LordAdamant: I was actually considering doing it in the last chapter but I thought... Nah better not, so lets just see how this one goes, and how I'm feeling about it. But he'll meet her in one of the next two chapters.
He looked at his phone and pressed ignore. His face turned sour, he tucked his phone back into his pocket and walked back to the Temple.
He opened the front door and was immediately tackled by Pearl.
"Steven! We're so sorry!" She cried hanging onto him.
"It's fine Pearl..." He sighed.
"We were so worried! Where is Pink-Diamond?" She asked.
"She ran away when I was talking to Dad... She took Lion with her." He explained.
"We'll find her. Don't worry." Pearl promised. He nodded.
"Well... We better get started then." Garnet declared.
"Aww! C'mon!" Amethyst wined.
"No wining! We need to start cleaning up the debris." Garnet decided.
"Garnet's right! People are already coming back into town..." Pearl worried.
"We've gotta keep them off the beach. If any humans got access to Gem technology they could really hurt themselves. Maybe we should shut them out... For good..." Steven suggested darkly, closing the blinds.
"You know... We did once have a fence... Lets get a new one! With barbed wire!" Pearl offered excitedly, liking the idea of putting the fence back up again.
"This time. Lets build a moat. I can be... The CROCODILE!.. Jazz hands!" Amethyst said changing her face into a crocodile's and doing jazz hands.
"No." Garnet said bluntly.
"Why not?" Amethyst asked disappointed.
"You always say that you'll be the Crocodile, but you never commit!" Pearl rolled her eyes and crossing her arms. Amethyst changed her face back to normal.
"No fence either!" Garnet said strictly.
"Garnet!" Pearl and Amethyst wined together.
"Steven needs to see his father and his friends." Garnet stated.
"No I don't. I can't keep clinging to my humanity... Its time I got serious..." He spoke darkly and dramatically, but that fell when his phone called again and he felt sick.
"Steven... Why is your communication devise playing that song?" Pearl asked. He sighed.
"Its Connie, trying to call me. But I can't face her anymore..." He said looking down.
"Soo... Your just going to ignore her, forever?" Pearl asked with a hint of a smile on her face.
"Its the responsible thing to do." He stated.
"Its gonna be hard, 'cause she's coming up the steps right now..." Amethyst told him looking out of the blinds. He freaked out.
"What?!" He panicked.
Connie knocked on the door. Pearl and Garnet answered.
"Oh... Hello... Connie..." Pearl greeted nervously and awkwardly.
"Is Steven home?" Connie asked worried. At this moment Steven opened the window and snuck out."
"Nooo..." Pearl nervously answered looking at Garnet for help.
"Is he okay? Im just really worried! He hasn't been answering his phone. What's going on?" She stressed out. Steven had snuck right behind her without her noticing and was now running down the stairs.
"I- I - uh... I don't know... I-... Uh... I don't understand your human relationships... So... uh... um... Goodbye!" Pearl said weirded out and awkwardly. Slamming the door. Garnet yanked Pearl away from the door.
Connie caught sight of Steven running across the beach and gasped.
"Steven!" She called out. But he didn't stop.
"Steven!" She called out again running behind him.
They ran through one of the fingers of the ship. Connie was very confused about the whole thing and as she ran she observed the cells. They exited and she had lost him. She stopped and looked around, panting.
"Steven?" She called out. He was sitting behind a ship chunk in front of her, panting.
"A- Are you in trouble? Is something wrong?" She called out, looking around franticly.
"Did I do something wrong?" She asked tearing up. It broke his heart to see her like this.
"Why are you avoiding me?" She asked then called his phone. He declined it.
"Steven I know your here! Why are you hiding from me?" She called out. She was shocked when her phone buzzed. It was a text from Steven.
"I don't want to be friends anymore..." She read it out loud. She held back her tears and she called him, she was suppressed when he picked up.
"Steven?" She asked.
"I can't be with you anymore. I have a destiny." He replied coldly.
"Say it to my face! Say you don't want to be friends anymore! I- If you can do that..." She yelled into the phone but remembered that he could probable hear her anyway. So she ended the call and yelled out.
"If you can do that, I'll leave you alone. And I'll just go bak to having no friends! But I won't believe it until you say it to my face!" She yelled out, tears in her eyes. She gasped as she saw his figure climb to the top of one of the Space Chunks with his head low.
He jumped down and stood in front of her.
"Well?" She asked.
He lifted his head, and she saw the endless tears running down his face, not to mention the snot from his nose.
"I still wanna be friends!" He sobbed. She ran to him and put her hands on his shoulders.
"Steven your eye... What happened to you?" She gasped. He looked away ashamed.
"I didn't want you to worry about it..." He cried.
"Ive been worried sick all day! What do you think I'm doing here?" She asked sternly.
"I just wanted to protect you!" He said sadly.
"Stop. Just tell me everything..." She said sweetly. He sniffled and hugged her.
The two walked back to the Temple and sat on the beach. Steven told her the entire story, from when the hand entered the atmosphere to just then.
"Wait so... Lapis and Jasper are somewhere underwater..." She asked.
"Yea... And Peridot escaped when the ship was coming down... She could be anywhere, not to mention Pink... I don't even know if she's in Beach City anymore..." He sighed.
"That is a lot to take in..." She said nervous.
"Are you okay?" He asked, concerned.
"Are you okay? Your the one thats been through everything. The least I could do is just listen..." She smiled. He looked down.
"I can't ask you to do that..." He sighed slightly.
"I want to Steven. I want to be a part of your Universe..." She smiled. They smiled at each other until Greg's van drove onto the beach.
"Kiddo! There you are! Oh hey Connie, do you need a ride home?" Greg smiled.
"Dad, are you doing okay?" Steven worried.
"I got it out of my system. I'm back to being your cool Dad!" He said soothing his hair back. The two children got into the van and drove through the City.
People were contributing very well with removing the ship parts from their stores and the streets. They were getting back into the habits of their old lives again.
Steven was looking out of the window when he caught sight of something pink by the water and with further inspection saw it was Lion.
"Dad stop the Van!" He cried out. Greg put his foot down and turned to Steven.
"What? Did I hit something?!" He cried out. Steven opened the door and got out.
"Take Connie home, I'll see you later!" He said running off towards Lion and hopefully Pink. Greg and Connie watched him as he ran down the beach and out of their sight. They just shrugged and kept driving.
"Lion!" Steven cried out running into him and hugging his soft fur.
"Where is Pink?" He asked.
"Here..." A small voice said. Steven turned around and saw Pink huddled behind Lion.
"Hi..." He smiled. He sat down beside her.
"This place is beautiful, Ive always loved the idea of earth and humans..." She smiled looking towards the sea.
"Are you like me?" He asked.
"Half human?" She replied. He nodded.
"Yes, thats why Yellow Diamond always liked the idea of me. And I guess also the fact that he thinks I'm his daughter or something..." She sighed leaning onto Lion and looking at the sky.
"His Daughter?" Steven asked confused.
"Apparently there is this legend thing about the Pink Diamond Gem, every million years it gets passed on. Not like a normal Gem that never gets passed on, and Im supposed to have this magical destiny. But that was ruined because I'm half human, but Yellow Diamond still wants me... As a 'secret weapon', its stupid." She sighed. He didn't know how to respond to that.
"Uh... So... Why did you run away earlier?" He asked trying to break the silence in the air. She closed her eyes.
"I don't know... He was freaking out so much already... He could have had a real heart attack if he had saw me... Maybe its best if I just leave you all to your old lives." She sighed fighting back tears. He shook his head.
"No. I know this isn't what you expected it to be like when you escaped, but... For what its worth, you already feel like my family. I would really like you to stay and be my sister..." He smiled. She opened her eyes and let a few tears fall down her cheeks.
"T- Thanks..." She sniffled. He nodded.
"Its okay. Whenever you need to chat, I'm always here for you, thats what a twin is for right?" He chuckled. She looked at him studying his face.
"You know, Im not sure if we are identical twins. We don't really look alike." She laughed. He nodded laughing too, noticing that she had the same laugh as his mother and him.
"So... What powers do you have?" He asked out of curiosity. She stood up eagerly with a wide grin spread over her face.
"C'mon!" She encouraged, getting onto Lion's back. He hopped on too and they rode off towards the Temple together.
Soo.. What did you guys think? I would really like to know! Also i'd like to know what you think Pink's powers should be!
And Until Next Time
Izzy xx