Chapter XI: Crystal's Army
Crystal saw Opal's arrow coming a mile away. She jumped high, dodged the arrow, and it exploded next to the Homeworld Warp, taking Jaspers with it. She sped up, and eventually landed right on top of Opal, instantly poofing her. Crystal then grabbed Amethyst by the arm, which Amethyst gave a scared yelp.
"Time to destroy this disgraceful runt once and for all!"
She summoned her Gem sword, pulled it back, ready to shatter her...
Ferry unfused, leaving Steven and Phantom Quartz vulnerable. Steven rushed over to where Crystal was, crying, "AMETHYST!"
He leaped, pushed Amethyst out of the way of Crystal's blow, and both landed on the ground next to Crystal, with Steven on top of Amethyst.
"Steven..." she said, "You saved me."
"It's no problem, Amethyst" Steven replied back. He got up, helped Amethyst up, and heard Crystal chuckle.
"It's so nice to see your little reunions and your love for each other. But you might not be smiling now, Rose Quartz!"
CRACK!
He looked down at his belly. He saw that his shirt had been ripped through, and even worse - his gem was cracked and was to the point of shattering.
Pearl saw this and was outraged and leaped onto Crystal Quartz. "YOU DAMN MURDERER! I'LL MURDER YOU - "
"Can it, Pearl!" She grabbed her by the leg, swung her around like a lasso, and threw her high up and into the ocean.
"Jaspers, attack!" Crystal ordered the Jasper army she had on the Homeworld Warp and pointed her finger at the remaining Crystal Gems.
All there was left of them were Phantom Quartz, Lapis, Garnet, Steven and Amethyst. They were clearly outnumbered.
Steven's Gem began to crack even more. He stopped freaking out and had enough time to lick his hand, place it on his Gem, and it began to glow, glowing an almost neon pink color until it dimmed down to its original state, now completely healed.
He summoned his shield, went back-to-back with Amethyst, who had her whip, and then the two fused to form Smoky Quartz.
Connie ran. She needed to find Steven. She could tell that he was in trouble. It had been three days since she last heard of Steven, and it was when Crystal Quartz came to Beach City, poofed all the Crystal Gems, and left Steven beat up badly, until she came to the rescue.
Connie sped up the steps. She opened the door, then her stomach did a back-flip.
The Crystal Gems had not come back yet.
All of a sudden, thoughts about Steven and the other Gems flooded into Connie's mind. What if Steven was badly hurt? What if he got killed?
Connie began to cry at this thought, then ran to the Warp Pad.
"Take me to Steven!" she managed to say in between tears.
The Warp Pad activated. Connie was shocked. She thought it only worked on Gems. Am I a gem? Connie thought. No, that can't be.
She disappeared into the light from the Warp Pad, and was on her way to Steven.
What Connie saw at the Galaxy Warp was a complete nightmare. Jaspers were all over the place, some were poofed back to their gemstone, and a couple had even shattered.
She saw Smoky, beating up Jaspers here and there with her special yo-yo. She saw another fusion that she wasn't quite sure who it was. She couldn't find Steven anymore.
"Where's Steven?"
As if it heard her, a soft whisper ensued. Yo-yo.
"That's Steven?"
Fusion.
"With who?"
Purple.
"Who's purp - " She suddenly realized a shocking result that she didn't even know about until the Warp Pad weirdly whispered to her.
Steven and Amethyst had fused.