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[The Gems warp into the Gem Communication Hub.]
"Woah! What magical place of mystery is this?" Steven asks as he looks up amazed.
"Oh, I'm so glad you asked! This was once a communication hub for Gem-kind. But lately..." Pearl says as she walks over to the pillars. "it's begun transmitting bursts of electromagnetic interference!"
"And this means?" Alex asks confused.
"It's hurting television," Garnet says as she puts her hand on her hips. Alex looks at her amusingly.
"Nooooooo! I'll save you, television!" Steven yells and tries to damage one of the pillars.
Amethyst lifts Steven. "Sorry, but we need a Steven at least..." She shapeshifts into a stronger looking Steven.
"THIS strong for this job." She says with a deeper voice.
"It's all the me I could be!" Steven gasps with Stars in his eyes.
Amethyst puts Steven down and attempts to destroy the pillar
Pearl catches the small piece that Amethyst punched off.
"Amethyst, we could be here all day taking out these pillars individually," Pearl says.
"Ugh, I hate it when you're right. You get his look on your face..." Amethyst says and looks at Pearl's face.
" Yeah, that's the one."
Alex laughs slightly.
"What we need is a well thought out plan" Garnet interrupts Pearl.
"No. What we need is Sugilite. Amethyst, fuse with me."
"WHAAT?!" Pearl and Amethyst yell.
Alex looks at Amethyst who screams in excitement with an amused look.
She notices Pearls look on her face.
"Hold your horses! Are... you guys going to become a Gem Fusion?" Steven asks excitedly. Amethyst replies excitedly with a scream.
"Garnet, think about this. You and Amethyst can be a little... eheh... unstable when you personalities combine. We need to be careful! Fuse with me, instead." Pearl says.
Garnet puts her hand on Pearl's shoulder. " We don't need to be careful. We just need to be huge," she tells her.
"Are you sure? It's rare that Pearl is wrong." Alex says crossing her arms.
"You are just want to get on Pearls good side, huh? You are such a mommy girl, Alex." Amethyst says grinning at her.
Alex blushes immediately. "I am NOT a mommy girl!" She exclaims.
"Let's wreck this joint." Amethyst gets into position.
"Synchronize." Garnets gemstones start to glow.
Alex, Pearl and Seven watch their fusion dance.
Although Pearl covers Steven's eyes.
Alex's eyes widened as she saw them forming Sugilite.
Sugilite laughs and cracks her knuckles. "I forgot GREAT it feels to be me!"
"That's Sugilite?" Alex asks shocked.
"You got it, baby. Hey, Steven. Wanna see something cool?" She asks.
"Yeah!" Steven says in excitement.
Sugilite fuses Garnet's gauntlets and Amethyst's whips and forms her flail.
Steven gasps in amazement while Alex still looks kinda shocked.
"You like that, little man?" Sugilite asks Steven.
"Are you gonna smash stuff with your wrecking-ball-thingy?" Steven asks.
"That's the plan! Where should I start?" She asks.
"Do that one!" Steven points to a pillar.
Sugilite starts to smash the pillars.
"Steven, I think we should go," Pearl says worriedly.
"No way! This is awesome!" Steven yells excited.
"I don't like this at all," Alex mutters. She notices the debris from the pillars fall everywhere.
"Watch it!" Pearl yells and kicks a rock.
Alex dodges a few rocks and Steven gets hit with a small rock in the face.
"Steven!" Pearl and Alex yell.
"Ugh, you're just too much!" Pearl yells at Sugilite.
"Maybe you're just too LITTLE!" Sugilite says.
"Steven, Alex, we're going!" Pearl says and picks up Steven.
"Finally," Alex says.
"What? I'm fine! What about Sugilite?" Steven asks.
"She can find his own way home!" Pearl says.
The three warp back home.
[Time skip.]
"Where's Steven?" Pearl asks Alex who was meditating.
"Outside, I guess. "Alex answeres.
"... Pearl?" She says suddenly.
"Yes?"
"When are you going to tell me about my mom?" Alex asks her.
"Alex... Garnet is right. We will tell you that as soon as you become older. I don't think you're strong enough to handle it yet." Pearl says smiling at her.
Alex looks down disappointed. "But... arg forget I asked." She says bitterly.
Pearl and Alex both walk outside.
"Hey, guys! Wanna join?" Steven asks them.
"Steven, what are you up to, buddy?" Alex asks him.
"We're starting a gym! Imma get supa strong! Like Sugilite!" Steven says as he flexes.
"You know, maybe this isn't a good idea," Pearl says.
"What? I wanna be strong so I can be useful for the team!" Steven says.
"There are different ways of being strong..." Pearl tells him.
"But I want to be strong in the real way. Come one, Pearl. Let's get beefy!" Steven says as he puts on his sweatband.
"I'd rather not," Pearl says as she blushes angrily.
She walks back inside the Beach House.
Both Alex and Steven look at her through the window.
"Why do you have to look up to her?" Pear starts to sing as she picks up Steven clothes.
"Aside from in a literal sense. Don't you know that a power that big come with a bigger expense?
And can't you see that she's out of control and overzealous?
I'm telling you for your own good
And not because I'm..."
Alex frowns slightly at this.
"I could show how to be strong
In the real way
And I know that we can be strong
In the real way
And I want to inspire you
I want to be your rock
And when I talk it lights a fire in you.
"Ok. Alex... are you going to join us?" Steven asks her.
"Not really," Alex asks as she walks away.
She mediates at the beach not far away from where Steven is coaching the others.
Steven:" Who's ready to get buff?!
I don't want to see your gut.
I want to see your guts!
I can show you how to be strong
In the real way
And I know that we can be strong
In the real way."
Alex scoffs slightly.
Alex: Why don't you see that I look up to you?
I just don't see what does he has that I don't."
Alex looks at Steven.
"I thought when you told me we could train together. It meant that you would teach me how to be strong
In the real way
.But instead you tell me how great he is...
Why can't I be just good enough for you?
I wish you would show me how to be strong
In the real way
And I know that together we can be strong
In the real way.
Steven: And I want to inspire you
I want to be your rock
Alex: And I want you to know that you inspire me.
I'm just trying hard to make you proud.
Steven: And when I talk it lights a fire in you.
Alex: And when I did something good... You smile proudly at me
and it lights a fire inside of me.
Steven: I want to inspire you
I want to be your rock
and when I talk It lights a fire in you.
Alex: You have no idea how you inspire me.
I'm the one who listens to you.
But somehow it's still not enough
you still only want to get his attention
What does he has what I don't?"
Alexs looks over to them.
"Hey, Steven. Maybe um... you can work out a bit, too?" Sadie asks him.
"Uh-huh'? I have been." Steven tells her."
We've been working out. You've just been singing some dumb song." Lars complains... as always.
"But you're going a great job pumping us up!" Greg says.
"Thanks! But I need to get strong, too. I'm switching to four-wheel drive!" Steven puts on four tires and runs around.
Alex looks sadly at the ground.
Alex: I guess I'm just not good enough to best strong
In the real way.
She sings quietly as she walks towards the Beach House.
[Time skip]
[ The next morning]
"Steven, come on! We're ready to get started! We can't work out without your mad coaching skills!" Sadie calls Steven.
"Be there in a sec! So sore from getting ripped..." Steven groans in pain as he tries to go down the stairs.
Alex looks amusingly at him.
She notices that Pearls looks nervous. "What's wrong, Pearl?" She asks.
"I don't understand. Amethyst and Garnet still aren't back yet. I tried to warp back and check on them, but the Warp Pad's down!" Pearl tells her.
Suddenly, the ground starts to shake and the House starts to crumble.
Alex, Steven and Pearl run out of the house and see Sugilite walking towards them from the ocean.
"I'M... BORED!" Sugilite roars as the others run away.
"I knew this wasn't a good idea," Alex says.
"Y-you're back!" Pearl exclaims.
"YOU LEFT ME BEHIND" Sugilite points at Pearl.
"We just thought you didn't need any help. Now, why don't you separate, and we can all sit down and relax?" Pear suggests and gestures over to the Beach House.
"No!" Sugilite kicks Pearl.
"Pearl!" Alex and Steven yell.
"Listen to me! You've been fused for too long! You're losing yourselves!" Pearl says.
"I AM MYSELF! AND I'M SICK OF BEING SPLIT UP! So you better get used to me, baby. ANG GET THIS JUNK OFF MY BEACH" Sugilite yells as she destroys the gym.
"Why is she wrecking Dad's gym? Why is she attacking you?!" Steven asks confused and scared.
"Steven, get out of here!" Pearl lifts Steven up and tosses him away.
"You too, Alex," Pearl says as she summons her spear.
"But-"
"WHAT? YOU WANNA FIGHT?!" Sugilite yells.
"Alex! Go!" Pearl tells her as she jumps towards Sugilite.
"No! I won't leave you alone!" Alex argues back as she sees that Sugilite smashes Pear into the ground.
"Alex! I'm sorry... Steven, Alex, Garnet, Amethyst... I wasn't strong enough, to protect you. I'm not strong enough to do anything..." Pearl kneels and cries.
Alex jump in front of her. "What are you talking about? You are strong...in the real way. You always seem so sad and disappointed when Steven looks up to Garnet or Amethyst or Sugilite and you don't see that I look up to you... I mean I do look up to Garnet too but it's different.
I don't understand why does Steven has that I don't...
Why am I not good enough for you?" Alex says with tears in her eyes.
"Alex..." Pearl looks at her surprised.
"Now I have the chance to show you that I'm strong enough," Alex says as she summons her weapon and her eye starts to glow.
"Alex! No!" Pearl yells as Alex jumps towards Sugilite.
"WHAT?! YOU?! YOU WANNA FIGHT TOO? HUH, I NEVER LIKE YOU ANYWAY!" Sugilite yells and tries to hit Alex.
Alex dodges and was about to hit Sugilite... but she hesitates.
Sugilite was about to hit her but Alex dodges it again.
Her eye stops glowing and she falls on the ground.
As she looks up she saw that Sugilite was about to hit her again.
Pearl jumps in front of her." Don't TOUCH her!" She says as she blocks Sugilites fist.
"Pearl... I..." Alex looks away.
"Alex... I'm sorry I made you feel like you're not good enough. I never thought about it. You're strong and smart. You learned how to summon your weapon without our help. I was so busy trying to get Steven to look up to me that I forgot that you also are a child.
Alex... I thought that I didn't need to tell you how proud I am of you cause I thought you already knew that. You are more than good enough for all of us." Pearl tells her with a small smile.
"YOU WANT SOME MORE?!" Sugilite yells at Pearl.
"ANY TIME! You're no match for me! Not even CLOSE!" Pearl yells and runs up to the lighthouse.
"Get back here!" Sugilite yells as she chases her.
Pearl leaps off the cliff.
"Nice try." Sugilite laughs.
She starts to swing her flail but she loses her footing after Pearl threw her spear at her feet.
Sugilite lands on her head and separates into Garnet and Amethyst.
"Amethyst! Garnet! Are you okay!?" Pearl asks them.
"Yeah... Sugilite just overworked our bodies. It's... a little painful." Garnet says
."I've got a monster headache." Amethyst says as she holds her head.
"Pearl, you did it!" Steven cheers.
"I guess I just get in your way," Alex says as she looks to the ground.
"No, you did a great job," Pearl says and hugs her. "I'm proud of you."
"Alex... We want you to know that no matter what Sugilite did or said. It wasn't us ... okay." Garnet says as she kneels in front of her and puts her hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah, she's stupid. It's impossible not like you Alexi." Amethyst says smiling.
Alex is quiet for a few seconds before she hugs Garnet hesitating.
"I'm glad you're two are back," Alex mutters and Garnet smiles gently.
"Pearl, we should've listened... You were right." Garnet says as she hugs Alex back.
"Yeah, I was right," Pearl says.
"Go, Pearl!" Steven cheers.
"Come on! I feel GREAT! Who's up for a MISSION? Or..." Pearl starts rambling.
"How long is she going to keep this up?" Amethyst asks slightly annoyed.
"We deserve it. Take it like a Gem." Garnet says.
Alex laughs slightly.
I hope someday I'll be able to be strong
In the real way. She thinks as she looks at Pearl rambling.