"Stop." Garnet said.
"I beg you, please, don't let any harm befall on my Obsidian." Spinel pleaded. "Harming those who are corrupted is not the answer."
"Then please tell me." Garnet's hold tightened. "What is the answer?"
The blind gem couldn't give any for she did not know how to respond.
"I do not like doing thi,s but I have to because I don't know another way. Do you remember when I told you that I wanted peace? Steven's mother, Rose, gave me hope." Garnet couldn't help but speak her heart out. "A hope that peace could come without fighting, you are not the only one that is sick from all of this."
"We need to contain them not just because they are a danger to humans, but because we know that theses gems don't want to become monsters. They are not themselves and it is up to us to control them."
"Rose tried her best to cure them but she couldn't." Garnet was getting teary-eyed. "But I know, like what you have said, things will change. That's why I believed in Rose and that is also why…" Garnet finally got through Spinel. "I will always BELIEVE IN STEVEN!"
The blind gem broke down in tears and bouts of sobbing. She realized that she was wrong and that she had been selfish. Spinel knew that Obsidian wouldn't want this, since they both despised mindless strife, the very reason they had left their home world.
"Oh my goodness, how can I be so foolish?! I only thought of what I wanted, how could I be so blind?" Spinel paused and chuckled at the cruel irony. "I want to apologize for everything and I promise to fix all of this."
Spinel released herself from Garnet and began to slowly walk towards Obsidian. The spider was weak but it still reached out a claw towards the orange gem. She caressed it and whispered something.
"Ssshhh… Everything is alright now. Rest, I shall be with you soon."
Obsidian understood what she had said and finally stopped fighting back. She had let the pillar crush her and she vanished with a puff of smoke. Her black gem rolled towards Steven's feet, the child was planning on returning it but the place started to quake violently. Rocks started to fall from the ceiling and the pillars were coming down.
"This place is collapsing!" Pearl called out as she quickly helped Amethyst out of the web.
"Everyone get out!" Garnet instructed.
"There is no need for that." Spinel raised her remaining arm up in the air. "This is my responsibility for it was my own recklessness that caused this. Besides, my time is nearly up."
"Wait, what are you doing?" Pearl noticed that all of the crystal shards began to float once again.
The remaining pieces attached themselves to the wall; slowly the shards crept and crept all over the place. After a few moments, the catacombs were completely crystallized and it had been stabilized. Spinel fell down on her back and the Crystal Gems quickly rushed to her side.
"Oh dear, I truly am at my limit." Spinel said as she felt her strength slowly fading away. "Please, where is Obsidian?"
Steven placed the gem on the blind lady's hand.
"You truly are a good boy Steven; you kept your word, to bring me and Obsidian together. Their trust and faith for you will not be in vain."
"Spinel, please don't die." Steven said as he sniffled and tears ran down his cheek.
"Now, now, Steven, I may be gone but memories of our time together will always be with you. Those joyous, fun and somewhat horrifying memories." The blind gem wiggled her stump.
"You Gems do what you do best." Spinel gave one last sweet smile. "To always save the day."
Spinel disappeared to a puff of smoke; she left her two broken gems behind on the floor. Steven scooped up the pair of orange gems and the black one. He made sure to put them in a single bubble and sent them away. Garnet placed her hand over Steven's shoulder.
"You did a great job Steven." Garnet said. "Looks like Responsible Steven really is responsible."
"You did well Steven." Pearl commended the boy. "Just like your mom."
"Yeah…" Steven looked at the gem on his belly. "Like mom."
The group looked around; Spinel did a good job of fixing the place since everything was completely solidified into an orange crystal. They decided to go back home, it had been an exhausting day and they needed to rest. Amethyst was still busy trying to rip the web off herself.
"Wow Garnet, you really got emotional there." Garnet just stared at her silently. "And of course she's back." The purple gem thought to herself.
"Hey Pearl, do you think I could become like my mom?" Steven asked the elder gem.
"Steven, I don't think so." The little boy's smile disappeared. "I know you will." Then lit back up again.
As they stepped on the warp pad, an idea popped into Steven's head. He then asked Garnet to do what he had thought.
Inside the room where the gems are held, Garnet went inside and she carried a boom box with her.
"This is Steven's idea." Garnet said as she placed down what she had brought. She pressed the button and it started to play the same song as before. She did a bow, said something and left the room.
"Bye."
END