A/N: Hey everybody! I really want to thank y'all for the reviews. They really do make me very happy and encourage me to keep writing. I'm glad that y'all like my writing style and the story so far. A special thank you to the guest who left the review a couple of days ago. I didn't get the chance to moderate it in time to allow it to be shown public, but I have now turned moderation off in case this happens again. Now, on to the story!

"Ah, geez! I was really hoping we could've gone swimming today. Sorry, Connie," Steven apologized.

"It's okay, Steven," Connie smiled to the curly haired boy, "the weather is always unpredictable. I mean, not even weathermen can get it right half the time!"

Steven laughed and Connie followed shortly afterwards with a giggle of her own. The two were sitting on the floor next to the two large windows by Steven's bed. They had been watching the rain shower. The sky was dark and gloomy with sunlight barely outlining the rain clouds. The ocean waves in the distance roared as they crashed against the sand shores. Connie had barely arrived at the temple when a drizzle had become a steady downpour. The two's plans to spend the day playing at the beach had quickly been put on halt.

"Hey! Why don't we watch a movie instead?" Steven jumped up with excitement, "Garnet took me to the movie store a couple of days ago and we bought a whole bunch of movies! There totally great!"

"You've already watched them?" Connie asked as she turned to face Steven.

"Well, no, but I can tell by the covers!" Steven exclaimed.

Steven stood up and ran past his TV to a door behind it. He opened it up and began digging around inside of it. Connie hugged her legs close to her chest. She rested her head atop her knees and watched as Steven fumbled around inside his closet. She smiled as he pulled out various objects and threw them over his shoulder while quietly muttering, "no, no, no."

"Ah-ha! Here we go!" Steven shouted. He turned around while holding a bundle of movies over his head, "Dah dun dun dun! New, never-seen-before movies!"

Connie raised her head up and sat crisscrossed as Steven ran over to her and handed her the stack of movies. There were four movies in total, all of different genres. She shuffled through the stack, quickly realizing that all the titles were all familiar to her. She had seen all the movies before.

"Oh! I've watched these before!" Connie said with a bit of surprise, "and they're all great! Well…maybe except for this one."

She held up a movie with a cover of a guy dressed as a clown handing a confused woman a bouquet of balloon flowers. She put the movie back with the rest and handed them back to Steven.

"Aww what?! You've already seen all of them?" Steven complained as he accepted the movies back. He had crestfallen look on his face as his shoulders slouched down in lack of excitement.

"Don't worry! I don't mind re-watching them! I really like the one about the cowboy who moves into the big city!" Connie said, trying to cheer Steven up.

Steven looked at the movies in his hands to figure out which one she could be talking about.

"Wild West City?" he asked.

Just as Connie was about to answer, a flash of light filled the room followed by a whirring noise. Connie and Steven both scrambled to peek over towards the warp pad. The Crystal Gems appeared from the beam of light.

"Your back!" Steven cheered with excitement in his eyes, "how did your mission go?"

Steven hopped down from his raised bedroom and dashed over to the three gems with Connie following, but taking the stairs rather than leaping down like Steven. It wasn't until Steven approached them that he noticed all the scrapes and bruises they had and Garnet carrying a unconscious and rather dirty Pearl. Steven's smile quickly dropped as he began to worry about the state the Gems had arrived in.

"Whoa! What happened?" Connie asked the question that filled Steven's mind.

Garnet was the one to answer, "We had a bit of trouble apprehending the corrupt gem at the church."

"Hey, but don't worry, little man! We for sure going to get it next time!" Amethyst said with vigor as she walked off the warp pad and ruffled Steven's hair. Amethyst glanced over at Connie. She gave a bit of a wave before walking over to the couch and plopping down onto it.

Steven looked at Pearl and then up to Garnet, "is she alright?"

"Other than a little dirty, she should be fine. The corrupted gem knocked us all out. She should be waking up soon," Garnet said as she walked over the couch.

"Oh! I'll go get a towel! Hold on!" Steven called out to Garnet as he ran towards the bathroom to get a towel.

Amethyst's eyes followed Garnet until she was right next to the couch. She turned over onto her stomach and cradled her head in one hand, "so, when are we going to go back for that corrupt gem anyways?"

"Not sure," Garnet replied as Steven arrived with a towel.

He laid it on the couch and Garnet rested Pearl on top of it, her legs stretching past the length of the towel and dirtying the couch a bit. Pearl didn't show a single sign of waking up any time soon, but Steven did his best to believe in Garnet's words. He messed with the bottom of his shirt a bit while worried thoughts went through his head. All the gems looked to be in pretty bad shape, especially since this mission wasn't suppose to be a difficult one according to Pearl before the Gems had left.

Steven jumped when he felt someone touch his shoulder. He turned to see Connie giving a comforting smile. Steven gave her a weak smile back and looked down to the floor.

Amethyst saw the exchange and gave a lazy, suspecting smile of her own, "hey, look. I think the storm is clearing up."

Steven instantly perked up as he and Connie ran over to the windows by the front door. It was true. The storm clouds appeared to be dissipating. Though there was still a light drizzle and some dark clouds overhead, the weather seemed manageable.

"The waves still look a little rough, but maybe now we can go into town and get a pizza or something. I'm starving!" Connie said to Steven.

"And then we could go to the arcade afterwards!" Steven added. The two laughed.

Amethyst glanced across the couch and saw Pearl. A slight frown took form on her face as she thought for a bit. She slowly got off the couch and stretched. Her wounds were just about healed.

"Count me in!" Amethyst said as she walked over to the two kids and threw her arms around both of their shoulders.

"Sure, Amethyst!" Steven chuckled.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go have some fun!" Amethyst whooped as she dragged the two out the door.

"Be careful!" Garnet called out to the three as they rushed out the door.

Garnet looked down at Pearl one last time. Though she was also worried about her teammate, she knew she should be just fine. She turned and began walking toward the temple door that lead to all of the Gem's rooms. She had to think of plan to take down the corrupt gem and would check up on the unconscious gem a little later if she didn't come looking for her first.

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