"Uhhh..." Steven replies, "saving you guys from these... you said Crystal Gems right?"

"Steven," Lapis explains, "you know what's gonna happen if Jasper finds out you warped here."

"Just tell here you finished them off, shattered them, and brought me back here," Steven replies, "it'll be fine."

Steven taps the top of the bubble, sending the blue gem to where he feels is home, or as far as he knows, far away.

There a moment of tense silence as Lapis and Steven sit, looking out at the foggy ocean, calm now, but still unnerving.

"Did they..." Lapis ask, "say anything?"

"No," Steven lies, "not really."

In truth, the words of the tall gem made Steven more curious about Rose. He'll have to ask Lion about it later.

"Were those the other gems you mentioned?" Steven inquires, just trying to prevent the conversation from dying.

"Yeah," Lapis replies, "that was them. It's over now though. I'm just glad you're safe."

Jasper reforms. "You stay away from Steven you defective gem shatterers!" Jasper exclaims. She sees Steven. "Steven!" She exclaims rushing to him, "are you OK? You aren't hurt, are you?"

"I'm fine," Steven replies, "What happened here?"

Lapis realizes Steven is playing dumb, and plays along. "Well," she acts, "uhhh..."

"Allies of Rose," Jasper explains, "they wanted to take you away. That's why I really sent you to get a weapon. Just in case..."

Jaspser shutters at the thought of it coming down to Steven and one of the rebels, unaware that's exactly what happened.

"But it's over now," Jasper hugs Steven, "you're safe now."

Peridot reforms. "You stay away from Steven you clods!" She exclaims. She sees Steven and Lapis.

"Oh," she's honestly a little embarrassed, she feels exposed without her limb enhancers, "excuse me a moment."

Peridot reattaches her limb enhancers. "Nice work Lapis!" Peridot congratulates.

"It wasn't..." Lapis almost lets it slip Steven helped, "easy, but we did it."

"Yeah," Peridot replies, "we sure did. Anyone make sure Steven's OK?"

"I'm fine," Steven smiles, "you guys were willing to fight dangerous allies of Rose Quartz for me?"

"Of course," Peridot replies, "what are friends for?"

"We'll always be here for you," Lapis smiles.

They look at Jasper, just realizing they've shown emotional attachment to Steven in front of her.

Jasper smiles and rustles Steven's hair.

"Don't worry kid," she smiles kindly, "we'll always be here for you."

The gems all hug Steven, ending up in a group hug. It's this moment, that Steven finally feels at home. Sapphire's bubble doesn't go to the temple. It goes to Ocean Town, hidden under Steven's bed...

End of season one.