Caz remembered that day every...moment...of...his...life, even when he battled his brother. "It's YOUR FAULT!" Caz screamed, sword battling Steven still. Steven was shocked at how well Caz was at sword fighting, it was obvious that being alone all the time gave the shadow corrupted gem plenty of time to train. "Caz! Listen to me please!" The fragmented brothers stood on the beach, the other gems still fighting the shadowy creatures. Caz and Steven stared at each other, and with that, Steven spoke up once more. "We can still be brothers, our mom was conflicted when that happened, I'm sure! What you can do is a gift, not a curse! Please stop this senseless fighting!" In the matter of seconds, Caz was right in front of Steven, and he uppercutted Steven hard, sending him up in the air. Caz jumped up, spun, and slammed his heel into Steven's chest, sending him back down, not to the sand, but to the boardwalk. Steven crashed through the wood, and he landed back on the sand, groaning out loudly. "If she was, she could of at least told me instead of abandoning me in Homeworld!" Caz exclaimed once more, dragging Steven out from under the boardwalk with the shadows, and he held him upside down. "Caz...please...don't do this..." Steven coughed out, but Caz didn't listen to him. Caz threw Steven up towards the temple, and he landed on the stone surface with a loud yelp of pain, some of the rocks cracking and sliding down to the sand. Steven landed on the sand once more, coughing and panting.
"Steven!" Peridot exclaimed, running up to Steven on the floor but she was soon stopped but Caz. "Peridot...I remember you and Jasper back on Homeworld, and now you care about this fool? Pathetic!" Caz lifted Steve back up with the shadows, and he slammed him back down on the sand multiple times. "Stop!" Peridot started to slash at Caz, but she missed each time. "You will shatter..." Caz made the shadows slowly wrapped around Peridot, and he was about to harm her, but something stopped him. Steven managed to get up to his feet, he ran towards Caz and tackled him, making the shadows unwrap from Peridot. The two started to get into a fist fight, Steven managed to block and dodge Caz's punches, but he only managed to so many hits on Caz. "Why they wanted to give me up for you, I have no idea!" Caz summoned his sword again, and so did Steven, both of them panting. Caz, since he was corrupted, he had dirty tricks. He snapped his fingers, making more shadows charge towards Pearl. One of them shapeshifted into a sharp spike, and it threatened to plunge through Pearl's back, and it captured Steven's attention. "Pearl, look out!" He shouted out and then Pearl slashed through the shadowy spike, making it phase away. "Look out for YOURSELF!" Steven made a tragic mistake and because he did, Caz jabbed his darkened blade through Steven's chest, and Steven's eyes widened with surprise, and he let out a yowl of agony, his eyes wide. "Steven!" Every gem shouted out at the top of their lungs, a malicious grin on Caz's face. "Wha-" Steven's eyes flashed pink quickly, and then a puff of smoke, he was in his gem. "And now he's made this easy for me..." Caz put his boot on top of Steven's gem and he slowly started to push down. Garnet ran up towards Steven, and she slammed her fist into Caz's chest, sending him flying backwards many yards. Garnet threw Steven's gem to Pearl and she caught it gracefully. "Oh Steven..." Pearl looked down at Steven's gem in her hands, and then all of the gems snapped their gazes at Caz who let out evil laughter. "Hahahaha! Now Steven is defenseless, watch your back..." Shadows swirled around Caz once more, and when the shadows were gone, so was Caz. "This is the first time I've ever seen Steven go into his gem, I hope he'll be okay..." Pearl mumbled softly, and then she looked over at Peridot who had tears streaming down her cheeks. Amethyst gently held Steven's gem, and with that, she walked up to Peridot. "Peridot...Steven's gonna be okay...you know how strong he is, and trust me, he's gonna make sure he's gonna come back to be with all of us." Amethyst passed Peridot Steven's gem, and Peridot held it close to her heart, sniffling a few times. "I...hope he will be, he is very...important to me..." Peridot looked at where Caz was standing, and then she looked at the other gems, shaking her head. "This will not be the last time will see him, will it be?" She questioned, and in all honesty, of course it won't be...Caz is bent on getting his revenge.