The small, red, left-handed hand-ship zipped off into space. Inside it were the Crystal Gems, along with Yellow Diamond, who was using the opportunity to go to Earth and start curing the corrupted Gems.
"It was really lucky we found that wormhole," Garnet said. "Otherwise it would take days for us to return."
"How long were we gone?" Steven asked.
"Judging by my calculations, about ten hours," Peridot said. "The white ship that took us to Homeworld must've gone through the same wormhole."
A loud beeping noise filled the inside of the ship.
"We're going down rough! We're going down rough!" Emerald yelped.
The ship trembled, sending everyone flying as it bumped through the atmosphere.
Peridot landed on top of Lapis.
"Peri?" Lapis asked, on noticing the olivine's blush.
Peridot decided that now was as good a time as any. "Lapis, we probably won't make it out alive. So I was wondering...would you like to be Turquoise one last time? The way Ruby and Sapphire are Garnet?"
Lapis looked at Peridot.
"You...love me?"
Peridot nodded weakly.
"I love you, too," Lapis said, blushing.
Peridot's eyes widened. Lapis smirked and glomped her new girlfriend. A flash of light, and Turquoise was formed. The fusion braced herself for what could be her components' final few seconds.
Thud.
The ship impacted something. Turquoise opened all four of her eyes to see everyone was fully intact.
"What just happened?" Amethyst asked.
Something opened the roof of the ship. A large, silvery-gray hand scooped up everyone inside, took them out, and set them down.
The hand belonged to a fifty-seven-foot fusion, light gray in color. She had shoulder-length hair that was pulled up a bit with a clip in the back, a plain gray uniform, and four eyes, each iris a different color. She had a circular gem on her chest, another on her upper back, a square gem above her navel, and a triangular gem in it.
The fusion set down the hand-ship on the beach.
"Who...are you?" Diopside asked.
"I," the fusion said, "am Cluster." She defused, revealing Heliodor, Zircon, Amazonite, and Red Beryl.
"The Cluster is healthy?" Turquoise asked, defusing.
"Yep," Amazonite said. "When we found out you were missing and saw the giant handprint, we figured Homeworld had gotten you."
"So when we saw your ship on a collision course with the beach, we figured that we should fuse. Normally, this time," Heliodor added.
Rose smiled.
"Hey, what's Yellow Diamond doing here?" Zircon asked.
"Punishment. Long story," Garnet said.
"I got a girlfriend," Lapis said, smooching Peridot's cheek.
"I guess the time came," Red Beryl said to herself, watching Peridot blush with embarrassment.
The End.
AN: Coming soon...the bloopers!