(Beach City) - NIGHT (9:04 P.M)
Steven was sitting on a bench, crying his eyes with Connie rubbing his shoulder.
"Hey, don't cry. It'll be alright." She said, feeling sad too, but understanding.
"I wish I had been there to help him! Why'd he have to die? I could have saved him, I know I could've." Steven said, sniffling the snot in his nose.
"You didn't know it happened, so there was no way you could have helped him." Connie said.
"She... she couldn't save him. Black Diamond couldn't save him!... She's gone too.. both of them, they were inseparable." Steven said, wiping his tears at this revelation.
"I know they were, Steven." Connie said.
"I loved them, they were my friends!" Steven said, covering his eyes with his hands.
"(Revenant Reverb) I know you did." Jarek said.
"It's not fair! It's not fair!" Steven cried.
"Nothing really is, is it?" Jarek said, his hand on his left shoulder.
Then Steven recognized the voice, so he turned and looked at him with widened eyes.
Connie had her hand on her mouth.
"J... Jarek?!" Steven said, freaked out and glad he was alive, but mostly freaked out.
"I know you wished you could have helped me, but I went into that death trap by myself." Jarek said, the sound of his voice having a ghastly echo in it.
"What happened to you?! You're all gray! Are you evil?!" Steven said, backing away and scared. Connie was doing the same.
"Didn't Pearl tell you?" Jarek asked.
"Steven!" Pearl said, running to him from far away.
Jarek turned to face her, with unimpressed eyes. (lowered eyelids)
"Can you be any slower?" He commented. "(To Pearl) It's okay! I didn't hurt them!"
"Step away from him! Your dark powers are too dangerous for him!" Pearl said, holding her spear at him, and panting with sweat all over her.
"Are you done, momma?" Jarek teased, still unimpressed.
"That is not my name!" She said, annoyed.
Jarek rolled his eyes and looked at the two frightened children.
"You look scared, I know. I look weird, but at least I have this shiny armor." Jarek said, gesturing to his spiky, shiny netherealm armor.
"It does look kinda cool. But why are you like that? What happened to you?" Connie asked.
"You ever heard of Quan Chi?" Jarek said.
"Oh no.. he brought you back to life?" Steven said.
"I'll buy you a hot dog for that correct assumption." Jarek said.
"Does this bother you?" Connie asked, holding her necklace with the Jesus cross on it.
Jarek looked at it, then at Connie.
"No." He said. "Do you really believe that'll hurt me? (Mockingly) Aaah! It's burning so bad!"
"Well I know it doesn't hurt you now." She said.
"Were you trying to?" Jarek asked, curious.
"No, I was worried. It's good that you're here, alivish?" She said.
"I am a revenant. Therefore, I'm STILL dead!" Jarek said.
"Oh my gosh! A demon!" Ronaldo said, pointing at him from afar.
"Oh shit." Jarek groaned, having been spotted.
Ronaldo ran to him with his comic con sword, out of its sheath.
Jarek knew this wouldn't hurt him, so he just stood there.
"Steven, I'll save you!" Ronaldo chanted before jumping towards Jarek.
Jarek then jumped and punched his crotch.
"OHHH!" Ronaldo exclaimed, as he then landed on his knees and rolled on the ground.
Then Jarek charged a dark ball in his hands and aimed for him.
"No! Jarek, stop! (At Ronaldo) Ronaldo, he's a demon! He's just a revenant!" Steven said.
"What do you think a revenant is? A demon." Jarek said. "Ugh, I'm out of here."
"Wait! Come back! Don't leave again!" Steven said, following him.
"I'm not gonna die again, Steven. Go home. I have to go and explain everything to Purple." Jarek said.
Steven sighed.
"Bye Jarek." He said, let down.
(Homeworld ; Blue Diamond's Mansion)
Blue Diamond was looking down sternly at Orange Diamond, who was standing before her.
"I'm gonna ask you again. How shall we punish you? You are aware of what will happen when White Diamond finds out you came back after running away?" Yellow Diamond said.
"No punishment. You don't own me." Orange Diamond said.
"You realize how sick we were when you and the other diamonds ran away from this planet?! White wants you all shattered, we don't!" Yellow Diamond said.
"And who's fault is that for making her the leader?! You and her made us all run away, and now you've taken the last thing I hold dear to me!" Orange Diamond said.
"That pesky human?! I did you a favor! I freed you from your prison!" Yellow Diamond said.
"You took my grandson away from me! I made a family on that planet and you took the last of it away from me!" Orange Diamond said, tears welling up in her eyes.
"How long were you on that planet?" Blue Diamond asked, showing concern.
"Long enough to find love, and to know that that's my home you stole me from!" Orange Diamond said.
"Your home?! This place is your home?! How could you abandon your own family?! Why would you do this to us?!" Yellow Diamond said, with tears showing in her eyes.
"I'm very disappointed in you." Blue Diamond said.
"The feeling is mutual, mother." Orange Diamond said. "I'm disappointed in what a failure you became to this planet, and to me! You neglected me, tormented me, you hate me! You're no different from White!"
Blue Diamond looked away, covering her mouth.
"Stop it, Orange! You're upsetting your mother!" Yellow Diamond said.
"She should be! You both took everything from me!" Orange Diamond said.
"(Crying) We didn't! I didn't do anything to you! How could you say that?!" Blue Diamond cried.
Yellow Diamond grabbed Orange Diamond and held her as she left the room.
"Go ahead and take me to the driller, at this point, I'm dying for it!" Orange Diamond said.
Yellow Diamond threw her in a room that belonged to her.
"You're staying in here until I come back! You're in timeout!" Yellow Diamond said.
Orange Diamond shook her head, and looked at the nearby window opening that was beyond her reach.
"Fatal mistake." She commented, looking at the door, then at the window.
She jumped and flew up to the window edge, and climbed onto it.
"I wonder how stupid she really is." She commented before jumping out the window and floated safely over the fence.
(Over the Fence)
Orange Diamond then summoned her Naginata and ran forward, away from Blue Diamond's Mansion.
"This is crazy.. I have to get to Pink Diamond's chamber, before time runs out!" She said to herself.
She made her way through the plains, and then to a construction site that was run by Blue Diamond's construction gems.
Several of them noticed her and were alarmed.
"Whoa whoa! My diamond, be careful with that thing! Take it easy!" Blue Tanzanite said, backing away with her hands outward in halt.
"Get the fuck back, motherfuckers!" Orange Diamond said, intimidating them.
Then a forklift was heading right for her.
Orange Diamond took out Shinnok's amulet, and aimed at it.
(BLAST!)
The forklift was blown to pieces, harming the gem driving it.
Orange Diamond began beating the gems with her Naginata, cutting them up and poofing them instantly.
(POOF!) x 14
She fled the scene and entered the elevator that led down to the city.
Once there, she began traversing through the crowds of gems that were walking by, passing her.
An hour passed before she came across Blue Zircon, who then dropped her papers.
"Oh!" She said, picking up her papers.
"Zircon, do you remember me?" Orange Diamond asked.
"Of course I do, where have you been? No one's been able to find you!' Blue Zircon said.
"Look, is there a place where we can talk privately?" Orange Diamond said.
"Yeah, follow me." Blue Zircon said.
So Blue Zircon led her to her apartment capsule, which was located in the mobile homes area of the city.
To be continued...