129 days until final report.

Steven wakes up. It's a foggy morning, the boardwalk is mostly empty at this hour. The gems left last night to hunt down a corrupted gem so Steven's home alone. He lazily rolls out of bed, unsure of what to do today. He can't go see Lion, that risks warping in when Jasper or Peridot are home. He can't head to the boardwalk as it's not open yet. Connie called and said she's gonna be in town, but only later in the evening.

Steven heads out to the beach, admiring the waves. He remembers the Crystal Gems. The first Crystal Gem he met was a tall, slender white gem with a sword. A gem called Pearl.

The second Crystal Gem, was Bismuth, whose bubble was popped after Steven found it in Lion's mane.

Both these gems had two thing in common. One, they were Crystal Gems. Two, they tried to hurt Steven's family.

Steven sighs, he thinks aloud.

"I wonder where you guys are," he begins, "I mean, I bubbled you and then, poof, gone. I wish I knew where you went, so I could figure out why you did it? Ah well, guess it's to late now."

Steven heads back inside to grab a bite to eat. He opens a bag of pretzels. After eating a few on his bed, watching Lonely Blade Six: The Oracle, he drops one under his bed.

"Three second rule!" He exclaims reaching for it. Steven leans to grab the pretzel, but falls off his bed. As he gets up, he notices three pink things under his bed. The bubbles.

Steven grabs one to investigate. The first one, is the corrupted gem Connie saw him fight. He puts it back and grabs another. The second, is Bismuth.

"Hahaha," Steven laughs uneasily, "don't want answers that badly."

Steven puts the bubble back and reaches for the third and final bubble. In it, is a blue gem, one he bubbled when he met Pearl. Pearl was with two other gems, one of which split into two. This was one half of that gem. Steven realizes he has the opportunity to interrogate the gem. All he has to do is pop the bubble and get his sword. It's not like a sheild will intimidate her. However, Steven has no clue when the others will return. It's to risky.

Just then, the warp goes off. Steven quickly hides the bubble as Lapis appears.

"Steven!" She smiles, "how are you?"

"I'm good," Steven replies, greeting Lapis with a hug, "how's hunting down the monster?"

"Not good," Lapis replies, "it's gonna be a while, so we drew straws to see who gets to keep an eye on you and I won. So, here I am."

"Hey," Steven asks, "I gotta warp somewhere. If the others get back, cover for me, OK?"

"Sure," Lapis replies, "just don't do anything crazy."

Steven replies as he walks up to his room and hides the three bubbles in his backpack, "don't worry, I can handle it."

Steven steps on the warp pad. "See ya!" He smiles, waving.

"Be safe Stevey," Lapis returns in kind.

Steven leaves. Lapis decides to take a quick flight to pass the time and soars into the sky.

Steven arrives at the strawberry field.

"Lion," he demands, already preparing an intimidating facade, "my sword."

Lion summons Rose's sword. Steven pulls it from its sheath.

"Listen," Steven explains, "we're doing something very important here today, I need you to be intimidating. Ready?"

Lion roars as if to say yes.

"Great," Steven replies.

Steven puts Bismuth and the corrupted gem into Lion's mane and pops Sapphire's bubble. Sapphire reforms.

"Hello Steven," she smiles, "Glad to see this was the outcome..."