SU fanfic:
The three headed Onyx bull, charged, but Garnet intercepted it just in time. She took it by the horns and rammed it's head to the ground. Meanwhile, Pearl and Amethyst were still going for the Chimera. "Steven! you have to get to the shard, now while the guardians are distracted" Pearl instructed.
"You got it, Pearl" Steven ran towards the crystal shard on top of the altar, it was moments from its grasp until something slithery coiled at his legs and flung him away from the altar. Steven landed with an "hmph!" He looked up and saw a massive 9 headed hydra, larger than any of the othe creatures at the temple. "Oh no, there's three of them!"
"yeah, we can all count, Pearl!" retorted Amethyst.
"Steven!" Garnet tried to rush to his aid, but the bull fought back.
The nine heads aimed and lunged at helpless Steven on the floor, but a familiar dimensional rift opened up and from it came forth Lion. He picked up Steven with his jaws just in time to evade the attack.
"Thanks! Buddy" said Steven, "now let's go get that shard". Lion sprang, avoiding the many Hydra heads that came after them. They zipped past the altar, and Steven quickly snatched the Shard. "Yes! We did it!" but their victory was short lived as the temple began to crumble. "Uh oh"
At the same time, the shard's guardians also fell apart. "We have to get out of here now!" Garnet yelled to the other two Gems.
A pillar collapsed and crushed the warp pad. "Oh no!, how are we gonna get out of here now?" Pearl, panicked. As if in response, Steven and Lion landed in front of them, "uh guys, this place is falling apart, like that time I tried to patch up our ceiling with my earwax. "Quick! everyone get on" ordered Garnet.
Garnet and Amethyst clung to its back with Steven, but Pearl was only able to grab on to its rear end. "Oh brother" she exclaimed.
Quickly Lion ran and opened up a portal to safety. As soon as they got through, they landed safe and sound on the shores of Beach City. Amethyst was the first one to get off, "Alright! we almost died this time!"
"Hey has anyone seen Pearl?" asked Steven.
Lion stood up, and there she was, having been freed from being sat on. She straightened herself up, only to be licked by Lion. "Uh, thanks for saving us back there" she said half disgustedly.
"YEAH! Way to go, Lion! See? I told you it was a good idea to have him around"
Not long after, Lion collapsed on the sand. Steven ran to him, "Lion! oh no are you okay?!"
Lion gave a very weak purr and shut its eyes. "Whoa, is he alright?" asked Amethyst.
"I don't know, he was barely hurt, not even by that snake thingy" his eyes had started to become watery. Pearl intervened, hang on, I'll see what's going on.
She leaned in on Lion's immobile body, examining it and checking for its vital signs. "Look, he's been through a lot today", she replied "maybe he's just all tired out"
"I'll go to town and get her the treats he likes, that'll make him feel better" Steven rushed off.
Garnet placed her hands on Pearl's shoulders. "You're gonna have to tell him sometime"
"I know" she said, full of sadness.