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The hand ship landed shakily, and 107 breathed a sigh of relief.

"W-well then..." Connie seemed to be hanging tightly onto 107's leg, afraid she would be flung around.

"Why doesn't this thing come with seat belts?"

"... What's a seat belt?"

Connie sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. She grabbed 107's hand, pulling him towards the exit of the ship.

107 seemed to have powered down, tendrils no longer connecting him to the ship's power core.

He seemed to have used his powers while still in that state to make himself a metal arm while he waited for a chance to go back into his Gem, however.

They came out of the ship to a horde of humans, all yelling and cheering.

"We did it!" Connie grinned happily, 107 keeping his blank expression.

"Yes, now we just have to wait on the others to defeat Bloodstone..." 107 placed his hands in his pockets.

"Well we could always go he-"

"No."

"You don't even know what I was going to say!" Connie stomped down one foot.

"You were going to suggest helping fight Bloodstone. I said no, because I'm not suicidal." 107 crossed his arms.

Connie sighed. "Yeah... I guess fighting Bloodstone would be a little scary... I mean, just one of his henchmen broke my arm..." Connie said, and 107's eyes widened slightly.

"... I suddenly have the strangest urge to foil Bloodstone's plots..." 107 stood, Connie arching a brow at him.

"So we are gonna fight him?"

"Pffft! Hell no!"

Connie was surprised by this sudden show of emotion, but 107 didn't notice.

"Now, Bloodstone has two other ships. While poking around that ship's database, I found their locations. They have about twenty soldiers guarding them each." 107 said, standing in front of Connie.

"Are you willing to help me?"

"Of course!"

"Good... I suppose the Crystal Gems will need a few working ships."

Chapter 55: Final Phase (Part 1)

Matrix the Determined

"Well?"

"... No."


Bloodstone's wings shot out from his back, and he quickly shot backwards, Matrix watching him do so.

"You can run but you can't hide..." Matrix jumped up after him, pulling back his spear and throwing it at lightning speed.

Bloodstone's eyes widened as the spear created a sonic boom from the force put behind it, stabbing directly through his chest.

Matrix appeared above him, pulling back one fist and bringing it down on his face, throwing him down into the ground, Matrix grabbing hold of the spear as he fell and tearing it from his chest.

Bloodstone was cratered, struggling to sit up.

His eyes widened as he looked up, a spear shooting down through his gem, sending him back to shards in an instant.

Bloodstone growled as he reformed. "Damn you..." He grit his teeth, hands clenching into fists.

"What are you?!" He yelled into the air at Matrix, who smirked down at him.

"How are you still alive?! I watched you die damn it! I saw your shards! You aren't real! You can't be real!" Bloodstone stumbled back as Matrix landed in front of him, twirling one of Lignite's staves.

"I'm just as real as anyone else you've killed." Matrix's eyes suddenly snapped open wide, the orange flame of his gem growing brighter, twirling into the air.

"But I refused to die."

Matrix shot forward, stabbing at him with a spear. Bloodstone jumped back, and Matrix quickly threw Lignite's stave at him, watching it buzz quickly across the earth towards him.

Bloodstone attempted to dodge, but the saw buzzed through his right arm and his right foot, and Matrix cracked his knuckles as he watched Bloodstone hit the ground, struggling up, only to fall once more.

"How does it feel, Reaper?" Matrix walked towards Bloodstone, who tried desperately to crawl away.

He kicked Bloodstone onto his back, crouching over him and pulling back his left fist.

"That sense of hopelessness?!" Matrix slammed one fist into Bloodstone's face, forcing his head into the dirt.

"The realization that you're going to die?!" Matrix hit him with his other fist, then his left again.

"The realization that you're going to lose?!" Matrix pelted Bloodstone with a barrage of fists, roaring in anger as he beat him further and further into the ground, cracking and breaking his gem again and again.

Matrix kicked Bloodstone out of the hole as his Gem healed once again.

"So how many lives do you have left, monster?" Matrix questioned, Zeolite's claw appearing over his left hand as Tiger's glove appeared over his right, Jasper's helmet appearing on his head as his spear appeared in his left hand as Lignite's stave appeared in his right.

"How many times am I going to kill you before you chose to stay dead, Reaper?" Matrix closed his right eye, tilting his head to the side as his left eye widened, Bloodstone standing as his limbs were healed with black energy.

Bloodstone panted, stepping back from Matrix. "N-no... I'm not afraid! I don't care if you are back! I'll still defeat you!" Bloodstone's scythe appeared in hand, and he shot off the ground at Matrix.

Matrix easily blocked scythe swing after scythe swing, dodging what he didn't block.

Bloodstone grit his teeth, jumping into the air and pulling back his scythe, his scythe lighting up in black energy, red lightning coursing around it once more.

"PREPARE TO DIE, YOU FILTHY CRYSTAL-"

Bloodstone's eyes widened, a spear ramming through his abdomen, blood spewing from his mouth.

"Were you saying something?" Matrix suddenly floated back to back with Bloodstone, who's eyes widened in horror.

He spun around, swinging his scythe at him.

Matrix ducked under the scythe, bringing up Tiger's claw across Bloodstone's face, spraying his blood through the air as he jumped up, bringing down Lignite's stave into his gem, shattering it once more.

Matrix kicked Bloodstone in the chest, sending him exploding into the ground as he regenerated.

"Go on, get back up." Matrix landed before him. "I dare you."

Bloodstone grit his teeth as he pushed himself back up, stumbling slightly.

"Fine then..." Bloodstone dropped his scythe, which disappeared as it hit the ground.

"Let us fight like old times..." Bloodstone grinned from ear to ear, eyes wide as Matrix's weapons disappeared.

"Fine, you think I can't kick your ass with just these?" He cracked his knuckles.


"Bloodstone's ship went silent awhile ago, and the White Hand just went silent about thirty minutes ago." A soldier stood straight before the yellow figure on the large screen.

"..." Yellow Diamond sighed. "Bloodstone what could you possibly be doing..?" She muttered. She leaned her chin on her hand.

"Well, once the ship's footage reaches us here, which seems to be coming quite slowly..." She seemed irritated by this. "Then we will figure out what's happening."

"As for you!" Yellow Diamond suddenly addressed the soldier, making him jump back up straight.

"You are to make sure nothing else happens to your ships." The soldier nodded quickly, and Yellow Diamond sat back in her chair, muttering something.

"Yeah we'll see how long that lasts..." And the transmission ended.


The two ships were set down, ten soldiers standing outside of them.

They stood there, ready, as the bushes rustled.

"Hm?" They all aimed their weapons to the bushes, which Connie jumped from.

"Oh, it's just some huma-" The soldier was cut in two, Connie slashing by him.

"What the?!" The soldiers jumped back from her as she attacked.

"Come and get me you stupid aliens!"

"Hm..." 107 jumped down from the top of the ship, sneaking inside. "Her baiting could use some work but... Otherwise... Yes, she can handle this..."

"Good luck, child..."


Fist smashed into fist, shock waves rocking the Kindergarten.

Matrix pulled back one fist, slamming it into Bloodstone's face, forcing his head back to the side.

Bloodstone brought his knee into Matrix's chin, making him stumble back as Bloodstone slammed one foot into his abdomen, sending him flying back through the air.

Matrix spun, landing on his feet and one hand as he slid back.

Bloodstone shot forward at him, pulling back one fist.

Matrix shot into the sky, spinning down and slamming one heel down onto the back of his head, smashing him gem first into the dirt.

Matrix front flipped off of him, landing and looking over his shoulder as Bloodstone rose slowly, snarling at him, before grinning.

"You're going to have to try harder than that!" Bloodstone shot forward, pulling back both fists, jumping into the air and slamming both of them into the sides of Matrix's head, jarring him and making him stumble back as he landed before him, pulling back one palm and slamming it into his chest, sending him flying back through he ship's rubble with a shock wave.

"You're pathetic!" Bloodstone opened one palm to the rubble, firing a wave of black into it.

Matrix shot from the rubble as the blast hit it, the explosion propelling him high into the air as he floated in air, right in front of the sun from Bloodstone's angle.

"So that's how you're going to play? Why am I not surprised?" Matrix pulled his spear from his eye, throwing it with lightning speed down at Bloodstone, who jumped back too little too late, his knee cap being caught and stabbed.

"Gah!" Bloodstone fell back, hitting the ground with a thud as the spear pinned him there by the leg.

He heard a far away roar getting closer and closer, and looked up to see Matrix coming from above him, pulling back his left fist.

"DIE!"

Matrix slammed his fist into his gem, a sonic boom throwing dust away from crater that was immediately formed, Bloodstone being pushed deep into the earth by the attack.

Matrix stood at the top of the crater, staring down at Bloodstone as he reformed.

"We about done here, Reaper?" Matrix arched a brow at him as he seethed with rage.

"How... Dare you?!" Bloodstone demanded to know, and Matrix shrugged.

"You have a very hittable face." Matrix grinned, orange fire swirling from his gem.

Bloodstone roared, sending his scythe spinning up at Matrix, who quickly threw down one of Lignite's staves in the same spin, cancelling his scythe out with a clang, both of the weapons spinning down and sticking into ground.

"By the way, Lignite's pissed about you stealing his technique." Matrix said as the weapons stuck into the ground.

Bloodstone shot from the crater, pulling back one fist and throwing it forward at Matrix, who side stepped it, ramming his knee into Bloodstone's abdomen, grabbing him by the hair as he fell, ramming his fist into his Gem and smashing it before dropping him, watching him crumple on the ground before bursting back to life.

"I wonder how many times you've died now... I mean, what with me and Howlite and whatever else has been kicking your ass, you can't have too many lives left, can you?" Matrix stroked his imaginary beard as he jumped back from scythe swing after scythe swing.

"Shut... Up!" Bloodstone panted, swinging down at him again before Matrix caught his scythe, slamming one foot into his chest and sending him sliding back.

Matrix shot forward, ramming his spear through his Gem before kicking his body off of it as he regenerated.

"Huff... Damn it..." Bloodstone panted, hands on his knees as he struggled to stand. Matrix twirled his spear as he waited for his next attack.

"Come on Reaps, don't tell me I came all the way back here just for this half assed fight." Matrix leaned on his spear, arching a brow at Bloodstone.

"Oh... You want a fight, do you..? Heheheheh..." Bloodstone grinned up at Matrix, who rolled his eyes.

"I get the strangest feeling I'm about to feel some serious regret..."

Bloodstone laughed hysterically, jumping into the air and holding his arms out to the sides.

"Just remember, you brought this upon yourself!"

The Cluster Experiments began to stumble, lights being sucked out of them and into Bloodstone!

"Hahahah... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Oh Space God damn it!" Matrix held up one arm to block from the constant flow of power being sucked into Bloodstone, the Clusters falling and groaning as their power was sucked into Bloodstone.

"WHERE IS YOUR PROTECTOR NOW, DISGUSTING EXPERIMENTS?!"

"No!" Howlite growled, watching them all be sucked up.

Howlite... I can feel them fading...

I know I just..! Oh God...

All of the Gems watched as Bloodstone bulked, eyes a pure black with red cracks running through them.

All of the Clusters fell, Gems shattering to dust.

"Hahahah..." Bloodstone's voice was doubled, one voice his regular voice and the other a deeper, darker voice. Red cracks ran like veins through Bloodstone, resembling the pattern on Howlite's skin.

His skin was pitch black, flesh now over parts that had been burnt to skeleton. His muscles bulked out to an obscene level, making him look as if he were about to pop. He grinned, flames curling up from the sides of his mouth.

He suddenly frowned, a red and black aura exploding out around him. He grit his teeth, as if enraged. He looked like some sort of rabid animal.

"..." Matrix sighed. "Yeah, alright."

And they would have to put him down.


107 suddenly turned his head, looking with wide eyes in Bloodstone's direction.

"What on Earth..." He shook his head, jumping behind a wall as guards walked by.

His energy blade shot out, stabbing both of them and returning them to their gems.

He threw their gems into another Cell like the ones on Peridot's old ship, closing the cell before continuing his run.

As he ran, he jumped, stabbing a camera as it turned to face him.

Of course, that would alert the guards to his location, but they would send less if there was the possibility of the camera having just gone out.

He kicked in a door, two guards turning to face him. His blade jutted out from his left arm, hitting one before turning abruptly to the other, stabbing them as well.

107 continued to sprint down the hallways, heading for the ships power core.

If I can get back into Prototype, I can make quick work of all of these Gems.


"Hahahah..." Bloodstone stood on a peak over looking all of the Crystal Gems, each of them staring back up at him with hatred in their eyes. Emerald and Amazonite had returned from their gems, and right on time.

Howlite's arm had been healed by Steven, and all of the other Gem's injuries had been healed as well.

Undertale - Your Best Nightmare / Finale Instrumental Mix Cover (Original by TobyFox Mix by Vetron) Began playing in the background.

"You just keep getting uglier, you know that?" Matrix yelled up at the muscled Bloodstone, who grinned down at him, a giant scythe appearing in hand.

He slashed down, and all of the Gems jumped away, a giant black blade slashing into the earth and cutting a canyon into the Kindergarten.

"Go!" Hematite yelled, the Gems shooting off the ground at Bloodstone.

Howlite grit his teeth, running at Bloodstone from the side as he created spikes of ice, which fired rapidly at him as Lapis ran up from the other side, creating her water spikes and stabbing at him.

The water and ice broke against Bloodstone, who held out both of his palms to them, firing waves of black unlike anything they'd ever seen before at lightning speed, both of them jumping back just as the blast collided with where they stood seconds ago.

They were both thrown back as Pearl and Hematite shot up the front, shooting up at Bloodstone and slashing at him rapidly, their blades being dodged easily.

Bloodstone let out a dark pulse, throwing both of them back to the ground, where they flipped, landing on their feet and skidding back.

Blue Diamond fired a wave of energy into his chest, which broke apart on impact. Peridot joined in with a Giga Beam, but Bloodstone still refused to budge.

Amethyst shot up the ridge he was standing on, spinning and slamming into his back.

He looked over his shoulder at her, grinned, and back handed her back down the ridge.

He looked up, seeing Steven riding Lion down, throwing his shield at him.

The shield struck his face, and he stumbled back slightly, Lion roaring into him and sending him skidding back slightly.

Bloodstone grinned as he jumped back, opening one palm to them.

Before he could fire, he spun around, catching Emerald's blade and pulling him down towards him.

Amazonite came down from above, slamming both clubs down on his skull.

Bloodstone glared up at her, gritting his teeth.

He head butted Amazonite's clubs back, making her stumble back.

He felt something ram into his back, and looked over his shoulder to see Matrix there, pushing on his spear in attempts to break Bloodstone's skin.

"Heheh..." Bloodstone smashed the spear with one sweep of his fist, Matrix jumping back and throwing several of Lignite's staves down towards him, Bloodstone side stepping each one.

"It just never ends with this guy!" Emerald said, his blades stabbing rapidly at Bloodstone, who side stepped every attack.

"Just nut up and die already!" Howlite said, Lapis bringing down rain as he turned it to ice, directing it to Bloodstone, the ice breaking against his skin.

"It's really not that bad!" Matrix said, throwing a spear down at him.

"Enough..." Bloodstone rumbled, and another burst of black energy rocked the area, sending all of them flying back.

The Gems skidded to a stop, panting.

"This is it..." Peridot said, watching as Bloodstone rose high into the sky, rising one palm into the air, an orb of black appearing in it as red lightning struck.

"..." Hematite's hands clenched into fists, and he began walking forward.

"Hematite?" Pearl questioned, watching as he sheathed his blades. "Hematite? What are you doing?"

Hematite walked up a peak, standing at the top and staring up at Bloodstone, who grinned down at him.

"BLOODSTONE!" He suddenly yelled, and Bloodstone's grin faltered.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" he grit his teeth, and the Gem's watched with surprise.

"Why?! Why are you doing this?! You know it's over! You know you won't be able to live like that! You and I both know you won't be able to live like that!"

Bloodstone just watched with wide eyes and a manic grin.

"It's over! You hear me?! Even if all of us die here, even if you kill everything and everyone, things won't go back!"


Hematite found himself traveling down a black path, a black figure and a white figure at his sides.

Without warning, the black figure cut the white figure down, and Hematite caught him, eyes wide in shock.

The black figure continued moving, but Hematite just sat there, holding the body of the white figure in shock.

"H-... Hematite..." It croaked.

"Hematite..." It said his name slowly. "Hematite... I'm sorry..."

"..." Hematite stood slowly, the white figure disappearing.

He found himself standing before the black figure, cracks of red now running through it as it's face broke open into a sharp toothed grin.

"... Fine." This thing seemed to radiate insanity as Hematite drew his swords, shooting off the ground at it. "If this is truly how you wish for it to end..."


"..." Hematite sighed. "I suppose there's no use trying to convince you to stop... But take it from me, Reaper..." Hematite drew his blades, taking out Death God Slayer as well.

"Sometimes you've just gotta know when to quit! And that day's today..." Hematite looked over his shoulder at the others.

"Hey, Matrix, Howlite, it's time we went back to the original plan." He said, and they looked to one another, nodding once.

"As for the rest of you, we've got time to buy." Hematite faced Bloodstone once again, placing Death God Slayer in his mouth.

The other Gems let out a roar as they all shot off towards Bloodstone.

Hematite collided with Bloodstone's scythe, a clang being heard before Bloodstone threw him back, slashing away Emerald's blade as Pearl stabbed from above, Bloodstone stepping back to avoid it.

Blue Diamond appeared behind him, placing both hands on his back and firing two waves of blue energy, sending him flying forward into Peridot, who had a Giga Beam charged, catching Bloodstone by the face with her cannon and firing, sending him rocketing back.

Lapis came from the sky, pulling back both fists as her wings swirled like drills around them, and she rammed them down into Bloodstone's chest.

Sparks shot through the air as her drills attempted to break Bloodstone's iron skin.

Bloodstone grabbed her by the drills, stopping them as he laughed wickedly, slamming his head into hers.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" His laugh sounded demonic as he threw her into the air, pulling back one palm to obliterate her.

Hematite shot by, slashing through his hand with Death God Slayer, glaring at him as he shot by.

Bloodstone roared, grabbing his wrist as black energy shot like blood from his wrist.

His blood whipped rapidly as them, as if it had a mind of it's own.

Hematite skidded to a stop behind him, spinning his blades and sheathing them, pulling Death God Slayer from his teeth.

"BURN IN HELL!"

He slashed through all of the energy blood, which all lit up in white flames as he went, Bloodstone turning around just as Hematite reached him, slashing upwards and slashing across his chest.

Bloodstone roared like an animal in distress, stumbling back as his black energy spewed from the cut, white flames leaving burn marks on his chest.

"That pain is just a sample of the burning you'll endure where you're going, Reaper..." Hematite said, eyes covered by his hair.


Steven quickly pressed his saliva coated hands to Matrix's and Howlite's wounds, both of them cringing as he did so.

"Come on kid, we've gotta hurry!" Matrix said, and Steven nodded quickly.

But of course, the pressure only made his mouth go all the drier.


Bloodstone's black energy continued to whip around at them, each of them dodging just outside of his line of attack.

In an instant, a reddish purple flash slammed one fist into Bloodstone's cheek, sending him smashing back through the earth.

"So, what'd I miss?" Garnet cracked her knuckles, energy returned by Cluster Experiments.

"Well, Matrix is back, Bloodstone ate the energy of all of the Cluster Experiments, and now Matrix and Howlite are being healed so we can go through with the old plan." Hematite filled her in, standing next to her.

"I see... Well, while I was down in the caverns, those Cluster Experiments introduced me to someone." Garnet smirked, watching as Bloodstone stood slowly.

Suddenly, a multicolored sickle on a chain stabbed into the ground before him.

The chain was reeled in, and a multicolored Gem landed between Bloodstone and the others.

"Well, now that I have given Howlite my energy, and lost a lot of those other Gems..." The Cluster shook it's head, messy, multicolored hair shaking with it.

"I'm finally able to think... Somewhat clearly." He ran a hand through his hair, his left hand blue and his right hand red.

He wore torn black pants with other colors running along them, a multicolored orb gem centered in his chest.

It seemed that a few Gems had condensed together to make a single orb in his chest.

His voice was a mix of a few Gems, and a red line ran diagonally across his face while a blue line ran horizontally across it.

His left eye was green, his right purple. His shirt was white, a tie dye of multiple colors running across it. His right sleeve missing while his left sleeve was silver.

"Is... Is that the Cluster..?" Emerald's eyes widened.

"In the stone." Garnet smirked, crossing her arms as Bloodstone pulling his scythe from his gem.

"Oh I get it." Emerald said. "Like in the flesh, but we're rocks... Heh. Clever."

"So... This is Bloodstone, then..." The Cluster flicked himself in the head, as if to straighten out his thoughts. "Yes. Pieces of me have met you..."

"Or, at least what you were..."


"Just... About... Done!"

"About time..." Howlite shivered.

"Lets just get this over with..." Matrix extended his hand to Howlite, who took it begrudgingly.

"Don't screw us over this time."

"Don't try to eat him like a freak this time."

"Heh... No promises."


The Cluster reappeared and disappeared as Bloodstone blasted at him, dodging with ease.

"Grah!" Bloodstone roared savagely, shooting off the ground at him and pulling his scythe back, swinging down at him.

The Cluster blocked the scythe with his sickle, spinning around the scythe and kicking Bloodstone in the face, making him stumble back.

"I never really saw you going savage... But what a fitting fate for a monster like you..." The Cluster said, eyes glowing multiple colors.

Before Bloodstone could attack again, the sky lit up, a wolf head of white energy and a tiger head of orange energy spiraling into the sky in a way Bloodstone recognized even in his current state.

The Wolf head howled as the Tiger head roared. They melded together, and in an explosion of light, all was silent.

"Well, aren't you disgusting..."

Bloodstone and The Cluster looked up at once to see Xenotime floating there, arms crossed.

"Not you, multi-colored... Thing. You seem cool. I was talking to Grim over there." Energy spears appeared floating behind Xenotime as he spoke.

Bloodstone growled.

"This makes me sad, Bloodstone. It really does." All of the others seemed to be eager to clear out of the way. The music faded out.

"I mean, last time around, you could at least yell things that amused me. Now it'll just be like beating up some stupid animal." Xenotime sighed, before grinning.

"But then again, maybe that'll be more fun than normal..."

"Anyway," His grin faded. "You and I both know you can't hold onto that power. Eventually, it'll all come bursting out, and you... Well... Pop goes the weasel."

"Having all of those voices screaming in there has gotta be screwing with your head, and all that power coursing through you has got to be wearing you down too, huh? Look, buddy, why don't you just let it all go, and we can talk this out like civilized Gems." Xenotime landed before Bloodstone.

"Come on, I can barely handle these two numb nuts in my head. A part of me wants to spare you, and a part of me wants to eat you alive. Isn't that a dilemma? Still I can't be sure why the Tigers Eye wants you alive... Maybe he wants to believe evil isn't real... That there aren't really bad people."

"Well if you aren't walking proof of evil, then I just don't know what is." Xenotime shrugged, shaking his head.

"Can you hear me in there, Bloodstone?" Xenotime looked into Bloodstone's eyes.

"I know you can... I can still see it. That itsy bitsy shred... Begging me to stop you..." Xenotime rubbed his neck, groaning.

"You really are a pain, you know that? But Maybe that shred proves Matrix right..." Xenotime extended one hand to Bloodstone.

"So, whaddaya say?" Xenotime smiled. "Friends?"

Xenotime suddenly jumped to the side, Bloodstone's scythe slashing into the ground where he once was.

"Yeah..." Xenotime stretched. "I figured that'd be too easy."

"You really like making things difficult, don't you?" Xenotime's eyes widened, a grin tugging at his lips.

"Oh well." The grin faded, orange fire spiraling from Matrix's gem eye as white fire spiraled from his mouth, clearly from Howlite's Gem.

"I suppose... Deep down..." Xenotime shot off the ground at Bloodstone, pulling back a glowing orange fist.

"I really wanted to do this the hard way!"


And there it is! I know, I just keep dragging this out further and further... But this is it! That's the last trick Bloodstone has up his sleeve!

I think...

Like I said, it feels like I'm just watching at this point. Maybe that's why I'm so hype for this ending. Because for some reason it feels like I'm not just writing it, it feels like I'm watching it too.

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