Steven tried to turn his head to see how Lars was doing. He managed to do it but now he was stuck with his head turned. Lars' cheeks were flapping around and it made him look really funny.

"Are you okay Lars!",Steven screamed through the noise. The escape pod was moving fast as the speed of light.

"Argm Firnne!",Lars tried to yell.

Steven laughed and started crying. He was going home. He is going to see his family again. He pushed away those feelings for so long... It was the only way he could keep going with his plan. His plan that was supposed to end in work and death for him. It really was better this way. How could Steven possibly be this happy as his insides felt like they were going to fly out. At this moment he didn't care what happened to him anymore. He wanted to see Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, his dad, and Connie more than he ever has in his life.

After about an hour of light speed travel, the large pod slowed down to a relatively slow speed. Earth was zoomed in the windshield.

Steven then had a thought. "What if they are mad? What if they decided they didn't want to deal with me anymore? They probably hate me by now... It's been weeks"

"Were here..",Topaz announced.

She ushered the ship forward to the coordinates of Beach City. As the ship neared, Lars spoke up. "It's beautiful."

"Sure is...",Steven said sollemly.

"They will be happy to see you. Everyone will. I bet the whole town missed you."

"You think?",Steven croaked.

"I know.",Lars confirmed.

"Thanks Lars. You're a good friend."

"aww, well... It's no big deal man."

The ship lurched as it entered through the clouds. After a slow descent, the ship landed in the sand by the temple. They were home.

Lars sat up in his chair. He undid the yellow buckles and stood up slowly. He wabbled over to Steven. "Do you need me to carry you?"

"Uh, yes please. I don't think I can walk on my leg."

Lars picked Steven up again and grunted as his muscles screamed in protest. He walked over to the door Topaz was standing by.

"Here goes nothing...", she opened the door and bright sunlight filled the ship. Seagulls could be heard along with the soft crashing of waves.

Topaz walked out first and jumped back in and closed the door right away. "Theyre trying to get me!"

"What?",Steven asked. "The gems?"

"Yes. The Pearl just shot a Lazer at me.", She showed her arm that held a black mark on it.

"Let Lars and I go out first then, they probably just don't know why your here."

Topaz stepped aside and Lars slowly walked up to the closed door. Topaz then opened the door to reveal Garnet, Pearl, Amethyst, and Connie all bent over in a fighting stance. Lars flinched and put his head inward as Pearl was about to fire again.

When he looked up again he saw all of them running to him. They all had tears in their eyes.

"Steven!",They all cried. They ran into Lars and tackled him in an embrace. Steven's name was heard almost thirty times before he could understand what they were yelling about.

Lars pushed Steven into Garnets arms and backed up so they could have their moment.

"Steven!", Pearl was crying and smiling. "I thought you'd never come back."

"Don't you ever do that again, I'll kill you myself!",Amethyst cried into his hair.

"Steven, I didn't know what to do! We couldn't find a way to get you! We were so worried. I love you", Garnet wipped her eyes that no longer held a visor.

"I thought you left me! What were you thinking! You could've gotten hurt or worse! You could've died Steven! What was I supposed to do if that happened. Don't you ever do that again!",Connie yelled at him and hugged him at the same time.

Lars spoke up from behind them," Do you guys know where my parents are? I need to talk to them."

"Oh! They evacuated with the rest of the town. We thought your ship was full of more baddies to take more humans or something.",Amethyst said.

"Oh.",Lars said disappointedly

"They will be back shortly though.", Pearl said to him.

"You guys need to tell us everything! What happened out there!",Amethyst asked Lars and Steven.

Garnet tried to put Steven down, figuring he would want to stand on his own. Steven gasped as pressure was put on his bad leg and he passed out again.