Steven Quartz Universe watched as a Rift opened in front of him. He sat on the edge of a cliff only a few minutes out of Beach City watching and waiting for a rift to appear. It had taken about half an hour for this rift to appear so as soon as it did Steven whipped out his phone and snapped several shots of the odd portal in the sky. A minute later the portal closed returning the sky to its usual orangish tint. Steven waited a moment hoping another rift would appear, when one didn't he glanced down at the pictures he was able to capture of it. This rift seemed to show three people looking back at him. One of them even appeared to be waving at him. Steven squinted at the image trying to make out the shapes of the figures. Steven looked back up at where the rift appeared and asked the question that stuck on his mind. "What are you?" There was no one around to answer that question and even if there was someone there with him they wouldn't have had an answer either. The rifts had suddenly appeared one month back and most of the Beach City citizens ignored them and went about their daily lives; they chalked them up as "Gem Stuff" and left it at that. Ronaldo had a theory. He claimed that the Sneeple were using the portals to talk to the diamond creatures. Steven shook his head at the thought. It sounded too weird even by gem standards. Pearl agreed with this saying Ronaldo's theory was utter nonsense but offered no explanation for the odd portals.
Steven thought about the rifts but had no answer for the strange portal that had closed just moments ago. Steven stood up and turned to the warp pad. He looked back at the cliff where he hoped another rift would appear. It didn't. Steven sighed and turned back to the warp pad. As he approached the warp pad it activated and in a flash of light, in the next instant, Peridot appeared looking very annoyed. When both Steven and Peridot noticed one another, they gasped and jumped away from each other. Peridot immediately activated her laser cannon and fired. Steven dodged and activated his shield blocking another shot from Peridot. From behind his shield, Steven studied Peridot. She was mumbling about something and looked worriedly from him to the warp pad. In Peridot's other hand Steven noticed an odd white prism. Steven looked at the prism and was about to ask her about it when another barrage hit his shield. Each blast thudded against the shield sending shivers all through Steven's body. When the barrage stopped Steven called out to Peridot. "It doesn't have to be this way, Peridot. You could join us." There was silence then laughter.
"Join you? Ha, why would I want to join you clods!" Peridot answered in between laughter. "Especially when I have this." Peridot held up the prism and Steven held his shield higher and braced himself for an attack. Nothing happened. Steven looked back at Peridot. She looked as surprised as he felt. "What!? Why won't you work?" Peridot screeched shaking the white prism around. Steven lowered his shield and watched as Peridot struggled to activate her white prism. If Steven didn't think he was in danger at all he would have found the entire scene rather funny. After a moment of watching the comical scene curiosity got the better of him. "What is that prism thing? Peridot looked back at him surprised as if she had forgotten he was there. Peridot sent another blast at Steven and rushed toward the warp pad.
After the shot connected Steven tossed his shield at Peridot attempting to distract Peridot from escaping. Peridot easily dodged the attack, but she dropped the white prism. As she approached the warp pad, it activated again and after the flash of light, Amethyst stood weapon already out. Peridot let out a surprised shout and ran back. "You stupid clods need to leave me alone." She shouted as she let out another barrage at Steven and Amethyst. Amethyst lept out of danger, but Steven had to duck, his shield not activate in time. Steven felt his back; it felt slightly burnt. That was close Steven thought. "Steven look out!" Amethyst shouted causing Steven to jump to the side narrowly avoiding another blast.
Steven turned to look at Amethyst and Peridot. Amethyst swung her whip widely in an attempt to keep Peridot from attacking her. Peridot did her best to dodge the attacks, but she was getting sluggish hardly able to avoid the strikes. "Give it up Peridot," Amethyst ordered. Garnet and Pearl are on their way. You've lost."
Peridot growled at this and lunged for the small prism that lay only a few feet away. Amethyst snapped her whip which sent the prism flying through the air. Peridot growled, "annoying clods," and fired a shot at Amethyst. Amethyst easily dodged the shot and grabbed the prism. She gave it a brief once over and tossed it behind her turning her attention back on Peridot. When the prism landed, Steven noticed how close it was to him. So, he began to slowly crawl towards the fallen prism, hoping Peridot was too distracted to notice him. Unfortunately, for Steven Peridot did notice him, and in the next instant, the prism was sent flying by one of her energy blasts. Steven turned and without thinking, he leaped off the cliff after the prism. As soon as his feet left the ground Steven realized how stupid this idea was. Then in the next moment, a rift appeared in front of him. Steven gasped and attempted to let out a scream of pure terror. He saw the prism hit the rift and how it slowly sank into the portal. He had barely any time to think before his own body slammed into the rift. He felt the rift slowly absorbing him and then he struggled. With every muscle, he fought to free himself with little success. In a matter of seconds, only his head was visible. Steven tried sticking his neck out hoping to keep at least some part of his body out of the rift. It was a useless effort. And with a wordless scream, his head disappeared into the rift.