The flashback at the end of this chapter I actually thought of later on in the story and then I thought "Man, if only I had thought of this before I made the first chapter". I could've just added this flashback to the first chapter, but I was like "Nah", so I just added it here.

Characters created by: Rebecca Sugar

Chapter 16: Attack On Beach City

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Universe Residence

Turquoise was laying on her bed, looking up at the ceiling, thinking about Caesar. Turquoise and Caesar had been hanging out a bit more now so Turquoise could learn more about him.

Suddenly, Turquoise could feel a growing vibration around her room. Turquoise was wondering what could be causing this shaking. Suddenly, Turquoise heard Connie yell downstairs.

"What is that outside?!" said Connie.

Turquoise jumped up from her bed and ran downstairs, eventually meeting with Steven and Connie, who were both looking out the window.

"Mom, dad, what's going on?!" said Turquoise.

Steven gestured for Turquoise to look out the window. Turquoise approached the window and looked out, what she saw horrified her.

Outside were different corrupted Gems, like giant crabs, worms, Centipeetles, etc.

"This is insane!" said Steven, "I've never seen this many corrupted Gems in one place!"

Just then, Amazonite and Aquamarine ran down the stairs.

"What's going on?!" said Amazonite.

"There's a bunch of corrupted Gem monsters attacking the town!" said Steven.

Suddenly, the phone rang. Steven ran over to the phone to pick it up. On the phone was Pearl.

"Steven!" screamed Pearl from the phone, "There are hundreds of corrupted Gem monsters terrorizing Beach City."

"I know!" said Steven.

"Where are you?!" said Pearl.

"We're at the house!" said Steven.

"Well, we've been pinned inside the house, there's a bunch of corrupted Gems outside." said Pearl, "We can't get out, we need your help, we can't defend this place much longer without your help."

"Help us dude!" said Amethyst from the phone.

"Ok, we're coming!" said Steven, who then hung up the phone.

Steven turned around to the others.

"Bad news, the Gems are held up in the temple, we need to help them, and take care of the corrupted Gems in the town." said Steven.

Steven then looked to the three kids.

"Get ready kids, today is the ultimate test," said Steven, "you've already mastered all your weapons. Today you will prove that you're Crystal Gems. Are you ready?"

"Yes!" said the three kids.

"Alright, let's get ready!" said Steven.

"I'll go get my sword!" said Connie.

Connie ran up the stairs and to the room and into the closet. Connie opened the closet door and in it laid her sword, held in a scabbard. Connie unsheathed the sword and looked at its blade.

"Ready for some fun?" said Connie.

Connie ran back downstairs.

"Alright, let's do this." said Steven.

In Beach City, corrupted Gems were everywhere, terrorizing the city. People were running around panicking and screaming. Steven and the others stopped in front of the city.

Steven then summoned his shield, Turquoise summoned her sword, Amazonite summoned his shield, and Aquamarine summoned his battle axe. Steven and the others charged forward.

It was a battlefield now in Beach City. Steven and Amazonite bashed a few Gem monsters with their shields, Connie and Turquoise slashed at others with their swords, and Aquamarine impaled some with his battle axe. The people looked to Steven and the others in awe. More and more Gem monsters were attacking, but Steven and the others were quickly taking them out. Every time a Gem monster retreated to its gem, the kids or Steven would quickly bubble and transport them to the temple.

Steven and the others were like a fighting machine, the Gem monsters just couldn't compete with their brute strength as a team.

The number of Gem monsters seemed to double more and more. More and more monsters were coming.

To Steven and Connie's surprise, the kids didn't seem to have any trouble taking down all these Gem monsters.

After a while of brutal fighting, most of the Gem monsters had been taken out. Steven then noticed a few Gem monsters in front of the It's A Wash car wash.

"The car wash!" said Steven, "My dad might be in there!"

Steven and the others ran over to the car wash, on the way taking out more Gem monsters. Steven then saw his dad armed with a frying pan, surrounded by Gem monsters.

"Stay back, I'm not afraid to use this!" said Greg.

Suddenly, the Gem monsters were attacked by Steven and the others.

"Steven, Connie, kids!" said Greg.

"Hey grandpa Greg." said Turquoise.

"The city's been attacked by these Gem monsters!" said Greg.

"We know, and the Gems are in trouble, we need to get over to the temple." said Steven.

"I'll just stay here, and...take care of the damages to the car wash." said Greg.

Steven and the others started running down the road, headed toward the temple. Turquoise heard someone screaming.

"Hey, I think there's still some Gem monsters in the town." said Turquoise.

Turquoise and the others ran in the direction of the screaming. Following the screams, the crew was led to an alley, on the end was a Gem monster, towering over a man. Turquoise recognized this person.

It was Caesar.

Turquoise ran to the Gem monster. Caesar was about to be attacked by the Gem monster before Turquoise stabbed it in the back with her sword. The Gem monster then retreated back to its gem. Turquoise quickly bubbled the gem and transported it back to the temple. Turquoise turned to Caesar.

"Caesar!" said Turquoise, "What are you doing here?"

"I was just coming to see you, then I was attacked by that monster." said Caesar.

"We need to get going to the temple." said Steven.

Steven and the others started running over to the temple, with Caesar following behind them. Steven and the others arrived in front of the temple.

The temple was being overrun by Gem monsters. The Gems tried their best to defend the temple.

"Let's go!" said Steven.

Steven and the others ran up to the temple and attacked the Gem monsters. Caesar stood back and watched in awe. Caesar then noticed a Gem monster sneaking up behind Turquoise.

"Turquoise, look out!" screamed Caesar.

Caesar then picked up a nearby rock. Caesar then threw the rock at the Gem monster. The rock hit the Gem monster, causing it to fall off the house and land on the sand. The Gem monster then retreated to its gem.

"Yes," said Caesar, "that's called war football there, hehe."

"Thanks Caesar!" said Turquoise.

Steven and the others continued to take out the rest of the Gem monsters.

*bash*

*slash*

*shing*

The battle raged on for another few minutes. More and more bashing and slashing and impaling. After a few minutes, it was finally over. The gemstones of the fallen Gem monsters laid everywhere. The kids and Steven were bubbling all the gems and transporting them back to the temple. After bubbling and transporting the last few gems, the Gems came outside.

"Oh, thank you so much for helping us!" said Pearl, "Even we couldn't handle all those Gem monsters without your help."

"No problem," said Steven, "but most of the credit goes to these three blessings right here!"

"Yeah, you three were killin' it out there!" said Amethyst.

"You three proved to us and all of Beach City that you are honorary Crystal Gems!" said Connie, "We're so proud of you!"

"You guys were taking out all those Gem monsters like a charm," said Steven, "you all were unbelievable!"

"Well, thanks dad." said Turquoise.

"Yeah, we're Crystal Gems!" said Amazonite.

"Group hug!" said Turquoise.

The three kids then group-hugged each other, with Steven, Connie, and the Gems joining in.

"Congratulations you three!" said Pearl.

"Yeah, you rock!" said Amethyst.

"Good job." said Garnet.

"So cool." said Lapis.

"Woo!" said Jasper.

"We trained you three well." said Peridot.

Turquoise then saw Caesar, smiling at her.

"Caesar." said Turquoise, who ran over to Caesar, "Nice job throwing that rock to save me."

"No problem, I care about you." said Caesar.

"You know," said Turquoise, "maybe you are the perfect one for me."

Steven and Connie looked to the two and smirked.

"So, there's something you want to tell us?" said Steven.

Turquoise looked to Caesar and blushed, and then looked to Steven.

"Yes." said Turquoise, "Mom, dad, when me and Caesar fused, I could see how good of a person he really is. I've tooken some time to get to know him better, and I've decided. Me and Caesar are dating now."

Steven looked to Connie and smiled, to which Connie did the same.

"That's great Turquoise," said Connie, "you've found love, we're so proud of you."

"We're proud of all you three." said Steven, "You three have proven today that you really are Crystal Gems, and we couldn't be more happy."

Amazonite and Aquamarine both jumped in excitement. Turquoise looked back to Caesar and smiled.

"Oh Connie, are three little babies have grown up." said Steven, tears in his eyes.

Connie also had tears in her eyes.

"They grow up so fast." said Connie.

Steven then remembered what he had said to Connie fifteen years ago.

Universe Residence-Fifteen Years Ago

Steven was on the couch watching TV when he heard the door open. Connie stepped in.

"Hey Steven." said Connie.

"Hey Connie."

Connie then sat beside Steven.

"Steven, I just went to the doctor's, and well, I have something to tell you." said Connie.

"What is it?" said Steven.

Connie then got closer to Steven and whispered something in his ear.

"I'm pregnant."

Steven filled up with excitement.

"We're going to have a child?" said Steven.

"Yes, you're going to be a dad, and I'm going to be a mother." said Connie.

"Oh Connie, this is great!" said Steven, "I'm gonna be the coolest dad ever, I'll promise you that."

"Knowing you, I'm certain you will be." said Connie, softly laughing.

"Connie, one more thing." said Steven.

"Yes?" said Connie.

"This child, and maybe even other future children, shall be a Crystal Gem, we will train this child to the best of our ability." said Steven, "I swear to you this child shall carry on my mom's legacy, and become a hero, I swear to you."

"Yes." said Connie.

Steven then placed his hand on Connie's stomach. Steven looked to Connie and kissed her.

Now, fifteen years later, seeing his three children become heroes, he knew that he kept his word.

The End…