Remember the Earth-616 thing I did earlier in the story? Well, look at Earth-050616. It's the release date for Captain America: Civil War, and STILL has the 616 digit inside… I need to see a psychologist. Anyways, thanks again for the positive reviews! I REALLY hope I end this with a bang.

Earth-050616

Turns out, the portal was airborne, and the first thing Pearl, Amethyst, and Steven did was scream while falling through the air. Thankfully, it was only, 25 feet up.

Hunter was close by, hot on their tails. He activated his rocket boots to halt his freefall, whilst he let the rest hit the ground.

"OW!" Steven exclaimed as he hit the ground.

Pearl quickly got up, but Hunter was already gone. Pearl was this close to swearing out loud, but decided not to for the sake of Steven's innocence.

"Where'd he go?" Steven said, still flat on the ground.

"He ran away, Steven. That coward…" Pearl replied.

As Steven slowly got up, he felt a soft zing inside. It felt like it was connecting to his Gem. He didn't know what it was, but it felt good. But he ignored it afterwards because of the situation at hand.

But for some reason, it kept coming back. He felt connection with… someone. He tried ignoring it, but it felt too significant to ignore. FELT.

"Well, we have to keep moving. Amethyst, get up." Said the slightly agitated Pearl.

Amethyst, still flat on the ground, slowly got up, but with a deformed face. It didn't fool Pearl, because she KNOWS this is a shape-shifting prank.

"What now?" Amethyst asked.

"Guys… Look." Steven exclaimed as he lifted his shirt to show his Gem. It was slowly flashing with a dim light.

"Hmm… That's strange. Has it ever done that before?" Pearl asked as she examined Steven's Gem.

"No, actually. It feels new."

Steven's Gem began to flash faster and brighter, making Steven a bit frightened. His Gem never did this before, so obviously, something new can sometimes frightening.

"Pearl, help!" exclaimed Steven in terror.

"I- I don't know what to do! This never happened before, even with Rose!" Pearl replied.

"What are we gonna do?!" panicked Amethyst. "IS IT GONA EXPLODE?!"

Pearl slapped Amethyst on the back of her head. "It's not gonna explode, Amethyst!"

"HELP!" Steven cried out.

Suddenly, someone jumped out of nowhere and started seizing the Three Gems. She jumped around, tying the Gems with a special rope, running around to tighten, and capture them for interrogation.

"Hey!" Pearl exclaimed.

"Who are you?! State your objective!" the mysterious person asked in a coarse way.

"What's going on?!" Steven asked, as his view was turned away from the scene.

"Stay calm, Steven. Some lunatic is trying to seize us…" Amethyst responded.

"WHO ARE YOU?!" Pearl shouted.

"I am Militant Pearl, a member of the Crystal Gems, guardians of Beach City and the United States as a whole! Now state your business, here!"

Pearl was stunned- A MILITANT version of herself? This IS the Multiverse, after all. Anyone can be anything.

"Wait, there are MORE of you?" Pearl asked, trying not to freak out.

"I asked you first; WHO ARE YOU?"

"Would you believe me if I said I am you from another dimension?" Pearl said.

"Of course not. That's silly!"

"Well, that's the truth. If you would just- let us go, we'll tell you more!"

Militant Pearl hesitated for a while, but decided to ask them one more question.

"Why should I trust you?" Militant Pearl sternly asked.

"Because we're one of you!"

Militant Pearl hesitated even more, thinking of what she should do; Let them go, or report them to the Gem Militants.

Militant Pearl sighed and cut the rope holding the Three Gems captive, though immediately regretting it.

"Rose is gonna kill me." Militant Pearl said under her breath. "Now, tell me everything." She said as she drew her spear at Regular Pearl's neck. "Or I will terminate you."

"OK, OK. If you could just- drop- down the spear… We are not here to hurt you." Pearl said as she tried to slowly bring down Militant Pearl's spear that was at her neck.

"Pearl! Who are you talking to?!" Steven queried as he ran to Pearl's side.

"Who is this child?" Militant Pearl interrogated.

"Oh, I'm Steven. What's your name?" Steven introduced innocently.

"My name is Pearl. Militant Pearl."

"Please be careful with him, alternate dimension version of me. He's a Gem, as well." Pearl informed her dimensional counterpart.

"Where's his Gem, then?"

"Oh, it's right here." Steven said as he slightly lifted his shirt to expose his Gem. "It's a Rose Quartz."

By the key words 'Rose Quartz', Militant Pearl backed away in fear. "R-Rose Quartz? Impossible!"

"And I'm also half-human, so…"

Militant Pearl once again drew her spear at Regular Pearl's neck. "What trickery is this?"

"It's not trickery! He really IS a half-Gem, half-human!"

Militant Pearl was in shock. "But, if you have Rose's Gem, then what happened to- Oh no…"

Militant Pearl began to run in terror, forgetting about the Three.

"Wait!" Steven exclaimed as he ran after her.

"Steven!" Pearl exclaimed as she tried to grab Steven's arm, but no luck.

"Amethyst, quick! We have to catch Steven!" Pearl commanded as she ran.

Amethyst quickly got up and tried to catch up to Steven, who was running after Militant Pearl.

"Wait!" Steven shouted.

"I must report this! I have to get back to Rose!" Militant Pearl uttered under her breath.

Suddenly, Steven began to feel that zing inside, again. As he ran faster, he felt it becoming stronger and stronger. So strong in fact, that it slightly began to hurt. But that didn't stop Steven from chasing Militant Pearl and getting answers.

Militant Pearl finally arrived at her destination: Militant Gems HQ.

Militant Pearl immediately opened the door and ran inside, while Steven was still catching up.

"WAIT! I JUST WANNA TALK!" Steven exclaimed, panting in exhaustion.

He entered the room by force, Pearl and Amethyst close by, and what they saw left them in complete shock.

Inside were a new set of Gems, Militant Pearl included. There was a Militant Amethyst, whom Regular Pearl hopes to be more mature than the one we all know and love, a Militant Lazuli, and a new Militant 'Imperial' Topaz. But who they saw behind them…

It was Rose. Rose Quartz. Steven's mother.

All their eyes were wide open in awe and shock. Steven tried to keep the pain inside, but instead fell to the ground. "Ow, ow, ow, ow…" Steven exclaimed in pain.

"Uuh, what's going on? Pearl?" Militant Amethyst asked in confusion.

"I found these… Gems on the beach. They said they were 'alternate universe' versions of us. Rose, please do something!"

But Rose just stood still. Like Steven, she began to feel a zing inside. "Quiet, Pearl. I… I don't feel so well…" Rose said as she leaned on the wall. Both Rose & Steven were experiencing the same pain.

"Steven, are you alright?" Pearl asked as she held Steven's head softly.

"My Gem! It's blinking!" Steven exclaimed.

And not only that, but Rose's Gem was blinking bright, too. That was it: There is a connection between both Gems.

"Rose, what's wrong?!" Militant Amethyst asked in haste.

"I- I don't know…! I can't bear it!" Rose responded, her voice cracking.

Steven and Rose began to feel even more pain inside. Rose fell down to the floor and Steven began to cry.

What would happen? Is it because they're the same Gems and can't live in the same timeline? But they've done that before, and NOTHING has happened! Why is THIS one different?

"I can't take it anymore, Pearl!" Steven cried.

"You're gonna be OK!" Pearl replied.

"What do we do?" Amethyst asked, panicking.

The Militant Gems ran to Rose to assist her, while Steven just lied down on the ground, waiting for it to stop.

"OWW!" Steven cried out.

"Steven, I'M SORRY! I don't know how to take this away!" Pearl cried out.

"Take that boy away!" Imperial Topaz shouted. "He's causing damage to our Rose Quartz!"

Pearl's head jolted up and immediately turned to the side.

"Wait! Don't, please! He needs help!" Amethyst screamed.

"Topaz…" Rose called. "Stand down…"

Topaz hesitated, but did what her leader said. She backed down and rushed to her room.

It was to much for Steven. Maybe even so much, his body was ready to kill itself.

But then it stopped…

He didn't feel pain anymore. It was all over. So was for Rose. Steven got up and immediately hugged Pearl tight, with tears still flowing from his eyes.

"Shhh… It's Ok… You're Ok, now…" Pearl comforted Steven.

But then Steven let go. He then ran to Rose, with his eyes in awe.

"M-Mom?" Steven stuttered.

Everyone was in shock. Amethyst just stood there frozen, while Pearl's knees began to feel so weak, she wanted to bow in front of Rose. She didn't care about what the other Gems thought about her, she just wanted to kneel.

Rose looked at Steven and smiled. "…Yes?"

This… Actually made no sense, in my opinion. Ahh, well. I hope it gets better. Hopefully. This has been one of the shortest chapters I felt writing. But anyway guys, I hope you liked this one!