Defenders of the Universe - SU/VLD (Adopted by jorge.Fuentes18)

Chapter 7: The Living Planet

"So, Stevonnie." Amethyst began as she and the Blue Lions pilot emerged from the teladuv portal. "Am I the only one who noticed that Pearl said "language" back at the castle?"

"Oh, I was able to overhear it; despite Garnet and Pearl covering Steven's and Connie's ears," Stevonnie responded as they maintained their focus on what was in front of them. "Now, according to Blue here, we should be arriving near the Balmera soon."

"I'm curious on what we'll find on a living planet," Amethyst said. "I should've brought a camera; that way I could show the folks back home."

"Oh, geez." Stevonnie began with a look of immediate realization. "Steven's dad and Connie's parents are going to kill me when I get home."

"Why? Well true, they are probably worried sick, but I thought the Maheswarans were cool with Steven dragging Connie on these crazy adventures?" Amethyst asked.

"Well, I don't think finding an enormous blue lion, flying her into outer space and participating in another rebellion against another totalitarian regime was part of that deal." Stevonnie summed up. The control board of the Blue Lion begins beeping as the human Fusion turns their head to see what's going on.

"What's that?" Amethyst asked.

"If I'm reading this correctly, I think Blue is telling us we are about to run into a Galra fleet." Stevonnie suspected. "And she is currently trying to pinpoint the best path for us to take."

"And I think she better hurry up." Amethyst grimly stated as she pointed at the front view window, with Stevonnie following the purple Gems finger; identifying a small flotilla of large Galran vessels blockading the dwarf planet. "Stevonnie, I'm going to be real with you for a second; are you going to be okay if we get into a dogfight? Well, technically a cat fight. Anyway, you're not going to fall apart on me, right?"

"Well, if we're careful; then maybe we don't have to get into a fight." Stevonnie optimistically said as they tried following the Blue Lion's recommended route of travel. "Everything seems to be going smoothly so..." Before the human Fusion could finish their sentence, a Galran Djalg fighter streaked right past the Blue Lion, like a blur.

"What the fizzityuck was that?" Amethyst blatantly asked as she clenched onto the back end of the pilot seat.

"I think that was a scout." Stevonnie presumed. "But I don't think it spotted us."

Stevonnie turned to the Blue Lions detector, where the bleeping was emanating from; recognizing several red dots veering near the center; also known as them. "You had to jinx it, didn't you?" Amethyst groused.

"Get us out of here, girl!" Stevonnie shouted as they maxed out the Lion thrusters; attempting to put as much distance between them and their interceptors aiming to shoot them down. The Blue Lion swerved from the left to the right, up and down, and executing barrel rolls to avoid the incoming laser fire. During the evasions, the right foreleg of the mechanical beast gets struck; with Stevonnie experiencing the mechanical Lions pain as well. "Ah!"

"Stevonnie!" Amethyst screamed with concern.

"I'm all right Amethyst." The pilot reassured their fellow Crystal Gem.

"Okay, could you fire a weapon at them or something to get them off our tail? Pun not intended." The purple Gem asked with alarm in her tone.

"Uh... I could try freezing them like I did when we left Earth." Stevonnie recommended as they delivered a sharp right turn; circling right behind the enemy fighters. The human Fusion pulls the trigger for the Blue Lion's ice beam, successfully ships half of the Galran interceptors in front of them. Stevonnie pulled up to make sure they didn't collide with, and unintentionally destroy the crystalline covered crafts.