Steven is back...or is it Rose? Either way, they're back and we're all doomed. The only way I can get out of such a mess would simply be betrayal. Betrayal of beliefs. Betrayal of family. And ultimately, betrayal of love.

All of my mistakes have been building up to this. The dark clouds continue to rumble in the sky as we make our way to the warp pad. Steven gasps and he dashes past me. He stops in front of the temple.

"No." He proceeds with caution, looking down at his feet. He grits his teeth. "A house used to be here?" He grabs the door handle and he pushes the door open. He enters with me right behind him. He looks around. "This looks so...depressing."

He reaches down to pick up a piece of burned, broken wood. He gazes into it. He presses a hand on it and he yells, dropping the wood. He squeezes his hand with his other. He tears up as the teardrops land on the palm of his hand. He winces as the water slips through the small cuts.

"Ah!" A string of blood trails down from the cuts. "What is this?" He narrows his eyes on the strand. "I feel like I've seen this somewhere before."
He presses a thumb on the cut and a drop of blood pours out of the cut. "Gah!"

He turns back to me. "Amethyst, why aren't my tears working?!"
"Uh...maybe that's because you need to use your spit?" He raises his eyebrow. "My...spit?" He looks back down at the palm of his hand.

"Uh..." He spits his saliva onto the cut and he winces for a moment. "Hmph! Nothing. Huh?" Suddenly the cuts fade, leaving the blood behind by itself. "Woah. I didn't know that he would be this...different."

He stares at the blood with somber eyes. "But...what even happened to him? What caused me to come back like this? Aren't I supposed to be...me? Why...aren't I me?" I walk up to him as he looks up. "Can you explain this, Amethyst?"

Great! Another story. What should I say? How did Rose become Steven or how did Steven become Rose? Even I don't know how that happened. I guess I'll just have to put it bluntly as "Rose, I have no idea how any of that happened to you."

Steven glares at me. "Do you know what happened to me?" He takes a step towards me. "You didn't look so thrilled to see him." Uh-oh.
"Well, I was a bit...shaky before you arrived."
"And what destroyed this place?"

"It's all your fault." I turn around, curling my hands into fists. I grit my teeth as I look upon...nothing. "Amethyst?" I turn back around. "A hurricane came by and destroyed it along with the rest of Beach City." He looks down. "Oh."

"You see, back when...Steven was himself, when you weren't here, the Gems and I built a house for Steven to move into. We wanted things to look more...at home for him. Steven turns away as he heads towards the warp pad.

He presses his left hand against the wall. "This place used to be a home...for Steven. How could a hurricane change all of that? Or could it have been something more?" He balls his other hand into a fist. He looks down. "Homeworld!" He whips his body around to face me.

Tears stream down his cheeks. His face turning a light shade of red. He grits his teeth so hard, I can hear them grind and crack in his anguish. His eyes are bloodshot and his face scrunches as he stomps a foot down on the wood.

"Homeworld did this! Why else would they destroy this place! My home! His home! Our home! They must've sent a Red Eye to destroy the whole town! I'll...I'll make them pay!" He turns back around to face the warp pad. "Don't worry, Amethyst. The Crystal Gems will avenge my son."

He storms onto the warp pad and he turns around, snapping his fingers. "Amethyst." I step onto the warp pad. "Take me to Ruby and Sapphire. If Homeworld wants another war, then they just asked for it." I gulp and I warp him away with me.