"Over here!" Connie said waving her arms in the air
It was another fun filled day on the beach. There were no missions and no worries. So, Steven, Connie, Greg and the gems decided to play volleyball. It was he Crystal Gems against Greg, Connie and Steven.
Steven hit the ball over to Connie who spiked it over the net.
"Point us!" Connie cheered as she high fived Steven
"That's nineteen to seventeen." Garnet said
"We can do this." Connie said
All gems playing had agreed to not use any powers for a fair fight.
Greg nodded and Steven beamed. Amethyst gave the ball back to them and Connie stood back to serve. She hit it over the net sending it flying in Pearl's direction. Pearl immediately hit it over to Garnet who tapped it over the net.
"I got it! I got it!" Steven said keeping his eyes on the ball
He hit it back over the net. There was a good volley going on and it lasted until Greg hit it far out the gems reach.
Twenty : seventeen.
"Aw, yeah go dad!" Steven said
Greg laughed, "You're not letting us win are you?"
"Of course not." All three gems said at once
Pearl tossed it to Steven the next server.
"You can do this Steven. It's the winning point." Connie said
Steven looked up at the sky. The sun baked his bare arms. No sign of rain. He checked the wind. A very light breeze but strong enough to blow Connie's hair. He swung his arm back and
There was a loud noise. It was a mixture of screaming and booming but it wasn't good. The ball went off to the side and hit the net. However, no one seemed to notice. They all were focused on the weird noise.
There was silence and then it came again. It made Steven and Connie jump a little.
"It's coming from the temple." Pearl said softly
For some reason nobody moved except Steven. He took one step and then was off running in the direction of the temple. He heard something shrieking in pain, talking much like the Cluster had been.
It was loud and it hurt him to hear it so he ran faster. He could hear Pearl yelling his name behind him. It was concerned. His father's yell was too.
Steven opened the doors to the temple and the wail grew. His put his hands on his head hoping to make it stop. He crept closer to the sound finding Peridot's tablet abandoned on the floor. Was it Peridot he heard?
He followed the piercing sound straight down…to where they kept the bubbled gems.
