The Gems watched from the edges of the massive diamond shaped platform in the center of Homeworld's largest city. Yellow Diamond was introduced by her Pearl to thunderous applause as Steven walked forward, glaring down, shield in his hand as the crowds went silent. Yellow looked down at her foe.

So small to her. This little runt had caused this much chaos? Had caused...

How White had treated her...

She shooked with fear at the thought or White Diamond, but only for a moment before returning to her composed facade.

"As is tradition the weaker Diamond throws the first punch," Yellow Diamond explained.

Steven smirked but didn't move.

Silence lingered for a few seconds before Yellow asked, "Well?"

"I'm waiting on the weaker Diamond," Steven taunted with a chuckle.

Song: As Bright as the Yellow Sun, Defying a Diamond

Based On: Nothing. Tune will instead be described. (Would love to hear someone compose it though.)

Yellow Diamond clenched her fist as the four Diamond chords played.

First all four. White's, Yellow's, Blue's, and Pink's.

They played again. White's, Yellow's, then Blue's. This time Pink's didn't occur as Pink is dead.

Once more, this time only White's then Yellow's, for Blue Diamond wasn't here to save Steven.

Finally, only White's cord played as it was not Yellow's choice to fight, but White Diamond's.

This chord lingered as Yellow Diamond prepared for combat, electircty flying from between her fingertips. This chord would linger under the rest of the song as it began to play. Despite Yellow Diamond's chords mixed with electronic sounding music forming the main instrumental, intense and haunting, as if Yellow Diamond is something not meant to be fought, as if she is to large, to powerful to be fought. It sounds less like the theme of a boss fight and more like the theme that would play if one encountered Cthulhu, or some lovecraftian horror. Something to large and powerful to kill. Despite the Yellow Diamond chords that accompany this atmosphere, the White Diamond chords remain underneath, as if she is the unseen hand that manipulates this battle.

Yellow Diamond made the first attack shooting lightning from her hand at Steven who blocked with his shield.

"Here we stand," Steven sang as he lunged forward with bubbles around his fists, "Here at the end.
Years of bloodshed,
From Pink's first sin."

Yellow Diamond stomped the ground, attempting to crushed Steven who glowed pink and narrowly avoided the attack, debris flying through the air as the ground shattered.

"At the end," Steven continued as leapt up towards Yellow, "All of my pain.
Right at its source.
Standing face to face."

Steven punched Yellow Diamond in the face, sending her staggering backwards as he managed to get her footing. She sang back as she blasted Steven with lightning, "You dare to defy us?
Defy me?
You dare to claim we are false Gods?
You're just a half and half freak!

Some abomination!
You are Rose Quartz's final sin!
Her very last,
Abomination!"

The lightning blasted Steven back, drawing blood from his head that dripped into his left eye, forcing it shut as he stood back up and sang, shielding himself from a barrage of attacks, "Yes this is true!
I will not lie!
Pink Diamond's sins,
Are why I am here!

But I garuntee!
This pain ends with me!
When one of us falls,
For I-

I know that I'm strong!
I talk a big talk!
But I'm not afraid to fall.
This is my last stand!"

Steven threw his shield at Yellow Diamond who staggered back and countered with lightning as Steven sang, dodging, "Deep down a part of me,
Wishes that you were like Blue,
As she has shown me,
All beings hold good.

And my family you hurt,
From Pearl to Peridot,
They too,
All deserve better.

But at the end of the day,
You're the one who took Jasper away.
And this is the only way,
I can avenge her."

The two charged and clashed once more...

Song: Don't Die On Me

Based On: Don't Go (Vocaloid)

Spinel sits in the Garden, thinking about Steven as she began to sing, recalling ad Steven walked away, "I told myself,
That my brother would be OK.
That he could take Yellow Diamond,
With relative ease."

The image flashes for a moment as she recall Pink Diamond walking to that same warp to abandon her all those years ago.

Spinel continued, "Yet I spent,
So long fused,
Deep down I already,
Know the truth.

Steven went into that fight.
Knowing he could not win!
I saw all his thoughts!
He doesn't have the will to kill."

Spinel began to panic and unbubbled Amethyst, and while what she said isn't heard it seems to convince Amethyst as the two warp to Earth, the vocals continuing over the scene, "Over these last months.
I've grown to love.
The family,
Steven forged."

The two arrive to see the rest of the Gems. Amethyst stops them before they attack Spinel and appears to speak as Spinel sings, images of her with her human friends, dating Sadie, and with Amethyst echoing behind her, "Deep down I know.
He thinks he's alone.
And he doesn't wish,
To kill.

Deep down I know.
He expects to fall.
And knows this will be his last,
Night alive.

But I won't allow those who have hurt,
Steven so many times.
To take him,
From us!"

The entire group of Gems warp to the Garden and approach a ship as they speak to Phenoix who agrees to help them, Jasper following them and refusing to not tag along as Spinel sings the last verse, "Steven please wait.
Please just keep breathing.
We're already,
On our way.

You're not alone.
And we won't allow,
You to,
Die today.

You're not alone this time..."

The song ends as the scene goes back to Steven who is now coughing up blood as he shields himself from Yellow Diamond's foot, his shield cracking.

Yellow cried out, "You think I wanted this!?! That this is what I asked for!?! I'm not the head of Homeworld! We're all just puppets in her malicious schemes, but now at least she won't hurt me! No one's coming to save you Steven!"

But you see someone is.

Did you forget?

Steven does have one friend on Homeworld.

"No!" A voice cried and a blue wave sent an ocean if tears streaming down the face of onlookers. She stood tall and shielded Steven, "Yellow stop this!"

"Step aside!" Yellow screamed, "You don't know what you're doing Blue!"

The Gems watched confused.

Blue turned away, "I can't... I can't anymore Yellow. I heard what you said and I know you feel the same! We... we can't. We can't do this anymore."

"She'll shatter us!" Yellow screamed, "Look at our Courts!"

The other Gems looked away, to afraid to agree as the unspoken terror of White Diamond loomed over them.

"Is that any worse than killing the ones we love?" Blue Diamond inquired as she lifted the injured Steven, "I won't let you do this. If you wish to settle a disagreement between Diamonds via trial by combat... well, if you're hurting Steven, your disagreement is with me..."

Yellow fell to her knees weeping, "I can't fight you... you know that..."

"Wait..." Steven asked, "You don't want this do you?"

A voice boomed cold and powerful, "Yellow. Be a dear and cleanse us of these defective Diamonds would you sweetie?"

The White Pearl stood by the side of the Diamond as Yellow wiped her tears. The Pearl added, "You know what I do to defects."

"I don't wanna do this," Yellow pleaded, "I don't wanna hurt her... I don't even wanna hurt him! He's not Pink Diamond! He's not Rose!"

"You know..." the pearl grinned maliciously, speaking with hidden hostility, "What I do... to defects. To imperfections."

"You..." Steven glared at the Pearl, "You... You're behind all this aren't you? Yellow never wanted this! It's all because of you!"

Steven began to glow pink and screamed, "You're my real enemy! Aren't you!?!"

Steven glowed pink, "Then I demand satisfaction! I demand trial by combat!"

The Pearl's vacant smile morphed into hatred, "Kill the vile creature."

The two Diamonds refused.

"I won't do this anymore," Yellow Diamond glared, "Hurt me all you want, but to threaten Blue... that's where I draw the line."

"I stand with my sister Yellow," Blue added, "And my friend Steven. You can't take all of us!"

"Very well you shall all die and I shall make a perfect world built upon your Gem shards!" The Pearl screamed as White Diamond revealed herself at last, an explosion of light covered the planet and all Gems save for the two Diamonds turned white and smiled vacantly at our heroes, surrounding them on all sides as the false Goddess approached, "I should have shattered you all years ago. Any last words?"

"If I die my ideas of a better world will live on," Steven glared.

"Shall we test that?" White Diamond chuckled.

The battle began as White Diamond charged, shooting a white beam of energy from her eyes at the trio as all the infected Gems blasted them as well. Steven deflected the blast with a bubble, the energy staggering White Diamond who glared, but collected herself and smiled, "Such imperfections. I'll remove you like an old stain."

"Steven look out!" Blue Diamond yelled.

White Diamond threw a punch that Yellow Diamond tried to block with lightning only to be slammed aside as White Diamond crushed Steven clean through his shield, a last ditch effort to protect himself, beneath her massive fist. A loud crack filled the air and the force was so great it pushed the Gem within Steven's stomach out of his body, clean and without blood it flew across the platform, but this doesn't mean Steven's body was unharmed.

Steven was broken, unable to stand as he began to bleed out, broken bone stuck out from his left arm as Blue wept over him.

Song: I Couldn't Protect You

Based On: Let Us Adore You

There is one instrumental difference between this and Let Us Adore You. This song was much slower and had a heart beat monitor bleeping in the background, slowly slowing with each line...

Blue Diamond sang as she summoned a viel of blue energy to shield her and Yellow from the beams of white light as Yellow tried to hold off the approaching horde, poofing them as an endless army closed in.

Blue sang weeping, "You could've lived with us in the place,
I had a room waiting for you.
Steven...
I couldn't protect you.

We never wanted any of this.
I only wanted to hold you.
Steven...
I couldn't protect you.

Ever since that day we met,
I know you were,
Someone that I could confide in.
Someone that I could call my friend.

You were truly a wonderful person,
And I truly cherished you.
Steven...
I couldn't protect you.

I suppose if it makes you feel much better.
If there is some sort of life after,
You won't have to wait long for us..."

With that, Steven's eyes closed and the heartbeat...

Flatlined...