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Steven woke up with a yawn as he quickly got out of bed. He had to get to work and find out more about what's going on.

A few minutes past before he got a text.

Connie: I'm on my way.

Steven: Okay, thanks Connie. Are your parents okay with you leaving so early though?

Connie: I talked them into to letting me, but I can't assure you that it will happen again. :P

Steven: Right. :P

Steven waited for a few minutes, ate breakfast, and then started pacing around the house. The gems were off on a mission so Steven had enough time to explain everything to Connie.

A few minutes past and he suddenly heard a knock on the door. He looked and saw Connie standing there.

Steven walked towards the door and opened it for her. Connie entered, and Steven closed the door behind him.

"So, what did you need me for?" Connie asked, looking in Steven's direction.

"It's kind of complicated." He than motioned for Connie to sit down on the couch. She did so, and he sat right next to her.

"Well, there's this new gem, Cassiterite, and she's from Homeworld I think. She told me she was working for a gem called White Diamond." Steven explained.

"White Diamond? Don't you mean Yellow Diamond?" Connie asked, confused.

"No. Yellow, White, Blue, and Pink. Those are all the Diamonds on Homeworld. Lapis is one of Blue Diamond's citizens or warriors, or whatever. While Japser and Peridot work for Yellow Diamond. And I guess Cassiterite works for White Diamond."

"What about Pink Diamond? You didn't say anything about her." Connie stated.

"I...I don't really know. The gems didn't tell me about Pink Diamond that much. They said me and Amethyst weren't ready to learn about her...But anyways, Cassiterite has been the one awakening my gem side, and causing all of this to happen. I met up with her last night and she showed me her ship, and than she had the nerve to ask me to go with her and leave Earth. I said no, and then she said she would take me."

Connie looked at him, looking as if she were trying to digest what he just said.

"Woah, that's a lot of information. So, what do you need me more for?" Connie asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I need you're help. Remember I told you about Cassiterite's ship? Well, tonight I was thinking we should investigate it. It could help us track Cassiterite's whereabouts, tell us more about The Diamond Authority, and see how Peridot and Malachite stand in this. Bring your sword as well, we might run into some trouble." Steven explained.

"Okay, anything else?" Connie questioned once again with a nod.

"Bring a flash drive so we can put all the information we get from mainframes and computers into one of our computers. And if we find something interesting, we can print it out and put it on a board or something. And this so called "board" is what we'll use to connect all the evidence we've collected." Steven stated.

"Okay. I have a laptop and flash drive, so we got that covered. I also have a big cardboard that I use for studying, so we can use that as our board." Connie explained.

"Good. Now, meet me outside of my house around midnight, and I'll take you to the ship. Hopefully Cassiterite doesn't move it but that shouldn't be the case. The ship seems more like transportation than a base of operations. Besides, she already knows I've seen the ship, so she might have the common sense to stay away. Plus, if she does decide to move it, she would get a lot of attention, seeing as how the ship is really big, so that's out of the question." Steven said.

"Well, okay. I'll get my flash drive and sword and meet you outside at midnight." Connie sighed, getting up and heading for the door.

"Connie." Connie turned around and looked at Steven." Whatever you do, do not inform the Crystal Gems about this. Please."

Connie narrowed her eyes for a second. "Okay, I won't."

Connie than opened the door and exited, leaving Steven all alone in the house.

He knew things were getting even harder, so he couldn't act like that childish kid who ate cookie cats. That Steven needs to be put on hold for a moment.

For right now, this is when Steven gets serious. For real this time. Serious Steven is back.


A/N: This chapter was suppose to be published yesterday, but apparently Fanfiction had other ideas. :/. A slow start, I know, but things get even better later. Remember, this arc contains 19 chapters in it so, it's bound to go to some heavy poly points. Anyways, please review, it's means a lot. I got 9 reviews on the last chapter and that made me so happy you guys don't even know. :D Anyways, see you all next time!