Steven Universe: Chipped [Pearl x OC]

Chapter 1-9: Arcade Mania

On another mission, the five of us tread through a crystal path and Garnet shushes us, whispering, “This way.”

Steven’s jacket makes swishing noises as his arms rub against it, and it irritates Pearl.

She whisper-shouts, “Ugh, Steven! This is a stealth mission! You’re making too much noise! Take off the jacket.”

Steven holds his jacket tightly, saying, “But I don’t wanna catch a cold.”

Pearl asks, “Then why are you wearing sandals?”

I say, “You’re not going to catch a cold down here, Steven. It’s really not that cold down here. Just keep the sound down. We need to be quiet.”

Steven sticks his arms straight out, saying, “I can be quiet. See? Stealth.”

Garnet quietly says, “We’re getting close.”

I say, “Alright, gang. Let’s move.”

We keep walking along, but Steven’s jacket starts making noise again.

Pearl annoyedly snaps, ”Steven!”

Steven says while Amethyst has a huge grin, “It wasn’t me. Amethyst, you’re making me look ba- Aaaaaahhhh!” The ledge he’s on crumbles, and he flails his arm around before straightening them, saying, “Stealth.”

He falls over the cliff and plunges into the darkness screaming, only to be caught by Garnet at the bottom, Pearl, Amethyst, and I soon joining them. Garnet holds Steven close when a corrupted Gen emerges from a hole in the ceiling. It starts to shoot crystal spikes at us, which Garnet easily dodges. A Sapphire’s future sight can be so precise as to even guess the bullet pattern of an enemy.

Garnet sets Steven down on the ground, saying, “Stay down.”

I pick up Steven and he holds onto my shoulders as Amethyst says, “Come on, poofy.”

Steven asks, “What about Garnet?”

I respond, “She’ll be fine, Steven. Trust me. She can take care of herself. In fact, she even goes on plenty of these missions alone.”

The corrupted Gem creature tries to hit Garnet with its outer arms, but fails as she somersaults and dodges the attacks.

Steven exclaims, “Go, Garnet, go!”

Garnet reaches the corrupted Gem and parries every attack by its inner arms. She then summons one of her gauntlets and punches into the creature’s mouth. It explodes into a blue cloud, leaving behind crystal spikes, and Garnet emerges from the cloud with a spiky gem in a bubble.

I set Steven down, and he exclaims, “Wow! She’s so fast. Garnet, you’re amazing! How’d you even do that?”

Pearl points to the crystal spikes on the ground, saying, “Look! The little ones didn’t explode.”

They burrow into the ground, and I add, “They’re drilling away!”

Amethyst exclaims, “I got it!”

She dives into one of the small holes, getting herself stuck.

Garnet sends the bubbled gem away, saying, “Let them go. They’re just parasites. If they want to be a problem, they’ll have to answer to me.”

Steven says, “So cooool!”

Garnet pulls Amethyst out of the hole by her ankle, and Amethyst says, “I swallowed a rock.”

I ask, “Cool. What did it taste like?”

Pearl starts walking away, saying, “Nope. Not even going to listen to the answer. You both are disgusting.”