Steven wakes up, panting and sweating.
"Bro, are you okay?" Isabella asks.
"Didn't you feel that?" Peridot asks as the Crystal Gems are gathered nearby.
"Feel what?" Amethyst asks.
"The ground shook! This could be the start of the emergence of the Cluster." the green gem gestures to some drawings on the chalkboard, "Stage 1: slight tremors every quarter hour. Stage 2: full-scale earthquakes. Stage 3..." she flips the chalkboard, showing an illustration of Earth being destroyed, "The Earth is destroyed! We're running out of time. We need to drill right now!"
"No, it's Malachite!" Steven exclaims.
Malachite?!" The Crystal Gems yell.
"What?" Peridot asks.
"Steven, how do you know?" Isabella asks.
"I was on Mask Island. I was in a Watermelon Isabella. They have a lovely community, but Malachite, she was there!" Steven explains as Amethyst coughs out a bite of her sandwich.
"Lapis Lazuli is losing control. Soon, Jasper will overpower her and Malachite will be loose." Garnet says.
"Who knows what sort of destruction an unstable fusion like Malachite could cause?" Pearl asks.
"Alright, Gems. Pearl, Amethyst, and I will warp to Mask Island. Isabella, Steven, it's too dangerous for you. Stay here and watch after the drill with Peridot. Let's go, Gems! To the nearest warp pad!" Garnet orders.
"To the nearest warp pad!" Amethyst and Pearl repeat.
The Crystal Gems run off and warp away. As soon as they leave, a tremor occurs.
...
Isabella, Steven, and Peridot were sitting on the mattress Steven was sleeping on earlier.
"So... Lazuli has Jasper trapped in a fusion?" Peridot asks, "You're joking me."
"It's true! But Lapis must be getting tired from fighting Jasper for so long." Isabella says.
"Just being on a ship with Jasper made me tired." Peridot comments as another tremor occurs.
Steven stands up, "Ah! We gotta help them!"
"Steven, they told us it was too dangerous." Isabella told him.
"Why don't you just disobey them? Rebel. Isn't that, like, your guys' thing?" Peridot suggests.
"You're right. Oh, I know! I'll fall asleep and go into a Watermelon Steven again. This way, I can help them and be safe at the same time." Steven chuckles and lies down on his sister's lap.
"Wow. You're a real anarchist." Peridot says with sarcasm.
"No one can tell... me what to do." Steven dozes off and starts snoring.
"Wait, what do we do now?" Peridot asks.
"For the time being, we wait." Isabella says as the green gem sighs deeply.
...
Steven jolts away as the ground shakes and cracks.
"Steven! Come on!" Isabella picks him up as Peridot was standing on a ladder.
"If you're done just lying there, maybe it's about time that we stop the world from ending!" Peridot yells.
"Steven, are the Gems still on Mask Island?" Isabella asks.
"They're stuck there! We have to drill without them!" Steven answers.
"Ugh! AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE MEANING OF TEAMWORK?!" Peridot exclaims as the two siblings climb up the ladder, "Okay, Isabella, Steven, are you ready to drill down into the planet to depths never before reached by your species to stop the Cluster before it forms and save your world!?"
