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[Chapter 11]

Big Donut

Sphene sat at a table inside the Big Donut with Sadie and Lars. As they were talking, the windows suddenly shattered after a large explosion sounded.

"What was that!?" Lars screamed in panic while hugging Sadie.

"Lars!" Sadie squealed and struggled to push the teen off her.

Sphene stood up silently and disappeared from her position. Sadie and Lars looked to see her running back toward Steven's house.

Beach

Sphene arrived just in time to see a beam of light be blocked by a large green hand. Her eyes narrowed before moving next to the Crystal Gems.

"What is that?" Sphene asked and glanced at Garnet.

"Peridot." She responded back as Greg and Pearl began packing Steven's items in the van.

As the Gems went to talk to Steven, Sphene drew her staff from her gem. Creating four clones, they surrounded her while forming a larger version of the Rasengan.

Together they burst off the sand and flew at the hand with one of Sphene's clones on each side. They began to spin like a drill before they were concealed by the wind from the spinning.

The green hand moved into a fist as Sphene and her clones slammed into it before it changed, flicking her into the sand. She groaned as the Gems ran over to her to check if she was okay.

"I'm fine. Where's Steven?" Sphene asked as she climbed out the hole left behind.

"He's gone. Now, we send them back where they came from!" Garnet ordered before ordering Amethyst and Pearl to form Opal.

"Ready...," Opal pulled back her bowstring before an energy arrow formed, "Fire."

The fusion released the string, shooting the arrow at the hand. The hand continued its descent undisturbed by the fusion's attack when Steven came up from behind them.

"Hey, guys!" Steven called out causing the fusion to become unstable as Pearl and Amethyst were thrown apart and to the ground.

"Stay behind us!" Sphene ordered as the gems summoned their weapons while Steven hid behind Garnet.

The hand landed on the shore of the beach as a green ball appeared from the palm of the hand and rolled down on of the fingers. Reaching the end, the finger dropped as three gems came from inside the ball.

Peridot walked forward and looked at the Gems, "That's them, all right. They're the ones who keep breaking my machines."

"This is it?" A large gem stepped forward and glared at the Gems.

"Jasper! They're interfering with my work!" Peridot pointed at the Gems angrily to further emphasize her point.

Jasper steps forward with a sigh, "Looks like another waste of my time... Hey, get over here."

She reached behind her and pulled Lapis out by her arm but Lapis pulls herself free. She looks at Steven and Sphene before looking down.

"This is their base?" Jasper sneered, having expected something more spectacular.

"You need to leave this place immediately!" Garnet ordered.

"Yeah, step off!" Amethyst growled, wanting to start the fight.

"This is not a Gem-controlled planet!" Pearl yelled despite the fear seen in her eyes.

"..." Sphene remained silent as she silently waited for the right moment.

"And neither of you saw Rose Quartz? Oh, what a shame. I'd hoped to meet her. I was looking forward to beating her into the ground!" Jasper said with a sinister grin.

Steven groaned at what the Homeworld Gem said and moved back. The Gems narrowed their eyes and shifted, prepared for a battle if one ensued.

"But this is all that's left of her army? Some lost, defective Pearl. A puny overcooked runt. This shameless display. And that... Is that a Sphene!? You never said anything about a Sphene being here!" Jasper's eyes grew wide and took a step back.

The Gems turned to Sphene who shrugged her shoulders and looked at her gem. What so important about her gem that it changed the mode of the battle.

"Blast them!" Jasper ordered Peridot who opened up a screen and pressed a circle.

The hand turned to appear as if it was pointing at the Gems before energy formed at the finger tip. The Gems turned to face Sphene and Steven with urgency.

"Get out of here!" Garnet yelled at Sphene and Steven.

"I'm not leaving you. You're my family and I'm a Crystal Gem too!" Steven objected to running away if it meant leaving his family in danger.

"Just run!" Pearl screamed at them.

"You didn't leave me behind! I won't leave you behind either! We stay and fight together!" Sphene yelled, getting a nod from everyone.

Steven and Sphene nodded to each other and ran in front of the gems, while their gems glowed brightly.

The energy fired on the Gems and sent dust everywhere. The Homeworld Gems looked as the dust cleared and saw a brand new person facing them.

This new person had two arms and two eyes. They wore a peach short sleeved dress shirt with a star hole around Steven's and Sphene's gems. They wore jean folded upward to the knees and peach ninja sandals.

They had hair like Rose with Steven's texture and Sphene's color. They raised their hand and tapped their face before a Cookie Cat mask formed.

Lastly, they stood slightly taller than Garnet's height with a figure similar to Amethyst. They flew into the ground before popping back up with a pose.

They were holding Steven's shield causing Jasper to gasp, "Grey Spinel has entered the battle."

"Rose's shield. They fused!" Jasper yelled before ordering Peridot to do a widespread attack.

She swiped on finger across her panel, causing the hand to fire an energy beam across the sand. This separated the Gems from the fusion.

"Yellow Diamond... no, White Diamond needs to see that abomination," Jasper said making Lapis and Peridot gasp in fear.

Spinel grinned as they summoned their staff and slammed it into the sand. Summoning their shield next, Spinel drove the stick through the middle of it and split the defensive weapon in half.

They merged together and formed two hand fans. Spinel stuck out their tongue and crouched on the ground.

Garnet moved next to them and nodded before Peridot fired another blast. Spinel swiped their hand, sending a wave of energy at the blast.

They clashed with each other before canceling each other out. They chuckled to themselves and waited for another attack.

"Peridot, Firing Barrage!" Jasper yelled and watched her work.

Garnet moved behind Spinel and they placed the two fans together before increasing the size to cover the entire temple.

Dust surrounded everything before Spinel turned to see Garnet be broken apart by a Gem Destabilizer. This caused them to defuse before Jasper grabbed Steven by his shirt.

"Let him go, Jasper!" Sphene yelled but was met with another barrage of energy.

"Sphene!" Steven yelled before being knockout by Jasper.

Jasper handed the Garnet's gems and Steven to Peridot before she moved to where Sphene's gem laid. Jasper picked up Sphene's gem and stared at her reflection in the gem.

"You are in an authority above the Diamonds but you chose to betray it all, for what? Failures. Maybe you aren't as good as they said." Jasper said and walked with Peridot and Lapis - who held Amethyst and Pearl captive in water spheres - back onto the ship.