"Nooooooooooooo!"
A shout came from inside of the Big Donut from the kid Gem Steven as he was showing an expression of shock and fear, with Lapis by his side looking worried at him as he said. "This can't be happening! This has to be a dream! Lars! Lars! Please tell me I'm dreaming!" He asked, hugging him before he shakes Steven off.
"Get off me man, I'm stocking here!" Sadie after doing that, Sadie looked down at Steven with a similar worried look like Lapis as she apologized. "I'm sorry, Steven. I guess they stopped making them." Steven perks up from the floor hearing that. "Stopped making them?! Why in the world would they stop making Cookie Cats?! They're only the most scrumptious and delicious ice-cream sandwich ever made!"
He then stands up and shouts. "Don't they have laws for this?!" He asked as Lars kneeling in front of the cabinet stocking the shelves as he sighs. "Tough bits, man. Nobody buys them anymore. I guess they couldn't compete with Lion Lickers." He points his thumb over to the freezer where the Lion Lickers are at, mostly melted and disfigured as Steven walks over to the Lion Licker's display case groaning.
"Not Lion Lickers! Nobody likes them! They don't even look like lions! Kids these days, I'll tell ya what!" Lars begins to chuckle before telling him. "Well, if you miss your wimpy ice cream so much, why don't you make some with your magic belly button?" He mockingly said while walking away laughing.
Lapis looked at him, disliking how mockery on Steven who shouts. "That's not how it works, Lars! ...Right?" He asked looking at Lapis before holding his stomach before sighing. "Oh, sweet Cookie Cats," He said as he draws a cookie cat on the freezer with his finger while Lapis uses her powers to make the fog freeze to keep the shape Steven made as he continues.
"With your crunchy cookie outside and your icy creamy insides...You were too good for this world." He then hugs the freezer as Lapis places her hand on his shoulder to comfort him as while he does that, Sadie asks. "Ugh...Steven?"
He doesn't reply as he continues to hug the freezer as Lars turns from the counter and looks at Steven with an uncomfortable look. "Do you want to take the freezer with you?" Sadie asked as Steven nodded to her, wanting to take what's possibly left of his memory of his favorite Ice Cream Sandwichs in the world.
Later
Outside on the Beach Steven and Lapis hum as they begin to run home as Steven had the Cookie Cat freezer strapped to his back with the help of Lapis as they head up the Beach House stairs, before entering the sound of fighting is heard from the inside as when they entered Steven said happily.
"Hey, guys! You won't believe this!"
He then is suddenly attacked by a Centipeetle mini as it roars, trying to bite Steven who screams before Lapis grabs it with her water powers saying. "Leave him alone!" She then crushed it causing it to poof into nothingness as Amethyst uses her Whip to yank a Centipeetle towards her before letting Soren and Pink Pearl defeat it as they soon wave to the two.
"'Sup, Steven, 'sup Lapis?" Amethyst greeted them as the three along with Violet, Blue, Anaya, Yellow, Pearl, Onyx continue to fight off the mini Centipeetles in the Beach House, while fighting them off Steven said in amazement. "Awesome! What are these things?" When he asked Blue Pearl tells him while lifting up a Centipeetle, groaning. "Ugh! Sorry, Steven. We'll get these Centipeetles out of your room. We think they were trying to get into the temple."
After telling him Steven says. "Aw. You don't have to get rid of them. They're really cool." The Centipeetle that Blue is holding spits acid onto the floor, causing Steven and Lapis to jump back as they and Blue Pearl look down into the new hole, as they do Anaya stomps on one of them like a bug and realizes. "Um, you guys? These things don't have gems." She tells them.
"That means there must be a mother somewhere nearby," Pearl said as a Centipeetle sneaks up from beside her as she quickly knocks it away with her Spear, causing it to poof. "We should probably find it before anyone gets hurt." After telling them Steven becomes excited and asks. "Oh! Oh! Can I come?! Can I?! can I?!"
After he asked Pearl tells him. "Steven, until you learn to control the powers in your gem," Blue Pearl who struggled to hold the Centipeedle snaps its neck, causing it to poof as Pearl continues. "We'll take care of protecting humanity, okay?" She told Steven who looks down.
"Aw, man," Steven said before noticing a Centipeetle raiding the fridge. "Hey! Get out of there! Go on! Shoo! Shoo! Aw! they got into everything! Not cool!" He said as the Centipeetle mini he shooed was knocked away by Violet Pearl making it poof to nothingness as Steven looks inside and notices that the fridge is full of Cookie Cat ice creams.
Seeing this stars began to appear in Steven's pupils. "No way. I-it can't be! Wha-where did you get these?! I thought they stopped making them!" He said, taking out a packet of Cookie Cat as Pearl tells him with a smile. "Well, we heard that, too, and since they're your favorite..."
"We went out and stole a bunch," Soren said, earning a laugh from Amethyst and Pink Pearl as Pearl looked at them in anger. "We went back and paid for them." She said before smiling. "The whole thing was my idea." Pearl then put her Spear away back into her Gem. "It was everyone's idea."
Amethyst told Steven and Lapis before Onyx tells them. "Not really." Pearl then said. "All that matters is that Steven is happy." After saying that, Steven began to sing. "Ohhhh...He's a frozen treat with an all-new taste-Cause he came to this planet from outer space-A refugee of an interstellar war-But now he's at your local grocery store."
"Cookie Cat! He's a pet for your tummy. Cookie Cat! He's super duper yummy. Cookie Cat! He left his family behind...Cookie Caaat!"
Steven then puts his hand on the side of his face and says softly. "Now available at Gurgens off Route 109!" This made the Gems in the Beach House laugh and or applause at the song he made as he tells them happily. "I can't believe you did this. I'm gonna save these forever! Right after I eat this one. Hello, old friend." He said after taking one out before bites into its ear.
"Oh, so good!" He said through his chewing as unaware to him his Gem begins to glow. "I like to eat the ears first." He tells Lapis and the others through his chewing as when the Gems began looking at one another, Anaya points telling him. "Uh, Steven..."
Steven looks at her and the others confused. "Wha-? My gem!" Pink Pearl tells him. "Quick, try and summon your weapon!" Steven looks down worried. "I don't know how!" His Gems glow began to fade, causing him to panic. "Ah, it's fading! How do I make it come back?!"
"Calm down, Steven. Breathe, don't force it." Lapis told him, trying to help calm him as Pearl does the same. "It's ok Steven, try to control it as much as you can." Soon the Gems glow fades away, earning collective sighs from Steven and the others as he tells them. "Ah, I was really close that time! Can one of you just explain how to summon a weapon manually?"
When he asked the Gems began to smile as Lapis gives him a nod as she said happily. "Sure we can Steven, I'll help you first." After telling him Pearl then said in a singsong voice. "Oh, I'll go next!" After telling them, the two began to head towards the door, before leaving Anaya stops them.
"Wait, can I come too?" She asked as they looked at her while she walked towards them with a small smile. "I want to learn how to summon my weapons or powers manually too." After she tells them why the two looked at each other and smile before nodding as she begins to follow them outside to learn as well.
Meanwhile outside
At the beach, Steven and Anaya stood side-by-side looking at Lapis who was standing in front of them with the ocean behind her as Steven asked curiously. "Lapis, how do you summon your powers?" Lapis smiles as she explains. "That's a good question, Steven. See how the waves move so calm and peacefully?" She asked with a smile as they watch the waves move.
"As long as your mind and Gem flows with the waves, you should be able to master the energy within you and summon abilities and powers." She said while closing her eyes, motioning her arms which the tides of the ocean began to follow as the Gem in her back began to glow before summoning her wings made of the element of water as she began bringing her hands up making the ocean water head towards them forming into spheres.
Once finished Lapis opened her eyes and gave a smile. "For example, like this." She said as Steven and Anaya looked in amazement at how she summoned her water as she gestures her hand to the water. "Give it a try." The two gave a nod before running towards the water, before being taken out by a wave as it brought them into the water, which Lapis took notice and immediately used her abilities to save them.
Later
At a hill with a blossoming Cheeryblosom tree whose petals are falling Steven, Anaya, along with Lapis were there as the water on Steven and Anaya was finished being taken off by Lapis, which Steven smiled as he looked at her. "Thank you Lapis."
"Welcome, Steven. Sorry, that didn't work." After apologizing he told her. "That's ok." Soon they and Anaya looked at Pearl who explained with her husband by her side. "Pay attention to these petals, Steven and Anaya. The petals' dance seems improvised, but it is being calculated in real time based on the physical properties of this planet. With hard work and dedication, you can master the magical properties of your gem and perform your own dance!"
She then summons Spear and smiles. "Like so." When finished the three looked at one another before looking at the petals that began to fall around them as Anaya looked at Onyx and asked curiously. "How do you summon your Weapon Onyx?" He looks and tells them.
"Easy, I summon it by being just like the Earth is. Tough and Strong."
On cue, his Gem began to glow as he grabs inside of it and pulls out his Buster Sword before pounding the end of it to the ground, after doing that, Steven, Lapis, and Anaya looked at each other again, knowing that they can't summon their powers or weapons like Onyx.
Later
At the Big Donut, the three stood at the side wall of as Steven and Anaya pick up a pile of cherry blossom petals before tossing them in the air, waiting for something to happen only for nothing to happen, causing them to sigh or groan. "Did Pearl tell you the petal thing?" Amethyst asked them curiously as she, Soren, Pink Pearl enjoyed the donuts they got for themselves.
"Yeah, we need to practice really hard so we can dance like a tree...I think." Steven told them before Anaya puts in. "But it's not working for us at all." Lapis nodded in agreement with her as Amethyst tells the three. Listen, guys, all that practice stuff is no fun."
She then takes a bite out of the donut she's eating before telling them with a bit of her mouth full. "Whenever I need to summon my weapon, it just happens." After gulping down the donut she took a bite of Amethyst summons her Whip and breaks a garbage container in two. "See? Didn't try at all." Soren and Pink Pearl smiled at her as Soren tells them.
"Yeah, the way mine happens is always with the fire I have." After saying that Soren summoned his Sword before aiming a hand to the garbage container before blasting fire to it, melting it a bit as Pink Pearl told Steven and Anaya. "I can be able to summon my Spear at any time as long as I keep a positive attitude."
After saying that she then summoned her Spear when her Pink Pearl Gem glowed before shooting a Pink Plasma ball at the remains of the garbage container, blowing it up to bites leaving pieces of it, as when finished, they heard Lars running as he looked at the remains of the container and said shocked, dropping the garbage bag. "Huh?! Again?!"
Later
After learning they weren't able to summon their weapons or powers like Amethyst, Soren, and Pink Pearl, they began to go to Blue, Violet and Yellow Pearl's help as they were now on stop one of the hands of the Temple Gem Statue, while there Anaya asked the three curiously for herself and Steven.
"Blue, Violet, Yellow, what do you use to summon your weapons?" When asked the three looked at one another before Blue Pearl told them with a smile. "Simple. The way, I'm able to summon my Spear are from the cold winds and mists of the ocean themselves."
She told them before cooling winds began flying by them as she began to summon her Spear before taking it out of her Gem with a smile, soon after she finished Violet Pearl then told the two along with Lapis. "I'm able to summon my Spear by using the energy I was given when Jewel healed me when I was still a GMS." She then began to summon her Spear as well, soon placing the back end of it onto the floor gently, not to break the statue's hand.
"The way I'm able to use my powers and Spear are by the sunlight itself. As long as my Gems bathed in the light of the sun, nothing will stop me from summoning my Spear."
After telling them she then let the sun glazes off her Gem as it caused a yellow glow to come out from it, allowing her to reach in and pull out her Spear which was glowing for a moment before fading as she gave a grin. "Simple as that." Once finishing her sentence, Steven, Anaya, Lapis looked at each other, waiting to see if their Gems would glow, but nothing happens, after a couple of minutes, Steven raised his hand and told them worriedly.
"I don't think that's working for us." Anaya nodded in agreement before telling the three with a smile. "But that's ok, you guys did your best to help us." Steven agree as this made Blue Pearl and Violet Pearl along with Yellow Pearl to give a smile.
Later
After being unable to use any of the Gems powers to use theirs, Steven, Anaya, along with Lapis and the others who tried helping them, came back to the Beach House, while there Steven tells them. "I think my best bet is to recreate what happened the last time my gem glowed. So..." He then points at each of the Gems.
"Soren, Pink Pearl, and Amethyst were here. Pearl, Onyx, Yellow Pearl were next to the fridge and the rest of you were right over here away from the fridge."
He then hums before pointing. "Amethyst, I think your arms were crossed and Soren was leaning against the table?" They began to do what he told them they were doing as Amethyst said. "Okay, your majesty." Steven then went over to Pearl and moves her foot telling her. "And Pearl, your foot was like this."
"I don't think it works this way, Steven." She told him as he goes over to Lapis with a smile. "And Lapis, I think you were us..." He then moves her upward, keeping her straight up. "Yeah."
He then began to take out a Cookie Cat ice cream sandwich which was half-way gone. "Then I took a bite of this Cookie Cat. Oh, wait! I sang the song first. Uh, he's a frozen treat, all new taste, interstellar war, now available at Ghurven's. Aww, it was funnier last time." He sighs.
"Maybe I'm not ready to summon my powers manually." Pearl then bends down next to Steven, telling him with a soft smile. "Don't be silly, Steven. Of course, you are." Soren tells him. "And you're fun to have around," Amethyst adds in. "Even if your gem is a bit useless or not."
Pearl glares angrily at her as she then says. "I...Mean, you're one of us, Steven. We're not the Crystal Gems without you!" Others began to nod in agreement with Lapis giving Steven a smile as he began to smile too. "Yeah, even if I don't have powers, I've still got...Cookie Cat!" He then takes a bite.
"Mmm, so good."
Suddenly his gem glows then summons his shield, earning multiple gasps from the Gems in amazement as Lapis tells him. "Steven, you did it!" He notices and looks amazed too as he said happily. "Whoa, what?! I-I did it myself?! Oooh...Yeah!" He cheered, accidentally launching his shield which bounces around the room, breaking a TV, causing Amethyst, Soren, Pink Pearl to bursts out laughing while Pearl puts her hand to her head because of their laughter.
"Huh? Cookie Cat! I summon my weapon by eating ice cream!" Pearl picks up the Cookie Cat wrapper and asks. "What's in these things?" The house suddenly rumbles, causing them to be interrupted as Steven asks. "What was that?"
They then see a shadow of something with a very long lengthed body crawling past the window showing it to have multiple legs as it went up, causing them to all hurry to the door before exiting the Beach House, they all looked up and saw that it was the Centipeetle Mother and several other mini Centipeetles crawling up the temple.
"It's the Mother!" Pearl shouts, summoning her Spear along with Onyx summoning his Sword as they leap towards it with Pearl shouting. "Stay in the house, Steven!" He tells her. "No way, I'm coming too! Help me get the Cookie Cats and the freezer in the house, Lapis.
She nods to him as they go back to grab several Cookie Cats and the freezer itself as the others outside begin to attack the Corruption as they chase the Mother Centipeedle leading to them to the back of the Temple as she attacks, causing the Gems to take cover behind a broken hand of the Temple statue as acid is pouring over the side by the Centipeedle Mother.
"We could really use Steven's Shield right about now!" Soren told them as if on cue pebbles were being chucked at the Corruption, ceasing her attacks as Steven shouts. "Hey!" He then plants the freezer in the ground with the help of Lapis who shouts. "Leave them alone!"
The Gems looked shocked as they shouted. "Steven, no!" Steven then shouts at the Corruption. "Cookie Cat Crystal combo powers, activate!" He then opens and eats a Cookie Cat, lifting his shirt showing his Gem as he waited for it to glow, as while chewing Anaya began to use her Sun-Bolts to bring the Corruptions attention to her and away from Steven for a little while, but for some reason, nothing happens to Steven's Gem, which he and Lapis notice.
"Uh-oh. Aaaah!"
He retreats further back with Lapis' help when she grabbed him and brought him back when the Centipeedle went back to attacking them, noticing they're in danger Pearl tells them. "We need to save them!" Pink Pearl then tells her. "Can we save ourselves first?!" As they try to keep the acid from melting the hand all the way, blasting at the Corruption with their powers, Steven who ate most of his Cookie Cats as he takes out the remaining two, telling them.
"Goodbye, my friends." He then eats them and waits only hearing his stomach growl from eating too many as nothing happens. Why isn't it working?" He asked before Lapis grabs him as they retreat once more, which the others notice as Pearl, Blue and Violet shout. "Steven."
They then began to hold back the Centipeedle Mother's pincers with their Spears as when Steven and Lapis get up they look in shock seeing the Cookie Cat freezer destroyed, causing Steven to gasp. "No...Oh, no no no!" He then slowly gets up as Lapis watches.
"Cookie Cat, he's a pet for your tummy. Cookie Cat, he's super duper yummy!" He picks up the freezer by its wire and shouts aggressively. "Cookie Cat, he left his family behind! Cookie Caaat!" He chucks the freezer at Mother which shocks her, causing her to screech in pain as Steven finishes his sentence. "Now available...Nowhere."
The others who watched smiled as Soren, Amethyst, Pink said happily. "Yes!" Pearl then tells them all. "Gems, weapons!" They all summon their weapons. "Let's do it," Onyx says as they burst from the cover of what's left of the hand and attack all at once, destroying the Centipeedle Mother, making her poof as her gem falls before Pearl catches and bubbles it away.
"Farewell, sweet Cookie Cats. I'll always remember the time we spent together." He said burying a wrapper before his stomach rumbles. "Shh, hush now." He said to it before the others go to him as Lapis asks worriedly. "Are you crying, Steven?"
He shouts. "Only a little!" Amethyst then tells him. "Well, I guess your powers don't come from ice cream," Pearl tells him to try to cheer him up. "Of course they don't come from ice cream. Don't worry, Steven, I'm sure someday you'll figure out how to activate your gem."
"Yes, in your own Steven-y way."
Lapis told him as he smiles before telling them. "I'm okay guys. I just-" His stomach rumbles causing him to groan. "Ugh, I think I ate too many Cookie Cats." They all begin to laugh, with Steven laughing anxiously, before throwing up from eating too many Cookie Cats.