"Quartz..." Steven uttered as the smoke cleared. It's gem gleamed brightly in the sunlight which also reflected off of it's polished and cold metallic body.

They stared at each other only for a moment. A single tear slid down Steven's face as he looked at the newly shattered pink shards which lie scattered across the face of this monster. It reminded him of every other corrupted gem that they had faced. He soon wiped his tears however as Garnet put him down gently. At the next moment he put on a newly brave face.

"It's time for this to stop..." Was all he needed to say.

Quartz rushed at him at speeds that he couldn't comprehend. He gasped and reflexively tensed as Garnet instantly stepped in front of the blow and managed to grab both of the Quartz' hands.

Despite this however they began shaking intensely as Quartz began to apply more and more pressure, pushing them backwards. Their feet began to dig into the dirt.

"Leave her alone!" Steven shouted as he then used his shield and rushed Quartz, but as soon as he was in reach, a third arm manifested from Quartz' abdomen and struck his shield hard enough that it knocked him off of his feet and into the air.

"Steven!" The other gems shouted. Pearl rushed over to catch him, meanwhile Quartz utilized the distraction to catch Garnet off guard and using it's third arm it grabbed their waist and hoisted them into the air. Quartz then heard a bone-chilling roar before they were hit with such force that it sent them flying into the air.

It's arm had been completely torn off and as it flew, pieces of metal and other hardware flew from the open socket. When Quartz landed and grabbed it's arm it looked up to find Bismuth standing there. A bold smile plastered on their face, and their hand in the shape of a hammer with a star engraved into it.

"Jeez Garnet. Had I known that you'd softened up so much of the years I never would've let you take this one on alone." Bismuth said. Garnet smiled slightly but after that they immediately went back into their battle trained mindset.

"This isn't like the other Home-World gems we've faced. Quartz was naturally strong and with this new body, I'm very concerned with our well being." As Garnet spoke Quartz began to reform its arm. Starting off with simple wires before coating further and further with hard metallic pieces and structures in an almost organic fashion. When the arm had reformed it looked just as strong as it had been previously, and ready for use.

"Crystal Gems! Let's take them out!" Garnet said, as every remaining Crystal Gem summoned their weapon. Quartz shifted into a battle ready stance as well. Just as the battle was moments from kicking off however, a hand of pure liquid shot towards Quartz and before it could react, they'd been in a bubble made of water and floating in the sky.

"Lapis!" Steven shouted with glee, as he then turned towards the sky to see Lapis and Peridot floating on a surface of solid water in mid air, Lapis having a hand extended; Almost itching to crush the Quartz bubbled inside of their prison. Peridot had also managed to save the machine and had been holding it.

"Well that was easy." Bismuth said coolly as they shifted their hand back to normal.

"Hehe, that's Lapis for you." Steven said, glad that all of this was finally over.

"Everybody move!" Garnet shouted. Instinctively everyone turned their attention back to Quartz, who had begun shooting yellow electrical currents through the water. In the next few seconds they had become so powerful that the water bubble exploded. Dropping Quartz to the ground with a loud thud, while the water traveled everywhere.

All of the gems had managed to dodge the large droplets which had contained bits of the yellow lightning, meanwhile Quartz returned to it's original stance.

"Everyone! Be careful! Quartz has converted the ship and some of the gem destabilizers into a body for itself!" Peridot shouted from the heavens.

"Gem destabilizers!?" Bismuth said in a panic. Quartz then rushed towards them and extended their hand which had a yellow current running through it. They readied themselves but before it could reach them Pearl stabbed Quartz in the back before lifting it into the air.

"Nice one!" Bismuth shouted as they then began to use their hammer to smash Quartz legs off. Before this could happen however Quartz extended it's arms towards Pearls head, before they could move away they were instantly blasted with an extensive amount of electricity which poofed them almost instantly.

Quartz then back flipped onto it's feet and caught Bismuth's downward swing. Bismuth stared with wide eyes as the spear that was still in it's abdomen faded away. Quartz then shifted their arm into a sword-like structure, pulling it back in preparation to shatter Bismuth's gem.

It's arm was then quickly grabbed by Garnet. For a brief moment they managed to stop them, however Quartz continued to move despite Garnets grip. They used both arms, their feet dragged through the dirt and yet it was only slowing Quartz down so much.

Bismuth used their other arm and shifted it into another hammer and swung at Quartz who only manifested a third arm from their shoulder and grabbed Bismuth's hand. They then manifested another arm from their back and grabbed Garnet's arms with it.

"Stop it!" Steven shouted as he then threw his shield at Quartz from an open spot however Quartz manifested a large futuristic metallic canon which used a blue laser to blast the shield away from itself.

After which a large wave of water blasted all three of them before honing in on Quartz and bubbled it. This time Quartz used a blast of electricity that was even stronger and the bubble popped almost instantaneously. The moment that Quartz touched the ground, they shifted their arm into another canon and aimed at Lapis.

"No!" Steven shouted as he and the other gems attempted to reach them. Before anything could be done another, more concentrated beam was fired off with enough force that it cracked the ground underneath Quartz' feet.

Before Lapis could move, it struck them through the stomach. In the next instant they poofed. This sent Peridot and the machine falling from the sky. Quartz then rushed over to them at insane speeds and just before Peridot could land, they grabbed them.

The other gems, though surprised, were still worried. Bismuth and Garnet rushed at Quartz while their back had been turned, meanwhile Steven still lagged behind. Quartz used their electricity to poof Peridot before they could reach it.

Afterwards they turned around and four arms extended outwards from them, each with their own yellow electricity. Upon realizing this Garnet and Bismuth stopped dead in their tracks.

That's when Quartz then jumped towards both of them.

"No!" Steven shouted as he finally caught up with them. He then used his abilities to manifest a pink bubble around himself and used his momentum to slam into Quartz. This however, did nothing as the bubble simply bounced off of them.

"Steven!" Garnet shouted worriedly as he flew into the air. Quartz then attempted to grab them but Bismuth used a hammer and slammed into it's back. This managed to knock them off course by a few steps.

Garnet then turned their attention back to Quartz and utilizing the opening they rushed Quartz and slammed their gauntlets into it's head. This caused them to further stumble backwards.

Bismuth then aided in this as they used both of their hammers and roared as they slammed them down onto Quartz' head which knocked it to it's knees. Garnet then yelled as well before they then punched Quartz with such force that it sent them flying in the opposite direction.

Bismuth rushed over to the side where Quartz had been flying and before it could land Bismuth used their hammers and smashed into them which sent them flying into Garnet like a baseball. Garnet then took the opportunity and once more struck the Quartz hard enough to break their entire arm off.

They continued this cycle. Striking the Quartz back and forth like a ping-pong ball, as they did so parts began to fly off left and right. Arms, legs, pieces of the chest.

Quartz could do very little as they literally tore away their body parts. Eventually, just as Quartz was heading back to Garnet, a limbless torso with only a head attached and multiple wires protruding from it, Garnet prepared for another strike.

Just as they struck however, Quartz made a whole in it's chest and their entire arm went through it, Gauntlet and all. Garnet stared in shock as the hole in it's chest then closed and wrapped around their arm. Meanwhile the shattered and damaged gem shards seemed stared at them, with intense animosity.

In the next moment lightning coursed through the air and Garnet was inevitably struck.

"No!" Bismuth shouted as Garnet began to destabilize. They rushed over to the two of them, but before they could reach them Garnet already poofed into their two gem parts. This sent Bismuth into a fury as they readied their hammer, preparing to smash down upon Quartz. Before they could however a long metallic blade protruded from the back of Quartz and stabbed their abdomen.

They stared with wide eyes at the Quartz. A limbless, metallic body that didn't even resemble a gem. And the amount of damage that they had caused just on their own. In the next instant, they poofed.

Tears fell from Steven's eyes as he recovered from falling from such an intense height. He looked upon the field and only saw gemstones, littering it. Meanwhile Quartz had already begun to make new limbs. It began to rise from the ground as new metal surfaced and replaced their damaged parts and limbs. Soon they were standing, and without saying a word they turned their head in a new direction.

Steven stared in confusion as they began to walk in another direction, away from the field of gems.

"Quartz! W-where are you going!? Why did you do all of this!?" He shouted as he began running after them. They didn't respond as they soon reached their goal and picked it up. Steven stopped his chase as soon as he saw what they'd been holding.

"The machine." He uttered as the Quartz turned towards them. Once more he looked into the shards that used to make up a Quartz and tears fell.

"Why did you do all of this!?" He shouted. Quartz simply stared at him. "Are you not going to say anything? I thought we were gonna be friends. I-I thought you were going to be a Crystal Gem and we could get along and learn from you..." He sobbed.

"Did you really do all of this, just for that machine?" Steven asked. Quartz continued to stand in silence, wind blew across the field as the sun began to set behind Quartz. The beauty of the event had been blocked by Steven who was in it's shadow.

A canon then appeared on their shoulder and they aimed it at him. He gasped as he then put up a shield, in the next moment he was then blasted into the air and subsequently upon landing he was knocked out.

With all of the gems now out of commission Quartz simply turned around and looked at the sunset. It stood their for a moment before the canon that'd still been mounted on their shoulder aimed downwards.

It began to charge an intense and heavy shot and in the next moment, a large hole, large enough to fit a grown man, had been made. They then jumped downwards. Once more they fired another shot. They continued doing this until they were completely submerged, deep underground.

In the next few moments there was nothing but the sound of the leaves which shifted and blew in the wind peacefully. The sun had reached it's end and was at it's peak, the point just before it disappears.

Then the ground began to rumble intensely, it'd been almost like an earthquake and as it shook a large beam emerged from the hole, shooting into the stars. It continued to shine throughout the rumbling of the ground which lasted for only a few more minutes before both ceased in their entirety.

With their ceasing, the sun had finally disappeared and a new age had begun.

Thanks, all of my viewers for reading this story! This is the end, unfortunately I don't exactly writing too much for this show in particular. Well at least not the way it is, after all I don't know all too much about it so I can't manipulate many factors within the show. I hope all of you lovely people enjoy and stay tuned for my next story! I'll try to work on fixing mistakes in earlier chapters as well. The next time I write for this show, it'll be with a new premise of my own, and it's title well be Steven Universe: Rise of the Astral bodies! Anyhow I'll see you all laters!