"Steven what are you doing?" Tyler asked. He sees his cousin siting outside besides the mailbox singing a song.
"Oh mister postman bring a post bring the post that I want the moo~oost." Steven sang. Tyler chuckled at the boys lyrics, he too was waiting for the post man too but he didn't know that Steven was waiting too. Before his cousin could answer the postman came walk over the hill. "My song came true." Seven said with joy. He walk up to the post man eager to retrieve a package he order. "Do you have a package for me?"
"Same here?" Tyler asked.
"Hold on let me what I got. Did you order a loaf of bread with a stamp on it?" The mailman asked receiving head shakes from both boys. "Did order a jury summons for Mr. R.J Finkel?" Tyler raised his eyebrow at that question who would want to order a jury summons?
"That's not my name, my names Steven." The boy said.
"Oh right right. Here we are Steven Universe." The mailer present a brown box.
"(Gasp) This thing is going to help me save the world." Steven proclaimed.
"Really because it says its from wacky sack."
"I've never heard of that. By the way do you have a package for Tyler, Tyler Omega?" The teen asked.
"Uh yeah, this yours?" The mailman asked. Getting a nod from Tyler he presents the package to the teen. Tyler signed for it and held the package.
"So Steven wanna explain why this would save the world?" Tyler asked returning to the topic at hand.
"Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl think I shouldn't go into any magical adventure because I don't how to use my gem powers." Stevn explained. Tyler could agree with what he was saying, lately the gems have become more cautious at what they do mainly because they were still kids. But there should be an amount of trust where they don't have to worry every five minutes. Especially with Pearl's dotting on them.
"And the wacky sack would help solve our problems?" Tyler asked.
"That's the plan, with it I can help them save the world." Steven proclaimed.
"You want to know how to save my world?" the mail man asked, "Can you two sign here please, my boss yells at me when don't get signatures."
"That's awful." The shield user spoke as both he and his cousin sign the digital signer., a flash of light then appeared inside the house signaling that the gem have arrived. "Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl are back." Steven grabs his package and runs up the stairs as well did Tyler.
"W-wait Steven whats a Wacky Sack?" The mail man ask but never got an answer. The two boy reach to the top of the stair case and door inside the house was Garnet with her hair covered in feather, Pearl holding a small statue and Amethyst carrying a giant egg.
"Amethyst it's not going to fit in the fridge its too big." Pearl argued, but the whip user did not hear her, she open the fridge door and pulls out the shelf and dropped on the floor.
"Well I guess that's work." Tyler mused, until he hear a cracking sound coming fro the fridge completely oblivious to Amethyst as she explains what she wanted to do with the egg. "Never mind, how did you get I giant egg?" He asked.
"We fought a giant bird, but we're only here for a second we gotta go back out."
"What why?" Steven complained.
"We place this moon goddess statue on the top of the lunar sea spire by midnight and bring to it former glory." Pearl continues to rant on about the spire where to a point Tyler wasn't listening. He turns his attention back his package, in it was a pair of silver tonfas much like his gem weapon he knew that he needed more time training with his gem power, but he little knowledge when is comes to using tonfas. Once he slipped the weapon behind his back he saw Steven carrying a cheeseburger back-pack.
"So that's a wacky sack." His voice grabbed everyone attention gaining wide eye expression from Pearl, Steven and Amethyst. "What?"
"Whoa what are those?" Steven looked at the tonfas with a gleam in his eyes.
"Oh these, I order them when i first got here, I figured that if I can't use my gem powers yet I'll just use man-made weapon for now when we're on mission." Tyler explained as he spins the handle of his tonfas, he noticed the unsure expression on Pearls face, knowing the out come of the answer he had to work fast to change her mind. "Oh come on Pearl if me and Steven are ever going to become part of the team we need sort of protection in case anything happens. And you guys wont always be there when trouble starts."
"I don't know." Pearl considered until Amethyst appeared behind her.
"Come on it'll be educational~." She said with a sing like tone. Pearl complied and handed Steven the Statue to put in the bag. The boy wanted another minute to gather up a few thing in his room before leaving in his back-pack.
"Steven let go." Pearl hurried.
"Coming." Steven comes down the stairs and joins Tyler and the gems, only to find barely any room to enter. "Uh how do I get in." He asked.
"I got just the Idea, Garnet mind placing Steven on my shoulders?" Tyler asked. The leader gem did as what the teen asked, giving Steven a piggyback ride on his cousin shoulder with it the warp pad actives in a bright light, creating a beam engulfing the five away. Tyler kept his close for a few second until he felt weightless in the air, through his eyes he see countless number of starlight around him, he turn to see Steven spinning around the space like boy in a swimming pool. "It beautiful." Was all that Tyler said, he would've wanted to continue looking at the star-stream but it quickly ended as they appeared at their destination. The gravity shuts off having the teen land face first to the ground and Steven landing on his back.
"Whoa the sea spire." Steven said in amazement still sitting on Tyler's back.
"Steven not that I'm glad we can spend these family moment but can but get off me?" Tyler asked with a strained voice. With a quick apology Tyler was up gazing at the sea spire as well, he could hear the disappointing 'oh' coming from the gem, immediately understanding why. There were cracks and debris all around the spire, as if one touch inside will the tower to fall apart.
"It wasn't like this 100 years ago." Pearl said.
"I'm sensing structural instability." Garnet informed.
"Oh yeah that never good." Steven agreed, Tyler looked at the boy confusingly wondering if he actually understood what Garnet meant, but that quickly changed when he saw the floor surrounding Steven begin the crack. With a quick tag at his cousins shirt Tyler was able to save Steven from falling into the pool. "I got you cuz.'"
"Okay that's settles it, we are taking Steven and Tyler back home." Pearl declared. Until she heard a muffled grunt followed by a compliant coming from the bag."
"Oh Mr. Queasy." Steven said childishly, he laughs as he shakes the the light green toy, Tyler chuckling with him.
"Steven! This place is your heritage, I want you both to stay and help but you have to take this seriously, can you do that Steven?" Pearl asked.
"You got it dude." Steven said with a thumbs up, winking with his tongue sticking out.
"Yeeeeess." Pearl drawled out.
"Ah don't worry so much Pearl, me and Steven got this in the bag, literally." Tyler said pointing at he bag. He walks with the gem to the end of the cliff before stoppoing.
"Whats the hold up we can clear this easily. " Amethyst asked. Tyler looked at the distance, she was right a big enough jump would make it to the other side no problem.
"No the magic that sustain the whirlpool will make anyone fall through." Garnet explain. As an example she throws a rock at the tower but stop abruptly and falls to the whirlpool.
"Well what now, Steven what are you doing with the sweaters." Tyler asked.
"Well they were for keeping warm but I got another idea." Steven ties the sleeves f the sweater together creating a type of rope grapples it one of the columns and jumps, the force causes the shield user to be pulled down but was able to stop thank to the rope he made. "CHEEEEESSSSEEEBURRRRGERRRR!" He screamed and with that he runs on side of the spire and with a single hop he makes it to the other side. If the gems could see closely they would see breathing hard out of both effort and exhaustion.
"Alright Steven, now how do we- Whoa!" Tyler question was interrupted when Amethyst wrapped her arm around everyone used her whip and followed Stevens lead. "Never mind."
"Don't ever do that again." Pearl scowled. Walking through the tower Tyler saw the ruin that is the sea spire, broken statue, destroyed mural, cracked staircases, he just surprised that the place was still standing up until now. His thought were then interrupted when he saw Pearl slice a statue in half and talking about shrimp.
"Huh she must've been really upset about this place." Tyler thought.
"You guys we got a problem." Amethsyt called.
"(Gasp) It an infestation." Pearl said. "And we have to cross through here to get to the top."
"Alright so any plans Pearl?" Tyler asked.
"I got it," Pearl snapped her fingers. The gem on her head began to glow showing a holographic image of the whip user. "Amethyst if stand over here a create a distraction with your whip and Garnet if you stand at the ceiling and strike at that exact stop then I'll advance with my-."
"Bagel sandwich." Steven yelled, throwing two bagel sandwiches away from them. Which caused the crystal shrimps to draw their attention to the food making a clear walk way to the next stairs.
"How did you know it would work?" Pearl asked still shocked at the results.
"I figured if I was a shrimp I would that too." Steven said.
"Can't fight logic with an answer like that." Tyler admitted.
"You are a shrimp." Amethyst ruffled Stevens hair. Garnet also paid her complements as the walked on.
"I'll have you know that my plan would've work." Pearl noted. " Reaching toward the end of the stairs the group spotted a huge gap along the path with rushing water to block it.
"Great so how do we get reach from here." Tyler asked, before he heard chanting repeating the words 'cheeseburger backpack' over and over, seeing the results of what Steven used his backpack for Tyler chanted with Amethyst and soon after Pearl. A raft came out of Stevens backpack, a small cheer fill the room before Steven threw it at the water and washed away. "Well that was short lived." He see Garnet knock down a column to make a bridge.
"Don't worry Steven." Garnet said.
"Yeah they can't all be winners." Amethyst agreed.
"Finally we made it." Tyler said looking up at the sky seeing the stars and moon high above them and in front of them a stone shaped pedestal. "I'm guessing that's where we put the statue?"
"Yes and with time to spare now the spire will be saved." Pearl exclaimed.
"Steven the statue?" Garnet asked. But something was off when Steven went to grabbed the statue it took him longer than it should have. He began searching through other pockets until he found out he left back at the house. Steven thought that of way to use his Mr, Queasy in order to substitute for the statue it work for a few seconds until it exploded, time was up the spire was falling apart piece after piece began to fall, to the ocean until there was nothing left leaving everyone stranded in the ocean.
"This all my fault I broke it." Steven said sadly.
"No, no Steven this isn't your fault, the spire was breaking under pressure." Preal tried to comfort.
"Yeah beside 2 out of 4 isn't bad its like 50%." Amathyst added.
"Yeah your right, they cant all be winners." Steven, he looks around noticing something off. "Hey where Tyler?"
"Right here." The teen said as he rides the same raft Steven lost. "Better make that 3 out for 4 Steven." As everyone entered the raft Amethyst, Pearl and Tyler were chanting to Steven about was his cheese burger backpack.
"Its a three hour paddle from here." Garnet informed.
"Well I guess we better start paddling."
"Who want a wet bagel?" Steven asked. Tyler only shook his head at the question he knew that even though he didn't get chance to use his new temporary tonfas he still had fun on a mission.