Hello! I'm here with another chapter of Steven Universe, which I'm sure you've waited for! And you get to see Steven's side of things this time! Anyway, I don't own Steven Universe or its characters, ideas, ect. If you have any suggestions over what should happen in the story, leave a review. Anyway, it's time for the new character's point of view! Enjoy!

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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Freedom from the Lab

As Jewel threw the ball of plasma at the gem, he summoned a pink bubble. An ability only able to be made through a quartz. The plasma exploded on contact, breaking the bubble. The gem laid flat against the wall. Didn't all of the quartzes leave Homeworld, to join the rebellion to defend Earth? This gem might not be trying to hurt her at all. But then again, is this thing even a gem? Why isn't his skin the color of the rose quartz he possessed? Why was his shield so weak? What is it? Jewel picked up the thing by the neck of his shirt and pulled him close to her face. He smiled nervously, seating while weakly laughing. "You," Jewel said, curiously. "What are you?"

"I-I-I'm Steven." He said, with a mixture of confidence and fear in his voice. Jewel squinted her eyes. Steven? She never finished her thought. Something hard hit her in the side of the head, sending her flying a few yards away. She landed on her feet and looked at what hit her. A human. A female human. She stood at a fighting stance, feet spread out, body lowered, sword drawn. She looked tense, ready for a fight.

"I'm Connie," She said, sounding more confident than the thing Steven. "And these are our soldiers." Another human wearing military clothes grabbed her arm and forced Jewel on her knees. Another human did the same. They held her down. Jewel, in an act of instinct, outstretched her hand and out came a beam of purple energy. It carved through the mountain, making the lab around them collapse. The humans were knocked back and Jewel backed up. She looked around. A pillar was going to come down on the human called Connie. Steven got up and leaped, pushing her out of the way. Jewel looked away. The lab was coming down. He pointed her palm at the upper side of the mountain and a pulse of plasma came from it, making the side of the mountain explode into dust.

Now for an old trick that gems can do. Jewel put one of her legs back, commanding her gem to move most of its energy to both of them. She bent her legs and leaped, bounding high into the air. Before she actually leaped, she commanded her gem to reduce her body mass to virtually nothing. She flew high into the air, through the massive hole in the mountain. She was met with a wave of snow, blinding her with the white mist and darkness. She was in the air now, and she had to escape the area but how. She looked around and saw a Gem Communications Hub. And she could sense inside two powerful energies in conflict. One she recognized well. The gem who bounded her to the experiments and turned her into a monster: Blue Diamond.

Jewel turned toward the ship and starts vibrating her hands, super quickly. Then, her hands break the sound barrier, the resulting boom sending her forward. She launches herself over the middle of the ship, over the glass barrier. She slams down through the glass, landing on something that separates on her impact. She looks at the figure that was fighting Blue Diamond. A Soren Spessartine. Looks to be converted into the rebellion. Jewel turns and looks at the 'Head Leader of Technological Advancement,' who widens her eyes in surprise. "You." Blue Diamond says. Jewel opens her arms and nods, a grin growing in her face.

"Me." She says back. Here she is. The gem responsible for turning Jewel into what she is now. And she gets this one chance to pay her back. The perfect opportunity. Blue Diamond gets on her feet and summons a revolver out of nowhere. She fires at Jewel, three blasts in a row. Jewel ducks in response and thrusts her fist out. Plasma shoots from the fist, sending the cloaked Diamond back against the wall. The wall dents, a few cracks forming. Jewel looks behind her. The Soren is standing, his back hunched and his hand on his rib. He lowers his head, like he doesn't even acknowledge her existence. He squints hard and looks back up. And it clicks.

"I'm sorry," He says, in a growly way. "Make her pay." Jewel turns around and looks at Blue Diamond, who groans. Jewel puts out an open hand and points it at Blue Diamond. No one talks. The only movement is Soren quickly moving to a nearby gem, picking her up bridal style and walking away. Blue Diamond clearly thought about attacking the Soren, but she looked back at Jewel, who was primed for another plasma attack. It would be stupid to even think about making a move. Blue Diamond knows well the capabilities of this gem. Even the slightest move, and she can blow up the entire ship. As such, she waits.

"So, I see my little experiment has busted free," Blue Diamond mocks. "Are you planning to kill me?"

"I'm thinking about it." Jewel says, frowning. She fully intended to kill her, but she wanted Blue Diamond to talk. The more she knew the better.

"This is just perfect, isn't it," Blue Diamond says back, studying Jewel closely. "First, the boy Steven Universe assembles an army and fights for what is rightfully ours. Now, you're here fighting us too." Jewel spaced out as Blue Diamond talked. Steven Universe. The boy from the lab. He's fighting the gems? What is going on? Her focus shifted when she saw Blue Diamond run at her quickly, a gem destabilizer in hand. The gem managed to dodge a slash and summon a weapon of her own: a silver long sword glistening with a plasma coating. She blocks the next vertical downward slash with her blade. "Nice entrance by the way," Blue Diamond taunts. "Either you've never heard of a door or you just like pulling glass out of your jumpsuit." Jewel manages to swipe her blade away and tries to slash at the Diamond. Blue blocks it and retaliates with a slash of her own. This goes on over and over.

"You've-got-quite-the-sword-skills!" Blue says on every slash.

"You put me in that lab," Jewel says, angrily. "Stripped me of my freedom. I'll shatter you and this ship the same way." She puts her palm on Blue Diamond's solar plexus and makes a shockwave out of plasma, sending Blue through the nearby wall. Jewel follows Blue through the wall, who kicks her back into the room and charges again. Jewel manages to grab Blue by the neck and shoves her against a nearby wall. A supercharged plasma coats her hand and Jewel punches Blue in the face, causing a massive explosion that blows a hole in the ship. Jewel looks through the hole, not seeing any of Blue Diamond. She turns around to see Blue Diamond, and before she could comprehend that she was there, she was punched a few yards away. "How?" Jewel says, surprised.

"There's water in the air, friend," Blue Diamond smirks. "Shape shift into the stuff, and end up behind you. Simple." She whips out her destabilizer again and they go back to sword fighting. Blue manages to take a step back, and readies for another charge. Jewel fires another plasma beam, which blows another hole in the ship. Blue manages to dodge the beam and slashes again. Jewel, in an effort to stab the gem, lands her weapon inside of the destabilizer, which Blue promptly turns the weapon and snaps the sword. The gem retaliates and grabs the destabilizer, snapping it with her hands. "Brat!" Blue Diamond yells, doing a roundhouse kick. Jewel takes a defensive rout, blocking every attack with her hands, covering up her head and torso.

It gets to the point where Blue does a kick, aiming for the head. Jewel counters this by blocking the kick, trapping the leg with his hand and then punching Blue right in the pelvis. Blue grunts loudly in pain, and Jewel follows it up with tripping Blue onto the floor still holding the leg. She then twists the leg quickly and…

Snap!

Blue cries out in pain and starts yelling profanity. Jewel holds Blue by the shirt and holds her fist out, vibrating it to lightning speed. Blue Diamond, in defense, pushes something on her gauntlet and disappears. Jewel tries to punch her, but instead punches the floor. And then, there was a massive explosion that blew the entire ship to bits. Jewel, confused, lands onto a nearby mountain, on her knees. She looked around and then realized that Blue Diamond had escaped. She grunts and looks around. A while away, Steven, Connie, the gems and some sort of army looks at the wreckage falling from the sky. Steven then looks in her direction. So, what now? The ship is destroyed. So, where is Blue Diamond? Only one way to investigate. She needs to get moving. She turns away from the nearby group, and leaps away.

I'm sick. Boo! Whatever. So I'll see you later. If you have a character idea, tell me! See you soon.

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