Author's Note: This is it! The end of SU2! Enjoy, and stick around till the end to see what's on the horizon. Its a big one.


Epilogue

They broke the bad news to Amethyst when they got back. Then, Amethyst broke some bad news of her own.

Peridot had escaped.

It happened before they had even left. She had used Lapis as a distraction, and scrambled away via the warp pad, more than likely. The only thing she had left was her tape recorder. Amethyst handed it to Steven, who played it back morosely. Peridot explained about her experience with Steven and her lock up, spoke a bit about Lapis, and then her true intentions were revealed.

Her recording talked about how, in secret, she was still in contact with Yellow Diamond, via the use of a small group of robots that had survived the destruction of the Hand Ship. The final recording was a gloating monologue about how she had fooled them all. Everyone was already crushed. She was added to the list of daily problems to work on.

Nobody blamed Amethyst, except herself.

End of Book 5


Post Credits Scene 1

A few days later, Steven was on the porch with his lion, enjoying one of (probably) the last nice days of summer, before fall came rolling in. Summer vacation, as Connie called it, ended in a few weeks. That meant her time with him (and with her newfound instructor Pearl) would be limited. Even now her time was dwindling, as Steven hardly saw her face to face. They talked in passing when she dropped by for training, and over the phone, and that was pretty much it.

Today, they talked over the phone. Steven had the phone pressed between his shoulder and his ear, and was using his free arm to dig around inside of lion's mane. To his surprise he had been able to reach all the way up to the elbow.

"What the-" Steven said, as his arm vanished into some kind of magical sinkhole.

"Hmm?" Connie inquired through the phone in his ear.

"I think… I found something," Steven said. He leaned in further, and then gave a yelp of surprise as he suddenly went falling forward.

Lion had rolled onto its back, and the momentum caused Steven to fall, face-first, into the great beasts light pink mane. There was a mystical warp sound, and Steven suddenly vanished. With a clack, his phone landed on the deck.

"What is it?" Connie's voice came from the abandoned phone. Lion glanced at it semi-curiously, and then sat up and scratched it's ear. "Hello?"

Lion's eyes went wide, and there was another warping sound as Steven's head suddenly came protruding out of the beast's chest fur. He gasped for air, and in a strange, crawling motion, rolled out onto the deck. Something was clutched in his hand. He quickly snatched up the phone, panting as he regained his breath.

"Connie?"

"Yeah?"

Steven glanced down at the VHS tape he had returned with. It was plain, and marked only with the words: "for Steven" in unfamiliar handwriting.

"I think I know where the sword came from."


Post Credits Scene 2

The Moon of Earth

August, 2010

The signature chiming sound of the warp pad echoed into nothingness, swallowed by the emptiness of space. Peridot held her robot close to her chest for comfort, as she stood on the warp pad, taking in the gem moon base. They had passed it on the way into the planet's atmosphere, but it was one of many gem sites that Peridot had wanted to explore. Wanted, but had never gotten the chance to, thanks for various roadblocks and unforeseen circumstances.

Those days are behind us, the little green gem thought with glee, cackling as she began walking across the grey dunes and craters that approached the moon base. As she walked, a sinking feeling found itself in her chest once more. She pushed thoughts of Steven away, and no sooner had that emotion faded than another presented itself: anxiety. Peridot saw the bladed, stingray shaped ship. Its sleek black armor. She didn't recognize it. She saw the door of the base propped ajar.

She was expected.

She continued towards the door (now at a much more cautious pace) until she was stopped in her tracks. As if to prove her suspicions, a singular, red-skinned alien appeared. She was close to Peridot's height, with a red gemstone inlaid in her arm.

"Technician," the Ruby said. Peridot squinted.

"A Ruby?"

"Follow me. Lord Vilgax is waiting for you."

"Who?"

"We shouldn't make him wait," the Ruby said.

Peridot's suspicion increased. The Ruby seemed diminished, the flame that usually burned behind the warrior gem's eyes was dull, distant, snuffed. She moved like a gem possessed. This was troubling to Peridot. However, with the galaxy warp destroyed, she had no alternative. She followed the Ruby inside. Peridot was led down the main hallway, to a room that (due to her years of studying architectural blueprints) she identified as the viewing chamber. The room where the viewing sphere, a powerful surveillance artifact, was kept.

Waiting outside the entrance were the rest of the Ruby's cohorts. One of them, whose gem was in her chest, seemed to show a flicker of her old self as Peridot approached. She tried to stammer something, but before Peridot could try to decipher it, she went dormant, and the doorway hissed open. The technician entered, following her silent invitation, and to her discomfort, the brainwashed Rubies filed in behind her. Then, the door hissed shut.

The room was dimly lit, only by a few crystal sconces at a large vat in the center of the chamber. The viewing sphere, a large, orb-like artifact, hung dormant above its antigravity pedestal. However, the sphere was the last thing Peridot was focusing on. What had her attention was the being held within the vat. It was massive, tentacular, and broken. It had many faded scars at the ends of its severed appendages, and bubbles were streaming consistently out from a breathing apparatus strapped to the being's assumable mouth.

Peridot stared for a long moment at the tube, before a powerful voice pierced her thoughts.

I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF. I HAVE NEED OF YOUR SKILLS.

Peridot's hand flew to the gem in her forehead. She winced. The psionic intrusion, she assumed, was causing a lot of interference, and creating a loud, pulsing ring in her mind. The ringing was strong, but so too was Peridot's will. She fought back the first onslaught, but not without breaking a sweat.

"What… Do you want… From me?" She asked.

YOU WILL BUILD MY NEW BODY.

Again Peridot flinched, but as she was projected imagery of what the injured alien was looking for. Shaking her head until it stopped ringing, Peridot let the room stop spinning before she answered.

"Tch… I… I need my tools," she said. "Limb enhancers."

There was a moment of consideration, and then the sound of mechanical movement from the halls beyond. Then the entrance hissed open again, and the Rubies stepped aside to reveal a small train of orange and black drones. They carried various pieces of stripped mechanics and technology, including but not limited to gem limb enhancers. The drones dumped the precious tech unceremoniously on the floor, and Peridot scrambled over to examine it like a kid in a candy store.

THIS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT.

"Yes… This will do well," she said, finding a suitable pair of enhancement gauntlets and attaching them to her hands. Her confidence briefly resurging, Peridot walked over to the lead gem, and snatched the yellow visor from her face, donning it as her own like she had seen the Garnet do. Then, she turned to the floating being, who she assumed was called Vilgax.

"I'll get started without delay."

Next Time: Phase 1, Book 6

Danger Watch


Subnote: Thanks for making it to the end! If you liked or didn't like the story, be sure to let me know why in the reviews! You heard it right: next up is the first big blowout: Danger Watch. Ben 10, Steven Universe, Jake Long, XJ-9, and more will come together in an epic crossover finale to the first phase!

That's coming soon, but that's not all. I'll also be coming out with a new fic called "Danger Shots". It's basically going to be a series of one shots, snapshots, and drabble within the Danger Watch canon. It will mostly be fluff, with the occasional side story thrown in. Keep your eyes peeled for that too!

With that, I just have to thank you all once again. Until next time, I've been Sunshine. See you soon!