Two weeks earlier on earth
Laps and Peridot were playing fetch with pumpkin using a carrot. Of course every time pumpkin comes back with it, it ends up smaller and smaller. Soon enough, it ends up a small soon becomes annoyed with this.
"Pumpkin why do you always have to eat the carrots? You've already eaten five."
Pumpkin barks
"Oh come one Peridot, he can't help it. There too delicious for him to resist not to eat them."
Pumpkin barks again, wanting to play fetch.
"Alright pumpkin, I'll throw one more carrot"
Peridot was just about to throw it when Greg's van came racing down to the barn, leaving behind a trail of dust.
Pearl quickly got out, "LAPIS! PERIDOT!"
Both peridot and lapis were shocked at her shouting.
"What is it pearl and why are you screaming?"
"Peridot, where's the ruby ship?"
"Behind the silo, why?"
Amethyst decided to reveal the news to them first.
"Okay don't freak out you guys but blue diamond took steven into space.
"WHAT?" said Lapis
"WHAT?" said Peridot
Lapis started crying over the possibility of losing her best friend and the one who freed her from her prison.
Connie comforted Lapis, "Hey don't worry Lapis, we'll soon have steven here in no time. Cmon, let's get to the ship.
Lapis nodded and all five gems, greg and connie went to the ship.
"Where did you guys get this ship" asked greg
"Some rubies arrived on earth looking for Peridot and we blew them out into space from the moon base."
"Wait, how did you guys blow them out into space."
Oh it was easy, steven opened the airlock and sardonyx kicked the mega ruby out."
"Oh"
"But then one of the ruby's dragged steven out into space as well and was almost stabbed."
"WHAT" shouted Greg
"AMETHYST!" exclaimed Garnet and Pearl
"When we get steven back, I'm really going to have to rethink letting steven go on missions with you guys!" said greg
When they all entered the ship, peridot began fiddling with the controls.
"Do you guys even know how to drive this ship" asked Connie.
"Oh please, driving this ship will be a piece of cake." said amethyst as she punched a bunch of buttons. That did not start the ship. A panel then glowed with an outline of a hand.
"I guess this is how you start the ship" Amethyst placed her right hand on the outline. The panel fully scanned her hand but then glowed red.
"Unauthorized gem, alert, unauthorized gem"
"Uh-oh, that can't be good"
"Self destruct sequence in ten seconds. Ten...nine...eight"
"EVERYONE GET OUT OF HERE NOW!" exclaimed Garnet
Pearl refused to budge and was struggling with the buttons. "NO, WE HAVE TO SAVE THIS SHIP. IT'S OUR ONLY CHANCE TO SAVE MY BABY!"
Garnet then grabbed an uncooperative pearl as the computer counted down to one.
Everyone dived onto the ground as the ruby ship blew up. All that was left was a big crater.
Lapis quickly sprouted wings and shouted "DON'T WORRY STEVEN. I'LL SAVE YOU!
Just about she was gonna take off, her leg was grabbed by peridot.
"Lapis no! You may reach the zoo but you'll be shattered if you try to rescue him!
Lapis knowing this was true lowered herself to the ground. Connie had tear struck eyes and was hugging herself tightly.
"So that's it, steven's gone for good. We'll never read another Unfamiliar Familiar book ever again."
"Garnet, does your future vision work?" asked Greg
Garnet shaked her head at the distraught Greg.
"I'll miss you Stew-ball" said greg as he walked back to his van.
Next chapter, steven escapes the zoo from some unexpected allies.