I'm still super busy with stuff, and I'm still not going to be here very much until probably next year. But I'll still update this. So, Soren will be strategizing the army today. Anyway, I do not own Steven Universe or its characters, ideas, ect. Feel free to leave a review, constructive criticism, and go wild with the trolling. It gives me purpose to continue, to impress you. So read and enjoy.

God bless, JPLegends

CHAPTER EIGHT: For the Fight and For Earth

"Soren, take my radio," Steven says, handing his radio to the gem. "Keep them back. Please." Soren nods and vaults over the railing, his coat swaying in the wind. Steven turns to Pearl, and looks at her, begging her eyes. "Pearl," Steven says. "Operate that gun in firing that position. Please!" Pearl bites her lip, but rather than say anything, she runs to the holopad, focusing intently as the computer runs through her brain. Steven looks over the railing, as the Skywatcher gets dangerously close. Soren is in the elevator down there, radioing the militia to take positions.

The humans raise their guns under Soren's command. "Keep your weapons trained on the phalanges. The troops and weapons come out of there." Steven watches as the Skywatcher closes its hand, pointing at the gun. Soren taps on his gauntlet, and a blue laser bolts straight for the hand. As it hits, the ship changes its pitch, pointing at the ground. Steven knew this was a concentrated EMP. It was cool. Then, the ship fires a green laser as Soren yells "DIVE! OUT OF THE WAY!" The beam hits the ground, decimating the rocky ground and hitting some of the platform. The area shakes, and Steven struggles to not go flying over the edge.

"Soren? Soren," Connie says into the radio. "No answer! The radio has to be gone!"

"Gems," Garnet says, summoning her gauntlets. "Protect Pearl!"

Steven watches as Soren barks inaudible orders, as the militia stagger to their feet and begin firing on pods dropping from the sky, some exploding. The others land on the ground, starting a large firefight, with Soren fighting as well as commanding. Steven watches as another pod makes contact with the gun. Steven gasps with horror as Garnet yells "It's Obsidian!" Steven looks at the pod, now gone, as Obsidian begins dismantling the gun by tearing off the outer pieces.

"Pearl, move the gun!" Amethyst yells. Pearl sweats, struggling to find something. Then, the gun shudders and Obsidian falls to the other side of the railing.

"Crystal Gems," Garnet shouts. "Attack Obsidian!" Steven, Garnet, Amethyst and Connie run to Obsidian as Pearl slowly begins turning the gun. Obsidian gets up and looks at them on the other side of the gun. Obsidian growls and summons his trident, looking menacing.

"Idiots," He says. "I defeated you three, and you," He points at Connie. "I saw you in battle. Unfortunately, I can map out your weaknesses like the back of my hand." Steven grimaces. He doesn't need to be reminded about Obsidian's backhand making contact with his friend. "I'll kill you all," He continues. "And destroy the gun. AND MAKE SURE HUMANITY DOESN'T SEE THEIR PLANET AGAIN!" Obsidian charges at Connie, who he happened to map out as the weakest. But Garnet stepped in the way and punches him in the solar plexus.

Obsidian wheezes, but grabs Garnet's hand and judo flips her over his shoulder, sending her crashing into the platform floor. Amethyst takes this as an advantage to wrap her whip around Obsidian's hand to stop him from beating Garnet. He instead pulls her forward, and she collides with the gun. Steven and Connie charge, Connie trying to slash at Obsidian, but being deflected. "You whelp," He taunts. "You're kind will never defeat me! You're only human!" Steven leaps off of Connie's shoulder, bashing his shield against the gem's head.

"I'm only half human!" Steven yells as Obsidian is knocked back, sticking out his tongue. Garnet follows this by jabbing him in the cheek, and Amethyst kicks him straight in the nose. They all start attacking at once, Obsidian catching on quickly and deflecting every attack. They manage to keep in a stale mate as the gun turns, half way to its destination. Obsidian manages to turn the tables when he deflects Garnet's hook with his trident, and kicks her over the edge. He then manages to grab Amethyst in mid-air and slams her into the ground. Steven and Connie try to leap on to Obsidian's back, but are swatted away. Steven had the wind knocked out of him and could only see the gem running for Pearl.

"No!" Someone yells. Steven leaps to his feet, and sees as Amethyst and Connie does the same. They run to Pearl just in time to see Obsidian pull Pearl out of the way and smash the console. Steven could only watch as their victory disappeared. Obsidian then starts running for Steven, but Amethyst leaps in the way.

"No!" She yells as she is punched in the gut and sent flying into Steven. They could only watch as Connie tries to help Pearl up and Obsidian looms in. Then, out of nowhere, Soren flies in and kicks Obsidian into the railing, pulling out swords. He dodges Obsidian's strikes, while serving some of his own. Steven manages to hear,

"A console on the other side! It also controls the gun! Quickly!" Soren leaps on Obsidian's arm and kicks him over the railing. Amethyst and Pearl run to the other side of the platform as Steven looks at the battle below. Garnet is pulling punches and the militia is staying in cover and shooting when they can. Meanwhile, Soren and Obsidian are fighting, Soren dodging bullets and lasers. He looks worn out.

"He needs help!" Steven yells. Connie nods and they leap over the railing, landing on hard ground. He sees Soren dodging the trident stabs, Steven summons a shield and throws it at Obsidian's head, which pushes him back. Soren uses this to acrobatically flip over to Steven and Connie, catching his breath. He looks at Steven, spitefully.

"What are you doing?" He says.

"Providing backup," Connie says. "No one fights alone."

"Then, fight fast," Soren says. "I can't beat him with only Garnet for cover fire." He turns his attention to Obsidian, who is now charging at them. They dive out of the way, and take positions around the gem. Steven in front, Connie to left, Soren to right, and the militia who have quickly turned their attention to fighting valiantly. They each charge, Obsidian having no idea what to do now. Then it all happens so quickly.

Connie slashes at the back of Obsidian's knee, causing him to kneel. Steven takes this opportunity to leap and bash his face with his shield, knocking Obsidian off balance backwards. Soren follows this with slashing at Obsidian's back, causing the warrior to go forward. Connie is now in front, about to stab at Obsidian's gem. The gem instead catches the ground with his hand and flips behind her. He prepares to stab her with his trident, but Steven slides between her legs and raises his shield, blocking the attack. Connie follows this by leaping onto the shield, and leaping again, striking at the gem's head. Soren follows this by slashing at the abdomen, and ending up behind him. Connie jumps off of Obsidian's shoulders, Soren leaps into the air. Together, they come down and slash at Obsidian. And right on contact there is a massive BOOM.

Steven turns around to see the gun having fired on the hub. A few seconds later, the hub explodes with a KRAK-ISH and a shockwave, its pieces coming down. "NOOOO!" Obsidian yells. Pearl and Amethyst leap off the platform and onto the ground, charging into the firefight now that their task is done. Steven looks up at the Skywatcher, which was slowly recovering from Soren's EMP. It was now pointing at the gun and it fired a massive laser which made the gun explode. The shock sent Steven, Connie, Soren and everything else back. The ringing in Steven's ears was intense and he could only watch as the ship turned its hand lower. His hearing came back just in time to hear Garnet yell one command.

"CRYSTAL GEM MILITIA," She shouted. "RETREAT!" Steven got the hint and started running through the firefight. His soldiers were retreating, returning fire and covering for others as gem soldiers attacked them. Explosions inhabited the field now, only as they were running to the nearby APCs. Steven looked around him. The gems and Connie were running all around him and the militia was both firing and running. Steven and his team got on the command APC and got as many militia on as possible. The door closed and a screen showing the battle popped up. Militia were entering APCs and only one was returning fire covering.

Buck Dewy.

"I've got an enemy radio," Soren said. "Patching in now." Steven listened as Yellow Diamond's calm voice said one thing.

"Kill them."

"Buck," Steven said into his radio. "Get on the vehicle. Buck!" Buck was only covering fire as other militia got on the APCs. He ran out of bullets in his SMG so he switched to his pistol. That quickly ran out of ammo, so he switched to his gem destabilizer. He downed many as the APCs were taking in militia. He was making sure they didn't get near the vehicles. He heard Buck say one thing.

"For Earth."

Buck was quickly surrounded and was being beaten by gems. The APCs were filled. Then, the Skywatcher's laser hit the group of soldiers. With Buck inside. "DRIVE!" Soren yelled at Greg. The command APC sped away, leaving the base behind and Buck. Steven just stared at the feed, which then disappeared and was replaced by silence. Connie patted him on the back, but it did not help. Steven felt many things. Sadness. Greif. Anger. He turned and looked at Soren.

"Patch me into Yellow Diamond," Steven said. "Now." Soren nodded and tapped at the gauntlet. A hologram of Yellow popped up. And she looked utterly surprised.

"You're supposed to be dead." She said.

"Guess your soldiers died for nothing." Steven said.

"Guess your man died for nothing." Yellow replied.

"Guess again," Steven barked. "You lost. All you need to do is look down. We wiped North America off your map, and now the world is next. And mark my words, I will go after every hub, every Skywatcher, every Diamond until your forces leave our planet. I'm warning you, leave. Before I go after you. Buck Dewy died for Earth and I'm going to live up to his promise." He snaps his fingers and Soren makes the hologram disappear. Steven didn't care what happened next. He just needed to make sure victory happened. Make Buck Dewy's sacrifice mean something.

Buck died for humanity. And Steven will live up to his promise. So, what happens next? Review what you think, and don't be afraid to be on the Home World's side. For Earth. See you whenever.

God bless, JPLegends.