Peridot lifted the hood of Doug's car and whispered, "Everything must go…"

"Whoa! Easy there!" Lapis cried, grabbing her around the waist and pulling Peridot away from the car before she could pull everything out.

"Lazuli, It's just a simple human machine. I can figure this whole thing out before you know it!" Peridot huffed.

"Hello everyone!" Connie cried, running with her father not far behind. He had bandaged up his broken arm. "How are you guys doing? I found something that will patch this right up!"

"Oh, is it a complex human tool?" Jasper asked, leaning on the wall.

"Nope!" He pulled out a roll of duct tape with his good arm. "High-quality duct tape! Some well placed duct tape can patch anything up!"

"I don't need your… animal tape." Peridot said.

"Here, look at the label, it says duct tape, not duck- Ow!" Doug bent his arm too far and it stung.

Connie gasped and ran over. "Oh, dad, I'm sorry that you hurt your arm and that your car got smashed up because of me…."

Doug smiled and patted her head. "You apologize too much. Maybe I shouldn't have tagged along in that crazy adventure. But at least I got to spend some time with my fave girl!"

"Oh! Dad! It might be hard for you in that little house you live in with a broken arm… What if you stayed with us until you got better?"

"Hey, that's a great idea! But, won't I get in the way of your training?" Doug asked.

"Yes!" Peridot growled.

"Wait, Connie. Don't you have healing powers now?" Lapis whispered.

"She does! You fix your father, I'll fix the car," Then Peridot murmured, "nobody has to live with us."

"Oh, of course!" Connie cried. "Here goes something new and exciting…." She licked her hand and touched Doug's arm. He then attempted to straighten it but fell back in pain.

"Why didn't it work?" Connie gasped.

"I'm sorry, sweetheart. Maybe you just need a little more practice." Doug whispered.

"But... I was doing so well before!" Connie whimpered.

"Connie, powers take time... Mine did." Peridot grinned.

"You'll get it!" Jasper said, playfully punching her arm.

"At least now we get to spend some more time together, right?" Doug grinned.

"Um, yeah." Connie sighed.

"Dear old dad, remember when you would sing to me, we could do it again."Connie made her father lunch. "Dear old dad, remember how

I would sit on your shoulders, well how about it now…."

Connie and Doug were watching a funny tv show when Doug accidentally spilled soda on himself. "Dear old dad, I was wondering why as I get older now, the days keep going on by…. Dear old dad, remember this too. In this whole wide world there's no one like you, ooh ooh ooh….There's no one like you, ooh ooh ooh…"

Connie helped Doug cleanup. While the girl went inside for a moment and Doug saw his acoustic guitar and Connie's violin. He started to play and gave Connie her violin. "My darling girl, I remember when I would sing to you, and I would do it again… Beloved child, remember this too.

In this world of Gems, there's no one like you, ooh ooh ooh."

Connie started to sing with him, playing her violin. "You ooh ooh ooh… You ooh ooh ooh… You ooh ooh ooh…"

Later, Lapis, Connie, and Doug were throwing paper airplanes. Lapis smirked as she threw one, "I could go faster than I real one of these."

The door then opened and Peridot wiped grease off herself.

The warp pad suddenly glowed and Jasper appeared. "Guys, get over here, the Geode is cracked!"

"WHAT?!" Peridot gasped, running to the thing.

"How?" Lapis murmured, running after her.

"Come on, kiddo, let's move!" Connie grinned and ran to her her sword but saw her father sigh. She hesitated. "I… better stay with dad…"

"Oh no, pumpkin! You go on your mission! Your goofy old dad will just stay here…. with his broken arm…"

Connie slowly walked to the warp pad and looked at the gems. "Could there be anyway we could… keep in touch?"

Peridot gasped when Lapis swiped something from around her neck. "Lapis, that's mine!"

Lapis held a whistle above Peridot's reach. "Peri made this for Connie when she was little…" Lapis smirked. "I'm pretty sure she thought Connie wouldn't be able to use her powers…" Connie frowned. "B-but you can!"
Peridot said.

"Here Doug, you can use it. It's a warp whistle. Blow it and the warp pad will tell us to come home." Lapis said, dropping it in his lap.

"I DON'T WANNA GIVE MY STUFF TO DOUG!" Peridot screeched.

The Crystal Temps appeared at the Geode.

"Whoa…" Connie gasped.

"Yes, it is quite the catastrophe… What you're looking at is a synthetic storm that was contained in—" They heard a light little tune and turned to the warp pad. "That's my whistle…"

"Dad needs me!"

"Dad! I'm here! What happened?!" Connie cried. Doug looked up at her and blushed. "Oh! Er, just checking if this thing works…"

"Oh… er… that makes sense." Connie said. "I gotta go, love you!"

"Is Doug alive?" Peridot asked.

"Did he fall over and hurt himself?" Lapis whispered.

Connie shook her head

"Like I was saying before we were rudely interrupted, this is a synthetic—" Peridot said.

The warp pad signaled again.

"I'm sure it's very important…" Connie blushed.

"Dad?" Connie panted.

Doug bit his lip. "Sorry, but I can't find my bookmark…"

"The one with puppies on it?"

"You know it."

"That is important…."

"It was very important." Connie said.

"Okay, so if the Geode breaks, then the storm will be unleashed and our bodies will be vaporized…" Peridot whispered.

"We'd… die, if that happened…" Connie said.

"That's where you come in," Jasper said, pointing to the crack in the Geode. "It's all you, kiddo."

"But what if my powers don't work?" Connie whispered.

"Eh, give it all you got." Jasper winked.

Connie licked her hand and touched the wall. As she expected, nothing happened.

"I knew this would happen… Just when I thought I was getting better…" Connie sighed.

"Don't beat yourself up!" Jasper said.

"It'll get better, Connie." Lapis smiled weakly.

"Yeah! Your powers are being a clod." Peridot shrugged.

"You don't understand." Connie sighed. "How am I supposed to call myself a Crystal Temp, if I can't even—"

The warp whistle then called them. Connie gasped.

The Crystal Temps warped back and Connie ran to her father. "Dad! Dad! Answer me!"

Doug awoke from a nap and gasped. "Oh, Connie, you missed the funniest commercial!"

"D-Dad, I don't even watch tv! You're only supposed to use the Warp Whistle for emergencies. Like if you fell down and hurt yourself!" Connie sighed.

"I'm sorry…" Doug said. "Oh, since you're here, could you pick up that book I ordered? It should be at the bookstore."

"Oh! Of course." Connie smiled.

"We'll be in the temple, coming up with a new plan." Jasper sighed. She and Peridot walked into the temple while Lapis smiled at Connie. "No worries about before, you'll get it."

"Thanks." Connie smiled.

"Also, could you grab me a romance novel while you're at the bookshop?"

"Yep." Connie said, walking out. She was walking down the creaky wooden steps when she realized, "I forgot to ask did what his book's called!"

She raced back up and saw her father through the window. He was reshelving her books according to author. Connie was wide eyed and walked in.

Doug felt her watching and gasped, dropping the books from his perfectly not-broken arm. "Connie! Oh, you had me scared there, pumpkin. Didn't see you... standing in the doorway. Your dad's still got it!" Connie's face of shock turned
to anger.

"Honey…. You ognized these all wrong! I mean, why be color?" Doug laughed nervously.

"BECAUSE I CAN FIND THEM EASIER!" Connie suddenly yelled. "Just… Your arm wasn't even broken at all, was it?!"

"It was broken, but you healed it back at the car wash." Doug admitted.

"You lied to me!" Connie yelled, tears in her eyes. "Now I can't do it anymore!"

"What?" Doug whispered.

"The Gems needed me to fix the broken rock, but my healing powers aren't working. It-it's because of you, you messed with my head!" Connie cried.

"No! I didn't mean to... I just wanted to live with my baby girl again, Connie!" Doug insited.

"I really thought I was getting better," Connie sighed. "I finally felt like a Crystal Temp. Now, what if I can't do anything?!" She sobbed.

"Connie, honey, please don't beat yourself up! This is my fault!" Doug cried.

Connie blinked away tears. "Yeah! Yeah it is!"

She ran out the door and looked out at the ocean. "What am I going to do? My powers, they're—" Connie stopped when she saw her violin and her father's guitar. She rembered how much she loved her father, and the song she had sang to him…
She ran back inside. " I'm sorry, I... Dad!" She gasped, seeing her father with his toolbox and flashlight on the warp pad.

"It's time for me to fix the trouble I've caused." Doug then blew the warpwhistle and started to vanish. Connie raced into the warp.

"Dad, be careful!" Connie yelled.

"Don't worry, Connie! Your dad's gonna- woah!" Doug fell over from the winds.

"Are you okay?" Connie gasped, helping him up, her hair whipping in the wind.

"Connie, get out of here! I'm responsible for this!" Doug sighed.

"No, you're not." Connie whispered as they approached the Geode.

"But, I messed up your powers! I did everything I'm not supposed to do, and now you can't heal!" Her father yelled.

"I healed you, right?" Connie whisperes with a weak grin.

Doug smiled back. "Hey, get in there and fix things up, just like you fixed up your father!"

Connie licked back hands and with a cry, putting them against the wall. "It's still not working!"

"Ah, forget it! I've got another idea!" Doug yelled. He put some ductape on the crack. "There, see, as good as new!"

Connie smiled watching Doug look at his police car with shock while Peridot listed all she had done. "So, I've realigned the axles…"

"I can't believe it!" Doug cried.

"... Replaced the spark plugs…"

"How can I leave this on my stake outs?!"

"... Sealed the leaks in the intake manifold gaskets, and recalibrated the timing belt. As long as you ease up on second gear, your transmission should be fine." Peridot said.

"Peridotl! I can't thank you enough! Haha!" Doug hugged the small gem close and she looked mortified and disgusted.

Lapis giggled when Peri pushed away and hid behind Jasper.

"So, now that I'm feeling better, it's about time that I move back home, to my house in town. I can't have me messing up more magic stuff." Doug smiled. Connie ran up and hugged her father. "Just in case you have trouble again…"
Doug handed her a roll of duct tape.

"Good night Dad, I loveyou…" Connie yawned into her cellphone. She heard her father laugh, "Night, pumpkin."