Steven Universe: Time Split

Chapter 87: The Problem

"STOP THAT SHIP!" Emerald shouted at the amethyst guards nearby as the Sun Incinerator started to take off.

The Amethyst Guards were unsure of what to do, so they stood in place as they couldn't do anything to stop the ship, "WHERE IS THE SUN GODDESS!" Emerald screeched, hoping the Goddess was nearby to assist her in taking out the thieves.

"S-she's disappeared my Emerald!" One of the Amethyst Guards stuttered as the Sun Incinerator started revving its thrusters as it hovered mid-air.

"NO!" Emerald cried out, "SHUT THE HANGAR DOORS!"

The Amethyst Guards nodded, running over to the control panels, but it was too late, the Sun Incinerator seemingly vanished from existence as it shot out of the hangar.

Emerald collapsed onto her knees, bringing her hands up to cover her face as she started to let out quiet sobs, "M-my ... Ship ..." She whispered as the Amethyst Guards carefully approached her,

"M-my Emerald ..." One of them approached her, saluting, "We might be able to see on the cameras who stole the ship,"

Emerald sniffled, carefully getting to her feet. She had failed miserably, she couldn't believe that she just lost her precious ship, the ships would be sure to punish her, "Ex-excellent, we need to report them to the diamonds," She tried to say somewhat confidently, but failed.

"My Emerald," The other Amethyst guard saluted, "Should I search for the Sun Goddess?"

Emerald was still trying to recompose herself, first, she let her ship get stolen, and then she had to cry in front of two lower gems, this was just not her day, "Y-yes, see if you can inform her of the problem we just face,"

The two Amethyst guards nodded, still saluting, "And don't even dream about telling anyone else what happened here!" Emerald shouted, returning back to her previous self.

The Amethyst Guards nodded again before disappearing down the hallway, leaving Emerald to look into the empty Hangar bay, "I can't believe I let that happen ..." She mumbled, her voice just above a whisper,

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"Good work guys!" Lars celebrated as The Rutiles piloted the ship in the vastness of space while Padparadscha and Rhodonite were focused on scanning the area for potential threats,

"Good thing I managed to get away from her," Y/n laughed as he was sat on the small steps leading up to the Captain's chair, where Lars was sitting. Indigo was sat next to him, giggling,

"I'm surprised that she didn't try and shut the hangar doors sooner," Indi commented,

"Is there any way she can track the ship?" Lars asked, causing Fluorite to appear from the staircase below,

"I. Believe. She. Can." Fluorite said with a slight frown, "But. I'm. Sure. I. Can. Interrupt. The. Tracking. Signal."

Lars grasped his hands together, "Awesome! Way to go Fluorite!"

Fluorite blushed at the praise, she hadn't even done anything yet, but she could get used to this, "What's next?" Rhodonite asked as she looked to Lars and Y/n from her console,

"We need to get to Earth!" Lars proclaimed as he stood up, and pointed to the vastness of space,

"Roger that," Rhodonite said as she looked through the console, using some sort of galactic star map to find their destination,

A silence filler the ship, the Off colours hard at work, using their newfound freedom to keep themselves safe, "Uh ... Captain?" Rhodonite said, looking over to Lars,

"Captain?" Y/n repeated, "That was quite the promotion,"

"Captain Lars ..." Lars mumbled to himself, liking the sound of it, but soon snapped back to reality, "What's wrong Rhodonite?"