Ch. 10 Rose's Laser Cannon

Diana, Amethyst, and Steven head toward It's a Wash, the car wash where their father, Greg Universe, lives. The trio runs toward the van, and Diana knocks on the door, hoping that Greg is inside.

" Dad! Dad! Dad! It's Diana. Steven and Amethyst are with me," Diana calls out.

The trio heard footsteps coming from inside the van. They saw the door open, revealing Greg.

" Diana. Steven. Everything okay?" Greg asked, looking concerned.

" Dad, do you have the key to that storage unit with all Mama Rose's belongings?" Diana asked. " It's urgent," she said.

" Yeah. I still have it. What do you need?" Greg asked, looking worried.

" We need Rose's Laser Cannon," Amethyst butts in.

" Beach City is in danger, Dad!" Steven says afterward.

" Steven!" Diana and Amethyst looked at Steven.

" Doesn't Dad see the change in the color of the sky?" Steven looks at Diana and Amethyst.

Greg looked at his surroundings.

" The sky seems normal to me. Then again, I'm human. I can't see what you and Diana see," He says, looking at Diana and Steven.

" Oh," Steven responded when the realization hit him.

" But, come on in. I'll take you guys to the storage unit to get Rose's Laser Cannon," Greg steps to the side, letting the trio into the van.

" Thanks, Dad! Diana hugs Greg.

Greg smiled, hugging Diana back.

" You can sit in the front with me," He says. " Steven. Amethyst. You two can sit in the middle row," He points to the seats beside them.

" Okay!" Steven nodded.

He sat down and put on his seat belt.

" Is it because he and I are short while Diana is taller than us?" Amethyst raised an eyebrow.

Greg, Diana, and Amethyst looked at each other.

" It's a safety precaution!" Greg blushes. " I do not want to get arrested by the cops if you two don't have your seat belts," He tells Amethyst.

" Fine," Amethyst sits down, putting on her seat belt.

Greg and Diana sat in the front and put on their seat belts. Greg turns on the van and drives away, taking the trio to the storage facility.

" Oooo! A magical storage unit," Steven stared from inside the van.

" Ha! Not exactly. But, some would say there's magic inside," Greg parks the van outside his storage unit, 1B.

Diana, Steven, and Amethyst got out of the van. Greg turned off the vehicle and got out, walking towards the door. He unlocked it, and they went inside the storage unit.

" It's so dark in here," Amethyst and Steven say.

" Diana! Can you turn on the light that's next to you?" Greg asked.

Diana pushed the button, and light appeared in the room. Amethyst and Steven's eyebrows rose, and they looked in awe when they saw so much stuff.

" Pearl is going to be so pissed off to learn that Rose entrusted all this stuff to Greg," Amethyst snickered, but Diana heard her.

Diana raised an eyebrow and tilted her head, pondering why Pearl would be angry at her dad for possessing her mother's belongings.

Steven walked around the room, searching for his mother's laser cannon. He blinked when he saw a black shirt with a Mr. Universe logo.

Steven grabbed it and saw some CDs underneath it. He noticed it had their last name on it.

" Dad! Were you a musician?" He asked, showing the shirt and CD to Greg.

" Ah! I remember that shirt and those CDs. Before owning a car wash, I was a one-person band. I traveled the whole country," Greg smiled.

Diana helped Amethyst search for her mother's cannon while listening to Steve and their Dad talk.

" When I came to play a concert here in Beach City, no one showed up except-" Greg's gaze saddened.

Diana looked and figured her mother was the only person who attended her father's concert that night.

"-your mother," Greg spotted a medium-sized portrait of him and Rose with little Diana in her arms.

" Why is Diana the only one with you and Mom in that picture? Where am I?" Steve asked, looking at the picture.

" Steven, Diana was three years old when that picture got taken, a year before you were born," Greg explained.

" Oh!" Steve nodded in understanding.

" You know, after your mother gave up her physical form to bring you into the world. I don't know what a magic lady like her ever saw in a plain old dope like me," Greg mutters.

Diana was about to say something but stopped when she saw her gem glow. A light came out of her, and it pointed at something. Curious, she followed the light and saw a massive pink cannon with a rose design.

" I found it!" Diana shouts, grabbing everyone's attention.

" That cannon is huge!" Steve looked at the cannon in awe.

" The problem is that we have to take it to the beach where Garnet and Pearl are," Amethyst approached and studied the cannon.

" Diana!" Greg calls out.

Diana turns and sees her dad throwing a key at her. She quickly catches the key and looks at him, confused.

" I trust you to drive the van with the cannon, Steve, and Amethyst to the beach," Greg says, looking at Diana knowingly.

Diana smiled, as Greg had been helping her learn to drive during the summer. She only has a driver's permit and plans on taking her behind-the-wheel test soon.

" Okay! Let's take the cannon to the van," She looks at Steve and Amethyst.

" I'll help you put it in the van," Greg pushes the cannon out of the storage unit with Amethyst and Steven.

Diana walks out afterward and locks the storage unit. She saw her dad, brother, and Amethyst put the cannon inside the van.

" Let's get going." She enters the van with her dad in the front and Amethyst and her brother sitting behind.

Diana drives away from the storage facility and takes the others to the beach, where Garnet and Pearl watch the Red Eye.

" That thing's getting huge, it's freaking me out!" Amethyst looks out the window.

" Can't the van go any faster?" Steven asked, looking worried.

" Your sister only has a driver's permit. She can only drive the van at a safe pace," Greg explains.

When the van reached the beach, everyone got out. Greg and the trio removed the cannon from the vehicle.

" You two be careful," Greg says, getting the keys from Diana.

" Okay! You should get going, Dad," Diana looks at her dad worryingly.

Greg nodded, got inside the van, and drove away.

" Hey, you guys!" Amethyst shouts, helping the siblings push the cannon to Pearl and Garnet.

Pearl looked shocked to see the familiar cannon.

Garnet looked relieved.

" He had it this whole time!" Pearl gasped, looking at the cannon with mixed emotions.

" We got to stop that thing before it hits Earth," Diana firmly says.

Pearl came back to reality and nodded.

" But how do we use it? It belonged to Rose," Amethyst says, biting her lips, looking worried.

" Steven!" Pearl looks at Steven. " You have Rose's gem. You can activate it," She says.

" That's right!" Amethyst grabs Steven and starts rubbing him against the cannon.

" I-I don't know if it's working," Steven says, looking concerned when his gem doesn't glow.

Diana looked at the cannon with mixed emotions. She didn't know why, but something in her told her to put her hand on the cannon.

She walks up to the cannon and puts her hand on it.

Garnet looked and saw Diana's gem glow.

Everyone saw the cannon start to glow.

" It's working!" Pearl looked surprised.

Diana intently stared at the Red Eye, narrowing her eyes. She was determined to destroy the machine so it wouldn't hurt Earth and everyone she loved.

" I'm not going to let you hurt my planet and the people that live in it!" She screams, pushing the button, watching a massive light shot out of the cannon and heading toward the Red Eye.

Steven looked in awe when he saw the light go through the Red Eye, destroying it.

" Brace yourselves!" Garnet shouts when she foresaw the Red Eye going to crash into the ocean, creating a small tsunami.

Everyone looked and saw the Red Eye crash into the ocean, and they saw a tsunami heading in their direction.

Pearl immediately grew wings on her back and grabbed Steven as they flew to the sky.

Amethyst transformed into an owl.

Garnet grabs the cannon and throws it toward the gem's temple, knowing it won't break. She then takes Diana, holds her bridal style, and jumps.

Diana saw the waves crash on the sand where she and Garnet stood. She looked at everything with mixed emotions, glad that the tsunami wasn't massive.

Garnet reached safety, standing beside Pearl and Amethyst. She gently puts Diana down and looks at her.

" Are you alright?" She asked.

" I'm fine," Diana nodded.

" Thank you," She looked relieved. " Steven. Are you okay?" She turns and looks at her younger brother.

" I'm fine!" Steven smiled.

Diana smiled, looking relieved.

" Can I get a written excuse note? I feel that I missed homeroom and first period already," She tells her guardians.

" I'll write one for you," Garnet nodded.

" Thank you!" Diana hugs Garnet.

She sighed, glad that her world and the people that live in it were safe.

Deep in outer space, a green finger warship is notified that one of its Red Eyes has been destroyed.

" Ah! I cannot believe it," A feminine voice shouts angrily.

" What's wrong, Peridot?" Another feminine voice asked, sounding bored.

" Jasper! One of my Red Eyes got destroyed on Crystal System Colony: Planet Earth," Peridot responded.

Jasper raised an eyebrow at the mention of the abandoned gem colony plant, where she heard stories of the Crystal Gems cracking and shattering their leader, Pink Diamond's gem. Her hands tightened into fists, angry and guilty that she wasn't there to protect her beloved leader.

" Do I have to go and serve Yellow Diamond, My Diamond?" Jasper asked, looking at her beloved leader, Pink Diamond, outside her chambers.

" Yes. My sister needs extra protection," Pink Diamond responded.

" I'd rather protect you," Jasper looked worried.

" I'll be fine. I have Rose Quartz and Pearl to look after me," Pink Diamond smiled.

" Rose Quartz and Pearl will regret taking her away from me," Jasper growls.

" Put the coordinates to Earth. Something tells me that the so-called Crystal Gems are residing there. That also means Pink Diamond is somewhere captive," she firmly says, believing that her beloved leader is still alive but can't come out because her gem is cracked and shattered.

Peridot nods, setting the coordinates to Earth.

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