It just occurred to me that not every chapter needs an Author's Note. Especially not the second chapter in one day. Just thought I'd let you know. So, uh, anyways... Let's do it.

Topaz was still replaying the scene in his mind. Pearl's and Amethyst's Gems breaking, Garnet diffusing, Ruby's and Sapphire's Gems shattering, and Steven being stabbed by Onion the psychotic murderer. He looked at the shards in his hand. He had half of each Gem, the other halves with the one who broke them. Greg saw Steven's Gem half. He walked over to Topaz. "You can fix them, right?!" He asked with panic and worry. "Is my son going to be OK?!" "Yes," Topaz began. "but-" This word made Greg's smile of relief disappear. "-I can't do it with only half of the Gem. I need the other halves. Then I put them together, and add this." He produced a pink bottle from his jacket. The label read: "Emergency Rose Tears." "'Tears?'" Greg asked skeptically. "How will my dead wife's tears help?" "They're magic tears. Much like your son's magic spit, these can heal any wound and repair any Gem." Topaz elaborated. "Are you sure you can do this?" Greg asked. "I have to. If I fail, Earth will fall. Gems will be grown and their sole purpose will be described in one word: Genocide." Topaz said gravely. "All I need is determination and a taste for vengeance." And, with that, Topaz walked towards the house with one destination in mind: the Kindergarten.

Onion walked calmly through the Gem ruins in the Kindergarten. He was about to pass through a Judgement Hall, where Diamonds decided the fates of criminals. An orange figure waited near the exit, "Hiya, kid." Topaz said seriously. "You've been busy, huh?" Killing my friends, killing a few humans, maybe?" Onion kept his signature blank facial expression. "I guess murder just doesn't faze you, does it? You know what that means? It means you're a monster. That seems to be the role you're desperate to play, so it seems that I must play mine: the man that stops the monsters." Topaz looked out the window. "It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing. Flowers are blooming." Topaz said, sullenly. "On days like this kids like you... Should be burning in Hell." Topaz summoned his swords, but did not equip them.

Turn around, kid. It'd be a crime

If I had to go back on the promise that I made for her

so don't step over that line

Or else, friend, you're gonna have a bad time

But kids like you don't play by the rules

And guys like me, it ain't easy to be played for fools

So let's go, let the room get chiller

Let's go dirty Gem killer

Topaz unsheathed his swords.

Go ahead and try to hit me if you're able

Guess you've figured out that mercy's off the table

I can tell you're getting really sick of trying

But I think you're just mad you keep dying

You're not gonna win

we'll be here together

fighting in this Judgement Hall forever

you may regen each time I beat ya

but I'll always be right back here to meet ya

I am made o-o-o-o-of lo-o-o-o-ove o-o-o-o-of

lo-o-o-o-ove o-o-o-o-of lo-o-o-o-ove

Onion kept slicing at Topaz with his knife, but Topaz kept blocking and dodging and fighting back. Topaz struck Onion down again, and Onion was back up in 15 seconds.

This is where it stops

This is where it ends

And if you wanna get past me

then you better try again

But no matter how I stall you

you don't give up your attack

Do you just like the feeling

of your sins crawling on your back

Go ahead and try to hit me if you're able

You should know by now that mercy's off the table

You think you can just spare me like I'm some pawn

Well you didn't spare Steven so get dunked on

I know you made my friends disappear

but everything they care about is why I'm here

I am their mercy, I am their vengeance

I am determination

I am made o-o-o-o-of lo-o-o-o-ove o-o-o-o-of

Lo-o-o-o-ove o-o-o-o-of lo-o-o-o-ove

And it's stronger than you

Topaz eventually had Onion weakened. "Wow. You just don't wanna give up." He panted out. "Are you really that determined to kill all humans and help the Homeworld? Are you being paid by Yellow Diamond? Or are you some twisted, demonic kid?" Onion didn't respond. "Still nothing, huh?" Topaz asked, curious as to why Onion never speaks. "Well, I don't know about you, but I'm pretty tired. I'm just gonna take a breather for a little bit. I suggest you do the same." Onion then waited, then relaxed. Topaz saw an opportunity to strike. He, out of nowhere, knocked Onion back 15 feet, knocking the red gem out of him. "Ah. I should've known you were doing this, old friend." Topaz said, eyeing the blood-red rock. He turned his attention back to Onion. "Well, Onion. You're free, I guess. I can't blame you if Bloodstone here was in control. Just go home and get well. I've got some Gems to revive." He said, holding a pink-tinted bottle labeled "emergency Rose tears." But then, the red gem glowed, Onion's eyes following suit. Onion then sliced Topaz in the back. Right in his Gem. Onion regained control. Upon seeing what he had just done, and remembering the horrible things he had done, Onion showed his first ever facial expression. He shed a tear and began to silently cry. The bloodstone began to glow, until it took a physical form. Bloodstone became a boy with dark red hair, a scarlet face, dark red evil eyes, fangs to add to the evil, and a dark red jacket. "How about that?" He said with a voice slightly deeper than Topaz's. "After all these years, I win." "Blood. I haven't seen you in 6 or 7,000 years." Topaz said weakly. " I never thought you'd stoop so low to possess a human child just to fight me. What a wuss." "I did what my Diamond ordered." Bloodstone said defensively. "You!" He said to Onion. "Run home. While you still have a home to run to. But first..." Blood then took one of Topaz's swords and stabbed it through his Gem, shattering it. "Well. I guess that's the end." Topaz said calmly. He waited until Bloodstone was out of earshot, then said to Onion, "Take this bottle and these Gems back to the temple. Bring back the others and they'll know what to do." Topaz handed Onion the bottle of Rose's tears, as well as Pearl's, Amethyst's, Ruby's, Sapphire's, and Steven's Gem shards. "And get me a donut woth strawberry icing and no sprinkles." Topaz added with a pained smirk. "Rose, do you want anything?" Topaz asked, making the last Undertale reference of this chapter. Then he retreated back into his Gem. And died. Bloodstone turned around and saw Onion kneeling near Topaz's shards. He walked over, picked up the shards, and thrust them into Onion's hand. "Take these shards with you and tell the humans their only line of defense is gone forever."

And so, our heroes have failed. Or not. They'll probably just come back. I wouldn't write something with an "end of the world" kind of ending. Credit for the Sans version of 'Stronger Than You' that I slightly modified goes to DJ Smell.

ORIGINAL SONG: www.you /watch?v=GPBBo1neb2U