Garnet was the first to find him. She screamed out for the gems and they soon followed through the open door in the burning room.
She checked for a pulse. None. Steven was dead. His body was lying still and cold. His gem was dark and dull in color.
When Pearl saw him she immediately fell to her knees and cried. She cried hard, tears fell in streams down her face. She wailed for what was lost and what could've been. Pearl was devastated.
Amethyst lingered in the doorway. She knew something bad happened to Steven but she didn't know if she wanted to see him. She didn't. So Amethyst walked off. She didn't know where she was going she just walked and didn't stop. Nobody would find her for a long time.
Garnet decided to try and do something. She couldn't see any possibilities of Steven coming back but she couldn't see well when she was upset so she decided to try and heal him.
She opened his mouth and put her finger inside. It was almost warm but it wasn't. She rubbed her finger on his neck. Hoping that he can heal himself when he was dead.
Nothing happened so she tried again. This time she left steven. she took a cup from the kitchen and went to roses fountain.
She poured his mother's tears down the dead childs throat. It didn't go down at first but eventually it went down his throat.
Nothing happened. So Garnet gave it one last try. She shocked her hands with electricity. She pressed her hands against his chest and hopped it would start his little heart back up again. Nothing happened except a jolt from his body. She tried again to no avail. Garnet would keep this up for hours, frying his chest in the process.
The gems had to tell Greg. When they got to the van they found him. He was drunk. He has smashed bottles all over the car wash pavement and his bare feet were bleeding immensely. It was a sad sight to see Greg in this much emotional turmoil. They told him and he said that Amethyst told him yesterday. That explained everything. The gems left the drunken man to be himself. They understood. All they felt was the dark depression and sadness filling their heads.
After a year, Greg was okay. He would walk up to the house every day and check on the gems. He worked at the wash still but he didn't like talking. He was alright. He would heal before his time would come.
Pearl was a mess. She usually stayed in her room and when she wasn't in her room she would go through all of Stevens stuff. She kept his shirt in her room and she liked to stare at it in the dark. Pearl would heal. It would take a century or two but she would find love instead.
Garnet was alright. She blamed his death on herself. She would be fine though. Garnet was the best at dealing with her emotions. She was just trying to help pearl most of the time.
Amethyst returned after a few months. When she came back nobody questioned her and she liked that. She liked to sleep in Stevens bed. She was in the same position as pearl. They would both heal eventually. They can always heal. The dark can't always contain the light. The crystal gems will always come through and save the day.