I opened my eyes as I heard a ringing in my eyes. "Ouch." I said and noticed my voice sounds different. "Woah." I watched as the Rubies scattered in the distance. "The Rubies? Huh? Whoa!" I looked around at the color. "Oh I'm in the bubble shield." I was twirling and floating at high speed. "Oh, geez! AAAHH!" There was a collision and I saw that the bubble impacted with Eyeball.
"You-" Eyeball froze and looked at me in confusion. "Really?! A fusion?! Why did you open the stupid door?!"
"Fu-" I froze and brought my hands up. They weren't the usual complexion. "Another one? Wait another one? What do you - I mean? Steven fused with Amethyst?! Woah that's awesome, congratulations! Thanks!" I pat myself on the pat and took out my… well Steven's phone which was much too small for my large hands.
The person.. Gem hybrid… me.. Was pretty or handsome.. No beautiful that was for sure. I saw tall, probably even taller than Garnet, I had an athletic build with muscular thighs and a nice figure. Definitely darker than Stevonnie's complexion was a thick head of hair that was white in color with pale eyes which must've been the reflect of the cluster on… Suha.. me? The outfit was a mixture of Steven's shorts though they were darker and Suha's dress since it spread out in like a skirt. The sides were open showing a some skin and I was wearing big dark shoes. The shirt looked like a crop top at first with Steven's familiar star in the middle of the dark purple shirt though it had an attached jacket that reached down to my ankles.
"Wow, we… I look great!" I said happily. "First fusion, awesome." Eyeball regained her balance and stood on top of the bubble.
"If you're done talking to yourselves, there goes that stupid rock of a planet." Eyeball said and looked at her platoon and growls. "This is a mess!" She started pacing around the bubble. "What'll I say in my report? How will I even make my report? This is a nightmare!" She stared at me. "Ant this is all your… your shorter you fault!"
"Whoa! Hey, no, it's not! Wait no, it is… Steven did open the airlock and sent everyone flying into space... Okay, so maybe that was my fault. I'm sorry. There, are you happy?" I said.
"No. You're lucky you're in that bubble, or I'd pop you right in the face." Eyeball said pushing her face towards me.
"Wow great!" I said rolling my eyes and cross my arms. "If you're going to be a grump about it,t then we can just float in silence until we both die!" Eyeball crosses her arms.
"Sounds great!" She yelled.
"Fine!"
"I can't wait!"
"Me, neither!" We continued to float out in space and some time passed. Eventually I fot bored and took out Steven's phone.
"What? No signal? Come on, I'm right by a satellite!" I yelled angrily as the satellite beeps and flies away. "If I don't die out here, first thing I do back on Earth is change my phone plan."
Eyeball sits up and growls. "I shouldn't have ever come back to that dumb planet!" She sat back down on the bubble. "When I heard rumors there might still be Crystal Gems on Earth, I couldn't believe it. A thousand years of fighting were all for nothing! And Rose Quartz might still be alive? She must be!" She rolled to her side. "Why else would someone as important as Jasper be back on Earth? For closure, that's why. I wanted it, too. I wanted to see Rose Quartz with my own eye. At the very least, I thought Jasper might have some answers, but... It wasn't even her; just another trick."
"That can't be. That's what you really wanted? To see Rose Quartz?" I asked and she clenched her fists.
"More than anything."
"Really? Not to… I don't know get angry at her?" I asked, she didn't say anything and I sighed. "Well, then today's your lucky day."
"How's that?' Eyeball asked.
"I… know where Rose Quartz is." I said, the gem turned over and faced me.
"What? Where is she?!" Eyeball asked.
"... She turned into me… well Steven me… not this me… well sort of this me." I explained.
"Right. And I have two eyeballs, which I don't! You expect me to believe anything, don't you? Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me four times, you already fooled me, and you can't fool me again." Eyeball said angrily.
"Look, I can prove it!" I pointed to my gem, well one of my gems. "I have her Rose Quartz gem!"
"That's more of a pinkish-red than a real Rose Quartz reddish-pink." She said.
I groaned."That's because you're looking at it through my bubble! Hold on... Here, check this out!" I said and summoned the shield. " Look, I can summon her shield! It's got a rose on it and everything!"
"Who cares about her shield? Her huge sword is what I remember." Eyeball said.
"Uh, I left that in my Lion." I dispel the shield and there was a pulse of light and Steven and Suha fall on the ground.
Suha's POV
Steven takes out his phone and swims up to Eyeball and pressed his phone against his bubble. "Look. Tell me you don't see the resemblance." He showed Eyeball a picture of Rose and plucked his lips and struck a pose. I held my breath to not laugh.
"Are you kidding me? You're despicable. We're gonna die out here, and you're just gonna make fun of me until we do!" She sighed and turned away from us. "You're even crueler than Rose Quartz…"
Steven looked at the picture on his phone, with a sad look on his face. An asteroid storm passes and the bubble protects them inside but Eyeball gets hit in the eye and her gem cracks. "Eyeball!" We yell and I took a deep breath, time to make a huge risk.
"Steven pop the bubble and hold your breath." I tell him.
"What?! No way!" He yelled.
"Steven!" I yelled and he froze. "Trust me." I thought back to the moon base, if I was right then… I winced. Steven popped the bubble and and lean forward and grab Eyeball. Steven was already in the bubble by the time I looked back.
"Are you alright?" I asked and froze. I… was breathing in space… I felt confusion and dread hit me as Steven extends the bubble towards us and pushes us to him.
"Oh, geez! You okay?" Steven yelled. Eyeball gasped and pushed herself away from us.
"Get off me!" She glitched and covered her face.
"Whoa! What's wrong?" Steven yelled and we noticed her cracked gem. Eyeball's body glitches in and out.
"Fine. I guess I got nothing else to lose." Eyeball said and slowly Steven leaves over and puckers his lips, he inched towards Eyeball, who looked rather uncomfortable. He sticked out his tongue and licked her gem. Eyeball grips his cheeks and pushes him away making Seven smack into her.
"WHAT was THAT supposed to be?! What in the cosmos is wrong with... you?" Eyeball's gem slowly began to glow and the crack sealed itself. Steven shakes his head.
"See? It worked!"
"I... I can't believe it! There were rumors back during the war, that Rose Quartz could heal her Crystal Gem soldiers, keeping her small army in contention with the superior forces of Homeworld. Wow! It really is you! Rose Quartz!" Eyeball said. Eyeball and Steven began laughing while I looked on awkwardly. "The mighty Rose Quartz…" Eyeball snickers and her gem shimmered, she pulled out chisel knife.
"Huh?" Steven chucked nervously.
"I never thought I'd get a chance like this. I can't believe you're all mine!" Eyeball dashed towards Steven and I grabbed her arm as my gem began to glow. Eyeball's arm turned grey and the weapon vanished as Steven expanded the bubble to create some distance.
"Wha- What the heck?!" Eyeball yelled and pointed at me. "What did you do to me?! You stupid gem! Obviously you're not some idiotic and worthless human if you can breath through space?!" She flinged herself towards me to punch me and Steven grabs Eyeball, held his breath, dispelled the bubble and flung her away into space. Her arm still gray.
"Whoa!" Eyeball yelled and Steven resummoned the bubble and I grabbed Steven and held him close. There was a bright light.
Fusion's POV
They fused again and I watched as Eyeball drifted away in the distance. I curled up in dread and the bubble shrank around me. I continued to float away, with the only company being myself. I wasn't sure how much time passed but by the time I opened my eyes I felt arms surround me. Garnet, Amethyst and Peal were hugging me. Everyone cried in joy and relief. Once everyone settled down Pearl started to pilot the ship as it made it's way back to earth. I sat on the captain's chairs taring out to space as Garnet stood beside me. After the shock of my form, they unfused.
Suha's POV
Steven and I shared the captain seat. "... How come nobody told me about Pink Diamond?" Steven asked and I felt a sense of pain hit my head and I tried to ignore it.
"We all did what we had to during the war. Everything's different now." Garnet explained.
"But did Mom really do it? Did she really... shatter her?" Steven asked.
"She had to. The Earth belonged to Pink Diamond. Destroying her was the only way to save the planet. For Amethyst to be herself, for Pearl to be free, for me to be together. For you to exist." Garnet said.
"But I thought... A-At least she'd never…" Steven trailed off.
"She didn't always do what was best for her. But she always did what was best for Earth."
"Even if it meant shattering someone…" Steven said.
"Yes." Steven sighed deeply.
"... Thanks for telling me." Steven said and I watched as Earth came into view. The pain increased and I felt myself collapse and hit my head.
"Ow.." I said and opened my eyes and saw I was in a dark room. I pushed myself off the ground and walked forward. There was a large object in the middle of a large room. The structure was bright pink with four spider legs protruded from it.
"It's smaller than the others." I mentioned, my voice was deeper than usual and what others? Each side had flower like shaped holes and the font had a bigger flower designed near the top. The top of the… palanquin had a flower structure protruded out of it in the shape of Pink Diamond; a circle was drawn towards the bottom of the structure represented where Pink Diamond's gem, the structure was seen with pink transparent drapes, and was upright and not yet covered with one enormous vegetation. Her throne also has the all original Great Diamond Authority insignia at the top.
I saw the remains of pink gem shards. My head only seemed to hurt even more. I felt my legs give out in pain. I picked up one of the pieces. "Fake… But why... I had to find out." I heard two familiar voices speak and ran… to Earth.
"I guess I have to face
That in this awful place
I shouldn't show a trace of doubt
But pulled against the grain
I feel a little pain
That I would rather do without
I'd rather be...
Free-ee-ee
Free-ee-ee
Free...
I'd rather be
Free-ee-ee
Free-ee-ee
Free...
Free-ee-ee
Free-ee-ee
Free...
From here"
