Connie takes a page out of Steven's book.
It was agreed on that Snow was odd for a gem. Knowing how many they'd already met thus far and to consider Snow odd told volumes about her.
A lot of them had to become accustomed to Earth mannerisms and quirks. It was to be expected. Two completely different species with obvious cultural barriers. But Snow seemed more attuned than anyone else. Peridot did state that Snow Quartzes were designed to adapt to their given worlds for a variety of reasons. They fulfilled a variety of roles. Finding useful information as well as dealing with any problems they might come across, such as hostile locals.
It brought to mind of a lot of human history and its tendency to invade other territories for their resources. But some explorers, like cartographers for example, held a desire to see and map the world before them. There was no fear of the unknown if it became known.
Connie heard the whole argument between her and the others as they blasted her for going on her own. Peridot chalked it up to being just as Snow Quartz would do. But to leave her faithful Labradorite behind like that, was very unlike her.
She heard Jasper bang on the door, chastising the other Quartz for doing something stupid like that. Meanwhile Dori was left scratching and whimpering for her partner.
"Idiot..." Jasper grumbled as she scrunched her fist.
"She wants to go out there on her own so be it. Not my fault if she gets shattered!"
In another weird way, Snow did remind her of Steven. The initial desire to protect others, the way that they used words to resolve their problems. Connie felt bad because she couldn't do anything in this state, despite the Prophecy noting that they needed to work together. Snow's suggestion to use her Psychic Aura did make her think about it. A lot. Alongside her bodies response to her newest addition, she needed to do something. Anything. The others jumped the gun a bit when it came to Connie's defense, but at the end of the day, it was still her choice on what she wanted to do. The fever waned slightly thanks to the ibuprofen, but it still remained.
She was inspired by Steven's ability to reach out to the others in his sleep. Connie could do the same if she tried.
"She's right though." Connie croaked as she tried to sit up. Lapis took her water wing off her head and stood back.
"The Lillim attack the mind. The only way to win this, is by doing the same. If I can just talk to Black Diamond, It might tell us where Steven is."
She noted Greg who sat on the chair against the pillar with crossed arms, who then stared at the blank faced Pink Steven at the end of the bed.
"I dunno kiddo, all it did was ask me questions...and spoke like it knew me and wanted to spare me from some unwanted fate...but who knows what it'll want from you."
Infect her, now that she's part gem in the worst case scenario. Somehow, somewhere deep within her gut, it told her otherwise.
Peridot then interjected.
"The comms I found earlier may have...persuaded Snow's horrible decision making." She said, with guilt.
"Greg's Summary of Black Diamond's talks look like they match up with the communication lines blethered words. Talking about how it doesn't want to hurt Greg or this...Unknown Variant. There was another one in the logs. Someone else that it was speaking to. And it was tracking Snow down as well as Pink Steven and whom I am assuming to be Connie."
Black Diamond did not want to be hostile but it looked like it had no control over its actions. The source of the screams and the tremors, as well as Gregs explanation could lead to a far more interesting conversation if Connie could get in contact with it. She had certain ideas about this third party, but wouldn't be able to confirm them unless she'd had the chance to speak to Black Diamond directly. She just had to.
"I'll go under then." She told them.
"Snow's locked the door...there is no other way for us to get in there."
Greg then shot up from his chair. Was he mad? Was he upset? He wandered over then sat next to her as he put his hands on her shoulders.
"Human being to...partially Human being..." He murmured, then heaved a huge sigh.
"Don't push yourself. I don't want you to get hurt...but please...if you can find...Steven while you...go where you have to. If it gets too much and if we see you struggling...we'll pull you out. Okay?"
Connie smiled weakly. She appreciated Greg in his attempts to vaguely understand the situation. She didn't know if she'd expect to see Steven in the realm, since he no longer had his gem. Anything was possible. If he was there, she'd definitely would take the chance to save him too. They noticed that Dori had stood at the edge of the bed too. She jumped up and laid herself next to Connie, who patted her.
They prepared themselves as Peridot utilized Apophyllite to continue tracking data down. Jasper and Lapis stood at the door as Greg grabbed a chair to sit by Connie. He didn't realize Pink Steven had moved himself too, having suddenly appeared beside the head of the bed as he stared at Connie also, who was...kinda freaked out, but to her understanding, he could have sensed what Connie was planning...or not. Who really knew what happened there.
Connie laid on her back as she had her head against the pillow and rested her hands on her chest. She looked at Greg who smiled back at her.
"Good luck."
It took a moment to ignite the watery realm around her as she sat up. Filled with numerous blending dots of shades of blue against a nightscape, she stood ankle deep in the middle of a large pond filled with beautiful twirling lotus flowers, with more than slowly fell from above and onto the water alongside various lily pads. Connie still wore her blue shirt and jeans and rubbed the gem on her forehead. Knowing she was still all there, she walked forward a few paces. She then stopped as the ground shook from beneath her bare feet. Greyish Slates rose up from the ground, with artwork painted on the stone that emerged from both sides of her, side by side Artwork more of a less painted and carved in an interesting art style once done by her grandmother. They represented people she knew. To her right she could see what appeared to be Greg, holding a guitar with a huge black star behind him. She could hear him whisper through the stone.
I'm out of my league. As always. But kids these days also seem to figure out more than adults do. So there's that.
Connie smirked. Good old Greg.
The stone to her left was a picture of Dori, who didn't appear to have any thoughts, but instead broke out of the stone and jumped towards Connie. She shook the remaining dust off herself, then wagged her tail at seeing Connie with a open smile and dangling tongue. She wanted to help. The others did note that Dori had some kind of special Psychic ability too, so it was good to know that she wasn't going to be alone.
Next to Dori was Jasper's slate, looking like she had just conquered a giant monster as she had foot raised on a black body and her arm in the air, with a fist of triumph.
You can't trust anyone these days. I don't even trust me now. I still can't believe I tried to kill my own Diamond. Snow tried to get me to see things her way too...but she too has abandoned me.
Jasper still suffered under her own duress and guilt. If only Steven could get to her.
Next to Greg was Lapis, who's image had her flying through clouds.
There's so much that I've learned on this planet alone. Is there such a thing as caring too much?
Lapis was indeed caring when you got to know her better, but she preferred to appear aloof most of the time and generally kept to herself. Next to her was Peridot, who had her hands rising towards a rectangular object like it was the holy grail or something.
I need to find out more about Apophyllite. You don't just construct a GIS for personal use. Why would a Snow Quartz have one anyway? They're normally for larger, more complex facilities. This is one advanced program.
Typical Peridot, her curiosities were left elsewhere. But it was better than her fretting. Not that Connie understood much about what went on in the scientific aspect of gem technologies, she was glad someone could understand its advanced nuances.
Then on her left, besides Jasper was...Pink Steven. He stood there with his arms by his side. She could see the the darker pink silhouette of Rose behind him and a much larger, further dark pink silhouette of Pink Diamond behind her. She heard nothing from it at first, before he burst out of the stone in a small affair. Dori stood in front of Connie and managed a slight growl. He said nothing and continued to stare at Connie for a good while, before turning his head and pointing towards the large, dark violet storm cloud in the distance.
That had to be where Black Diamond was.
She assured Dori with a simple stroke of her back that Pink Steven wasn't going to be a threat. The Wolf Gem walked around to the other side of Connie, who then took Pink Steven's hand. It's as if, he wanted to be here. Connie swallowed as they continued, with the sounds of the water gushed as they walked, kept her from going insane with the mundane silence that followed.
As they got closer, Connie could hear the lightning and thunder from within the wall of the storm clouds. She then heard Dori bark to her right, who then saw something in the distance and bolted. Connie ran over and followed Dori as she pulled Pink Steven beside her. She found Snow, whom was busy fighting off another Lillim Gem. Dori kept her distance, as they watched Snow from afar. The look of fury on her face worried Connie. She stood on top of her own slate with an impending power to her eyes, which had turned bleach white and a faded set of butterfly wings that glitched in and out of existence and allowed her to dodge easier. She'd never seen Snow fight before so this was a first.
She looked up to see a gigantic figure that watched over the battle between the two. Their hands were jettisoned as if she was pulling the strings of a puppet. Her black haired flailed in the unseen winds as her torso popped out of thick black smoke. She could hear her speak, as Snow battled with the unknown source's voices who was seeing her with doubt.
"DON'T LISTEN TO HER SNOW!" Connie roared.
Snow reacted to her voice with confusion, who then fought her harder as she tightened her grip on her axe.
The entity continued to taunt Snow with her identity. Then another slate emerged from beside Connie and burst before she could even have a better look at the picture. The white hair, the red cloak and the fantasy style armor?
"Diga...?" Connie murmured to herself, noting the figure Stevonnie saw.
Diga looked at the entity with a face of pure displeasure. Her form was strong and full of confidence, folding her arms behind her and using a stern tone.
"She is Snow Quartz, Lilith. She's who she decides to be. Pink Diamond decided to be Rose Quartz. Rose Quartz decided to give herself to be a part of Steven Universe. You don't know this lore well enough. You told Pyrope the truth. But not the reason, nor the why. We don't have to know the why."
Connie gulped, seeing that this was the infamous Lilith she had read about from Diga's journals.
Snow continued to fight, yet at the same time her thoughts of doubt continued to fester. She then noticed Diga's side glance as she looked at Connie.
"It is still up to the sight of stone and the curse of hope to set them all free." Diga told her, before she looked back at the battle.
"You...you and Steven must continue to teach Snow."
Her and Steven?
"About what?" Connie asked.
"Human nature." Diga replied.
"Snow can understand human related behaviours and can discover new things. But she does not have a mind with an organic brain with neuro-plasticity like humans do. Her line was designed for adaption but she does not yet grasp certain concepts. Her confusion stems from spiritual imbalances triggered by an hidden identity crisis. She desperately uses her position as a Snow Quartz to solidify her positioning, like any other gem given a certain role does. But developments of her being part Medusa, part me did crackle a bit of her programming."
That's right, Diga helped bring Snow back from the dead.
"She wants to serve White Diamond and Homeworld but at the same time she wants to explore herself even more. But her line of work denies her that. Hearing of the recent changes in policies did spark the unconscious idea, to which she jumped at the chance when the position for being the new Recon Gem for Earth became available. Given recent events, I'd wager she'd be the envy of all current standing Snow Quartzes."
Gems who came to Earth held the habit of being set free.
"However, she needs to be tempered. Her programming will ark up like this from time to time. Her Labradorite helps mitigate a lot of the issues with the imbalances due to their gems being used generate unique psychic fields. Mostly for their tracking purposes but their pulses work the same way."
Dori whined, seeing her partner like this, throwing herself into a tizzy of rage and fury.
"But I digress. Human nature is using past experiences to move forward."
Human nature had a lot of meanings. Using such memories as a key to progression in life was to look at them fondly, or sadly...and knowing which to choose to embrace or throw away. Diga leaned over and picked up a lotus flower that floated by, then examined it thoroughly, she then looked at three forms that weren't that far from from Snow herself. It was the slates containing Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl that lived on the barriers between her normal, flowing atmosphere and the violet storm clouds.
"What Snow has, are experiences she will never personally have gained. But gifted. Or cursed depending on how one would interpret it. The Chaos of Love that birthed us, to the mercy of death that releases us. Steven...you. Heralds of a new age...as the move the light with your hearts alongside your minds."
Connie watched as Snow roared at the Lillim Pyrope, who was flung back, before she used her Medusa Power to turn Pyrope to stone and shatter her, leaving her gem behind. She looked at Diga, who then disappeared without a trace. She walked up to Snow's form and listened to her troubling thoughts as the gem fell to her knees. The fact she attacked Pyrope instead of talking to her really did a number on her psyche as Snow appeared then reappeared closer to the Crystal Gems in a flurry of water. If Steven could communicate like this, then Connie could too. She grabbed Snow's hand the same way he did.
"Snow!" Connie called out.
Snow's head snapped out and hearing her voice.
"It's Connie...I'm with you in this...psychic realm. I can see the Crystal Gems stuck with the Lillim, but I need your help as well."
Snow was left bewildered for the moment, then she nodded and kept herself firm.
"I'm sorry for leaving you all like that." Snow told her.
"Especially you. I went out thinking I could solve this on my own without more lives being taken...since I can't be infected, I could take advantage of that. But my fear and my anger...there's more wrong with me than I once believed."
This was what Diga was worried about. There was nothing wrong with her per-say. Steven would just say she would have had her own unique set of flaws, but she was perfect with those flaws. Not to mention Connie's copped this type of self-sacrificing nature before.
"Apology accepted..." Connie told her.
"I'll admit we're all in the dark...but we're in the darkness together."
To say Connie was petrified would be an understatement, but she wanted to charge Snow with positive energy. The storm raged on with its flashes of lighting followed by clashes of thunder that rumbled the ground beneath her and sent ripples through the water.
"I appreciate that Connie." Snow told her.
"Now...I see nothing from where I am. The doors here are locked tight. The temperature here is practically near freezing point and I sense something fierce behind them. Is there anything you can see on your side?"
The slates contained interesting artwork. All of them had the gems bodies in a T pose but had tendrils of pulsating lights pumping into crack aspects of the slates which happened to be where Garnets hands and her gems were. Garnet had Ruby and Sapphire behind her on red and blue backgrounds respectively. Amethysts had the most cracked and had the most tendrils that aimed at her gem in the center and had a purple background. Pearls was next, though hers wasn't as badly damaged as Amethyst's, it still looked pretty bad as the tendrils coiled out to her forehead gem. Connie described these as best she could to Snow.
"Black Diamond's trying to make them into Lillim Gems, I assume." Snow told them.
They didn't look fully infected, however. There had to be something they could do to save them.
"Somehow we to need to get inside their individual gems to set them free. I found an analysis of their scans. Amethyst's infection rate has the most progression. We need to free her first."
Connie got to her Slate first, in the middle of the three. She rested her hand, hearing the chorus of whispers in the meanwhile. She focused, hearing Amethyst's voice first, then others she couldn't decode. A chill ran through her as the temperature dropped for her too. The water around her then drained away, leaving nothing but barren and deserted black grounds.
She gasped as tendrils aimed for her gem too, if not for Pink Steven's timely interference as he summoned his barrier around her which enforcing a tinging noise as each of the bounced off the different facets. Steven promptly unsummoned it. He walked back, then continued to stare at Amethysts slate as Dori stood behind them.
"They're quite defensive." Connie told Snow.
"Yes you'd have to be cautious about getting too close." Said Snow.
"They'll at aim any gem in proximity. Perhaps its best for me to get inside. But I wonder if I can get where you are right now."
Connie tried to think. She looked at Pink Steven who had suddenly stared at her. He slowly raised his arm and rested his hand on her gem. Memories of Steven going into Pearls gem flashed by. She remembered him telling her this at some stage. Although, not in great detail. But if it worked for Pearl, then it could work for her too.
"Snow. Go back to Diga's Room. I need you go inside my head. I'll wait here." Connie told her.
Whether or not it work like that to begin. But Pink Steven hadn't been wrong so far.
"I have Steven's Gem with me right now. He's suggesting this."
Snow froze for the moment, then nodded her head. Whether or not the others could forgive her for her prior actions was irrelevant. Right now they needed to do this. As Diga noted, the past was key to moving forward. Labradorite then rubbed her head on Connie and wagged her tail, before she disappeared into a puddle of water that went away at the same time. Connie wished she could talk, honestly.
It hurt Connie more to watch the gems be in this bizarre state. She sat down with Pink Steven, who then mimicked her every move, including crossing her legs as they continued to stare at the slates.
She wondered, what was going on in his head half the time. The alien thoughts that trotted around in there. He defended her and suggested scarily good ideas. Not to say Steven didn't have a good idea once in a while, but for something that was only half of him suggesting this...it was too complex to imagine.
It made Connie wonder now that she was like Steven...would this happen to her? Would taking out her new Gem prompt the same kind of action? Was she its host? Was she like White Diamond once suggested, wrapping herself around something else? No. Peridot did mention that the Hope Diamond was designed for her, that had the same exact expression and purpose that Pink Steven did.
She meditated there for the moment as she closed her eyes, inviting the whispers in to try and to decode the messages herself. Pure...darkness that silenced the thunder.
We/We/We cannot hurt her.
"You better not."
The voices were minor but they were there. The first constantly fluctuated between masculine and feminine. The second sounded deep and masculine.
How we...how we define hurt is through you.
For it is not just we who can cause hurt. But it's her.
Her? Were they talking about herself?
She's coming back again. Brace yourself.
What? nooooooOOOOOOOO-
Connie winced at hearing the screams again that intermingled with the thunders violent bellowing.
"YOU WILL SUBMIT OR THEY WILL DIE."
Another voice. The loudest one. It was Lilith. She knew it. The other noises were more like glitched autotune and softer (besides the horrific visceral screams that echoed.)
"I AM NOT GIVING IN!"
"Pyrope underestimated you then. We're coming close to the six hour mark and you're still resisting?"
Connie felt the intensity from where she was. The anxiety wrenched her heart and tightened her throat.
"I knew you were lying to me about how much time had passed. You can hurt me all you like. You can punish me all you like. You can put all the horrible things in me as you like..."
You...YOU are not resisting.
"It's not about resisting..."
"Then what is it, worm? Are you giving me permission to heat things up? To let you know, TM Ten is considered the most...intense...so. I'll ask again. Submit to me."
Connie ignored her increasing heartbeat and her breathing.
I...DON'T...CARE...I will never. UGHAAAAAAAAA-
"So be it."
It went calm for the moment. Connie then looked to see Pink Steven sitting to the left of her in the midst of the silent void. She looked down as she noticed that his hand was shaking slightly, with his eyes pinging with an intense stare. Connie was unnerved by the sudden movements of his form, never seeing him react like this prior. She took his hand to comfort him, only to be met with...extraordinarily violent images and terrifying pains through her chest. She felt a drip on her forehead, then touched it with her spare right hand and noted the red smear on her palm. Dread filled her as she slowly looked up, to see Pearls body hanging above her, with a blank face and a blood soaked torso.
Connie wanted to scream, instead she felt a white hand cover it.
Snow had snapped her out of the sight, returning to the outer limits, still seeing the slates before them. She looked at her hands again, seeing them clean, but shaking with total fear. She turned to Snow, then cried into her chest and whimpered. She felt the larger gem take her into her lap and wrapper her arms around, holding her close as she took Connie's head underneath her chin. She said nothing as Connie felt her rub her back.
It took her a moment to settle, until she had the nerve to tell Snow what she saw. Snow frowned, but continued to comfort her.
"I'm sorry I took so long. I had the others rightfully berating me for what I did. I quickly apologized after another quake rattled us. Then told them I had little time that I had Dori help me get into your gem. The look on their faces is a tale to tell for another time." Snow noted.
She further explained how Peridot kept getting comm logs from the Sections databanks. Peridot, Lapis and Jasper then went to Pyropes room to find more data and to see if Peridot could help unlock the doors to Storage Room Twelve. Snow advised against it, but they weren't going to argue, not after the stunt Snow pulled. So Dori and Greg were the only ones left, alongside the Apophyllite to protect them.
"I also figured out with Apophyllite on how we can save the others. I know conventionally that you need a strong light to push the infection out of the gems. However, due the gems being stuck inside the room, there's no real way we can do it. However, thanks to your Aura, we're able to see the gems here without needing to touch their gems physically. I need a much stronger light, say a Diamonds, to create the rifts into their gems this way to pull them out. If we're successful..."
Connie couldn't help about the poor souls stuck with Lilith however. Snow noticed her haunted look and her head in her hands.
"Connie, what you saw...I think you know that wasn't real. You really hope that logic wins out...but Lilith...by extension her Lillim, can create strong illusions that feed real. Its not just the image but every other sense being struck at once. She makes it seem...incredibly potent."
Connie blinked, her own mind vacant with any sensibility.
"Is that...how it was for you?" She blurted out as an automatic response.
Snow looked to her right and had her eyes half lidded.
"Kind of. Sensors in overdrive in retaliation to the falsehoods imposed made it incredibly hard to defend against." Snow replied.
Which could include why the...mysterious being was reacting the way they did.
"But if that really was Lilith and if she did mention TM Rating Ten, then whom ever they have been toying with has been going through an intense fight...they must have tremendous will power."
If seeing something akin to a corpse was only the start, Connie did not want to see the rest. Snow looked at her with a stern expression.
"But Connie, we too must have to be tough. You see the storm and fear the lightning."
More literal than one would anticipate. But Connie did want to know one thing.
"Snow, you talk about my Aura like it's always been there. You saw me becoming like this...didn't you?" She questioned.
Snow blinked twice. Connie debated on whether or not she let them know she had eavesdropped on hers and Pearls conversation back at the house.
"I know both you and Pearl talked about me the other night. Saying on how Steven and I fusing has had an effect on me. Why didn't you say anything back then?"
The white gem's eyes widened with surprise, as she could barely open her mouth to speak. Her face blushed blue as she looked away.
"Your mutations weren't critical. I didn't anticipate any of this...you becoming a half gem. I blame only myself for being the catalyst. I blame myself for losing Steven...I blame myself...for all of this..." She cried, as tears began to roll down her cheeks. It was clear that Snow still carried all the guilt and shame and had fallen into the trap of melancholy again.
"But...I want to move forward still. I should not fear the lightning in the storm. I am the one carrying the thunder after all."
How did Snow get so good at metaphors anyway?
"Then I am the Lightning to your Thunder then?" Connie joked.
Snow grinned.
"In a way. I'd say you're more the sunshine to Steven's rain, as rainbows you can create are beautiful to behold."
A fusion metaphor. That's a new one.
"I'd say I'm the rain to Steven's sunshine." Connie corrected.
Snow's grin got even wider.
"I'm not surprised. I'd heard of the phrase, Light of your life, but I'm certain that's a love thing." She called out.
Connie blushed furiously. Old thoughts surprised her mind again.
"Uhh...yeah it is." She stated. Not this again. She felt Snow's hand caressing her cheek again, like a mother would. Stevonnie was indeed a rainbow either way, a beautiful, shining icon of beauty and awe. Opening the door to them was the most wonderful moment they stumbled into.
"I think from observation alone, that holding onto those positive feelings will allow your powers to bloom. Records indicated, as well as information from Pearl, indicated that Steven's abilities were often triggered from his emotions. Suffice to say, that may work for you too."
In a way, this brief moment away from the chaos made Connie feel...comfortable and more at ease with Snow. More so than she had ever realized previously. Snow made mistakes like anyone else and mistakes weren't always human based. It was simply how an individual evolves. It's was as simple as what being alive felt like.
"I certainly hope so." Connie stated.
"I've never even done something like this before. I wouldn't even know how to do it."
They both stood up, then looked upon Amethyst's slate. Snow did a few clicks to check the auras.
"We both need to do something soon. But don't try too hard that you'll strain yourself from overdoing it." Snow warned her.
"If it really is emotion based, you need to feel the power flow through yourself as happy feelings surround you."
She was right. She can't force herself to the brink of her not being able to use her powers in the first place. She took a deep breath. She honestly didn't even know what she was doing, but if stories and tropes helped her, is that simple hand gestures and affirming stances were half the effort. She added another notch to the things she took from Steven for granted. She raised her right arm and pointed it forward.
Snow spoke of catalysts. Steven could be considered one. A door way to an unknown world that opened her eyes to fantastic things. Terrifying things. Beautiful things. A girl with no friends to a girl with extraordinary powers. How would her life be if the two had never met? No...Connie...don't dwell on the negatives. Negative equals no power. Positive. Positive only. Think Connie...think think think.
The dance? The dance with Steven and the other Crystal Gems? The fact he imagined her in a gorgeous turquoise gown? The look on his face warmed her. His laugh caused bubbles in her throat, forcing her to giggle them away. She then felt something grab her left hand...warm and inviting. She looked to see Pink Steven, as his gem glowed from under his shirt. Connie felt hers pulsating like a second heartbeat. Whispers entered her mind again. Unheard words of encouragement. She closed her eyes again, then heard his footsteps as he let go of her hand, then felt something against her back. Arms wrapped around her torso, which to then she yelped as he suddenly hugged her from behind. Connie swallowed as she felt the paradox of nerves fighting for and against her in a flurry of flames.
She had the temptation to fuse so badly, that to even hold his power as Stevonnie was what her heart really wanted. But she didn't want to. Now wasn't the time. Instead, he rested his right hand against her arm. She felt a small jolt run through her in a split second to which a cut off gasp escaped her throat. Her anxiety threatened to give way as Steven had his left hand gripped over her gut due to how uncomfortable it made her feel. Her breathing intensified as she felt the second jolt. The anxiety brewed in her stomach as butterflies ran rampant. It wasn't long until she realized what was he was doing. Her light blue aura enveloped her as more memories returned to her, during their first hunt for a gem monster together. Then their fight against Jasper...then the dance on Homeworld.
Steven, we're going to be okay. I'm here. Look at me, we'll get through this. Together.
Seeing both halves fuse back together after the incident with White Diamond...he laughed again.
Another jolt, another gasp. Her Aura got stronger.
Suddenly she found herself laughing too.
She opened her eyes to see the Aura that surrounded her. She let it run through her body to the ends of her finger tips as she charged a combined blast with hers and Pink Stevens which curled around one another, cracking open a light into Amethyst's Slate. She didn't realize that Pink Steven was still standing next to her this entire time, still holding her left hand and lending out his right with his own Aura.
"Amazing." Snow said in awe.
"Also amazing that Pink Steven helped us out too but still...that's incredible."
Connie blushed. If only she saw what Connie saw. She honestly didn't feel that bad afterwards, though what pertained as having strong powerful, if not painfully...unusual emotions in that space of time...vexed her.
"Oh thank you. So...how do we do this?" Connie said, wanting to get out of that awkward line of thought already.
Snow nodded.
"I've had experience of pulling out gems from the brink of infection. Stand here and try to use your abilities to create rifts for the other two. I'll get Amethyst out." She said.
It was in agreement, as Snow stood before the crack, then jumped inside.
"Good Luck." Connie whispered.