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Catch and Release

In Steven's Bathroom, night, Steven applies toothpaste to a toothbrush. Then he wipes his face with a towel, cotton swabs his ear. He sits on the toilet to polish his gem, then leaps under his covers and settles in his bed.

Steven: Goodnight, Happy Bear. Goodnight, Sad Bunny. Goodnight, Playful Kitty. Goodnight, Ominous Triangle at the foot of my bed.

"What!?" Sadie asked incredulously by Stevens optimism. Some of the others were thinking the same thing.

Steven closes his eyes. He opens them again but the Ominous Triangle has disappeared.

"I have a bad feeling about this." Peedee says.

Steven: Ugh, whatever.

Steven closes his eyes, but Peridots arm covers his mouth

"Peridot!" Everyone screams.

Peridot warps into the Galaxy Warp carrying a struggling Steven.

Steven: Aargh, let me go!

Peridot: Enough of this!

Peridot holds Steven with her green ray-bubble and hovers him over the Gem Homeworld Warp Pad.

"Oh no, what does she want?" Jenny asks scared.

Steven: What do you want from me?

Peridot: I want, to get off this lousy gem-forsaken planet!

Peridot releases Steven and he falls to the warp.

Steven: Huh?

Peridot:You have to fix this!

Peridot says pointing at the warp under her.

The audience notices that one of her feet is missing.

Steven: Wait, what?

Peridot: You're my last chance. I've got no Flask Robonoids. I've got no foot! I've got no response from Yellow Diamond!

"Wait, what happened to her foot?" Nanefua asks.

"And what was she talking about Yellow Diamond responding?" includes Jamie.

The intercom speaks. "Peridot detached it when Amethyst wrapped her whip around it so she could escape. As for Yellow Diamond, Peridot sent out a message on all frequencies asking for help. You all should have seen it, it played on a loop. She said her escort and informant are gone."

"Yeah, I-I think I know what your talking about?" Ronaldo says.

"Oh I thought it was just a weird dorito commercial." Says Kiki.

Peridot: I know you fixed Lazuli's gem. Whatever you did, you've got to do it to the Homeworld Warp! Or else!

She says the last part while turning her hand into a lasser.

Steven: Oh- oh- okay, just give me a second! My mouth gets really dry when I'm scared...

Steven licks his palm

...Here goes!

Steven puts his licked palm on the warp, nothing happens.

"Uh can the spit even fix machines, I mean I can understand it fixing gems but machines?" Fryman asks.

"Oh it can fix anything," Vidalia said. "Rose came over to my house once and fixed my lamp with her tears."

"Huh? But why is it spit for Steven?" Jamie asks.

"I dunno." Replies Vidalia.

Peridot: What was that?! It didn't do ANYTHING!

Steven: It... doesn't always work.

Peridot: No... No no no no no! It HAS TO WORK!

Steven: I'm really sorry...

Peridot laughs and sits down. She curls her arms around legs.

Peridot: This was it... This was my last shot! I'm gonna die here! Noooooh, oh-

Steven: Hey, hey- come on! Earth isn't that bad...

Peridot: It doesn't matter what Earth is like! It's not going to be like anything soon!

"Wait what?" Mr. Smiley asks seeming alittle scared at the moment.

"Wha-what does she mean?" Sadie asked with alittle sweat going down her face.

Everyone else was looking kind of scared, even Onion.

Steven: What do you mean?

At that moment Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl warp in

Peridot runs away and Pearl runs to Steven to hug him.

Steven: Guys!

Pearl: What happened?!

Amethyst: Ahh, you're okay!

Garnet: Peridot!

Peridot: Why can't you just leave me alone?!

Garnet summons her gauntlets.

Garnet: Gems, move!

Peridot: Kyaah!

Peridot shoots her lazer at the Crystal Gems but the Crystal Gems dodge and continue running towards Peridot.

Peridot tries to get away using her fingers to fly like a helicopter. But Amethyst catches her with her whip.

Peridot tries to shoot electricity down the whip, but Garnet stops it with her gauntlets and shoots it back.

Garnet: Not this time! *jerks whip downwards, crashing Peridot to the ground*

Peridot crashes to the ground, the gems surround her and she looks nervous.

Peridot: Wait, wait.. you- you need me! I'm.. the only one who knows ABOUT THE-

Before she can finish her sentence, Garnet grabs her from behind and poofs her. Peridot's "limbs" fall to the ground.

"Thats kind of disturbing." Kiki says.

"So they are Limb-enhancers." Ronaldo says proudly.

"So maybe she is the short one." Mr. Smiley says.

Pearl: What on Earth?

Amethyst: Ugh, sick, there's bits of her all over.

Garnet: Nope, she's right here...

Garnet holds up the Peridot gem, she bubbles it and sends it away.

...And now she's in the temple.

Pearl pics up one of Peridots "legs".

Pearl: So these weren't actually part of her body?

Amethyst grabs the leg from Pearl along with the other pieces. She casually drops them into the ocean.

Amethyst: Uh, whoops.

"What!? She just threw them away!? When this is over im going scooba-diving." Ronaldo says.

"SON NO! Theres a Jasper-Lapis Lazuli, giant, monster thing in the ocean!" Fryman says worringly.

"But with her technology I can gain more information about the gem homeworld. The diamonds! EVERYTHING! My blog will be legendary!" Ronaldo whines.

"Ronaldo they are probably broken if they were tossed in the ocean." Sadie says.

"Please Sadie, high tech gem equipment can probably survive water."

Steven: Garnet, she was trying to tell us something...

Garnet: Those were just the desperate lies of a Gem who's been caught. You don't need to worry about her anymore.

Pearl: Come on, Steven. Oh, I'm so glad this is finally over.

Steven goes back to his room and sits back on his bed. She sighs and looks at Peridot's "foot" then gets startles when Amethysts hand slaps his shoulder and imitates Peridot.

Amethyst: I'm back to kidnap you!...

Vidalia was cracking up. "Good old Amy."

... What, it's been long enough that we can joke about it, right?

Steven: It's only been, like, an hour.

Amethyst: So- ew, what are you doing with her foot?

Steven: Think it's lucky?

Amethyst: Not for Peridot! Well, glad to have you back.

Steven: Um, Amethyst?

Amethyst: Yeah?

Steven: Uh, do you think-? No, it's okay. Never mind.

Amethyst: Okay, weirdo. If you need anything, I'll be in my room, eating garbage.

Steven: 'Kay.

"He's Still thinking about Peridot." Kiki says.

"Yep." Agrees Sadie.

When Amethyst is back in her room, Steven slumps on his bed and touches the foot.

Steven: Why were you so scared? What were you going to say? Now you're deep in the temple in a bubble and I'll never know. If I could just talk to you for one more second...

Steven's gem glows, the temple door opens to Rose's Room.

Steven enters Roses room, it is pink and filled with clouds.

"Uh what is this place?" Jamie asks. The rest of the room minus Vidalia has their eyes wide open.

"Oh all the gems have their own special rooms in the temple." Vidalia explains. "Amethyst's is filled with garbage, and Roses is filled with clouds. Its really cool its like a giant simulator. You just say something and it appears."

Steven: Room, I need to talk to Peridot.

A image of Peridot appears from clouds.

Cloud Peridot: I'm the only one who knows about the-

"Of course it's not real and it's made completely from your own mind. So if you don't know something it comes out faulty." Vidalia says glumly.

"So youve been in it before?" Sour Cream asks his mom.

"Oh yeah, I brought you in there when you were a baby so you could 'meet' your grandparents. Except they were just cloud versions so they werent acting the way they would have."

"So you were fairly close with the gems then?" Fryman asks.

"Well I became firends with Greg when he came here. He became friends with Amethyst, and then we became friends and hung out without him. But theres still alot here that im learning. I havent had much contact with them in a while. You know raising the boys and stuff."

Steven: The what? Ugh, no no no. ...

Steven swipes at the cloud Peridot, which dissolves.

... Room, I need to go to the basement. The real basement! I know there's a way down from here!

Some of the clouds part, revealing a pole to the Burning Room.

"Well thats convenient." Buck says.

Steven: Thank you!

Steven hops onto the pole and slides down.

Steven: Woo! Yeah! ...

Steven flies off the pole

... Triple 550 Deluxe with no cheese!

Steven lands on his face and gets up.

Steven: Yep, perfect landing.

In the Burning Room Steven looks at the array of bubbled Gems.

Steven: Hmm. There we go!...

Ronaldo gasps. Sadie looks over at hims trangely.

"Ronaldo what is it?" Sadie asks.

"PINK DIAMOND!"

"What?" Kiki asks.

"Next to the Peridot gem, see that. Its a pink diamond. She must have been part of the diamond authority? Bubbled during the war..."

"Son we dont know if thats a diamond or not." Fryman says.

"Yeah, and I actually kind of think that Rose might be...her." Sadie says embarassed.

"What?" Most of the room asks.

"Well I just figured..."

"Sadie please, she's a Rose Quartz, not Diamond. Does her gem even look diamond shapped?" Ronaldo asks.

"No..."

"Ok then. I return to my theory that the crystal gems bubbled Pink Diamond during the war."

Steven climbs up a pillar and grabs Peridots gem bubble.

...Gotcha! Whoa!

Steven falls back to the floor, the bubble pops. Perdiots gem floats up and reforms. Except something is off.

Peridot: -the Cluster, you insufferable half-formed traitor mega-clods!

Peridot wiggles her fingers realizing that her limb enhancers are gone.

Steven: Oh my gosh... you're so... cuuuuute!

The scene zooms out and we see that Peridot is about the same size as Steven, she looks at her limbs frantically.

Peridot: My limb enhancers! Where are my limb enhancers?!

"I was right! They are called that!" ROnaldo shouts proud of another theory right.

"She is kind of cute." Kiki says.

"Like an angry slice of pie." Sadie agrees.

Steven: Aw, you're like.. an angry little slice of pie!

Sadie blushes.

Peridot: Stop talking! I demand to know what this place is, and where I-

Peridot sees dozens of other bubbled gems above her, she looks at them in horror.

Peridot: Oh my stars... You're going to harvest me?!

Steven: No! I mean...

Peridot slaps him.

...Ow, that hurt!

Peridot: It did?

Steven: Yeah, a lot...

Peridot slaps him again.

...Ow!

Peridot: Yes! Feel my unbridled rage!

The room starts laughing at the gems childishness.

"Uh wasnt this the same gem that tried to kill Steven a episode ago?" Buck says noticing the shift in her demeanor.

"Yeah when we first saw her she was scary. Now she's silly." Jenny agrees.

"Maybe earths magnetic field is altering her mental state." Jamie says.

"Jamie your a genius." Ronaldo says writing it down.

"Ok guys thats just dumb." Peedee says.

Peridot begins slapping him repeatedly untile Steven puts her hands down.

Steven: Hey! Hey, hey. What's that on your shirt?

Steven points at her "shirt".

Peridot: What's a shirt?...

Steven flicks his finger up at her face.

...Ow! That's it!

Peridot tackles Steven and continues slapping him repeatedly.

Steven: Why are you acting like this!?

Peridot: You smashed me into a limbless cloud! You trapped me in your bubble dungeon! And, you called me... cute!

Steven: I didn't poof you! I freed you!

Peridot sits on the ground, her knees up and her arms wrapped around them.

Peridot:... Why would you make such a miscalculation?

Steven: Back at the Warp Pad, what were you trying to say? Why do we need you? What do you know?

Peridot: What do I know? Everything there is to know about the Cluster, you pebble.

"Cluster?" The room asks.

Steven: Cluster? Wait, "pebble"?

Peridot: My mission. The reason why I'm on this sad rock in the first place! I was to check progress on the Cluster! Just in and out, before it hatches. I wasn't supposed to get stuck here! But now it's going to emerge and nothing can stop it, and we'll all be shattered!

Now the whole room was scared. Even Kofi was trembling.

"Uh, but it was stopped...right?" He asks.

Steven: Okay, okay, wait, slow down. Now, from the top... emerging, hatching, Clusters?

Peridot: You wanna know?

Steven: Yes.

Peridot: You really wanna know?

Steven: Yes?

After a moment of silence Peridot points at Stevens pajamas.

Peridot: What's your shirt?

PHFFTT.

Steven: These are my banana pajamas...

Peridot flicks his face.

...Ow! Wait, don't run away!

Peridot begins climbing out of the room, laughing maniacally towards the exit

She runs out of the boiler room laughing manically as Steven follows behind her.

Steven: Stop! They're gonna see you!

In the kitchen Pearl and Ganret are handing out with Amethyst who is eating pizza boxes at the counter. They look up suprised as Perdito runs out infront of them and spreads her arms out with her back turned to them.

Peridot: Freedom is mine!

Some of the room was cracking up, others were face-palming. Vidalia, Buck and Sour Cream just commented:

"Fail."

Peridot slowly turns around, she sees Pearl, Garnet, and Amethyst at the kitchen table. Steven runs infront of Perdiot.

Steven: Wait!
Peridot:Look! Over there! Another planet to betray!

Garnet summons her gauntlets, Amethyst eats the whole pizza box in one gulp.

Peridot: Retreat!

Peridot runs to the front door, but Pearl and Garnet block the exit.

Pearl: Oh, no you don't!
Peridot: Eeep!

Peridot runs on all four limbs up the stairs, where Amethyst is waiting on Steven's bed with her whip in her hands.

Amethyst: Heey.
Peridot: Ahh!

Dont ask why but the sight of Amethyst on a bed holding a whip made Vidalia smirk.

I said dont ask.

Peridot jumps back down to the floor and feels pain.

Garnet: Get her!

Peridot runs into the bathroom and locks the door. Her voice is heard as all the gems gather at the door.

"Did she just run into the bathroom?" Jenny asks.

"Someone ate Indian food." Vidalia deadpans.

"Im telling the Maheswaran's you said that." Says Kiki.

Peridot: You may have won the war, but the battle isn't over, Crystal Clods!
Pearl: Should we tell her that's the bathroom?
Amethyst: Eh.

Peridot looks around Stevens bathroom, stopping at a toilet.

Peridot: Hmm... Seems I discovered some sort of archaic think chamber...

"Technically she's not wrong." Says Kofi.

...Roomy. With a fresh hint of Earth citrus. A perfect crossroads for my escape.

Outside the door the gems try to get in.

Amethyst: It's locked.
Garnet: Peridot, open the door!

Flushing is heard.

"Oh god is she trying to flush herself down the toilet?" Vidalia asks while laughing.

Amethyst: If you're trying to flush yourself down the toilet, it won't work. Trust me, I've tried.

The room started laughing.

Pearl: How did she get out? We bubbled her!
Amethyst: Maybe we needed a bigger bubble.
Garnet: My bubbles are fine.
Steven: I did it...
Pearl: Steven! Why would you do such a thing!?
Steven: Because she knows something! Something that's made her scared!
Amethyst: Duh. Homegirl knows we're gonna beat her into a green pancake.
Steven: No, not 'cause of us. 'Cause of something called 'the Cluster'.
Garnet: Cluster? That's new.
Pearl: What else did she tell you?
Steven: That's all I got...
Peridot: That's right, you dirt bombs! You don't even know what's coming!

Peridot see's herself in a mirror. She starts making faces in it.

... Ooh.

"She's like a monkey." Buck says.

Garnet: I'm tired of playing these games. If we can't fight her, then fine. We'll talk. Peridot.

Peridot slips off the sink.

Garnet: Alright, no more fighting. Let's just have a civil conversation.
Peridot: As if I'd negotiate with you, filthy war machine!

Garnet summons her gauntlets.

Garnet: Okay, let's kick her butt.

"YEAH!" Vidalia screams.

Steven: Wait!

In the bathroom Peridot holds a plunger while hanging from the shower curtains.

Peridot: Yeah! Destroy me again, and have fun trying to talk to me when I'm in a bubble!
Pearl: I really hate to say it, but unfortunately if she has information, she's more valuable to us like... this.
Garnet: This is going to be tricky.
Peridot: H-h-hot hot hot!

"Huh?" Peedee asks.

"I think she's using the sink. On hot." Jamie says.

Steven: You have to turn the knob the other way for cold!

The gems are back at the kitchen with Steven sitting on the floor.

Steven: Wait, so we're just gonna let her live in my bathroom?
Pearl: Well, yes. What other option do we have? Keep her outside on a leash? Ha ha... Hmm...

"I say do it." Jenny says.

Steven: But, I need to use the bathroom!
Pearl: Right now?
Steven: Yeah, kinda.
Amethyst: Just go in the ocean, bro. Pssssh. Like a feeyush.
Steven: What's with you guys and making me pee outside!?

Steven runs off.

Amethyst: Well I have fun doing it..

"Ew." All the girls said at once.

In the morning the gems are discussing their plan while Steven approaches the bathroom with Peridots "foot".

Pearl: But even if we do get her to come out of the bathroom...
Amethyst: She's never gonna talk to us.
Garnet: Looks like there's not much else we can do right now.

Pearl: We have her in our custody at least, even if the circumstances are less than optimal. How important do you think this Cluster is?
Garnet: If it has anything to do with the experiments she was conducting in the Kindergarten, then very.

Steven knocks on the bathroom door.

Steven: Peridot, can I come in? I need to get ready for the day.
Peridot: No.
Steven: I have something for you.

Peridot cracks the door open to see Steven holding her foot; she grabs it and shuts the door, then slowly opens the door again. Steven steps inside the bathroom. Where Peridot is seen clinging onto the item.

Peridot: What a great souvenir of that other time you assaulted me.
Steven: Oh, right, sorry. I can take it back.
Peridot: No, it's too late! You... wouldn't happen to have the rest?

"Wow." Everyone said.

Steven washes his face.

Steven: Uh, sorry, we lost them. Well, we kinda threw 'em away. Can you pass me that?

Steven points to the toothbrush on the floor, seeing it Peridot grabs it.

Peridot: Is this a weapon?

"No its a toothbrush." Sadie says.

"I suppose since gems done eat they probably dont brush their teeth." Kiki says.

"Pearl does, but its more for neatness than requirement." Vidalia says.

Steven: Only for cavities.

Peridot tosses the toothbrush to Steven.

Steven: Thanks!

Peridot looks around as Steven brushes his teeth.

Peridot: Is that a weapon?
Steven: No, that's a comb I never use.

Steven picks up a towel.

Peridot: Is that a weapon?
Steven: Hmm? Oh, well, I guess if you get it wet and roll it up. ...

Steven rolls up the towel as Peridot flinches in fear.

"I feel sorry for her." Nanefua says.

... Look, I know you're scared, but I'm not going to hurt you. And whatever's going on, whatever the Cluster is, I wanna help.
Peridot: I doubt you can help me, but I... appreciate the offer.

Steven smiles and points at the toilet.

Steven: Now do you mind moving? I have to use that.
Peridot:... For what?

"You dont wanna know." Mr. Smiley says.


When It Rains

Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl are back at the bathroom door.

Garnet: Open the door, Peridot! If this Cluster is putting us in danger, you need to tell us what it is so we can stop it.
Peridot: NO! I hate you. I'm not telling you anything about the Cluster!
Amethyst: Oh, come on! Is it like a big...hunk of...granola?

"I dont think it's granola." Kiki says.

Peridot: What's granola?
Pearl: I'm sure it's not granola. Now Peridot, I'm sure we can reach some sort of agreement. Perhaps a trade is in order?
Peridot: Oh, sure, why don't you just give me back my leg enhancments and my arm attatchments with my screen and my log and all my information! Oh wait, YOU DESTROYED THEM! So no, I DON'T THINK WE CAN REACH SOME SORT OF AGREEMENT!

"She has a point." Ronaldo says.

The Crystal Gems all groan together.

Flushing is heard.

Steven: Okay Peridot, you can turn around now.

Steven comes out of the bathroom.

Steven: Sorry for interrupting your interrogation.
Garnet: Don't worry about it, Steven.
Pearl: I swear, Peridot is gonna crack any second now!
Peridot: I'll never crack for the likes of you, you... CRYSTAL CLODS!
Pearl: I'VE GOT YOUR CLODS RIGHT HERE, YOU LITTLE-
Garnet: Hold on Pearl. If she's not going to be of any help, let's investigate this thing on our own.

Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl walk over to the warp.

Steven: I'll come with you!
Garnet: Sorry Steven, we're gonna need you to stay here and keep and eye on our... guest.
Steven: Really?!
Amethyst: Yeah! Make sure she doesn't try anything.
Pearl: Don't worry, she's harmless without her limb enhancers.
Peridot: I'M NOT HARMLESS!
Pearl: Oh, hush up!
Garnet: Oh! Steven, there's one more thing I have to mention.
Steven: What is it?

Garnet forms a heart shape near her chest with her hands.

Garnet: I love you. Bye!

"Awe." Almost everyone in the room said. That is everyone minus Buck and Vidalia. Though they were thinking it.

Amethyst: See ya later!

The gems warp out leaving Steven alone with Peridot in the bathroom.

Thunder is heard.

Steven makes soup

Steven: They left, you know. You can come out now.
Peridot: No! I-I like it in here!

"Hm. Reminds me of Jennifer at that age." Kofi says.

"Daddy!"

"Whenever I would ask about..."

"DAD NO!"

Steven: Okay.

Steven continues preparing soup, he looks out the window to notice the rain.

Steven: Wow, it's really coming down.

Thunder booms.

Peridot kicks the bathroom door open and runs out scared.

Accidentally hitting a wall.

Peridot: It's happening!
Steven: What?!
Peridot: THE CLUSTER!
Steven: Really?!
Peridot: What else could be making that horrible...

Thunder booms again. Peridot clutches Steven.

... AHHHHH! It's pounding on the Earth from the inside! This is it, this is THE END OF THE WORLD!

"She doesnt know what thunder is?" Jamie asks. "Dont they have weather on gem-world?"

"Gem world?" Says Fryman.

"The gems homeworld. I figured we could call it that."

"How about Planet Gem-X." Ronaldo says.

"No!" Everyone says.

Steven: Oh, that's just thunder!
Peridot: What?
Steven: Yeah, everything is fine, it's just thunder. It happens when it rains.
Peridot: Uh huh.
Steven: You don't know about rain?
Peridot: I don't know anything without my screen.

"I get that. I dont know how to get anywhere without my gps."

"But Jamie your a mail man." Sadie says.

"Yeah..."

Steven: I-It's okay. Here, pretend this soup is the ocean. When the sun warms it up, water evaporates into clouds, like this steam...

To demonstrate Steven opens the cooking pot, releasing steam from inside.

...But when the clouds get really heavy, it rains.
Peridot: So, scalding liquid pours down from the sky?

"Basically." Buck says.

Steven: No, no i-it's just water, it can't hurt you. Here, ...

Steven turns off stove.

...why don't I just show you?

Steven runs outside and into the rain. He laughs and enjoys himself as the water pours on him. Peridot watches from the doorway scared.

Peridot: Steven, wait! Umm uhhmmm...

"Hmmmm. All of a sudden she seems like she cares for him." Kiki acknowledges.

"Maybe for being nice to her." Sadie suggests.

Steven: COME ON! Look, I'm okay, it's just water! This is just something that happens on Earth! Isn't it cool?!..

Steven laughs and falls into mud.

...WOOOAAAHHH! BWAH! YEAH! WWHHHOOOOHHHHHOOOO!

Peridot reaches her hand out into rain, but pulls back when hit by a raindrop. She tries again and steps into rain. And a few drops land on her face.

Steven: YEAH YOU DID IT! What do you think? Isn't it cool?
Peridot: Cool?

Peridot asks, clearly not understanding the concept.

Steven: That was fun. Huh?
Peridot: It was... something. Hmmm, ehhh hmmm. Sssteven..?
Steven: Hm?
Peridot: I'm going to say something... Thank you.
Steven: Uhh, what for?
Peridot: For explaining this "rain" business to me.
Steven: Oh, no problem.

"Aw their bonding." Sadie cooes.

Peridot: Yes, you're a much more intelligent creature than I initially thought.
Steven: Um, that's... good?
Peridot: Yes, much more useful than those... clods. STEVEN! I've made up my mind.
Steven: About what exactly?
Peridot: I've decided to share some... information with you!
Steven: Aww, I know you use my tooth brush.
Peridot: N-no... Well.. yes, but it's about the Cluster.

"Yes please tell us!" Kofi yells.

Steven: You cracked!
Peridot: I haven't cracked!

Once again not understanding the metaphor

Steven: Wait you have to tell the Crystal Gems, they need to know this.
Peridot: No! I don't want to talk to them! You're the only one I need! I can show you now, but I have nothing! My arm attachments, my fingers, my screen, my log, it's all gooone! But all of my logs up to date 6-5-2 still exist, backed up in Facet Five of the prime Kindergarten!
Steven: You want me to take you to the Kindergarten? I don't know, uh...
Peridot: Steven, don't you want to know about the Cluster?
Steven: Hmm... okay. We can go to the Kindergarten.
Peridot: Ahh, eee, YES!
Steven: Bu-u-t-
Peridot: No... a catch. Fine! What are your demands?
Steven: You're gonna to have to hold my hand the whole time.

"Really Steven?" Peedee asks.

"Probably to keep an eye on her." Ronaldo explains to his brother.

Steven and Peridot warp to the Kindergarten..

Holding hands

Steven: Welp, here we are.
Peridot: Okay, great! Let's go.

Steven and Peridot fall of the edge of the platform and scream.

Both of them hit the ground.

Steven: This place just gets worse every time I come here.
Peridot: I know. It's been so poorly managed. It must have been in way better shape when you first emerged.

"Huh?" Mr. Smiley asks.

"Oh I get it, she still thinks Steven is a full quartz." Sour Cream says.

Steven: Emerged?
Peridot: Yeah, you're some kind of quartz, right? You must have been made here.
Steven: Uh... I came from my mom and dad.
Peridot: Are those some kind of rocks? Or another planet?
Steven: Nope. My dad is from Earth, but my mom's a Gem.
Peridot: You're some sort of... hybrid? How is that possible?
Steven: The answer to that is a story I like to call, "The Ballad of Rose and Greg".
Peridot: I don't care. Let's just hurry to the control room.

Peridot and Steven walk to the ground hole that her robonoids created.

Steven: You sure this is safe? The last time I was here, there were a bunch of fusion monsters.
Peridot: Yes, I was checking their progress.

"Progress?" Ronaldo says getting out his notes. Everyone leans in to hear what is being said.

Steven: What's the deal with those things?

Peridot and Steven slide down the hole.

Peridot: When it became clear that the Earth was no longer a viable colony, Homeworld decided to use it for something else—a series of experiments. A gem geo-weapon.

They walk to the control board.

Steven: Oh, did you help?
Peridot: Negative. I wasn't lucky enough to be around for that. But I read over a few hundred years of reports.
Steven: This is where you need to be, right?
Peridot: Yes. I'm going to have to remove this panel and do a bit of work to restore power to this room, sooo... can I have my hand back now?
Steven: Okay, but stay where I can see you.

Peridot tries to lift the control panel but fails to do so.

Peridot: It's over... I can't show you anything. Let's go back.
Steven: Mind if I try?
Peridot: Go ahead, knock yourself out.

Steven pulls away the panel with ease.

Peridot: Whoa!
Steven: There you go!
Peridot: Alright...

Peridot begins rummaging around in the controls behind the panel.

...This over here...

Lights turn on as the Control Room regains power.

Peridot: It's not perfect, but it'll do for now.

Steven drops the panel and Peridot is too short to reach the pedestal.

Peridot: Come on!
Steven: What's up, 'dot?
Peridot: I can't quite reach the-

Steven picks up Peridot and puts her on his shoulders. To her discomfort.

"I wonder how Connie would react to this?" Sadie says knowing how close they are.

Steven: It's okay to ask for help, you know.
Peridot: I had it.

Peridot presses a button on the table causing the pedestal to shrink to her height.

Peridot touches the buttons and the screen shows different gem-shard fusions.

Peridot: These are the early attempts at artificial fusion.
Steven: That's a lot of Gem Shards...
Peridot: We were growing them here at this very site, but these were just prototypes for the final product.

The screen projects a globe, a marker displayed around the east coast of North America.

Peridot: A singular, giant, artificial fusion, comprised of millions of Gem Shards. The Cluster.

Everyone in the audience paled.

The thought made them scared, they had seen what a gem monster of just a few shards looked like, this one was millions. How big would it even be?

Even Onion was gasping.

Steven: Peridot, you're saying... there's a giant, mutant Gem the size of the Earth under us right now?
Peridot: Oh, no, when it forms, it'll be much, much bigger than the Earth. Right now, it lies dormant, incubating in the Earth's core, but when it emerges and takes its physical form, it will destroy the planet.

The Earth is shown to grow large and pop, the Cluster taking physical form.

"EEK!" Everyone screams.

"Oh dear god!" Fryman says terrified.

"Dad, I dont wanna die!" Peedee says grabbing onto his father who hugs him.

Vidalia herself hugs her boys.

"No! The world cant end yet! My blog was just getting good! I mean better!" Ronaldo says with tears.

"Wait, but that was a while ago. So they managed to beat it right?" Kiki asks.

"You will have to wait and see." Says the intercom.

"Dude!" Jamie shouts incredulously.

Steven stares at it with terror.

Peridot: The prototypes are already emerging. The Cluster is next. If we can't get off this planet, we've got to stop the Cluster. I thought it'd be impossible, but now we have a chance.
Steven: What is it?
Peridot: It's you, Steven!

Peridot and Steven go out of the Kindergarden control room.

Peridot: Now that you're filled in, we can get to work!
Steven: Uhh, how am I supposed to help?
Peridot: Well, you have all the information that we need about earth and it's erratic behavior. Put that together with my expansive knowledge of the cluster and we just might be able to stop it!

"Uh I think you will need the others for that Peri." Jenny says.

Steven: No Peridot, I don't think you get it! Just because I know how clouds work doesn't mean I know how to stop a giant mutant in the center of the earth! Besides, the only reason that I know anything about clouds and rain is because my dad told me.
Peridot: What are you talking about?
Steven: I used to be really scared of thunderstorms, just like you. Then Dad explained how rain and all that stuff works, then I wasn't scared of rain anymore.
Peridot: Well I'm sure you have other knowledge about how this planet works.
Steven: Sure, but none of it's going to help us! If we want to stop this Cluster thing, we'll need help from the Crystal Gems.
Peridot: I said I don't need them! Let's just warp me back to the bathroom or whatever you call it and we'll take care of this. If it looks really bad, then we can just ask this "Dad" for help, right?

"NO! Dont ask Greg for help on anything!" Vidalia shouts thinking back to all those broken plates.

The ground starts shaking.

Peridot: Yikes! What was that?
Steven: Oh no! Gem mutants!

Steven makes a bubble shield around himself and Peridot.

Gem mutants emerge

"RUN!" Kiki and Sadie shout.

Peridot: Do something!
Steven: I am doing something!
Peridot: Something useful!
Steven: Uh... Let's run!

They run away while still in the bubble, rolling.

Peridot: Over here!
Steven: No, the other way!
Peridot: No, not there!

They both scream as they run away.

Steven: Let's run into this corner! Oh no!
Peridot: We're cornered!

A Gem monster pounces on Steven's bubble.

Kiki and Jamie covers their eyes.

Peridot: Can't you destroy it?
Steven: No, this is all I can do on my own! *Gem monster pushes down on the bubble*
Peridot: Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh... That's it, we are finished!

Offscreen Garnet yells "Hang on, Steven!"

"YES GARNET THERE!" Sadie shouts excited.

"They're saved." Jamie exclaims.

"Steven is saved, whether the Peridot is worth it is still up for debate." Kofi says.

Steven: It's the Gems!

Pearl stabs the monsters as Amethyst smashes them and Garnet attacks the Gem mutant in front of Steven and Peridot.

Steven: Peridot, there's no way we can stop this thing in the Earth on our own. We need the help of the Crystal Gems.

"Yeah so get over it Peri." Vidalia says.

Pearl: Steven! Are you alright?
Peridot: Move aside, Steven.

Peridot pushes Steven aside and faces the rest of the gems.

Amethyst: Peridot?
Pearl: What are you two doing here?
Garnet: Steven, I thought I told you to keep an eye on her.
Steven: I know, but-
Peridot: He did what he was told. Alright, listen up you clo-nyargh - Crystal Gems! I've made up my mind. I have something to tell you about the Cluster.

"What? You can't just end it now!" Jamie yells.

"Yeah! What about the cluster?" Sadie says.

The intercom speaks.

"Ok so over the next few episodes Peridot and the gems work together. She has issues with Garnet due to being a fusion."

"Stupid standards." Jamie mumbles.

"She had issues with Pearl being independent."

"What? Why?" Kiki asks.

"On Homeworld Pearls are made to be servants. Peridot kept telling her she was better than her for their gem types even though they tied at building robots."

"What!? That little..." Thankfully for all the children Kiki was cut off.

"But she reluctantly came to respect her."

Kiki felt better after hearing that.

"She got along great with Amethyst. Even though she accidentally hurt her feelings by telling her she was short for an Amethyst for staying in the ground too long. But they patched things up."

"WHAT ABOUT THE CLUSTER!" Everyone yells.

"They are creating a drill to get to the center of the earth to stop it. But up next is a breather episode."

"Seriously!?" Jamie asks.

"I wanna know what happens!" Jenny yells.

"It explains how Ruby and Sapphire met. And introduces a diamond."

Most of the room was silent, that was something they wanted to see.

"Ok fine."


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