0 days until final report.

Judgement day.

6 hours remain.

Steven sat on the beach outside the temple as Amethyst ate fry bits next to him.

"Want some?" She asked.

"I'll pass I'll just eat when I'm not in a dream," Steven replied.

The dream was once more shared by the duo who sat in silence before Amethyst broke down and asked, "OK so... do you hate me? I know you're mad about the whole... Opal thing."

"Yeah I'm mad," Steven sighed, "But I don't hate you. I could never hate you. I love you as my family. You're my sister Amethyst. Nothing will change that. Don't worry. Frankly I've forgiven you by now."

"Thanks," Amethyst smiled, "I needed to hear that. Um... so... today the day?"

Steven nodded, "Yeah pretty much. Not much has happened really between when you guys showed up and now. Jasper has just been... way eager to spend time with me. Moreso than usual. Almost clingy. I'm worried she's scared. Scared of what could happen."

"I mean who wouldn't be?" Amethyst shrugged, "It's a Diamond! The top dogs in gem society! They're basically space Gods so I've been told."

"I suppose," Steven sighed, "But... I dunno. Seeing mom scared makes me nervous too. You know?"

Amethyst nodded, "Yeah... but... hey, on the plus side, we can hangout in person soon! Won't that be fun?"

Steven smiled, "Yeah. Yeah! You know what? It will! Mom won't be gone forever."

"Exactly!" Amethyst exclaimed, "You got this Ste-man!"

"Thanks," Steven smiled standing up as a ringing echoed across the beach, "Well, I better wake up. See you soon."

"See you bro," Amethyst replied.

Steven woke up and walked outside, he sat on the boardwalk to clear his head as the Sun crest over the ocean blue, calm, as clouds loomed overhead, as if within the eye of the coming storm.

Steven's phone rang with a call from Connie as she answered, "Hey Steven how you holding up?"

"Anxious to say the least," Steven conceded, "Today's the big day and I just..."

"Don't worry," Connie assured him, "Just stick to Jasper's plan and my dad and I will pick you up and get you to Beach City."

"Thanks Connie," Steven smiled.

Steven looked at the grey clouds and sighed, "I'm not OK."

"I can kinda tell," Connie admitted.

"Should I be in therapy?" Steven asked.

Connie replied, "No offense, but yeah you should. I'm no expert but with your severe trust issues and overall rough experiences this last year it makes sense you have issues."

"I just feel..." Steven sighed, "Increasingly unstable. As if something in my mind is going to break. I keep feeling down. I try to be happy but I constantly distrust those around me and it makes it hard to feel happy. I'm usually either sad or anxious. Sometimes I'm just... angry at Rose. I hate Rose. I hate her so much. Worst part is something tells me she's done even more horrid things that we can't possibly know about. Gems live for thousands of years. Who knows what horrid things she did in that time?"

"Steven..." Connie replied, "Are you sure you'll be OK?"

"I can handle one more bad day," Steven sighed, "But any more than that could be to much."

"It's almost over," Connie assured Steven, "You can do this."

"Thanks," Steven replied, "I'll call you when it's over."

3 hours remain.

Steven walked back to the beach house where the air was still and heavy with unease. Three hours remained until the Final Report. This was the end of everything they had prepared for up to this point. Was it an end for them or...

Peridot, Lapis, Sea, and Steven all sat in the living room to discuss the situation, or rather, the damaged relationships between them.

"I'll open," Steven sighed, "Lapis, you knew my dad was alive and kidnapped me. Peridot, you did the same."

"I understand you're upset you have every right to be upset," Lapis explained, "We were following orders. Maybe that doesn't justify anything but that doesn't mean we love you any less now."

"Look I'm willing to forgive and move on," Steven explains, "As Jasper probably passed on to both of you, I met Blue Diamond and I'm why she came here. The Diamonds are on a whole other level. We're a family, but we all made mistakes. Maybe that's OK. Who doesn't? You know?"

"Fair enough," Lapis shrugged, "Well you know about everything now and so do we. Do you have any further questions?"

Steven shook his head, "What about you guys?"

Lapis and Peridot shook their heads.

"Has anyone seen Jasper?" Sea inquired in her usual soft spoken voice, "I haven't seen her today."

"No actually," Steven replied, "I haven't..."

One hour remains.

Jasper sat looking at the ocean one final time. She wanted to feel the breeze, smell the salty air, see the sparkling, soothing waves, one final time.

She took a deep breath and wiped away a tear.

"I'm gonna miss this place," She muttered to herself.

"You don't have to," a voice replied.

Jasper turned to see Sea, who sat next to her, "If you tell the others we can make a plan. My Di- I mean, Blue Diamond, she can help us."

"That would probably entail surrendering Steven to her," Jasper replied, "I'm not letting anyone take him from me..."

"So you're just gonna give up and leave entirely?" Sea demanded.

"Shut up," Jasper growled, "I'm the leader of this mission and I have to do what's best for everyone."

"Jasper you don't want to do this," Sea explained, "I can see it in your eyes."

Jasper sighed, "Of course I don't want to, but I don't have a choice."

"Look I won't say a word if you won't," Sea explained, "But if you tell them you don't have a way back from Homeworld on your own they'll- no, we will find a way to bring you back to Earth."

Jasper shook her head, "I won't put you guys in that danger. I just won't. I'm the leader of this mission. It's my job to keep you all safe."

Sea sighed, "Jasper we are a family. We protect each other."

Jasper refused and replied, "You don't understand do you Sea?"

Jasper opened up about her past, "When the war was still going I was made as a super solider. A perfect Quartz, I literally came out of the ground fighting the Rebellion, as I emerged when my Kindergarten was under attack. I fought under great expectations from the Diamonds, their perfect Quartz, who eventually failed to protect Pink Diamond. I'm meant to be the perfect warrior and protector. My duty is to protect. I look back on that day and I know I could've saved her if I was stronger. I won't fail. Not again..."

Jasper sighed and stood up, "It's about time. Remember how the plan requires all of you guys to be poofed?"

"Yeah?" Sea replied.

Jasper replied, "This may hurt."

Jasper decked Sea in the face, poofing the Blue Pearl before she went to enact the plan...

Zero hours remain.

The time has come.

The plan was very simple.

It went as follows.

First activate the communication device, which bathed the beach in a pale yellow light as Lapis and Peridot were poofed by a new gem destabilizer Peridot made. Afterwards...

Put on a show.

Jasper kneels as Yellow Diamond looked upon her with annoyance, "Is it done?"

"Rose Quartz is still alive," Jasper replies, "But she will be shortly shattered."

Steven faked fear as he exclaimed, "Yes! I'm Rose Quartz!"

Yellow Diamond sighed, "Take care of her. I want her and that planet to die.

Jasper was angered by this slight at Earth which shows in her face.

Jasper glares at the large screen floating above the beach and bathing it in a greenish yellow light.

"Well?" Yellow Diamond asks, "you going to do your job, or was retrieving you from Earth a waste just like the rest of the accursed planet?"

Steven looks around, acting, desperate to find a weapon. Lapis and Peridot are poofed. On the beach next to him. In desperation, he summons his shield.

Jasper sighs, and summons her helmet...

Steven charges only to be caught by Jasper who exclaims, "It's over Rose! Prepare to die!"

Jasper whispers to Steven, "You can swim right?"

Steven nods.

"Just making sure," Jasper replies, "Hold your breath."

Steven complies as he was thrown at the screen, shorting it out and falling into the water where he made a bubble to maintain his air.

"We lost signal," Yellow Diamond explains as the screen came back on, "Is it done, Jasper?"

Jasper nodded, "Yes my Diamond."

Yellow Diamond grins, "Return to Homeworld at once. You've done well, Jasper."

The signal cut off as Jasper sighs.

She sighes, "Saying goodbye would be to hard..."

So she left without a word, taking the ship she arrived in all those years ago as Steven emerged from the ocean. As he lifted the poofed gems of Lapis, Sea, and Peridot, a car pulled up. Connie exited and rushed to hug Steven as her dad stood by the car. He offered Steven, without a word, a blanket to warm himself as the three started the long silent drive to Ocean Town where Steven was greeted by Greg, who welcomed him into the car wash.

Greg and Connie's father exchanged a silent nod before Greg said, "Thank you."

"You find yourself in some... odd situations don't you Mr. Universe?" Connie's dad inquired.

"Could say that," Greg replied, "I'm just happy to have my son home."

The man smile, "Well... I don't know you that well, but you seem like you're gonna be a good dad. Do let me know if you need any help. This kid has been a good friend to Connie for almost a year and she doesn't have a ton of friends."

"Dad!" Connie protested as she jokingly elbow him.

The man chuckles and s, "You're a good man Greg Universe. Let's hope this is the end of these shenanigans."

"Let's," Greg replies as the two shook hands.

As the two left Greg looked into space and sighs, "But it's never this easy is it?..."

The direction in which he looks was the origin of a signal beyond the stars. Where Yellow Pearl told her diamond, "The Signal is live to all Gems my Diamond."

Yellow Diamond grins, "Wonderful. Well everyone, hello! I have an announcement to make! Jasper, do tell us how you did it."

Jasper replies, "Oh yes. I did it. I avenged my Diamond. I killed Rose Quartz."

Many gems watch this in shock, including Blue Diamond and Aquamarine.

"We actually have the last moments of her life recorded," Yellow Diamond elaborates, "Let's watch."

A recording of Steven flying into the screen plays as Blue Diamond verbally exclaims, "No!"

Aquamarine shurgs, "Oh well. Guess he isn't of-"

"Kidnap her," Blue Diamond demands.

"What?" Aquamarine asks.

"Kidnap her and bring her to me," Blue Diamond explains, death in her eyes, "Bring me Jasper. Something is fishy here."

"My Diamond it is but a human," Aquamarine explains, "There is no need to-"

Aquamarine began to cry heavily as Blue Diamond activated her aura.

She choked out, "Yes... my... Diamond..."

Blue Diamond sits back down and sighs, "I won't lose hope Steven. Not yet..."

Jasper asks Yellow as the signal is ended, "So... what happens to Earth?"

"Oh no need to worry," Yellow assures her, "It's all going to die soon."

"What do you-" Jasper inquires.

"That's quite enough," Yellow cuts her off, "You will be rewarded for your hard work soon. For now, await orders."

Jasper nods and leaves. She waits until she is out of sight and mutters to herself, "Steven... in... danger..."

Corruption is a tear of the mind, and with the separation aniexty she has developed plus the return to Homeworld, Jasper's mind begins to break, and the flesh on her left hand begins to turn green...

But one more gem of note has seen the signal.

A pink gem whose cut is perfect.

Left in a garden.

"I won't believe it," she mutters, moving for the first time in thousands of years, the vines on her feet breaking as she statres at the image of Steven, "You took my best friend Rose... I won't believe it until I see your shards myself! I'm going to shatter you!"

Mad laughter echos in the Garden as the gem poofs and reforms, with long, scraggly hair and a mad smile.

"Aren't you a lucky one?" She laughs, "My cut is perfect and I'm pink as well. I'm gonna bring you endless suffering. Your worst nightmare Spinel!..."

End of season 3.

Coming Soon: Steven Universe Momswap: The "Movie"