This must be a gem thing that's happening, Steven keeps telling himself as he runs towards the temple. Definitely a gem thing. What else could it be? It's always a gem thing. Which means if he can just find the other gems, they can figure it out, maybe fight some kind of monster, and then everything will be fine! ...Right?

Except, it seems less and less like it's going to go that way when he reaches the warped image of the temple, and runs through the ghost image of the door more than he opens it. There's no one there, even as the TV seems to flicker and warble from a plane of existence he can't touch.

"Guys?" he calls out. "Guys, uh...something really crazy is happening, and I need your help working it out so if you could...show up, somewhere..."

He trails off.

"...That would be really great."

He spends a while longer looking for them, but when nothing works, the panic starts to thicken. He has a firm second option in this kind of situation, even if the idea of his dad being in this mess at all scares him more than the alternative. He runs out of the temple, and down towards the car wash.

"Dad!" And then, against all odds, he sees him. His eyes are tearing up with fear and relief. "Dad, you're here!"

He plows into his father's body, hugging him tight without wasting a second.