Steven Universe: Beyond The Mirror

Into The Storm

Moonlight shines down on the ocean's surface as it ripples in a brief moment of disturbance. Steven and Lapis pop their heads out of the water as Steven immediately gasps for the salty fresh air. He keeps himself steady to float on the surface as Lapis looks over in his direction.

She groans inwardly as Steven moves his head around, bobbing in the water. "There's no place nearby for us to go to. We need to get as far away from the shore as possible." Lapis closes her eyes, taking a deep breath. Her eyelids convulse as her lips quiver.

She grunts as she lifts herself and Steven out of the water. She takes a few breathes as the duo stands on the surface of the water. "Huh?" Steven looks down as the surface gradually turns into ice, forming a raft. Lapis thrusts her hands out against her sides as she stops shivering.

Steven raises his eyebrow, smiling. "Wow. You can make ice too?" Lapis grunts as the ice to form the raft hardens. "Uh, yeah. I guess I could do that." She breathes in, pointing her fingers out towards the ocean as water starts building up behind her and Steven.

A wave of rushing water grows in height as Lapis twists her hands towards the sky, allowing the water to rush upward. She opens her eyes as she thrusts her hands out with one final grunt.

The water rushes down towards the ice raft, forcing the wave to exert its pressure onto it. The raft shoots forward as Steven grasps Lapis' leg, forcing his feet on the raft. He screams as the raft flies through the ocean.

Lapis clenches her teeth as she builds up more waves to push through the sea. Steven coughs out water as it splashes on them. The water rises, falls, twists and turns as thunder erupts from the sky. Steven gasps as he casts his eyes towards the clouds. "Uh-oh!"

Lapis looks up for a moment with a grimace as thunder booms through the dark gray clouds. Rain starts trickling down on Steven and Lapis as the raft jerks upward. It crashes back down onto the ocean, splashing the water against its sides.

Lightning strikes down out in the distance as the rain starts to pour down faster. Steven pants as water splashes against his red star shirt and jeans. His fingers slip on Lapis' leg as he grunts in the tension. Wind breezes through the duo as Lapis squints her mirror eyes shut.

Their clothes billow as water splashes onto their faces. Lapis loses her focus as the raft jerks back and forth. Steven looks over to his right to spot a wave heading right towards them. He grimaces at it. "Watch out!" He lets his right hand detach itself from Lapis' right leg. Without thinking, he thrusts his right hand in front of him.

His shield pops onto the back of his right hand as the water splashes into it. The shield immediately vanishes in sparkles as he bumps into Lapis with a grunt. The raft jerks to the left as Steven grabs Lapis' right leg to support himself. "H-How do we get out of this, Lapis?!" Lapis looks around as she stutters, flabbergasted from the dilemma. "I-I don't know! What is this?!"

Steven notices another wave rushing in front of him. He widens his eyes as he lets go of Lapis. He slides forward until he grabs ahold of Lapis' left leg with a grimace. "Steven! What are you-!" The water rushes towards Steven who tries to activate his sheild again...only to recieve a direct hit by the storm. He flies into Lapis, nearly causing her to lose her balance on the raft.

He pants as he turns his head towards Lapis. "Lapis, you need to get us out of this storm!" She stumbles forward, nearly slipping off the edge as water crashes into the raft from behind. "I don't know how!" Lightning strikes the water a few feet away, forcing the water to splash up and down onto Steven and Lapis.

"You can control water! This is a storm! Storms control water too, but you can take that control away from it and use that control to get us to safety!" Lapis' grimace fades as she nods, her eyes narrowing.

She raises her hands up as lightning crashes down into the ocean, its aim getting dangerously accurate towards the raft. A circle of water cuts the surface a few feet away as Lapis growls, her face sweating.

A lightning bolt strikes down directly behind the raft, jerking it forward towards the circle. "Hold on!" She forces a fist towards the sky with a yell the second the raft makes contact with the circle.

Steven grasps Lapis' left leg as the raft springs from the surface and up into the clouds. Lightning hits the spot where Steven and Lapis would've been had Lapis not been able to get them out of harm's way.