Steven Universe: Beyond The Mirror

Confrontational Reunion

Steven takes a moment to blink his eyes in place of a gasp from the shock of his caretakers' unexpected return. Garnet is the first one to step off the warp pad directly in front of Steven and a grimacing Lapis.

Pearl and Amethyst follow suit and they stop on both sides of her, turning their heads to look up into their leader's face. Pearl sighs to her right as she folds her arms. "Steven has been gone for hours. He could be anywhere right now."

Garnet groans inwardly as she puts a fist to her chin. "Hmm...I can see a few possibilities of where they have gone. They could be in the ocean...on an island...or-!" Suddenly, a seagull soars above Steven as it defecates on the right shoulder of his shirt, squaking as an alarm for the Gems.

Garnet turns her head as Steven and Lapis try their best not to move a muscle only to be caught by Ruby's fiery red eye behind Garnet's visor. She clenches her teeth, immediately summoning her gauntlets to her hands. She jump spins around to confront them. "Gems!"

Pearl and Amethyst whip their bodies around, gasping at the sight of Steven standing next to the Homeworld Gem. Pearl pulls her spear out of the gem on her forehead while Amethyst pulls out her whip from the gem on her chest.

They ready their weapons, threatening an assault towards Steven and Lapis. Steven gulps as Pearl screams at him, her forehead furrowing with crossing eyebrows. "Steven! What were you thinking taking refuge with this...this stranger!"

Amethyst, chimes in, folding her arms as she grips the handle of her whip. "Yeah, man! That wasn't cool!" Garnet shakes her head as she takes a step forward onto the warp pad. "Steven, I am very dissapointed in you. Not only did you break a Homeworld Gem out of containment, you also chose to run away with her!"

Pearl hisses through her teeth, pointing the tip of her spear towards Steven and Lapis. "Do you have any idea what could have happened to you?!" Steven already knows the answer for he has experienced the consequences long before they caught up with him.

"What made you think that this was okay?!" The tone of Steven's voice shakes as his forehead sweats. "Uh, well I-um!" Lapis steps in front of him, narrowing her eyes. "Leave him alone! He had nothing to do with this!"

Pearl growls. "YOU! You've been communicating with Steven through the mirror! Poisoning his mind with such dangerous thoughts!" Lapis stands her ground in front of Steven as she continues her verbal attack.

"I did! I did because you wouldn't let me out of the mirror! You knew I was in there and I knew THAT because I've seen each of your horrible faces!" The Gems' clenched teeth shake in the tension as Steven takes a step back. "Why didn't you do it?!"

Garnet flashes her counter. "Because you are a danger to humanity and this entire planet! We are completely aware of the potential of the power you possess! It has to be contained!" Lapis closes her eyes as her fists tremble. The water surrounding the Galaxy Warp starts to flow and swirl as she shakes her head.

"Sorry." The water starts rising from the ocean's surface as the Gems stand at the ready. Steven hears the rushing water, turning his head just in time to look upon the rising water surrounding the Galaxy Warp. "I'm not going to be contained any longer."

The Gems stare at Lapis, narrowing their eyes as Steven looks around to notice more and more of the water surrounding him by the second. "It's been around five thousand years ago since one of you placed me in your gem, keeping me away from the outside world!"

Pearl's eyes widen as Lapis points a trembling finger towards her. "YOU did that at this same exact location...maybe even this exact same spot that long ago!" The water rises enough for the Gems to notice as the clouds darken overhead.

Pearl starts loosing her grip on her spear as she twists her head around her surroundings. "And now, I'm going to contain YOU!" Water sprouts in every direction as Steven immediately forms a bubble around him before he could get hit by the barrage of water jets unlike his fellow Gems.