Steven Universe: Black Hole

Steven Universe: Black Hole Part 1

*****DISCLAIMER*****

None of the Steven Universe characters belong to me. This story is purely a work of fiction, purposed for entertainment. Also, I started writing this story before "Room for Ruby," and thus this story doesn't exactly correlate with that. Also, some content could be seen as borderline disturbing. I guess my imagination is like that. :3

Enjoy!

Steven Universe: Black Hole

1

Steven woke up to the piercing noise of the Wailing Stone. He'd forgotten they still had that thing. He covered his ears, and climbed out of bed. He could see the other three downstairs, doing the same. Garnet was trying to find the Wailing Stone, it seemed. Why was this thing going off again? Garnet summoned her left hand gauntlet, and punched through the closet doors next to the couch. Nothing. Pearl took a glance out the window, and pointed outside. How did it get on the beach? Too many questions, but Steven needed to think straight at least before he could get any answers. The four of them walked out the front door. The sun was just beginning to rise over the ocean. Garnet put her hand in front of the other three, telling them to stay there for now. She jumped down to the beach, briskly walking over to the Wailing Stone. Garnet then picked it up, a look of extreme pain plastered on her face. She walked as fast as she possibly could over to the water. She placed it underwater. The sound wasn't gone, but it was quiet enough to talk, at least.

"We have to go get Greg!" Amethyst shouted. Both Steven and Pearl nodded. Steven went back in the house and got dressed and ready. The four of them arrived at the car wash, surprised to see that Greg was already awake, and getting his sound equipment in the back of the van.

"Hey, guys." he greeted. "I heard that noise again, and I thought you'd need my help again. "

"Are you sure you're up for this? It's still pretty early." Steven asked, concerned. Greg patted Steven on the head and yawned.

"Don't worry, Shtoo-ball. I can handle that deafening noise. I guess?" Greg said. Greg and the Gems got in the van, and drove back down to the beach. Large waves were being sent off from the spot where the stone was placed beneath the surface. Greg and co got out, and set up the sound equipment on the beach. Greg gave the thumbs up, and put on some headphones that muffled the noise. Garnet picked the stone up again, and placed it in front of the equipment. Greg picked up his microphone, and repeated the process from before. They tried to see if it was a video transmission, but that didn't seem to be the case. All that was displayed on the TV was shifting waves of static pixels. Instead, they switched to audio reading, which proved to be more successful. After a bit of tweaking, they discovered what sounded like a pattern of beeping, almost like morse code.

"What's that noise?" Steven asked to nobody in particular.

"It sounds like a Homeworld distress signal," Pearl explained. "Yet, something about it seems...different."

"What do you mean?" Steven asked.

"I mean, the pattern seems slower. Less panicked. Usually, a distress signal is transmitted when a Gem is in distress." Pearl replied.

"Y'know, it might be from Peridot or Lapis." Amethyst said. Steven considered this to be a possibility, but as he thought it over in-depth, he would see no reason for either of those two to send off a distress signal at this point.

"I don't think so," Steven determined. "It could even be from those Rubies we left in the asteroid belt." Steven turned to Garnet, who was standing just beside him. "You think we should go check?" he asked. Garnet stood there, deep in thought.

"No. The Rubies didn't have any way to send off a signal to anybody." she said.

"Good point." Steven said.