Hey, guys! Welcome to the new chapter of Jurassic Universe! I hope you guys will enjoy the chapter and prepare yourselves because things are going to get intense...anyway, I don't own anything except for my OC'S.
NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!
Deep underground, in a white lab, we see a man staring at a computer screen intensively as it shows a mugshot of a 10-year-old Saurus, who was covered in dirt and dry blood as he was flipping off the camera with a smirk on his face. The man is a 6'2-foot-tall, 45-year-old Man with green eyes, short spikey black hair with white streaks, a small nose, a sharp chin, Pale Caucasian Skin, a muscular slim build, and his outfit consisted of a black business suit with a white-collard shirt underneath, a red tie, and black shoes. His name is Mark Collings.
Mark narrowed his eyes at Saurus's smirking face as he pressed a button on the keyboard and multiple files concerning Saurus appeared as he clicked on one of the files, and a video of a 6-year-old Saurus popped up as it showed him standing in the middle of a white room while wearing a shock collar around his neck as he was covered with bruises, blood, and other unsavory things. Young Saurus has a concentrated look on his face as he growled in effort, and green scales appeared on his face as he slowly transformed into his Full Dinosaur Form, but stopped as he couldn't maintain the transformation and changed back to normal as Saurus whimpered in pain and fell on all fours as he vomited blood.
The scientists looking over him frowned disapprovingly as one of them pulled out a remote and pressed a button as Saurus's shock collar powered up and send out thousands of volts of electricity through his body as Saurus screamed bloody murder and fell down as his body spazzed out. Mark watched the video stoically as he turned it off and clicked on a new one as it shows a video of the present Saurus fighting against the Giant Centlepeedle, the Sidewinders, and Frybo as Mark slowly smiled.
"Well, well, well, Subject 0007, you have definitely improved over the years, there's no doubt about that, but the real question is how powerful he really got after he left? I can't wait to find out, and the only way to do that is to give him some old friends to fight with." Mark says while pressing a button on a keyboard as a panel on the floor opened up, and a platform containing 5 dinosaurs slowly rises up from the floor as the dinosaurs jumped out of the platform and bow before their creator as Mark turned to them while placing his hands behind his back as he grinned at them ominously. Standing before Mark was a group of five-feet-tall 8-year-old dinosaurs with blue scales, haunting yellow eyes, black stripes with red spots on them, a small horn on their snout, large claws, tiny sharp teeth, claw-hook-shaped toes, and a long blue tail with sharp blades implanted at the tips of their tails. Their names were Subjects 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004, and 0005, but they were also called the Ventadores.
"Ventadores, I have a mission for you," Mark says while pressing another button on the keyboard as a holographic picture of Saurus's mugshot appeared in front of them, and the Ventadores growled as they hissed at the photo angrily. "I've finally managed to locate an old friend of ours in a small town called Beach City. We've been studying him to determine how strong he had become over the years, and what we have recovered is excellent, but we still need a little more data, so do you mind playing a little visit to your little brother for me?" Mark asked with a malicious grin as the Ventadores howled in excitement and nodded as they ran out of the room, ready to carry out their new mission and to visit their little brother.
{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!}
"Ah, this is the life," Saurus says while wearing only a white tank top, green swimming trunks, and a pair of black sunglasses as the young teen was relaxing on a beach chair outside of Steven's house. A week has passed since the whole shape-shifting accident occurred, and ever since that traumatic event, Saurus and the Crystal Gems decided that it was best that Steven puts his shape-shifting training on hiatus until further notice. Steven quickly agreed with the group's decision as he wanted to spend his time being a normal human for a little while, and today's activity seems to be riding a bike as we see Steven walking out of his house while carrying a blue bicycle as he was wearing a red bicycle helmet.
"Hey, Saurus! What are you doing?" Steven asked while pushing his bicycle down the stairs as he appeared beside Saurus.
"Just relaxing on the beach, getting my tan," Saurus says while taking off his glasses as he smirked at the young hybrid. "Not gonna lie, I was hesitant on living here at first, but living near a beach does have it's advantages," Saurus says before noticing that Steven was holding a bicycle as he raised an eyebrow. "Why are you carrying a bicycle?" He asked as Steven perked up.
"Oh, I'm going to ride my bike today!"
"In the city?"
"Nope," Steven says with a smile as Saurus stared at him in disbelief.
"Wait, don't tell me your planning on riding your bicycle on the beach?"
"I'm planning on doing that!" Steven says cheerfully as Saurus stared at him incredulously and was about to speak up, but then a roaring noise was heard as the beach rumbled, startling Steven and Saurus as they looked around confusedly.
"What was that?" Saurus asked while standing up from his beach chair as Steven scratched his neck in thought.
"Don't know. An earthquake, I guess." He says as Saurus raised an eyebrow at him.
"Another one? That's the twelfth one this week." Saurus says as Steven responded with a shrug as Saurus hums suspiciously but didn't have time to think about it as the Crystal Gems appeared.
"I don't think they are earthquakes. They're too frequent!" Pearl says to Garnet, who nodded in agreement as Amethyst spotted the boys and smiled as she saw Steven holding a bike.
"Hey, look! Steven's got a bike! Where ya goin', Steven?" Amethyst asked as Steven smiled at her.
"Just out for a ride," Steven says as everybody raised an eyebrow.
"In the sand?" Pearl asked confusedly.
"That's what I've been saying!" Saurus says as Steven nodded and ran off as Saurus watched him go suspiciously.
"Oh, hey, Saurus, we were wondering if you want to discuss with us about these strange earthquakes?" Pearl asked as Saurus hums thoughtfully.
"Hmm, well, I do want to talk about these weird earthquakes, but I'm more interested in what Steven is doing. BRB." Saurus says as he ran off to follow after Steven and easily caught up to him as he saw Steven struggling to ride his bike in the sand. "What is that kid doing? Everyone knows that you can't ride a bike on the beach, so why would he-" Saurus says before shutting up as he saw Steven riding over to a young girl, who looks about his age, and was reading a book as Saurus deadpans.
The young kid is a 4'4-feet-tall, 12-year-old Indian-American Girl with black eyes, long dark brown puffy hair that reaches to her waist, thick dark brown eyebrows, a prominent big nose, a sharp chin, Dark Brown Skin, a slim figure, and her outfit consisted of a pair of magenta glasses with rose-colored lenses, a large white sunhat, a short-sleeved white-mint green dress, and a pair of peach-colored boots. Her name is Connie Maheswaran.
"Oh, now it makes sense," Saurus says while rolling his eyes with a knowing smile on his face as he decided to sit back and see how the scene will play out. Steven paddled his bike over to Connie and parked it in front of her as he got off his bike and pretended to inspect it.
"Some smooth ride," Steven says as he looked back at Connie and was disheartened to see that she was too engrossed in her book to hear him as he coughed. "Five speeds...hand brakes...electric blue finish with a tiger bell," Steven says while repeatedly looking back and forth at his bike and Connie, who still hasn't noticed him. "I bet there are a lot of kids who'd love to ride this bi-Whoa!" Steven says while trying to get on his bike but fell over as Connie finally noticed Steven, and raised an eyebrow as she saw him sitting on top of his fallen bike, and, feeling heavily embarrassed by what happened, Steven throws his helmet away as he runs off screaming and Connie watched him go confusedly...before shrugging as she went back to her book.
"Oh, Steven..." Saurus says with a sigh while shaking his head in pity as he watched Steven run over to his house, and Saurus casually follows after him with his hands on his pockets.
"Ahhh!" Steven screamed as he ran into his house and slammed the door behind him as he panted heavily and noticed the Gems staring at him while standing near the window as Steven sweated nervously. "Whaddup?" Steven says, trying to act casual, but failed as the Gems stared at him intriguingly.
"Who were you talking to?" Pearl asked curiously.
"Huh?"
"That girl?" Garnet explains as Steven starts to blush.
"You saw!?"
"Yeah, we all did, Steven," Saurus says, appearing in the doorway with his arms crossed as Steven was full-on blushing in embarrassment by this point as Steven groans, and slams his head on the wall as he moans in misery. "Oh, come on, Steven, liking a girl is not something to be embarrassed about. What's her name?"
"I don't know," Steven mumbled while turning to Saurus as his blush slowly dissapeared. "She's just some girl I know...except that she doesn't know me since we never talked," Steven admitted sheepishly as Amethyst gasps and grins as she ran over to Steven.
"You like her!" Amethyst exclaimed while smushing his face as Steven blushed again.
"Uh, I like everyone," Steven says while pushing Amethyst's arms as Saurus leans in with a knowing grin on his face.
"But you, like, like her, don't ya?" Saurus asked as Steven blushed furiously and glared at Saurus as he pushed him away, but the teen didn't mind as he laughed.
"Ooh! Let's set up a play date!" Peal says excitedly, causing Saurus to stop laughing as he turned to Pearl in shock.
"What?" Saurus asked as Peal nodded eagerly.
"I'll write up an invitation and work out a schedule. Oh! We'll have to find out her favorite kind of tea-"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on there, big nose!" Saurus says while waving his arms around as he frowned at Pearl disapprovingly while placing his hands on his hips. "I'm all for teasing Steven a little, but I don't want to ruin his chance with the girl. Plus, he's way too old for playdates...hey, Steven, how old are you, by the way?" Saurus asked curiously.
"Thirteen," Steven answered as Saurus nodded.
"See? He's way too old for-Wait a minute, you're thirteen?!" Saurus asked while looking back at Steven with a surprised look as the young hybrid nodded with a confused look.
"Yeah, why?"
"I thought you were like nine or ten," Saurus says as Steven stares at him, puzzled.
"Why would you think that?" He asked as Saurus looks away awkwardly.
"Well...uh...you seem too short to look thirteen," Saurus says as Steven stared at him offendedly and glared at him.
"Well, you're not exactly tall either," Steven says sassily as Saurus's eye twitched in annoyance.
"What does it matter that I'm shorter than most guys, huh!? It's not my fault that I'm so short! My training stunt my growth!" Saurus yelled angrily with specs of green scales appearing on his face as he noticed it and took a deep breath to calm down as his scales dissapeared. "Sorry about that, man. I'm sensitive about my height." Saurus says with an apologetic look on his face as Steven nodded understandably.
"I get it. I'm sensitive about my height as well."
"Cool, let's promise each other that we won't make fun of each other's height again."
"Got it," Steven says as he and Saurus shared a quick hug before letting go as Saurus coughed.
"Anyway...what we were talking about again?"
"The girl that Steven was trying to talk to earlier," Garnet reminded him as Saurus nodded.
"Right, anyway, Steven is way too old for playdates. All he has to do is just talk to her." Saurus says as Steven looks nervous at what he sees.
"I-I don't know how to talk to girls," Steven admitted shyly while looking down as Saurus walked over to him and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder as he smiled at him.
"Don't worry, Steven, I have tons of experience talking with girls. I should be able to help you break the ice with that girl." Saurus says reassuringly as Steven smiled.
"Really?" Steven asked as Saurus nodded, and he beams. "That's great!" Steven says before looking over at the Gems as he gave them a stern look. "But you guys can't watch this time! It'll mess up my flunky flow!" Steven says as everyone stared at him oddly.
"Funky flow?" Pearl and Amethyst asked confusedly as Saurus shakes his head with an exasperated sigh.
"Alright, kid, first lesson never say flunky flow ever again," Saurus says as Steven nodded.
"We won't watch," Garnet promised while adjusting her visor as Steven smiled.
"All right!" Steven says before running towards the fridge as he opened it and takes out a glowing bracelet as he walked back over to the group, who stared at the bracelet in bewilderment.
"What's that?" Saurus asked.
"Nothing, let's go!" Steven says while tucking the bracelet into his pocket as he grabbed Saurus's arms, and they ran out of the house. Meanwhile, elsewhere, we see the Ventadores arriving at the outskirts of Beach City through a black van as they got out and glanced at the city sinisterly as the leader sniffed the air and caught a whiff of Saurus's scent as he grinned and hissed at his comrades that he found Saurus's location as they nodded and sprinted into the city while making sure to avoid the townfolks and remain hidden in the shadows.
"Alright, when you talk to this girl, you have to stop worrying about what you're going to say or what she is going to say," Saurus explained while walking with Steven towards Connie as the young hybrid was listening intently to everything that his friend was telling him. "Just walk up to her and introduce yourself. Ask her what she likes, get her to open up about herself, and listen to everything she says, even if it seems boring. Girls like it when guys pay attention to them." Saurus says as Steven nodded just as they started approaching Connie as Steven looks nervous, but took a deep breath as a determined look appeared on his face and begins walking towards her.
"Attaboy, I wish you good luck, Steven," Saurus says as he turned around and was about to walk away to give Steven some privacy, but stopped as the earth below him rumbled, and he turned around as he and Steven saw a piece of the Crystal Temple breaking off and start falling towards Connie as the boys panicked.
"Look out!" Saurus and Steven shouted as they ran over to the startled Connie and Steven tackled her to the floor while Saurus transformed into his Full Dinosaur Form as he pounced on them and prepared himself for the pain. The trio waited for the rubble to hit them as Steven's gem began to glow, and, much to everyone's amazement, the young hybrid created a bubble-like construct that protected them from the rubble as it shatters against Steven's bubble.
"Whoa! How did I do that?" Steven asked while looking up at his bubble in shock/awe, but then he and Connie grunted in discomfort as they were squished against Saurus's dinosaur body, which seems too big to fit in the bubble as they were all squirming around uncomfortably. "Saurus, change back!"
"Trying," Saurus grunted out as he took a deep breath and slowly changed back into his human form as everybody sighed in relief. "Ah, much better," Saurus says as he got off the kids and lay back against the bubble lazily as he looked around and blinked in surprise. "Huh, new power?"
"I think so," Steven says with a shrug as he looked down at Connie, who was staring at the boys in awe, and smiled at her. "Hi, my name is Steven."
"And I'm Saurus." The hybrid dinosaur teenager says as Connie blinked and adjusted her glasses.
"Connie." Connie says, introducing herself as Steven helps her up to her feet, and the young girl looks around the bubble curiously. "What happened?"
"Another earthquake appeared, and a piece of rubble was about to fell on you, but Steven and I managed to save you," Saurus explains as Connie nodded before staring down at him curiously as she walked over to him and inspected his arm as Saurus and Steven raised an eyebrow. "What are you doing?" Saurus asked as Connie lets go of his arm and took a couple of steps back as she looks away sheepishly.
"I'm sorry, it's just that I thought I was seeing things because you were a dinosaur earlier," Connie says as Saurus smirks.
"Actually, I was. It's one of my powers." Saurus says while lifting his hand as it shifted into his dinosaur arm.
"Whoa!" Connie says while inspecting his arm as she touched his scales before looking up at the bubble as she then looked back at Steven. "Do you have powers as well?" Connie asked as Steven nodded eagerly and lifted his shirt to show off his gem.
"Yep! I'm magic...well, half magic, on my mom's side." Steven explains as Connie stared at his gem in awe and turned back to Saurus.
"Are you magic as well?" Connie asked as Saurus shakes his head.
"Nah, I'm all science. Experimentation, specifically." Saurus explains as he shifted his hand back to normal.
"Saurus and I are members of the Crystal Gems, we fight monsters and protect humanity and stuff," Steven says as Connie perks up.
"Oh! That's kinda like my Dad! He's a cop...well, more like a private security guard." Connie says as the trio exchange stares for a brief while, and Saurus coughs awkwardly as he turned to Steven.
"So, you mind turning this off, dude?"
"Hm? Oh, right!" Steven says as he crouches down and strains himself to dissipate his bubble, but failed.
"What's wrong?" Connie asked worriedly as Steven gave her and Saurus a sheepish look.
"The bubble...uh...doesn't seem to wanna go away."
"Oh," Connie says while looking down as Saurus groans.
"Great, let me see if I can do anything," Saurus says as he transforms into his Hybrid Dinosaur Form, surprising the heck out of Connie as Saurus grunted and begins slashing the bubble, but none of his piercing attacks even left a scratch on the bubble. "Well, no dice," Saurus says while panting as he transformed back to normal and looked back at Steven with a smirk. "Steven, whenever we get out of this, and you master this new ability of yours, this bubble will make for great offensive power in battle," Saurus says as Steven smiled.
"Thanks, Saurus," Steven says as he then turns around and begins pushing against the bubble. "So...I don't see you around here that often," Steven says to Connie, starting a conversation as Connie and Saurus walked over to Steven and began helping him push the bubble as they rolled across the beach.
"My Dad works for a bunch of different beaches, so we're never in the same place long," Connie explains.
"Oh, I know how you feel. I used to travel around a lot when I was growing up. I never stayed in a city or village for more than two weeks until I met this goofball and decided to stay with him for a while." Saurus says while ruffling Steven's hair as he giggled and turned to Connie excitedly.
"I go on adventures with the Gems sometimes, but not all of the time since they say that some missions are too intense for me right now," Steven says as Connie nodded and looked up at the bubble curiously.
"Do you always go in a bubble?" She asked as Saurus shakes his head.
"Nah, this is his first time doing this, but I have to say this kid keeps popping out new powers every day. In fact, just last week, Steven learned that he could shape-shift." Saurus says as Connie beams.
"Really? Can you show me?" Connie asked excitedly as Steven flinched, and Saurus winced as he coughs awkwardly.
"Oh, uh, after an incident, we decided it's best that Steven refrains from shape-shifting for a while," Saurus says with Steven nodding solemnly as Connie raised an eyebrow.
"Ok...so, uh, Steven, do you know a way to free us from this bubble?"
"No, but I'm sure the Gems can help us. They always know what to do with all of this magic stuff." Steven says reassuringly as Connie nodded, and they arrived at Steven's house as the trio rolled up the steep hill leading towards it. "Pearl! Garnet! Amethyst! Help!" Steven screamed, only to hear silence as the trio stared at each other confusedly.
"Guys! Help! Get down here! We're stuck in Steven's magic bubble thing!" Saurus screamed while banging on the bubble but again received silence as his eyes widen in realization. "Wait, I remember them talking about the earthquakes. You don't think that they went off to investigate, do you?"
"I think so," Steven says sadly as Saurus sighed and banged his head against the bubble as Connie looked at the boys awkwardly.
"Uh, well, if your friends won't be back for a while, why don't we wait until they come back?" Connie suggested as Saurus groans but nodded as he sat down on the bubble.
"Yeah, that seems like a good idea," Saurus says as Steven nodded before gasping as an idea appeared in his head.
"Wait, guys, I have an idea! I got other friends that can help us!" He says as Saurus raised an eyebrow.
"Who?"
"Ha, ha, ha!" Lars laughed while pointing at an annoyed Saurus, Steven, and Connie as they were all standing outside of the Big Donut, and Sadie was attempting to break the bubble with a hammer.
"Really, Steven?" Saurus asked Steven with a very deadpan look as Steven shrugs sheepishly while Lars continued laughing at them.
"Way to go, Steven! Is this your magic love bubble or something? Did you make it because you're in looove?" Lars asked mockingly while pressing his face against the bubble as Saurus glared at him.
"You're so lucky I'm stuck in here, or else I would've smacked you," Saurus says with a growl as Steven turned to a confused Connie.
"That's Lars. We're basically BFFs." Steven says with a smile as Connie raised an eyebrow at Lars.
"He makes weird faces." Connie pointed out while pointing at Lars, who was making kissy faces against the bubble as Saurus frowns at him disapprovingly, but then smirked as an idea popped into his head, and he turned to the kids.
"Hey, guys, check this out," Saurus says as he turned to Lars and shifted his head into his dinosaur head as he roared and Lars screamed like a little girl as he fumbled back and fell down as Saurus and the kids laughed with the former shifting his head back to normal as an annoyed Sadie turned to a frightened Lars.
"Lars, stop goofing around and help me!" Sadie says while still pounding Steven's bubble as a scared Lars turned to her.
"D-Did you just not see that! That kid's head morphed into a T-Rex's head!" Lars shouted as Sadie rolled her eyes.
"Lars, stop lying, and help me already," Sadie says as Lars grew angry and stood up as he marched over to her.
"I'm not lying! That kid really did transform into a T-Rex!"
"Yeah, and I will become into a lesbian in the future," Sadie says sarcastically as Lars glared at her, not liking that his co-worker wasn't taking him seriously as he and Sadie began arguing.
"He and Sadie run the Big Donut," Steven explains to Connie, who nodded as she watched Sadie shove Lars away.
"Do...they get along?" Connie asked hesitantly as Saurus nodded.
"Oh, they do." He says with Steven nodding in agreement.
"Yeah, they're crazy for each other," Steven says as Sadie flipped Lars off and crossed her arms with a huff as the long-eared boy glared at her.
"Really?" Connie asked confusedly.
"It's teenage love, Connie. You will understand when you're older." Saurus as Connie raised an eyebrow but nodded reluctantly as an idea popped into Sadie's head, and she ran into the Big Donut to grab something.
"Anyway, this place has the best doughnuts! I come here, like, every day!" Steven says cheerfully as Connie looks away awkwardly.
"My parents don't let me eat doughnuts because they have trans fats."
"What!?" Steven asked in shock as Saurus frowns sympathetically.
"I know how that feels. Growing up, I could barely eat anything. The only thing I was allowed to eat was a raw uncooked steak...for only two times a week...and only if I have been a good boy." Saurus says solemnly while looking away hauntingly as the kids stared at him worriedly.
"What do you mean by-"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Sadie screamed while running towards the trio with a wooden chair as she slammed it against the bubble, and the chair was instantly destroyed upon impact as everyone stared at the broken chair awkwardly.
"I have a better idea," Steven says with a nervous chuckle as he pushed against the bubble, and they rolled off.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, we see the Ventadores approaching Steven's house as they sniffed the air again and caught Saurus's scent, but for some reason, it was really weak until it suddenly disappears altogether. Looking around confusedly, the leader hissed at his teammates to check the area as they nodded and separated to find clues on Saurus's whereabouts as they looked around, and one of the Ventadores spotted a track leading from Steven's house all the way to the city. The leader deduced that something must've trapped Saurus and dragged him away, so with a growl, the leader commanded his teammates to follow the tracks as they nodded, and they ran off. Back with the trio, we see them arriving at the Beach City Pier as Connie gasped and looked around excitedly.
"Whoa! A trawler! And a little skip-jack!" Connie says cheerfuly as Saurus smiled up at her amusedly.
"You know a lot about boats, huh?" He asked as Connie nodded with a sheepish blush.
"Yeah, that what happens when you hang out at the beach...and don't swim...and don't have friends...y-you look at boats..." Connie trailed off as Saurus and Steven shared an awkward look.
"Uh...uh...oh, hey, it's Onion!" Steven says while pointing at a young boy, who was eating out of a popcorn bag, as he waved at them. The young boy is an 8-year-old boy with fair skin, a small tuft of blonde hair on the top of his head, a chubby face, and his outfit consisted of a white sweater with a deep periwinkle shirt tied around his neck and a pale red footie pants. His most recognizable trait is that his head is in the shape of an onion, and he does not possess any visible ears. His name is Onion, the creepiest kid in the whole show.
"Onion! We need your help! Get a harpoon gun!"
"What!?" Connie and Saurus cried out in shock as Steven turned to them with a smile on his face.
"To pop the bubble," Steven explains as Connie gave him a worried look.
"Can't we just go back to your house?" Connie asked as Saurus nodded.
"Yeah, I'm with the girl on this one. I do not want to be harpooned today," Saurus says as Steven waved off their concerns.
"It's okay, guys, I'm a Gem, so I know what I'm doing. Besides, Saurus, if anything bad happens, you can regenerate." Steven says as Saurus gave him an incredulous look.
"I'm not fucking Deadpool, Steven. I can't regenerate from being split in half by a harpoon!"
"Language!" Steven and Connie yelled sternly.
"Oh, great, there's two of you," Saurus says with a groan as Steven turned to Onion.
"Onion, we need a harpoon gun!" Steven yelled as Onion stared at him silently. "Har...poon...gun!" Steven says slowly as Onion blinked and continued eating from his popcorn bag as Steven facepalmed.
"I don't think he can hear you," Saurus says as an idea appeared in Steven's mind, and he took a deep breath as he breathes into the bubble, creating a fog where he attempts to illustrate a boat firing a harpoon gun at the bubble.
"Harpoon gun!" Steven says while pointing at his drawing, but Onion didn't understand what he was drawing as Steven groans.
"Let me try," Saurus says as he breathes fog onto the bubble and tried to draw a harpoon gun hitting a boat, but his drawing was so bad that Onion didn't understand what he was trying to see. "I-I'm bad at drawing," Saurus admitted with an embarrassed blush as Connie coughed.
"Let me try something." Connie says while breathing in fog into the bubble as she spells out the word 'harpoon gun' onto the bubble. Understanding her message, Onion gave her a thumbs-up as he ran off, and the boys stared at Connie with impressed looks.
"Nice thinking," Saurus says with a smile as Connie looks away shyly.
"It just made more sense," Connie says sheepishly as a boat horn was heard, and the trio looked ahead and saw Onion standing at the helm of a boat with the harpooned gun. Steven, Saurus, and Connie screamed as they leaned out of the way in the bubble just as Onion shoots a harpoon at the bubble...which was promptly deflected by the bubble's impressive durability as it hits a nearby boat. "...The trawler," Connie says disappointedly with Saurus patting her back comfortably as they all watch the boat sink into the ocean.
Back with the Ventadores, we see the group following the tracks made by Saurus and the others as it stopped by the Big Donut, and the big dinosaurs spotted Lars and Sadie arguing with each other again. The Ventadores were about to ignore them and continue on their search for Saurus but stopped as the leader heard something interesting from the long-eared teen and motioned his fellow soldiers to stop walking as he gestured at the teens, and they nodded as they slowly made their way towards while making sure not to be spotted as they all eavesdropped on their conversation.
"I'm telling you, Sadie, Saurus really did morph into a T-Rex!"
"And, I'm telling you to stop making up stories!" Sadie yelled back, annoyed as she walked back into the Big Donut, and a frustrated Lars followed after her. The leader grins sinisterly as he turned to his brothers and hissed as they growled excitedly, and they spotted more tracks as they followed after it.
"Funland?" Connie asked confusedly as she and the boys were rolling towards the Beach City Funland as Steven turned to his crush excitedly.
"Yeah! Tons of horrible accidents happen here everyday! There's gotta be something to break this bubble! We just gotta find the right ride." Steven says as he spots a roller coaster named 'The Appalachian' and beams as they rolled over to it. "Yeah, the kiddie coaster!" Steven says as he and the others rolled up the platform just as a roller coaster zips past them as Steven turned to a nervous-looking Saurus and Connie with an innocent smile. "Alright, we just roll down this ramp as the carts are coming at us, and the crash will break us free!" He says as Connie frowned worriedly.
"What happens after the bubble pops?"
"We'll be free!"
"And be ran over by the roller coaster or fall to our deaths," Saurus says, poking holes in Steven's plan as he crossed his arms. "Look, Steven, no offense, but this plan is so reckless and stupid," Saurus says bluntly as Steven frowns.
"What? Nah, don't worry, this will work!" Steven says as he tried to push the bubble forwards but was stopped by Saurus as he leans on the other side of the bubble.
"Steven, trust me, your plan won't work. This stupid bubble couldn't even pop after being shot at by a harpoon gun at point-blank range. I don't think a roller coaster is going to do anything. Let's come up with a different plan." Saurus says as Connie nodded in agreement, and the young hybrid was about to roll the bubble out of the platform but was stopped by a stubborn Steven.
"No, trust me, this will work!" Steven says as he tries to push the bubble towards the tracks but was stopped by an annoyed Saurus.
"No, Steven. I'm taking the lead this time, and I'm saying we're coming up with a different plan," Saurus says as he tries to push the bubble backwards, but Steven wouldn't have it as he pushed the bubble forwards.
"No, we're doing my plan!"
"No, mine!"
"Mine!"
"Mine!"
"Mine!"
"Mine!"
"MINE!"
"MINE!" Saurus shouted angrily with his face growing green scales as Steven shrank back and sighed as he nodded reluctantly.
"Fine, we'll do it your way," Steven says as Saurus smiled and took a deep breath as his scales dissapeared.
"Thank you. I'm glad you're agreeing to reason." Saurus says as Steven nodded with a sad frown as the trio was about to roll off the platform when suddenly another earthquake appeared as Saurus, Steven, and Connie lost their balance and fell down as the bubble rolled into the tracks just as a roller coaster appeared as Steven beams.
"Don't worry, guys, it will work!" Steven shouted as Saurus and Connie looked ahead and screamed as they hugged each other in fear and closed their eyes just as the roller coaster collided with the bubble, and instead of popping it like Steven thought it would, the roller coast starts rolling them down the tracks. A lazy Mr. Smiley spotted them and panicked as he hits the emergency brake and stops the ride as the inertia launches the bubble off the tracks and sends the screaming trio flying through the air.
Meanwhile, with the Ventadores, we see them arriving at the Beach City Pier as they looked around and spotted the destroyed boats as the Leader figures that it was Saurus's doing and was about to order his fellow soldiers to look for him when suddenly a large pink bubble flew past them as the big dinosaurs were dumbfounded to see Saurus and two random children inside it as they fell into the ocean. The leader turns to his comrades, and they gave him a shrug as they shook their heads and dived into the ocean to follow after Saurus and the others.
"Whoa!" Saurus and the kids grunted as the bubble sinks down through the sea and hits the ocean floor as everyone looked around in shock.
"W-Where are we?" Connie asked while looking around as normally she would've been curious and excited to explore the ocean floor, but right now, all she was feeling was deep fear as Steven looks around.
"The bottom of the ocean."
"What!?" Connie asked, horrified as she seems to be hyperventilating.
"Hey, hey, it's okay, sweetheart, everything will be fine. All we have to do is rolled up to shore, and we will be fine." Saurus says, calming Connie down slightly as she nodded.
"O-Okay, but are we even close to the shore?"
"Yeah, sure!" Steven says unsurely as Connie frowned. "Don't worry, Connie, I have an idea that will definitely work when we get bac-," Steven says just as a huge worm-like monster swims above them.
"Aah!" Connie screamed in fear while crouching down as the boys were quick to comfort her.
"Don't worry, Connie, it will be fine. The monster won't eat us," Saurus says while rubbing a trembling Connie's back as Steven nodded.
"Yeah, look! It only wants to eat that bright stuff." Steven says while pointing ahead as Connie looked up and saw the worm monster consuming some nearby glowing red seaweed. "See? Not scary at all."
"I-I guess so," Connie says nervously but then flinched as Worm Monster roars and began burrowing into the ground as it created a crevice underneath Saurus, Steven, and Connie and the bubble sinks deeper into it.
"Ugh, Steven, get off me!" An annoyed Saurus says as Steven was lying on top of him.
"Sorry, Saurus," Steven says apologetically before noticing that his foot was on Connie's face as he panicked. "Oh, sorry! Are you alright?" Steven asked worriedly while getting off at Saurus as Connie stands up, speechless as Steven and Saurus gave her a concerned look. "D-Don't be scared. We can get out of this. We just have to come up with a plan." Steven says as Saurus looked around the crevice and sighed heavily as he placed his hand on his face.
"Steven, we have to face facts. We're screwed." Saurus says as Steven turned to him with a frown.
"Saurus, don't say that! We can find a way to get out of here!"
"I'm just being realistic here, Steven! We're stuck on this stupid bubble on the ocean floor! And, we can't even roll up the shore now because we're stuck inside this crevice! Face it, Steven, we're in very big trouble!" Saurus says as Steven frowned sadly.
"Saurus, please, just calm down. Everything will be okay."
"IT'S NOT OKAY!" Connie suddenly shouted, surprising the boys as they turned to her and saw her glaring at Steven with tears in her eyes. "You keep saying that, but you don't know what you're doing! Now, we're going to suffocate or starve to death at the bottom of the ocean, and only my parents will notice because no one else cares about me! I'm gonna die without ever making a single friend!" Connie says before breaking down crying as the boys stared at her sadly and turned to each other as Saurus gestured for him to talk with her, and he nodded as he walked over to Connie and pulled out his glowing bracelet as Steven held it out for her.
"We can be friends," Steven says as Connie blushed and sniffled as Steven smiled at her. "I saw you at the Boardwalk Parade last year. You dropped your bracelet." Steven says while gesturing to the glowing bracelet. "I picked it up, but then I couldn't find you. I saved it in the freezer so it would last longer, in case I saw you again." Steven says as Connie's eyes widen in realization.
"Oh! You were the kid on the car wash float. You had soap bubbles in your hair." Connie says with a laugh as Steven laughed as well while blushing embarrassedly.
"I was supposed to be a scrub brush," Steven says before sighing as he gave Connie a regretful look. "I'm sorry, Connie," Steven says while grabbing her hand as he puts on her bracelet. "If I had returned your bracelet back then, you wouldn't be stuck in this bubble with me now."
"No, it's okay. I'm having fun." Connie says as Saurus smiled at them amusedly.
"You two are so cute together," Saurus gushed as the kids blushed embarrassedly and glared at him.
"No, we're not!" Steven and Connie shouted in unison as Saurus laughed but then gasped for air as Steven's bubble suddenly popped, exposing them to the water as the kids gasped for air and covered their mouths. Saurus reacted quickly as he transformed into his Full Dinosaur Form and grabbed onto the kids as he then swam up the shore while swinging his tail around rapidly like a propeller as Saurus propelled them up to shore. After a few seconds of swimming, Saurus, Steven, and Connie swam up to the surface as they gasped for air, and Saurus transformed back to normal as the trio stared at each other and shared a laugh.
"We're free!" Steven cheered with Connie cheering as well as Saurus smiled and floated in the water in a relaxed pose.
"We'll now that we escaped from the bubble, why don't we swim back to shore and-" Saurus says before yelping as he felt a clawed hand grab his leg and pulled him down into the ocean as the kids gasped worriedly.
"SAURUS!" Steven and Connie shouted concernedly as they tried in vain to look for Saurus. Meanwhile, down at sea, we see Saurus struggling to swim back up to the surface as he looks down to glare at the unknown enemy, but then his eyes widen in shock/horror as he saw the leader of the Ventadores smirking up at him with his comrades swimming beside him as they glared at him with their eyes glowing faintly in the water.
Composing himself, Saurus glared at them darkly as he popped out his dinosaur tail and smacked the leader away as the non-talking dinosaur shook off the attack and motioned his teammates to attack Saurus as they nodded and they all charged at him. Saurus glared fiercely as he waited for them to attack first but then gasped as he saw Worm Monster swimming towards them at fast speeds and rammed against him and the Ventadores as the monster sends them flying out of the surface and into the beach.
"Saurus!" Steven and Connie said worriedly as they were about to swim over to him, but then stopped as Worm Monster popped up and roared at them as they whimpered in fear.
"Ugh, ow, dammit!" Saurus cursed while crashing against the sandy terrain harshly as Saurus grunted in pain and looked up as he saw the Ventadores recovering from the surprise attack mid-air and twirled around as they began falling towards Saurus at high speeds. "Crap!" Saurus yelled while back-flipping away as the Ventadores crashed landed on the spot where he used to be and caused a small tremor to appear.
"Ventadores," Saurus growled out as he took a fighting stance and glared at his fellow dinosaurs. "How the hell did you find me?" He asked as the Ventadores recovered from the fall and hissed at him as he facepalmed. "Oh, right, you can't speak English," Saurus says before clearing his throat as he hissed and growled at the Ventadores, who growled back as Saurus narrowed his eyes.
"Oh, so you were ordered to retrieve me by that asshole Mark, huh? Heh, it's good to see that the old man hasn't forgotten about me." Saurus says as the Ventadores growl at him in confusion, and Saurus shrugs. "Why am I staying here, you ask? Well, I've decided to settle down in this little town for a while, but don't think that I've forgotten the promise that I've made when I left Genesyn because trust me...you will all get what's coming to you." Saurus promised with a bloodlusted smile on his face as the Ventadores shivered slightly from the killer's intent radiating off his body, but composed themselves as they hissed at Saurus, and he laughed.
"You got to be kidding? Do you really think that you guys can fight me and win? Well, maybe when I was the weak crying child that you used to bully and abuse, but I've grown stronger over the years. Here..." Saurus says as he suddenly leaped towards the Ventadores while morphing into his Hybrid Dinosaur Form as he reared back his fist. "...let me show you!" Saurus shouted as he slashed the leader's face, causing five big gashes to appear on his face as the leader hissed in pain and gripped his face as Saurus landed on the ground and kicked him away as he was about to continue fighting, but stopped as he saw Steven and Connie washing up the shore, and he frowned.
"I can't let them see the Ventadores." Saurus thought to himself grimly, not wanting Steven to ask who they are and why they are after him as he turned back to the Ventadores. "Follow me if you idiots are looking for a good fight!" Saurus shouted as he then took off running with the Ventadores following after him as they sprinted across the beach.
~[I Will Not Bow Down-Breaking Benjamin]~
"Alright, here should be good," Saurus says to himself while arriving at the other side of the beach, far away from Steven and Connie's eyesight as the Ventadores appeared and circled around Saurus as they hissed at him dangerously, but the young teen wasn't scared as he gestured them to fight him.
Hissing, the Leader of the Ventadores charged at him and he threw a punch at him, but Saurus was able to easily dodge it as the Leader growled in annoyance and swiped at him with his tail. Saurus reacted quickly as he grabbed the dinosaur by his tail and twirled him around as Saurus used him to clobber the two approaching Ventadores and threw the Leader away as he dusts off his hands and gasped in surprise as a Ventadore appeared and tackled him from behind as he grabbed the young teen into a bear hug and Saurus grunted in slight pain as he felt the Ventadore crush his body. Thinking quickly, Saurus lifted his tail as he used it to wrap around the dinosaur's neck and Saurus pulled his head towards him as he gave the dinosaur a wicked headbutt. The small Ventadore screeches in pain as he placed his clawed hands on his face and lets go of Saurus. The young teen quickly used the distraction to his advantage as he threw a devastating kick to his stomach before delivering a mighty uppercut that ripped the Ventadore's head from out of his body and sends it flying through the air. Gallons of blood squirted out of the hole from where his head used to be as his headless body fell down, and Saurus slowly turned to the terrified dinosaurs as he grins at them sinisterly.
"If you pricks want to keep your lives, I suggest you turn around and run back to Genesyn like the good little lap dogs you are," Saurus mocked while licking the dead Ventadores blood from his claws as the leader composed himself and glared at the bloodied teenager hatefully as he hissed at his scared comrades to attack Saurus. The Trio Ventadores gulped nervously as they nodded meekly and charged at Saurus, who sighed as he shakes his head.
"Alright, you're lost," Saurus says as the three dinosaurs ganged up on him and threw multiple punches at him as Saurus used his arms and tail to block all of their attacks as he bends down and sweeps them off their feet with his tail as he leaped up and kicked one of the Ventadores away as he rolled across the sand, and planted his claws on the ground to stop himself from rolling as Saurus suddenly appears in front of him and slashes his stomach.
"Augh!" The Ventadore whimpered in pain as he tried to swipe at Saurus with his tail, but Saurus anticipated that he will do that as he grabbed his tail and used his superhuman strength to rip his tail out from his body. The Ventadore screamed in agony while clutching the stub where his tail used to be as one of his fellow teammates growled furiously at a smirking Saurus and charged at him as he threw a punch, which was caught by Saurus as the young teen slowly morphed into his Full Dinosaur Form and glared down at the scared Ventadore as Saurus grabbed him and lifted him from the floor as he grunted and started pulling as he ripped the dinosaur in half as blood rained down on the beach.
The tailless dinosaur trembled in fear as Saurus dropped the two halves of his dead comrade's body and slowly turned to him as the Ventadore flinched and tried to run away, but it was too late as Saurus crouched down and leaped towards the scared dinosaur as he landed on his back, causing a small tremor to appear as the tailless dinosaur screeched in pain before shutting up as Saurus raised his foot and stomped on his head as he easily flattened into paste as bits of his brains/blood leaked out. The last remaining Ventadore soldier roared at Saurus in fury as he leaped towards him and tried to bite his neck, but his teeth broke upon impact the minute he chomped on his thick neck as Saurus, without looking, grabbed the Ventadore's neck and snapped it like a twig, killing the dinosaur as Saurus tossed his dead body away. The Leader of the Ventadores stared at the dead corpses of his teammates with a petrified look on his face as Saurus turned to him, and in the blink of an eye, appeared in front of him as the leader jumped back and cowered in fear as Saurus bends down, and gave him a serious look.
"Don't worry, little guy, I will let you live, but only to send out a message," Saurus says sinisterly while grabbing the leader by his neck as he glared at the scared dinosaur. "Tell that pathetic bastard that no matter how many failed experiments he throws at me, I will kill them all without trouble and also tell him to say his prayers because I will soon find him and exact my revenge on him for what he took from me! Now, get the hell out of here and don't come back!" Saurus says before throwing the last remaining Ventadore to the floor as he nodded panickily and ran out of the beach with his tail tucked in between his legs as Saurus sighed and slowly morphed back to normal as he stretched.
~[I Will Not Bow Down-Breaking Benjamin Song Over]~
"Oof, what a mess," Saurus says with a wince, now relaxing from the battle as he eyed the dinosaur's corpses with a disgusted look on his face and noticed that his shit was covered in dinosaur blood as he groaned. "Great, and this was one of my favorite shirts. Ugh, whatever, I'll just buy a new one later. Anyway, I better clean this mess before anyone sees," Saurus says as he morphed into his Hybrid Dinosaur Form and grabbed each of the dead dinosaurs as he dragged them across the beach and then tossed them into the ocean as they sunk down into the sea with pools of blood spreading across the water. "Oh, forgot about the blood...eh, I'm sure it will disappear eventually," Saurus says with a lazy shrug as he transformed back to normal and then yelped as another earthquake appeared, and a loud roar rang out from the other side of the beach as Saurus eyes widen in terror.
"Steven! Connie!" Saurus shouted as he quickly disposes of his bloodied shirt and began sprinting across the beach as he arrived at the other side of the beach, and saw Steven and Connie standing in front of a destroyed pier while holding hands in terror as a worried Saurus ran over to them. "Are you guys, alright?" Saurus asked as Steven and Connie turned to him and smiled in relief as they ran over to him and gave him a hug.
"Saurus! You're okay!" Steven says cheerfully.
"But why are you half-naked?" Connie asked while eyeing his muscular body with a mild blush as she lets go of him and looks away sheepishly as Steven looked up at Saurus with a concerned look on his face.
"What happened to you?" He asked as Saurus gave them a reassuring look.
"Sorry, kids, that I scared you, but that Worm Monster tossed me into the beach, and I crashed against a pile of rocks. I was knocked out for a little while, but I managed to recover quickly, although I was a little pissed off that my favorite shirt was destroyed by the landing, though."
"Language." Steven and Connie scolded as Saurus rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, yeah, anyway, where is the Worm Monster?" He asked as the kids beamed.
"Oh, I defeated it!" Steven says excitedly as Saurus blinks in surprise.
"Seriously?" Saurus asked as Connie nodded eagerly with a big smile on her face.
"Yeah, he managed to defeat the monster by using my bracelet to lure the monster to the pier and zig-zagged around to force the monster to tie itself up by the pier, and caused it to fall on top of it, killing it! It was incredible!" Connie says with stars in her eyes as Steven stared at her in surprise.
"R-Really? You mean it?" Steven asked as Connie nodded, and Steven beams as Saurus leans over to whisper in his ear.
"I can safely say that you have definitely made a good first impression, Steven," Saurus says as Steven nodded with a big smile on his face. "And who knows? Maybe one day you will get the guts to ask her out." Saurus says with a wink while nudging Steven's side as he blushed madly.
"What are you guys talking about?" Connie asked curiously as Saurus turned to her and shrugged.
"Oh, you know, guy stuff," Saurus says as Steven nodded.
"STEVEN!" The Crystal Gems shouted, appearing on the scene as Pearl noticed the destroyed pier and gasped.
"Boys, what's going on?!"
"Oh, another monster appeared and attacked us, but I managed to defeat it," Steven says proudly as the Gems blinked in surprise.
"Really?" Pearl asked with a twinge of doubt in her voice as Saurus nodded with a smirk.
"Yep, our boy is growing up to be a proper Crystal Gem," Saurus says while ruffling Steven's hair as the kid beams.
"Nice work, Steven," Garnet says while walking over to the pier as she picked up the fallen Gem and bubbled it away. "You too, Saurus," Garnet says while staring at Saurus with an emotionless look on her face as Saurus raised an eyebrow.
"Uh, yeah, sure," Saurus says unsurely, wondering what she meant by that as Amethyst appears and slings her arm over Steven's shoulder as she smirked at him.
"So, Steven, are you going to introduce us to your little friend?" Amethyst says suggestively while gesturing at Connie as Pearl pops in with a smile on her face.
"Steven was so excited to meet you. Right, Steven?" Pearl asked an embarrassed Steven, who groaned as Saurus appears and pushes Pearl and Amethyst away from him.
"Alright, alright, you guys embarrassed the kid enough, now let's get out of here and give the kids some privacy," Saurus says as Garnet nodded and grabbed the Gems as she lifted them off the ground.
"Yeah, don't mess with his funky flow," Garnet says before walking away with them as Saurus followed after them.
"Funky...flow?" Connie asked confusedly, not understanding what that means as Steven groans.
"Really, Garnet?" Saurus asked Garnet incredulously as she shrugs, and Saurus sighed as they walked towards Steven's house and while the Gems were walking, Saurus looked back at the beach stoically as he glared and tightened his fists in anger as he growled lightly. "I don't know how, and I don't know when, but I will find you again, and when I do, I will get my revenge on you...Father," Saurus says quietly while spitting out the last word like it was venom as Garnet heard him and frowned subtly, but didn't say anything as they continued walking towards Steven's House. Meanwhile, elsewhere, we see Mark leaning against his chair while smoking a cigarette with a relaxed look on his face as the leader of the Ventadores stormed into his lab with a scared look on his face as he ran over to his boss and bowed for him as he hissed apologetically.
"Give by the fact that you're the only one who returned, and you look to be traumatized, I can safely say that you failed on your mission on retrieving Subject 0007?" He asked as the Ventadore nodded solemnly and flinched as he expected to be punished. "Good," Mark says while sitting up as the Ventadore looked up to him in confusion. "What? Isn't it obvious? I expected you all to lose." Mark says while walking over to his computer as he pressed a button on the keyboard, and it showed a video of Saurus fighting against the Ventadores as he watched it with a fascinated look on his face.
"I sent you all to fight him because I wanted to gauge Subject 0007 strength, and while I am surprised to see that Subject 0007 had earned a new transformation, you all haven't provided me with enough data that I wanted," Mark says with a disappointed sigh as he turned to the leader of the Ventadores and pulled out a small remote as the dinosaur's eyes widen in fear at the sight of it. "And since Subject 0007 proves to be stronger than you and your brothers, your services are no longer required," Mark says as the leader growled pleadingly for his creator to spare him, but Mark didn't even hesitate as he pressed a button and a loud beeping noise was heard from inside the dinosaur as the Ventadore screeches in horror and didn't have time to react as he was suddenly blown up and chunks of his body splattered against the ground and walls of the lab.
"What a mess," Mark says coolly while wiping the dinosaur's blood from his face with a napkin as he turned towards the computer and stared down at the frozen picture of Saurus as he grinned sinisterly. "Well, well, Subject 0007, I'm glad to see that you have gotten stronger over the years. I can't wait until our reunion...son." Mark says with an evil grin on his face as he laughed maniacally.
And done! I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, and I can't wait to write the next one.
Anyway, as always, I will catch you all later.