(As Steven's team walks down a hallway, they find a room where some rubble is blocking the entrance and Gems can be heard screaming for help from inside.)
Steven: Did you guys hear that? It seems there are Gems in there.
Spinel: Then we should remove the rubble blocking the entrance ASAP, right?
Steven: Why is it even a question? Let's help them!
Jasper: When it comes to helping, count me out.
Steven: I know.
Jasper: I'll just stand guard over here, okay?
Steven: Fine.
(Steven and Spinel manage to remove all the rubble from the entrance, once inside the room, they find a bunch of Pearls terrified of what happened.)
Steven: They are all Pearls.
Spinel: So it seems. At least they're not such complicated Gems to deal with.
Steven: *shouts* Are any of you hurt?!
(The bunch of Pearls panic, so they run to a corner of the room, then hug each other while shivering in fear.)
Steven: Whoa, take it easy! We're not here to hurt you.
Spinel: Exactly. Just chill out a little bit, okay?
(The Pearls are still terrified.)
Spinel: It gets worse.
Steven: Shoot, what can we do to calm them down? Any ideas, Spinel?
Spinel: Hmm– Oh, I got it! *pulls out the Rubies' gemstones* Just check this out! *begins juggling the gemstones* Cool, huh?
Steven: Didn't you have something else to juggle?
Spinel: Nope! But Look, It's working.
(The Pearls, visibly captivated, find Spinel's juggling entertaining, so they begin to calm down.)
Steven: Yeah! Well done, Spinel, you're entertaining them!
Spinel: *juggling* Of course, entertaining people is my specialty.
Steven: You see, Pearls? We just want to help you, so if any of you are hurt, let me know. I can heal any kind of wound!
(A familiar Pearl steps forward, approaches Steven and Spinel and turns out to be Pink Pearl.)
Spinel: *still juggling* Pink Diamond's Pearl! I mean, the old one.
Pink Pearl: If you really want to help us, do you think you can help me with this? *points at her cracked eye* I don't even know how it happened.
Steven: Uh... I'm so sorry, in the past I tried to heal you once and it didn't work.
Pink Pearl: Oh.
Steven: Man, that crack didn't heal even with rejuvenation. Sometimes Mom's powers terrify me.
Spinel: I feel you.
Steven: Poor pearl, it's a shame that even with Mom's own powers I can't reverse the damage she did to her.
Spinel: You know, I saw this Pearl a couple of times, one day she was just replaced, I never knew why. But I didn't imagine that Pink had hurt her this way, she never showed that kind of power when she spent time with me.
Steven: Well, your assignment was to keep her happy, wasn't it? Those destructive powers only manifest through anger. I guess you were doing fine.
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Steven Universe: The Return [FanFiction English]
FanfictionIt's been about a year since Steven embarked on a journey of self-discovery across the country, also since he's been seeing a therapist to help him deal with his emotional issues. Steven hasn't seen his loved ones in person since he left Beach City...