The Crystal Gems + Greg are all at Greg´s car wash.
Pearl is observing Greg´s broken van. Amethyst, Garnet and Alex are leaning against the Wall.
"Wow. Those water constructs really did a number on Greg´s ..." Pearl says.
"Ah, give it a rest, Pearl. That thing will be busted forever." Amethyst tells her as she crosses her arms behind her head.
"I completely. It´s just a simple human-machine. I´m sure that I figure this whole thing out before you know it." Pearl says confidently.
Steven walks towards them, as Greg scoots over on a movable chair with wheels.
Alex instantly tenses up and looks away in guilt.
Garnet puts a hand on her shoulder gently.
"Hey, guys!" Steven exclaims.
"I got something that will patch this van up real good!" Greg says as he looks through a toolbox.
"Is it some kind of complex human tool?" Pearl gasps excitedly while she cups her hands.
"Yup, high-quality duct tape! Some well, place duct tape can patch anything up in a pinch, see "Gregs says as he shows them his duct tape and then his broken leg. A rule is duct-taped to his leg.
Alex flinches slightly as she sees it. It´s all my fault...Every time I´m on a mission someone gets hurt. Its seem that I draw bad luck...maybe its better if I´m not with them.
"I´m sure I can fix that without your tape," Pearl says.
"Well, gee, at least let me give you a hand," Greg says as he tries to stand up with the help of a hockey stick.
He falls back down in his chair, due to his weak leg.
Alex and Steven run over to him and help him.
"I´m so sorry, Uncle Greg. You hurt your leg and your van is broken cause of me." Alex says in a very guilty tone as she looks down.
"You apologize too much," Greg says with a smile.
"Way too much," Garnet sighs and crosses her arms.
"Maybe I shouldn´t have tagged along in that crazy adventure. But at least I got to spend time with my favourite guy and my favourite girl." Greg says with a small wink.
Alex smiles slightly.
"Hey, what if you stayed with us until you got better?" Steven suggests.
"Hey, that´s a great idea! But, won´t I get in the way of your training?" Greg says.
"Yes!" Pearl immediately responds.
Alex looked at her slightly amusingly.
"Wait, Steven. Don´t you have healing powers now?" Amethyst asks him.
"Oh, right, yes! You fix Greg, I´ll fix the van." Pearl says as she smiles nervously.
"Nobody has to live with us." She mutter.s
Alex hears that and looks confused at her. What problem does she have with Uncle Greg? Actually, they all have a not a very good opinion of him..Why? Is it because of Rose? Alex wonders.
Steven gasps "Yeah! Here goes something new and exciting." He says and licks his hand.
"And disgusting..." Alex mutters under her breath.
"And...go!" Steven slaps his hand on Greg´s leg. "Okay, you should be better now."
"Okay, if you say so," Greg says and tries to stand up but he falls back into his chair.
"Why didn´t it work?" Steven exclaims.
"Hey, sorry, buddy. Maybe you just need a little more practice." Greg tries to cheer him up.
Alex crosses her arms and narrows her eyes slightly at Greg.
"But...I was doing so well before!" Steven says and looks at his hands.
"Well, you did actually used it two times. One on Connie as you healed her eyes and the second on...me...during our mission." Alex says.
"Maybe, it only works on big injuries." Greg shrugs.
"Then why did Steven used this on me? I wasn´t even that hurt." Alex looks at Steven.
"You broke your arm and a few ribs!" Pearl exclaims.
"Like I said. Nothing serious!" Alex says and rolls her eyes.
"A broken arm and a few ribs? What happened?" Greg asks.
"Oh! I totally forgot to tell you this story." Steven exclaims and facepalms himself.
"Well, since you forgot. Let me tell him that." Alex says.
"What!? No. I´m way better at telling stories than you." Steven exclaims.
"Okay, Okay. But I´ll chime in if you forget something important or if you say something wrong." Alex says and rolls her eyes smiling.
[Flashback]
[...A non canon mission between Indirect kiss and Mirror Gem.]
[Inside the Warp Pad]
"Remember, Alex and Steven. This Mission could be very dangerous. So, listen to what me and Garnet tell you. And don´t listen to Amethyst." Pearl tells them.
"Okay, Pearl," Steven says.
"Okay, Mom," Alex says and she puts her hands inside her pockets.
"Hey! I can be serious during a Mission!" Amethyst exclaims.
"Sorry, Amy. But the last time Steven and I listened to you, Steven got turned into a Cat Steven." Alex says with a small shudder as she remembers the Cat Steven.
Amethyst and Alex stare at each other for a while.
Amethyst "...Okay, that´s fair." Amethyst says and shrugs it off.
"And maybe we´ll get to see if my Healing Power really works!" Steven exclaims excitedly and jumps. He starts to fly up but Garnet catches him.
"I´m very excited to see your healing power, Steven. I guess we all are. But I think it´s better if this Mission goes with no injuries." Pearl says and smiles nervously.
[Flashback end]
"And we would´ve finished this mission successfully and without any injuries IF someone would have been more careful, less reckless and NOT listen to Amethyst," Pearl says as she crosses her arms and looks slightly stern at Alex.
"I guess, I was just being reckless...and probably overconfident. "Alex rubs her the back of her neck, sheepishly.
"But you still did a good job Alex. And Steven, too of course," Garnet says and messes Alex´s hair and smiles at Steven.
"I have to admit, you both did indeed a good job but I really hope you´ve learned your lesson, Alex." Pearl sighs with a small smile.
"Yes, and the lesson is never under no circumstances listen to Amethyst," Alex says and smirks at Amethyst,
"Hey! You have to admit, it did look cooler and it was more fun." Amethyst shrugs with a big grin.
"I guess so," Alex says.
"Guys! Let me continue." Steven says.
[Flashback]
[Outside the Warp Pad]
The Crystal Gems arrive in a Jungle.
"Urgh, this place has become an overgrown Jungle. This will take a long time to get to our destination." Pearl gasps.
"What was that before?" Steven asks.
"It was something like a Zoo of your Mom. She walked through her and looked at the different animals that live in here. She was very fascinated by how many different kinds of animals they are. She really loved animals, even the most dangerous ones," Pearl tells him.
"So, what are we here for?" Alex asks as she crosses her arms.
"There should be a monster here somewhere," Garnet says.
"It would take a long time to find it in here," Alex says as she looks around. "The trees and the bushes are making in really hard to see anything."
"So, what are we gonna do?" Steven asks the Gems.
"Well,..we could split up and search for it," Pearl suggests.
"Wouldn´t it be better if we actually stay together...I mean it´s pretty hard to get lost in here." Alex says.
"You´ve got a point there," Pearl says as she tries to think of another idea.
"We won´t get lost. Splitting up we´ll help us find that monster much faster. Steven goes with Pearl, Alex goes with Amethyst and I´ll go alone." Garnet tells them.
"But isn´t it dangerous to be alone out here?" Alex questions, slightly concerned.
"Don´t worry, I´ll be fine," Garnet says with a smile and messes up Alexs hair.
"Alex, don´t forget. Don´t listen to Amethyst." Pearl reminds Alex.
"I know," Alex says with a smirk while Amethyst crosses her arms clearly annoyed.
[Flashback end]
"I don´t really know what was happening with Amethyst and Alex or Garnet but Pearl and I were searching for this Monster. Until we saw Alex´s gem glowing and heard Amethyst yelling." Steven says.
"I really wanna know what happened there," Pearl says.
"Well..." Alex starts sheepishly.
[Flashback]
"Urgh, we will never find this Monster here. This is such a boring mission." Amethyst complains.
"Well, there isn´t much we can do," Alex says calmly as she looks around.
"We could climb up a tree and look from up there," Amethyst suggests.
"Eh, I don´t think that´s a good idea...I think it´s better if we stay down here." Alex says with a slightly nervous smile.
"This will take ages until we found it." Amethyst whines.
"You know...Pearl said I shouldn´t listen to you...but I guess I will...this one time." Alex sighs and climbs up a tree together with Amethyst.
"P doesn´t have to know it," Amethyst says chuckling.
"Do you see anything?" Alexs asks her.
"Not yet." Amethyst answeres.
"Ugh, It was a waste of time to climb up here. This jungle is way to overgrown we won´t be able to see anything...even from up here." Alex says annoyed.
"Stop squawking, you start to sound like Pearl," Amethyst says and rolls her eyes.
"I don´t squawk! Anyway-wait, look! Could that be this Monster we´re looking for?" Alex says and points at a big strange bear looking like a monster with a gem in his eye.
"It is totally it!" Amethyst exclaims. "Let´s catch it!"
"Wait, shouldn´t we tell the others first?" Alex asks her.
"There is no way we will find them that fast. And besides, imagine how impressed they all would be if we two would poof this Monster by ourselves." Amethyst says with a grin.
Alex stares at the monster in thoughts.
"...Okay, let´s do it. It doesn´t look as dangerous as I thought it would be." Alex says also with a grin on her face.
"Are you ready?" Amethyst asks her.
"I was born ready!" Alex says as her eyes and gem start to glow.
"Okay! That´s the spirit!" Amethyst explains and she uses her whip to catch this Monster.
Alex charges at it with full speed and her katana ready to attack this monster.
But the monster turns it´s head and opens its mouth to bite Alex.
Alex reacts and uses her Katana to stop the Monster from bitting her(or eating her).
She jumps off the Monster and lands on top of a tree again.
The monster tries to get Amethyst´s Whip off of it. It charges at full speed and runs against a tree.
It was the same tree Alex was on. The tree starts to shake from the impact and Alex loses her footing.
"Alex!" Amethyst exclaims as she sees Alex almost fall into the monster's mouth.
Alex uses her Katana to block its mouth from eating her and she lands somehow on the back of the monster.
She holds on the Amethysts Whip around its neck.
This Monster acts a lot like an angry beast and it starts to try to shake Alex from its back.
"Woah!" Alex yelps as she almost slips from it.
She summons her Katana and tries to hit this monsters gem but the monster makes it hard for her to hit it.
The monster charges towards a cliff with Alex.
"That is not good," Alex says.
The monster shakes Alex off before the Cliff.
Alex still holds on the whip around its neck.
"Alex!" Amethyst runs towards her.
"ALEX!" They both hear Pearl and Steven call her name.
A few seconds before Amethyst almost reaches Alex, Alex loses her holding and she falls down the cliff.
"NO!" The three yell as they see her fall down.
Alex falls down and hits a few stones on her way down.
She tries to find something she can hold on to but every time she finds something to grab on to. Her hands slip.
Alex summons her weapon and sticks it in the cliff.
She breaths out as she hangs there, holding herself with one arm.
Alex tries to move her hand to get a better hold on the Katana but she couldn´t feel it.
[Flashback end]
"Me and Pearl arrived and saw how Alex fall down the cliff. Soon, Garnet came running towards us." Steven says.
"Garnet used Amethyst´s whip as a rope to climb down."
[Flaschback]
"Alex! You´re okay?" Garnet says as hangs next to her.
"Garnet! Yeah, I´m fine...just hanging out." Alex says with a sheepish grinning.
Alex holds on Garnet with her one hand.
"What´s wrong with your hand?" Garnet says as she starts to climb up slowly with one hand while holding Alex with the other one.
"I think it´s broken. I hit a few stones as a was falling down here." Alex says with a small grin.
After a few minutes, they finally climbed back up.
"ALEX!" Pearl exclaims and embraces Alex.
Alex tries not to flinch or to hiss as Pearl was embracing her tightly.
Steven joins the embrace.
They both pull away. "Are you okay Alex? Does anything hurts?" Pearl asks her.
"I´m fine... I just broke an arm and a few ribs I think." Alex says with a small smile before she frowns.
She notices that they all were whipping off their tears.
"Why were you all crying?" Alex asks.
"You almost died, Alex, Pearl says and hugs her again.
"And it´s all my fault," Amethyst says sadly as she looks away whipping her tears away.
"What? No. It wasn´t your fault, Amy. It was mine and the monsters. I´m fine..., please stop crying, guys." Alex tries to calm them all down. "Besides, Steven did wanted you to show his healing power didn´t he? Now, it´s his chance!"
"But, didn´t you said that I should never use my healing spit on you no matter how injured you are?" Steven asks her.
"I did...but I guess I can make an exception...this time," Alex says with a small smile.
"Okay!" Steven says excitedly again and spits in his hand." Watch this, guys!"
He puts his hand on her arm.
"Did it worked?" He wonders.
Alex moves her arms for a bit. "Yes, it worked perfectly. Thank you, Steven." Alex says smiling.
"So, you really do have healing powers, Steven! That´s great!" Pearl says excited.
"But you still have to heal Alexs ribs," Garnet says with an amusing smile.
"Uhh...this is not necessary. My arm is healed and my ribs don´t really hurt that much." Alex says as she waves her hands in defence.
"You can´t really continue this mission with broken bones, Alex." Amethyst suddenly says with a smirk on her face.
"Yes, I can," Alex argues back.
Garnet and Pearl look at her and then look back at Alex with the same smirk on their faces.
"Why are you looking at me that way?" Alex asks a little bit scared.
"Steven..." Garnet says as she holds Alexs hands.
"Okay," Steven says and spits on his hand.
"No, please. I´m fine...there´s no need for that." Alex says and struggles.
Pearl helps Garnet to keep Alex from struggling.
"No,..I don´t want to be healed with a healing spit." Alex whines.
"This is for scaring us like that Alex," Garnet says amusingly.
"Sorry, sis," Steven says.
"NO!" Alex yells as Steven puts his hand on her ribs.
[Flashback end]
Alex shudders slightly.
"But even though Alex got hurt and we almost lost the gem. We still found it and defeated it. The end." Steven says smiling.
"Anyway, it´s strange that your healing power didn´t work now. I mean you did heal my broken bones." Alex says as looks at Steven.
"As I said, Steven has to give it a bit more time," Garnet says.
"Cheer up, Steven! At least now we can get to spend more time together, right?" Gregs exclaims smiling.
"Yeah, right." Steven agrees also smiling.
Alex looks at them with a small frown before she slowly smiles at them.
"Garnet, can you give me a hand?" Pearl asks.
Garnet lifts up Greg´s van and the engine of the van falls out of it.
"Heh, you know any other human would throw this car away already. Not everyone would be fixing a broken and old van." Alex says amusingly.
"Well, I am not human and it doesn´t like it would be that complicated," Pearl says smiling.
"And this is why you´re so great, mom," Alex says with a smile and a small blush.
Pearl smiles at her with a small smile.
[Time skip]
(Dear old dad begins to play in the background)
Steven: Dear old dad, remember when you would sing to me, we could do it again.
Steven prepares breakfast together with Alex for Greg. While Greg sits next to the counter.
Steven: Dear old dad, remember how I would sit on your shoulder, well how ´bout now
Alex puts some whipped cream on a stack of pancakes (or waffles or whatever that is). She and Steven look over at Greg to see that he already started to eat his bacon (? or whatever that is).
Alex and Steven look at each other before Steven starts chuckling quietly while Alex shakes her head with an amusing smile.
Steven: Dear old dad, I was wondering why as I get older now, the days keep going by.
Alex walks towards the kitchen to get a snack.
She walks past Steven and Greg who were watching something on Stevens handy. Greg has a bowl of popcorn on his lap and a soda in his hand.
Alex hears them both laugh. She grabs herself an apple and turns around.
Alex sees Steven and Greg laughing while Greg is covered in soda and popcorn.
She simply facepalms before she begins to laugh also.
Steven: Dear old dad, remember this too. In this whole wide world, there´s no one like you...
There´s no one like you...
Greg: My darling son, I remember when I would sing to you, and I would do it again. Beloved child, remember this too. In this world of Gems, there´s no one like you...
"Where´s Stevie?" Alex asks the three gems.
"He´s outside with Greg," Amethyst says.
Alex looks outside and sees them both sitting, playing their instrument and singing.
She smiles slightly.
Both: You...
[End of the Song]
Steven, Greg and Amethyst are making paper airplanes while sitting on the couch while Alex is mediating next to them.
"Bombs away!" Amethyst exclaims as she throws her airplane in the air.
It hits Greg in the head and the three start to laugh.
Alex stops meditating as she hears them laugh. She crosses her arms and stares at Greg for a while, mostly at his broken leg.
Pearl walks in, covered in oil from Greg´s van.
Alex tries to hold her laugh and she covers her smile.
Pearl drops the toolbox and cleans her up.
"You´re back. The Geode is cracked, we must leave immediately." Garnet says as she walks towards them.
"What?" Pearl exclaims.
"Oh, no!" Exclaims Amethyst as she quickly gets up and runs towards warp pad.
"You too, Steven," Garnet says.
"Yeah!" Steven gets up excitedly and runs towards the warp pad.
Alex sighs and stands up.
"Aww, really?" Greg asks sadly.
"Oh, oh, yeah," Steven says as he looks at his dad.
Alex looks at Steven and then at Greg.
"Don´t worry, Steven. I´ll stay here and watch over your dad." Alex says.
"Really?" Steven asks her with stars in his eyes.
The other gems also look at her slightly surprised.
"You don´t really need me on this mission...you need Steven. I´ll be just in your way." Alex says as she rubs the back of her neck sheepishly.
"But...I thought you liked to go on missions with us." Pearl says confused.
"I do, mom. But Greg is hurt...because of me and he needs help. It would be a shame if Steven had to stay instead of me. So...as I big sister...I sacrifice myself for him." Alex says.
"What do you think, Garnet?" Pearl asks her.
Alex looks at Garnet.
Garnet smiles and nods." Alex stays with here and watches over Greg while we deal with this Geode." She says.
The gems are about to warp away.
"Oh! And Steven." Alex says suddenly as looks at him.
"yeah?" He looks confused.
"...I know that your healing power will work this time." Alex says with a smile.
"You think?" Steven asks her unsurely.
"Yes. I believe in you." Alex says.
Steven smiles and nods as he and the gems warp away.
Alex watches as they all warp away with a small smile on her face.
"Sooo, now that they´re gone," Alex says as she sits on the couch. "I wanted to talk to you, Uncle Greg."
"About what?" Greg asks her.
"Well...since the gems don´t want to tell this to me. I would like to know how they found me." Alex tells him with a small frown on her face.
"Well,...I´m not so sure exactly how they found you...but
[Flashback]
"Greg we need your help. "Garnet says as she and the other Gems walk into Greg´s house.
Gregs notices a small baby covered just in a towel."A baby? Where did you find it?" Greg asks as he looks at it closer.
"We found it alone in an alley inside a box. This baby...it has a gem like Steven has." Garnet tells him.
"We don´t know if the Gem will work or not...but it´s not very important anyway," Pearl says as smiles down at the baby in Garnets arms.
"It looks like Steven is going to have a big sister," Greg says and chuckles.
"A big sister?" Amethyst asks and looks at the baby.
"Yes, It´s a girl and I think she must be about two years old," Greg explains. "She needs a name, a birthday and a place where she´s safe."
"She´ll stay with us," Pearl says.
"Her birthday could be the same as Stevens. So, they both can celebrate their birthday on the same day." Amethyst says.
"Okay. But what about her name?" Greg asks.
"Her name is Alexandra or short Alex. Alex Crystal Gem," Garnet says and smiles.
"Alexandra, huh? Sounds good." Greg says smiling at the baby,
"Welcome to our Family. Alexandra Crystal Gem." Garnet says.
[Flashback end]
"You know, I didn´t thought that they would keep you or at least raise you themselves," Greg says.
"Why?" Alex asks and shits her head slightly left.
"Well,..after Rose gave up her existence for Steven and gave him her Gem. The Gems...well they kinda were dealing with that on their own way. They were distant. They didn´t really visit us that much...probably cause Steven reminded them of Rose. But since they found you and decided to keep you, they become also started to take care of Steven. Well, I think it is because of you." Greg tells her.
"Because of me?" Alex looks confused.
"Yes, you and Steven become immediately like real siblings. You were always were protective of him. Every time Steven was crying you were the first who run towards him and asked him why he´s crying. But you also threated the gems like your real family. You hang around with each one of them equally. It´s kinda ironic cause your first word was "Pearl" and your second was "Stev"." Greg says with a small chuckle.
"It doesn´t really surprise me that you start to call Pearl mom recently. There was always a bond between Pearl and you. Actually I guess you were able to create a strong bond with each of them. You were always were different than the other kids and not only because you have a gem. You were always very intelligent even for your age, you were very empathetic if someone was feeling sad or was crying you somehow sensed it and hugged them or made them feel better. " Greg tells her.
"I had no idea that we were all so close. I thought they kept me because I had a gem." Alex says and looks at her hand.
"I don´t think it´s because of the gem. It seems like they all were feeling connected with you from the moment they saw you. You really worked like a magic spell on them and made them get over Roses death much easier. Maybe, it´s because you remind them of themselves." Greg says.
"Of themselves?" Alex wonders.
"Yes, maybe...they´ve felt abandoned after Rose gave her existence for Steven and since you were also abandoned they´ve felt connected to you. Or maybe it´s something slightly personal to them." Greg says and shrugs.
Alex stares at the floor for a minute before a small smile made its way on her lips.
"So, is this the reason you volunteered to stay with me?" Greg asks her.
"Maybe," Alex says and turns away. "Or maybe it´s because I know that Stevens healing spit worked and that you are just lying to him cause you want to spend more time with him." She says in an almost creepy calm voice.
"Well...I..." Greg is unsure what to say and he´s kinda creeped out from Alexs voice.
"You know that you could hang out every time he is not on a mission right? You are his dad and I don´t think he would reject you if you would ask him to hang out together or ask him to watch Tv together or play music together." Alex says with a smile.
"I guess, you´re right...You see this is what I mean that you were always way to Intelligent for your age." Greg says as he winks slightly at her.
"We´re back!" Steven exclaims as he and the Gems came back from the mission.
"Finally," Alex says and rolls her eyes playfully.
"Steven healed the Geode with his healing spit," Amethyst says amusingly.
"Yes! I did!" Steven says excited and runs towards Alex.
"Great Job, Stev," Alex says with a grin.
Steven hugs her tightly. "Thank you." He thanks her happily.
"Wha...? Why are you thanking me? It was all you." Alex says surprised.
"It´s because you believed in me that´s why my healing power worked this time...just like you´ve said," Steven said.
"Really? Then maybe you can try to heal my leg again?" Greg says excitedly.
"Yes!" Steven says as he spits in his hand and places it on Greg's leg.
Greg stands up. "Hey! It really worked this time! Your healing power is pretty cool, buddy." Greg says happily as he messes up Steven's hair.
"How did you knew this would work?" Pearl asks Alex.
"Future Vision," Alex says with a small smirk.
"Future Vision, huh? Say what else does your "Future Vision" said, what will happen once will back." Garnet asks her amusingly with a small smile.
"That you would mess up my hair?" Alex says and chuckles as Garnet messes up her hair.