Silver Stone || ON HIATUS

chapter 6

"I can't believe this. For the first time in years, everyone's in danger. Everybody needs me, and I'm useless!" Steven gazes at Spinel's Injector in fear "Bismuth, what do we do?" Bismuth looks to Steven "I'm sorry, Steven." She sighs and continues "I don't know." Steven turns his gaze to Ruby and Sapphire before tearing up. "Garnet would know what to do. Garnet always knows what to do...Spinel pops in and wraps her arms over Steven's shoulder "Hey, don't be sad." Spinel coils around Steven in celebration, and begins to dance around him, slowly taking on more maniacally happy expressions. Spinel then says, in singsong voice

"Your new best friend, your new best friend," she then speaks in her normal voice "your new best friend, YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND, SPINEL IS HERE!!" She starts laughing rhythmically. Steven, dejected and refusing to acknowledge Spinel's attempts to cheer him up, begins to sing

"Here we are in the future,
Here we are in the future and it's wrong!
Just a second ago, we were singing this song
And now, they're gone, because of her
Happily ever after, there we were..."

Steven slumps against the wall and looks at the wefie he took earlier in sadness. Noticing Steven's distress, Bismuth quickly joins in the song to inspire him.

"When has it ever been easy?
Hasn't it always been hard to be us?
When you go against the grain,
There's always somebody around you can't trust..."

Bismuth walks up to Steven and stares at Spinel in distrust, who reacts obliviously by looking for the 'someone' they cannot trust.

"That's why we've got to have each other,
While we'll figure this out, we must!
Because we, are the Crystal Gems!
And we never give up,
We never give up on our friends!"

Bismuth lifts Steven up to his feet, and huddles around Peridot and Lapis, bringing her friends closer together.

"As long as one of us is standing to brandish the star,
We'll find a way
To save the day,
That's who we are!

That's why we've got to have each other,
While we'll figure this out, we must!
Because we, are the Crystal Gems!
And we never give up,
We never give up on our friends!"

Bismuth lifts Steven up to his feet, and huddles around Peridot and Lapis, bringing her friends closer together.

"As long as one of us is standing to brandish the star,
We'll find a way
To save the day,
That's who we are!"

Bismuth points at the star on Steven's shirt and poses proudly with Peridot and Lapis. Still uninspired, Steven continues to mope.

"Here we are in the future,
Here we are in the future and it's wrong!"

"Look at them, they're not even singing along!" Steven gestures towards Ruby and Sapphire, as the former continues to stand on guard to protect the latter.

"If I could've just stopped right there, we'd be
Totally fine,
Totally us,
Totally me...!"

Steven gazes down at the warp pad in the Little Homeworld square and keels over in despair. Bismuth walks over as she continues to inspire him. Bismuth looks at Steven

"Even if it takes a thousand years to get them back, we will!
They may not know who they are, but we do!"

Bismuth leads Steven and company to a lift and the group descends down to the square.

"Believe me, Steven, I've known them longer,
I've seen them get through worse and come back stronger,
That's why I believe in them,
And I believe in you!"

Bismuth runs up to a mixer at the square and proceeds to dump molten lava in a star-shaped mold surrounding the warp pad.

"Because we, are the Crystal Gems!
And we never give up,
No, we never give up on our friends!

Steven watches in awe as the lava fills the mold, reigniting his spirit once more.

"As long as one of is standing to brandish the star,Bismuth & PeridotWe'll find a way..."

Bismuth and Lapis sing together

"To save the day,BismuthThat's who we are!

Steven then says "Right! Okay, let's put our heads together. There's gotta be some way to make them remember".Spinel asks "What if it's like a puzzle?" "Huh?" Says a confused Steven "If we give 'em all the pieces, eventually, they'll get the picture, like silver 'me' did!" "Spinel, you might be onto something. If every experience they lost is a-a piece of who they are, we just have to give them back all the pieces; one experience at a time!" "Are you serious?" Asks Lapis and Peridot yells "That could take forever!" "Exactly, so let's get started!"

Steven, Bismuth, Peridot and Lapis together:

"We'll find a way
To save the day,
That's who we are!"

Steven, Bismuth, Lapis, and Peridot dramatically pose on the warp pad as they conclude their song... before being joined by Spinel, who over-dramatically repeats Steven's opening lines from the song.

"Here we are in the future, yeah!
Here we are in the future and it's wrooong!"

"Whoa, Spinel, it's okay. We're done"

[Time-Skip]

Ruby is seen marching around Sapphire, keeping on guard of the latter. "Hup, hup, hup, hup. *pauses* Mh-hmm. *marches again* Hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup." Nearby, Steven is pacing around, contemplating, while Bismuth, Peridot, Lapis, and Spinel are all gathered and listening to him. "So, when Ruby and Sapphire first became Garnet, Ruby rushed in to save Sapphire from danger, and bam! They fused. So, maybe we've gotta create some sort of dangerous situation."

Lapis then says "Well, what do we have that's deadly and dangerous laying around?" "I think we could dig something up!" Peridot chuckles as she runs towards a nearby dumpster, rummaging through the various items inside while repeating "Danger, danger, danger. What have we got? Hmm. No" she gasps "Aha!" Steven looks in surprise as Peridot pulls out a large, circular buzzsaw. "A giant pizza cutter??" He asks her "That is one of its functions, yes." She replies "I can't threaten them with this." "Hmm... Here!" Peridot presses a button on the handle, turning the buzzsaw on, to Steven's surprise "Now, it's much more threatening. Off you go now!" She pushes Steven away Spinel waves to Steven "Good luck!"