Well, Here's the next exiting chapter to Jet's Universe. I hope that you are enjoying the story thus far. I know some of the dialogue was taking from the show, that was inteneted. The characters (except Jet) are own by Rebbeca Sugar.

Chapter 2

Laser Light Cannon

It was before sunrise and the residents of Beach City was still sleeping, except for one person. That person was on the beach, training to hone his skills even futher. Jet was currently sparring against a dopplerganger of himself. Pearl had taught him this trick, which took him a while to completely master.

Jet had been staying with the gems for about 2 weeks before he decided that he need his own space. The crystal gems had help him build a small but suitable home near the temple. The inside of the home was simple, it included a living room decorated with small pieces of furniture, a small kitchen, a normal size bathroom equipped with a very large bathtub and a very large bedroom with a queen side bed.

Jet, of course, thanked the crystals gems for everything they had done for him. They treated him like family and that meant a lot to him. Jet had his trench coat off for this sparring session, he didn't want it to get ruined. The trench coat meant a lot to him, it was the last gift he recieved from his father.

The dopplerganger lunged at Jet, snapping him out of his current thoughts. He dodged before the dopplerganger could hit him. Jet smiled and countered with a blast of electricity, the dopplerganger jumped in the air to avoid the blast. That was a mistake on the dopplerganger part because when it comes to the air, Jet is a master of it. Using his speed, Jet was in the air as soon as the dopplerganger jumped. He was behind the dopplerganger and before the dopplerganger could react, Jet swiped it with his blade.

"Defeated!" The dopplerganger said before disappearing. Jet could never get use to the robotic tone that the dopplerganger used. He had to admit that it did put up one heck of a fight for him but he had to wonder why it didn't counter his mid air assualt. It technically was him so he figured the dopplerganger had to know. He shook the thought from his head and sat down in the sand.

'It moments like this that makes life worth living' He thought, as the sun started to raise. He wished he brought a towel with him, he was sweating pretty badly. He started to get up when he seen Garnet started to walk towards him. He started to greet her when he noticed that Garnet summoned her gauntlets. She wanted to spar with him since he challenged the crystal gems to due so. His stamina was pretty low at the moment and he really didn't know if he the energy to give her a challenge.

"So," Garnet said, smiling a little at him. "Is today the day we're gonna spar?" Jet shot her a weak smile. He started to stretch and he summoned his katana. She did make an effort to challenge him and he didn't want to disappoint her.

"Before we start," Jet said, taking his stance. "I am tired from my training eariler so I may not give you the challenge you want. If you win, it's cause I am not at 100%."

"You have a lot of confidence," Garnet said, cracking her neck. "This is gonna be fun." Jet smirked and waited for Garnet to make the first move. Garnet took no time in making the first move as she charged at him with blinding speed. Jet barely had time to block her incoming punch that she threw at him. He slide on the ground from her impact. He saw her smiling at him and it made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Jet jumped back a little and started to gather electicity to his hand. Garnet charged a him once more, making Jet disperse the electricity from his hand and put his sword into the sand. Garnet was about to strike him until Jet caught her fists. She struggled to free from his grip but he had her in a pretty firm. It was a stalemate as neither of them could move. Garnet smirked and headbutted Jet, sending him flying halfway across the beach.

'Dammit!' Jet thought, as he felt hs consciousness slipping from him. He hasn't felt pain like this in quite a while and he chances of winning the sparring match was fading away as well. Jet hit the ground hard and coughed up a little bit of blood. He strugged to get on his feet as he saw Garnet make her way towards him. He saw his sword glowing in the distance and figured he'd make a run for it. He hated the idea of running from an opponent but he needed his weapon. He didn't have the strength to summon his other kitana and he didn't have any other options left.

Garnet saw him break out into a run and wonder what he was up to. He could've just called it quits and she would've respected him for it. Jet made a risky move and manage to jump over Garnet. She didn't attack him, she was more curious on what he was going to do.

Jet was mere feet from his sword and was relieved when he grabbed it. He closed his eyes and when he opened them, they glowed red. Garnet noticed this and stopped advancing towards Jet, she sensed something was wrong. Without any warning, Jet unleashed a gaint wave of purple energy towards Garnet from the tip of his sword. Garnet gasped and moved out of the way. That did it for Jet, as his consciousness finally faded from him and he hit the ground...hard. His weapon also disappearing in the process.

Garnet looked at the damage that Jet's attack did. Jet's attack manage to split some of the beach (and whenever the attack went) apart. Garnet looked at Jet and smiled. The young man did not know how powerful he was. He'd manage to hold off Garnet even though he wasn't at 100%. Garnet picked up the unconscious Jet, grabbed Jet's trench coat, and headed towards the temple with him (since she didn't want to enter his house without his permission).

Jet woke up with a massive headache, he felt as if he has been hit by a train. He looked around his surroundings and noticed that he was in the temple. He also noticed that he was on the couch and that someone was thoughtful enough to give him a blanket while he was unconscious. Jet got up and stretch his limbs, he was extremely sore. He started to walk to the front door when he heard Amethyst and Steven talking behind him.

"Hey, look who's up!" Amethyst said, walking up to Jet with Steven following. "So, I heard you and Garnet had a crazy sparring session, huh?" Jet scoffed when she finished. Crazy wasn't the word, he was technically at a handicap.

"Anyway," Steven said, changing the subject after noticing Jet's reaction. "We're going to get some bits, wanna come?" Jet nodded his head as a response. Jet grabbed his trench coat and headed out the door with the duo.

'What are bits?' He thought as they started to head down the steps of the temple.

Getting to the pier didn't take that long to get to. That was because Amethyst and Steven nearly ran the whole way there. Jet took one leap to catch up to them. If he wasn't so sore, he would've ran with them. As Steven and Amethyst continue to run they stopped when they reached a shop named "Beach Citywalk Fries". Steven and Amethyst ran up to the counter as a man, wearing an apron and hair shaped like french fries, switch the sign from open to close. Jet looked at the sky, it did seem to be getting late.

'Man' Jet said, as he was walking to get behind Steven and Amethyst, 'Don't tell me I was out the whole day? That sucks!' Steven slammed his hands on the counter.

"Hey Fryman," Steven said. "Gimme the bits!"

"Steven, we're closed!" Fryman said, looking at Steven, Amethyst and Jet.

"Aw, what!" Steven said, looking mildly disappointed. Amethyst then slammed her fist on the counter. Jet looked at her in suprise.

"Give him the bits!" Sbe said, slamming her fists on the counter once more. "The bits, The bits, the bits..." She started to chant over and over. Soon after, Steven joined in on her chanting. Jet's headache started to get worst because of their constant chanting.

"Ok, ok!" Fryman said, apparently tired of their chanting as well. "Take it easy on the counter, will ya?" Fryman went to prepare the order of bits and Steven and Amethyst gave each other high fives. Jet shook his head at the ordeal, he did find it a bit amusing.

"I can give you actual fries you know." Fryman said, as he place the order on the counter. Steven reached inside of his front pocket and pulled out a wallet with a star printed on it. He give Fryman a 5 dollar bill and told him to keep the change. The group started to head back to the temple with Steven and Amethyst munching on the fry bits.

"You sure you don't want any, Jet?" Steven said, holding the bag close to Jet. Jet shook his head no. He was just glad to accompany them. "Ok, more for us then...Ah sunset, my favorite time of day. The sun goes down and the second sun gets bigger and bigger in the sky." Amethyst and Jet looked at each other, then started to laugh.

"Yeah," Amethyst said, still laugh a bit. "that big eyed second s..." Jet tapped her shoulder, getting her attention then he pointed up. What they saw looked like a gaint glowing eyeball heading straight for Beach City. Amethyst gasped and grabbed Steven, making him drop his bag of bits. She was running full speed toward the temple.

"Ah! my bits!" Steven shouted, as Amethyst was carrying him away. Jet grabbed the bag and followed them. He got to the temple grounds before Amethyst and Steven did. He noticed that Pearl and Garnet was already investigating the scene.

"This is bad." Garnet said, looking up at the sky. Pearl was next to Garnet, looking through a telescope.

"Look at the size of it," Pearl said in amazement. "I had no idea these things get so big!" Jet looked at the sky and started to wonder if he could cut that object down.

'Probably not...' He thought, clenching his ribs a little. He still wasn't at 100% and if he did something drastic, who knows what would happen. He snapped out of his thoughts when he heard Amethyst shouting in the distance.

"Garnet! Pearl!" She shouted, still carrying Steven.

"We saw." Pearl said, turning around. "Some of us are trying to protect humanity... where were you?" Amethyst placed Steven on the ground next to her.

"Eating fry bits." Amethyst said. Pearl groined at this.

"Ah, Speaking of fry bits." Jet said, showing them the bag. "Here you go, Steven. You dropped your bag. Gotta be careful, dude." Steven grabbed the bag from Jet, gave thanks, and then proceed to walk over to where Pearl was.

"Can I see?" Steven asked, already looking through the telescope. "Whoa... it's a gaint eyeball! Awesome!"

"Not awesome." Pearl said, looking a bit annoyed. "It's a red eye!" Jet looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

'What a wierd name.' Jet thought, still looking up at the sky. They need to figure out something quick or it's game over for Beach City.

"Red eye?" Steven stated. "It's going to infect us all!"

"That's pink eye, dude." Jet said, laugh a bit. Amethyst started to laugh herself. Pearl looked at Steven and started to explain the situation a little more.

"It's going to crash into Beach City," She started. "and crush us, along with a bunch of innocent people... we have to stop it!"

'Geez,' Jet started to think. 'Scare the kid half to death, why don't cha?' Jet took at glance at Steven and noticed that he was shaking a bit.

"Well," Jet said, folding his arms. "What are we going to do?" He was still sore but he could fight.

"The only thing that's powerful enough to destroy this thing is the light cannon that belongs to Rose Quartz..." Garnet said, adjusting her glasses.

"My mom..." Steven said, looking at the rest of the group. Jet looked at the ground, a bit of sadness flowing over him. He never meet his mom and Steven must have never met his either.

"If Rose was here, this would be so easy!" Amethyst said.

"I know," Pearl said, a bit of sadness in her eyes. "but she's not and the cannon is missing. We'll have to find another solution." All of them started to think about possible solutions, until Steven spoke up.

"If it belong to my mom," Steven said, holding a finger up. "then I bet my dad knows where it is! He can help us save the day!"

"Greg is...umm... nice, Steven," Pearl said. "but I doubt Rose would entrust someone like him with such a powerful weapon."

"Your dad is kinda a mess, Steven." Amethyst said, patting Steven on the back.

"Amethyst!" Pearl shouted. Amethyst rolled her eyes.

"I just saying..." Amethyst said. "Even if she did leave it with him, he probably broke it, or lost it, or dropped it in the ocean by now..."

"True." Garnet said, nodding her head. Jet didn't know what to say, he was still trying to figure out a way to beat the gaint doomsday eye that was slowly descending towards them. He could try that technique that he did on Garnet earlier but that takes time. He summon his kitana and placed it in the sand to let in gather energy. He figured that if that can't find the cannon, this could be a possible plan b.

"No way." Steven said. "I'm sure he's keeping it somewhere safe. I'll go ask him!" Steven started to walk away.

"We can handle this Steven..." Garnet said, moving closer to Amethyst. "Ready?" Amethyst looked at her and nodded. Garnet grabbed Amtheyst and jumped in the air at an extreme height then proceed to throw Amethyst as hard as she could towards the gaint eyeball. Amethyst hit the eyeball with a thud and slid down it, splashing into the ocean as a result. Steven and Jet raised a eyebrow at what just happened.

"Umm...I'm gonna go." Steven said, slowly walking away.

"Good luck." Jet said, waving at him.

It been at least 30 minutes since Steven left and Garnet and Amethyst was still trying their "method" at trying to defeat the Red eye. Jet looked at his sword and picked it up, it was ready. Garnet throw Amethyst once more and the result was the same... nothing.

"Ugh.." Amethyst groaned, as she washed up on shore. "One more time! I think I'm cracking it!" Jet went up to Amethyst and offered to help her up. She blushed and took his hand.

"Before you do that," Jet said, helping her up. "you mind if I try?" Amethyst shrugged her shoulders. "You ladies might want to back up a little..." Garnet, Pearl, and Amethyst moved back a little, giving Jet the space he needed. Jet closed his eyes in concentration, trying to mimic the move that he did earlier.

'Mom...' Jet thought, opening his eyes as they glowed a fierce red. 'Give me strength!' As soon as that thought was finished, Jet unleashed a gaint wave of purple energy towards the Red eye. It hit but didn't do enough damage to completely destroy it. There was visible cracks seen on it though. Jet sunk to the ground, his stamina near zero. Garnet, Pearl, and Amethyst rushed to his side to make sure he was okay.

"Wow, that was incredible..." Garnet said, patting Jet's back. "Too bad it didn't completely destroy the Red eye though..." Jet scowled at her.

'Geez, thanks' Jet thought, getting to his feet. If he could use that attack one more time, that Red eye would be destroyed but he didn't want to risk the recoil that the attack would do to him. He started to think of another way to beat Red eye, when he heard a horn.

It was a white van with colorful art on it. On the sides of the van read 'Mr. Universe' on it. Steven and a man (that Jet presumed that was Steven's father), hopped out of the van (with the pink cannon behind it) and greeted the others. Steven's dad was wearing a white muscle t-shirt, blue jeans, and was bare footed. He also had a beard and long brown hair with a bald spot in the middle.

"Wow..." Pearl said, shocked. "He really had it!"

"We're saved!" Amethyst shouted. Before she could continue with her celebration, the whole beach started to shake and the sky turned a dark pink. The Red Eye was really closing in on them.

"We have to use it now!" Garnet said, looking up. She and the others ran to were the cannon was, trying to get it to activate. Pearl was looking to see it there was some kind of switch located on it.

"I don't know how this works." She said, continuing to search the cannon. "It was Rose's..."

"Dad..." Steven said, looking at his father. "How do we us it?" Steven's dad shrugged his shoulders. Pearl grabbed Steven by the shoulders, getting his attention.

"Steven!" She said, urgently. "This is serious! Wait... the gem... you have Rose's gem..." Steven raised his t-shirt to look at his gem. Amethyst grabbed Steven by the collar, startling him a bit.

"That's it!" She said, with excitement. She picked Steven up and made him rub up and down on the cannon. She started to get annoyed. "Aw, C'mon!"

"Stop that." Garnet said. Amethyst looked at Garnet.

"Fine." She said, still looking at Garnet. "Throw me again!"

"That not gonna work." Jet said, putting his weapon away. He crossed his arms and looked up.

'Everyone's getting desperate,' He thought. 'I don't blame them if they are...' Jet looked at Steven who was lightly banging on the cannon. He attention then shifted to Steven's dad, whose van started to get pulled by the ocean. Steven's dad noticed and tried to stop it. If they weren't in such a dire situation, Jet would've laughed.

"Please work," He heard Steven say. "Come on! Activate! Go! Please! Everyone's counting on you, you can't be just useless! I know you can help!"

"It's OK, Steven!" Steven's dad, (Greg) said. "We'll figure out some else!"

"Right," Steven said, looking at his dad. "if every porkchop was perfect, we wouldn't have hotdogs..."

'What?' Jet thought, raising an eyebrow. He was gonna say something aboout that but then decided against it when he noticed that the cannon started to glow.

"It's working!" Pearl said, looking in amazement. Steven fell off the cannon and the cannon was pointed down Steven tried to lift the cannon by himself but it was too heavy for him. He sudden felt the pressure of it being lifted off him. He turned around to see Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Jet helping him lift the cannon. They aimed it right at the Red Eye.

"This is it!" Amethyst said.

"Brace yourselves!" Garnet warned.

"Let's do this!" Jet said, as the cannon started to charge power.

No less the a minute, a power pink beam shoot out of the cannon towards the Red Eye. The beam formed into a projectile rose, then it seemed to form in a person. The beam hit the Red Eye and it expolded in an instinct. All the gang could do is watch in amazement as the residue from the explosion landed on the beach.

"Crisis averted!" Jet said, giving a sigh of relief.

"I know, right?" Amethyst said, agreeing with him. Her attention then shifted to Steven. "Congratulations, Steven! You just saved Beach City!"

"How did you get it to work?" Pearl said, looking at Steven.

"I just said that thing dad always says." Steven said. Pearl raised an eyebrow.

"That thing about pork rinds?" She said. Garnet put a hand on her shoulder.

"It's hotdogs..." Garnet said, correcting her.

"Rose..." Greg said, with tears in his eyes. He was looking up at the sky.

While everyone was celebrating the victory over Red Eye in their own way, Jet put his hands in his pockets and started to walk away. He was exhausted and on the verge of passing out in front of everyone. He was at his breaking point for the day, having to pump out a lot of power in one day was unusual for him. He knew situations like this was going to happen like this ever since he step foot in Beach City but he didn't care, he was just have a place where he can finally call home.