Chapter 7: Captured

Steven was fighting against White Diamond herself along with Connie. The gems had been captured; they were the only ones left. But White Diamond had trapped the two against a corner. She fired up her energy beam from her hands. "Farewell, you miserable hybrids…" she said, as she fired, directly hitting both Steven and Connie.

"Ah!"

Steven woke up with a jolt. It was just a dream, thankfully. Steven's panicked cry had woken Connie up from the air mattress on the other side of Steven's room that was serving as her bed. Concerned, she ran over to Steven to see what was wrong.

"Steven, what is it?" She asked.

"It was just awful, Connie. White Diamond was here, and the gems were captured, and it was just us left, but we got trapped, a-and she—"

"Hey, don't worry, Steven. It was just a dream. Everything's going to be fine." Connie said, feeling fairly sympathetic that Steven had to go through that, even if it was just a dream. "Besides, when we do go up against White Diamond, we'll definitely be able to kick her butt!" She added with some enthusiasm.

Steven couldn't help but laugh at that. "Yeah, you're right. Good night, Connie."

"Good night, Steven." Connie replied, heading back to her bed.

...

The next morning, Steven and Connie woke up to a loud noise outside. They both ran over, and saw that a Roaming Eye had landed, and the door was open, and a few Rubies were walking out, as well as a familiar-looking Agate gem. "Who is that?" Connie asked.

"That's the gem that was in charge of Pink Diamond's human zoo that I told you about." Steven told her. "But I thought she was one of Blue Diamond's, not White Diamond's." Although, as it turns out, this was not that same gem. Her gemstone was located on her lower back instead of on the back of her neck, although, as they would soon find out, she did have the same gem weapon: an electric whip.

"We should probably go out there and take care of them, right?"

"Yeah, but what about the Gems? Shouldn't we wait until they come back first?" Steven asked, concerned slightly.

"Well, there are only about four Rubies out there," Connie reasoned. "And besides, we do have Onion here to help us, although I'm not sure where Sadie went." The pair turned around to see that Onion was, indeed, on the couch.

"Well, okay, but I'm still not so sure about this." Steven replied hesitantly.

"Onion." Connie called over. As if he knew exactly what was going on, Onion got up and followed Steven and Connie outside. The Holly Blue Agate almost immediately saw the three, and her and the Rubies all ran over to attack. Steven and Connie pulled out their shield and sword, respectively, and also began to run over, but before either of the two could make a move, Onion ran over and back-flipped, kicking one Ruby with both legs and punching another with both fists, poofing both of them immediately. The other two Rubies saw this, and fused together to make an only slightly taller Ruby, and proceeded to fight Onion. Realizing that Onion was a lot tougher than they first thought, Steven and Connie decided to take on the Holly Blue Agate themselves.

The Agate pulled out her electric whip and proceeded to lash it at Steven, but he was able to block the hit with his shield. Steven proceeded to pull out another shield and throw it at the Agate, and hit her in the chest, but it wasn't enough to poof her, so she pulled out another electric whip, and lashed one at both Steven and Connie. Steven was able to block the whip with his shield, and Connie tried to slice it with her sword, but wasn't fast enough, as the whip electrocuted her as it wrapped around her. The Holly Blue Agate pulled her whip back, pulling Connie along with it, and looked around to try to locate the Rubies that she was with, but saw that Onion had poofed all four of them. Seeing as she was the only one left, Holly Blue Agate retreated back to the Roaming Eye, with Connie in tow, still shocked from the electric whip.

"CONNIE!" Steven called out. "HEY! Let go of Connie or else!"

But before Steven could do anything, Connie was thrown into the ship, and the Agate turned around and said one thing: "Not a chance." She closed the door as Steven was running up to do whatever he could to rescue Connie before the ship took off, leaving just Onion and a very distraught Steven behind. "Connie…."

Steven went over and bubbled the four Rubies that Onion had poofed, and went back into the house with tears welling in his eyes. Not too long after, the warp pad lit up, as all the others appeared. Immediately, Pearl noticed that Connie wasn't there. "Um, Steven? Where's Connie?"

"S-she was… she was captured b-by a Homeworld gem and taken to space…. I-I tried to save her, but I… wasn't fast enough…." Steven replied, clearly distraught.

"WHAT?!" Pearl yelled. "First Blue Diamond takes Greg and now this?!"

"Oh, when I get my hands on them…." Amethyst muttered darkly.

Steven was quick to get the others on board what they needed to do. "Guys, we have to go get Connie!"

"Oh, no no, Steven. We'll get Connie. You stay here." Pearl interjected.

"You have literally been training him for situations like this." Amethyst deadpanned.

"Oh… r-right… I forgot… heh…."

"Come on you guys, there's no time to lose! Connie's in trouble and she needs our help!" Steven said, already starting to have a mental breakdown over what had happened.

...

Meanwhile, on White Diamond's ship, the gem soldiers threw Connie in a specialized jail cell to keep her in, since she was immune to the Anti-Gem force-field on their normal jail cells. Connie had only just recovered from the shock of electricity from Holly Blue's electric whip, so she had been powerless to fight back.