Topaz looked mad. Very mad. "I don't think we should do this," Josh said. "It's okay, I'll only kill you a little bit!" she screamed. She lifts them in the air with her powers. "You four can't stop me. One Gem, one human and Gem, and two humans. Pathetic excuse for a team. You shouldn't even call yourselves a team."

"Let us go!" Amethyst demanded while kicking the air around her. "Oh, I'll let you go. I'll let you go more than you think," Topaz said. She made a fist. Once she did that, it choked the elite force in the tightest grip. All but Amethyst turned red, who turned a dark purple. The Gems in the cage watched in horror as they ones they cared about were being choked.

Pearl cried. Garnet got scared for her own personal safety. Especially Sapphire inside of her, who could predict the future. "I can't believe all of these Gems and humans interfered with my plan! Now they're all going to-" SLASH! Josh had thrown his sword at the Gem, giving her a cut. She dropped the elite force. "All of you! Get out of here before Topaz catches you!" Garnet pleaded.

They ran away. Topaz looked funny, like she was about to vomit. She poofed. Her holographic state with mass was gone, just a gem dropping onto the floor. Seconds after, she regenerated. "Going back into our Mineral State can get rid of any damage, even if it's just a simple cut." Topaz looked around. "Where are they?!" "Gone, where you'll never find them!" Pearl yelled.

"That's okay, I just needed you Crystal Gems gone. Now, I continue getting rid of you," Topaz told Pearl. She went up to a monitor in the control room. "Setting course for the second galaxy, where they'll never get these Gems. Code Name: Planet X, ready for launch in two minutes!" Topaz smirked. She loved every second of her brilliant plan.

Homeworld shook. Steven tried to catch his balance by holding on a building. A secret door opened in the ground. A rocket slowly went up from the open space. Steven looked at the marvelous creation. Connie ran up to Steven to look at it with him. "Are the Gems already inside that?" she asked. "I don't know," Steven replied. "But we have to go!"

He ran off, until Connie stopped him. "Steven, where are you going?" "Garnet told us to go! She doesn't want us to get hurt, and I respect that." "But, Steven, how will we save the Gems if we let them get captured? I thought you knew to never run away from a fight if it's this big. The whole world could be at stake if we just let Topaz kill them!"

Steven stared at the ground. Everyone on the team looked at him to see his decision. "Okay. I guess we shouldn't listen to Garnet. We should go save them instead… OH NO! THE ROCKET'S TAKING OFF!" They all ran to the rocket. "We have to find a way to stop that thing!" Steven yelled. He remembered the control room where Topaz watched his and Josh's fight.

"I have a plan! Two of you go to the control room, and someone go with me to get the Gems out from the inside!" Everyone looked at each other. "I'll go," Josh volunteered. "We're the men of this establishment, dude!" He punched his own hand. "Alright, it's settled. Elite force, let's go!" Steven said.

Josh and Steven ran to the rocket while the girls ran to the control room. The rocket's end had fiery smoke blasting out. It became hard to see, to smell and to breathe. "We get the Gems out and leave Homeworld, right?" Josh asked. "That's a pretty easy task, right?" Josh hesitated to go inside, but still did.

Steven ran after him. They climbed the ladder to the inside. Once they were in, they began searching the area. There was no sign of the Gems. "Where are they?!" Steven loudly asked. Josh shook his head. Steven began to cry again. He kept searching, but not finding them even more made him cry harder.

"They're not here!" Steven sobbed. "Get ahold of yourself, man… Oh, what's the use? I'm gonna die!" Josh sobbed as well. They started crying together. "Hold on!" Steven stopped crying. "If the Gems aren't in this rocket, then why is it blasting off with us inside?" They stared at each other, then screamed. They tried escaping the ship, but the door was locked.

Back in the control room, Amethyst and Connie were looking for the button to stop the ship. "Where is the button or switch or lever? Where is the stopping mechanism?" Connie asked herself. "There isn't any. And the Gems aren't in that vessel, either." The girls turned to see Topaz smirking once more.

"Well, then, what was all this?" Amethyst asked. "Oh, only A TRAP. The Gems aren't going in that ship because I knew some of you would go in the ship to look for them. The rocket's real destination isn't another planet, it's the Sun! So you elite force brats will burn to the ground! This rocket doesn't have anything to stop it, because I knew you would try something," Topaz said.

"After Steven and Joshua burn in the blazing hot Sun, I will kill the Crystal Gems with a special laser here on Homeworld. Including you girls. In conclusion, this whole time you were living in my brilliant scheme." Amethyst and Connie had their mouths open wide in shock. They were played like a fiddle and didn't know it. Topaz was a genius.

Connie felt a blaze of rage coursing through her veins. She can't hurt a Gem since she was a human, but her sword skills said otherwise. She ran out of the room. "What… Where is SHE going?" Topaz wondered. Amethyst ran with Connie, with Topaz running right behind them. Connie saw Josh's sword on the ground and picked up the shiny blade.

Amethyst ran outside to the rocket. It had seconds before it left Homeworld. Josh and Steven spotted her and banged on the glass window. Amethyst opened the hatch with wires and controls inside. She started ripping out many wires at will. Then, Connie was with Topaz where a battle was about to begin.

"You have caused me and my friends much pain, Gem!" Connie yelled. "Your friends caused me much pain, human!" Topaz yelled back. They ran at each other. Connie slashed her sword at Topaz. She realized that making her poof won't do any good. Her regeneration process was being sped up by her intentionally.

What she had to do was destroy her completely. But how would she do that? All her sword would do is poof her. Something that could really destroy her would be burning her. She kept swinging her sword, then the idea of burning her infused a plan in Connie's brain. Connie had an idea, but it took guts in order to work.

Connie started walking away from Topaz while swinging at her. This made Topaz follow her. The plan was already working! She led Topaz to the rocket. "Amethyst! Open the door!" Connie ordered. Amethyst bashed her fists against the door, breaking it open. Steven and Josh ran out of the ship. Connie went inside the rocket while still swinging at Topaz. Of course, Topaz still followed her inside.

Before Topaz saw Connie, she hid behind one of the many crates that were on the ship. How has the ship not taken off yet? It's been a couple of minutes, Connie thought. Topaz climbed up the ladder. She walked around looking for Connie. She pushed crates to the side while doing so. Connie's heart raced. Sweat came down her face, and her face resembled fear.

Connie crawled away in complete silence. "WHERE ARE YOU, BRAT?!" Topaz screamed. Connie crawled out of the ship. She met up with the rest of the elite force. "We don't have long before this thing takes off!" Steven warned. "Good," Connie said. "I just hope Topaz has a nice flight." The rocket lifted off of the ground. Topaz felt it.

"The ship's taking off! That brat tricked me! Is she still on the rock-" Topaz was cut off by looking out the window, seeing the whole elite force waving good-bye. Topaz felt outraged. She went to the exit. But the exit was completely blocked off by more boxes and crates. The rocket took off even more. It was speeding into the air.

"I have to move these stupid boxes! Why are there boxes on this ship?!" She tried to move the crates, but the rocket was moving so fast that it was impossible. "Noooo!" She looked out the glass window. She pounded on it. "Nooooooo!" The rocket was out of Homeworld's atmosphere. It kept speeding into outer space.

The Gem saw many planets pass by. She was still screaming and punching at the glass. Then, her face turned to zero expression. She turned speechless. The rocket collided with the Sun. As the metal of the rocket crashed, bended and broke on the fiery surface, Topaz poofed due to the exposure of the radiation. Her gem had impact with the scorching hot lava the Sun had to offer.

Topaz's gem burned. It burned away in the Sun's heat, leaving only the dust particles of it behind. Topaz was destroyed. Back on Homeworld, the elite force cheered in celebration. They went to the Gems to get them out of their cages.

…

It was a beautiful day in Beach City. The sun was shining, the birds were singing and everything seemed peaceful. Connie walked over to her friend, Steven's house. She opened the screen door and sat on the couch. Amethyst was already sitting there, and so was Josh. Steven was giving an announcement to the elite force.

"Guys, I've had many teams in the past. The Crystal Gems, and even a secret team." Amethyst blushed after hearing about the secret team again. "But no team compares to our elite force. And that's why I'm proud to say that we've had a good run. As many of you know, this team can't go on for much longer. The only reason this team was assembled was to save my family."

"Now that Pearl, Garnet and Peridot are safe, we don't need the elite force anymore. Josh says that he has to leave his grandparents' house tomorrow and move back to his state, Connie has some more sword training to do with Pearl and I have to get back to the Crystal Gems. As for Amethyst, I don't know, exactly. Crystal Gems, I guess?"

Amethyst nodded in agreement. "Well, anyway, every great team has to end. Like how every boy band or something has to end. We all have to accept it." Amethyst, Connie and Josh reached in their pockets and pulled out their uniforms. They gave them to Steven. "We'll have a little ending bonfire tonight on the beach."

…

At the bonfire, Steven threw the uniforms into the flames of the fire. "I spent a long time on that generator," Peridot mumbled. "Thanks for all of the help, you guys," Steven finally said. "I couldn't have saved the Gems without you. Especially you, Connie. You really saved our butts back there on Homeworld!"

"You're welcome, Steven," she said in response. "Alright! I have an announcement!" Josh yelled. "Yippee," Garnet said in sarcasm. "I have a request for all of you. You guys made my vacation to my grandparents' house way less boring than it had to be! So when my parents come to pick me up, I want you all to be there," Josh said.

Everyone agreed to that. For the rest of the night, as the fire sizzled in the middle of everyone, they all had fun roasting marshmallows and telling stories of their past. Everyone had a laugh here and there. It was a good night.

…

Josh had his stuff packed. He put his grandpa's sword and his belongings in the trunk of his dad's car. Yet, he was worried for some reason. Where is everyone? Nobody, not even Connie or Steven showed up, Josh thought. Then he saw people in the distance. It was all of them. Riding Lion. Josh never really experienced Lion before. The animal stopped on the sand and all of the passengers got off. "We finally made it, sorry for the wait," Steven said. "It's fine," Josh replied. "I just wanted you all here."

He hugged Steven, then Connie, then Amethyst, then shook the hands of the other Gems. He didn't know them very well. "I'll miss you guys." He got in his car. His mom and dad saw that he was inside, and started driving off. As the car was driving, everyone started running next to it and waving. The car was too fast for them as drove away.

Josh sat down after waving back. "So, I see you made new friends at Grandma and Grandpa's. By the way, did you notice that one girl was purple?" Josh's mom said. "Yeah, we all had a blast!" Josh said. "It seems like you did." "Yeah. I did."

The end.