Year 4: I Am My Mom
I was back home with Steven in hand as he was explaining the whole situation to the rest of the team. I for one was on the couch feeling dissapointed in myself for believing that I actually had parents.
Pearl: Why is Homeworld stealing humans from the boardwalk?
Steven: I don't know, but they're only taking my friends! They even got Connie! If we don't do something, they're going to take them into space!
Amethyst: And our spaceship got jacked, so if they leave Earth...
Garnet: They'll be gone for good.
Amethyst: Ugh! Who were these guys?
Me: [crestfallen] There names were Aquamarine and Topaz. The Topaz was very big because it was a fusion of two smaller Topazes... *sighs*
Pearl: A Topaz fusion... And an Aquamarine?
Amethyst: Are they a big deal?
Pearl: Uhh, yes! Blue and Yellow Diamond must have sent them personally.
Steven: The Diamonds? Oh no! They must be collecting more humans for the zoo!
Me: Of course they are! Why did I ever think that gems have parents? We were made not born!
Amethyst: Don't beat yourself up, Marbs. If it makes you feel any better I always thought of you as a big sister.
Me: It does make me feel a little better.
(Steven's phone starts buzzing.)
We enter in the Beach City Funland, completley desserted. We didn't know what we were in for that very night, and we weren't prepared for what happened next...
(A photo is sent to Steven's phone, revealing the entrance of Funland, and the Crystal Gems head there immediately.)
Garnet: Stay alert. They could be anywhere.
Amethyst: Did Connie send you any more pictures?
Steven: No, nothing.
Pearl: We know they're here somewhere.
Me: [Weildning my axe] I'm ready for her. She has filled me with false hope. She's gonna pay!
(The Gems run on ahead, leaving Steven behind, as he begins whisper-yelling for his friends.)
Steven: Connie? Lars? Sadie? Onion? *sighs* Why them?
(Steven tries calling Connie's cellphone, and "Alone Together" is heard in the distance. Steven runs towards the source of the music and finds Connie's phone on the ground. We also come walking in too, after hearing the music.)
Pearl: *gasps* W-Was that Connie's pho-
(Heavy footsteps is then heard from behind Steven. He peeks behind from the corner of his eyes and spots Topaz peeking out from behind the merry-go-round.)
Aquamarine: *pops out* Oh, no! You found us.
(Onion and Sadie peeks out too, mumbling frantically.)
Jamie: *pops out* Help!
Steven: Give it up, Aquamarine! There's nowhere to run!
Jamie: Steven! Save yourself... After you save us!
Aquamarine: Huh. *pulls out her wand* You know, now that I think about it, this Steven does seem to know everyone on our list. The list did come from a Steven, after all. Maybe you can help us out.
Me: He ain't helping nobody. But We'll be helping you to the fastest way out of this planet!
Garnet: Just let the humans go!
Aquamarine: Uhh, no! Who are these dullards?
Amethyst: We're the Crystal Gems, you chump!
Aquamarine: Yeah, yeah. Rose Quartz's old lackeys. That was in the report, too. Espically that Marble of yours. I still cannot believe an elite homeworld soldier is recuced to being part of those fools.
Me: Hey, these fools are my friends! And so are they! And you are going to let them go!
Aquamarine: I have no intention of doing so! These humans are partial to my mission. But I will leave you alone if you just tell me where 'My Dad' is!
Steven: I don't know what you're talking about!
Aquamarine: Let's see. Yellow Diamond asked for, uh, my dad, a Connie, a Lars, a Sadie, a mailman, and an Onion, I think. Six human variations specified in a report by Peridot 5XG.
(Steven gasps in shock as he flashes back to the time of Marble Madness, when he was talking to Peridot for the first time.)
Past Steven: "Oh no, there's lots of humans, there's my dad, Connie, Lars and Sadie, the mailman, Onion... I think."
(The brief flashback ends, leaving Steven morbidly horrified.)
It was that moment Steven knew, he messed up.
Steven: The list. I gave them the list.
Pearl: What are you talking about?
Steven: I told her about the humans I know! That's why she's after them!
Garnet: Don't worry about that now. Our objective's still the same: beat the Gems...
Steven: ...Save our friends!
Aquamarine: Hey Topaz, look! They want to lose another fight.
(Garnet charges forth, preparing to make the first strike, when Topaz moves Jamie, merged in her body, right in Garnet's trajectory, causing her to flinch.)
Jamie: No, Garnet, I've moved on, I swear!
(Garnet quickly halts herself to avoid hurting Jamie, which however, also allows Topaz to grab her by her head and throws her away, slamming right into a game booth.)
Steven: Garnet!
Amethyst: That's dirty!
(I charged at Topaz and attacked her with a flurry of kicks only hurting the people inside, mostly Lars. But then she grabbed my legs and tossed me aside)
Pearl: Marble! There are innocent people inside that Topaz! We can't harm them!
Lars: [Badly hurt] Oh...
Pearl: Anymore. *leaps up* My spear can reach her without hurting the hostages!
Aquamarine: Oh, you're so smart. *fires a tractor beam with her wand at Pearl* Goodbye!
Pearl: Whoa!
(Aquamarine hurls Pearl high up into the sky, causing her to disappear into it with a blink. Amethyst then coils her whip around Connie's hand and attempts to pull her out of Topaz's body. Topaz, however, stops her by stomping on the whip with her foot. Garnet emerges from inside the game booth, Pearl lands back from the sky, and the Crystal Gems regroup.)
Aquamarine: This is getting annoying. Hey, Topaz, can you remind me? I mean, my memory is perfect, but our orders were to bring back these six humans. I'm just not sure. Did they specify... alive? (Aquamarine makes a sinister look at the Crystal Gems, startled by her remark. Aquamarine then quickly takes on an overjoyed expression.) You know, I don't think they did!
Me: You wouldn't dare!
(At Aquamarine's comment, Topaz grips Jamie's head in her hand.)
Steven: Jamie.
Jamie: *whimpering* Steven?
Aquamarine: I just think, if you care about your "friends" or whatever, you should tell me where "my dad" is, all right?
Pearl: What are we going to do?! Steven!
Steven: *runs towards Aquamarine* Stop! I know where you can find "my dad".
Aquamarine: Ooh! Where? Where!?
Steven: Right here. I'm the one you're looking for. I am "my dad"!
Pearl: What?
Amethyst: Huh?
Aquamarine: I know what you're thinking, Topaz. It seems a little suspicious that "my dad" is also a "Steven". But you know... If it means getting out of here, I'll believe it.
(Topaz instantly unfuses into two Topazes, holding hands while carrying the other humans.)
Connie: Steven!
Pearl: Steven, do you know what you're doing?
(Steven glances at Pearl and gives a thumbs-up, as the Topazes fuse together with Steven in between, merging him and the other humans in Topaz's body. Only Steven's head is visible from the surface of Topaz's back, along with Lars' half-submerged head and arm.)
Steven: Oh! Hi, Lars.
(Lars shouts in anger, but is muffled, due to his mouth merged in Topaz's body.)
Steven: Don't worry, I'm gonna bust us all out with my bubble power!
(Steven begins straining, while Onion, merged on Topaz's shoulder, murmurs something to Topaz.)
Steven: Her body's... so thick.
Me: *Smirks* And not in a good way.
(Lars muffle-shouts in anger again, banging on Topaz's back with his free arm.)
Aquamarine: Time to go!
(Aquamarine raises her wand, and a spaceship, disguised as the top of a merry-go-around, activates, floating into the air and opening a door into it.)
Amethyst: Uh, Steven, di-did you actually have a plan or-
Steven: Just need... a minute...
(Topaz leaps onto the ship's door and Aquamarine flies in front of the Crystal Gems to taunt them.)
Aquamarine: Very nice meeting you all, and your compliance is appreciated, but!- *dodges a stab from Pearl's spear* Our job here is done, so...
(Aquamarine blows a raspberry as she flies into her ship. Steven stops straining as he looks around the interior of the ship.)
As Steven was being hauled away to Homeworld, I could not stand as Aquamarine take my friend away.
Me: Garnet! Launch me up there! [I get on Garnet's hands]
Pearl: Marble! What are you doing?
Me: I need to get up there and save Steven! Now, Garnet. We don't have much time so I need you to launch me to the exact direction of the spaceshi- [Garnet threw me before I could finish. I flew directly into the space ship and landed on the top. I summoned my axe and try to break in to it. I smashed a hole and landed inside where I saw Steven and Connie fighting the Topazes]
Steven: Marble!
Aquamarine: You!
Me: Once again I arrived at just the right time.
Aquamarine: What have you done to my ship, you brute!?
Me: Aquamarine. [I summon my axe again] You are going to release my friends or I personally sent you back to Homeworld at the end of my foot!
Aquamarine: Ugh! You uncivilized brute! Topaz! Get her!
[The Topaz splits in two and one of them runs to attack me. While we fought Steven and Connie fought the other Topaz while the captives try to escape. Topaz swung her mace at me but I defended it with my axe and kicked her upisde the head. I dodge a punch and grabbed her arm and tried to lift her arm but she wouldn't budge]
Me: [grunts] Man you are strong! [Topaz lifted me up and tossed me aside] Alright, let's see if you can keep up with this! [I rolled into a ball and attacked Topaz, crashing her into Aquamarine's control panel]
Aquamarine: My panel!
Me: You're next! [I charge into Aquamarine]
Aquamarine: Ugh! Enough of this! [She fired her tractor beam at me and stopped me in my tracks] You are becoming quite the annoyance. This is no way for a Marble to even act!
Me: This is how I always act! I'm just trying to protect my friends!
Aquamarine: Friends!? With those Crystal fools? A Marble is meant to serve diamonds. [She gets an idea] Hmm... Didn't Yellow Diamond say something about a runaway Marble soldier? [I gasp] Perhaps, you are the one she was looking for...
Me: You wouldn't!
I glared at Aquamarine as she sinisterly smiled at me. Suddenly the ship start to shake making her release her hold on me. Luckily for me, the gems were outside as Alexandrite. Steven opened the door giving us the chance to escape.
Steven: Take us close to the water. We're gonna jump!
Sadie: What?!
Jamie: Huh?
(Alexandrite pushes the ship down towards the ocean.)
Steven: Okay-
(Onion immediately runs out of the door and plunges into the ocean.)
Steven: Uhh, go! Go.
Jamie: Steven, I-I seem to be paralyzed with fear.
Me: For crying out loud. [I kick Jamie off the ship. I then grab Steven] Time to go! [We both got off but suddenly we were all trapped in Aquamarine's tractor beam again.]
Aquamarine: Nice try. But it's hopeless, "my dad". I can't go back to Homeworld without getting what the Diamonds want.
[The screen freezeframes]
Yep, now you know how it all started. The last couple of days were crazy. I just wished I got out of this easily like before. But this time was different...
(Steven glances down at his friends in peril and begins to confess in defeat.)
Steven: I'm... not my dad.
Aquamarine: What?!
Steven: I'm not my dad!
Aquamarine: How much longer is this mission going to take?
Steven: Well, I can end it for you, right now.
Aquamarine Oh, really?
Steven: I'm someone the Diamonds will want more than any of these humans: the leader of the Crystal Gem rebellion; the Gem that shattered Pink Diamond. I'm not my dad. I'm my mom. *lifts his shirt* I'm Rose Quartz!
Aquamarine *gasps* No way.
(Aquamarine retracts her tractor beam, causing Alexandrite to unfuse, and everyone to drop into the ocean but me and Steven.)
Connie: Steven?
Pearl: No, don't! Steven!
Amethyst: What are you doing?!
Steven: I get it now. I'm the only one who can stop what she started. I can stop all of it!
Me: Steven, you don't know what you're saying!
Steven: Yes I am! She wouldn't have wanted this. But I do.
Amethyst: I'm gonna kick your butt if you don't come down here right now!
Pearl: Marble! Do something!
Me: *Grabs Steven* We need to leave now.
Steven: *Lets go* No! I need to finish this. Just leave without me.
Me: No I won't!
Aquamarine: You won't have to. Your both coming with me.
Me: What?!
Aquamarine: You are an accomplice to ruining my Diamond's plans and a part of Rose's rebels. I'll let her figure out what to do with you for such insolence!
Me: *Frightened* No! I can't go back to Homeworld! (I ran for the exit but Topaz grabbed me and Steven and and walked away as the door closes.) Can't we just sit down and discuss this!?
(The door of the ship closes, and the ship blasts off, disappearing into the evening sky.)