"Here you are." Peedee said, placing two bags on the counter. "Two orders of fri bits for the kind man and the lovely lady."
"Why what a gentleman you are." Connie said with a grin.
Steven smiled happily at the interaction between the two before looking up to the sky. His smile saddened and he felt his heart ache as he laid his eyes on three stars. His thoughts stopped abruptly as he noticed something strange.
"Hey Connie!" He called.
Connie, who had been laughing, turned to her brother, smile still plastered across her face. "What is it Steven?" She asked.
Steven pointed towards the sky. "Is that...what I think it is?" He asked.
Connie squinted in the direction that Steven was pointing. "That's...a giant, green hand?..." Connie grabbed Steven's hand and began to run back to the house. "Sorry Peedee, gotta go!" She called back to Peedee.
"Okay, see you..." Peedee peeked out of the establishment to look at what Steven and Connie were looking at. "That's peculiar."
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"Guys!" Connie called to Ruby and Sapphire, the two standing on the beach next to a telescope.
"Hey." Ruby called nonchalantly as Sapphire was peeking through the telescope.
"Do you guys see the giant hand too?" Steven asked as he and Connie came to a halt.
"Oh we see it." Sapphire said.
"Well, what is it?" Connie asked impatiently.
"It's a giant green hand, duh." Ruby said.
"No, I mean, what's it doing here?" Connie asked.
Sapphire looked at Steven and Connie. "We're...not entirely sure."
"But what we do know is that it's bad!" Ruby said. "...probably."
Opal's grunting was heard, earning the attention of the group. "Which is why these two sent me to get this." Opal said, holding the Quartizine Trio above her. With another loud grunt, she dropped the light cannons on the beach.
"Wow, we have more canons?" Connie asked.
"Yep, found it under the ocean after the Lunar Sea Spire fell." Sapphire said.
"We're gonna need all of them?" Steven asked as Opal hopped away.
"Yep, we're even getting the forth one." Ruby said. The red gem rubbed the back of her head awkwardly. "I'm not gonna lie, we've never actually seen or heard anything about this hand thing so we're not entirely sure how strong it's going to be." Ruby said with a thoughtful look. She gave a confident grin to the twins. "But I bet it won't be anything we can't handle."
"We're hoping that it'll go down as easy as the Red Eye, but just in case, we're going to use everything we have to defeat it." Sapphire said. A small grin appeared on her face. "Of course we're going to need you two for what comes next."
Steven and Connie looked at each other, excitement brimming in their eyes. "Aw yea! Light Cannon: Part Two!" They exclaimed, high fiving each other.
Sapphire crossed her arms and gave an amused expression at the twins' enthusiasm in the situation.
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"Alright guys, you ready with that last cannon?" Steven asked.
Ruby watched as Opal finished adjusting the last one, the latter giving Ruby a thumbs up. Ruby turned to Steven. "She's A-okay."
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The Halves of Rose
Fanfiction"You don't choose family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them." - Desmond Tutu. A warrior who lost everything, an experience called an abomination by her own, a diplomat running from her mistakes, and orphaned twins just wanting to live u...
