"Ha, another day saved!" Peridot laughed.

"Yeah. That was incredible how you tripped the monster by using the metal of the floor." Lapis grinned.

They had just stepped out of a battle with another corrupt gem.

"Yes, and even though sometimes, you look a little demonic while controlling the water, I thought you did exceedingly well in the fight!" Peridot complimented.

"Oh," Lapis blushed. "Thank you."

Jasper walked out of the field with a bubbled gem and Connie followed with a runny nose and watering eyes. "Sorry I couldn't help much, I think the flowers are making me-" Connie suddenly sneezed.

"Aw man." Jasper grunted.

"Sorry." Connie shrugged.

"Connie, please sneeze into your elbow." Peridot muttered. They all went on the warp pad and warped out.

Connie started feeling like she was gonna sneeze. "Ah… Ah…"

"Aim away from me, please!" Lapis cried.

"Your elbow, Connie!" Peridot yelled. Connie sneezed and it propelled her upward, her head out of the stream.

"Whoa…" Connie whispered. She was surrounded by space. She then saw a warp beam appear and something was in it! "What?!" Connie gasped. Suddenly, Jasper pulled her in.

"Careful! It's dangerous to stick your head out of the stream!" Peridot cried.

"Kid, there isn't a lot of air, and it's freezing out there!" Jasper said, flicking ice off the girl.

"I-I saw something out there!" Connie cried.

"What do you mean?" Peridot asked.

"Something was warping." Connie said.

"Sweetie, maybe you got too much pollen in your eyes. Because something else warping is… impossible." Lapis whispered.

"I know what I saw." Connie huffed. "There's something out there."

"Kiddo, There's nothing out there. There hasn't been anything else for a long, long time." Jasper sighed.

That night, Connie lay awake, staring at the celling. She almost fell asleep but jolted awake. She glanced at the warp pad and heard the fridge door open. She turned to see Lapis. "Lapis?"

"Oh, sorry, did I wake you?" Lapis gasped. "I was just getting a popsicle. Night, love yo-"

"Wait!"

Lapis glanced up. "What is it?"

"I… can't sleep." Connie sighed.

"Why not?" Lapis asked, cocking her head. She then smirked. "Are you still scared that you saw something in the stream?"

"N-no."

"Okay, well that's good." Lapis stopped before going in her room and glanced up. "Connie… nothing's coming out of that warp, and if they do?" She grinned and put her hand in her mouth, making a fart noise and making Connie smile
a little. "So what, I'll just drown them for you." Lapis smiled. "Good night."

Connie watched the door close in a blue light and even though Lapis had kind of reassured her, she still felt really nervous. The girl got up and sat by the warp pad. She made her shield and waited. "Guess I'm not sleeping tonight."

In the morning, Connie was fast asleep.

"Connie! Get up! We have a suprise for you! Come on!" Peridot yelled, shoving her awake. Connie gave a cry and her shield slammed into Peridot.

"Ow." Peridot muttered, getting up and dusting herself off.

"Well, now you're not getting any cookies." Jasper said.

"Cookies?!" Lapis gasped. "I love cookies!" She flew over and took one, chewing it.

"I'm sorry, Peri. I just, I guess I didn't…"

Jasper finished for her. "Didn't sleep."

"Maybe." Connie yawned.

"Connie, is this about the thing you made up outside the warp stream yesterday, is it?"

"But it was real, I didn't make it up! Something was warping somewhere in the warp!" Connie protested.

"Listen here." Peridot said, holding her cheeks. "Nothing on Earth can use the warps but us, we're pretty smart like that. Do you understand?" Connie looked away, upset. "Connie, nod in agreement if you understand. Nod
in agreement—"

"No offense, kid, but I'm pretty confident Peridot is right." Jasper shrugged. Both looked at her. "But if it'll make you feel better, we can just go check." She sighed.

And so, Connie warped the gems to the meadow again.

"Nothing here." Jasper said.

Connie sneezed.

"Bless you."

They warped to the geode.

"No life detected, the geode's holding nicely though." Peridot smirked.

They warped away.

They even warped to the Sky Spire, the place Connie had first seen fusion before her very eyes.

"Aw! Baby bunnies! Lisa's been busy." Lapis grinned, looking at the babies. "You're a grandma, Connie!"

"Congrats, kid." Jasper smiled, ruffling the girl's hair.

"We're getting off task!" Connie snapped, leading them to jump slightly. They hadn't noticed the dark circles under her eyes until then.

"We looked everywhere, there's nothing!" Peridot said.

"T-then maybe you're wrong." Connie huffed.

"What did you just say?!" Peridot screeched.

Connie flinched. "I-I mean-"

"Nothing on Earth can use these warps but us!" Peridot huffed.

"Well, what if it came from space?" Connie asked.

All the Crystal Temps seemed to freeze up.

"Uh… Come on." Peridot growled.

They warped awa and into the Galaxy Warp.

"These are the warps that once connected us to other planets. If something tried to come from space, it would be through here. But wait! This warp pad is broken, marked inactive by the sign that says so, and you placed here yourself! So, ha!
I win, you lose!" Peridot yelled, pointing to the sign.

"There's no need to be worried." Lapis smiled.

"We're completely safe here." Jasper said, putting and hand on her shoulder. Connie flinched.

"I suppose." Connie sighed, sitting next to the sign.

All the gems sighed in relief.

"That took… all day." Lapis sighed.

"Eh, we had to make sure Connie felt safe." Jasper said.

"Yes, she's much better now." Peridot smiled.

"I'm a little tired... of you guys telling me how I feel! I know I saw something outside the stream!" Connie yelled, her eyes flashing with fury.

"And I know you didn't!" Peridot retorted.

Lapis and Jasper watched them fight and Lapis frowned. "Huh… This is new."

"Connie, you don't know what you're talking about." Peridot insisted.

"Maybe… you don't know what I'm talking about!" Connie yelled.

Peridot was about to yell back when Jasper suddenly yelled, "QUIET!"

They both looked at her and Jasper grabbed Connie's hand. "Connie, let it go."

That night, Lapis walked out her room to see Connie sitting at the warp pad, almost unblinking.

"Um, hi." Lapis smiled. "Have… you eaten anything?"

"Nothing." Connie growled. "All the popsicles are gone too."

"Connie, get to bed soon, you look so tired." Lapis said, walking out.

Connie glanced at the warp pad and sighed. "Ugh! Why am I doing this?" She cried. She sighed in defeat. "Fine. I give up! Connie was wrong and everyone else was right! Nothing's going to come through that warp pad!"

And…. nothing did, however, something came through the ceiling. Connie gasped and saw the light turquoise robot waddling around.

" You were the thing in the warp stream!" Connie cried with joy, watching it toddle. "You did come from space!" Connie grinned, looking up at the hole. She saw it moving towards the warp pad. LYou're trying to get to the warp
pad, aren't you?" Connie blocked it and yelled, "Lapis, come back!" The thing knocked her over and went on her chest. "I knew it! I did see something! Guys! I was right!" She cried. The thing tried to shoot Connie in the face
with pale white goo. "Guys! Come on! Check this out!" The thing kept hurting her. She grabbed its leg and swung it into the warp pad. "Whoops."

The thing was now cracked but got up and squirted a crack in the warp pad. Connie saw the transportation was healed.

"Oh no you don't!" Connie yelled, seeing it try to warp away. "Jasper! Lapis! Peridot!"

They warped away.

Connie and the robonoid were warping and Connie hung onto it. "Where are you going?!"

She then saw more and more robotoids appear. They all latched onto her and she cried out. The things suddenly pushed her head out of the stream. She gasped for air and pushed herself back in. "Stop it!" She cried. The things then shoved
her whole body out.

Connie gave a shiver and held onto a robonoid. She looked at it and whispered, "I was right." The girl looked around to see other warp pads activating with robonoids in them as well. She smiled softly as she felt her eyelashes and hair
clump with ice. "And now… I'm going to die. A tired, frozen, little kid." She felt her body freezing and her breath quicken as it ran out of ovegan. She was about to lose conscious when suddenly, a warp came. Strong arms pulled in her in
and Connie gasped for air, the warmth bringing a shock too.

She felt Jasper hug her close and all Connie could do was hold onto her.

"Slow down, kid. Take deep breaths…" Jasper muttered. She saw the robot and picked it up. "Huh, this little guy was the thing in the warp stream."

"I.. don't care about that anymore." Connie shivered, hugging Jasper more.

"But I do. And Peridot's gonna flip when she finds out." Jasper grinned. Connie gave a small smile. "I shouldn't have doubted you, you're a Crystal Temp too."

Peridot and Lapis warped in suddenly and Lapis immediately hugged Connie. "Oh, are you okay?! I heard the warp pad, and Jasper told me you were outside the stream and-"

"Connie, I'm glad you're safe, but what is this little robot?" Peridot asked, looking at it.

"You don't know?" Connie asked.

"Hm… No." Lapis muttered. "I.. don't remember this from Homeworld…"

"Well, there were tons of them going to the same place… but where would that be?" Connie asked.

The Temps made it into the Galaxy Warp and saw many little robots go to the Homeward pad.

"What are they doing?!" Peridot asked, pulling her hair in exasperation as the robots shot goo at the broken thing.

"There's so many." Lapis breathed. The things stepped away and the pad was completely fixed. "They fixed it?!"

"What does that mean?" Connie whispered. The Temps looked at her and Peridot sighed. "I don't know."

Suddenly, a sound came and they knew it was the warp. They gasped and Jasper grabbed all the gems in one swoop. She leapt behind a tall rock. They glanced out to see a slender pale stranger with her gem in her forehead. She wore a light pink dress
with poofed silk sleeves, which was surprising to Conie. This gem, looked so fragile.

"Hmm." The woman said, stamping her feet on the warp.

"Who is that?" Connie whispered.

"How should I know?!" Jasper hissed.

The woman's gem glowed and a straight line appeared. It moved when she talked, indicating it was recording. "Log date 3 1 2. This is Pearl, servent of Lady Rose Quartz, performing Earth hub maintenance check." One of the little things
crawled on her shoulder and she frowned.

"Pearl. Her name's Pearl." Connie whispered. Lapis and Peridot immediately covered her mouth.

"Warp repair a success. All 79 flask robonoids deployed and accounted for. Preparing to locate and manually reactivate Kindergar—" Pearl stopped speaking when a robonoid, the damaged one, knocked into her leg. She turned to it.

"Aw, the little ones are like her babies." Connie cooed softly.

Pearl glanced at the thing then put her slippered foot on it. She put pressure on until it popped.

Connie gasped and Lapis pulled her down.

"Now to access the domestic warp." Pearl sighed, walking to the center. Her eyes caught the sign and frowned. "What is this?" She picked it up and frowned, glancing around. "This site may have been compromised."
She walked back to the warp and left. A turquoise stone had been placed on the warp and it deactivated the robots.

Connie ran to the warp and the Temps followed.

"I can't do this again!" Peridot whispered, putting a hand over her mouth.

Lapis seemed to be staring at the warp pad. "They're coming… and we can't stop them."

"Oh yes we can." Jasper growled, venom in her voice that Connie had never heard. She walked up to the warp pad and Connie whispered, "Was that a gem from Homeworld?"

"It doesn't matter, kid." Jasper hissed. Her giant helmet was made and she slammed into the warp, breaking it. "She's never coming back."