He Did It For Me: Steven's Legacy

Chapter 15: True Kind of Love

Connie, Pearl, and Amethyst anxiously looked from the window of the Destiny Destroyer as it reached Earth's orbit. The three of them became worried as they saw how far the bio-poison had spread throughout the planet since the hours they've been gone. Earth's time is almost up.

Before they arrived, Pearl had given Emerald the coordinates to make sure that they land near Beach City and Little Homeworld. The Gem spacecraft entered the planet's atmosphere and flew straight over to the community. The Crystal Gems were more horrified by what they saw on the ground.

While Little Homeworld was not destroyed, all the hard work Amethyst and Pearl had put in with Garnet, Bismuth, Lapis, and Peridot made it difficult for them to bear. Beach City did not fare any better. The ground's cracked asunder, and most of the establishments have collapsed in on themselves. Fortunately, the other Gems like Jasper, Biggs, the pearls, Snowflake, and Centi, all led by Lapis and Lion, Lars, Mayor Nanefua, Sadie, and Greg, helped with the evacuation of the town.

The Destiny Destroyer eventually found somewhere to land, but the whole ship rumbled as soon as they did. The ground violently shifted and began to split down the middle, right in the ship's direction. "Everyone out!" Connie screamed as she, Pearl, Amethyst, the Famethyst, and Emerald all made a break for the exit.

The crew all barely escaped as the Destiny Destroyer was swallowed up by the ground. "No! My ship!" Emerald cried out.

Connie walked over to the edge of the fissure and looked down. The bio-poison seemed to have mixed with the Earth's magma and began to eat away at that Gem ship. "Guys!" Lapis called out as the Crystal Gems turned and saw her fly over to the group, as Lion ran alongside her. "You're back." She looked at the other Gems. "With others."

"It's a long story." Amethyst quickly stated.

"What happened here?" Pearl asked.

"Spinel showed up here and stole back her rejuvenator. Then she went over to the injector and did something to speed all of this up."

"Is Spinel still there?" Connie asked.

Lapis nodded. "Bismuth, Peridot, Ruby, and Sapphire are trying to stop her. But they can't land a hit. All the Gems from Little Homeworld, and I have been trying to evacuate Beach City."

"We saw from the ship we came in." The young woman hopped onto Lion's back. "We'll stop Spinel, just make sure everyone stays safe."

"We'll help out!" J announced.

"Excuse me, but I'm the one who gives orders here." Emerald intervened. "Why should we help them."

"You don't have to," Connie said. "You got us here, which is enough."

"But those who wanna help, come with me," Lapis told the quartzes. "Those who don't stay out of the way."

"Let's get goin'!" Amethyst said as she and Pearl hopped onto Lion.

"Connie, wait!" The young woman turned to the blue Gem, who fished out a long box from some rubble and flew over to her. "You're gonna need this."

Connie took the box and opened it. Inside was her sword. It was still in excellent condition and looked as polished as it was when she first received it. She looked at Lapis and told her, "Thank you." The blue Gem nodded and flew back to Beach City, with J, K, Skinny, Carnelian, and some of the Famethyst behind her. Connie turned her attention to the injector in the distance. "Let's go, Lion!"

Lion ran forward, roared open a portal, and leaped through it. Connie, Amethyst, and Pearl emerged on the other side, near the injector. It was already half-empty.