And, new update! Hey guys, sorry that it took so long. College can be a real pain, especially if they give you 6 exams in the same week! Anyway, I watched The Steven Universe: Movie, and I LOVE IT! It was a great movie to see, and Spinel, God, where do I even begin with her? She's defiantly my favorite redeemed villain in Steven Universe. Also, about Rose Quartz...Jesus, I don't know how to feel about her by this point. While she has done a lot of good things in the past, but she also had done a lot of bad things to many people, including her own allies *cough* *cough* Spinel *cough* *cough*. I kind of have mixed feelings about her...anyway, I don't own anything except for my OCs
NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!
"So, can you care to explain to me, why are we out here again? Especially at six in the morning." Saurus asked while leaning against a rock as he yawned.
After helping the gems stop a giant eyeball from destroying the city last night, Saurus decided to stay in Beach City and live with the Crystal Gems for a little while. Steven was the most excited about this as he eagerly made Saurus's new bed, which was simply the couch with a couple of throw pillows and bedsheets. The Gems apologized for this, saying that they didn't have a guest room for him to sleep in, but Saurus shrugs it off, stating that sleeping on the couch was more comfortable than sleeping on the ground. Steven and the Gems were unsettled by the statement but said nothing as he changed into his nightly attire, which consists of a black tank top with grey sweatpants and no shoes, and went to sleep...only to be wakened up by a hyperactive Steven, who dragged him outside of the house and was now waiting out at the Beach.
"We're waiting for the mailman to show up, so he can bring me my package,"
"And, this couldn't wait after I had showered and had my breakfast?"
"Nope," Steven says just as the mailman showed up. "Mail's here! Got any packages for me today, Jaime?" He asked while bouncing up and down as the man named Jaime gave him an amused look. The Mysterious Figure is a 5'5-feet-tall, 22-year-old Male with black eyes, thick wavy pompous brown hair, thick brown eyebrows, a prominent nose, a sharp chin, Caucasian Skin, a slim build, and his uniform consists of a cream-colored hat, a short-sleeved light blue button-up jacket with an envelope embroidered on both sleeves, a sleeveless white shirt beneath it, cobalt blue shorts, thigh-high white socks, and a pair of red shoes with a white lining. His name is Jamie, the Post Man.
"Hold on. Let me see what I've got here." Jaime says as he opens his bag and rummages through it. "Did you order a loaf of bread with a stamp on it?"
"No." Steven shakes his head.
"Did you order a jury summons for R.J. Finkle?"
"That's not me, I'm Steven!"
"Oh, right, right, right, Steven," Jaime says playfully before pulling out the correct package. "Here it is, Steven Universe."
"Aha! This thing is going to help me save the world." Steven says cheerfully as Saurus leans over his shoulder to get a better look.
"It says it's from Wacky Sacks Supply Company. I doubt anything in there can help you on your missions," Saurus says as Steven shook his head stubbornly.
"Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl think I shouldn't go on magic adventures because I don't know how to control my gem's powers yet, but there are other ways I can help."
"Like, what?"
"Do you know how you can help me?" Jaime says as the boys turned to him, and he takes out a signature pad. "Sign here, please." Jamie says as Steven signs for the package. "Barb yells at me if I don't get signatures."
"That's awful."
"Makes me glad, I'm never going to get a job," Saurus says as Steven glanced at him confusedly.
"What do you mean?"
"I got all the money I need, so I don't need to get a job."
"But what happens if you ran out of money?" Steven asked as Saurus shrugs.
"Then I just steal more from the next bad guy I find," Saurus says indifferently as Steven dramatically gasped and points at him.
"You steal money from people?!"
"No…only from the bad ones. In fact, I stole this 20 bucks from that robber yesterday." Saurus says while taking out the 20 dollar bill as Steven stared at him, astonished.
"I didn't even see you reach for his wallet! How did you do that!?" Saurus smirks as he grunted, and his tail pops out.
"I used my tail to snatch his wallet when no one was looking. Having a prehensile tail is so handy at times." Saurus says while waving his tail in front of Steven's face, who slapped it away.
"Saurus, as long as you stay here, you can't steal from people anymore!"
"What!? Why not?!" A stunned Saurus asked as Steven placed his hands on his hips and glared at him stubbornly.
"Stealing is bad! No matter who you steal it from!" Steven says as Saurus was about to make a snarky retort when a light glow came from Steven's house. "Oh, the Gems are back!" A distracted Steven says happily before turning back to Saurus. "We'll talk about this later," Steven says as he runs off, and Saurus follows him as they entered the house. "Hey, guys. How was the mission-huh?"
"What the hell?" Saurus asked as he noticed that Garnet was covered in feathers, and Amethyst had a giant egg in her hands.
"Hello, boys," Garnet stated bluntly.
"Amethyst, we do not need that! It's not going to fit the fridge!" Pearl yells as Amethyst waves her off.
"Don't worry, I got this." Amethyst says as she opens the fridge and jammed the egg inside. "Look, it fits!" Amethyst says while slamming the door closed, and a loud crack was heard inside. "Oh, man. We can make a big omelet, or a quiche, or big sunny side ups!" She rambles as Pearl makes a face and turns to the boys.
"We fought a giant bird. We're only here for a second. We've got to go back out."
"What? Why?" Steven asked as Saurus went to make breakfast.
"We have to place this Moon Goddess Statue on top of the Lunar Sea Spire before midnight," Pearl says while showing Steven the statue as Saurus returned with a bowl of cereal in his hands. "If we don't, the Guardian of the Lunar Sea Spire will rise from the ocean and destroy the spire!" Pearl says while projecting a hologram of a large octopus-like creature with her gem. "Oh, Steven! You should've seen the spire in its heyday!" Pearl says as she projected another hologram that showed a multitude of gems living happily in the Lunar Sea Spire. "It was an oasis for Gems on Earth! It's abandoned now, but we can still save it with this statue!"
"Wha? That's perfect!" Steven exclaimed with stars in his eyes as Saurus and the Gems stared at him confusedly.
"What? Why?" Pearl asks as she deactivated her hologram.
"Because I can help carry it for you in this!" Steven says as he takes out his package and showed it to them.
"It's that...a cheeseburger backpack?" Saurus asked in disbelief
"It's not just any cheeseburger backpack. It's a novelty backpack...in the shape of a cheeseburger. Aww, I blew it! I was just going to wear it one day, and you guys will be like, Dang, Steven, that's so cool!" Steven says while deepening his voice as Saurus, and the gems gave him an awkward look.
"Cool is not the world I was looking for," Saurus deadpans while taking a bite out of his cereal.
"What do you mean?"
"You know what? Nevermind." What Saurus really wanted to say was that a cheeseburger backpack was a rather silly idea, but since Steven was so excited about it, Saurus decided not to ruin the kid's fun.
"Aw, how thoughtful of you, Steven. But this is important Gem business, so you should let us handle it." Like Saurus, Pearl wasn't so fond of the cheeseburger backpack but didn't want to hurt Steven's feelings.
"What!? But I'm a gem! I can even summon my shield now!" Steven says as he concentrated, and a flash of light appeared on his arm before disappearing. "Well, kind of..."
"I think you should take the kid with you, Pearl," Saurus says, finishing his breakfast as he placed the plate on the kitchen table. "The kid may not have much control over his powers yet, but going on missions will give him plenty of experience in the field."
"Yeah, it will be educational~," Amethyst says as Steven gave her a pleading look.
"Hmmm, alright. You can carry it on your backpack." Pearl says while handing the statue over to Steven, who grabbed it excitedly.
"Yes!" Steven exclaimed as Saurus smiled and turned around.
"Well, have fun at your first mission, Steven. I'm going to change and then go out on a walk." Saurus says as he was about to reach the bathroom when Steven suddenly intercepted him.
"Wait, Saurus! You should come with us!"
"What!?" Saurus and the gems all but screamed as Steven smiled innocently.
"Yeah, it will be fun!"
"Steven is one thing to bring you along with us, but this mission is way too dangerous for a human! He could get hurt!" Pearl yelled.
"If Saurus can fight against a giant Centipeedle, he can handle anything!" Steven says as Saurus gave him an unsure look.
"Um, I don't know about this, Steven. Going on missions isn't really my thing."
"But you helped out a lot yesterday with the giant eyeball. Imagine how helpful you will be in future missions! Plus, you have powers like us, so I know you can handle it," Steven says as Saurus was about to object when Garnet spoke up.
"Gems, huddle up," Garnet says as she grabbed the Gems and rushed them outside on the beach with her superhuman speed.
"Okay, what was that about?" Saurus asked as Steven shrugs.
"Why did you take us outside?" Pearl asked.
"I didn't want the boys to eavesdropped," Garnet answered blandly.
"Whatever. Anyway, I don't it's a good idea to bring Saurus with us on the mission."
"Aw, come on, Pearl, it could be fun! Besides, even if he does get hurt, he can just regenerate like he did last time." Amethyst says as Pearl shakes her head stubbornly.
"Be that as it may, its still-,"
"He can handle it. As Steven said, he is not like any other human we've seen, so he can handle the danger." Garnet says as Pearl frowned concernedly.
"But-"
"Plus, this is the perfect chance to see more of his abilities up close and keep an eye out on him. I don't necessarily think he is a danger to anyone, but he is keeping secrets from us. Going on missions is an excellent way to study him up close without him getting suspicious." Garnet says as Pearl sighed defeatedly but nodded.
"Well, if you think it's a good idea to bring him into the mission, then he can come along, I suppose." Garnet gave her a small smile as she grabbed her fellow gems and rushed them back inside as the boys yelped in shock when the Crystal Gems suddenly returned back into the warp pad, and the wind generated from Garnet's speed nearly knocked them over.
"We had come to a decision. Saurus, you can come along with us on the mission." Pearl says, not enthusiastic about bringing another child into a dangerous mission, but decided to trust her leader's instincts.
"Yes! Come on, Saurus! We need to get ready!"
"Wait, Steven!" Saurus yells, but it was too late as Steven was already in his room. "I don't have any other choice but to go now, right?" Saurus asked as the Gems nodded, knowing how stubborn Steven can be at times as Saurus sighed defeatedly. "Fine, I guess I'll come along, but let me get changed first." Saurus says as he entered the bathroom to change and, five minutes later, we see Saurus dressed up in his everyday clothes as Steven runs right past him, not noticing that he accidentally left the Moon Goddess Statue on his bed.
"Okay, I'm ready!" Steven says as he was about to leave it but was stopped by Saurus.
"Hey, dude. I think you forgot something."
"I don't think so. I packed everything, including Mr. Queasy!" Steven says as he took out his toy. "I have everything I need!"
"Yeah, everything except the statue." Saurus says bluntly while pointing at the statue as Steven gasped.
"Oh, no! It must've forgotten to pack it!" Steven says as he grabbed the statue and gave a Saurus a nervous look. "Please, don't tell the gems about this! If they found out about this, they will never take me on a mission!"
"Whoa, bro, relax. I'm not going to snitch on you." Saurus says as Steven sighed in relief. "But, I am going to tell you that you don't need to pack your whole room just for one mission."
"I don't?"
"No, you goofball. Look, just hand over your backpack, and I can show you what to pack." Steven handed him his backpack as Saurus inspected it. "Okay, first of all, you don't need to bring your toy on the mission," Saurus says while placing Mr. Queasy on the bed as Steven pouted.
"Aw, why not?"
"It will distract you from the mission, and it could get easily lost or destroyed, and you don't want that to happen, don't you?" Saurus asked as Steven shook his head. "Good, and you don't need to bring this many clothes. One pair of emergency clothes is enough." Saurus says while taking out a bunch of Steven's clothes, and threw them in his closet. "Now, if your going on a dangerous mission, the first thing you should do is only pack the essentials."
"Like, what?"
"Oh, you know, like bottled water, a first aid kit, spare clothes, a bunch of rope, some food, and a flashlight with batteries. There is more, but that's really all you need for the mission."
"Got it. Thanks, Saurus!" Steven says as he went to pack up everything that Saurus told him to pack, including the Moon Goddess Statue.
"Boyyyyys, let's go!" Pearl says impatiently as the boys ran downstairs.
"We're coming!" Steven says as they made it to the warp pad.
"Did you get everything you need?"
"Yep. I got a bottle of water, canned food, a first aid kit, the Moon Goddess Statue, everything!" Steven exclaims as Pearl stared at him in surprise.
"Wow, Steven. I'm surprised that you came so well prepared. For a minute there, I thought you were going to pack up your whole room." Pearl says as Steven rubs his neck nervously.
"Well, I kind of did, but Saurus helped me pack only the essentials."
"Really?" Pearl asked as Saurus shrugs.
"Eh, it was nothing. Just helping the kid out on his first mission."
"Our first mission," Steven corrected.
"Right our mission," Saurus says while rolling his eyes in amusement as Garnet gave Pearl a knowing look.
"Told you he will be helpful in the mission."
"Let's just warp," Pearl grumbles as a blue light flashes from the warp pad, and they were teleported away.
{Jurassic Universe Season 1 Theme Song!}
We...are...the Crystal Gems!
We'll always save the day!
Standing in a large red colorful background with millions of glowing stars, we see a stoic Garnet lifting up her glasses to wink at the readers with her Dual Germstones glowing brightly as we see a pair of smirking Pearl and Amethyst standing back to back with their Gemstones glowing brightly as a roaring Saurus dropped down from the sky and landed in front of the Crystal Gems in his Full Dinosaur Form with Steven riding on his back and his Gemstone glowed brightly as they all struct a heroic pose.
And if you think we can't,
We'll always find a way!
After warping themselves into the other side of the planet, the Crystal Gems can be seen glaring at a hoard of Corrupted Gems, Evil Dinosaurs, and Jasper and Peridot as Garnet swiftly summoned her Gauntlets while Pearl summoned her spear as Amethyst pulled out her whip, Steven summoned his Shield, and Saurus transformed into his True Dinosaur Form as the Crystal Gems then mounted onto Saurus's back and charged forward as they all let out a loud battle cry.
That's why the people of this world
Always believe in...
Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl...and Saurus and Steven!
After defeating their powerful foes and saving the Planet Earth, the Crystal Gems decided to head back to Beach City as, after warping themselves near their Hometown, a roaring Saurus ran down the streets of Beach City, alarming Lars and Sadie, surprising the Pizza Family, impressing the Cool Kids, and caused a visiting Connie to gasp in awe as the Gang were able to arrive at their home and everyone got off Saurus's back as he transformed back into his Human Form just as Greg drove up to them as he got out of the vehicle and placed a grill in front of them to grill up some victory Hot Dogs as a smiling Saurus rubbed a giggling Steven's head proudly.
{Jurassic Universe Season 1 Theme Song Over!}
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" Saurus exclaimed as he was not used to teleporting several thousands of miles per hour through space, plus the whole no gravity thing wasn't making things better.
"Do you remember how to do this?" Pearl asked Steven, who, unlike Saurus, was having the time of his life floating around the warp stream.
"Yo, Saurus! Grab my hand!" Amethyst says while holding out her hand as Saurus grabbed it, and she steadied him.
"Thanks, Amethyst," Saurus says as Amethyst smirks and lets go of his hand as he started floating away again. "Oh, come on!" Saurus says as they were warped to the Sea Spire and the boys fell on the floor.
"That wasn't funny, you little gremlin," Saurus growls as Amethyst laughs at him.
"Whoa! The Sea Spire!" Steven says, bringing everyone's attention as the Gems looked at the Sea Spire with great sadness.
"Wait a minute, is the tower located in the middle of the ocean? That's awesome!" Saurus says just as a piece of the spire falls off. "...Although it could use some redecorating. I thought you said that guardian won't destroy the place until midnight?"
"It won't! I don't understand what happened! It wasn't like this hundred years ago!" Pearl wailed in anguish.
"I'm sensing structural instability," Garnet deduced.
"Oh, yeah. That's never good." Steven says, not noticing cracks forming around him.
"Steven, look out!"
"Huh? What?" Steven says obviously as the piece begins to fall off, but Pearl saved him just in time.
"Oh, thank god," Saurus says before marching up to Steven as he gave the kid a stern look. "Steven, what was that!? You could've fallen off the cliff if Pearl hasn't saved you in time!" Saurus screams as Steven shrinks back in fear.
"I have to agree with Saurus on this one, Steven. I want you to stay and help, but you really got to take this more seriously." Pearl says as Saurus placed his hand on Steven's shoulder.
"Can you please do that for us?" Saurus asks as Steven looks down at the ground before looking up to him as he nodded determinedly.
"You got it, dude!"
"...Did you just quote 'Full House' to me?" Steven nodded. "I love that show!" Saurus says as Steven gasped excitedly.
"Really? Me too! Have you seen Fuller House?"
"Eh, the show is not the same without the Olsen twins."
"I know, right?"
"This is going to be a long mission," Pearl says as the boys continued discussing the show.
"Enough, we have to move," Garnet says as everyone nodded, and runs up a cliff, but Garnet stops them.
"What's the holdup? We can clear this easily."
"No. The magic that sustains the whirlpool creates a vortex that will pull us below." To demonstrate, Garnet throws a rock, and it got sucked down into the whirlpool.
"Well, that's just great. How are we going to get across?" Saurus asked as an idea sparked into Steven's brain.
"Oh, wait!" Steven says as he opens his backpack and pulls out a rope.
"Why did you packed rope?" Pearl asked.
"Saurus told me to, and luckily he did, or else I would've used my clothes. Now stand back!" Steven warns as he whips one end through the window and catches the other end.
"Wait, Steven, I don't think that's such a good idea!" Saurus says, knowing what the kid was planning, but Steven ignores him and jumps off.
"Steven!" Saurus and the gems screamed as Steven gets pulled down by the vortex, but was still holding onto the rope.
"He's getting sucked down!" Amethyst says as Saurus looks down concernedly.
"Come on, kid. Use your brain and climb the rope." Saurus says as Steven found his footing and started climbing the rope.
"Cheeseburger!" Steven yells as he climbed up the rope and manages to reach the Sea Spire unharmed.
"Yes! He did it!" Saurus cheered as Amethyst cheered as well.
"Way to go, Steven! Come on, guys! Let's go!" Amethyst says while summoning her weapon and whips it through the window.
"Wait, what?" Saurus says as Amethyst grabbed him, along with Garnet and Pearl, and leaps off.
"Steven style!" Amethyst says as they reached the Sea Spire.
"Don't ever do that again!" Pearl says to Steven, who grinned sheepishly.
"Sorry," Steven says as Pearl smiled and patted his back.
"But it was a pretty great idea." Pearl says as Garnet ruffles his hair, and Amethyst gave him a thumbs up.
"Yeah, good job, squirt." Saurus says as Steven smiled at him. "Just try to think things through next time." Steven nodded as they head into the Sea Spire and along the way, Pearl complained about the state of the spire.
"Oh, no, no, no, this is even worse than the outside. Ugh...that's...oh! Oh, this didn't use to be so-Oh and the water damage. This pillar...oh, and this had a head...oh, Steven, once the statue is in place, it'll restore all of its former glory." Pearl says as she saw creatures on a statue's shoulder and panics as she sliced it in half with her spear.
"Whoa, Pearl, calm down! I know you're devasted about the spire falling apart, but it won't get any better if you slice up the whole place." Saurus says as Pearl took a deep breath, and her weapon disappeared.
"Thanks, I needed that," Pearl says as Saurus nodded.
"What was that goober?" Steven asked curiously.
"A crystal shrimp." Garnet explained
"Yo, guys! We got a problem!" Amethyst yelled from upstairs as the trio run up the stairs and saw that the whole room was covered with crystal shrimps.
"It's an infestation! And we have to pass through to there to get to the top." Pearl says as Steven examines one curiously.
"Can't you just squish 'em?" Steven says as Pearl pulls him away.
"Don't touch that! Their shards are deadly!" Pearl says as she puts Steven down. "We need to clear a path," Pearl says as she projects a hologram of Amethyst. "Amethyst, if you go around to the side and disturb them with a spin attack..." Pearl says as she then projects a hologram of Garnet on the ceiling. "...And Garnet, if you move to the ceiling and strike this spot, then I can advance with my-"
"Bagel sandwich!" Steven yells as he takes 2 bagel sandwiches out of his backpack and then throws them on each side of the room as the crystal shrimps proceed to follow each of the sandwiches and start eating them, leaving a clear path for the Crystal Gems.
"Brilliant!" Garnet complimented.
"Oh, hey, what do you know?" Amethyst says with a smile and a shrug
"A simple plan, but effective nonetheless. Good job, kid." An impressed Saurus says as Steven beams at the praises.
"Uh, uhh, how did you know that would work," Pearl asked as Steven shrugs.
"Well, if I was a shrimp, that's what I would do," Steven says as they walked through the now clear path.
"It's okay, Pearl. I'm sure your plan would've worked." Saurus says while patting her back sympathetically as Pearl smiled.
"Thanks, Saurus," Pearl says with a warm blush as they entered a room, and the doors were slammed shut.
"It's a trap!" Garnet yells.
"Wait, look!" Saurus says while pointing up as they saw a message appearing on the wall that says, 'To move forward, you must look beyond what you see' and the Crystal Gems didn't know what to make sense of the message as a hole appeared on the ceiling, and water gushed out!
"Oh, no, this is bad!" Garnet says with a serious glare.
"Why? It's just water. We can handle it. We don't need oxgyne to survive anyway." Amethyst says nonchalantly as the water reached her waist.
"We don't, but they do!" Pearl says while pointing at Steven and Saurus, who were now neck-deep in water.
"I really hate being short," Saurus says as Garnet picks them up and places the boys on her shoulders.
"Thanks, Garnet!" Steven says as Garnet nodded.
"We need to find a way to escape before the boys drown to death," Pearl says as the water already reached Garnet's waist.
"How about we smash our way out?" Amethyst asked while casually talking underwater since the water already reached past her head.
"Are you insane?! You smash one wall, and you will bring the entire building on top of us! We need to find another way!"
"Um, guys? The water is getting pretty close now." Steven says nervously as the water already reached Garnet's neck.
"Dammit, whoever design this trap is really smart! I can't see any way to get out!" Saurus thought to himself before freezing as he looked at the message on the wall and at the water. "Look beyond what you see...that's it!" Saurus says as the gems glanced at him.
"What?" Pearl asked confusedly.
"The message says, Look beyond what you see, maybe it's telling us to not rely on our eyes, but instead rely on our other senses!" Saurus says as he took a big sniff and smirks. "Just as I thought," Saurus says before leaping off.
"Saurus!" The group yelled before blinking in shock as Saurus landed on the floor, seemingly able to breathe underwater.
"What the?"
"Guys, the water is not real! It's just an illusion!" Saurus says as Steven cautiously pokes his head in the water and took a deep breath as, much to his surprise, he was able to breathe just fine!
"Whoa! This is awesome!"
"The water is an illusion? But it feels so real." Pearl says while waving her hand around, feeling the water.
"It's only real because we believed that it was real, but once I read the message, I figured out that I couldn't rely on my eyes, so instead I relied on my nose and noticed that the water didn't smell like seawater."
"But even if it wasn't seawater, why didn't you think that it could be any of other types of water?" Saurus shrugs.
"Well, I figured that since I was in the middle of the ocean, and I'm designing a trap that uses water, why not use the water that was around me?" Saurus says as the Gems stared at him, astonished.
"Amazing," Pearl says as the Gems nodded in agreement.
"But, we still have one problem. How are we going to get out of here?" Steven asked as Saurus looked around and saw a hole in the ceiling where the water was gushing out.
"Through that." The Gems nodded to each other as Pearl and Amethyst grabbed the boys and jumped through the hole as Garnet followed after them.
"Nice work, Saurus!" Steven says as Saurus blushes in embarrassment.
"Oh, it was nothing." Saurus says bashfully.
"Yeah. Good job, lizard boy," Amethyst says as Garnet gave him a thumbs up.
"Got to admit that was some smart thinking, good job Saurus," Pearl says as Saurus smiled and walked up a staircase leading to the third floor.
"Watch out!" Garnet says as the wall to the left of them cracked and forms a small, rushing river that drops below.
"Whoa, that was a close one," Saurus says before staring at Garnet suspiciously. "Wait, how did you know that would happen?"
"I have my ways," Garnet says ominously as her visor reflects light.
"Guys, what are we going to do about the river?" Amethyst asked as everyone stared at Steven.
"What? Me?"
"What have you got?" Garnet asked as Steven hummed.
"I have a raft. Will that help?" Steven asked hopefully as Saurus shakes his head.
"With how fast that current is, I don't think that will help much, bro," Saurus says Steven glanced at the river before looking at a pillar as an idea popped into his head.
"Hey, Garnet. Think you can make a bridge for us?" Steven says while pointing at the pillar as Garnet smirks cockily.
"I like the way you think, Steven," Garnet says as she casually kicks a pillar, and one end lands on the other side of the river, forming a bridge.
"Nice job, little man," Saurus says as he ruffled Steven's hair.
"Good idea, Steven," Pearl says as they crossed the makeshift bridge.
"You're just full of good ideas today," Amethyst says as Steven blushes at the praise. For the next few hours, the Gems faced multiple traps that were solved by either Steven or Saurus. This ranged from walls closing in, blow darts, poisonous piranhas, spikes, etc. Long story short, the group was exhausted.
"Man, how long have we been here? It's already night time." Steven says while looking out the window as he saw the moon.
"Yeah, are we even close to the top of the Lunar Spire yet?" Saurus asked.
"Well, actually, we are. We just have to climb this set of stairs, and we're done!" Pearl says cheerfully as Saurus blinks in surprise.
"Wow, really? Not that I'm disappointed or anything, but I expected a little more from this mission. You know, like fighting a giant monster or something." Saurus says before freezing in his steps as he remembered something. "Wait a minute. Didn't you guys mention something about a giant monster guarding this place?" Saurus says just as a loud growl was heard behind him. "...The monster is standing right behind me, isn't it?"
The Gems nodded as Saurus turned around and gasped in shock as a massive 60-foot-tall monster sprouted out of the water and roared. The creature has an eel-like body with octopus-like tentacles and a dunkleosteus-like head as she has large sharp teeth, yellow eyes, dark blue skin, and her gem was located on her forehead. The giant creature growled at the intruders invading her territory as the Gems glared at Saurus, who grinned nervously.
"Maybe, I shouldn't have said something."
"YOU THINK!?" They yelled as the creature roared and swipe at them with her tentacles as the Gems easily dodge her attack and Pearl grabbed onto the boys as she leaped them away to safety.
"Stay here!" Pearl ordered while landing a few feet away from the monster.
"But we can help!" Steven says as Pearl ignores him and leaps off as she landed in between her friends, and they summoned their weapons as they prepared for battle!
Amethyst made the first move as she grabbed a boulder that was twice her size with her whip and flung it at the monster's face. The creature was more annoyed than hurt by the attack as the guardian swiped at her, but luckily Garnet came to the rescue as she grabbed the tentacle and used her electricity powers to stun the monster. With the monster temporarily paralyzed, Pearl used the opportunity by running up the tentacle with two spears in her hands as she twirled around and sliced the creature's face. The guardian of the lunar sea spire roared in agony as Pearl jumped off and landed next to her friends. The monster growls angrily as she grabbed Garnet and Amethyst with her tentacles and slammed them into the ground. Pearl tried to run after them, but the guardian won't have any of it as she swiped at her, and Pearl was sent flying into a wall, cracking it.
"Oh, no! The Gems are in trouble! Saurus, what do we do?"
"Dammit, that thing is too strong to face it head-on, and if I go all out, I'll just bring the whole place down on top of us." Saurus thought to himself as he glanced at the pillars, and a dangerous idea popped into his head. "But maybe bringing down the sea spire is exactly what we need!" Saurus thought to himself as he turned to Steven. "Steven, please tell me that you still have the moon goddess statue." Steven nodded. "Good, then I need you to go to the top and place the statue on the pedestal while I help the gems."
"No! I can't leave you guys behind! Besides, that thing is way too big for you guys to fight!"
"We don't need to fight it! We just need to bring down the spire on top of her, and hopefully, that will defeat the beast."
"But, won't it destroy the Lunar Sea Spire?"
"Not if you place the Moon Goddess Statue on the pedestal in time," Saurus says as he bends down and placed a hand on Steven's shoulder. "Listen to me, Steven. It's important that you place the Moon Goddess Statue on the pedestal before the sea spire falls on top of us. Think you're up to the challenge?" Saurus asked as Steven nodded.
"You can count on me!" Steven says as he runs off. Saurus smiled before glaring at the large corrupted gem as green scales appeared all over his body.
"Hi-ya!" Pearl yells as she rescued her friends from the monster's grasp and took a few steps back as the rest of the gems regrouped. The Crystal Gems glared at their enemy as they took a fighting stance when suddenly Saurus came in and slashed the tentacles apart with his claws.
"Mind if I cut in," Saurus quipped, grinning at his little pun as the gems stared at him in shock.
"Saurus, you look...different," Garnet says as Saurus's body was now covered with dark green scales, his eyes were bright yellow, his hands were replaced with claws, and his tail was popped out.
"This is what I look like when my human half mix with my dinosaur half. In this form, I lose half of my strength, but I make up for it in speed and agility. I only use this form when I'm fighting in close hand-to-hand combat."
"Saurus, I told you to stay with Steven! Wait, where is he!?" Pearl says while looking around worriedly as the creature roars.
"He's safe, don't worry. But right now, I need you to listen to me because I have a plan. We're going to bring the house down on top of that Cthulhu reject!" He says while slashing more tentacles as Pearl and Amethyst gasp.
"What!?"
"Dude, I like smashing things as much as the next gem, but won't that bring the spire on top of us!"
"Not if Steven places the statue on the pedestal before it hits midnight. Look, I know that my plan is reckless, but it's almost midnight, and it will take forever to knock out this beast. Just do as I say, and destroy the pillars while I distract the monster!" Saurus yells before running at a wall as he started climbing it with his claws.
"Uh, what do we do, Garnet?" Pearl asked as Garnet shrugs.
"You heard the man! Crystal Gems, destroy the pillars!"
"Right!" Pearl and Amethyst said in unison as Saurus grins mischievously and used the wall as a springboard as he jumped off and landed on the back of the monster as the sea monster hissed in annoyance and tried to grab Saurus, but the young teen was too quick as he dodged her tentacles with ease.
"Come on, is that all you got? A turtle is faster than you!" Saurus says, angering the giant sea creature as she swiped at him again, and, while Saurus was distracting the giant monster, the Crystal Gems were hard at work delivering their part of the plan as Garnet summons her gauntlets and effortlessly punches through 3 pillars as Amethyst grins and blasts through 4 pillars while using her Spin Dash Ability as Pearl closed her eyes in concentration and twirled her spear around as she successfully managed to cut through 5 pillars.
"Got to run! Got to run! Got to run!" Steven chanted as he ran up the stairs, nearly tripping as the sea spire shook. Steading himself, Steven continued running, and eventually, he made it to the top of the sea spire. "Whoa, The Moon Goddess pedestal." Steven says while staring at the pedestal with stars in his eyes, before yelping as the sea spire shook again. "Right need to save spire," Steven says as he reached into his backpack to grab the statue...but he couldn't find it! "Uh-oh." Meanwhile, with the Gems, we see them finally destroying every single pillar in the spire as it started coming down and the Crystal Gems yelled at Saurus to get away as he followed their warning and leaps off just as the ceiling fell on top of the guardian as she was buried in concrete.
"I really hope that Steven reaches the pedestal by now, or else we're screwed," Amethyst says worriedly.
"Come on, Steven. Don't let us down." Saurus says as a growl was heard from the inside of the rubble, and the monster's head popped out as she glared at the crystal gems. "Maybe I should've thought this out more."
"YOU THINK!?"
"Where is it? Where is it? I was sure that I packed it, so where is-" Steven says as he rummages through the backpack, and the statue fell off. "There it is!" Steven says as he reaches forward to grab it, but a crack was formed in the ground, and the statue fell through. "Oh, come on!" Steven screams in frustration as he puts his hand in the hole and searches around. "Come on, come on, where is it?" Steven says before grinning as he grabbed the statue. "Yes!" Steven says just as the waterfall started closing in on the spire. Not wasting time, Steven placed the Moon Goddess Statue on the pedestal and watched in awe as the moon blasts a ray of light onto the statue.
"Gems, prepare yourselves!" Garnet says as she and her team were ready to face off against the guardian when suddenly the whole spire was bathed in blue light. Saurus and the gang watched in shock as the spire started fixing itself, and soon enough, the Lunar Sea Spire has returned to its former glory.
"Whoa. No wonder you guys wanted to save this place. It's beautiful." Saurus says as he couldn't help but be transfixed by the beauty of the sea spire.
"It's been so long, I almost forgot how it looked like," Pearl says with tears in her eyes as Steven showed up.
"Hey, guys!"
"Steven!" The Crystal Gems screamed as they hugged him.
"Dude, you crushed it!" Amethyst says.
"Well done, Steven. Thanks to you the Lunar Sea Spire is restored to its former glory." Pearl says.
"Nice work," Garnet says while ruffling his hair.
"Thanks, but I wouldn't have done it without Saurus," Steven says as Saurus shook his head and morphed back to normal.
"Don't sell yourself short, little man. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have enough time to place the moon goddess statue on the pedestal. We won because of you and your cheeseburger backpack." Saurus says as Steven gasps before smiling as the Gems cheered for him. The cheering was cut short as they remembered about the guardian, who was strangely quiet as she stares at the spire.
"What's she doing?" Steven asks as the monster turned to him...and smiled? The Crystal Gems stared at the guardian of the lunar sea spire quizzically as she reached her tentacle into the ocean and pulled out a rock that was in the shape of the moon.
"Uh, thanks?" Steven says as the guardian handed him the rock. "Why did she gave us a rock? Wasn't she trying to kill us earlier?"
"I guess she only attacked us because we were invading her territory. But once we fixed the spire, she probably figured we weren't the enemy anymore. I think she gave us this rock as a sign of gratitude." The guardian of the lunar sea spire nodded as if she can understand him and dive into the ocean.
"Well, I guess that was enough adventure for one day. Let's go home." Pearl says as Saurus nodded.
"Agreed. I can't wait to take a hot shower and go to bed." Saurus says as they walked away.
"Hey, guys. Do you think Saurus and I can come on the next mission?" Steven asked as the gems glanced at each other before smiling as they turned to Steven.
"Steven, after what you boys did today, you two have earned your spots on our team," Pearl says as the boys smiled.
"But don't expect to go on all missions, kids. Steven, you still need to have more control over your powers before you and Saurus can join us on our more dangerous missions." Garnet says as Steven pouts but nodded understandingly.
"Wait, so you're telling me that this wasn't your most dangerous mission?" Saurus asked.
"Nope," Garnet answered simply.
"No," Pearl says.
"Not even close," Amethyst says with a grin as Saurus smirks.
"Sweet, I didn't have a fight like that in ages. I can't wait for our next mission!"
"Me neither!" Steven says cheerfully as they made it to the warp pad and warped home.
And done! Man, this chapter was fun to write. It might be my favorite so far.
Anyway, as always, I will catch you all later.