Wait….where's her Gemstone?" Connie looks all over the Aquamarine but is unable to locate her gemstone. Connie reaches for her to try and lift for a better look but-
"DON'T TOUCH HER!" A voice yells, startling Connie. She whips around with her sword drawn again, but isn't able to do anything as she is shocked and lifted up into the air.
"AHH!" Connie screams in pain.
"Who, How, and Why!" The Voice asks, stepping from the shadows.
(Steven)
"Connie? Connie's in trouble!" Steven shouts, moving even faster. "I've got to save her!" Steven's Gem shines bright pink. "Wha-" Steven's incased in a bright pink light.
(Connie)
"Answer me!" The shadowy figure demands.
"I-I-I…..can't…." Connie is still being zapped. Steven's Bright Light fills the room, forcing the figure to drop Connie, who falls to the floor exhausted. Steven teleports into the room…..and falls onto the floor face-first.
"What the-"
Steven lifts his face from the ground and stares at the figure. "Who are you! And why are you hurting Connie!"
"I should be asking you that question! How did you find my base?!" The figure questions.
"Um…well, a door led us here…" Connie answers, and is promptly zapped again.
"Liar! Nobody has been here except for me!"
"Stop that!" Steven launches his shield at the figure, which hits it, knocking off one of it's limb-enhancers.
"Gah! Why you!" The figure grabs it's cloak it was wearing, and throws it at Steven, who blocks it with his shield. Steven starts to fumble with the cloak before tossing it on the ground, finally getting a good look at what he is facing. Is a Peridot, who's hair was shaped into a long rectangle, with a clear box around it, scrambling for her Left Limb.
Steven throws his shield again, this time hitting the limb on the ground even further away from Peridot, who continues chasing it. Steven runs over to check on Connie
"Are you okay?" Steven asks, helping Connie up.
"Y-Yeah….just had a…shocking experience." Connie chuckles at her own pun.
"What business do you two have here?" Peridot asks, pointing a ball of energy at them.
"Wait! We don't want to fight." Steven pleads.
"Answer my questions, and I maybe will probably not shoot you."
"Uhhh…."
"Question 1, who are you two?"
"I'm Steven, this is my friend Connie." Steven motions to Connie, who waves.
"Hi"
"Question 2, how did you find my base?"
"Well we didn't mean too, I just found a lever on the wall and it led me in here." Connie explains.
Sigh "Well that should be suffice." Peridot fizzles out the energy.
"Oh….well, can I ask you some questions?" Steven asks.
"Go ahead, I have nothing better to do."
"How long have you been here? In this base I mean."
"I don't know….." Peridot uses her limb-enhancer to bring up a database. She starts to scroll through, "Judging by when we first landed and my regeneration time….we've been here for about 300 years."
"300 years?! What have you been doing here for 300 years just in here." Steven questions. "I mean, it seems like you're the only one down here."
"I've been trying to figure out what's been wrong with Aquamarine. I have been unable to locate her Gemstone, and she's been in that state for sometime."
"Aquamarine? Is this her?" Steven shows Peridot the Gem.
"Her Gemstone? Where did you find it!" Peridot takes the gem away from Steven.
"I found it underground when I was digging."
"This is hers, I know it is. The question is, how is her Gem out, and her body is still here?"
"Maybe you have to put it back inside her?" Connie questions.
"I uh….don't really know where her Gem goes. I'll just-HEY!" Steven snatches the Gem, and runs over to the table.
"Don't worry! I'll figure it out!"
"Be careful! You don't know what damage you can cause!"
The Gem starts to glow and shake erratically.
"I got it!" The Gem fly's from Steven's hand, and floats over to Aquamarine.
"Uh…..What just hap-" An sudden explosion of energy forces everybody back.
"What did you do?!" Peridot yells, grabbing Steven by his Shirt.
"I don't know! I was holding the Gem and it just flew from my hands!" Steven exclaims hurriedly.
"If something happened to her, I will-" (Snap) The Chains holding down Aquamarine are all snapped swiftly.
Peridot drops Steven. "A-Aquamarine!"
The Aquamarine steps down from Table. "Peridot….Report." They say in a high yet serious voice.
Peridot stands upright and salutes. "Y-You have been out of commission for an undetermined amount of time. Closest estimate is 300 years or more."
"Have you contacted Yellow Diamond about this matter?"
"N-Not yet, I-"
"Why not."
"W-Well, I-I was preoccupied with other things.."
"Which were?"
"I had to figure out what was wrong with you. You were in a lifeless like state, and your Gem was missing, so I spent about 300 years in this cave figuring out how to fix it. Please forgive me for that."
"Hmm….I admire your determination. Now.." Aquamarine shifts her stare towards Steven and Connie. "Who are those two behind you?"
"I'm umm…." Steven shifts a bit under Aquamarine's calculated stare. "My name is Steven. This is my friend, Connie."
"I see."
"Aquamarine, I don't mean to be a bother but, what is it that we do now?" Peridot asks.
"…We explore this planet."
"Wait!" Steven exclaims, not wanting two unknown Gems just roaming the planet. "I….can show you around!"
"Aquamarine doesn't need a-" Peridot says.
"Very well."
"What!"
"Um….Steven." Connie brings Steven to the side.
"Yeah?"
"Are you sure this is a good idea?"
"What can possibly go wrong!"