I think it's time for yet another story, one that revolves around Micheal and Garnet, as Echo was recovering, during that six month gap, as not to leave you guys wondering what happened. So, I hope you guys enjoy it! And be sure to review!

Steven Universe: Rogue

Chapter One: Old Times

I was told that I was doing humanity a favor. I was told I was helping the ones I loved. I had hopes that my employers were telling the truth. Unfortunately, I was lied to. But I was still young, and had a bit of soldier in my veins, just as my grandfather before me. I wanted to follow in his footsteps. I wanted to fight for my country, protect the innocent. When my battles were done, however, my wife was diagnosed with high levels of cancer. I was hopeless, until I met the Diamond Authority, who offered me a cure for my wife's illness, in exchange for my service. So, after getting my powers, and swearing my alligence to an extratarrestial race, I did whatever they told me to do. Follow every order, without question. Until they gave me an order that made me question EVERYTHING. It's wierd, ya know, that dispite everything you've done, your masters let your loved ones DIE. I ended up revolting, and believe me, when I say that when I turned rebel, I never thought I would be the only one to turn against my masters, but I was the ONLY one. The Diamond Authority then branded me ROGUE, and charged me of treason, simply because I was following my old code, for fighting for those I had sworn to protect. And thanks to the Crystal Gems, I now know who my real enemies are. And this fight is NOT over. And as far as I'm concerned, Micheal Andreas...is still a soldier.

Long ago...

Micheal stood at the mountain cliff, overlooking the horizen, as his squad of twelve were readying their equipment, as Micheal looked on, and silently pulled out a small recorder and began recording.

"My name is Micheal Andreas." He declared silently, only enough for the recorder to record "I'm a commanding officer, in the Homeworld Defense Unit, and my squad and I recently touched ground on Earth, and I must say, it's good to be back home. We were under the cover of night, when we landed, and we recieved word that one of the Homeworld beacons suddenly activated. Why at night, the Brass won't say. Jasper said that it's just a small recon mission, but then why are we so heavily armed?" He looked back at his squad, to make sure they weren't watching, then returned to his recorder "Still, they're sending a ship to pick us up, to intercept the carrier of the beacon, and hopefully, if we're lucky, it's not hostile. I'm recording this now, in hopes that, should anything happen to me or my squad, my family may recover it." He cleared his throat "Probably worrying a bit here, but you can never be too careful." As he looked up, he spotted the warship hover in front, as he hid away the recorder, and the cargo door opened, as Jasper stepped forward.

"Listen up!" She declared, gaining the attention of the squad "Lapis is in position and we have the location of the beacon, in the possession of a ship full of 'pirates'. Why these fools have the beacon, we're not sure, but we have orders to take the beacon and prisoners as we see fit! Now, if you're done lazying about, let's get moving!"

"Looks like it's go time." Micheal smirked, turning to his squad "Alright, you heard her, boys and gals! Grab your gear and let's move!"

Present...

Micheal parked his motorcycle outside the Beach City hospital, looking up at the doors, before stopping for a moment, as he pulled out a small photo and frowned. The photo showed a younger version of himself, standing next to eleven other people, his old squadmates. Micheal couldn't help but smile, remembering the moments he shared with his former friends, as he put away the photo in his pocket, and entered the hospital. After getting clearence from the front desk, he went upstairs, heading towards Echo's room, and he saw Garnet, standing outside the door to Echo's room.

"Hey, Garnet." Micheal waved, as he walked up to her "How've ya been?"

"Hello, Micheal." Garnet smiled, still stoic as ever "Perin and Pearl are still inside, working on Echo. The cybernetics will take a while to be installed."

"I see." Micheal nodded "So, what? We can't visit?"

"Not while they're working, no." Garnet shooked her head "Sorry."

"It's alright." Micheal shrugged "Well, I'd better see my son."

"Does he go to school here?" Garnet asked.

"As a matter of fact, yeah." Micheal nodded "He's in high school."

"I see." Garnet mused.

"Well, I'd better get going." Micheal said, as he turned to leave "Tell Perin and Pearl I said 'hey'. And Echo, if he's awake."

As Micheal left, Perin stuck his head out the door.

"Was that Micheal just now?" He asked.

"Yes, he just left." Garnet nodded "Sorry you missed him."

"Oh, okay." Perin sighed, before suddenly grinning "So, have you heard word of the Beach City Festival in town tomorrow?"

"Yes, Steven mentioned it." Garnet nodded "We plan to go there and have fun. Why do you ask?"

"No reason." Perin shrugged "I was hoping to go too, but I'm gonna have my hands full with Echo's recovery."

"Echo's recovery must come first." Garnet declared, stirnly "But you should try to make some time to enjoy the festiveties."

"Yeah, I'll see what I can do." Perin nodded "By the way, have you mentioned it to Micheal yet?"

"No." Garnet said bluntly "He might be busy."

"So? That doesn't mean he should relax." Perin frowned "You should ask him. He wouldn't dare say 'no' to you."

"Maybe." Garnet shrugged "I'll talk to him about it, given the chance."

"I wish you luck." Perin smiled "Now, I'd best get back to work. Tell Micheal I said 'hi'!"

"Of course." Garnet nodded "See you at the festival, Perin."

"Sure, of course!" Perin happily said, and as Garnet left, he silently whispered to himself "I sure hope so. If this 'relationship' of theirs is to work, it needs to be done right." Then, he returned to work on Echo's cybernetics.

Later...

Garnet made her way to the Beach City High School, and as she approached, she saw Micheal, sitting on a bench, waiting, and as the school bell rang, the students exited the school, and Garnet saw one student make his way towards Micheal. The boy was almost as tall as Micheal, and an eighteen year old, as he looked like a younger version of Micheal, except for the dark red hair, wore a pair of red jeans, a blue t-shirt, and carried a red backpack.

Garnet watched as the boy approached Micheal, with a dull expression.

"Hey, Zachery." Micheal smiled, as his son approached "Had a good day at school?"

"Yeah..." Zach sighed "I guess."

"What's wrong?" Micheal asked.

"I've seen this girl I like, at school, and she's really pretty. I asked her if she wanted to go out with me, but..." Zach frowned "She said no."

"I'm sorry, son." Micheal sighed "Don't worry. There's plenty of fish in the sea."

"Yeah, but none like her." Zach sighed.

"Look, son." Micheal said firmly "When I was your age, it wasn't easy for me, when it comes to girls. But I had to work at it. When I met your mother, we started out as just friends, and then, slowly but surely, we became lovers." He then patted his son's shoulders "You see, son, love doesn't come easy, but you must take it slow. Alright?"

"Yeah." Zach nodded "I'll try."

"Good ta hear, son." Micheal smiled, before looking up to see Garnet approach "Oh, hey, Garnet!"

"Micheal." Garnet bluntly said "Can we speak in private?"

"Sure." Micheal said, before turning to Zach "Can you wait?"

"Sure, Pa." Zach nodded, walking towards Micheal's motorcycle, leaving the two in private momentarilly.

"So, what's up, Garnet?" Micheal asked.

"Tomorrow is the Beach City Festival is tomorrow." Garnet declared "And I was hoping if you would accompany me."

"I don't know." Micheal said "I'm not one for social events. I'm not really much of a people person."

"No need to be shy, Micheal." Garnet declared "And besides, I believe Steven would be overjoyed if you would take the time out of your schedual to enjoy the festivities."

"Well..." Micheal mulled it over, before sighing "Alright, I'll go. But only because you asked real nice."

"Good." Garnet smiled, kissing Micheal on the cheek "See you then."

As Garnet left, Micheal only chuckled to himself.

"Still don't know how I did it, but I'm not complaining." Micheal thought "Still not sure how this will work, with Garnet being a fusion. Guess only time will tell." He chuckled to himself, as returned to his son.

However, he was completely unaware of the hooded character, who was watching from afar, as Micheal rode off, with his son, the hooded character's golden eyes locked on Micheal.

Meanwhile...

Upon returning to the temple, Garnet entered the house, seeing Pearl, Amethyst and Steven on the couch, watching t.v., while Diamond was in sitting close to the bar stool, sharpenning his sword.

"Hey, Garnet!" Steven smiled, jumping up and gave Garnet a hug "How are you?"

"Quite well, Steven." Garnet smiled "Is everyone going to the Beach City Festival tomorrow?"

"Not everyone." Amethyst pouted, sitting at the window sill, gazing out the window "Echo's still in the hospital, because SOMEONE'S taking too long!"

"It's not so simple, Amethyst!" Pearl frowned "I've never had any real knowledge on the human body, AND Perin's the one that's designing all the upgrades for Echo!"

"Guys, settle down!" Diamond spoke up "Arguing won't make anything better!"

"Whatever." Amethyst huffed, going to the temple door and entering her room, closing the door behind her.

"Is Amethyst going to be alright?" Steven asked, worried.

"She just needs time to simmer down." Diamond shrugged "She needs to understand that humans need time to heal, and more time to rest."

"Well, putting that aside, for now," Pearl sighed, before turning to Garnet "How was your day, Garnet?"

"Quite well." Garnet shrugged "I spoke with Micheal about going to the fair, with us, and he agreed on it."

"I wonder how that's going to work." Diamond mused.

"I'm sure it'll work out fine." Garnet assured "Now, if you'll..." She stopped a moment.

"Are you alright, Garnet?" Diamond asked "Why suddenly quiet?"

"I... Excuse me." Garnet quickly said, as she retreated to her room, leaving the others confused.

"Ruby and Sapphire must be having another disagreement." Pearl shooked her head.

"Some things never change." Diamond chuckled, before resuming sharpening his blade.

Meanwhile, in Garnets room...

Garnet was alone in her room, talking to herself.

"Why are we going through with this?!" She scowled, in Ruby's tone "He's a HUMAN! Not to mention a MAN!"

"There's nothing wrong with trying new things." Garnet suddenly retorted, using Sapphire's tone "And besides, this is what Garnet wants."

"How would you know?!" Ruby scowled "How can you be sure it just won't complicate things?!"

"It won't, if you just accept it." Sapphire declared "Besides, you and I will always have each other, it's Garnet that will have Micheal."

"THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DAMN SENSE!" Ruby screamed.

"Regardless, if it's what Garnet wants, we must life with it." Sapphire said "Trust me, as you always have. You'll warm up to him eventually."

"But-" Ruby stopped midsentence, before sighing "Fine, I'll chance it, but-"

"Trust me, you'll get over it." Sapphire assured.

Silence ensued, before Garnet declared aloud.

"Micheal, I hope things don't get complicated." She sighed "I truly want to make this work."

Little did she know that tomorrow would hold more than she bargained for.

Sorry guys, for taking so long to update the other stories, I've just been busy with other stuff that I need to get sorted out, and now there's christmas shopping I gotta take care of, so I apologize, in advance for bringing these chapters and stories out a bit late, but I assure you, I will still be bringing new chapters, just not as early as I hoped. Also, I'm not sure how many chapters these stories will have, I just type until I think it's enough. Until then, enjoy this new story, and be sure to review!