Episode 25: The Return

Wuya and Jackson were waiting on Jack as he is talking to Peridot on the communicator. Wuya's rock creatures was waiting with several of Jackbots, waiting for the signal. Jack then removes his headphones and places it down with a smile on his face. "The invasion is today, guys." Jack said with an evil grin. "YES!" Wuya and Jackson cheered. "It's time for the Monks and Gems to pay for standing in the way for world domination." Jack said. Jack grabs the two rolled up blueprints, the Shen Gong Wus, and presses a button, activating all 3000 Jackbots and 50 Jacknoids. Wuya summons hundreds of her rock creatures. They began to march out of the building. "This is one of the most ambitious attack we have ever created." Jack said. Wuya nods. "I will admit, Jack. You have come a long way from being a smart but weak teen. You are proving me wrong of back stabbing you." Wuya said. "R-really? Well, that is good to hear that I am proving you wrong." Jack said with a smile. "And I will admit that you do look fairly powerful." Wuya chuckles as they march towards one destination, Beach City. All with hundreds of rock creatures, thousands of Jackbots and a mission for revenge.

At Beach City, the Monk were outside waiting for any updates. They set up the light cannons just in case. Garnet and Pearl were at the telescope while Amethyst adjust the light cannons to make sure they are functional. "Man, any day now, Peridot would arrive and the counter attack commences." Clay said. "Be ready, young ones, and soon, Peridot would have no other choice but to retreat for another day of this long battle." Master Fung said. "Thank you, Master Fung" Pearl said. Just then, a massive rumble hits them. Pearl looks at the scope. There's a green hand in the sky. "It's Peridot, she just entered Earth's Atmosphere." Pearl said. Clay looks at the light cannons. "Are they ready, Amethyst?" Clay shouts? "They should be." Amethyst said back. "Alright, the light cannons are in place then." Clay told Pearl. "Good." Pearl said. "Hey, Guys!" Steven said, running up with Greg. "Did you see the hand in the sky?" "It's a ship, and we have to assume that is Peridot." Pearl said. "Lapis mentioned that she was coming with advanced weapons and some reinforcements." Garnet added. Steven looks through the telescope to see the hand. "Wow…" Steven said.

Back in Brazil, Raimundo was sitting in front of a TV and was flipping through the channel and sees a soccer match. He was starting to get invested when the channel shows the ship in Beach City. "Oh, man. This doesn't look good." Raimundo said. "And to make matters worse, there are reports of a massive amount of robot and living rocks heading to Beach City." The TV broadcast. Raimundo eyes widen. He quickly turns the TV off. "This isn't just Peridot arrive, this is an invasion of Jack and Wuya." Raimundo said to himself. "I need to help them…but I don't want to get directly involved…" Raimundo said. Just then, an idea hits. He looks back at the tiger claws and his backpack. "Hmmm…maybe I don't need to fight my way into it after all." Raimundo said. Raimundo grabs his backpack and the Golden Tiger Claw and heads out. A bit later, he arrive at a cliffside and takes a deep breath. "Well, time for me to make my move…GOLDEN TIGER CLAWS!" Raimundo said, opening the portal with a slash and leaping through it, going to a mysterious location.

"Ready the Cannons" Garnet said. Kimiko activates a lever and all 4 of the Light Cannon prepare to fire. Omi hand Steven a walkie talkie. "Go for it, Steven" Omi said in a neutral phase. "Alright. If every pork chop were perfect, we wouldn't have hot dogs." Steven said to the walkie talkie. The phrase when through the other walkie talkie as all four cannons fires at the same time. It hits the ship but no visible damage. "Shoot, that's tougher than a… I got nothing this time. It's very tough." Clay said. "What now?" Greg asked. "We'll have to fight head on." Garnet said. "Monks, get the Wu, Pearl, Amethyst and I will try to slow it down." "On it." Clay said as the three of them rushes up the stairs. Steven makes a call for "political favors". The Monks scour all of the Shen Gong Wus but notice something was off. "Wait…where's the shroud of shadow?" Kimiko said. "Yea, and the Shard of Lighting is AWOL too." Clay added. "Oh, man. This is not the most appropriate time for this to happen to us." Omi said. The Monk nods as they get all of their Wus that are readily available to them. They then head out.

Soon, the evacuation is at full swing. However, Steven notices his backpack was getting packed. "Why is my luggage getting packed?" Steven asked. The Gems remained quiet. However, the Monks are more against the idea. "Look, Gems. Why are you protecting Steven from Peridot? Sure, she could be a big threat but If Steven goes, we go. If We stay, he stays." Clay said. "Yea, besides, whatever happened to that united front we are going for?" Kimiko said. Garnet sighs and began to remove the stuff for Steven. "You're going to leave him here?!" both Greg and Pearl said in a shocked tone. "Not really leave but rally." Garnet said, giving Steven a Microphone. Lion comes up and allowed Steven to get on him. "You will need to use your voice to help them through their toughest times." Garnet told Steven. "Your voice helped us, but not it's time to help them." Steven nods as he rode Lion to help the Beach City folks to make a quick and safe evacuation.

With Steven now gone to help out the other, Greg began to partake in the evacuation. The Gems stood outside when suddenly…A jackbot tackles Amethyst. "Oh, no. Not now!" Pearl said. "Surprise, surprise." Jack's voice echos out as thousands of his Jackbots prepare for attack. "Gems, Monks, in position." Garnet commanded. Just then, Garnet got tackled by a massive gray blur. Garnet stood up and sucker punch the gray rock creature but hundreds began to arrive. "Jack isn't alone in this invasion." a voice echos out. Wuya then appears in front of them with Jackson standing next to her. "Oh, and starting with his first invasion is my new understudy…Dark Rai, or Jackson in this case." "Wait a minute. You split Rai's body to make a Darker version of Raimundo?!" Kimiko said. "Ohh…quick on your feet I see" Wuya said. "But not quick enough." She then attack Kimiko with a massive high kick attack. This knocked Kimiko to the ground. Wuya launches a volley of Green Fire against the Monks and Gems. They just barely avoid it.

"We got to launch a counter attack, right now." Omi said. "Good idea, Omi." Kimiko said pulling out the Star Hanabi. "Star Hanabi FIRE!" Kimiko said, flinging the Star Hanabi at Wuya. It directly hits her…but she didn't seem phased at all. More of her rock creatures arrive by the numbers. Just then, Jacknoids began to arrive as well, giving the Monks and Gems no time to repeal Peridot. On the Ship. Peridot sees the commotion. "We are set to land in 5 minutes." Peridot said to a mysterious figure. "Good…" the voice said. The figure walks away without a beat. Jackbots kept attacking and was overwhelming the monks and Gems this time around. "There's too many of them to keep up on." Kimiko said. "We can only hold them off as long as we could." Garnet said. "Hey, Guys!" a voice shouts.

It's Steven, riding on his Lion. "Steven?!" The Monks and Gems said. Just as Steven runs up, A Rock Creature and a Jacknoid stops him in his track. "Ah, Steven Universe. Have you come for your destruction?" Wuya said as she stood, nay, towering over Steven. "No, I came to protect my friends." Steven said. A laugh is heard. "Your friends are getting smacked around like ping-pong balls." a voice echos out. It was Jack Spicer as he stood next to Wuya. "Weren't you two on uneven ground?" Steven said. "We did but after realizing that the reason you Monks and Gems are able to win so often is because you are united. We set our differences aside for a good while to destroy them." Just then, Jack's wrist communicator beeps. "And now, Peridot and her escort is landing in 15 seconds." Jack added. The Jackbots, Jacknoids and Rock Creatures backs down and stand, allowing the hand ship to land with ease.

A green ball appears from the ship and rolls to the finger. It lands and opens up, revealing Jasper, Lapis and a new mysterious Gem. Peridot stands over. "That's them alright." Peridot said as a mysterious figure walks up. "They are the ones that are in the way of Jack Spicer and My machines." "Hmmm…This is it?" the voice said. "Jasper, they are interfering with our mission." Peridot said. Jasper scoffs as towers over all of them. "Where is this Jack Spicer and Wuya?" Jasper calls out. Jack and Wuya quickly stands with Jackson. "Who is the long hair person?" Jasper said. "This is our new apprentice…Jackson." Wuya said. "Doesn't look too impressive for you 3." Jasper said. Wuya growls and summons two more rock creature…just to flex a bit. "Okay…I will take that back." Jasper said, reluctantly. Wuya chuckles with an evil undertone. Jasper grabs Lapis. "get over here." Jasper said. Lapis wasn't too happy about it but saw Steven. "Is this their base?" Jasper said. Lapis looks down. "Yes…" She said. Jasper and Peridot hops off, dragging Lapis along. "Where is Rose Quartz so I can fight her?" Jasper demands. Jack walks up. "She isn't here at this time." Jack lied. Wuya backs up Jack and nods. "Aw… what a shame. I was looking forward on going to beat her to the ground." Jasper said. "And this is their army that's left, 3 human beings, a gecko, a lost Pearl, a puny runt, and this shameless display?" Jasper said before getting interrupted.

"Gecko?!" Dojo shouts. He then shapeshift into his dragon for and lean towards to Jasper who was unphased by it. "Do not EVER call me a gecko." Dojo said. Jasper sucker punches Dojo back to his small size. "I'll call you whatever I please." Jasper said. She then notices Steven. "Who is that?" Jasper demanded. "That would be Steven" Jack said. "He's a human!" Lapis intercept. "He's not a threat, he's not one of them." "Don't listen to that baloney." Jack said. "He's one of them." "Listen, Jack, I know what human does and doesn't look like. You don't need me for this. Just fire with the ship." Jasper commands. "Ugh… fine." Peridot said. The Warship began to lift up and point towards the Gems and Monks. Jack presses his button to tell the Jackbots and Jacknoids to stand clear the blast radius and Wuya commanded her Rock Creatures to do the same. "Steven, Get out of here!" Garnet said. "No, This is my house and you're my family." Steven said. "Firing…" Peridot said as a beam fires from the ship. "I'm a Crystal Monk, too!" Steven said, just being able to summon a massive shield to protect the Gems and Monks. Jasper turns around and is stunned to see the shield. "Wait a minute, that shield…That symbol! That's the power of Rose Quartz!" Jasper said. "Now you understand why I need an escort" Peridot said back. "Fire a barrage!" Jasper said. Peridot does so, firing multiple beams against the Gems and Monk. "Jackbot!" Jack said. "Rock Creatures!" Wuya said. "ATTACK!" Both said at the same time. This was overwhelming the Gems and Monks. Garnet sees Jasper pick up Steven and attacks Jasper. Jasper summons her weapon, a crash helmet, and blocks the gauntlet attack. Jasper then pulls out a small object and hands it to Jack. "I don't have time for you. So, try to attack Jack." Jasper said. Garnet began to attack Jack before Jack uses the Gem Destablizer and managed to poof Garnet in a dramatic turn. Garnet poofed into two gems, one that was red and one that was blue.

Steven just looked in horror in what he just saw. Jack began to cackle then began to laugh manically. "Oh, that felt so great. I got my revenge against Garnet. After all these months, all these failures, revenge is fulfilled." Jack said with more evil laughter. The Monks and Gems were also horrified on what the had saw. Jasper quickly picks up Steven and slams her head on Steven's face, knocking him out cold. "STEVEN!" The Monks and Gems said before they got captured by the Rock Creatures. "Sphere of Yun." Jack said, capturing the Monks and Gems inside a massive gold and black sphere. "There we go, finally, they are done-zo." Jack said with an evil grin. He picks up the two gemstone and walks back to the ship. One of the rock creatures rolls the Sphere of Yun on the ship. The Monks and Gems are either captured, out cold, or poofed and there is no one to protect earth. Jackbots began raiding the house for any remaining wus and things got even worse. They can only hope that Raimundo save them and who know where he is right now. Thing are looking bleak and the future is unknown. All they can do is hope and pray that Raimundo saves their hide. However, even they realized that they don't have a hope nor a chance that it would happen. The Homeworld and The Heylin might have just won the war, or so they think.

End of Episode 25