"The bits!"

"But Steven, I'm closin-"

"The bits! The bits! The bits!"

Steven never really cared for bits fires anymore. As the same thing with Cookie Cats, he just outgrew the chunky snack at around the age of fifteen. Still, when he saw his sister Amethyst wanting to come to Fry's shop to have some with him the boy couldn't help but say sure. These little times where the times that he knew wouldn't change with the purple quartz. As the two started to walk away with their bag of leftover fry bits, the hybrid was thinking on a few things once more.

It's only been two weeks since he had woken up back in time, and Steven has slowly grown to be okay with being back where it all began. After everything with Centi happened, the hybrid had started to truly put his plan in motion to fix everything. He had bought a new journal to write down any notes he would need in order to get started. The first thing he did was starting to train his body in secret from the gems. It was hard as heck to get his weak body in shape, and he keeps having sores all over his body but it was worth it. Right now it did no massive change, but slowly he was feeling some improvement. He's been doing some jogs and push-ups now and then, eating more healthy food and working hard to train his gem powers. He still couldn't do anything yet, but he had been practicing his bubble cause it was the first power he ever hard. Better to start with the first one then going straight for his shield.

Other things were really just keeping track of when something was suppose to happen followed by two different columns; new date changes and what he plans for those events. Like today, he realized that it would be the day that him and the gems defeat the massive Red Eye with his mother's canon. Steven had honestly just planned to let this play like it was before. He already knew the password to the light canon and where to get it from, now he just needed to wait for it to show up.

If he wasn't busy with changing events and training, Steven was honestly just spending time with the gems and Beach City. It was still his home, even if everything was different and yet still the same. Though at times, it was hard to really enjoy everything like before. Even now, as he walks with his favorite quartz in the world the hybrid couldn't help but feel a sense of longing and feeling out of place. Don't get him wrong, he still cared for Amethyst deeply, but this wasn't his Amethyst. Neither was Pearl, Garnet, or anyone. There were no handshakes, no relaxing on the hill, no fun times just playing music with his father. It was his family, and yet it wasn't, and it was an odd and sick feeling he was trying to get used to.

"Hey Steven," The hybrid turned to see Amethyst munching on his fry bits. "You gonna eat any or am I chowing down?"

"Oh, sorry Amethyst." Steven smiled, looking up at the sky to see the bright yellow ship he was waiting for. Putting up his act, he smiled. "Just enjoying the second sun rising as the first sun falls. Such a beautiful sight!"

Amethyst laughed, finding the boy's humor funny everyday. "Haha! Steven, there's no secon-" She stopped dead in her tracks as she looked up to see the massive yellow and red ball of metal flying straight towards them. Her eyes widened in shock. "Oh no.."

Steven didn't even try to save his fry bits as the purple gem carried him over to the Temple to where Pearl and Garnet stood at the beach. He already knew what needed to be done, but let the gems speak about it as Pearl turned over to the two. "Where were you Amethyst? We're trying to save and protect innocent humans here," She crossed her arms in disapproval.

"Eating Fry bits," The purple gem shrugged as she placed the hybrid down. She looked up at the massive red and yellow eye like ship. "What is that thing?"

"It's a Red Eye Amethyst. It's made to be used to crash on planets and destroy massive cities. If we don't stop it then these humans will be in peril!" Pearl explained to the relaxed gem, her voice rising slightly higher.

Steven looked at Garnet and frowned. "Is there any way to stop it Garnet?"

"Only one way," The fusion frowned a bit as she answered. "Rose Quartz's Light Cannon. It should be strong enough to destroy the Red Eye."

"Well if it's Ro- I mean my mom's cannon, then my Dad most likely has it." Steven bit his tongue on the little slip up, but it didn't look like the others gems noticed and focused more on the fact that he mentioned his father.

Pearl frowned deeply in what looked to be disgust before she tried to give Steven her most motherly like smile. To him it just looked like an I know more smile. "Steven," she spoke softly. "Greg is nice… but I doubt that Rose would entrust him with such a powerful weapon."

'Well 'Rose' would entrust people like that.' Is what Steven wanted to say, but instead tried on a big forceful smile instead. "Aw, come on Pearl. If anyone has it, it has to be dad."

"We can handle this Steven." Garnet cute bluntly as she then plans to pick up Amethyst, and something snapped behind Steven's eyes.

He frowned and walks over to the Car Wash to look for his father, but not without turning back and glaring slightly. "You do it your way, and I'll do it my way."

The hybrid didn't even bother to see the looks of slight shock and utter surprise at his cold cut words, not when his mind was clouded a bit with a bit of anger. Steven didn't like being in the past as much as other might be. Now being back, he found out how much everyone looked down at him like a child, a delicate glass that needs to be kept in a locked cabinet. He hated being told what to do when the answer is right in their faces. He wanted to help, this was his home and family. The boy hated how now, after everything he did to prove himself, he had to convince the gems all over again to trust him and listen to his ideas for once. It was during these moments that he was want to scream at them the truth of who he really was, but he kept his tongue shut, knowing it was better to do just that.

As for him and his dad Greg, well things just felt off. Steven knew there wasn't that much of a difference from him now then being more closed off from his life. Living back in the past, the boy had started to realize how much he hardly spend time with his father. They only talked when he was bored or needed him for gem things. Other than that, the gems try to keep him in the temple and away from the Car Wash. Pearl and Amethyst belittle his father and treated him like a throne in their sides, more so the white gem. It didn't put the full blame on them though. Greg wasn't the best father in common sense, and he hardly spend time with his son now as it is. Not even telling him of the possibility of more human family. How could he have been so stupid to it all, the negativity he lived with was just clouded by smoke at this point. Now being older, wiser than his years even now, the diamond hybrid could see everything clearly how messed up his life truly it.

All the more reason to fix it now and soon. As he finally made it to the Car Wash, Steven walked up to the van and knew right away that his father was dead asleep. Not wasting time, he climbed onto the car and jumped on it roughly. After three jumps, the van started to set off it's alarm. Hopping down, the teen in a boy's body waited until Greg jumped out of the van with a waffle iron in hand. "Who's there!? I have a waffle iron!"

Steven rushed to take the iron out of his dazed father's hands. "Dad... Dad, it's me."

"Wha… Steven, what are you doing here? Come to hang out with your old man," Greg smiled, pulling his son into a hug.

While steven did enjoy the affection, he pulled away and shook his head. "Sorry Dad, but I need mom's Light Cannon to defeat the massive Red Eye coming to destroy the town," As his dad ask about the Red Eye, he pointed at it in the sky as he spoke again. "It's the only thing that can stop it."

"Wow, that thing is huge." Greg rubbed the back of his head and thought hard. "I might know where it could be at. Get in the van Kiddo!"

Steven smiled and nodded, hopping into the passenger seat as his father started up the van and headed to the Storage unit. As they drove to the small place, the hybrid quickly remembered what was the password to start it up. It was best to guess it right? Knowing it right off the back when seeing the gems might be odd and bring too confusing, and he couldn't have that now. It was too soon to tell anyone and he needed to get things ready before that. He needed a plan to get it to look believable enough so that not even Garnet to figure it out. With a little smirk on his lips, the teen made up a plan on what to do.

"Welp," Greg declared after the two headed out of the van, pointing at his unit. "Here we are. I have this space for stuff I can't fit in the van."

Steven smiled more as his father opened it up. Yup! Just the same messy hoarder his father was. "It must be in there! I'm gonna need protect though."

Like last time, Steven grabbed the sock and flashlight to tie up on his head. Turning on the light and tying up extension cords to his waist, he gave the other end to his father and dived into the massive pile into the Storage unit. The teen didn't waste time trying to reach the Light Cannon, moving over boxes and old junk to reach to the end. Though he did step on some of his dad's old CD's and tapes of his music like before, even an old photo of his father and mother. "Man!"

"Are you okay Steven," His dad called out to him in worry.

Steven frowned at the photo and called back. "Yeah! Just stepped on some tapes and a photo dad."

Though, just looking at the photo brought a sense of mixed emotions to the boy's chest. He honestly couldn't even hear his father as he looked down at the photo. Steven knew a while ago that this was a fake. His father was only smiling out the painting that was in the temple, trying to make it look like she was really there. Seeing Pink in her Rose Quartz form, smiling with such grace and purity like a princess, brought a really deep and vile taste into the boy's mouth. Rage, pure and white hot like fire, started to boil and burn behind his brown eyes as he glared at the photo. This was Pink Diamond, playing and lying even to the supposed love of her life that she was just a normal quartz. He knew the truth, knew how horrible of a monster she really was, but could growl and turned his back to the photo as he continued towards the Light Canon. One day and one day soon, he was going to expose Pink for the lair she really was. He was going to show everyone, even the Diamonds, just how much of a monster his supposed mother was. He will ruin her history.

For now though, he had to get the Light Cannon to the beach. One step at a time. Steven made it to the Light Canon just when he heard his father say the code word to light it up, smirking as he just came up with an idea. As he started to tie it up with the extension cords, he called back to his father. "Already Dad! Get the can, I found the canon!"

Greg wasted now time getting the van and pulling the cannon out. It couldn't be helped though when the two universe's had no choice but to drag it back with them, hoping it won't cause it damage. Steven felt a bit bad that he wasn't speaking to his bad. There he goes again being self absorbed into the mission at hand. Has he really gotten to be too much like the Diamonds, so caught up in missions and agendas that he has grown a bit out of touch to just have fun. He sighed, planning to speak but his father started to look a bit scared.

"That Eye is getting huge," Greg stated loudly, looking out at the massive red Eye closing in on them. "It's freaking me out!"

Steven gasped, pulling out his father's old CD 'Drive My Van Into Your Heart'. Even though it was a song for Pink and his father's love for her, it was a song that grew big over time. He remembered at concerts when Sadie and her crew would sing it to the words and they cheered. "Let's play one of your songs Dad. Might help calm you down."

Greg was shocked to see that his son had it, but smiled a bit when Steven played it and song to the song with such joy. Unknown to him, the boy was enjoying the song, remembering the time where he sang with Sadie on stage to the song. It was at those times that the boy really felt happy with his dad, even if it was only a bit brief. The two were just smiling and enjoying the song as they made it to the beach where the gems looked to be panicking. By the time the Universes made it to the gems, they hopped out of the van over to the Light Cannon. The Red Eye was already sucking things up into its pupil, still planning to crash right into them.

Pearl gasped, looking at the Canon with light in her eyes. "Greg really had it…"

"Alright! We're saved," Amethyst cheers as Garnet smirks.

Turning off the music, the hybrid quickly made it to the Light Cannon and touched it gently with his palm. He knew what to do and how to activate it. Smirking under his lips, he looked at the gems and stopped himself a second. Not yet, but just a bit longer. He turned to his dad and shouted over the roar of the Red Eye. "Dad! How do we turn it on?"

Greg just shrugged, making Pearl start to panic as she grabbed her boy away from the man. She screamed, "Steven, this is serious! How would Greg even know how to turn it on!?"

"I am being serious," Steven shouted back, planning to just start it up and get it over be damned at this point, and he wasn't going to let himself die a second time to a weak Red Eye. With a clear and serious tone, he spoke clearly to the cannon. "If every pork chop were perfect, we won't have hot dogs!"

Just like before, the light pink canon started to light up and open at the tip. The gems and Greg gasped in shock and awe, wondering how the boy even knew the password to turn it on. Steven didn't waste time to look back at them as he began to stand up it to lift it up as it fell down. He quickly tried to aim it for the Red Eye, but found his body still too weak to really hold it up on his own. Amethyst was quick to help as she grabbed the other side and lifted. The teen just grinned with stars in his eyes as the top moved the canon towards the Red Eye, Pearl and garnet at the toe to help. With another shout, the canon fired and shot right into the center of the massive ship, causing it to explode into pieces just like before. Though this time, the boy wasn't all that amazed by the blast as others were.

"Wow Steven," Amethyst chuckled, turning to the boy. "You just saved most of Beach City."

Steven shook his head and looked nervously at the parts left by the Red Eye. It didn't damage the Boardwalk just as badly as last time, but other than that everyone was okay. He turned back to his father to point him to his Van. "Dad," He called out with a chuckle. "You might want to get that."

"What? Steven what abo- My Van!" Whatever he was going to say was lost mid sentence as he raced to get his van and only home out of the ocean before it floated away. The teen still found that funny to this day.

Before Steven could relax and move forward to the Temple though, Garnet stopped him with a hand on his shoulder. When he looked up, he could see the looks of confusion and something else deeply inside her gaze. Even if hidden by the shades she wore. "Steven…" She spoke softly, but her grip was firm. "How did you know the password to activate the cannon?"

This was bad, but Steven kept his ground. As much as he wanted to tell the truth, it wasn't an option if his plans were going to work. Still, he wondered what Garnet could see now thought. He looked up into her shades, a deep sense of wonder in his rapidly thinking mind. Can she see how different he is? Does she know that her future vision was showing her a different Steven from before? What could she see about him now? He wasn't sure, and he for sure wasn't going to ask her. All the more reason to play this chess game carefully now. If Garnet could see something, anything about this, then it was best to keep playing the cover up moves before showing his true strategy. For their sake, the Diamonds, and Spinel.

With a smile, putting as much as an innocent face as he can, Steven answered honestly. "Dad said it to me by accident and the Cannon glowed at his first. I had to try something Garnet."

Garnet frowned, as did Pearl and Amethyst. They wanted to believe him, but something still felt wrong. "Steven, what about the-"

"I'm pretty tired Pearl," Steven decided to cut her off, putting on his best tired face to them. "You mind if I lay down for a bit."

"Oh, of course Steven," Pearl smiled and pet the boy's head. "We can talk about this tomorrow."

'Hopefully not at all.' Steven smiled and walked into the temple with no other fuss from the others as they went to clean the mess from the Red Eye.

As he made it into the temple and off to the bathroom again to wash his face, a sharp pain came to his head again. Those happen a lot now, but this was the worst one yet. He groaned and clutched his head and hair hard at the images of his death played over again. Spinel crying, the injector light up, him screaming before it exploded. It hat he was always dreaming at this point. He would wake up in nightmares of it all, replaying the same thing over and over again like a tape recording. It brought nothing but pain and sense of emptiness to the hybrid. It only grew worse as he felt the burn on his neck again, images of after his death now playing. He held back a scream, closing his eyes as he felt his knees shake underneath him.

The light was white now, the rumbling stopped, he made it to grab her arm. She looks at him in shock and realization, completely covered in fear.

"Steven!"

He clung to her. The injector exploded. The world went black.

Black, it was so cold and black where he was. All he saw was Spinel, curled up and in pain. No… he had to save her, he couldn't let her feel pain anymore. He had to save her! He had to bring her home.

A flash of silver flames. Pain and heat on his neck, choking him as he knelled in front of Spinel. He couldn't move, he didn't wanted to look away from her. The hand held onto him a bit harder, it burned and hurt, but he felt nothing but empty inside. All on his mind was the gem before him.

So dizzy… couldn't think clearly. A voice with the flames.

"You want to save her~?"

He did, so much so. He was holding her in his arms around, the flames now around her neck, sliver and hot. They shouldn't be there. Leave her alone!

"Are you willing to lose?"

Anything. For her...

"I'll remember that promise…"

He felt the flames die, his soul full of new life and power as he glared down at the being. He spoke clearly, "...You have my word."

"And how much is your word my pawn~?"

Steven gasped, looking at the mirror in shock and fear at the deep voice right next to his ear. His brown eyes turning to wide plates as he took in the sight before him in the mirror. No, he couldn't be. There was no way his body was back to being sixteen again, his pink jacket torn and covered in burn marks with his blue star shirt cut as well. There was blood on his face and mouth, even arms and stomach. His gem looked cracked and use to ooze out blood, and eyes as deep pink as he even saw them. This was how he died, what he looked like most likely when the gems and Connie found his body. This horrible image was how he died in his time. His body was still twelve in real life, but the mirror showed the truth. The soul under the young child's body.

There was something else different though. There was a dark black and pink choker on his neck, sunk into his skin as the center was shaped like an upside down heart. Spinel's gem. His eyes flashed silver in the mirror as a gloved hand slowly enclosed around his neck. A smell of rotted flesh and ashes filled the air of the bathroom, and deep black like eyes stared at him from behind. He couldn't move, and didn't dare to as it took a deep exhale and spoke in a deep and raspy voice.

"Let's have a nice chat… my pawn~"

Yes, there is someone, or something, responsible for Steven coming back people. only, who could it be? What does it want? Why did it make Steven place a promise? You guys are just going to have to wait and find out really. I like to keep things hidden for now so not sorry of you want to wait.

As for the questions guys, No! I'm not making a remake of every episode, just the ones important to my plot which will still make this book pretty long in the future. Who knows.

Anyway, heads up I do have this story on Wattpad as well under the same title. Check it out there too if you want.

Keep Feeling The Flow guys!