Get ready for the final chapter. Cuz it might get a little bumpy along the way.

PS: I'm really sorry it took so long.

Bubbled

Silence...That was the first thing that Steven heard when he woke up.

Nothing but the sound of nothing for a while...until...

Whoosh

The sound was like something rushing through the depths of space.

Whoosh

The noise came about again, along with a distant voice. ''...Steven?'' The voice said, it strangely familiar, but nothing like he had ever heard from anyone in beach city before. Almost as if...

Whoosh

Once again, the noise came about. And after that happened, there was a huge flash that shined as bright as the sun did along with a loud ringing noise. It's what he saw when he first opened his eyes. He blinked a little and noticed something very worrying...

He was drifting away from earth as he spun rapidly out of control in his bubble. He then groaned before starting to look around at his surroundings outside the bubble. From his point of view, he could see the rubies being scattered throughout the depths of space along with some of the black Nephrite clones that he and the gang had fought. ''The Rubies? Wait, wha...Woah!'' The young boy said as he was gradually picking up speed which caused him to scream a lot.

That is, until he crashed into a gem...only it wasn't someone who he thought was on his side. Instead, it was three of his own enemies. Eyeball, Jasper and Black Nephrite. And from the looks of it, Jasper was holding what looked to be a couple of gemstones, they were actually Imperial Topaz', Citrine's, Jade's and the Pink Ruby's gemstone. ''YOU!'' The three evil gems growled angrilly.

Recognising them in an instant, Steven got scared instantly. ''Eyeball, Jasper, Black Nephrite!'' He gasped before the bubble started turning, this in turn caused the three evil gems to try and gain their balance on the pink sphere itself. Eventually, they manage to gain balance before they look back at the Earth.

''Wow...there goes the Earth.'' Steven said sadly, ''GRRR, and there goes my whole platoon!'' Eyeball yelled angrilly. Jasper and Black Nephrite were about the same as her. ''This is a total mess! What are we gonna tell the Diamond in our report? No! How will we get to make the report. This is insanity!'' The Nephrite growled in anger and fustration as she paces around the bubble's orbit. Jasper then glared at the young boy within the bubble before speaking with a fearful voice. ''And the most important thing is, this is YOUR fault!''

''Hey! It is not! You guys were trying to hurt my friends like Jade, Lapis or Peridot!'' The young boy yelled at the ultimate quartz. ''Well you're the one who opened the airlock in the moonbase! You sent us all into space without our ship and without any hopes of returning to it ever again!'' The commander yelled as she looked at the earth floating out of distance. ''You even gave me a corrupted infection!'' Jasper yelled as she mentioned where the infected corruption was before. ''NO! Look, I tried to help you Jasper, but you wouldn't listen to me.'' The young boy said with a hint of fear. ''Look, I'm sorry I gave you that infection. Is that better?'' It didn't matter what the young boy said, it didn't change the attitude of either of the three gems.

''NO! It does not! You've been a pain in our side for a long time now.'' Black Nephrite spoke as her voice echoed through the darkness of space. ''Yeah, you're so lucky to be in that bubble or else I'd pop you all the way to Neptune.'' Eyeball said as she pressed her face against the bubble. That was when Steven started to get a little cross with the three gems.

''Well then, if the thee of you are gonna be a pair of grumps about it all, then how about we all float around in silence until one of us or we all go silent for good!.'' The young boy yelled before Eyeball got up onto her feet and crossed her arms. ''That sounds like a plan!'' She said while being a grump about it.

''I'm also good with it!'' Black Nephrite yelled whilst Jasper yelled through the bubble. ''And don't forget that we can survive for decades without anything!''

''Fine!.'' The young boy yelled, as did the other gems who said they couldn't wait till one of them were silenced forever. And with that, the four gems fell silent and Jasper lay across the bubble smirking a little. ''Joke's on him, I'll just regenerate and I've got those friends of his right here.'' She muttered, however she muttered too soon as Steven had streched a part of his bubble which consumed the gems from Jasper's hand and Steven was now holding all his friends. ''Hey!'' Steven ignored what the ultimate quartz yelled and was now focusing on caring for the gems of his friends.

A while later, the silence had paid off as the four beings were sitting in peace.

Neither of them spoke to each other for a long while as they drifted throughout the cosmos.

Steven then took his phone out of his pocket in attempts to call someone, unfortunately there was a side effect to that. ''What? No signal? Come on, I'm right beside a satellite.'' The young boy said as he viewed the space machine drift by him. ''Ok, if I don't end up dying out here. The first thing that I'm gonna do is change my phone plan all together.'' He then put his phone back in his pocket before turning to the floating gemstones of his gang.

Suddenly without warning, the gemstones started to glow. This was a sign for Steven that they were ready to regenerate. Expanding the bubble, Steven let the gemstones turn into the humanoid figures that he knew today, there was a little trouble with Jade's gemstone as it nearly turned back into the centipeetle, but it turned right back into the healed gem that he knew.

There was also one gem that Steven saw escaping the moon base who was now in the bubble with him. ''Jade, Imperia, Citrine you're ok.'' The young boy cried as he floated over and hugged Jade. ''Don't worry, Steven. We were with you the whole time even though we retreated into our gems.'' The young Nephrite said as she hugged him. The outfit that Jade had originally been given was replaced by a kind of Witch's outfit. ''Steven, ve're so glad zat you're vine.'' Citrine said in relief, Citrine's outfit had also changed as she was now wearing a yellow like white bandana on her neck which had a pattern on it which was mostly made up of star, a dark red strapless top and a pair of shorts that were held up by a belt with a star buckle on it. Her hair had also grown a little bit longer and was a quater on part of how long Amethyst's hair was. Imperia was about the same amount as glad as the others were and she also had some changes as well. Imperia still had her current outfit but this time her hair had grown a little longer and a part of it had fully covered her right eye where her gem was.

The young boy then explained what the situation was. ''Right, vere stranded in space, with these guys. So simple solution: Ve uz my cannon to blast are way back to earth!'' Citrine said as she started to pull out her cannon, Jade and Steven immediately said not to use it as the bubble was the only problem that was in the way of the cannon.

''Indeed, I'd say that we would be stupid enough to burst the bubble that we're all in. Reason being that...'' The gem said from behind Citrine. The gang looked and it was revealed that it was that Ruby who opened the airlock door. ''You? Wait...you're the ruby who opened the airlock and flew out of it.'' Jade said shockingly, Imperia then went onto explain that this ruby wasn't any normal ruby. "So as I was saying, she is what you call: A Star Ruby." Imperia said before explaining that she was an ex-homeworld elite and that she was kicked out because of her so called...problems as the ruby said.

This star ruby was no where on homeworld records and that is what scared everyone on homeworld. The gang were having a nice chat and Imperia even revealed on her opinions on where the ruby came from...that is until the gems on the outside ruined it for them.

''Grrr, I never should have come back to that stupid planet!'' Eyeball growled before flumping down on the bubble. ''Hmph, Now you both know how I feel about all of this!'' Jasper said angrilly. Black Nephrite was so fuming about all of this that she didn't even speak at all.

''Funny thing, once I heard the rumors that there could have been Crystal Gems on Earth, I could hardly believe it.'' Eyeball confessed, Black Nephrite and Jasper heard the foot soldier and agreed on what she was saying. ''Yeah, I was there when I saw them ya know. A thousand years of fighting homeworld were all no nought!'' The ultimate quartz explained whilst giving the gems a backstory. ''Yeah, and the fact that Rose Quartz might have still been alive all these years? Is that...?'' The commander asked as she turned towards Jasper.

''Yeah, it's true. All of it.'' Jasper said as she streched her whole body across half of the bubble. ''Of course it is, I mean...Why else would somebody as powerful and mighty like Jasper be on that Planet?'' Eyeball said as she rolled on her side. She was going to speak again, until Black Nephrite interupted her. ''For closure of course! That's the whole reason behind it." The commander said firmly, she then stared back at the stars in a little hint of sadness.

''Also, I wanted to be a part of that too. All I ever wanted to see Rose Quartz with my very own eye...or at the very least, I thought that you might have had some answers on her, Jasper. But... I guess...we never got the chance to speak...and now here we are.'' Eyeball said softly. Jasper mearly glanced at the Ruby when she heard her say that and sighed. ''What a load of nonsense, that fiend wasn't found upon my own scanners when I first came to Earth apart from a gem in a red mist cloud.'' Black Nephrite growled.

The gang in the bubble then looked at each other in concern before looking at the one eyed Ruby. ''Is that what you wanted? Just to see The Rose Quartz?'' Jade asked with all the curiosity from her own head. ''More than anything in the universe!" Eyeball responded while clenching her fists together. Jasper then glanced at Steven and the gang before he begun to speak. ''Well then...today is your lucky day for the three of you.'' Jade was shocked at what he was gonna confess to Eyeball and Black Nephrite, despite the fact that Jasper already knew.

The girls tried to stop him from revealing anything important but it was too late, Black Nephrite and Eyeball were already interested. ''How is that so?'' Eyeball asked with a deadpan tone. ''Let me guess, you plan to warp us back to homeworld in a bubble? I'm saved!'' The commander spoke both angrily and sarcastically. Jasper then turned back to Steven and the others. Jade told Steven to be careful along with Citrine, Starby and Imperia.

''I...know where my mo...Rose Quartz is.'' The young boy said with an unsettling and quite scared tone, Jasper then thought to herself with a smirk. ''So you finally reveal yourself after all these years.'' The ultimate quartz thought. Immediately becoming interested, Eyeball and Black Nephrite turned their attention to the young boy. ''What? Is that even true? Then where is she?'' Eyeball demanded to know.

Black Nephrite actually tried to burst the bubble in order to get the information until Jasper stopped her and told her not to do that again. Meanwhile, the gang looked to Steven to see what he was gonna say to the three wicked gems.

Nobody said anything for a few minutes.

Finally with enough courage, Steven finally spoke up for the gang. ''...She turned into me.'' Everyone was at their most confused point once the young boy spoke. ''Vhat do you mean, Steven?'' Citrine asked, Jade and IT thought that what he said didn't make sense at all...especially for Eyeball.

''Yeah right. And I've got two eyeballs...I don't!'' The one eyed gem said as she pressed her face into the bubble. ''Obviously.'' Citrine said as she pressed her face where Eyeball's was. Black Nephrite then split the two of them apart and gazed at Steven angrilly. ''You really can't expect us to believe you about anything, do you? If you fool us once...no wait...four times, then you've tricked us endlessly, so now you can't do it again.'' She barked, this frightened Jade at first...until she managed to gain the courage to bark back at her own commander.

''LEAVE HIM ALONE YOU SAD OLD ROCK!.'' The young nephrite spat at her original commander. Starby then asked Jade to let her handle the speaking. ''Go ahead Steven.'' She said while the young boy continued to speak. ''Anyways, I can prove this. I've got her Rose Quartz Gemstone.'' Steven explained as he lifted up his shirt to reveal the gemstone of his mother.

Black Nephrite then took a look at the gemstone before speaking again. ''Stuff and nonesense. That gem's more pinkish-red than the true colours of a Rose Quartz gemstone...and it was located on her chest not her navel. Just like that false prophecy fortold.'' Black Nephrite spat back. The commander ended up getting a good smack in the bubble by Jasper. ''That's because you're looking at it though the bubble you idiot!'' The ultimate Quartz yelled as she started to glare hatefully at the other gems. ''Yeah, what Jasper said. Anyways, check this out.'' Steven said as he summoned his mother's shield which amazed Citrine and Jade. Imperia and Starby on the other hand, thought about Rose's gem being on her chest and not her navel...it didn't make sense.

''See everone? I'm able to summon her shield, it has the symbol of a rose on it and everything.'' He continued to speak, he thought that he might as well confess everything seeing as how he was out in space with his friends and three most cruelest gems that he knew.

It didn't change the fact that the two gems weren't buying it. Jasper on the other hand, smirked at the thought that Steven was actually showing that he was Rose Quartz. ''Meh, nobody's inerested in her shield.'' Black Nephrite said as she made a disgusted face. Eyeball then shoved her to one side and butted in. ''The only thing that I remember is her Huge. White. Sword...or was it Pink or White?'' Eyeball said. ''Err...I left that in my Lion back on Earth.'' Steven panicked as he spoke, oblivious to the fact that Citrine, Imperia and Jade were confused whe Eyeball said Yellow Sword.

The young boy then proceeded to take out his phone from his pocket before swimming up to Eyeball and the other two, grunting all the way. ''Look at this.'' Steven spoke when he reached their end, he showed the picture of Rose to the trio. ''Don't tell me that you can't see any resemblance.'' And with that, the young puckered up his lips and did a pose.

Eyeball and Black Nephrite mearly looked in disgust at the boy before speaking. ''Are you serious? You're absolutely despicable!'' Eyeball growled before the commander butted in. ''We're all gonna die out here and the thing that you're doing right now, is making fun of us until that time comes!'' And with that the commander turned around along with Eyeball and just stared into the dark abyss.

Jasper the looked at the gang before speaking. ''You see? I know you don't look like Rose Quartz, but you're even crueler than her.'' She said while smirking at the boy. Steven then looked at the picture sadly, to Citrine it meant that he was beginning to lose faith in his mother.

''Don't you leesten to hair Stéven. Ai know eet eez 'ard, but maibé eet didn't 'appén.'' The yellow quartz spoke as she stroked his hair. Starby and Jade hugged him in order to comfort him. ''She's right Steven, you shouldn't just give up on things. What's important is what...'' Before Imperia could even finish, a small piece of an asteroid ricochets off of the bubble with a loud clonk. This got the gang's attention, except for the three homeworld gems outside the bubble.

''Uh...guys?.'' The young boy asked, Jade even got a little curious over her head. ''What was that?'' She said continuing from Steven's question, looking all around with her gem eye. It was then that Citrine noticed something coming towards them at full speed and immediately alerted the gang who looked at what was coming.

It was another asteroid whic hit the bubble with another loud clonk. At this point, Steven put his phone away and attempted to alert the other three. ''Um, Eyeball? Jasper? Nephie?'' Starby said in attempts to alert the three homeworld gems as a huge amount of asteroids hit the bubble all at once with multiple clonks at once. ''Jasper! Eyeball! Nephie!'' Imperia screamed as she saw what was coming next.

Upon hearing that name, Eyeball was absolutely annoyed. ''Grr! I told you, that's not my...'' But before she could finish, the Ruby barely managed to dodge the asteroid and see what was in front of her. ''What's going on?! I swear if those Crystal...'' Jasper then saw that she and the others were heading into an asteroid field. Even Black Nephrite wasn't ignoring this.

''Oh...Curses! Be on your guard soldiers, incoming asteroids, the rest of you find cover and fast! And with that said, Eyeball took the orders from the commander before ducking and covering her head. ''The five of us are in cover, you'd better get cover yourselves.'' Steven said.

As soon as the asteroids coming, Eyeball dodges them stylishly as she grunted all the way. ''Wow! That was incredible Eyebal!'' Imperia said in awe. ''Ow, I think I'm losing my Luster...'' Eyeball was then interupted by Jasper. ''No time to rest now 4ND! More are coming!'' The ultimate Quartz yelled as she summoned her helmet. Black Nephrite then shapeshifted her arms into blades like before on Earth when she appeared.

Soon, there were bigger asteroids coming their way and that's when Jasper headbutted anything that got in her path, Black Nephrite was about the same as soon as multiple asteroids were coming her way. She then sliced up the asteroids and caused them to disintergrate. ''Ha! Next time you mess with a Nephrite, you'd better...'' However, the bubble hit a ramp shaped asteroid which caused them to bounce off it and hit multiple asteroids in the process.

''Oh mon étoiles, Ai think I'm jenna be sik.'' Citrine yelled as her face began to turn green. ''Not in here you're not!'' Jade yelled as the gang then landed on another ramp like asteroid. They then rolled off of it, with Eyeball, Commander Nephrite and Jasper running on the top. The bubble then took off again before they saw what was in front of them. ''Look out everyone! We're heading straight of that huge asteroid right in front of us.'' Imperia screamed.

''AAAAAH!'' Jade screamed.

''NOOOO!'' Steven yelled.

''AAAIEEEE!'' Citrine screamed.

''HEEEEELP!'' Eyeball yelled.

''WHY ARE WE SCREAMING?!'' Starby asked while yelling at the same time.

''We're all gonna diiiii..Huh?...Oh.'' Imperia started to scream, that is until the asteroid revealed to be a ring shaped one as the bubble flew right through it. The gang then sighed in relief while Black Nephrite stood frozen in anger as her eye twitched rapidly.

Eyeball then climbed to the top of the bubble and helped Jasper to her feet. ''We're...alive.'' She said, that was around the moment when Black Nephrite blew up...litterally. ''Are YOU KIDDING ME?! A RING SHAPED ASTEROID?!'' She then complained about the fact that such an asteroid even existed and the possibility that they were all going to die.

''Hey, you're not a Sapphire. You couldn't have predicted this.'' Starby yelled to Commander Nephrite who just got into a fuss and turned her back towards the Jasper and the others.

''At least we made it.'' Steven said, the Citrine, Imperia, Jade and Starby mearly looked at him crossly. They weren't in the mood for anything at the moment which was why they were stressed.

Steven then giggled a little and couldn't help it. However, the others started giggling too which then evolved into laughing. Jasper and Eyeball then started to laugh along with them. Black Nephrite on the other hand didn't laugh at all.

''We're three unstoppable forces. And nothin will prove us otherwise!'' Eyeball said as she flexed. Jasper then stroked the ruby's hair in agreement. ''Exactly, not even an Amethyst could take me down. In fact NOTHING can take me down!'' It was that moment when Jasper was speaking, a quartz sized asteroid flew right towards their way and hit both the ultimate quartz and the ruby in the gems. This in turn also caused the pair to lose their balance and float off into the abyss. Black Nephrite was also unlucky as she was automatically kicked off the bubble by force.

''Jasper, Eyeball, Nephie.'' Steven yelled worryingly as he and the gang watched helplessly as the three homeworld brutes flew off. He however, knew that he wasn't going to let this happen. ''Oh no! Don't worry, I've...got you!'' And with that, he used his powers to stretch one side of the bubble and used it to catch the gems. Then with the help of his friends, he pulls them towards the main part of the bubble as he enlarged it for everyone before the two parts merged together. ''Er...Steven, I don't think that this is a good idea to bring them into the bubble.'' Starby said as she watched this happen.

''I had to do something Starby. Anyways, are you three ok?'' Steven said to Starby before talking to Jasper and the others. Jasper then noticed that she was in the bubble with Steven and pushed her away forcefully. ''Get off you little runt!'' She yelled angrilly, Eyeball was then about to attack Starby for ejecting her and her platoon into space until both her and Jasper's bodies started to glitch which startled everyone.

As Eyeball covers her face and Jasper tries to hid her's with her hair, Citrine decided to ask what the problem was. ''J... Jaspair, E.. E.. Eyeball... Are you deux ok? What eez wrong?'' She asked before the two gems revealed their faces towards Steven and the gang. Their bodies then glitched again as they gave Steven a grumpy look.

It was then that Steven saw the problem with the eyeball gem and the ultimate quartz. ''Ai yi yi! Both your gems are cracked.'' The young boy said, Jade then explained that the asteroid that they both hit must have cracked their gems in the process.

''Great! Just Perfect. Exactly what I need: To be trapped in a bubble with our enemies and my two warriors' gems being cracked.'' Black Nephrite Pouted in anger.

Just then, Steven decided to step in and help. ''It's nothing to worry about you guys, I'm able to fix your gems.'' He said, thinking that he could do some good for them. Unfortunately, Eyeball was still grumpy about it. ''I'm not gonna fall for any more of your stupid triiiiiiiiiiiicks.'' She said right before her body glitched. Eyeball's limbs were then glitched away which made her look like a little cute teddy bear.

''I'll never need your help you worthless...braaaaaaaaaat!'' Jasper yelled as she glitched too. This time, Jasper's body glitched into an overcooked version of herself which was just like Amethyst and Citrine. She then glitched into a big ball.

Growling in anger, the pair then glitched back to their usual forms. ''Ok, I admit it. I could do with a little help.'' Jasper asked softly. Eyeball, on the other hand, still refused to be helped. Steven then held her shoulders before she looked at him.

''Look, I'm telling the truth. I can help you...if you let me.'' Steven said sincerely. ''Er...Steven, I don't think that...'' Starby said, only to be cut off by Jade. ''It's ok Starby, just let him try.'' She said with a kind smile. Looking at Eyeball, Jade pleaded for her orignal commander to listen.

Eventually, Eyeball gave in and allowed Steven to do his thing. ''Very well, do what you have to do. Besides, we've haven't got anything else to lose. 4ND, let him proceed.'' The commander spoke in agreement. ''Thank you very much Nephie.'' Steven then said before he stuck out his tongue and slowly but gently approched Eyeball's gem. Though unconforable with Steven approching her like that, the young boy licked her gemstone.

He then proceeded to lick Jasper's gem with the same approach as Eyeball's. After doing so, Jasper then grabbed his head before lifting him up. ''Grrr! How daare you!'' Jasper screamed as she glared at Steven. ''Yeah! What was that supposed to be.'' Eyeball yelled in agreement. ''Honestly, What in the cosmos of homeworld is the matter with...'' Black Nephrite started, until she saw Jasper's and Eyeball's gems glowing.

Everyone then watched in awe as both the ultimate quartz and the eyeball gem's cracked gemstones just healed up like a charm.

''See, I told you guys that this would help. And now I've healed your gems.'' Steven said proudly, everyone else agreed with Steven even though they were a little stressed.

''Did. Not see zat coméng.'' Citrine said in disbelief.

''Wow, even though I was semi-corrupted, that's so wonderful.'' Jade said with her eye sparkling.

''So the legends are true, Rosie Quartz did have healing powers.'' Imperia gasped.

''Half of like the time he healed me.'' Starby muttered while Imperia listened in on what she was saying. ''Steven healed Starby? That doesn't make sense.'' The orange Topaz thought before Eyeball began to speak.

''I...I don't believe this. There were a lot of rumors back around the time of the first gem war, that Rose Quartz was able to heal the very soldiers of the Crystal Gems and therefore keeping her squad...or even her armies in contention with the ultimate and very superior forces of Homeworld itself.'' Eyeball explained to everyone, Jasper even approved of this as she smiled a little.

''Woah! It's really you. The Rose Quartz!'' Before Long, Jasper put her hand on the ruby's shoulder before speaking. ''I knew you'd get the picture 4ND.'' Jasper said before getting the attention of the commander. ''How...wait, you knew about this Jasper.'' She asked curiously, Jasper explained that from the moment she first saw the shield, she knew Steven was Rose Quartz in their opinion.

''See you guys, I was trying to tell you three.'' Steven said with a happy accent. Eyeball then started laughing, before long, Jasper and Black Nephrite started laughing out loud. Steven then paused for a few moments before Speaking again, all the while, Jade, Imperia, Citrine and Starby were worried about this. ''Yup, it's me alright, the one and only Rose Quartz.'' The young boy said before doing a pose.

''Err...Steven...'' Jade said in attempts to warn Steven about what could happen. ''And after being tossed out the airlock, we're all stuck out here, floating aimelessly through the outskirts of outer space.'' Eyeball said laughing all the way.

''How in the heck did we get ourselves into this mess?'' Steven asked as Eyeball continued to laugh. ''I dunno Rose, but thank you for getting me into this mess. It's the best one that I've ever gotten into. And...it helps me think about the good ol' days with me and my other soldiers.'' Jasper replied to Steven's response.

Soon everyone was laughing for not reason whatsoever. What's more was that the laughter could be heard from a certain distance in outerspace. Jade meanwhile, was still unsure about the three homeworld gems. Overall, Steven laughed until he started to cry.

When he was finished crying, he then smiled at Jasper as if it was the first time that the pair had ever gotten along well with each other. They started to talk to each other and the conversation was going well...for about a few minutes.

Black Nephrite and Eyeball's eyes then narrowed towards Jade, Steven and the others evily. Soon, Jasper joined in with the evil looks. ''Oooh dair. Zis cannot bé good.'' Citrine said as all the happiness within her body suddenly faded. ''The mighty...Rose...Quartz...'' Eyeball said as her gem shimmered, she then proceeds to pull out a crimson and maroon, flat ended chisel knife. Steven then chuckled before drawing his attention to Black Nephrite. ''After all this time...we meet again.'' She said before her gem shimered an inverted light colour. She then pulled out a dark purple and silver diamond chain whip.

''All this time, I finally have the perfect moment to strike.'' Jasper said as she summoned her crash helmet and pulled out a familiar maroon weapon with a spike on the end: The Breaking Point

''I never thought that I'd get a chance like this along with my fellow gems here. Honestly...I cannot believe that you gems are all OURS!'' Eyeball said as she Jasper and Black Nephrite immediately dashed towards the gang and tried to attack them.

Steven and Starby dodges the attacks that the three homeworld gems throw at them. Jade, Citrine and Imperia summon their weapons and attempt to fight them off, but they ended up being overpowered and poofed again because of Black Nephrite's chain whip. Caused Steven to enlarge he bubble before grabbing his three fallen friends and holding onto them. ''Why are you guys attacking us. I thought we were getting along so well Jasper.'' Steven asked feeling a bit hurt.

''Don't even act so suprised, Rosie Quartz. You were able to shatter a Diamond! And you Starby...You threw us out the airlock, so it's time to pay for your mistakes.'' Eyeball said as she then started running after the pair. Jasper and Black Nephrite then joined in the chase as Steven enlarged the bubble a little more.

Starby and Steven were actually running in circles as Eyeball and Black Nephrite laughed evily as the pair screamed in fear. Jasper however then realised that they were going round in circles and came up with a plan.

''Aw yeah! I'm gonna get you Rosie! I'm then gonna get your gem and take it back to Homeworld.'' ''I'll then have Your Ruby friend shattered for helping the crystal gems.'' The commander and the Ruby said as they continued to chase the duo.

''Huh? No! Please Don't take out my gem!'' The young boy said in a panic before he actually realised something important. ''Hang on, what would even happen to me?'' He thought before stoping to think. Starby then grabbed Steven and continued to run. ''Don't know, Don't care and I'm honestly not sure that I wanna find out.'' She said before she bumped into an orange gem.

''Imperia, you're...Wait...You're not Imperial Topaz.'' Steven said as he realised that the duo had bumped into Jasper. They were then pinned down by Eyeball as she saw the chisel knife in her hand. Grabbing their weapons, the trio then ganged up on Steven and Starby before evily glaring at him.

As bad as the situation was before, Now it was even worse:

Black Nephrite was about to slice the duo and take their gems.

Jasper looked as if she was gonna shatter their gemstones.

And Eyeball was planning on cutting through them.

Scared at this, Steven attempted to reason with them. ''W...Wait! You know you don't have to do this.'' He said as Eyeball smirked.

''Aw come one, give it up already! You know that you cannot take this away from me or Jasper.'' The ruby started.

''Exactly, The three of us are gonna be legends and we'll be going down into the history of gemkind.'' Black Nephrite continued from Eyeball's position.

''Yeah Nephie, Wonder what the three remaining members of the great Diamond authority will say about me when they've learned that a Ruby and A Nephrite were able to defeat Rose Quartz?'' Eyeball then carried on from where Black Nephrite's position.

''Oooh I got it. They'll give us our own Pearls.'' Eyeball interupted the commander before she could even speak. She then bit the pommel of her chisel and laughed. ''Or better yet...They'll give us our own army, Peridots, Topazes, Zircons, Sapphires, Agates or maybe even...''

But before even the pair of them spoke, Steven and Starby panicked endlessly. ''Wait, Hang on and Listen. I'm absolutely, I'm really 100% not my mom. I don't wanna hurt anyone here.'' The young boy said as tears started to emerge from his eyes.

''Yeah, He's right.'' Starby started before gaining the gems' attention. ''Also, htink about it for a sec. The three of us are lost in outer space. How'd you guys think that you're all gonna get back to homeworld alone without a ship?'' She tried to convince the homeworld gems not to hurt Steven but it made no difference.

Eyeball then raised the knife and was ready to strike before Speaking. ''I've already made up my mind.'' She said before Black Nephrite stopped her from hurting for a second. ''Besides, who needs a ship? I'm sure that we can float all the way back to homeworld so that we can give your gems to them...Especially these three.'' The commander hissed as she showed Jade's, Citrine's and Imperia's gemstones.

The commander and Eyeball were about to Strike until Jasper shoved them aside. ''ENOUGH! IT'S NOT ABOUT WHO GETS THEIR OWN WARRIORS OR SAPPHIRES! IT'S ALL ABOUT REVENGE!'' The Ultimate Quartz screamed out loud.

''But, I thought you said that Pink Diamond was shattered by this weapon, you wouldn't be any better.'' Starby said in a panic, Jasper then smirked devilishly. ''Joke's on you. I made up that story just so I could blame the Blacksmith.'' Jasper said after revealed that what she said on the moonbase was a lie.

Jasper then grabbed Steven and pinned him to the same spot as Eyeball had him. ''Now...you will finally know...how it feels...to be shattered...Or TO SEE SOMEONE SHATTERED RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES! AND NOW YOU'LL KNOW HOW I FELT!'' Jasper yelled before she activated the breaking point.

She raised her arm as the two panels on the weapon opened up and the knob on the back pulled back forcefully. The commander and Eyeball then attempted to slice through the duo and Jasper was about to use the weapon on Steven.

Suddenly

Steven told Starby to hang onto him as he took a deep breath. He then grabbed Jasper by the arm and swings her at Black Nephrite and Eyeball. He then let hs bubble go as he threw the trio out into the Darkness of Space. ''NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!'' Jasper Screamed as she continued to shoot away from Steven. Starby was so lucky to have grabbed the gems of Steven's friends before they were lost in space.

As Steven summoned his bubble again, he could finally take a breath. He then realised that Starby was on the outside of the bubble. She tried to get through, but she couldn't find a way without bursting the bubble.

Starby then gave the gemstones back to Steven who used his bubble to take them in once again. ''Starby, go get help. I'll be fine until you get back.'' He requested as the Star Ruby suddenly summoned a pair of neon wings and shot off to find help.

Looking back at the trio, Steven saw that they were completely angry with him as they floated away. He could make out what Jasper was yelling from the distance. ''I will get you Rose Quartz! I'll have my revenge!'' She screamed.

''Jasper...Eyeball...It didn't have to be like this.'' Steven softly spoke before a tear ran down his cheek. Things had really gone into 5th gear.

His three friends were poofed.

Starby was off finding help.

And the trio of homeworld gems were scattered through out space. As the bubble shrinks to his size, as he clutches his friends...he felt like it was the very end of his journey...lost in space with no one to help him.

Time passed...

He waited...

And waited...

But...no one came.

Not even Starby...

Neither Citrine, Jade nor Imperia had regenerated for the longest time...

The youngest member...of the Crystal Gems...Son of Rose Quartz...was lost in the very galaxy that he came from...

A long long long while later...

A ship had appeared out of nowhere as it looked directly at Steven and the other three gemstones in the bubble. It then opened up into an entrance that was shaped like a Diamond while it pulled Steven inside.

While Steven begins to regain consciousness, he sees a few familiar figures. They actually turned out to be Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, Bismuth and Citrine. They were currently trying to wake him up gently while Bismuth told other figures to give him some space, Pearl and Amethyst were worried sick just Like Citrine herself.

[0:06] Rebecca Sugar - Love Like You

~ If I could

~ Begin to be

After finally gaining full consciousness, Steven finally saw everyone that he knew around him. He saw that he was on the Ruby squad's roaming eye.

Pearl, Citrine and Amethyst were the first ones to embrace the young boy as tears poured out of their eyes especially after fearing the worst had happened to him. Amethyst and Citrine had even told Steven about what Pearl was fearing the most to which she rubbed the back of her head.

~ Half of what you think of me

~ I could do about anything

~ I could even learn how to love

Imperia and Jade were the next ones to embrace Steven, they also had tears leaking from their eyes as they thought that he could have been a gonner. But that was nothing compared to what came next, from the group of gems behind Bismuth came Peridot and Lapis.

When Lapis got near Steven, tears started flooding out of her eyes as she hugged the young boy tightly she also said that she tried to apologise for not helping him when she had the chance. Peridot was about the same only that she blamed Pearl for a not hitting Black Nephrite.

~ When I see

~ The way you act

Garnet then removed her visor and wiped two of her eyes that had tears in them. She then stroked Steven's hair. Bismuth then pulled the young boy in for a huger hug than Lapis' one and told him that she was glad to see him.

~ Wondering when I'm coming back

~ I could do about anything

The other gem groups like the rest of Jade's crew were confused about why they were embracing the human. Even Jewel was confused having being missing for a long time. It was then when Steven started crying, that his 9 friends embraced him even when they were crying.

~ I could even learn how to love

~ Like you

One of the Gems that Bismuth knew then went up and asked her why they were embracing this human. Steven then revealed to all of the gems that he was Rose Quartz's Son and to his surprise, they all gasped having seen the actual gemstone of their leader. They then began cheering in realisation that there was still hope for the Crystal gems after all.

Later...

The roaming eye was on it's way back to Earth. Pearl and Peridot were working on flying back to their home by using one of the consoles. Pearl didn't have any trouble with her console, but Peridot wasn't able to do anything on hers and kept getting locked out of some functions which caused her to bang on the screen and scratching it multiple times. All the while, Steven was sitting on a chair that Black Nephrite was sitting on and everyone took turns on watching him.

The Gems that Bismuth knew earlier were actually uncorrupted and had taken cover just before the final attack of the Diamonds could hit them.

Bismuth then introduced them one at a time:

Jewel: Pearl's daughter who was mentioned the night when Jade was uncorrupted. She was really pleased to meet Steven as soon as they met.

Ice Quartz: A gem who was able to wield the power of Ice.

Shadow Agate: A gem who's abilities were able to manipulate and use shadows.

Butterfly Wing Jasper: A quartz soldier who was able to summon her own wings like Lapis could.

Bixbite: A beryl who was a younger sister towards Bismuth's old friend Emerald.

Peacock Topaz: A big gem who was made up of four other gems of her kind.

Sphalerite: This gem was able to duplicate herself just like Black Nephrite could.

Variscite: A solid gem who was able to learn things as fast as lightning could strike.

and Mali Garnet: A gem who was like Steven's Garnet only she was yellow and shorter.

After a lot of introductions, everyone was preparing to return to Earth. Steven then decided to ask a very important question. ''Garnet...how come nobody told me about Pink Diamond?'' He asked sadly, Bismuth then sighed deeply before listening to Garnet. ''We all did what we had to do to survive during the war. Especially Bismuth, besides...every thing is different now.'' She spoke regretfully.

''She's right Steven. I know I...kinda went a bit bezerk back then, but you helped me come to my senses.'' The Rainbow gem spoke as she got the young boy's attention. ''But...did mom really do it?...You know...Did she really...shatter her?'' With his voice on the verge of trembling, Steven finally got his answer. ''She had no choice. Earth belonged to Pink Diamond.'' Garnet said as she explained the whole truth.

''And destroying her was the only way that the crystal were gonna save the planet from what I've heard. Not only that, but for Amethyst and Citrine to be themselves, for Pearl to be free, for Garnet to be together, for me to forge weapons for the gang, for the other members of the Crystals Gems to be whoever they want...and for you to exist of course.'' Bismuth finished.

The recovered members of the Crystal gems then lowered their heads in sadness when they heard about Pink Diamond. Steven even heard some of them say that it didn't make sense that Rose would even shatter a superior being like her. ''But I thought...at least she would never...'' Before the young boy could finish, Bismuth interupted her.

''I know...she didn't do what was best for herself always...But she always did what was better for Earth and all humans. I might have been locked away for a long time, but at least now that I can understand a little why she did this to me. She was just trying to protect everything from the forces of evil.'' The rainbow gem explained.

''Even...if it meant shattering someone...?'' Steven said as he clutched his mother's gemstone. ''Yeah...It's mostly true.'' Jewel said as she hugged the young boy and comforted him.

Sighing in sadness and hugged Jewel back. ''Thanks for telling me everyone.'' He said as the ship arrived at Earth. Peridot asked Steven if he wanted to go back to the moon base to look at one of the artifacts that remained active. He turned down the offer as he just wanted to head home.

Imperia started to agree with everyone until she realised something. ''Actually, where's Starby? She told and showed us where Steven was and then took off. I wonder where she went?'' The topaz thought before she entered Earth's atmosphere...taking no notice of the pink ruby observing the ship as it headed downwards.

''Please try to believe in what your mother, Steven. The future of Earth and Homeworld depends on it. Only I know who Really Shattered Pink Diamond.'' Starby said before she zoomed off towards the sun and circled it a few times before she shot off straight back to homeworld.

Meanwhile Back on Earth

A gem was watching the roaming eye from a distance in a crimson mist. It happened to be the same gem who was spying on Amethyst back when Jade discovered her so called gem weapon.

''After all these years...I finally found you Bismuth.'' She said as she watched the rainbow gem step out of the ship with Steven in her arms.

She continued to glare at those other gems that surrounded her before shrugging it off. ''I will reveal myself to you Bismuth...and only then will the great Diamond authority be rid of this plague once and for all...my old apprentice.''

Then she used her crimson mist and shot off over to the old galaxy warp laughing evily. ''And with Pink Diamond gone...we can finally make our kind stand in line and do exactly what they were made for.'' The red eyed gem said before reaching the warp pad to Homeworld.

The gem then met up with another gem with pink hair and together...they acutally used the old homeworld warp pad and zoomed off into the stars towards homeworld.

THE END...FOR NOW.

Well that's all folks

This is the last chapter of this fanfic, but stay tuned for the next part of Steven's adventures. I should also tell you that the gems that Bismuth knew will either briefly appear or will appear for some parts of the upcoming new adventures.

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