Chapter 8: Serious Mission
"Get ready Steven," Garnet said to Steven with a smile. "This is gonna be intense."
"I'm ready!" Steven exclaimed with excitement. After a long week of constant missions that were mostly to find monsters and capturing them, Isaac suggested that the Crystal Gems have a day off. So, they all decided to go to Funland for a good time.
After riding some of the other rides, the five were now ready to get onto the parks most popular ride: The Teacups. Which was a ride with a teacup theme and operates like normal teacup rides. The only difference was that this ride spins the cups in the air.
Once inside their teacups, the amusement ride lifted up into the air, and the starting spinning the cups around. Isaac laughed with joy as he rode with Amethyst and Pearl. This was really the first time in a long while that he's ever done something this fun. Amethyst was asleep. However, Isaac stopped laughing and looked at Pearl in confusion. She was smiling while holding a tea pot. "I misunderstood the point of this ride, didn't I," Pearl asked after seeing the confusion on Isaac's face.
"Very much," he said with a smile.
Garnet and Steven were riding in the cup next to them. "This is fun, Steven," said Garnet with one of her rare smiles.
However, Steven wasn't enjoying his time at all. The movement of the Teacups caused him to become nauseated. "I think I need to get off this ride now," he said as he felt like he was going to throw up. He quickly stepped out of his seat and jumped off the ride.
"Steven, no!"
Mr. Smiley, the owner of the amusement park laughed as he operated the ride. But then he was knocked to the ground when Steven landed on him. Worse was that it caused him to pull back and ultimately break the lever to the ride. And causing the ride to come to a complete stop, and for all of the cups to fly off the ride. The suddenness of it all didn't give Isaac enough time to react. So, when their cup crashed into the roof of a stand, he was thrown out of the cup.
Hitting the ground and blacking out.
Two Weeks Later
"Are you absolutely sure that you can handle this, Isaac," Pearl asked the young man as the team of heroes traveled through the Warp Pad.
"I'm good, Pearl," Isaac said in an attempt to reassure her. The Funland incident not only got Steven a lifetime band from all the rides by Mr. Smile personally, but it left some people hurt. Nothing too bad, but Isaac was the worse.
The landing not only knocked him out, but the impact broke his left arm in several places. The Gem though that his healing would fix it, but they were proven wrong. Turn out it was only flesh wounds that would be healed instantly. Bones and vital organs were going to take an extended amount of time to heal. So as of now, Isaac's arm was placed in an arm cast.
"Pay attention you two, this is going to be your first serious mission," Garnet said to both Isaac and Steven. While Isaac looked more serious, Steven was excitedly upside down. "You need to be ready."
"Yes! I'm ready, I'm so ready!" Steven exclaimed excitedly.
"Let's rock 'n roll." Isaac replied with a smirk.
"Steven, come on, you're gonna make yourself sick," Pearl said and turned the young boy upright. This, however, got herself hit in the eye by Steven's ukulele, which for reason Isaac couldn't understand why he brought it. Pearl scoffed and pushed it away. "Why did you bring that?"
"I don't know! I was excited, and i-it's mine, and I like it!" Steven said anxiously with his arms raised. This caused the ukulele to float upwards. "Huh?" He took notice of it.
However, before it could go far, Isaac grabbed it. "You don't even need this thing Steven," he said, handing the ukulele back to the boy. "And like Garnet said, be serious with this mission." Isaac continued even after they had finally warped to their destination. "Who know where we're going to…end…up?"
Isaac was amazed to see that they were in place that was surrounded by wild strawberries that grew to extremely large scales.
"Whoa! This is so cool!" Steven exclaimed, and ran off the warp pal. He ran several yards away from the Crystal Gems, before tripping over something and falling flat on his face. Steven groaned in pain, before picking himself back up. Now covered in strawberry juice from the fruits he'd just smashed.
"Steven!" Pearl yelled, as she and the other ran over to check on him. "Are you—"
"I-I'm fine! I'm good, I'm just... gooey." Steven reassured them, looking at his right hand and spreading his fingers, seeing the juices on them. He licked his arm, liking the taste. However, he looked up and saw a bunch of butterflies swarming up to him. Suddenly they clung to his face and attacked him. "Aah! They're in my eyes!"
The Gems and Isaac watched as Steven started running around, frantically yelling. Then he tripped again and fell onto the grass.
Garnet came over and squatted down close to him. She then softly swatted the butterflies away from Steven. "They're just butterflies, Steven."
Steven got up and tried to play it off by laughing. "Well, they looked a lot bigger when they were on my eyeballs."
"Can't argue with that," Isaac said, before walking off to see what else there was here. Picking one of the strawberries and taking a bite out of it. While it was delicious, he highly doubted that the mission had to do with the fruits.
Amethyst laughed and commented. "Steven, you're a riot!"
Pearl then turned to Garnet. "I'm suddenly having second thoughts about bringing Steven on this mission..." She worriedly said, until Garnet stopped her by placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Shh... Just look at him," said Garnet, looking at the boy as Steven struck a pose.
Pearl looked down for a moment, before she whispered, "Then what about, Isaac? Not only is he still wearing that cast, but you remember how he reacted to the Diamond symbol on the Sea Spire. Who knows how he'll react to…"
"Hey guys!" The Gems attention was directed to where Isaac's voice came from. He was standing on a ridge several yards from them and looking over his shoulder at the magical ladies and Steven. "You got to check this out!"
"Looks like we'll find out," Garnet grimaced before walking to where Isaac was.
Once they reach him, they looked at what he wanted to show them with wide-eyed amazement. Beyond the ridge the strawberry field would stretch on for many, many miles. With thick brushes of leaves and the mentioned fruit. However, the thing that really caught Isaac's eyes was that there were almost hundreds of melee weapons scattered all over the field, with some standing as their blades were stabbed into the ground. These weapons would mostly be swords and even some axes and shields. There were also many floating land masses that hovered over the ground.
While it was a beautiful sight to behold, there was just some about those standing swords that caused some strange feelings in Isaac's chest. And his gemstone started to glow.
Like those swords weren't weapons anymore, but tombstones.
"Unbelievable, this was once a Gem battlefield, now it's wild strawberries as far as the eye can see!" Pearl happily exclaimed as she did a little twirl. But as she toon out her comrade, Amethyst looked towards Isaac and was instantly alerted by what she saw. "Oh, that's what I love about the Earth!"
"Uh, Pearl." Amethyst tugged on Pearl's skirt.
"What is it, Amethyst," Pearl said in annoyance. However, she too was shocked by what she saw about Isaac.
Without him even realizing and his glaze continuing to be fixated on the field, Isaac had tears streaming out of his eyes and down his cheeks.
"Isaac?"
That snapped the blonde teenager out of it and he looked at the other. That's when he realized that he was crying, and his gem was glowing. Isaac quickly rubbed his eyes dry it caused the stone to stop glowing. "Sorry," he said, more confused about his body's action. The Gems and Steven looked at Isaac with worried expressions. This wasn't exactly like how he saw the symbol in the Lunar Sea Spire, but it was similar. Pearl walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. Isaac nodded. "I'm fine. Really."
Pearl, however, wasn't convinced, and looked to Garnet. The tall Gem had her usual neutral expression and simply said, "Let's go recover the gemstone."
"Where is it," Isaac asked.
"Follow me." Garnet then started walking away, leading the group.
After a few seconds, they reached their destination. A large pyramid that was floating upside down, and looked to be extremely old. Garnet then summoned a much smaller pyramid that floated between her hands. Turning so that the point-side was facing a square hole, she then pushed it towards the hole.
The pyramid fit into the hole perfectly. Causing a doorway into the pyramid to appear.
"Cool." Isaac nodded, as he and the Crystal Gems entered into the temple.
"Woah!" Steven yelled upon seeing the inside. They were currently inside of a large room with the ceiling and walls having been carved to show images of what looked to be murals. There was even a large image of two people fighting in a battle. "Steven's the best!"
Isaac looked at him in confusion as to why he did that. But then he understood when the temple echoed back.
"Why thank you, temple," said Steven with a pose. Isaac smirked and ruffled his hair as he walked in.
"You're a doof." Amethyst commented as she and the others walked as w.
Isaac looked all over the walls of the temple, until his attention was caught, and he stopped. It was another mural, but this wasn't like the others. It showed a woman standing with many sharp shapes behind her and her right hand over her chest. Her hair framed her face, with a spiky ponytail on the back of her head.
"Hey, what's this thing," asked Steven. Isaac looked over his shoulder and saw the boy looking at a small floating upside-down pyramid over a pedestal in the middle of the temple. "It's like a cool floaty triangle thing."
"It's called a pyramid and you probably shouldn't touch it," Isaac told the boy and went back to look at the Gem mural. There was something about this one that seem very familiar.
But Steven did tough it and the pyramid tipped over. Now it was pointing up-right. This cause the temple to react by shake and rumble violently. The Gems and Isaac rushed over to Steven. "Steven! What have we told you about touching magical things?" Pearl yelled over the loud rumbling.
"Definitely... always... never do it!" Steven said.
"And what did you do!?" Isaac shouted. Then they all suddenly became weightiness and floated upwards. The feeling they were upside-down began to set in. They were all then pulled up and straight into a hole in the roof of the chamber. Down a narrow round corridor.
When they reached the bottom, the Gems all landed gracefully with different poses. However, Isaac and Steven didn't. The boy landed on his stomach, and the blonde on his back.
"Ow!" Isaac groaned with his eyes shut in pain. He then slowly opened them, and gasped when he saw the hole they came down in beginning covered up. He quickly sat up, placing a hand on his arm-cast. That's when torches started to light up all around them, lighting the entire chamber. The Crystal Gems looked around and saw that there were multiple doorways all around the room.
"Looks like we're gonna have to split up," Amethyst said.
"Right," said Pearl, before gently pulling Steven close to her. "Steven and I will stay right here where it seems to be safe, while you guys go and solve the mystery of this place."
"I'm still the one with the broken arm." Isaac pointed out, raising his broken arm.
However, Steven didn't want to stay and pulled himself away. "Wait, I want to help solve the mystery!"
"Yeah, c'mon Steven, let's solve the mystery," Amethyst said, before picking the boy up and holding him over her head.
"Yeah, mystery solvers!"
Amethyst started walking towards one of the doorways, but Pearl acted before she could. The slim Gem quickly grabbed Steven and took him away. "No, no no-no-no. You two are a disaster waiting to happen," she said, holding Steven at her side and patting him on the head.
Garnet then ordered, "Steven goes with me. Isaac will go with you, Pearl."
While Pearl was a little surprised by this, Isaac didn't mind, and Steven was happy. "Really? Awesome!"
"But remember, this is a serious," she told him to keep the naïve boy on track.
"Understood. Serious Steven!" Steven whatever he was doing when he realized he was still being held by Pearl. "Pearl, can you put me down?"
"Wha-? Oh, yes, of course," Pearl said and set him down on his feet gently.
"I need to be standing or else it doesn't work. Serious Steven: Activate!" Steven exclaimed as if he was some kind of robot. Outstretching his arms and walked towards one of the doorways with Garnet following beside him.
"What was that supposed to do," Isaac asked with a raised eyebrow.
"But this could be the teacups all over again," Pearl told the boy, rubbing her arm with uncertainty.
"I'm not ending up with another broken arm, buddy!"
"Hey, I've put that behind me!" Steven told the two, before he and Garnet walked down the corridor.
Amethyst turned and walked towards one of the corridors. "I'm going alone," she said nonchalantly while entering.
Isaac turned to Pearl and shrugged. "I'm guessing we should get going too," he said. Pearl nodded and the two started towards a random one of the triangular-shaped corridors. There was nothing really special about it as they saw. When Isaac and Pearl reached the exit, they were now in a wide room with a low ceiling.
Then, the two were both startled by the sound of the door shutting behind them.
"That's not good," Isaac said. Pearl then looked back at the room. On the floor, random panels began to light up, before extending and rising upwards, becoming pedestals with symbols and abstract figures craved into the sides. Isaac and Pearl watched as the pedestals stopped rising. Each pedestal had a small hole open on its top. Rising out of the holes was a key, confusing the two Crystal Gems. Every one of the keys floated above their pedestals before the holes closed. Then a new noise brought Isaac and Pearl to look at the other side of the room. On the exit door, a key hole appeared.
"Are we supposed to figure out which key unlocks it," Pearl asked with a hand on her chin. A sharp sound from up above made them flinch. Isaac and Pearl slowly and anxiously raised their heads up. The ceiling had deployed spikes all along its surface. All pointed-sharp and aimed right at the ground.
Then the ceiling started to lower.
Isaac and Pearl's eyes widened to their limit and began to panic. "What do we do!?" Pearl shouted.
"We've got to find that key!" Isaac exclaimed. He and Pearl dashed forward, and both went for different pedestals. Isaac grabbed the first key he could get to and ran for the door, as the ceiling slowly closed in. He put it into the keyhole, but couldn't turn it. Isaac dropped the key and ran to grab another, while Pearl tried her key.
This continued as the ceiling was now dangerously low. When Isaac tried again for the fifth time, the spikes were almost close to touching his shoulders and he had to set his head in between the spikes.
He turned the key and it clicked loudly. The ceiling stopped, and Isaac panted before looking up at the ceiling. It started to retract and raise back up. Pearl noticed this too, and quickly ran over to Isaac. "We should go," he said anxiously.
"Good idea." The two waited before the exit opened by two sliding doors. Seeing their way out, they ran through and exited the death room, stopping once they got through and started panting in exhaustion and relief. "That was too close."
"I'll say," Isaac panted. "Whatever we're here for, it better be worth it." He looked up and saw the next room was a long, narrow, and triangular one. With multiple, randomly placed holes all along the two walls that shined beams of lights down at the floor at diagonal angles. Kind of remaining Isaac of Raiders of the Lost Ark. And on the other side was the open exit. The entrance they came through closed.
"Try and avoid the lights," Pearl said, before walking forward. She stopped just in front of some of the first light beams and scanned them. Taking in all the angels that the lights were in and where there were spaces and gaps to get through.
But while she was analyzing the beams, Isaac looked to the right wall and that there was a way for him to get through. None of the beams touched the walls, but some were coming out of holes that were low. Also, the beams that were close to the wall weren't nearly there to be touching it, leaving just a narrow, but very accessible and passable as long as he clawed on his good hand and knees.
"Alright, I've got a way," he said, turning his taco bag so that it was on his chest and then held it close and securely to himself. Isaac over to the corner and got on his right hand and knees. Carefully and steadily, he began moving forward, pressing his right side against the wall.
Grunting as he moved. It was hard to move without both hands. However, he stopped when something caught his attention. It was Pearl. She was moving between the lights by elegantly dancing her way through. Isaac just watched as she made it to the other side, landing on her toes gently.
Isaac was amazed, but shook his head to clear his thoughts. He had to the other side too. So, he continued on. Pearl stood in front of the open exit with her hands on her hip, watching and waiting for Isaac. When he was able to get through, the blonde sighed in relief and stood up. "Show off," he groaned at her. Pearl just smirked smugly.
They then walked into the next. However, upon entering, they looked at the room with wide, shocked eyes. This room had a long, narrow bridge over a large pit of spikes a few feet deep. Across the narrow bridge there were swinging blades, shooting darts, and falling spikes that punch and shook the structure.
Pearl and Isaac looked surprised and frightened at the traps. "Oh dear," said the blonde, shaking his head slowly.
A Few Moments Later
The exit door opened, allowing Pearl and Isaac walked out of the room with surprisingly pleased looks. "That wasn't actually that bad," Pearl chipped.
"Yeah, I was expecting more…of a…challenge." Isaac's words came to a halt as his and the slender Gem's eyes widened. They had just entered a chamber that looked suspiciously like the one that they fell into before going through the trap rooms. Isaac looked up at the ceiling. To his shock and horror, the very same hole that they fell down through was there with them.
"Is that…?" Pearl was looking up at the hole too, and just like her comrade, was shocked and started to feel frightened as at thought enter her mind.
"We're back where we started," Isaac said, the very thing that she was afraid of. He turned his head towards her and both pairs of green and blue eyes meet. "We went in circles!"
"What?!" Startled by the sound of Amethyst's voice, Isaac and Pearl turned their heads and saw her standing a few feet away after exiting from one of the doorways. "No! There has to be a way out!" Amethyst quickly started to panic and dashed off into another doorway.
But as she disappeared back into the temple, another door opened, and stepping out of it was Steven and Garnet. The tall leader looked the same as she always had, but Steven's shirt had a slight burn and there was a small spot on his head that was also lightly singed. Also, Isaac noted that the boy was looking a little pail and ready to throw up.
"We're back where we started," said Garnet.
"Garnet, there you are!" Pearl ran over to Garnet and the kid, trying and finally out to start panicking. "The doors and rooms here make no sense, they all bring you here!"
"Yeah, we kind of already figured that out," Isaac commented.
A door opened, and Amethyst came running out of it. Seeing that she was still in the temple, she grabbed her head and groaned in frustration. "Get me out of here!" the purple Gem yelled and runs into another door.
"There are sixteen doors, and we entered from the northeast and went through three consecutive rooms in a straight line..." Pearl explanation was interrupted when Amethyst returned with a bear trap biting down on her head. She struggled, but forcefully removed it, before running back to the same door. "But arrived back here out the southern-most door, which could only mean... well, I don't know what it means! I—" In also comical fashion, Amethyst returned by slides back into the room, frozen in a block of ice. "This is a death trap!" The pressure and stress had finally got to the slim Gem and Pearl started to freak out completely. She summoned her spear, ran over to the box of ice and started hitting it. Trying to break Amethyst free.
"What do we do, Garnet," Isaac exclaimed, also starting to panic.
"We go back in. Again, and again, and again, and again," Garnet told him. But with each 'again', Steven nausea and anxiety built up more and more. So much so, that he wasn't able to take it anymore.
"I CAN'T!" Steven suddenly yelled, getting surprised looks from Pearl and Isaac. The former stopped trying to get Amethyst free.
She looked at the boy with concern. "Steven."
"It's okay," said Garnet, trying to reassure the boy.
"No, no it's not, you were all right about me. I wanted to do this so bad, but now I feel like I'm gonna throw up. This is just like the teacups!" Steven exclaimed.
"Oh Steven, I-I didn't really mean that," Pearl said.
"Yeah, kid. I mean, you didn't know…" Isaac also tried to apologize, but was interrupted by Steven.
"Wait! Ah! Wait you guys, what if this is just like the teacups? That's why we're getting so lost. That's why I'm feeling so sick. All the rooms are spinning us around, so we end up here!"
Isaac looked at the boy with wide eyes. Could that really be it? They were all coming here because of the rooms turning?
Garnet, on the other hand, decided that actions spoke louder than words. She turned and walked over to the center of the room with all eyes on her. Crouching low to the floor, she summoned one of her gauntlets and started punching the floor. Creating cracks as the floor start break.
Garnet brought her fist back and punched the floor one last time, breaking through the center of the room, breaking the floor. It all crumble, and the Crystal Gems all fell through. Luckily, Isaac landed on his back on top of a floating, upside down pyramid that was moving in circles. Garnet landed on a pyramid, before grabbing Steven's falling body. Pearl landed on her own, and so did Amethyst, which broke her ice prison and she was freed.
As he Gem glowed, Isaac sat up and looked around in awe. There were multiple other floating pyramids that were all orbiting around a central floating obelisk. It was a large, upright rectangular prism with pyramids floating off of both ends. Much like a stele, the top pyramid appears to have a face on each triangular side, with three of the faces appearing to be frowning while the fourth one seemed to be smiling. The bottom pyramid was divided into two pieces and had a triangular pattern on it. The obelisk's body had an abstract pattern on it that resembled a humanoid, and the hands were designed to look like they are holding a gemstone that is embedded in the chest of the Obelisk.
"This is unbelievable!" Pearl said in amazement, projecting a hologram of rooms through her gem. "This Gem-powered mechanism! It's manipulating the rooms above. Every room we entered spun us until we came back to the central chamber! It's just like the teacups ride at Funland!"
"Steven already figured that out!" Garnet yelled to her.
Pearl blushed in embarrassment. "Oh..." The hologram of a teacup showed her head inflating and popping out of the sprout of it. She quickly placed her hand on her Gem in an attempt to hide the hologram.
Isaac looked at the obelisk that controlled everything. As he was passing one side of it, he noticed that one of the gemstones that the hands were holding was not only protruding outwards but was also shining.
"The gem!" he gasped. With him being the closest to it, Isaac placed his feet on the pyramid and jumped to it. However, instead of on the side where the gem was, he ended on landing and hanging onto right side. He could get a grip on the edge with his left arm cast, and nearly slipped.
Steven saw this and knew that Isaac was going to need help. "Garnet, I need to get off the ride now," he told her with a determined look.
Garnet nodded to him with a small smile. With her gauntlet, she grabbed him and prepared to throw the boy. "Serious Steven, GO!" The tall Gem threw the boy at the obelisk.
As Isaac carefully moved himself to the get the gem, Steven beat him to it and landed on the front side of the obelisk. Nearly slipping off before grabbing onto the edge. The boy then grabbed the gemstone, placed his feet on the surface of the obelisk, and started to pull. Struggled all he wanted, he wasn't getting it out.
However, he stopped and both he and Isaac looked up at the head of the obelisk to see that it had turned its head.
The gemstone lighted up, giving off a yellow light. It then ejected itself out of the body. Steven nearly would have fallen to the floor, if Isaac haven't caught him by grabbing the boy's arm.
All the pyramids in the room came to a sudden stop. Confusing the Gems who were still on them. Then the gem Steven was holding in his hand started to glow again. Brighter than before. One by one, the pyramids started to glow yellow too. Then they all started to dissolve and break down. The energy of the temple beginning to absorb back into the gemstone.
"That's not good," said Isaac. Before they could react, the gem glowed a bright, white light that shined and blinded everyone.
Outside, the temple glowed the same white color, before going off in an explode. Creating a massive crater and sending rubble across the area. At first, it seemed like none of our heroes survived the explosion. But after a few seconds, Pearl popped her out of the bushes. "Isaac? Steven?!" She called out, looking around frantically. Behind her, Garnet emerged when she sat. "Where are there?"
"Ahh, they're over here!" Amethyst called them over. Isaac was covered in strawberry juice while holding Steven in his arms. The young boy still holding gem.
Steven opened his closed eyes and looked up at the Gem. He sighed in relief. "The Gem..."
Isaac immediately bubbled the Gem and sent it away. "Alright, big guy, time to get up." He groaned as he pushed Steven away and to the side of him.
Pearl immediately made her way over to the two and sighed in relief. "Ah, I'd say you two handled that adventure very well," she commented.
"Yeah, nice job, 'Serious Steven' and Isaac," Amethyst said. Isaac grunted as he stood up, and then helped up Steven.
Garnet then came over with Steven's ukulele. "I prefer regular Steven," she said, handing over the instrument to the boy.
Steven happily took it. "Hey, my ukulele!" Isaac went over to a nearby stone piece from the now destroyed temple and sat down, watching the boy with a smile, as Steven tuned ukulele and then started to sing and play. "Oh... that's the end of another day. It was mighty serious, I'd have to say. The Crystal Gems looked really cool when they made the temple exploo—"
Isaac relaxing moment, watching Steven sing, was instantly ruined when the butterflies that attack Steven swarmed the blonde, even getting in his eyes. "Aah! This actually hurts a lot!" Isaac screamed, startling the others, before running around frantically.
Unbeknownst to him was that the stone he was sitting on was a chunk of rubble from the temple. On its surface was the head of the mural that Isaac was looking at before falling into the trap room.
This was the mural of his mother.
AN: And that's Act One: Chapter 8
Decided to give Isaac a broken arm to give him a bit of a challenge and to show that not all injuries are going to heal as fast as all other injuries. There are limits.
Plus, Isaac and Pearl would have another moment with each other. Not really a fluff moment, but it does give them time together.
When I asked if you all wanted to know the history of Onyx, you all immediately asked. The story of the Gem of War will be told. However, I saw that some of you wanted to wait and see the story play out. Your voices have been heard, so, I have a solution that'll make everyone happy!
"The Reason: a Gem of War Story"
Plot:
Before Isaac Infinite came to Beach City, there was Onyx. Stories of this Gem's heroic and daring actions made her a legend, one some consider even bigger than Rose Quartz. But, how? In this short story, follow how this warrior would rise to glory, experienced betrayal, learned the truth, and found hope again. With the blood in her cut, Onyx would become known as the Gem of War.
That's right! Another story! It's only going to have one chapter, and just like I said in the last chapter, it wouldn't go too much into detail and will instead narrate her story. So is so that for those of who don't want to know her backstory right now don't have to. You can just ignore "The Reason" and continue on with the story. Giving all of you an opinion.
I'm so happy to be seeing more Steven Universe. Now of course, new developments in the series might counteract some of the evens in "The Reason," but I'm flexible.
"The Reason" will be posted next week. What will change, and what will stay the same?
After some thinking, I've decided to go back to update "Become ONE" and then work a lot on "Heroes of Tomorrow."