Sapphire: (steps through underneath Steven's arms*) Thank you,steven.

Steven: You're... welcome! (steps away from the force field*)

Ruby: (distantly*) Sapphire!

Sapphire: Come on!

Sapphire grabs Steven's hand and runs at incredible speed, pulling him along.

Steven:Whoa!

Sapphire and Steven suddenly stop at a doorway, look through into a room, and spots Ruby on the other side. Ruby gasps in surprise.

Sapphire: Ruby!

Sapphire and Ruby run towards each other, meeting in the center of the room, and embrace each other.

Ruby:Did they hurt you?

Sapphire: No, no, I'm okay. Did they hurt you?

Ruby: Who cares!? (starts tearing up*)

Sapphire: I do!

Sapphire kisses Ruby's tears away. Ruby picks up Sapphire and starts spinning her around. The pair laughs and twirls around together in joy, as they start to fuse together. Steven watches as their laughter and bodies merge together into an amorphous white blob of light and emerges as... Garnet, who lands in front of him, happy to see him.

Garnet: Steven! Thank you!

Steven: (gasps*) Garnet! You're a fusion?!

Garnet: Aw, I'm sorry. We didn't want you meeting us here like this.

Steven: Well, did I make a good first impression?

Garnet: Oh Steven. (places her hand on Steven's cheek*) We already love you.

Jasper: (distantly*) Where is she!?

Garnet: It's Jasper. Steven, find the others and get to the control bridge.

Steven: But I don't know where they are.

Garnet kisses Steven's forehead, and he can visualize where You, Amethyst and Pearl are in his head.

Steven: Future vision...! Wait, are you gonna be able to beat her on your own?

Garnet: It's okay, Steven. I'm never alone.

Steven nods and runs off. Jasper then enters and Garnet turns to face her.

Jasper: Oh great. You're both out? And you're fused again? Why? Fusion is just a cheap tactic to make weak Gems stronger. Quit embarrassing yourselves! I've seen what you really are.

Garnet: (chuckles*) No, you haven't.

Garnet now begins to sing "stronger than you"

Garnet:

♫ This is Garnet.
Back together.
And I'm never going down at the hands of the likes of you because I'm so much better.
And every part of me is saying "Go get her!". ♫

Garnet and Jasper start circling around the room. Jasper then pulls out a gem destabilizer

Garnet:

♫ The two of us ain't gonna follow your rules.
Come at me without any of your fancy tools.
Let's go, just me and you.
Let's go, just one on two. ♫

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