Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Water Angel and Commander. Enjoy the 1500-word story. I don't own Steven Universe, Cartoon Network and Rebecca Sugar do.

(Earth, during Super Watermelon Island)

Cordierite had seen fusions before, he knew what Homeworld thought of them, and he knew what they could do in a fight.

That being said, the shock on his face was something he was glad that was hidden from the others as he, Pyrite and Onyx all stood on the beach, looking at a massive, greenish fusion that walked like a horse.

"A fusion on Earth? What is the meaning of this!? Homeworld has sent no Gems besides…."

Pyrite started to rant as Cordierite and Onyx shared a look, they both knew Jasper was sent to Earth, and Onyx knew that the fusion couldn't contain Peridot as she was back in the house.

"No…. That isn't possible…. Onyx, please tell me…."

Cordierite asked, Onyx looked around, he didn't see the other Gems, and while his experience on Fusion was as basic as any other Homeworld Gem, he knew that could only mean one thing.

"Do you want to find out? The only way we can defeat a fusion…"

Onyx started to say before they heard the door open behind them and Steven ran out and up to the armored and armed trio.

"Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl went to go fight Malachite, are you guys going to help them?!"

Steven yelled, he looked in shock as the trio looked at each other, they all knew how to fuse, Onyx didn't have fond memories of it, but he knew fusion as well as Pyrite and Cordierite did.

"I'd say we do it, even if it isn't what we like to do, Malachite is too dangerous to let the Crystal Gems…. To let Garnet and them, fight her alone, Pyrite?"

Onyx asked, he would let Cordierite have his time to be alone after this, but he wouldn't let Malachite hurt anyone else… Not that he knew of anyone the fusion had hurt.

"Fine, but only if it's for combat…. Fusion is…."

Pyrite started to say, Cordierite rolled his eyes and cut him off, they would talk about what was right and what was wrong later.

"Just shut up and do the fusion dance…."

Cordierite hissed in annoyance, they could see a massive teal fusion fighting Malachite, Malachite seemed to be gaining the upper hand.

That wouldn't stand, not while they had anything to say about it.

(3 minutes later.)

Malachite continued to thrash Alexandrite, slamming her into the ocean with her bare hands before she was blasted to the side with a stream of ice before a roar cut them off.

"Huh?!"

Malachite heard as she turned to see a blueish red Fusion the size of both fusions, it had 8 arms, wore a jumpsuit with heavy battle armor colored blue and red, 6 eyes peered out under a blueish combat helmet. The fusion had whiteish hair that extended to its knees and claws coming from its fingerless blue gloves.

It held a spiked axe sword and growled as it lumbered through the water towards them, it had 6 wings on its back, 1 was made from pure air, another from ice, and another made from flames.

"Red Coral…. Red Coral destroy Malachite!"

Red Coral bellowed out of its fang covered mouth, the fusion was unstable, that much was clear considering the way he moved, he blasted at Malachite with a blast of fire from 2 of its hands and his mouth.

"What!? Onyx, Cordierite and Pyrite fused!?"

Pearl asked from Alexandrite as Malachite's eyes widened when she looked at Red Coral who joined Alexandrite.

"Cordierite?!"

Malachite yelled, Red Coral turned to Malachite in confusion, cocking his head as he did so.

"Lap…. Is?"

Red Coral asked slowly, acting like a child before Malachite floored the fusion with a hand of water, the fusion recovered and lifted himself into the air, it wasn't perfect, but it negated the advantage Malachite had.

"Coral, don't let her get in your head!"

Alexandrite yelled, attacking Malachite with her hammer, she batted Malachite away, Red Coral slammed into Malachite from the air, knocking off balance before kicking her into the water.

"Lapis…. In Malachite…. Coral free Lapis!"

Red Coral muttered, trying to stab the fusion with his sword before he was punched away, sliding away, he growled in annoyance before blowing a stream of ice from his mouth and freezing Malachite from her arm down.

"Cordierite…. Keep your head…. In the Game…."

Red Coral muttered as he pivoted to look at Malachite, small, fruit like beings were distracting the ocean fusion, this only confused Red Coral more.

There was one thing that Red Coral could agree on above everything, Malachite had to be defeated, they would deal with the aftermath after she was defeated.

"Defeat…. Malachite…"

Red Coral hissed as he rushed Malachite, freezing her arms and breathing fire at her, driving her back.

"Defeat… MALACHITE!"

Coral hissed as he leapt into the air before punching Malachite through the ice, shattering it, she slammed into a rock formation and crashed into the water before collapsing onto an island.

"Defeated…. Good work…. Guys…"

Coral muttered, he looked at the fusion which defused, Onyx, Pyrite and Cordierite could make out the form of Jasper, all knew the decorated Quartz Soldier.

It was the form of Lapis that surprised them, Red Coral placed his hands on the island, looming over the unconscious Lapis Lazuli.

"Lapis…."

Coral muttered as the fusion finally defused, unable to hold their different personalities together and no threat around to focus on.

"Hmm… There she was…. At least Malachite isn't going to be a threat to anyone anytime soon."

Pyrite muttered, Onyx went to look at the fissure where Jasper had fallen into, he would try to find out where the Quartz Gem had gone.

"Yeah, but where did Jasper go? She fell into a fissure…"

Onyx asked, both gems turned to see Cordierite cradling Lapis in his arms, they might have joked about it, but Onyx knew that Lapis had been captured by the Crystal Gems before the Rebellion had even truly begun, it wasn't polite to mock what had happened to them.

"Lapis…. She was here the entire time, she was on Earth…. But how did she get here?"

Cordierite asked, Alexandrite defused into Pearl, Garnet and Amethyst, Cordierite turned to them, cradling Lapis in his arms still.

"She's unconscious but ok, we don't know where Jasper is…. She fell into a fissure…"

Onyx muttered before the ground started shaking, causing them to wobble and fall to the ground.

"The cluster must be forming!"

Pearl yelled, Cordierite didn't look that much surprised, but he was surprised nonetheless.

"There's a cluster on Earth!?"

Cordierite asked, Onyx took control of the situation, there was no way they'd be able to get the full population of the entire planet to safety.

"Cordierite, take Lapis somewhere safe, immediately…. Pyrite, see what you can do if any cracks in the earth pop up…. I'll try and keep Beach City under control… Someone is going to have to go down and deal with the Cluster…."

Onyx said, Cordierite nodded, he didn't have a bond to the planet, the fate of the people on it wasn't something he cared about at all.

But keeping Lapis and the few people he cared for safe?

That was something he could do and could do well.

"I will take her to the Solar Eclipse and then return…. I don't know what we can do if they put a cluster here, though…"

Cordierite stated, he only had witnessed the creation of one other cluster, and it had been when Homeworld had near limitless resources.

If the Diamonds had decided to place one on Earth, the same place where he had fought a few times?

They must have really wanted the planet destroyed then…

"Take her then come back, there won't be much we can do to stop the cluster… Least from up here…."

Onyx muttered before forming a pair of ice wings and lifting into the air, he flew off and vanished, Cordierite followed, holding the barefoot Lapis in his arms as he sent a message over his helmet to his flagship in orbit to send a shuttle to pick him up.

"You think the cluster can actually be defeated at all?"

Pyrite asked, Onyx turned to face the other Onyx Gem, he was unsure of what to do at the moment.

"No, but we can try, Pyrite…. Besides, at least we can do something crazy if survive."

Author Notes

Phew, another chapter done! Yes, I know its shorter and I know I left out somethings like the Watermelon Stevens fighting Malachite or Alexandrite defeating Malachite, I changed it so Cordierite and Lapis could have more personal moments… As for the time skips? They are done for the most part. Next chapter will be on Friday and will show Cordierite talking to Lapis when she wakes up. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!