Fourth chapter! AND IT IS OFFICIAL: I WILL be making a Marvel/Steven Tie-In Crossover concerning THIS story. And yes, Steven WILL see Spider-Man.
Thanks for all the ideas and reviews! Hopefully I can take some of your ideas!
But the problem is, despite the positive reviews, I feel like I'm rushing the story too much. I need to slow down.
Anyway guys, have a good one!
Welcome to Earth-616
"Whew. Well, we're away from that garbage." Amethyst said as they arrived.
"Wait… This isn't Beach City." Pearl wondered.
"Predator's coordinates point here: New York City. The capital city of the United States." Peridot reported.
"I can't believe it… I'M IN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE!" Steven rejoiced as he jazz-handed all over the place.
"Oh, silly Steven. This isn't the 'Marvel' Universe, this universe, or Earth-616, is called the Timely Universe. Things can have supernatural powers be it earthly science or cosmic causes." Pearl explained.
"But that's exactly what the Marvel Universe is. There are cosmic heroes and mystic prophets, and plus a radioactive spider bit one guy and he got the spider's powers!" Steven explained.
"Are you talking about that Spider-Guy or something?" said the confused Amethyst.
"First of all, that's Spider-MAN. Second, this IS the Marvel Universe, just keep an eye out for a guy in a red-and-blue skin-tight outfit swinging in the air." Steven said as he got off the Warp Pad.
Even Peridot was confused. How can such fantasy of a child become reality in the Earth where the coordinates are EXACTLY the same?
See, Peridot was sort of a realist. Despite them being cosmic, she doesn't really believe of what the comics tell.
"Steven, I know you're a little excited, but sometimes, even in other Earths, fantasies are just fantasies. This is reality, Steven." Peridot said.
"But, you are superheroes. Is that a fantasy?" Steven said as he carried on with the trip.
"…Well played, Peridot." Amethyst said with her arms crossed.
"Peridot, I've talked with Steven about this. He says that children like him have 'imagination' of superior beings capable of crawling walls and having indestructible claws coming out of people's wrists. Stuff like those make them happy. It is also inspirational, telling kids to be as strong as they can and not mind what the public thinks of you." Pearl explained the concept of superheroes.
"Hey guys! Come on! We still have a mission to do, right?" Steven called.
"Steven's right. Let's go." Garnet said as she got off the Warp Pad.
As they walked through the streets of New York City, they noticed there looked a LOT different from Beach City.
"It looks a lot different. It doesn't look like what they look like in the Comics. I always pictured concrete buildings with small windows. Now I see less of that." Steven said.
"Some things change drastically, Steven." Pearl said.
"Still no sign of Predator?" Garnet commanded a report from Peridot.
"He's miles from here. FAR from the city, actually." Peridot reported.
"Hey! Maybe we could rent a vehicle!" Steven said as he pointed to a Car Rental Shop.
As they walked in, Steven informed them about Car Renting.
"Now remember. Whatever you do, don't wreck a rented car."
Wow. That actually WORKED. Well, now they have a faster way to track Predator: On wheels.
Somehow, Pearl developed a hologram to drive the vehicle… with a little help from Steven, of course.
As holo-Pearl drove to Predator's coordinates, Garnet and Peridot planned on how they could take down Predator, while Pearl and Amethyst stayed quiet, and Steven fell asleep on Pearl's shoulder. He wasn't a pure Gem, after all.
But something terrified him: It was his dream.
Steven's Dream
Steven woke up in a strange place. Somewhere like of of those cells Jasper held him in.
"Where am I?" Steven said as he rubbed his painful head.
Then a door opened, revealing the Crystal Gems.
"Pearl! Garnet! Where am I? What's going on?" Steven asked them.
"It's OK, Steven. This won't hurt a bit." Pearl said as she grabbed his arm and pulled him in.
"Hey! Pearl, what are you doing?"
Steven was led into an empty room, with torches and stuff.
"Pearl, what are you gonna do?" said the frightened Steven.
"Steven, so naïve. We have no choice but to execute you." Garnet said as she equipped herself with her Gauntlets.
"But why? I don't know what's going on!" Steven said as a tear of fright fell from his eye.
"We fooled you, Steven. Did you really think we wanted to stop that Predator so we could PROTECT the Multiverse?!" Amethyst said.
"Then why ARE we tracking him?" Steven said. "I wanna know, so I can go home!"
"We have to track him down, so we can take control. One dimension at a time." Pearl said as she brought out her spear to impale Steven. "But we don't want you to get in the way!"
"NO! Pearl! Guys! You aren't yourselves!" Steven screamed as they neard him with their weapons.
"Stop! I wanna go home!" Steven sobbed.
"There is no home. Not anymore." Pearl said as she prepared to impale Steven.
"No! STOP! PEARL! PEARL!"
"PEARL!" Steven screamed as he woke up with sweat dripping from his head and tears running down from his eyes.
"Steven! What's wrong?!" Pearl said, alerted by his scream.
"Pearl!" Steven said as he hugged Pearl tight. "I'm so glad you didn't kill me!"
"Why would I do that? What happened? You've been shaking and crying in your sleep! Then you started screaming." Pearl said.
"I had a nightmare! You all were going to kill me, a-a-and You said that there was no home for me! And then you told me ALL of you Crystal Gems in the Multiverse were tracking down Predator so that you can take over the Multiverse!" Steven sobbed as he held Pearl tighter.
"Calm down, Steven. It was just a nightmare. We wouldn't do that." Pearl hugged him back. "Shhh…. It's OK. Maybe you're hungry. We can stop by a fast-food restauraunt or something. How about that?" Pearl said as she wiped Steven's tears.
"OK, Pearl. Thanks for making me feel better. And I bet Amethyst is hungry too." Steven said as he pointed to Amethyst.
"You're darn right." Amethyst said with her arms crossed.
"HEY!" Steven pointed. "Perfect timing! There's a Mcdonalds right there!"
"OK… Mcdonalds it is." Pearl said.
Later….
After they bought from a nearby Mcdonalds, Steven and Amethyst ate in the car while Holo-Pearl drove on.
"We're almost there, Pearl. Can't we drive faster?" Peridot reported.
"We can't, Peridot. There's something called a 'speed limit'. All cars on the road must only reach the limited maximum speed to prevent accidents on the road. We're already driving the fastest as we can go." Steven explained.
"Well, if we don't drive faster, we'll lose him." Peridot exclaimed.
"How many miles from his coordinates?" Garnet said.
"He's not too far. BUT WE HAVE TO HURRY!" Peridot reported.
Meanwhile…
Hunter was roaming through the woods, targeting his next Gem.
Hunter Approached the Gem with caution, with his smoke bombs in hand, but realized…
Only the GEM was there, not the person.
"How…?" Predator said to himself.
He walked up to it and picked it up, but what happened was…
Time went back a few seconds.
'What just happened?' Predator thought.
He spotted the Gem again. And the same thing happened again for three times.
But on the fourth time, he already knew what it could do, so he picked it up, this time with an inanimate object, and put it in his bag.
"That'll become useful someday."
Fourth chap, chaps! BTW, That time-ripping Gem WILL contribute to my Marvel/StevenU crossover. Thx so much for the positive reviews and Multiverse Ideas! Hopefully I can put it somewhere in this story! Such as 'what if Steven was raised by Yellow Diamond?' or something like that.
I'll keep it in mind, though it could be pretty hard.
THX AGAIN GUYS! BYE!
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