Steven universe x OC gem reader

episode 12

"This can't be happening."

"Steven! You're back!"

"Hey, Steve-O."

"We're so sorry about earlier -"

"Forget that! We have to catch up with her!"

"What!?"

"Who?"

I walk up to Pearl and hold her by the shoulders.

"Don't freak out, Pearl, but... Blue Diamond was -"

"BLUE DIAMOND!! O-O-ON EARTH!!"

"What did I just say?"

"Holy smokes! They're all coming out of the woodwork."

"Topaz, keep me up. I don't feel too good."

"Uh... ok."

I pick her up with her legs on my left arm, and her back rested on my right arm.

She looks away.

'What? I did what you asked.'

"She took Dad! She alien-abducted him, and it's all my fault!"

"She took Greg!?"

"Our Greg?"

"What other Greg is there!? How are we gonna get him back!?"

"What did she even want him for? To eat him!? T-to put him in a zoo!?"

"Wait. That might be it."

'Uh oh.'

Steven gasps. "She's gonna eat him!?"

"What? No. But there was a... No. No, it couldn't possibly still exist. Not since we-."

"That's right! Pink Diamond's insidious human zoo." Garnet cuts in.

'Crap.'

"What?"

"During her reign on Earth, Pink Diamond stole humans from their families as trophies of her conquest."

"You gotta be kidding."

"Oh no. It was very serious. When I still served..." she glances away for a moment. "...Homeworld, I saw it myself. A private menagerie deep in space. Humans in captivity. We were never able to rescue them. We had no way to get to them after the war. But that was over 5,000 years ago."

"But humans can reproduce quickly if they chose too. So maybe they're still over there. Humans held in captivity their whole lives."

"You really think Greg's there?"

"Steven, Blue Diamond wanted him alive?"

"Yes! Yes! She liked him!"

'Wouldn't be his first Diamond.'

"I can't think of anywhere else she'd put him if she wanted to keep him, that is if the zoo's still there."

"It's our only chance! But, how are we going to get there?"

"With the Roaming Eye."

"The Ruby ship?" I say.

"That's right. We're going into space, and we're not coming back without Greg."

"Yeah!"

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At the barn, Peridot is inspecting the interior of the Roaming Eye.

"Let's see. Rear pulsar trackers are tracking pulsars. The atmosphere shield seems functional, but you're not going to need that in space, obviously."

"Well, make sure it is safe for Steven."