2 days until Judgement Day.

Blue Diamond looked down from the balcony of her palace, worried about her planet. Loyalists have been rapidly gaining power across the cosmos and have been silencing opposition. However, now lacking in any political power, Blue Diamond cannot do anything to stop it.

"At the end of the day," Yellow commented entering the room, "this is what they voted for. We can't interfere morally."

"But it feels off," Blue Diamond explained, "I suspect foul play. Blue Zircon suddenly stopped contacting us. We used to be on good terms we used to play this human game called chess every now and again. Something's screwy here."

"I suspect we have the same idea as to who is behind it," Yellow clarified.

Blue nodded, "yes, but first I need to handle a matter we've been putting off for a long time."

The warp went off in the center of the room revealing Steven. Blue Diamond greeted him, "Steven! Good to see you!"

"Hey aunt Blue!" Steven exclaimed greeting her with a smile before turning to Yellow. "Hey aunt Yellow! You guys said there was something important we needed to talk about?"

"Yeah if I may speak first," Yellow requests, "I feel we need to talk about..."

Blue, in a silent understanding that this is a personal matter, walked away as Yellow explained, "My past mistakes during White's reign. I understand if you still hold them against me. You do not have to call me aunt Yellow if you don't want to. I'm deeply sorry for what I have done and respect if-"

"Yellow I don't hold anything against you," Steven assured her, "I don't hold a grudge against anyone really. You're my aunt who I enjoy having as a part of my life and family. Sure you made mistakes but I do I let a Gem get shattered right in front of me."

Steven chuckles to deflect from what he said. Yellow inquires, "Are you doing OK?"

"Oh I'm fine," Steven lies, placing his hand in his jacket pocket to hide the creeping corruption. "Anyways I do have other errands to run so imma go check on Blue. Cya later!"

Steven runs off to talk to Blue as Yellow sighs, "You put some ideas in his head didn't you White..."

Yellow stepped on the warp and warps away as Steven looked at his overgrown clawed hand. He sighed, "Its getting worse. Just keep lying. I'm Steven. I fix these things! I can't be broken."

Steven found Blue sitting in a large empty blue room where she summoned clouds from her hands.

"So what's up?" Steven inquires.

"I feel that I need to talk to you about this," Blue Diamond explained, "it's been on my mind for a while."

Blue Diamond smiled and offered "Why not just stay here with me and Yellow?"

"What?" Steven inquires.

Song: This Time I'll Protect You

Based On: Just Let Us Adore You (Steven Universe)

Blue Diamond sang, "Just stay with us in the place.
I have a room waiting for you.
Come on."

Blue Diamond sings with a ting of guilt, "This time I'll protect you.

So stay with us in the palace.
I won't let anyone hurt you.
Steven,
Just met me protect you.

Yes I know that you got hurt,
But no more.
This time I will keep you safe.
I won't let White hurt you again."

Steven interrupted the song, "Woah do you blame yourself for me getting killed?"

Blue Diamond sighed and nodded, "Yes. You died in my hands Steven, and I love you as my nephew. I don't want you getting hurt again. The thought of it..."

Blue emanated her saddening aura, her self loathing pouring out.

"Hey," Steven assured her, "It's not your fault. That's like saying it's your fault if someone holds you at gunpoint and shoots the guy standing next to you. What were you supposed to do? It's very much the same logic. You were not to blame for that."

Steven veiled full yet well intentioned hypocrisy when he asked, "Do you trust me? If so you can trust me that it's not your fault."

"You're right," Blue sighed, "Thanks..."

Steven smiled, "Of course. Well, I gotta go. A lot of my friends are headed out of beach city tomorrow and I wanna see them off so gotta get a good night's sleep. Have a good one."

With that Steven left, having a panic attack as soon as he turns the corner, the weight of his hypocrisy washing over him, a wave of self hatred drowning him in the lies of White and the lies of others. His distrust and mental anguish near a peak as his arm grew suddenly to the size of his whole body. His teeth morphed into fangs, but he took a deep breath and calmed himself, "Keep it together... so what if everyone is leaving? I can keep it together. Even if I do lie. Even if I am scum like White..."

Meanwhile Yellow entered White's jail cell, chains rattling as White looks up, smiling, "Ah. Yellow. Nice to see another God."

"Please we're demigods at best," Yellow glared, "You're involved in this conspiracy aren't you? What did you do to Phoenix?"

"You can't prove I said anything to Steven and- wait who?" White Diamond demanded.

"What?" Yellow asked, "You're not using your mind control to help the Loyalists?"

"I don't even know what that is!" White exclaimed.

"And you said what to Steven?" Yellow glared, rage in her eyes, "My nephew has suffered enough."

"That he's a Diamond," White smirked, "Just like Pink. Just like me. We are all the same. It's in our Gems."

Yellow, enraged that White would hurt Steven with such lies, prepared to attack, but stopped.

"You know what narcaccists like you are?" Yellow demanded.

"What?" White asked, "Right?"

"You're parasites," Yellow explained, "Feeding off other people. You need to to stroke a malformed ego. What happens to a parasite with no hosts? What happens to you with no one to hurt?"

White's eyes went wide with horror and she screamed in a rage, "I am GOD! GOD! YOU CAN'T JUST IGNORE ME!"

"Starve," Yellow replied, "You worthless tick."

Yellow left as White screamed and cried in despair, begging not to be ignored, to be worshipped, but narcissists are just bugs, parasites who crave attention and as Yellow ordered the guards to put her under solitary confinement, the immortal devil was locked away, to starve...