Steven opened his clenched eyes, wondering why he was still alive, or at least still able to feel anything from the neck down. Then he looked at the monster. It was staring at the hand of the giant woman statue, where the Crystal Gems kept the washing machine. The hooded figure from before was standing in the hand! Steven then remembered hearing a faint whistle just as he braced himself for the monster's giant crushing fist, but didn't bother thinking about it. He now saw the hooded figure clearly, noticing they were wearing an orange coat with light blue trim and accents. He then saw a bright orange glow from behind the figure. The light dimmed back down, revealing two sword scabbards on the figure's back that weren't there before. The figure lowered his hood, revealing a head of somewhat long, messy, dark orange hair, a light orange face, full of confidence, yet not smiling, and two light blue eyes. But that could only mean... But it can't be. Steven thought. But he was right. The strange hooded figure following him was a Gem!
The boy on the hand looked to be no more than 14, but, based on Steven's knowledge of the Gem species, was probably over 5,000 years old. The orange boy unsheathed his swords and jumped to the ground, standing between the fusion experiment and Steven. He stood and waited. The monster smiled and shot his arms at the swordsman, except for the arms holding Connie and Peridot. The swordsman jumped out of the way, dodging every attack at the last second, slicing the hands off of his opponent as he went. After defending himself from the monster's attacks, the swordsman looked the monster in it's red eye and smirked, earning a glare from the beast. The monster unfolded the spikes on his shoulders, revealing tiny cannons, all pointed at the swordsman. Then, it fired. The swordsman waited, then used one sword to hit every attack back at the monster, cutting off the hands holding Connie and Peridot with the deflected shots. The two ran back to Steven. "Do you know this guy?" Connie asked, curious. "Nope," Steven replied in a whisper, currently in awe of the skills this swordsman was displaying. "But he sure would give Pearl a run for her money." The swordsman sheathed his swords, which disappeared, replaced by a peculiar-looking sword with a bent handle. But this sword appeared to have a sort of barrel in the blade, as though it was a gun. Then, a beam of energy shot from the barrel, poofing the monster back into it's gem. The swordsman walked over to the gem, bubbled it in an orange bubble, and sent it somewhere. He turned to the human, hybrid, and gem behind him, and simply said, "Hello. Name's Topaz."
And the new gem is finally here. A few days after this chapter is posted I might change the story name. Probably "The Topaz Swordsman" or something along those lines. See ya next chapter!