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Steven was starting to get annoyed at how his human half was starting to gain more power. He had to finish all of them off quickly and than deal with his other half.
Amethyst, who had gotten back up spoke, "Steven, you need to wake up! Their's no way you can let this lame twin of yours take you're body!"
"Amethyst is right, I can't give up! Yet, I don't have enough power to take my body back..."
"Steven, you need to listen! I'll admit, when you were born, I was angry. I was angry at Rose, and...I was angry at you. I know you've had it hard, being born into a world as the only half gem, half human boy, and you might think you're an outsider to the rest of the world, but you're really not! You've changed us Steven! That's why you need to fight him Steven! You need to fight for everyone! Me, Pearl, Amethyst, Connie, you're Father, and even you're Mother!" Garnet surprisingly exclaimed.
Steven clenched his fists in anger. He could feel it, his human side was starting to get stronger and stronger. However, it was nowhere near a threat. Either way, he had to dispose of these three quickly before his human half completely woke up.
Steven smiled. "Well, wasn't that a touching speech." He sarcastically implied. "Too bad it didn't work. No matter what you say, my human side will never come back." In a sudden flash, Steven charged at Garnet without any warning, throwing a punch at her.
She saw this and suddenly grabbed Connie and jumped back, dodging Steven's punch.
Steven withdrew his fist that was suppose hit Garnet and immediately grinned.
"It seems that you can actually keep up with my speed." Steven remarked.
Inside his head the real Steven struggled to find the strength to wake up from his coma. Deep within the darkness a voice yelled out. "Steven, you can't give up! The gems are counting on you! You need to get up!"
Steven's eyes opened slightly. "I feel too weak. I can't find the strength to move." Said the young boy, having a hard time keeping his eyes open. "No, you can Steven! I'll give you my power, and we can defeat him together!"
Suddenly, Steven's gem started to glow brightly as a pink aura surrounded him. He could feel the power of the one who had helped running through him. He was slowly gaining his strength back.
On the outside, Garnet and Connie were trying to dodge all of Steven's attacks. Connie was starting to get tired, and Garnet was starting to fear for the young girl's life. Suddenly, Steven stopped his assault on them.
All of a sudden, Steven started clutching his head in pain.
"No no no no! How did he gain so much power so quickly!?" Steven's gem side thought erratically.
Steven screamed in pain as he tried to keep his human side at bay, but he just kept getting stronger.
"I WONT LET YOU HURT MY FRIENDS ANY MORE!" Yelled the innocent boy.
Connie, Garnet, and Amethyst ran up to him. "That's right Steven, don't let him win!" Connie encouraged him. "Keep fighting, you're stronger than he is!" Amethyst exclaimed. Garnet just stayed quiet as she watched.
Steven screamed in pain as he tried to regain his body. The strength and power he was given really helped.
Soon, Steven's gem started glowing brighter than ever before, and then it started to engulf Steven, Connie, Amethyst, and Garnet in a bright pink flash. Garnet, Connie, and Amethyst covered their eyes.
Once the light receded, everyone looked at Steven. He was on his knees looking straight at them. He looked exhausted.
Garnet looked inside the boy's eyes and saw that they were pure once again. It looked like he gained control.
Tears started forming in his eyes as he soon slipped into unconsciousness.
His last words were, "I'm sorry guys," before drifting off to sleep. Garnet caught him as he was about to hit his face on the ground. She picked him up and was now walking back to the house.
Amethyst and Connie quickly caught up with her. "Do you think it's over? Did Steven win?" Amethyst asked.
"No. Steven may have defeated his other side for now, but he'll come back." Garnet explained.
Once they entered the house, they were met by Pearl's gem glowing and floating up into the air. Silhouettes were shown of her past forms as she started reforming.
Once she reformed, she gently landed on the floor with her feet.
Her outfit barely changed, which was her star that was slightly smaller than her previous one. They could tell that she wanted to reform quickly, while not rushing it to the point where her form would be ridiculous.
Once she spotted the three, she ran towards them.
"I regenerated as soon as I could without completely rushing it. How's Steven?" Pearl quickly asked. Once she noticed Steven on Garnet's shoulders unconscious, her eyes widened.
"W-well, did he win? Is his other half finally gone?" Pearl questioned.
"No. Steven might have defeated him for now, but I worry that his other side might take over once again. It will keep happening until Steven confronts his other self and defeats him once and for all." Garnet explained.
Connie stayed quiet and Amethyst didn't even look in the direction of Pearl. Pearl took note of this.
Garnet went up to Steven's bed and laid him down gently.
Pearl looked at Amethyst in guilt as Connie kneeled beside Steven's bed, watching him closely.
Steven opened his eyes slowly as he found himself in a place he hated so much.
There was nothing but darkness around him, not one single glimpse of light.
All of a sudden, his replica walked up to him, and he seemed angry.
"You know, I'm getting really tired of you suppressing me. I could have gave you so much power yet you just don't want it." The replica sneered in anger.
"Look, I don't know what you're deal is but you need to stop. I don't want the power, and I don't want you hurting my friends anymore." Steven simply stated.
"Well, that might be problem." Without any warning, the replica punched Steven in the face, making him fall on the ground, hard. Steven rubbed his cheek in shock as he looked up at his other half.
"Since I've been gaining more power lately, I think it's about time I take my body from you. And you know how I'm going to do that?" The replica kneeled beside his human half with a smirk plastered on his lips.
"By killing you right here and now."
Next chapter will be the battle between Steven vs The Replica, so get hyped for that. I will also have the whole Amethyst and Pearl situation sorted out in the next few chapters, though it's not likely because of the arc being only ten chapters long and I only have 6 more chapters to fit everything into. Anyways, I hoped you liked and enjoyed this chapter! Don't forget to review!
