Chapter 77: The Cure


It's been a week since Gien left. While Bismuth was busy rebuilding the house, Steven has been staying at Connie's house. She felt bad for him and wanted a place for him to stay until his house was rebuilt.

But while that's being dealt with, Steven has been trying to figure out more with his new powers. He's been at the sky arena training. Pearl, Connie and Amethyst were there with him.

Pearl: Okay Steven, can you try and activate your powers?

Steven: Let me see.

Steven tried closing his eyes and pushing himself. But nothing happens.

Steven: Uh, hold on. I can't believe I'm saying this but... Powermaster Steven activate!

Still nothing.

Steven: Why would I even think that would work?

Pearl: Hmmm. Maybe we need a different approach.

Amethyst: Oh, I got it.

Amethyst approaches Steven and pulls a strand of his hair out.

Steven: Ow!

Steven then turns pink.

Steven: Amethyst! What did I say about doing that!?

Amethyst: Knew it! It works.

Pearl: So it seems your powers are activated whenever you are in pain or angry.

Steven: But I don't want to be angry to do this. I want try and figure out how to bring when I just need to.

Pearl: We'll figure that out soon, right now try to run and tag that Holo Pearl and back as fast as you can.

Pearl got her stopwatch ready.

Pearl: Ready...go!

Steven ran at high speed and back in an instant.

Pearl: Oh... one second.

Amethyst: That was too easy. Time how long he can run around the world.

Pearl: Maybe another time. Lets try another excersice. Now take on three Holo Pearls. Difficutly is at maximum. So give it your all.

The three Holo Pearls attacked Steven at once, first he covered himself in a bubble and pops it releasing an energy wave. He then formed hexagonal shields and threw them at them, beating them instantly. They watched in amazement of his power. Suddenly his pink color disappears and turns back to normal.

Steven: Oh, there it goes.

Amethyst: I can turn it back on if you want.

Steven: No thank you!

Connie: Acutally I think we should stop. I checked the time and we have to meet my mom soon if you want to give a new blood sample to Peridot.

Steven: Oh man I forgot. Let's go.

Five minutes later.

They warped back to the house, or atleast the new house that's currently being rebuilt by Bismuth, Garnet, Greg, Revenger, Volleyball and Acha and Kocha.

Bismuth: Hey guys, watch your head as you exit out.

Greg: Sheesh, I forgot what building a house was like.

Garnet: How did training go?

Steven: Still trying to channel it right.

Garnet: Just keep practicing.

Steven: I know, I gotta go now. I'll be back later.

They exited out as Steven and Connie approached Lion as they warped out of there.

Later.

Steven and Connie arrived at the barn as Charlie and Pumpkin ran to greet them.

Charlie: Hello Steven, Connie.

Connie: Hi Charlie. Hi Pumpkin

Steven: Hey Charlie, is Peridot and Lapis here?

Lapis hears them as goes to greet the two.

Lapis: Hey guys.

Steven: Hi Lapis, I brought the blood sample for Peridot to experiment on.

Lapis: Oh good. She's inside trying to set her own lab up.

They went inside as Peridot was getting what little notes she had left.

Peridot: Steven! Glad you could come. Did you bring the new sample?

Steven: Got it here.

Peridot: Good, now I can finally progress, although...

Peridot frowns looking at her notes.

Peridot: I don't even know where to start.

Steven: Sorry that Huntress ruined your work.

Peridot: Don't be. Even before she did, I wasn't even close to replicating the formula Gien made.

Steven: Formula?

Peridot: I took me a while to figure out but recently I found out that the medicine he used was based off a special healing essance that Rose Quartz gems had. However because they were all banned, he made a simialr replica of it. But only he knows. I mean he only taught me things he thought I should know. I only know half the work he's done. It'll take years of trial and error to figure it out.

Steven: Wait the formula he made was simalar to a Rose Quartz gems who had the ability to heal right. My mom had something like that.

Peridot: Well yes, but as I said it involved a special essance from them, not like your healing spit.

Steven: So...maybe it's my tears, like I did for Charlie!

Peridot: No that...wait that's right, because you have the powers of Pink Diamond, you can produce it.

Steven: Quick Connie, stomp on my foot.

Connie: What? I'm not going to do that.

Lapis: Agreed! We're not inflicting pain on you Steven.

Steven: I'm a man, I can take it.

Connie: But don't you cry about snakes?

Steven: I'm over that now, now do it.

Connie: Are you sure?

Steven: Yes!

Connie: Okay!

Connie yells as she stomps on Steven's foot. Steven yells, but it didn't cause him to tear up.

Peridot: Did it work? Are you crying?

Steven: Ah-ow! Ow I thought that would work, but no, just pain.

Connie: Sorry Steven?

Steven: Oh no, don't be.

Lapis: Do you need a bag of ice?

Steven: Please...

Lapis gets a bag of ice and places it on his foot.

Steven: Okay that didn't work. What can make me cry? Oh onions.

Peridot: You mean that weird human thing?

Steven: No not Onion, an actual onion. Do you guys have?

Lapis: I think we do.

Lapis goes to to the garden and gets and onion.

Lapis: Okay here.

Steven: Okay Peridot, give me that scapel.

Peridot gives him the scapel as Steven starts cutting it. He began to tear up, but it was so strong that he couldn't open his eys.

Steven: ( sniffs) Okay, it's working. Quick Peridot collect it.

Peridot gets a test tube and collects it.

Peridot: Okay let's see.

Peridot places the tear in a test dish and a drop of blood with it. For a brief moment it began to glow and turned into a brigh pink, they looked at it surprised.

Charlie: Whoa, what's happening?

Steven: I don't believe it. Is this it?

Peridot: Maybe. This might be it. But if we want to test it, this might not be enough. We need like a huge quantity of your tears.

Lapis: I think we need more onions. We need like a pool of your tears.

Steven: Pool of tears? Wait I got an idea.

Later

The entire group warped the Rose's fountain.

Bismuth: So tell me again why you wanted us to stop with your house.

Peridot: We might have finally figured out a cure.

Garnet: This is important. We need to see this.

Steven: My mom's fountain, it consists of her tears and look at all of it.

Peridot stepped closer to it.

Peridot: You guys never told me you had a magical fountain.

Amethyst: You never asked.

Charlie: It looks pretty.

Peridot: Whatever anyway.

Peridot takes a test tube of blood and looks at it.

Peridot: Hold onto your butts.

Peridot pours into the fountain. The blood mixed into the fountain as it began to spread creating a lighter shade of pink to the water as it began to glow. Everyone stepped around it and gazed upon.

Garnet: This can't be.

Pearl: Is...Is this it? The cure?

Peridot: I-I don't know...maybe it is.

Revenger: It might be. I remember something like this when Gien revived Huntress.

Amethyst: So how do we know if it works?

Steven: Oh I know. Wait here, I'll be back in a minute.

Revenger: Where are you going?

Steven: I know someone I want to heal first.

Steven gets on the warp pad and leaves.

Bismuth: Where you think he's going?

Garnet: I have a pretty good idea.

Peridot: I'm really anxious to know if this works.

Volleyball: If you want to test it, use it on me.

Pearl: What?

Acha: What are you saying, your not corrupted?

Volleyball: No but...my eye.

Pearl: Oh... are you sure you want to try it on yourself? What if something happens?

Volleyball: Nothing bad will happen. After spending sometime with Steven I have faith. If this will finally fix me, maybe...maybe I'll stop being ugly.

Pearl places her hands on her shoulders.

Pearl: You were never ugly to begin with.

Volleyball gives her a small smile.

Volleyball: I know, but I really want to know if I can be fixed.

Acha: You really want to go through with this?

Volleyball: Yes, I do.

Pearl: ( sighs) Alright, if this is what you want.

Volleyball steps forward to the fountain. She places her hand into the water and scoops some to her eye. Everyone looked at her, dying to know the the results. A part of her face began to glow, something was happening. Once it stopped, Volleyball slowly took her hand off her eye. She began to regain vision on that eye as she gasp. She turned to everyone and to their surprise, Volleyball's eye was fixed.

Acha: Volleyball.

Kocha: Your eye.

Volleyball: I... I can see... I can see!

She smiled as she rejoiced to this.

Volleyball: I can see! Is my eye really there?

Pearl took out a mirror from her gem.

Pearl: See for yourself.

Volleyball looked into the mirror and saw her eye back.

Volleyball: It worked. Pearl, Acha I can see!

She hugged them both.

Acha: Yes...( chuckles) yes we noticed.

Suddenly they heard the warp pad and turned. They heard Steven's voice bringing someon hear.

Steven: That's it come on.

They saw to their surprise he brought Centipeedle, luring her with chaaaps.

Acha: AAAH! A corrupted gem!

Steven: It's okay Acha. Centi won't hurt us.

Acha: Last time I was near a corrupted gem it tried to devour me.

Steven: Don't worry Centi hear likes chaaaps.

Volleyball: Steven, I tried it myself and it healed my eye.

Steven: Whoa really?

Steven stepped towards her to get a closer look.

Steven: That's great Volleyball, I'm so happy for you. Alright Centi, in you go.

Steven pointed Centi to the fountain. But she wouldn't go in.

Steven: Come on you can do it.

Centi just lightly growled not wanting to. So Steven showed the bag of chips to her, making her excited. He threw the bag into the water as Centi jumped in getting it. She began to glow as everyone watched. Moments later a figure rose out of the water. A gem rose out. She was a Nephrite. She wore a blackish green body suit. She had a green face and of course her gem also served as her one eye. She had short white hair and wore a black skull cap with dark brown boots and gloves. She got out of the fountain, looking dizzy as everyone starred at her.

Nephrite: Uhh...what...what happened? How did I get here?

Revenger: My god...

Pearl: I don't believe this.

Amethyst: You better believe it Pearl.

Garnet: She's healed.

Connie: No way.

Bismuth: Somebody pinch me.

Garnet forms her hand into a gauntlet and punches Bismuth in the arm.

Bismuth: Ow. I said pinch not punch.

Steven: Centi!

Steven ran up and hugged her. Nephrite was take by surprise, but then remembered who Steven was and hugged him back.

Nephrite: Steven? Steven! You're Steven right?

Steven: Yes, you're healed!

Peridot: I don't believe it. It actually worked. I...uh I mean we discovered the cure to corruption! Eat your gem out Gien! Haha!

Later.

They went back inside the temple to gather all the bubbled gems they had and were taking them back to the fountain.

Bismuth: I can't believe after over 5,000 years of fighting corrupted gems, we're finally going to get our old friends back. Oh I can't wait to catch up with Crazy Lace, Snowflake and Biggs. Oh Steven you're gonna love Biggs. Everyone loves Biggs.

Pearl: ( chuckles) Yes Bismuth, we all are.

Amethyst: Yeah I really want to show these gems about Earth and what I experienced. Tv, videogames, food, my unique way of egg salad.

Peridot: And we can show them our meep morps.

Lapis: And show them how to make them.

Steven: We can expand the school for them, right Garnet? Garnet?

Steven looked back as they all turned to Garnet who had a horrified look on her face as she dropped the bubbled gems, but not popping them. They went up to her to see what's wrong.

Steven: Garnet are you okay? What's wrong?

Garnet: The Diamonds... they're coming here.

Meanwhile on Homeworld.

Huntress was banging onto the wall of the prison wall to break out or atleast get to Gien. She kept pounding and banging on it, but no luck.

Huntress: Let us out! Let us out!

Topaz guard 1 : Quiet! Your not making any progress pounding the wall.

Huntress: I'll have you know we are the top members of the Gara Droids. We command you to release us!

Topaz guard 2: We have orders from our Diamonds. They have higher superiority than you three.

Huntress slammed her fist to the wall in frustration.

Viggo: Stop it Huntress. You're wasting your strength.

Huntress: I'm trying to get us out. The Diamonds are going to ruin our plans. Gien's plans to destroy the Earth. It should be his not theirs. Tell him my lord.

Gien didn't respond quickly as he sat down and laid his back on the wall.

Gien: Do as they say Huntress.

Her eyes widened as she turned to the wall he was behind.

Gien: There is no point of trying to escpae. These walls are made of reinforced steel.

Topaz guard 1: See, he gets it.

Gien: But tell me, are the Diamonds off the planet now?

Topaz guard 1: They're long gone. On their way to shatter that traitor Rose Quartz.

Gien began a chuckle as a sinister grin formed on his face.

Gien: Perfect.

Gien opened his wrist showing a small screen and a series of buttons. He entered a code and on the screen said Order 66 as it began to make a beeping noise. The two Topaz guards turned to him.

Topaz guard 2: What are you doing?

Topaz guard 1: Turn that off or...

Suddenly they were stabbed from behind by two Gara Soldiers. They stabbed them again causing them to poof and shattered them. They released the three elites out of their cell.

Viggo: They just killed them. We avoid killing gems on the open unless...

Viggo turned to Gien.

Huntress: My lord, did you just give the order?

Gien nods.

Gien: It's finally time...for the extinction of the gem race.

They heard gunfire outside along with screams. They went outside and as it's reveals the Gara Droids turning against the gems and killin them all.

Viggo: You gave the Order 66.

Gien: Yes, the order I programmed in all my soldiers and elites. Their time has ended while ours is rising.

They watched as the Gara Droids attacked and killed all the gems. They were outnumbered by a lot and numbers were going down. It wasn't just homeworld, other colonies were attacked too.

The remaining Ruby Squad were surrouned by Gara Soldiers. The fused together trying to fight them off, but the soldiers pierced their leg, causing them to fall as they got on top of them and began stabbing them, causing them to unfuse as the soldiers began to stab each of them and shattering their gems.

A group of Amethysts and Jaspers tried fending off an army of Black Knight droids. They were no match for their durability and strength.

On another planet, two Lapis Lazuli's ( mean and nice Lapis from future) were in the middle of terraforming a planet with a group of Aerodroids. They recieved the message as they armed themselves. The two gems turned as they saw what was happening. They flew up avoiding their fire. The aerodroids flew up after them and while two Lapis's tried fighting back and took a few of them down, the droids however were much faster and shot them from behind. They fell to the ground as the Aerodroids landed and continued gunning them down until they poofed and shattered them as well.

Back on Homeworld.

Gien and Viggo were making their way to the lab.

Viggo: I'd never thought I'd see the day we would finally get rid of these low lives. But what now my lord?

Gien: With the gems now being ereadicated now all that's left is the Diamonds and the Crystal Gems. However, this planet is no longer fit for us. There is hardly any energy for us. But the Earth, that is perfect for us. For me to rule as the Supreme Emperor!

Gien laughed as Viggo watched him in his emotionless state.

Viggo: You mean, we're going to invade it? With the full force?

Gien: Not just them, our fallen elites too.

Gien showed to him a closet and in it were core conciousness disks of all the beaten elites from Nabal to Gungan. He went to his super computer and set it to automatic as all the cranes, claws, tools and conveyer belts connected to it began rebuilding the elites at fast speed.

Gien: I know they are dying to get back at them. But it won't be just them, we'll need the Diamonds powers for our...ultimate weapon.

Viggo: Right, I know which one. Wait, where's Huntress?

Gien: Oh she said she had someone on her hit list she badly wanted to get.

Meanwhile.

Blue and Yellow Pearl were trying to get away from the massacre. They hid in Yellow Diamond's room for saftey as the door was reinforced steel and only she and her Diamond knew the code to enter.

Blue Pearl: Will we be safe here?

Yellow Pearl: For now. I can't believe this is happening. They've all gone mad. We must contact our Diamond right away.

In the room she saw the diamond communicator that will allow her to contact them. But as she approached it, a laser projectile was shot and destroyed it.

Huntress: You won't be making any calls.

From the shadows was Huntress.

Yellow Pearl: How did, how did you get here? This is a restricted area for only my diamond.

Huntress: I went through the vents. But if this place is for your Diamond, than why are you here?

Yellow Pearl just stared at her. Huntress can sense how scared she is.

Huntress: Anyway, I'm glad you two are alright, because I have a score to settle with the two of you.

They tried to escape but Huntress fired her finger darts at them, paralyzing the two pearls. She first approached Blue Pearl as she turned her over and took out her machete.

Huntress: Don't worry, I'll make this quick for you.

Yellow Pearl couldn't see, but she heard Blue Pearl scream as well as gem shards hitting the floor. She heard foot steps and felt Huntress grab her head and lifted to her face and placed the tip of the machete to her gem.

Huntress: As for you, I want to enjoy this.

Yellow Pearl: N-No...no please...

Huntress: You know what I hate about you? Your snobbish and high and mighty attitude. You act all cool being the pearl of your diamond and it almost makes me ashamed of being one. It gets old quick and you think I'm a show off. But we can put it behind us now, because I'm going to do something I wanted to do so long ago and this time, your diamond won't be here to save you.

Yellow Pearl screams as Huntress goes for the kill as the screen fades to black.

To be continued...


Author's Note: That's it for this chapter. Sorry it's been a while, but as I said in my last chapter I would be focusing on the short story " A Different Universe." But that's done now, be sure to check that out to fill in some gaps not told here. I know this is not how corruption was healed but as I said ( I think I did, don't remember) I wanted to do this my way so I came up with a different cure. Well now the corruption is dealt with, but the Diamonds will arrive next, the Crystal gems are now the last of their kind and Gien is not done yet. Did anybody get the Star Wars reference here? What happens next? Find out next time. If you liked this chapter, be sure to follow, favorite and review. As always, thank you and until next time.

P.s If your wondering why this wasn't showing up before, the website was down for a few days. At first I thought my file was defected or it was a glitch, but I later looked it up and everyone was having this issue. l I can see it on my properties and preview but not on the actual page. I deleted my chapter and reuploaded it a few times in hope it would work. I apologize for keeping you waiting and if something like this happens again, I think you can view this on the app. Sorry for the delays but enjoy the rest of the story.