Gosh.. how long has it been since I last updated this? Jeez I was determined to wait till after Steven bomb 2.0, and maybe in hindsight that wasn't such a good idea...Well no regrets!

Right...?

Pearl caught him by the back of his shirt and led him toward the large room at the very end.

"Here we are~!" Pearl cried in sheer happiness. She rubbed a finger over the metal, a thin trail of dust was left on her finger. She shook it off. "It's pretty old.." Pearl murmured. She looked back at Steven, then to Amethyst, taking the mirror from her hands. She felt along the edges of the old metal and gave it to Steven, he nodded reluctantly grabbing the glass he didn't realize was there posing as a gem, shaped as Connie, and he pulled it out, awaiting the familiar glow to illuminate the cave and release the girl.

After several moments a half awake Connie formed through a mixture of light, smoke, and dust. She wore dark blue shorts with a over sized T-shirt. She wore a cap with letters that looked like they had been washed away partially by water and only left big letters spelling out, In a bolder blue. Connie slowly opened her chocolate born eyes, sitting up awkwardly, without warning Steven grabbed her arm enthusiastically and hauled her onto the warp pad along with them, the gems quickly followed after, not noticing the large group of homeworld gems following them through just as they warped, the warp pad had just enough energy to transport the group through, quietly following the gems and their human friend.

Connie and Steven arrived first, quickly behind them the gems spawned, gaping at the beautiful place before them, their home, none of them realized how much they'd all missed it so much. Pearl leaned against Garnet, breathing in gulps of air. Connie lost her hat during the arrival when it flew up the warp stream.

"We better hurry." Garnet ordered, rushing off the warp pad causing Pearl to falter and crash head first into the sandy beach. She pushed herself up with assistance from Amethyst and ran straight for the deeper more vacant parts of the town, not many people came around these parts although there right in plain sight.

The grass was a light brown, Pearl guessed it must be fall, how long had it been since they'd been here? The moss had regrown and covered the place, Connie, who was conveniently in the back heard low mummers behind them, she turned back to find the group had gone further ahead towards the fountain. She made a mental note to stay cautious and make little to no noise.

When she finally got a quarter ways through the moss she saw the path split in two ways, which way had the others gone again? Left..No..Right...

"I think they went right." A voice said behind her. She nearly jumped out of her skin, smacking the person in the face upon hearing the voice. She paused. She opened her eyes reluctantly seeing Steven there.

"I got lost halfway through.." He said quietly. He let out a soft chuckle, which comforted Connie yet saddened her for the loss of her friends memory, bu she was glad too see him improving and possibly after his gem becoming healed return to his normal self, that thought made a smile cross over Connie's face momentarily, she shook the thought away, focusing on the path ahead.

"Right..Right..?" Connie asked, ignoring the small pun. Steven nodded, Connie let the trace of the comfort fade when Steven didn't laugh at the joke, or make a comeback to lighten the mood as he likely would have before this big mess.

She headed onward towards the right path with Steven following quietly behind her, it was hard to acknowledge he was there with the soft footprints making hardly any noise and his quiet behavior. She could barely see the faint pink glow coming from the main room and only heard faint mummers from the room, optimistically she ran towards the main room, grabbing hold of the young half-gems hand behind her and tugging him gently towards the room, he was hesitant and quick to resist the brisk run as he heard the voices, reluctantly making his way to view the gems, Connie stopped dead in her tracks, Steven almost fell ahead of her from the quick stop, but she caught him just in time.

"Ssh.." She said, her eyes wide, pleading with the young boy to step back away from the doorway. He heard it too, the shouts of protest coming from Pearl.

"Shut up!" She had cried, a loud smack was heard and a low growl came right after, it became silent soon enough. They heard a unfamiliar voice speaking, but soon recognized it as none other than: Peridot.

"You have no chance to succeed, Rose Quarts-"

"I said SHUT UP!" Pearl cried once again, another loud sound, this time a thud was heard and a groan of agony, likely Pearl was pushed onto the grass. Steven knew what she was about to say, You have no chance to succeed, Rose Quarts has likely been captured. Or something along the lines of that, Peridot continued.

"Will soon be captured in the form of the young boy, if not already captured within the makeshift labyrinth made of her own moss." Steven wanted to run away and hide, or punch Peridot in the gem, or Jasper, or whoever, he seethed with anger. Connie put her arm over his chest, holding him back and stepped into the doorway, just far enough to catch a glimpse of the scene.

Garnet was hung by her arm on a tree with Amethysts whip, Amethyst was passed out in the fountain, and Pearl was sprawled out on the grass, completely vulnerable, and just barely conscious, she was hauled up by her neck by Peridot and forced to look her in the eye.

"What will you do now?" The green gem asked, tightening her grip on the gems throat, whilst acknowledging it did nothing as long at her gem went unharmed, it only let Pearl suffer an endless amount until her gem was harmed, it inevitably hurt badly with Peridot's nails sinking into her neck.

"We. Fight. Back." Steven said, coming into view and holding a sword in his hand.

Rose's sword to be exact, he immediately charged for Peridot's gem before she could act, although not doing much as more gems came from hidden places in the moss, surrounding the gems.

"Maybe this wasn't a good plan.." Connie mumbled before charging in with a iron sword she had been given just before arrival.

Well this is just great...I can't think of anything to put here to close off!