(Note: Sorry this took a while, this chapter needed more editing than I thought.)

Skips gains conscious a little while after the ship crashes and looks around checking on the others, "Is everyone alright?" Skips asks as everyone else wakes up rubbing their foreheads. "Peachy," Marceline sarcastically answers as she unbuckles herself out of the chair. "What the heck was that?" Tom asks; Lapis gets out of her chair and answers, "That was Malachite."

"What's a Malachite?" Marceline asks in concern, seeing Lapis appearing uncomfortable, Lapis takes a deep breath. "Malachite is technically me," she answers. "Would you mind explaining what you mean?" Ford asks; Peridot walks over to Lapis. "If you're not comfortable talking about this, I can tell them for you." Peridot asks in concern to which Lapis replies placing a hand on her friends shoulder. "That's sweet of you, but I got this." Lapis explains to everyone that Malachite was the fusion between her and quartz soldier named Jasper, the fusion was unstable and threatened Lapis' friend Steven, so while fused she trapped Malachite in bottom of the ocean for several months and remained there until they were diffused with the help of the Crystal Gems. "I'm sorry, that must've been rough." Ford says trying to console her. "I don't expect you to understand." Lapis responds. "But thanks."

"Let's head outside and examine the damage." Skips suggests as they all make their way to the exit, Marceline applies a fresh amount of sunscreen on her skin and leaves the ship first. "Hey guys! We're on dry land!" Marceline shouts, causing everyone exit the ship, Peridot and Lapis step out of the ship and recognize a large statue in front of them, "Rose Quartz's Temple!" Peridot exclaims. "The Gems must be here, we can find out what happened." Peridot and Lapis rush ahead of everyone else to the temple. "Where are you guys going?" Marceline shouts at the two of them. "We know some friends here that can help!" Lapis responds. The two gems enter the temple and start looking around. "Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl… Steven…" Peridot shouts throughout the house getting no response. "Are you guys here?" Marceline flies in behind them. "Who are you guys looking for?" She asks. "Friends of ours; the Crystal Gems," Peridot answers, "They might know what's going on."

"Peridot," Peridot turns to the familiar voice as she, Lapis and Marceline see Steven. "Steven?" Peridot asks walking over to her friend, Steven rushes over and hugs Peridot with tears in his eyes. "I thought you were gone." Steven looks past Peridot and sees Lapis behind her, "Lapis!" his eyes widen and he runs over to hug her. "Your back, which must mean Malachite, is unfused." Steven says with joy. To which Lapis replies. "Actually, no, we're not the Lapis Lazuli and Peridot you know, well we kind of are, but… It's hard to explain."

"Explain what?" Steven asks confused, Peridot and Lapis try to explain to Steven that they are from a parallel universe, they and four others have been given and mission to save the multiverse from destruction, one of the threatened universes is the one they are currently in. "Oh… I think I understand." Steven says with some disappointment in his tone. "Do you know where the others are, we could use their help." Peridot asks. "Th… they're gone." Steven sadly says trying not to cry, Peridot and Lapis look at each other then back at Steven. "What do you mean they're gone?" Peridot asks with concern. "Malachite… shattered them." Steven answers with tears rolling down his cheeks. "It happened about a month ago, we were hanging out at the house when we heard what sounded like an explosion in the distance. We ran outside and saw a hole in the sky, we thought it was homeworld at first, but it was something else. It shot red bolt of lightning into the ocean, causing to glow red, then a few moments later… Malachite rose and attacked everything in sight. Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl formed Alexandrite to fight her, while you," he says looking at Peridot. "Or the other you, tried to get me to safety, but I refused to leave them behind, so I ran out to help, but by the time I got there, it was over. Malachite had won." Steven breaks down into tears, a shocked Peridot and Lapis try to comfort their friend the best they could. "We're so sorry Steven."

Stanford and Skips examine the ship and discover the engines severely damaged, while they are working Tom spots Peridot, Lapis and Marceline emerge from the temple. "Hey guys, did you find the help we need?" Tom asks. Lapis and Peridot look at Tom with faces of disappointment and grief. "No." Lapis answers as they walk past the demon. "They received some bad news about friends of theirs." Marceline informs him. "They're not taking it well."

"How's the ship doing?" Peridot asks Ford. Ford turns to Peridot and answers. "The engines need some work done; I can fix them, but I can't get this hatch open." Peridot flicks her wrist, using her magnetic powers to open it. "Oh, thank you." Ford thanks Peridot, who ignores it. "When will the ship be up? I've had it with this place."

"From what Skips and I could gather from exterior damage, and from the looks of the engines, I'd say about two hours." Ford looks over at Peridot, seeing her distressed. "Is everything okay?" Peridot looks at Stanford and replies. "No, and I don't want to talk about it." Ford nods, respecting her privacy. "Guys we got a problem!" Skips shouts to everyone on top of the ship with a telescope. "What is it?" Peridot asks curiously. Skips walks over to Peridot and hands her the telescope, she looks through it and sees Malachite charging to the island. "It's Malachite!" Peridot shouts to everyone, as the monstrous fusion gets closer. "And she doesn't look happy."

"I still have to work on the ship, hold her off." Ford orders. Malachite rises from the ocean with a might roar sending a tidal wave to, Lapis quickly summons her wings and takes to the sky, she pushes her arms forward, using all of her willpower to force the wave back, using all of her focus, she successfully stops it, breathing a sigh of relief. Malachite charges at Lapis, caught off guard by the sudden attack, she manages to dodge in time; Marceline flies to the monster and slashes her eye with her axe causing the fusion to back up in pain. Infuriated, Malachite lets out a roar and swings her arm, knocking Marceline and Lapis aside; she then notices the ship and turns her attention to it. Malachite summons her helmet and is about to smash the ship, but before she could make contact, Skips grabs the helmet, and with his strength he lifts the monstrous fusion and throws her away from the ship, landing in the ocean with a large splash. Malachite emerges from the water, angrier than before; she prepares to charge at the island once more, Tom summons a fireball and throws at the monsters other eye, temporarily blinding her, Peridot uses her magnetic powers on Malachite's helmet to try to hold her in place. "Any time would be good now Ford!" Tom shouts. Stanford adds a few more adjustments, before closing the engine hatch. "It's not a 100%, but it will get us out of here!"

"Everyone get back to the ship now!" Skips orders as everyone, except Peridot, heads to the ship but Lapis stops and looks to the temple "Steven." She says to herself as she starts making her way to the temple. "I'll go get him, help Peridot!" Marceline reassures, flying past Lapis. Lapis flies to Peridot and uses her hydrokenisis to help her keep Malachite down. Malachite lets out an momentous roar as Peridot struggles to hold her in place, the fusion then begins to cry in pain, as blood-red, vein like lines begin glowing on Malachite's body, eventually turning her gemstones and eyes the same color. Screaming in anguish Malachite forces her way toward the island able to push Lapis and Peridot back, the two gems apply more force to the fusion, but are unable to slow her advancements, and she lets out horrific roar and breaks from their control, sending Lapis and Peridot flying onto the side of the temple. "Lapis, Peridot!" Marceline and Steven shout noticing their defeated friends. "She's too strong; get Steven and the others out of here." Peridot orders Marceline. "No!" Steven tearfully responds. "I'm not losing you guys again." The four of them turn their heads to Malachite who uses her water manipulation to summon a giant water fist, prepared to crush everyone on the island, but before she could, she grabs her head screaming in pain, far louder than before. As cracks begin forming around her gem, glows a brighter red and her physical form starts to glitch as she screams what appears to be gibberish. "Everyone, get on the ship now!" Ford orders. Marceline carries Steven on her back as she grabs a weakened Peridot and Lapis then flies to the ship. "We're here. Go!"

"We can't make a dimensional jump yet, but I can get us away from here." Ford states entering the coordinates on to his data pad. "Everyone buckle up!" The crew straps themselves in, with Marceline still holding onto Steven. The ship rises from the island and thrusts itself away from Malachite; the fusion lets out a final scream before, her gems shatter and create an explosion of red energy, that destroys the island and barley misses the ship.

"Okay. What the jank was that!" Peridot shouts stunned by what just happened. "I know almost everything about Gems and their physical form, but I've never seen them explode, or speak gibberish like that…"

"That wasn't gibberish." Skips interrupts Peridot. "That was an old forgotten language, used to try and communicate a warning to others, I once found a cult that used that same language, and I thought it was native to my universe."

"That or she learned it from someone." Ford troublingly stated. "What did Malachite say Skips." Skips turns to everyone. "I couldn't make out everything she said, but this is what I was able to translate. 'Beware the Red Demon of Light.'"

"What does that mean?" Tom asks. "I don't know." Skips answers, "But it sounds like we're getting closer to whoever might be spreading chaos to the other universes." Ford begins leaves the command center. "I'm going down the engines to prepare the dimensional jump."

"But what about Steven, we can't just leave him here." Lapis says trying to figure what to do with her friend. "Let me stay here." Steven suggests. "With what happened to Malachite… it's safe to go back into the water, I want to see if I can find any other survivors." Lapis and Peridot look at each other, and then kneel down to their human friend. "Are you sure?" Lapis asks to which Steven nods, Lapis and Peridot give him one last goodbye hug before they drop him off on another island. Steven waves goodbye to everyone wishing everyone good luck. "Alright the engines are ready for a dimensional jump; I have the coordinates set for another universe." Ford states. "Everybody buckle up." Ford enters the coordinates as the ship jumps to the next universe.