An: Sorry I've been gone for a while once again. I get very busy with School, but I'm trying to write and upload more. Sorry for the wait and this chapter is on the shorter side. I hope you like it though.
"What do I do?" Steven cried looking down at the gems in his hand. "I will protect you." Steven gave a weak smile bubbling the gems and sending them off to the bubble room.
Steven then took out his phone and called Mayor Dewey.
"You need to evacuate the town." Steven said talking to Mayor Dewey on the phone.
"For how long." Mayor Dewey shuddered.
"Until it's safe. I will give you a call when everything is figured out." Steven tried making everything seem okay.
"I trust you Steven Universe." Mayor Dewey hung up the phone.
Mayor Dewey got everyone together and they started evacuating. Soon Beach City was quiet with only the sound of the corrupted gems.
"Now to take care of the corrupted gems." Steven stated putting on his serious face. He called for Lion who was already standing near him. "Hey buddy. I'm going to need your help." Steven was nervous. "Can I see my mom's sword again?" Steven asked politely petting his mane. His mom's sword soon appeared out of Lion's mane and Steven grabbed it. "Thank you. Are you ready for this?" Steven asked getting a roar in response. "I'll take that as a yes." Steven giggled nervously.
Steven was swinging his sword at the corrupted gems. He had a problem. He wasn't the one who was good with the Sword. Connie was. He was trying to remember all the tricks and things Pearl taught her. He was only good for protecting the gems with his shield.
"Lion, I can't do it." Steven cried. "I'm useless without Connie. I'm useless without Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl. They are the ones who protect me and beach city." Steven was soon lifted up by Lion and put on his back. "Good idea Lion." Steven wiped his tears. He rode Lion and flung his shield at the corrupted gems making them weak and even some poof. He bubbled all the poofed corrupted gems and sent them back to the temple. "Lion there is about 10 left. We can do this." Steven panted.
Steven and Lion both managed to fight off all the corrupted gems. It wasn't easy.
"You deserve a Lion Licker. I promise I will get you one when the town returns but I'm not so sure it's safe yet." Steven held onto Lion who was walking up the stairs into the temple. "I need to un-bubble Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl so they can regenerate." Steven opened Rose's room.
"Show me to the burning room." Steven asked hoping it would work and to his relief it worked. A door popped up out of the pink clouds that lead into the burning room. He looked around and saw the bubble he placed their gems in. He carefully popped it and caught the gems in his arms.
"You're safe now." Steven smiled hugging their gems in his arms as if they were there with him. He proceeded out of the burning room and into the living room where he gently placed their gems down onto his bed. He eventually fell asleep with the gems in his arms.
The next day…
"I had this crazy dream where I was the only one left in Beach City. All of you were poofed and-"Steven woke up and suddenly looked down into his arms where their gems were realizing it wasn't a dream. "Oh, it was real." Steven frowned carefully placing the gems onto his pillow. "Amethyst you're usually back by now." Steven stated realizing a day had passed with no one regenerating.
Steven walked down to the living room and looked up at his mother's portrait. "What would you do?" Steven questioned as if she was going to answer. "It's my fault they got poofed. If I would've listened to Garnet she wouldn't have got distracted." Steven felt like he was going to cry again. "I should've been able to get the corrupted gems off Amethyst. Then there is Pearl who puts me before herself. I didn't try hard enough." Steven started crying. "I'm sorry."
"What am I suppose to do now?" Steven sighed finally looking away from his mother's portrait and wiping his tears away. "There is no one in Beach City but me and Lion." Steven walked towards the warp pad.
Steven was alone. He thought it was a perfect time to get more answers seeing that no one was there to stop him. He wanted to go back to Pink Diamonds Palanquin. Even after what had just happened. There was no way Blue Diamond would be back on Earth so soon. This time he was going to go prepared. He packed snacks, a journal, his phone and his mother's sword which he kept in his hamburger backpack.
"Lion I need you to keep their gems safe while I'm gone." Steven stated only getting a look from Lion in return. "I'm taking that as a yes." Steven smiled walking onto the warp pad. "At least I know where it's located now." Steven warped away.
He started walking on a path which he remembered from the last trip. "How am I going to get over that fence without Dad." Steven looked up at the tall fence. Then Steven remembered he had floating powers. "How come I didn't think of this before!" He facepalmed.
He jumped and floated over the fence very carefully landing somewhat perfectly on the ground. He proceeded along the path making his way towards Pink Diamond's Palanquin when he heard voices on the other side of the bushes.
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