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-=Spinel/The Pearls/Steven=-

-=The Pearls' house=-

After Steven fell into Spinel's arms all three Pearls rushed over to the two of them. "What happened to him?!" She shouted to no one in particular. "Someone help me with him!" She cried out, holding him against her chest.

"Spinel, please calm down. You have to let us see him so we can help, we can't do anything if you're holding him like that, ok?" Pinkie requested, placing a hand on her shoulder gently.

The younger Gem was very hesitant, but never the less did as she was asked, moving him away slightly, though still refusing to let him go. Blue and Pink got closer, inspecting him closely while Yellow seemed to be worried for his wellbeing as well, though unable to really do anything.

"I'm not seeing any openings in the skin, how about you?" Blue Pearl asked, looking over the exposed skin she could see.

"No, though his skin seems to have turned darker in some spots on his body, and some of his cloths are torn." Pink said, her voice heavy with worry as she inspected him.

"I think the renegade Pearl explained those to be bruises; results from human skin being hit with a great amount of force." The blue Gem explained, this time not even bothering to show her distaste for the Gem.

"That's right, Pink's other Pearl, maybe she can help with this." Yellow Pearl offered up her suggestion, knowing that they couldn't do anything about this.

Blue looked over to Pink who then looked down to Steven and Spinel. "It's ok, I don't mind, we just need to get him some help right away." She said with a serious look and a nod.

"If you're sure, I mean you can stay here if you like." The blue Pearl offered as she stood back up, turning to her Pink friend completely.

"No, I need to see that he will be ok." She responded without hesitation as she too stood up. "Come on Spinel, you can carry him there if you'd like, just try to keep his body straight."

She just responded with a nod as she coiled her arms around him gently. The four of them huddling close together on the warp pad before heading off for earth.

-=Steven=-

-=???=-

Steven opened his eyes slowly only to realize that he was in a void-like place. "Where am I?..." He asked as he stood up and began looking around.

"Subconscious has awoken." The familiar voice from in his head announced.

"Where am I now? What's going on?" Steven asked it, becoming slightly frustrated already.

"You are in our gem, to repair our body with what little energy you are able to generate from being unconscious, I need your mind to be less active, therefore I cannot allow you to dream, as that would take more focus off of healing you." It explained calmly.

"Alright I guess,...can you explain what happened to me? I'm so confused, and now that I'm not running for my life and we have time, I think I would like to ask you a few questions."

It seemed to take a moment to think. "Very well. Moving repairs to secondary urgency level, current repairs at 22%."

Steven waited until it seemed less busy than it currently was, but what he didn't expect was to turn around and see the nearly transparent pink version of himself from the cellar standing behind him.

He looked it up and down, realizing how it was almost like starring into a pink tented mirror; if not for its empty and emotionless stare, it would be too eerie, or maybe that's part of what made it as eerie as it was.

"So...I guess I'll start by repeating my question." He said, watching it carefully. "What happened earlier?"

"Which event are you referring to?" It asked as multiple screens appeared around them, showing all the significant moments from before he blacked out.

"When you were taken out of me...I died, didn't I?" He asked, dreading the answer.

"Affirmative; by all technical and medical means, you were dead." It responded without missing a beat as one screen remained, it playing over the moments leading to his death, this being clearly not understanding the emotional and mental damage that dying and coming back would bring someone.

Steven dropped down to the floor, leaning against an invisible wall as be looked over himself. "So it's true then?...I see." He said, shaking his head and trying to put on a smile to make himself seem more lighthearted. "I guess me and Lars have something in common now." He joked weakly despite the tears in his eyes that were threatening to spill.

"Sensing emotional stress. Recommendation: breathing exercises and reminding yourself that you are alive here and now." This Pink him said, offering what Steven assumed was its version of sympathy.

"R-right..." The hybrid responded, though it didn't help. "So then, what are you? You look like me, but you act like some kind of computer or something, or maybe that I'm some kind of machine." He asked his next question, attempting to move on from the previous subject.

"I am the embodiment of our gem, I was given a conscious when we were split apart. Now, we have yet to align properly again, it likely has to do with the stress and the sense of danger you feel throughout your daily life that is keeping me here." It explained, though it wasn't completely sure.

"Why is that? I've almost always been stressed out, why would it effect you now?" He questioned with a roll of his eyes.

"As I explained, I have been given a conscious mind since I was separated from you, as it is my prime directive to make sure we survive, I must have evolved as necessary to make sure that happens. So while it is likely that I'm only here still because of the feeling of being in danger that you constantly have, I also may just be like this from now on." It theorized, not seeming to understand either.

"So you're saying that you might be a part of my mind forever?" Steven asked, not exactly liking the idea of having a voice in his head for the rest of his days.

"Potentially, yes. Are you uncomfortable with my presence in your life?" The pink him asked, giving its own question.

"Well, maybe a little, it's just not something that you get used to with a snap of your fingers." He said, trying to not be rude. "What about you?"

"It is much easier to keep you alive if I am a part of you, if I was removed again, your chances of survival drop back down to 0.01% and that would go against my entire purpose."

"Right, I guess I can't really function without you, can I?" He sighed, thinking back to when they were split apart. "So I guess my last question right now is just, what did you do to me earlier that made me be able to get to the warp pad? I've never gone that fast or had as much control over my floating power as I did when you did that." The hybrid asked yet another question.

"That is overdrive, or at least that is what I have named it. We are a hybrid of an organic and a Gem, you being the human, and I, the Gem. Our power is limited to what this body can handle, and even when I was released and our power was flowing freely through the form I chose, I only expelled a little bit of our true energy as not to hurt or endanger you any further."

"Wait- so if you're apart of my mind, does that mean you can take control of my body?" He asked, the new horrible possibility popping into his mind.

"No, as it is now, I only have control over our gem, our body is under your influence alone, though I do suggest that you heed my advice, as I will only be here to ensure your survival, and only I know what is best for you every time you are in trouble, as my entire mind is set on your survival at all costs."

"I guess you haven't given me any reason not to believe you, I mean I would've died without you." The teen sighed again as he laid down on his back.

"Will that be all?" It asked, looking down to him.

"Yeah, I think I just need to be alone so I can think for a little bit." He nodded as he closed his eyes again.

"Resuming healing as the primary function." It spoke, having disappeared when Steven opened his eyes.

-=Spinel/The Crystal Gems/The Pearls/Steven=-

-=The Beach House=-

The four Gems appeared on the Warp Pad in Steven's tower, Spinel carefully taking him down to the living room by memory as the Pearls followed behind her cautiously. Once they all found their way down to said living room, they were surprised to see all of the main members of the Crystal Gems having a meeting.

Spinel made her presence known as she called out to them. "Guys, we need help, Steven's hurt!" She cried out as she approach them, but stopping in her tracks as they all rose up unexpectedly.

"What happened to him?!" Amethyst asked, rushing over to the two, followed by Lapis, Peridot, and Bismuth. "Why is he all beat up like this?"

"He-" but she was interrupted by Pearl. "It was you, wasn't it? I honestly wouldn't be surprised."

Garnet put a hand on her shoulder. "Pearl, don't let your own biased opinions of her blind you; Spinel adores Steven, I doubt she would ever hurt him. Now Spinel, go ahead and explain, no one will interrupt this time."

Spinel went on to explain that there was a rebellion against him on Homeworld made up of Gems that refused to change, as well as the meeting that followed the next day and what Steven decided to do. "And he just appeared on the warp pad, covered in some kind of pink light before this happened."

The poor Gem was in tears by now, still refusing to let go of him. Garnet seemed upset as well, though she leaned more towards anger. "Why would the Diamonds just let him do something like this, I thought they were going to keep him safe."

"They were really against the whole idea of him using himself as bait but...I guess he really does still blame the destruction of the capital on himself to an extent, cause he refused to listen to anyone who told him he shouldn't..." Spinel explained.

"This isn't time to be pointing fingers, Steven is hurt and you're all just arguing right now!" Pinkie spoke up, seemingly getting fed up with them all, her presence being much of surprise to our Pearl.

"She's right, we need to get him in his bed and call Connie's mom over here, isn't it like her whole job to fix up humans?" Amethyst spoke up, turning to the others. "Call Connie and tell her to bring her mom over ASAP, Pearl. I assume you have her number in your phone, right?"

"I actually have Priyanka's number, I'll get her here right away, you guys go lay him down in his bed." Pearl agreed, pulling her phone out of her Gem and opening it up immediately. The others followed Spinel upstairs, Peridot about to ask why she was the one holding him, but Garnet put a hand on her shoulder and shook her head.

Once Steven was laid on his bed, everyone just stood around him, waiting for something to happen.

Around ten minutes later, Mrs. Maheswaran made her way upstairs, followed by Connie. "Alright, back it up, what happened here?"

"We don't know, but we think he was attacked by Gems." Spinel explained, slightly intimidated by the human woman who was taking charge in a room full of Gems.

"What do you mean you all don't know? Isn't he like in charge of all the Gems there now?" Connie said, pushing her way into the conversation.

"Young lady, I said you could come as long as you were quiet and respectful, because he's your friend. You will have no future as a doctor if you act so unprofessional." Priyanka said, setting down her medical bag. "Now, I need everyone to leave the room so I can look over him properly."

Spinel went to argue, almost to the point of looking angered that she would tell her to do such a thing, but Pink Pearl grabbed her arm gently. "It's ok, I'm sure his family wouldn't call her here if she didn't know what she was doing. We'll be right under him and I'm sure it won't be long. Ok?"

She balled a fist up, ready to insist that she stayed, but ended up deciding against it. "Fine, I'll let her do what she needs to. For Steven." She agreed as she stood up, turning to the doctor. "Just...please make sure he's ok."

"Of course, that's what I'm here for after all." She responded with a small smile. "I'm sure you guys have nothing to worry about."

Everyone headed downstairs so she could work on helping the teen in peace. The main Crystal Gems went aside and worried about the boy together, and our Pearl ended up speaking with the other Pearls, more than likely asking if they noticed anything off about Steven when they looked over him, though Pinkie looked slightly uncomfortable and Blue Pearl wasn't very talkative.

That left Spinel with Connie; Steven's old best friend. "So uh- my name is Connie; you look new around here, are you living in little Homeworld?"

"Little Homewolrd? What's that?" She questioned, unsure of what the human girl was talking about.

"Oh, I assume you don't then? Well, little Homeworld is a place that started being built a little while ago, it's where all the uncorrupted Gems and Homeworld Gems who don't want to live on Homeworld go to live." Connie explained. "Well, if there's enough room that is."

"Oh, well no, my name is Spinel; I live on Homeworld with Steven." She said, giving a weak smile as she offered her hand, trying to be friendly.

"I see, so can you tell me what happened to him?" The teen requested as she shook the Gem's hand.

Spinel went on to explain the situation with the rebellion and the meeting that followed where Steven formed a plan to become bait for some of the rebels. She then told her about how he came stumbling off the warp pad in the Pearls' house.

"Oh geez, I swear, he's always been too reckless and compulsive." She sighed, crossing her arms.

"Well, I would say that, I mean it just seems that he only wants what it best for everyone...else." Spinel said, coming to realize that he was more than likely aware of the great likelihood that he would end up in this situation or worse.

"He would have you think that, yeah. There was one time when he gave himself up to Homeworld when they were still trying to kill him. He completely blew off the fact that I had been training to protect him for months just so he could look like some sort of hero or something." Connie shot back, seemingly becoming bitter.

Pearl must've heard her as she turned her attention over to the human girl. "Well Connie, that's hardly fair. While I myself was admittedly upset about his decision, I also have to admit that no matter how terrifying that experience was, had it not been for that decision...well, none of us would be here right now. Now I would go back and do everything in my power to change the outcome of that situation if I could, but I can't. In the end, Steven saved most of Beach City including yourself and us."

"Pearl, how could you even say that?! If he would've just trusted me, we could've won; we would've beaten them and been out of there without Lars DYING!" Connie argued.

The room went quiet as Amethyst sent a slight glare over to her as Pearl just crossed her arms. "So you blame him for that human's temporary death? Connie, if her would've trusted you and fought them, that could have just as easily been you. There was a Topaz fusion as well as an Aquamarine to fight, you two didn't stand even the slightest chance."

Connie went to object but Garnet was quick to interfere. "It's true, I saw many different ways that she would've beaten you, but not a single one on where you two or even Stevonnie won. If you managed to beat Topaz, she would've just grabbed you with her wand, or in the one timeline where you somehow managed to beat her, Topaz was right on you and hurt both you and Steven very badly."

"Also, while what happened to donut boy was unfortunate, not even Lars blames Steven, and if this is really how you think of him and how you act towards him, I'm glad you two aren't friends anymore, he's way better off with Spinel. I mean honestly, why did you even come?" Amethyst said, angry about her attitude towards the hybrid.

Connie did a double take on the implications of her saying he's better off with this Gem, but just brushed it off for the time being. "Just because we aren't as close as we used to be, doesn't mean I can't care about his well being! If my mom is called out in the middle of the night to come and take care of him at his own house, why wouldn't I be worried about it?!"

"Well you weren't worried about his mental health back when you got mad at him for going to Homeworld alone! The Diamonds had to call us to Homeworld cause he deactivated the warp pad in his room and locked himself in there for over a week, rarely ever leaving his room because you wanted nothing to do with him! Not everything is about you ya know, Steven doesn't need to listen to your bull crap! He blamed himself and was actually mad at himself for leaving you here and loosing you as a friend, all because you want to be mad that he didn't bring you with him. Well news flash: he didn't take any of us either!"

"Enough Amethyst, I'm sure she gets it." Garnet said, putting her hand on the small Quartzite's shoulder, who in turn just stomped off over to the kitchen to be alone.

Connie just sat there awkwardly, not knowing if everyone else was still upset with her or not, she chose to say nothing more. She than began thinking about what Amethyst said, how he was better off with this new Gem. Had Steven already replaced her? Why was it bothering her? She wanted to know more about this Spinel character and her relationship to the teen.

"So, you said you live on Homeworld, does that mean you live with the Pearls?" She asked, remembering how she said that she was at their house when Steven came to her like that.

"Hm? Oh, no I live with Steven and the Diamonds, why?" Spinel responded, confused on the reasoning behind such a question.

"No reason, just wanting to get to know you since you're new is all I guess." The human said, the answer slightly annoying her. "They live in the same house?! Why are the Gems allowing this?!" She spoke in her head. "So then, you're a friend of his on Homeworld?"

"Yeah, we haven't known each other for too long but we're already best friends." She responded with a small but genuine smile.

Apparently Amethyst had taken interest in the fact that Connie was speaking to Spinel and made her way over to the two. "Oh come on, you two sleep in the same room, I'm thinking that's a bit more than just friendship." She teased, pleased with the slightly upset look that Connie had at the revelation.

Spinel blushed a little, trying to remind herself that she was only teasing her as Steven explained that she liked to do that. "W-well it's the only way I can sleep right, plus there isn't any other rooms there."

"Really? I mean I've seen the palace, there are many rooms there, are there not?" Connie questioned politely, trying to hide the fact that she was annoyed about this, as even she didn't know why.

Spinel quickly reminded herself that the Diamond House was a secret and that no one could know that they didn't live in the palace anymore. "W-well, I'm also just not able to be away from him for that long. It's hard to explain, but I just can't handle it; it was already hard enough waiting for him to come back from his clean up duties, I would really rather not have to be away from him any longer than that." She said quietly, slightly embarrassed by how much she depended on him.

"So, she's clingy? What does Steven see in her?" Connie wondered in her head. "I see, why's that?"

Spinel became visibly uncomfortable, realizing that she really wouldn't be able to just forget about those six thousand years as easily as she would've wanted. "Connie, don't you think it's a bit rude to question stuff like that?" Pearl chimed in, much to Spinel's surprise.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that, I just wanted to know more about her I guess." Connie said, looking over to Pearl.

"No, it's ok. I realize I might seem a bit clingy, so I don't blame you for having questions." Spinel said, trying to prevent another argument because their conversation. "But yeah, I would really rather not tell my story for the thousandth time to be honest."

For the next ten minutes, Connie chose to keep to herself while she waited on being able to see Steven, cause she really was worried about him, though she didn't expect that she'd have to deal with all this while she waited for her mother.

Speaking of her, the doctor walked down the stairs and immediately addressed the Gems. "Alright, I did all I could with what I had I'm my emergency medical bag. He has an I.V hooked up to him; for some reason he was extremely dehydrated, a catheter which you will have to let me remove, and I changed his cloths to a hospital gown. He has a huge bruise on his chest and I'm pretty sure he has a few cracked if not broken ribs as well, though I can't know for sure without an X-ray." She informed them. "And speaking of hospital equipment, why in the world didn't you bring him to the hospital? I get that he's...magic..and all, but I'm sure is anatomy is relatively the same as a human's." She said, having never thought she would use that word in a serious way.

"Well there's a few reasons for that. First off, Steven has never been to a hospital, we just can't afford to let the government know about his existence, humans fear what they don't understand, and we don't want the planet that he's done so much for to just turn on him." Pearl began, glancing over to the stairs that everyone else other than Garnet, Priyanka, and herself was quickly making their way to.

"Wait- you're trying to tell me that the government has no idea that he even exists? Does he even have a birth certificate?" She questioned, finding the whole thing to just be insane.

"Of course not, no one outside of most of beach city and all of Homeworld knows he exists, who knows what kind of trouble would ensue if we tried to register him as a resident of this country? I mean honestly, this world's obsession with "aliens" is just too much for us to risk such a thing." She said, using the word 'aliens' in a mocking manner.

"I see...Yes, I guess I could understand that much, but he healed my daughter's vision, why not himself?" She asked, glancing around, noticing that Connie wasn't around to help spread some light on the situation in a way she could understand as a woman of science.

"It's tricky. While he seems to be able to heal himself with his own healing spit, Rose's fountain won't do anything for him; we think it has to do with him being neither a Gem or a human." Garnet explained to her.

"Wait- Healing spit???" She questioned, realizing she would have to have a long talk with Connie later. "Just take a sample of his saliva and use that then."

"We thought of that. Amethyst tried to do it, but it wouldn't work. Either something is wrong with his powers right now, or it just won't work without him actively trying." The fusion theorized with a shrug.

"You know what, I think I'm done trying to figure out how all this works, me and Connie should be heading back soon anyway. Make sure you remove the I.V as soon the bag is empty." She informed them before walking to the bottom of the stairs. "Connie! We have to go!"

Connie could be heard calling back from the top of the stairs. "Mom, I want to stay here and watch over him too, shouldn't someone who even vaguely knows what to do stick around?"

"That is not an option, you are coming home and going to bed immediately. Don't make me regret taking you with me this late." She warned with her arms crossed. It took Connie a little bit but she ended up coming down the stairs anyway.

"Again, thank you for coming out this late to help us, we honestly wouldn't have known what to do otherwise." Pearl thanked her gratefully.

"I'm a doctor who takes her profession seriously, if someone is in need of my help and can't get any from anyone else, I'm all but required to help." She nodded. "That being said, now it's up to you to make sure he recovers from all this. He must stay laying on his back and the bag on the end of his catheter must be changed once it reaches the line. I left you with all the stuff you'll possibly need as well as instructions on how to use them, alright? Just give me a call if something goes wrong, and I'll be here as soon as possible if I'm not at work."

"Alright, thank you, we'll see you soon." Pearl nodded, giving her a smile and a small wave. "Get home safely you two."

Priyanka gave them a wave as she approached her car with Connie right behind her. After the two of them were gone, Garnet and Pearl made their way upstairs to go and check on Steven. Everyone was huddled around his bed, looking down in worry for the damaged hybrid.

"Steven is going to be ok, right?" Blue Pearl asked the two of them after noticing that they had joined the group. "He's already looking better than he did not too long ago."

"Priyanka seems to think that he will be fine, we should just let him rest." Garnet suggested. "Spinel and Pearl, I know you two won't want to leave his side, so you two and you two alone can watch over him, everyone else can visit, but try not to have too many people in here at once."

It was obvious to everyone but the two of them what Garnet actually meant to do, so they didn't mind leaving the room. "Get along you two; for Steven's sake." She said before she walked back downstairs.

The two of them just obliviously sat in silence, waiting for the boy to finally wake up as everyone settled down in the living room downstairs.

-=End of Chapter=-

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