Back in Beach City, the three ships arrived and landed on the shore of the beach. They then disembarked.
"Ah, good ol' natural sand. That fancy Zoo Sand was too fine for me." Greg said.
"Guys!" everyone heard Connie as she ran up to them. "You're back, and you're okay!"
"Oh man, you're not going to believe what happened! We went to a far-off space station! We made some new friends! We warped the space-time continuum! Sorry we left you behind." Steven said.
"I hope there wasn't too much trouble for you, Lapis and Peridot to handle on your own." Hope said.
"Well...there was a little trouble." Connie admitted.
"Well, the place looks intact, so I guess it wasn't terrible." Emo said.
"Actually, thats a funny story. You see…" Connie said.
Connie explained to the others that while they were away, she, Lapis and Peridot tried to protect Beach City by imitating Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Steven. That didn't really go so well when they helped out a few customers at Greg's car wash. At first it went smoothly...until it didn't.
"So, Lapis and Peridot threw a car into Greg's sign?" Mark asked.
"Yeah….That's what we get for trying to imitate the original Crystal Gems." Connie said nervously.
"It wasn't your fault, Connie. I should've warned Peridot not to go that route before we left." Hope said.
"And I really should've told Lapis the same thing." Mark added. "Still, you made the best of a bad situation. Don't be too hard on yourself."
"Thanks, Mark." Connie said. "And hey! We managed to fix most of the damage to the car wash! We couldn't fix the sign, though…"
"Well, about time I got a new one. Guess I'll give my neon guy a call." Greg said.
"Before you bring out your checkbook, there's something we want to show you first." Connie said.
At Greg's Car wash…
"Okay, bring it out!" Connie called as Lapis and peridot carried out a brand new sign.
"Introducing...a new sign! For your business!" Peridot introduced. "We made it ourselves. Look at it, it's great!"
"I think...I love it!" Greg smiled.
"Really?" Connie asked.
"That old sign was okay, but this one's got personality." Greg said.
"It matches yours perfectly." Emo said.
"Emo…" Mark warned.
"Hey, chill, it's a compliment!" Emo said quickly.
"Well, it wasn't much of a mission, but I'm glad we handled that alright." Connie smiled.
"I knew you would." Steven said.
"So, now what?" Glimmer said.
"I suppose we ought to meet back up with the others….Though I'm not sure where they are." Hope said. "I know! I'll text Jexi, let him know where we are." Hope said typing on his phone. "It probably won't take him long to get here."
"Man, are they gonna be surprised when we tell 'em what we've been up to!" Eddy said.
"That, or they'll have an even greater story to top ours. Let's flip that coin." Hope said. "Where we'll go next together though….That's up to us to decide."
To be continued…..
