Steven Universe: Time Split

Chapter 23: The Return

Y/n poured some boiling water into a mug, mixing it with some coffee beans so it would create a drink that would wake him up.

"Pair, we'll need to be careful from now on ..." Y/n groaned as he rubbed his very tired eyes.

The human had woken up almost 20 minutes ago, but had just decided to get out of bed. For some reason, hanging out with the gems, and Steven was really tiring ... especially when Amethyst started getting random.

Pair had beeped in response, Y/n only just registered the response as he took a sip from the mug of coffee. "Well, apart from Homeworld apparently returning, the gems are probably getting suspicious about me ... It might be time to come clean ... at least partially ..." Y/n told, almost fully awake.

Pair questioned what he meant.

"For starters, Lapis sent a message telling the gems that Homeworld was coming ... She didn't say how many, but from what I can tell is that Peridot will probably be there." Y/n summarised the events of yesterday.

Y/n was supposed to tell Pair yesterday when he returned from the Beach House, but fell asleep before he could.

"And for partially coming clean ... I think we should tell them that we come from a different timeline, but not everything, we can come up with a backstory later. I just don't want them to see me as a bad person." Y/n told.

Pair beeped in understanding, it made sense not to tell them everything, the two of them don't know how they'd react to it all, so it's best to keep it simple and by the book.

Y/n hummed, quickly finishing his coffee, finally awake. "Right, Pair, let's go do an ammo count. We need to make sure we have enough." Y/n told, standing up, and gesturing to the little robot to follow him as he headed for the door.

Pair crawled after his owner, following the human downstairs, and into the workshop. Y/n stepped over to some boxes he had brought to store the various ammunition he would use.

"Okay ... So ... 45Acp, 160 rounds." Y/n commented, getting Pair to make a digital note of the number.

"9mm ... 90 rounds ... I'll need to buy more of those, luckily they're cheap, and abundant." Y/n told as Pair added the number to the list.

Y/n took a few seconds as he moved the boxes around, soon finding the box that held the 50. Cal bullets which he makes whenever he has spare time. "And 50. Cal, 40 rounds. That should be enough for now, but it would be useful to spend some more time assembling additional ammo."

Pair, of course, beeped in agreement, quickly adding the last number to the list.

Y/n put everything back, and sighed as he stood up straight, thinking about what he could do next.

"Hmm ... I guess it would probably be best to start putting together some more 50. Cal ammo, huh?" Y/n said, it wasn't really a question as he pulled out all the necessary materials, and got to work with Pair watching by closely.

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Pair suddenly beeped, concerned about something which caught Y/n's attention.

"What's wrong?" Y/n yelled, placing the recently finished bullet on the table as he turned to Pair.

Pair didn't respond straight away, rather he pulled up the radar mini-map, and focused on the newest dot that has appeared on the radar.

"It's ... larger than any of the satellites ... that's for sure." Y/n commented as he couched down to where Pair was displaying the hologram, running his fingers over the large dot.