Disclaimer: I do NOT own Steven Universe.
The next day...
Amethyst and Pearl had been isolating themselves in their rooms all day. They were in there so long that Garnet and Steven had to do all of the missions by themselves.
Steven was flipping channels with the remote on his TV, but he wasn't really interested in what was on. He's thoughts were on mostly on Amethyst and Pearl at the time.
The replica hadn't attacked him lately, so what Cassiterite said about putting his copy to sleep was true after all...
Suddenly, he heard the temple door open. He turned around and it was Pearl who came out. She seemed depressed.
Pearl looked at Steven with a blank stare.
"Hello, Steven..." Pearl greeted, a slight yet fake smile on her face.
"Hey Pearl..." Steven greeted back. Pearl looked around for a bit, and than proceeded to go up to him.
"S-Steven, I know things got a little carried away last night an-" Pearl began but was cut off by Steven.
"You don't have to apologize Pearl." Steven simply stated, keeping his eyes locked on the TV.
"I-I know, but...I think I should go talk to Amethyst." Pearl stated. Steven glanced at Pearl, but only for a second before looking back at the TV. Steven stayed silent.
"Steven, talk to me..." Pearl whispered. Tears started forming in Steven's eyes once again.
"...I don't think that's a good idea Pearl..." Steven muttered.
"B-but, I have to make things right!" Pearl exclaimed.
"I know! But what you said was cruel and mean! It shouldn't have been said." Steven was now looking straight at Pearl.
"I'm sorry Steven-" Pearl was cut off again.
"Stop! Don't apologize to me, apologize to Amethyst. But you have to do it at the right time. This is NOT the right time!" Steven yelled.
"Steven, please! I have to do this!" Pearl insisted. Steven wasn't having it.
"No, you don't! You don't have to do anything you don't want to!" Steven replied.
"But I want to do this!"
"Pearl, it's not the right time!" Steven repeated.
"Rose-I mean Steven, please!" Steven's eyes widened at what Pearl just said. She mistakenly said that Steven was Rose...again.
"I-I'm sorry, Steven..." Pearl apologized, tears flowing down her face now.
"Oh my, what do we have here?" The voice that was belonged to the replica stated inside Steven's mind.
"I thought that Cassiterite put you to sleep for at least a week!" Steven thought towards the replica in his head.
"Hehe, that gem didn't know what she was talking about. She should have known that I can't be suppressed that easily by neither you, nor her." The replica stated.
Steven than felt a headache forming. The replica was trying to take over again.
"S-Steven, are you okay?" Pearl stated as she noticed that Steven started getting a bit tense.
Steven clutched his head in pain as the replica kept attacking his mind.
"Aaaghgh!" Steven screamed in pain as the headache got worse. Pearl's eyes widened.
"Oh no." Pearl whispered in fear.
"Steven, is it him again?!" Pearl asked. Steven only yelled in another fit of pain, but soon, it stopped.
"S-Steven?"
"Steven? I Thought I was Rose." Steven chuckled as he looked up at Pearl with a cold glare.
Pearl's eyes widened as she realized what was happening. The replica took over Steven again.
Out of nowhere, Steven punched Pearl in the face, sending her into the wall.
As Pearl struggles to get up, Steven closed his eyes and began concentrating. Once he opened his eyes, Rose's sword could be seen in his hands.
"How did he get Rose's sword?! I thought it was in Lion's mane!" Pearl thought as she continued to recuperate from her punch, only to be sent back to the ground from a kick in the gut by Steven.
"You know, I never really liked you Pearl. Always wanting Rose over me and all. I guess this is just karma, don't you think?" Steven laughed with a smirk. And with that, he stabbed Pearl with the sword right in the stomach.
Pearl's eyes widened as her body went numb and the pain in her stomach worsened.
"S-Steven..." Pearl whispered her body turned to dust as she poofed. Her gem was than left on the ground.
Steven looked at the Gem on the ground. He walked towards it and held his foot above it, as if he were about to crush it.
"What a defective Pearl you are." Steven stated in an evil tone as he was about to crush the Pearl in a split second.
"Steven stop!" He than heard a voice yell near the door. He turned and saw that the voice belonged to Connie.
She wanted to check up on Steven to see how he was doing, and apparently, it was the right choice.
Steven looked at Connie with a sadistic grin on his face.
"So, you must want to be my next victim, don't you Connie?" Steven stated as he pointed the sword at her.
This is so horribly rushed that it hurts to even read it. I hope you guys enjoyed it nevertheless. I need to get some sleep now...
