Homeworld Ship - Onyx P.O.V

"Uh... I just woken up and I get immediately poofed. Not the greatest way to start off in a Homeworld day." I thought to myself as I reformed. Though once again, I don't know where I am again.

In front of me was some kind of yellow transparent wall and around me was a symmetrical room that had a hexagon shape to it. It had space enough to fit two to three gems, if they weren't buffed.

I rose up and touched the yellow wall, only to make me recoil back in pain. What is this made of that can harm a gem?

In the distance, I can hear heavy footsteps, each step made the ground vibrate a little bit.

"You're finally awake." Jasper, nice to see you're fine. You still seem angry, though.

I gestured her to say, I was glad to see her fine, but I think she doesn't understand this language that I was so used to.

"I have no idea what you're trying to say, but you better start spilling some answers!" Well aren't you being the friendliest gem to talk...

"I want answers as well. You answer my question, I'll answer yours." I deserve some answers as well. How come they don't know my gestures? Why is everything different from the last time I was in my physical form? At least this little shadow can communicate for me.

"You'll get nothing from me, now start telling me who the heck are you."

"If you won't tell me anything, then I won't as well."

"You don't have much of a choice, where you stand."

"If this is how you interrogate your prisoners, then you aren't that good."

"Want me to get personal about this?"

"Little one, don't try to start a war with me. I just want answers, that's all I want."

"Why do you keep calling me, Little one? Are you belittling me?"

"That's just how I treat all gems. It started as a small thing, but then it simply stuck." It is true, I used it as a way to gently talk to all of them before it became a habit.

"Heh, you finally gave me something." Damn! I slipped up! "Now answer me! Who are you?"

"That's not how it goes, Little one. You need to answer my question if you want something from me."

"We Homeworld gems know better, than to never trust the word of a rebel gem."

"Not once did I said I was a rebel gem."

"Then who are you? A deserted gem? A rogue gem that fled from Homeworld?

"Easy there. I just want to know how long has passed since the war."

"War? You mean the last battle between the rebels and Homeworld? You were there!?" That was the last battle? I simply nodded my head.

Suddenly, a soft voice started to sing. The echoes of her vocal cords gave this ship a harmonious feeling.

"That little runt is singing again!" Who is singing?

"I'll be back and you better start spilling who you are!" With that, she stormed away towards the sound.

Still got no clue on how long I've been out, no idea if that human is really Rose or even if they simply forgotten how I talk.

"Where is she? I could've sworn I heard her around here." That's, the Homeworld gem from before. I lightly tapped on the barrier, it hurt a bit, but it was enough to get her attention.

"Hmm? You're that Onyx from before. What do you lowly gem want?" And with that, my likeness towards you has dropped.

"For starters, I want to know your name, Little one." I can't always keep referring you as a Homeworld gem.

"An Onyx that doesn't know what is a Peridot? That would imply that you're from the first generation of gems. Probably before and during the war against Earth."

"Your name is Peridot? Nice to meet you, Little one."

"I don't have time to talk with a lowly gem like you. Did you see where that hunk of gem went to? Her name is Jasper."

"She was here a moment ago, trying to interrogate me. She went towards the voice that was singing."

"Oh... The Sapphire gem. Why aren't I surprised she went there." She then walked away with an annoyed face.

I'm alone once more. She looks so different from Jasper and the others, especially her limbs.

Now... How the heck am I suppose to get out of here without causing a commotion?

Well, I could break the wall next tom. Assuming that there isn't a field there as well, but I really only have my power to just create messages at this point.

Not enough energy to actually spend on breaking a wall that can be tougher that the Earth's stone.

Passing back and forth, I think to myself, only to not get any results. Not enough energy, not enough time since I woke up so It'll take me a while to actually gather the energy normally.

Sometimes, I hate how I can't summon a weapon... Where is that spear of mine even? Is it still at the battlefield or did a human ransacked it and claimed it as theirs?

Having nothing to do, I sat down. Maybe, if I'm patient enough, I'll be able to get out.


After freeing a Ruby and talking with Lapis, Steven ran for a bit, following the song that he heard through the halls of the ship.

Hearing heavy footsteps, he took cover and stood as still as a brick.

"We can't leave yet! The whole point in coming here was to check on the cluster!" Peridot said as she followed her superior.

"Stop singing!" Jasper yelled as she punched the wall nearby the jail cell. "Rose Quartz takes priority. Get back to the bridge and set course back to Homeworld!" She ordered while moving away from the scene.

Peridot, being very annoyed of the current situation, did as she was told and went towards the bridge.

"Go to Earth they said, it'll be easy they said." She said while passing by Steven, unaware of his presence.

Noticing that the coast was clear, he peaked through the hallway and saw a small blue gem.

Seeing as nobody was there, the gem continued to sing. Steven took this opportunity to get close to the yellow force field.

"Hey, I like your song. Are you Sapphire?" He asked while trying to keep his voice down.

"You escaped," Steven then passed his hand through the field like it was nothing. "Of course." She presumed with a theory on her mind.

He then put his body over the field, creating a small hole for her to pass.

"C-c-c-com-m-m-me o-o-oon! It's s-s-s-s-sa-f-f-fe" He said with a shaky voice to her.

"Thank you, Steven." She then passed through the hole, unharmed of the prison she was held.

"You'r-r-r-re welcome!"

"Sapphire!" A voice cried the name of the blue gem next to Steven.

"Come on!" Grabbing Steven's hand, she ran faster than he could account, making him float on the air.

When she stopped, he was still getting familiar back with his rhythm, since he just sped up like 60 MPH.

Ruby was on the other side from the next hall and was surprised to see her there.

"Ruby!" Sapphire cried before running towards each other, hugging in the process.

"Did they hurt you?" Ruby asked concerned.

"No, no. I'm okay. Did they hurt you?"

"Who cares?" She said with some tears of joy being made on her eyes.

"I do." She kissed Ruby's eye before being picked up and spur around in circles. In a single, energy filled moment, Garnet was reunited and laughing like herself again.

"Steven! Thank you!"

"Garnet! You're a fusion?" He asked with excitement in his eyes.

"Oh, I-I'm sorry. We didn't want you to meeting us like this." She explained.

"Well... Did I make a good first impression?"

"Oh Steven... We already love you." She said fondly towards the human boy.

"Where is she!" Jasper yelled through the halls.

"It's Jasper! Steven, find the others and get to the control bridge!"

"But I don't know where they are" He replied with a concerned look, before being kissed on the forehead, making him see into the future and where are his friends.

"Future vision! Wait, are you gonna be able to beat her on your own?"

"It's okay, Steven. I'm never alone." She said with confidence to him. Seeing the confidence in her, Steven nodded his head and sprinted towards where Pearl and Amethyst were based on his vision.

In that moment, after he left, Jasper came running towards the middle of the ship and stopped on her tracks.

"What? You broke out and fused again? Why? Fusion is just a cheap tactic to make weak gems stronger. Quit embarrassing yourselves! I've seen what you really are." To this, Garnet gave her a chuckle before showing her a determined face.

"No, you haven't." And with that, they started to fight each other.


On Onyx's side, he could hear that some commotion was happening, probably a feud between gems. If he wanted to escape, now would be the time since no one is going to pass through him anytime soon.

He was able to recover some of his power normally, it was enough to make a hole on the other cell, assuming that it wasn't occupied or that the barrier was on.

Standing up, he covered his right fist with the shadow that he used to 'talk' and positioned himself. Putting his balled hand back and using his left hand to aim, he smashed the wall with a swift motion, demolishing whatever material they used to make the ship.

Luckily for him, the cell was vacant and the field was offline as well, that meant he didn't need to expel anymore energy than he had to for his escape.

He was now free to roam about, preferably to find a way to exit the ship or even more favorable, to talk with Peridot.

As he walked through the halls, the ship would shake occasionally and the tremors on the ground would imply that two gems were fighting each other.

Passing through a corridor, he looked both sides before seeing the two gems in the shoreline and the human pass by on his left.

Steven was able to look at him, but immediately ran faster towards the bridge with the others, thinking that he was a bad gem too.

He resume his exploration before he was face to face with another field, on the other side was the Lapis Lazuli he saw on Earth.


Passing through the door, they found Peridot on the control room, rerouting the ship towards Homeworld. Being startled with code still on her eyes, she grabbed a gem destabilizer and tried hitting Steven, only it didn't work against him, making him held her in place.

Amethyst seized the moment and summoned her whip, with a fling of her wrist, she wrapped it around the the Homeworld gem and had her pinned down.

"Don't touch that! You clods, don't know what you're doing!" She berated while struggling to release herself.

"You got this, Pearl!" Amethyst said confidently towards her teammate.

"Okay, ship! Turn us around!" She said before dipping her hands on the control panel, making her shiver from the raw data passing through her being.

Looking towards a monitor, Steven saw Garnet and Jasper still fighting.


After being dragged down towards the ships main power source, Garnet kept fighting with vigor against the tyrant Jasper. Clashing, countering and beating each other up to a pulp.

Jasper having had enough against the fusion, started to harness her energy and lunged herself with a spin dash towards her opponent.

Garnet dodged a few attacks before grabbing her Crashing Helmet with both gauntlets. Using the momentum and her own strength, she threw Jasper straight to the gem power source, effectively shocking her and running away from the scene as explosions escaped from the reactor room.


With the first explosion, the gang in the control bridge were shaken, making Pearl lose focus on her task and Amethysts foot to slip up.

Seeing this opportunity, Peridot crawled towards the middle of the room and activated the emergency escape pod, encapsulating her and be sent straight to Earth. Amethyst tried to get her, only to fail.

On that moment, Garnet came into view.

"Garnet!" Everyone called, relieved that she was okay.

"This ship is going down!"

"What about Lapis!?" Steven asked worried.

"There's no time!"

As the ship fell towards Earth, Steven bubbled all of them with him, protecting them from whatever damage they were going to experience.


Lapis P.O.V

Why is this gem from Earth here? I don't want to talk with him.

"Go away. You Crystal gems aren't worth talking to." Just leave me alone.

But he didn't left, he actually sat down in front of me and stared at me.

"I said go away!" Nothing you can say or do will make back away!

"I'm not with them."

"Prove it! Tell me who you are and what were you even doing on Earth!"

For a moment he was motionless, he didn't want to tell me who he was or he didn't know how to talk to me. Doesn't matter to me, I just want to go home...

"Little one," He can't even use his voice, how can I trust him? "I am Onyx. And I was fighting the rebels."

He... Used his voice. It sounds so strained, so painful, but it's also calming. Why do I feel like I heard that voice before?

Suddenly, the ship started to shake violently. I think we're crashing.

I lowered my head to my knees and hide my eyes on my bangs. I don't care what happens, I just want to go home...

Then I heard the field frizzle and in front of me, was him. He looked like he was desperate, before I noticed that the shadow that cloaked his body was fried up by passing the barrier, only losing his right hand in the process.

He then hugged me, I tried to push him off, but he didn't let go and soon enough, he engulfed the both of us in a black miasma. It wasn't suffocating, it actually felt nice.


Beach city - Crystal Temple's Entrance

As the ship fell from the sky, the impact gave the final push towards its full destruction. Bits and pieces of green spread around the shoreline and into the sea. Flames rose from the various explosions while parts flew away.

Around the beach, Lion run around, looking for his friend before sensing him under some debris. With a powerful roar, he set them free. It took them a few seconds before the bubble vanished away.

"Nice work." Garnet said softly with a smile.

"Oh my gosh. I can't believe you're a fusion all the time!" He excitedly said.

"You met with Ruby and Sapphire?" Amethyst said surprised.

"Oh no! We were going to introduce you! Garnet, your plan!" Pearl told with some disappointment.

"We were waiting for your birthday."

"We can still do it! I'll just pretend I didn't know!" He said while Amethyst simply laughed at this.

A few feet away, a hand suddenly rose up from the debris and after that Jasper was free while being visibly hurt and tired.

The gang then turned around to see a stammering Jasper.

"Don't think you've won! You only beat me because 'cause you're a fusion! If I had someone to fuse with, I'd- huh?"

To the side, some rumble were being moved. There, Lapis emerged from it, while another gem hold the debris for her to pass. She seemed less affected than the black one.

After she passed safely, he dropped the heavy stone and fell down on his rear, while Lapis fell forward.

Noticing Jasper, she sprouted her wings and tried to flee.

"Come here, brat! Aw, don't fly off so soon" She said while grabbing hold of Lapis' wrist.

"Lapis!" Steven cried out towards her friend.

"Lapis listen, fuse with me!"

"What?" She asked with a confused expression.

"How long did they keep you trapped here, in this miserable hunk of rock?" She asked while dropping her on the floor before continuing.

"These gems, they're traitors to their homeworld. They've kept you prisoner, they've used you! This is your chance to take revenge!" Lapis simply looked at Steven, worried about him.

"Come on, just say yes." With ill intentions, she asked the blue gem.

"Lapis, don't do it..." Steven pleaded to her, but she made up her mind. She extended her hand and Jasper grinned from ear to ear before grabbing her hand.

"Nooo!" Steven cried out, before an insane grin was plastered on Jasper's face and their bodies shined a bright light.

Their form grew, extra pair of limbs were created and in an instant, the two gems formed Malachite.

Steven trembled with fear as the giant fusion looked at them with her four eyes.

With a haunting laugh, Malachite controlled the water and looked at them with insanity towards them.

Stammering and walking weakly, the black gem came into view.

"You! I knew you were with them!" She screamed towards him. He shook his head to her, while holding onto his right arm. "It doesn't matter. I'll just crush you with them!"

But as soon as she was about to use the water hand, it grabbed her arm and turned into chained shackles.

"Huh? What!?" Then, a second pair of shackles grabbed her other arm and she started to struggle away from the water. Before chains enveloped her torso.

"What are you doing!" She asked herself before getting her answer. "I'm done being everyone's prisoner! Now you're my prisoner and I'm never letting you go!"

Malachite tried to struggle free, but her efforts were pointless. She tried to unfuse, but Lapis wouldn't let her.

"Lapis!" Steven called out to her.

"Lets stay on this miserable planet, together!" She then submerged herself into the sea. The waters returned back into its harmonious waves.

Everyone was at a loss for word to what just happened. Only Garnet was able to cut the silence.

"Yikes! They are really bad for each other." She commented while adjusting her visor.

Out of the blue, a melody started ringing for a few moments, before Steven got his phone and answered it.

"Uh... Hello?"

"Steven! I got your message! Are you okay? What's going on!" She asked only to get silence from him. "Steven?"

Seeing as his presence was unwelcome here, the black gem slowly walked away, making only the sand beneath his feet to make sound.

"Halt!" Garnet yelled towards him. He looked over his left shoulder to her.

"Garnet, wait! He tried to help us!" Amethyst said while blocking her path to him.

"That gem isn't someone we can't let out of our sight!"

"But, why Garnet? He doesn't look that bad!" She tried to understand the reason.

"That Onyx, he was called 'Big Brother' before in Homeworld! He's the gem that everyone respected, because he was so strong!

Pearl's eyes widened as Garnet told them. She remembers what Rose told her about him. Strong, caring, but at the same time lost.

He kept staring at them, before he continued walking away.

"Oh no, you don't!" Pearl said while throwing her spear towards him. He took the hit on his left forearm, but continued to walk as if nothing ever happened. "Wha?"

"If he's really that strong, then why can't he stay with us?"

"Because he chose to stay with Homeworld, instead with Rose!" The spear that Pearl had thrown at, was thrown back to Garnet, only this time it had an even greater impact.

A shadow message hovered to them. Steven couldn't read it, but Garnet and Pearl did. And it actually weighted on them.

"If you know nothing, you better not speak at all. Little ones." He replied back before leaving, his footprints were the only proof that he was there.