Hi, everyone. This one-shot is one I am very proud of. I think it's fun and it was fun to write. But, it's not one of my favorites, for once.

I am a big advocate in equality among all genders (not just men and women, but non-binary, transgender, etc), but this one-shot is about our Renegades girls taking control. I am not in any way making women seem stronger than men, nor am I ignoring the many other gender identities there are besides men and women. This is just meant to be fun and empowering.

So please enjoy!

Takes place shortly after Supernova. Slight spoilers.

"I can't believe Oscar and Adrian both called in sick," Danna said.

"Adrian's been watching this old show from 2018 called She-Ra and The Princesses of Power. He finished it last night and claims that he is too emotionally fragile to come in." Nova explained.

"Well, Oscar ate some sushi yesterday at dinner and it didn't sit well with him. He got food poisoning. He was up all night throwing up." Ruby said. "So I guess it's just us girls this time."

The girls were supposed to be doing night watch.

Ever since everyone got powers, there's been a spike in burglaries and minor crimes due to people using new powers to steal stuff and do minor crimes (I know the ending of Supernova implied that villains were no longer a problem, but that doesn't mean minor crimes weren't still being carried out. I mean, Evie was going around stealing broaches).

"Night watch is so boring," Ruby groaned. They stood on the roof of Renegades Headquarters.

"Well, lets make it fun. Think of it, how often do we get to work with just us girls?" Danna asked.

"Once in a great blue moon," Nova answered.

"Right!" Danna exclaimed.

The girls were silent.

"Seen any good movies lately?" Ruby asked.

"That new action movie is pretty good," Danna said.

"I liked that one scary one." Nova replied.

"I thought that action one was weak. No gore whatsoever."

"You like the gory action movies. I do not," Danna replied.

Ruby's phone rang.

"Crap!" She exclaimed. "I forgot to put it on mute."

She answered it.

"Hello?" She asked. "Oscar, I told you to call your mom if you needed anything. I'm at work."

Ruby sighed. "No, Oscar, I have not seen your Steven Universe box collection…"

"I told you to stream it like a normal person!"

"Check in the closet…"

"I can't! I'm not home!"

"Oscar, call me when there is a real emergency."

Ruby sighed and hung up.

"Oscar likes to watch this really old TV show from 2013 when he's sick. The problem is he put it away from the last time he got sick and now he can't remember where he put it." Ruby said, putting her phone on silent.

The three women heard their wristbands beep.

"There was a suspicious sighting by the bank," Danna said, reading the alert. "They couldn't make out the criminals, though."

"Let's go. The bank isn't that far," Ruby said.

The women ran to the bank, not even winded, even though the bank was several blocks away.

Nova stood by the entrance. Dann used her swarm to look around the bank, looking for the suspicious figures.

Ruby stood on the roof, ready to back up Nova if need be.

The walkie-talkies Nova and Ruby carried crackled to life as Danna spoke.

"I saw what I think is the Grim Reaper. That means their little girlfriend isn't too far away." Danna said.

The Grim Reaper was a criminal who could transform into a figure made entirely out of black smoke, thus the name Grim Reaper. It was useful when trying to get into locked buildings because like smoke, they could fit into small cracks, like under the door and seemingly invisible cracks too small to be seen by the naked eye. The Grim Reaper was a fan of theatrics, and they threw a fit when they misgendered them in the newspaper. The Grim Reaper was non-binary with the pronouns of they/them, and they made sure everyone in Gatlon knew it.

They had a girlfriend and she doubled as a partner in crime.

She had a gem on her forehead that could disable any security system in Gatlon (She was inspired by a crystal gem, but unlike Pearl, she is bad). Her alias is Error, due to the error codes that the security cameras and security systems have on their monitors when she activates her gem.

"This is bad," Ruby said to herself. The only team to ever stop the Grim Reaper and Error were Scorpion's team, and they couldn't even restrain them, they just managed to stop them.

"What's the plan?" Nova asked.

"I'll man the back door. With Error around, we need to have both doors accounted for."

"But what about the Grim Reaper?" Ruby asked.

"Well, even if they did manage to get in, they couldn't escape, because they'd have to be in their human form to hold the money." Nova said.

Ruby noticed that the air on her right turned darker.

She looked at it.

She gasped.

"The Grim Reaper." She said. "I've never seen you in real life before."

She turned her walkie-talkie on.

"Guys, I'm face to face with the grim reaper!" Ruby exclaimed.

"Damn it!" Danna shouted. "We could have really used Oscar or Adrian right now. Nova and I need to stay at the doors. Grim Reaper is using themselves as a distraction so me or Nova would move from the doors, allowing Error to get in."

The Grim Reaper materialized.

"Oh. how smart," They cooed (Ok, Grim Reaper gives me a Double Trouble vibe, no just because they're both non-binary but also because Double Trouble loves the drama and theatrics, and so does the Grim Reaper, so if you have seen She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, imagine Double Trouble's voice). "Butterfly and Rainbows over there was able to figure out my plan. Ah, no matter. I'll just defeat you so badly that she'll have no choice but to intervene."

"Not on my watch," Ruby growled. She grabbed a dagger and her favorite grappling hook from her wound and began to fight.

Nova and Danna wanted so badly to help Ruby, or at least watch the fight to make sure she was alright, but they both knew that they needed to stay at the doors to prevent Error from getting into the bank.

They heard Ruby's brave feats, and knew that if she was badly hurt, and if one of them needed to intervene, Ruby would yell or something.

"Um, Nova, yeah, Error is standing right in front of me." Danna said through the walkie-talkie. "I'm going to fight her. Make sure you stay at the door in case the Grim Reaper decides to transform again and use the unguarded door as a chance to get in."

"Got it," Nova said, and she vaguely heard grunts as Danna and Error began to fight.

Back on the roof, Ruby tried so hard to trap the Grim Reaper, but every time she swiped at them or tried to tie them up with her grappling hook, they just kept turning into smoke.

"This isn't fair!" Ruby screamed.

"Oh, is wittle Ruby frustrated? Wanna throw a temper tantrum?" They mocked as Ruby tied them up again, and they escaped using their power.

As the materialized form of the Grim Reaper walked in circles around her, she took a minute to study the wind.

It was a little windy, but not much, but Ruby did notice that the wind was a mild inconvenience for the Grim Reaper, and they took a tad longer to reform due to the mild dispersing. Ruby knew what she needed to do. She needed to think outside the box.

Ruby opened her water bottle and dumped out the water.

She just had to make sure she timed this right, while also not letting the Grim Reaper know what she was doing. They materialized right beside her to taunt her some more.

She narrowed her eyes. She wanted nothing more than to wipe that smirk off their face.

It was night, so she couldn't see their face, but she knew that they were smirking.

She didn't know when the wind would blow, so it was difficult, but she heard the trees rustling. She opened the water bottle and held it out. Lucky for her, it had a galaxy pattern and the grim reaper didn't seem to see it on account of the dark background of the night sky. Then, she used her dagger, and just as she suspected, they turned into the black smoke.

The wind blew them into her water bottle, and she closed it tight.

"Nova, I got the Grim Reaper!" She exclaimed.

Nova immediately leapt on the roof, and they went to the back to help Danna.

Due to Error's powers not being combat related, she was still skilled, but it made her significantly easier to defeat.

Ruby and Nova leapt off the roof and tackled her. Danna then took Ruby's place and Ruby tied her up using her grappling hook.

As Ruby, Danna, and Nova walked backed to headquarters, Ruby happily swinging the water bottle and Nova holding Error over her shoulder while Error screamed… words at them, Danna said "See? We didn't need the men."

To all my lady readers, I hope you enjoyed this and it made you feel empowered.

I will not be making a similar one for the boys, because one, the odds of Ruby, Danna, and Ruby all not coming are even lower and even less believable/realistic than Oscar and Adrian calling off on the same day, and two, the women are literally more than half of their team.

I know that women are oppressed, and with the things going on in the US, let's just say it's really hard being a woman in the US right now, politics aside, it's always been hard, but it's getting to be even harder.

So Ladies, stay strong! Be like Nova, Ruby, and Danna and let the government know that they cannot control us!

This turned out longer than I thought it would, so I'm going to end this author's note now so I can lay down.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed.