Hey guys! Thank you so much for reading the first chapter! Sorry I'm (really!) late on updating, there's another series I'm working on, school, etc. Now I'm back and I have a new chapter for you! Please enjoy the latest chapter!

Connie, Greg and Pearl made it to the temple and got Garnet, Amethyst and Steven inside safely.

"I don't know if Garnet's room has anything…" Pearl wondered.

"What about Amethyst's room?" Connie suggested.

"I'm not even going in Amethyst's room. I don't know if my room could do any good," Pearl said as she tried to figure out if any of the gems had something to heal all three of them. "But if one of them had something, the problem would be that I can't go into their rooms. Our gems can only access our rooms." Pearl stated.

"Do you think they should go to a doctor? Someone who knows what's going to happen." Greg suggested.

"I agree, they should. Especially Steven, he's half human, after all." Connie nodded in agreement with Greg.

"No! The first thing I'm going to do is try to heal Steven, his gem has healing powers, so I'll get him to heal Garnet and Amethyst. Luckily, they were a fusion. If they weren't, it wouldn't end well." Pearl said as she looked at the picture of Rose, Amethyst, Garnet and her.

"I thought gems were immortal." Connie said, confused.

"That's what Steven thought. But no, gems can still get hurt and die from disasters." Pearl replied.

"So the gem destabilizer can be fatal?" Connie asked.

"Yes. Very fatal." Pearl looked at the picture again. "I don't want to lose Garnet or Amethyst, better yet Steven too." She continued.

The last sentence Pearl said made Connie very teary-eyed. She couldn't imagine what it would be ike if it was just one crystal gem protecting the world from humanity and fighting the homeworld gems. There was that, then there was losing Steven. Connie didn't even want to think about that. He was her best friend, partner in crime, first love and her husband.

If Greg lost Steven, he would lose another loved one and the one thing he cared about, his son.

"What if Steven wakes up, and his gem powers don't work? Then what happens to Garnet and Amethyst?" Connie asked.

"That would be impossible, I don't think that would happen. Why would you suggest such a thing?" Pearl asked. Connie shrugged.

"I don't know, just suggesting unlikely ideas I guess." She said.

"Connie, that won't happen. I'm sure he'll be fine." Pearl assured her.

"But what about Ste-" Greg said.

"Please, Greg, we don't need doctors for Steven's care. I know what I'm doing." Pearl said. For some reason, she was very easy-going with this... which was a little unusual.

Then, she had the perfect idea. Why didn't I think of this earlier? Pearl thought to herself.

"In fact, why don't you two go home... I have an idea." Pearl showed Connie and Greg the door.

"Okay... See you tomorrow, Pearl." Connie and Greg waved goodbye.

"Hopefully my idea works." Pearl said. Her plan was to access Rose's fountain. Yes, the same one they used to heal Amethyst's cracked gem.

"If Rose's tears could heal a cracked gemstone, it can heal a wound from the gem destabilizer." Pearl said to herself.

She wished Rose was with her right now. Usually, Pearl wished that Rose was with her all of the time. Rose could have witnessed watched her son grow up, summon his gem weapons, fighting along with the Gems, fall in love, get married, but she couldn't. Rose gave up her physical form to make Steven and that was said in stone.

But, if Rose was here, she probably couldn't bear to watch what her son, along with Garnet and Amethyst, were going through. Pearl started to get teary-eyed at the thought.

"I wish you were here!" Pearl said to herself. "You could help me… with all of this. If Steven doesn't live, and it's all my fault, I will be full of regret and have no way to apologize to you, because Steven was your pride and joy, and most of all, he was half of you." She looks at Steven, who was still unconscious and had some burns on his neck and upper body. She also looks at Garnet and Amethyst, also unconscious.

"And if Amethyst and Garnet don't make it, it will just be me. Just me protecting everyone from humanity." Pearl said, as she got up and looked at the picture of the Crystal Gems during the war. Then she thought about Rose's fountain again. She composed herself, stopped sobbing and tried to think about how to get all of them to the fountain.

"Hmm… I can't get everyone to the fountain. Maybe I can get Connie to help me. I should ask her today, maybe tomorrow, she has enough on her plate tonight. She and Greg will visit tomorrow." Pearl said as she paced back and forth. After she thought everything out, she kept vigil at them.

Now it was getting late, the residents of Beach City were starting to fall asleep, Connie finally made it to her and Steven's house. Connie looked at herself in the mirror. Her eyes were red and her makeup was smudging from all of her crying. She had hope that Steven was going to make it out alive, but she also had doubt. He has done some dangerous fighting, but probably not that extreme. But the worst part was seeing her husband get hurt.

Connie checked her phone: a bunch of texts, direct messages, and Facebook messages about Steven overflowed her phone. She wanted to respond to each and everyone one of them, but instead, she looked at her and Steven's text message conversation. The last text he sent her was exactly seven minutes before Steven was knocked out cold.

Okay, I don't want you to freak out, but there's something freaky going on outside. If you're inside, just stay there. Okay?

Connie texted back: I can see it from the house! Please don't get hurt! I love you too much.

Steven responded: I'll be fine; I want you to be okay.

Another text message followed by it read: I love you so much.

Connie started to sob again. The last text message was about how he loved her. After reading it again, she decided to call it a night.

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