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(PS: Things are about to get crazy!)

"Just a little w-OAAHHH!" Peridot yelled as the ship flipped once more, leaving the duo falling down the hallway. By some unfortunate chance, Steven fell on top of her and both ended up in a pile at the front of the ship. They both attempted to stand up, only to fail and fall back down again.

"This is just what we needed...We're at the opposite end of the hallway to the escape pods and we're about to crash into the Earth..." Peridot muttered sarcastically under her breath.

"We'll be ok though, right?" Steven asked. Peridot remained silent as she slipped Steven's hand in hers. "...Right?" He stared at her. She still didn't reply but he could see in her nearly-crying eyes that the answer was no. They stayed silent for a few moments, hand in hand, their eyes filled with tears.

"We can't get to the escape pod..." Peridot told him, a hint of hopelessness in her voice. She sighed. "...We're not going to make it," Steven looked deeply into her worried eyes. He was scared too, no doubt about it, but he wasn't going to give up. "But...if we shatter...at least we'll be...together..."

"Peri, I'm not gonna let us shatter!" He yelled, trying to seem confident. Peridot seemed to believe him as she loosened her grip on his hand and let go.

With a bang, ship began to fall quicker. It was spinning out of control, only a few seconds away from hitting the Earth.

"THIS IS THE END!" She yelled.

In a sudden movement, Steven grabbed her shoulders and bubbled the duo, making her jump a little. The room was very small, thus the bubble was only barely big enough for them both to fit in, making them stuck in a rather awkward position. Peridot was sat with her arm behind her back and the other wrapped around Steven's neck. He was virtually sat on her lap, his arms wrapped tightly around her, as if he was trying to poof her. They were both very, very uncomfortable. Unfortunately, neither of them had a better idea so they stayed there, millimetres away from eachother's faces.

"Well, this is awkward," Peridot pointed out. Terrified, Steven stared into Peridot's yellow and blue eyes, while she stared back.

The ship twisted and turned, the walls collapsing in on eachother. They screamed and shouted as the bubble tumbled back down the hallway. Peridot looked at Steven and panicked as he lost control of both himself and the bubble. It burst with a loud noise. They covered their ears (I know Peri doesn't have ears. Just roll with it, ok?) in an attempt to block out the terrifyingly loud screeching of the ship and the screaming of the other Gems who were somewhere else within the rapidly-falling vessel.

The noise was deafeningly loud.

Amongst the booming ruckus, Steven realised Peridot was trying to say something but he couldn't work out what. Due to the noise, he could only make out a few of her words.

"STEVEN I ... YOU AND ... DON'T TRUST-"

CRASH!

"Is he going to be ok?"

"What happened?"

"I gotta get this for my blog!"

"I think he's waking up!"

Steven awoke to the sound of people's voices. His head ached from the past events. He questioned whether he should get up or not as his head hurt so badly.

"Lars, hurry up and get an ice-pack!"

"I'm coming! I'm coming!"

"Sadie? Lars? Where am I?" He thought to himself. As he opened his eyes, he found himself lying on a bed in Sadie's room, surrounded by people. The people of Beach City, to be exact.

Greg, Sadie and Lars sat at his side and everyone else stood behind them. Among them, he could see Mr Smiley, Onion, Jenny, Kofi, Kiki, Gunga, Mr Fryman, Ronaldo (Who was reading something on his phone), Peedee, Vidalia, Mayor Dewey and Sour Cream – those were only a few of the people there!

"HE'S AWAKE!" Greg yelled, causing the room to erupt with applause and cheers of joy.

"W-What's g-going on?" Steven asked questioningly. Confused (and slightly nervous), he made the decision to sit up straight. Everyone watched as he slowly sat upright, their eyes glued onto him, before Lars spoke up.

"About four days ago, Sadie and I saw some weird-looking crashing spaceship heading towards Beach City so we called everyone we knew,"

"The Gems didn't reply so we all decided to head to my house. We thought it would be safer since my room is underground," Sadie added, putting her hand on Lars' shoulder. "It was Lars' idea,"

Lars blushed before taking her hand off of his shoulder.

"Then what happened?" Steven asked them, wondering how he got from the ship to Sadie's house.

"Well, there was a loud crash and I, being the most caring – and important – person here, called out everyone's names," Mayor Dewey replied, putting his hands on his hips. Everyone in the room rolled their eyes.

"Should we throw him out?" Ronaldo quietly suggested, finally turning his phone off.

"Just carry on with the story," Steven added, slightly concerned.

"It was crazy up there! All we could see for miles was the wreckage everywhere!" Peedee continued.

"We found an escape pod by the Big Donut. That's where we found you," Greg finished. Steven sat there confused for a moment. "An escape pod? I don't remember getting into an escape pod..." He thought to himself. "Wait a minute!"

"W-Where is she?!" Steven asked in a rather panicky voice.

"Where's who?" Sadie replied, beginning to question himself.

"Where's Peridot?!" Steven was very worried. He looked around before Greg grabbed something out of his pocket.

"She's right here, schtoo-ball," He said, handing him the object from his hands.

Steven took it and looked at what it was – a triangular lime-green gemstone. "Please say she's ok..." Nervously, he turned it over – he had no idea what he'd do without her. Much to his relief, she wasn't cracked and seemed perfectly fine.

"Thanks everyone," Steven smiled, cradling the gemstone in his hands. "Thank you so much,"

Everyone in the room blushed a little, including Steven himself.

He was safe. Peridot was safe. At least, for now.