(Greetings everyone!

So, this is it. The final chapter! I hope you've all enjoyed reading my stories, as much as I've enjoyed making them.

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An alien stood at the door of the house. It seemed more important than the others, its grey uniform was more decorative, and it stood taller than them. They bowed, and did something that could only be assumed to be a salute, as their commander walked past them. It had to bend over to get through the door frame, but the ceiling inside was high enough for it to stand at its full, menacing height. It silently strode to a small group of soldiers, crowding around a corner. They turned, bowed, and left when it got close. The scene they revealed, was most gruesome. The woman's hair was long and dark, she was tall, almost as tall as the average alien soldier. She wore black, metal gauntlets, which where caked in alien blood. She wore blue jeans, a black leather jacket, and a shirt once white, now red. She wore a visor, with a large crack, which almost broke the thing in two. She was sitting in the corner, facing the room, being propped up by the meeting walls behind her. Her chest raised slightly, then lowered, then raised, then lowered. It was slow, but she was breathing, for now. She raised her head, and looked the alien in the eye. It was almost a minute of silence, a contest of fortitude between the two. The woman deep breath in, dropped her head, and then breathed out. Her final breath was filled with pain and sadness. The commander didn't move, didn't react at all to the human woman's death. It took another minute, just staring at the corpse. Whether it was making sure she was dead, or revelling in its victory, no one could be sure. Once it was satisfied, it left the small house, and observed the attack on the shielded home, where the last defenders where hiding. Soldiers surrounded it, in a semi-circle, firing at it with energy weapons, which seemed to have an effect. Eventually, the shield would fall, and the last humans would die.

Lapis sat next to a window in the second level of the house, trying her hardest to look out at the enemy, without being seen. There were so many of them, and she was all alone now. She'd seen them pour into the house that Garnet had been in, she saw Amethyst die in the street. In fact, she could still see the short girl's body, un touched by the invaders. Lapis grabbed her weapon, P3R1's arm, converted into a hand help weapon. It was hard for her to hold, she had to use her right arm to prop the gun up, and use her left hand to pull the trigger. She was right handed, so it made it much more difficult to use. She reached into her pocket to grab her phone and check the time, but found that it was missing. She raced through her memories to find it, and realised it was in the garage, still connected to P3R1. She sighed, knowing it didn't matter if she had her phone or not, she'd die the same either way.

She was about to leave the room, and find a better angle, when she noticed a small group of the aliens where kneeling at a point in the shield. Her eyes widened. It was a spot where they put one of P3R1's fingers. She saw one of them reach down, and grab something. The moment its arm began to raise, the shield began to shiver, and when it fully pulled away from the position, the shield dropped entirely.

Lapis was firing out the window, at the aliens, before she even realised it. It was hard to aim at first, but she got used to it. Her first shot took out the group that took the finger, the second barely missed the front row of soldiers, who had only just realised the shield was down. She kept firing, adrenaline pumping through her system. The soldiers found cover, and began firing back. Their energy weapons left burn marks all around the window she sat at. She had to admit, P3R1's arm blaster was extremely powerful. She kept shooting, hoping for something to happen, anything, that could help her. Then, something happened.

The bolt of energy tore its way through her right shoulder, searing flesh as it moved. She toppled off the chair she was sitting on, and stifled a scream. She was in agony, lying on the floor. With another muffled scream, she got back on the chair, grabbed the arm again, and started firing. She was sweating heavily now, from the heat of the gun, and the pain in her shoulder. The alien army was frantic, trying to find cover, and call for reinforcements. In their mad fumble, many of them died. They had severely underestimated the Crystal Gems, and their ability to be a thorn in their enemies' side.

Lapis knew something was wrong when the blasts of energy that P3R1's arm was firing had become larger, and more destructive. It was at this time that she also noticed the sheer heat coming from her weapon. She stopped to observe its condition. The fingers were turning yellow, and smoke was faintly coming out of a few of them. She began to question what would happen if she kept firing, and if it would explode or something. Then, it exploded.

It was a lucky shot from an enemy Lapis hadn't even seen. It ripped into the front plate of the arm, burnt its way through the circuitry, then came out the other end. It erupted in green flames, engulfing Lapis's room in its heat. She was thrown back, the angle she was holding it saved her from the majority of the force.

Lapis shook her head, trying to get rid of the whining in her ears. When it finally passed, and she got her bearing back, she noticed just how on fire her room was, and how singed her face and hair was. Her whole life was being destroyed around her, yet she felt nothing. She knew she probably should feel something for the place she's lived, but she just couldn't, it didn't matter to her. She winced in pain as she tried to stand up, and fell back down when she noticed the piece of green metal sticking out of her right thigh. She couldn't muffle her yells of pain, it was just too much. She lied there for a few minutes, screaming, consumed with the awful amounts of agony she was in. She started to breathe heavily and quickly, tears flowing freely from her eyes. An image of P3R1 flashed into her mind, helpless, afraid, and surrounded by the enemy. That was all Lapis needed, she was crawling out of her inferno of a room in moments.

P3R1 could hear the explosion, barely. Her corruption was almost complete, she could barely hear, she could barely see, she was sure she could barely speak either, not that she had tried recently. She was focusing on not falling into the whining, the static, the numbness of the corruption. It was getting difficult, she could barely think clearly. That's why she didn't even notice the explosion, she thought it might just be a hallucination, or as close as a robot could get to one. She doubted this theory when several minutes later, she heard the door open, and a body hit the floor. It sounded too lifelike, too accurate to be a glitch. The bloody arm, clawing itself and its body towards her, the blue and red hair of the girl's head slowly sliding into view. P3R1 was sure now that this wasn't fake.

"L-L-L-Lapis… what happ-pp-ppened to you-uo?" She said, her voice was broken, and static almost overwhelmed the words she tried to speak. The blue-haired girl looked at her, and smiled. "You're ok."

The robot head smiled, she admired how selfless Lapis was. The girl pulled herself forward even more. It took a minute or two, but she eventually reached her, leaving a long, bloody trail.

"I'm sorry" she said. "If I had just talked to you, when I first saw you, we might have been living a better life.."

"N-N-N-N-No! Lapis, I'm tha-tha-thankful that you didn't. I wou-ou-ouldn't have learnt the beauty of this w_rld if you had. Even though it's the end of the wor-or-or-orld, don't blame yourse-e-e-e-lf, it wouldn't have en-en-ended any better…"

Lapis seemed to think of her friend's words for a moment, either that or she was feeling light headed from the blood loss. Her skin was much paler than it usually was, her eyes seemed to wonder a bit, she couldn't keep her head up quite as easily as a person should. P3R1 could tell, she was on her way out. She couldn't just sit there and let her die, feeling only the pain of her worries, of her failures. So, P3R1 did what she knew Lapis was like. The only thing P3R1 could do at this point. She created a simulation.

Lapis sat there, feeling woozy from the blood loss, but happy that P3R1 was still safe. She tried her best to focus on her robot friend's eyes, but she found her thoughts wondering, her mind drifting off. A flicker of light from below the green metal head caught her attention. Her phone, it was still attached to P3R1, and was re-running the world she'd seen before, of her living happily with human P3R1. With weak hands, she reached out, and held on to the phone. She noticed the glitches in the screen, the errors, the missing textures, etc., but she didn't care. She was dying, after all.

She had no idea how long she'd watched it for, time was a concept she didn't seem to grasp anymore. The simulation had gotten to the point that it was unwatchable, so Lapis looked to P3R1, which was an achievement in itself. She smiled, and the head smiled back. She whispered, for she didn't have the strength to do anymore. "Thank you"

P3R1 watched her, the light leaving her eyes. She had to say something, she was moments from death too. She had to mention something, anything that could comfort her. Then, she knew what she wanted, no, had to say. "Lapis Lazuli-i-i, I l-l-l-looooooo….."

(So, that's the end! Check out the poll on my profile so you can help choose what story I write next! See you all then!)