Pearl was left on the boardwalk with Connie.
She was broken. And it was her own fault.
She knew that Onyx always rampaged whenever he has seen her like this.
"Onyx..." She whispers.
Connie sighed. "We told you not to go..." The girl said.
Pearl felt like breaking down. But she just mindlessly wandered out towards the house.
Connie sadly followed. She had never seen a gem so full of guilt. Full of sadness.
Well, she had seen Steven do those things a lot of times, but none of the other three.
"Pearl?" She called out for her teacher.
The gem didn't reply. She just kept walking towards the house.
Connie was worried what she would do. She didn't even know if they did kiss, or not. "Pearl..."
"Hey guys!" Steven called out for the two. He sounded worried. "Guys, Onyx left! He said he'll be back tomorrow...but...I'm getting worried." The boy said. Lapis was behind him. She had an expression of terror.
She didn't know what Onyx would do at this point. He seemed pretty steamed about something. But she didn't know.
Pearl just looked at Steven while crying. Steven noticed this. "Pearl? Why are you crying?" Steven asked with a worried voice.
Pearl couldn't handle it anymore. She lunged at Steven and hugged the boy. She cried loudly. "Oh, Steven. What have I done?!"
Steven was confused. "What have you done?"
Pearl didn't reply. She just released the boy and looked away from him. "I...I don't know. I shouldn't have accepted it." She said, her voice was full of regret.
"That's what we thought as well. We tried to do everything to stop him from finding you...but he knew something was up." Steven told her. His face fell into a frown.
Pearl forced a smile. "Oh, it's not your fault, Steven. It's all mine. I wasn't in the right mind..."
Steven smiled back at her. "Should we find him?"
Pearl sighed. "I don't think we should. He'll probably get even more mad than he is now."
Steven just put his head down. "Okay..."
Lapis just looked out into the ocean. The moon shining on its surface.
She wanted to find Onyx. But Pearl was right. He's already enraged about what had happened. And she didn't want to add that up.
Steven looked over to Connie. "Aren't you going home, Connie?"
"Nope. My parents are on a business trip. They told me to stay here for the night."
Stevens eyes shined. "Slumber party!" The two cheered as they went in the beach house.
Pearl and Lapis were left outside. "What does this mean between us?" Pearl asked silently.
Lapis got curious. "Between you and who?"
"Me and Onyx..." Pearl answered.
Lapis sighed. "Pearl...this is the first time I've ever felt this way towards another gem...but I'm sure that you two will be okay."
Pearl was surprised. "Lapis. How come you're not jealous?"
"You said it yourself. He is the one that's picking. I can't be jealous if he's not mine...or will ever be..." The ocean gem looked down to her feet.
Pearl sighed. "Let's just go in and...tell the others."
Lapis agreed and entered the house.
Onyx kept walking into the deep. The water was a little bit steamy because of him.
"I can't believe it. She didn't even wake me up!"
"We've gotta get revenge!"
"No! She has to have a reason."
"A reason? The tomato looking human kissed our partner!"
"Nyx, Pearl wouldn't do it for no reason. She loves me!"
"I can't believe you're actually taking this calmly. Don't you remember what you saw?!"
"From my perspective. I don't even know if she did kiss him."
"Look. You're messing up our mind. We've got to do something about it."
Onyx was stopped by a big ravine below him. "Is this normal underwater?"
"Don't know, don't care."
Onyx knelt down as he peeked down below him. What he saw shocked him with terror.
Under that huge crack was a big gem mutant being formed. It was crawling away from the depths of the sea.
This sent shivers down Onyx's spine. "Do you think it can see us?" Nyx asks.
The gem mutant slowly turns its head up to see the dark gem. "I think it sees us!" Onyx yelled as he tried to swim away from the crack.
The mutants arm suddenly grab a hold of him. Onyx tried to wiggle himself out of there. "Gah! This won't work. I hate fighting underwater!"
An idea came to him. He then grabbed a warp sphere from his robe and stuck it to the mutants arm. "I don't know where this'll take us, but whatever!" Onyx punches the warp sphere as both him and the twenty foot gem mutant warp towards wherever the warp sphere got them to.
Steven was getting ready for bed. Peridot and Connie were already knocked out cold. Lapis was beside him, she was just thinking. While Pearl was crying in her room. Garnet and Amethyst weren't back yet, which got them worried.
Steven's curiosity picked up all of a sudden. "Hey, Lapis. Do you think that Onyx will be okay?"
Lapis sighed and smiled at the boy. "I'm sure he will be, Steven."
This made him feel better. "Yeah, he's strong enough." He paused as he yawned. "Well, goodnight Lapis."
"Goodnight Ste-" She was cut off by the sound of warping.
Steven and Lapis quickly looked who was warping.
It was Amethyst and Garnet. "No, wrong warp pad!" Garnet said in a hurry.
"Woah, wait guys. Are you leaving again?" Steven asked the two.
"Yeah, Garnet said that she felt a presence in the kindergarten." Amethyst told the boy.
"And its big." Garnet added.
Steven went starry eyed. "Can I come?"
"No. It's too dangerous. I guess we should pick up Pearl, Onyx and Lapis on the way." Garnet replied.
Lapis nodded as she hopped off of Stevens bed.
Steven swallowed a lump. "Yeah...I don't think Pearl and Onyx will come..."
Garnet shook her head. "I knew this would happen. If we should've just-... we need Pearl, now!"
Amethyst nodded and went to her room and straight towards Pearls.
"Come on Garnet? You're all there to protect me, why can't I come?" Steven asked.
Garnet still wasn't convinced. "No, Steven. You need to stay here. It's too dangerous."
Steven groaned and went into the bathroom.
Garnet looked at Lapis. "Lapis. There won't be any water in the kindergarten. Are you still willing to help?"
Lapis didn't really fight without water. But she was willing to do it. Even thought it was dangerous.
"I'll still try and help." She replies.
Garnet nods. "Just be careful out there."
The temple door opens as Amethyst and Pearl come out. Pearl's eyes were looking...tired. "Let's go, Garnet!" Pearl let out.
Garnet stared at her. "We're gonna have a talk after this." She said to the pale gem bluntly.
The four immediately stepped on the warp pad as they all warped.
Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Lapis warped into the kindergarten to be greeted by a a twenty foot gem mutant and Onyx fighting it off.
All the Gems jumped into action and helped Onyx except for Pearl. She was back into her frozen self once again.
Onyx was surprised by the backup. "Oh, nice of you guys to help me." He joked as he kept slicing the mutant, but it had no effect.
Amethyst kept throwing stuff with her whip, it only grumbked and roared. "I don't think we're damaging it."
"Pearl!"" Garnet called out. She looked back to her frozen friend. She was holding her chest tightly.
Garnet was then sent flying by the mutant. "Garnet!?" Onyx, Amethyst and Lapis called out.
The gem mutant looked over at Amethyst as its hand morphed into a sharp sword, and charged towards her. Amethyst wasn't watching. Onyx noticed who the thing was going for.
"Amethyst!"
Amethyst looked at the sword hand coming straight to her. She was expecting a big retreat, but Onyx was just in time to save her.
Onyx put her down as he stumbled. Amethsyt came to his aid. "What's wrong?!" Amethyst was shocked.
Onyx looked to where she was a looking. He looked at his...missing leg. He just laughed it off. "Atleast you're safe."
"O-onyx? How come you didn't retreat?" The purple gem asks.
"No time for questions we've got to get this thing poofed fast!" Onyx suggested.
Amethyst hesitated, but just nodded. Onyx limped towards Pearl.
"Pearl!" He yelled.
Pearl blinked as she face Onyx.
"I know that you're feeling guilty. Yes, I'm still mad about it. But you've gotta focus!" He said as he looked at her seriously.
Pearl shook her head and wiped her tears away. "Okay. Amethyst!" She called out.
Amethyst looked at her and immediately understood what she meant. The two started dancing as Onyx sat down and watched. He was pretty useless without a leg.
Lapis jusy flew around as she tried to distract the mutant for Garnet. The red gem charged electricity from her hands as she shoots it into the ground, shocking the gem mutant.
Finally, Opal was formed. Lapis backed away as she went to Onyx's side and looked at him worryingly. "What happened?" She asked with her hands on her mouth.
Onyx smiles. "Don't worry about me. Just worry about yourself and-"
He was cut off by a warping sound. "Hey guys!"
"Steven?!" The Gems yelled. Opal almost fell apart because of this.
Steven ran towards Onyx and Lapis. "Steven you're not supposed to be here!" Lapis scolded the boy.
"No way, I want to help out!" Steven yelled proudly.
"Steven..." Onyx coughed. This wasn't normal. Gems weren't suppose to feel this way.
"Onyx? What happened?" Steven asked.
Onyx held Lapis' hand. "Lapis, get out of here. Tell the others to fall back."
"What's happening, Onyx? Why do you sound...sick?" Steven asked the gem.
Onyx wasn't really sure what was happening. He couldn't feel his arms. And he couldn't even hear Nyx anymore.
Opal finally gave out and was pushed out of the way making her fall. The mutant went straight for Steven.
"Ah!" He raises his hand as his shield came up. He closed his eyes as he heard the mutants arm come through his shield.
But nothing touched him.
"Onyx, we can't keep you here anymore..." Leader, Rose Quartz, had decided. She wanted Onyx to leave earth. He didn't know why.
"Why, Rose?!" Onyx asked.
She looked down to him. "I can't let you have a romantic relationship with Pearl. She's starting to lose focus on what needs to be done."
Onyx clenched his fist. "And what is that?"
Rose was taken back by his question. "That mission is to stop homeworld gems from coming here to earth." She slightly raised her voice.
"And that's why you want me to leave? Because I'm from homeworld?!"
"No. It's more than that, Onyx!" Rose yelled softly.
"Is it so important that you had to manipulate Amethyst on doing it as well?!"
Rose didn't answer. She just saw Onyx slowly summoning his sword, she knew what he wanted. She summoned her shield and picked her own sword up.
"I don't want to do this, Onyx."
Onyx smirked. "Yeah? Well, that should be me saying that. Because I don't want to do any of your bidding anymore."
Onyx charged at Rose as she raised her shield and block Onyx's strike.
While in the air. Onyx did a whole one-eighty and swiped to her side. Rose was caught off guard. But she managed to block with her sword.
But what shocked her was that the Onyx in the air was only a clone. She looked down to see the real one ready to strike below her.
Rose was ready to accept defeat. But she only heard a loud clash.
Onyx had lost his sword. So she quickly swiped her shield as it struck his face. Onyx was knocked back.
Onyx wiped his face and looked over to what caused his sword to fly away from his hand. He saw Pearl.
She had thrown her spear. And she didn't even looked guilty about it. "Onyx, stop this!"
"Why? She's telling me to stop feeling! This is not right." Onyx said as he stood back up.
He came closer to Pearl. And then looked over to Rose. "If I'm going back on homeworld, I'm taking Pearl with me."
Pearl looked down, same did Rose. "I don't want to..." Pearl whispered.
Onyx was shocked. His heart sank into nothingness. "What?"
"I said I don't want to come with you, Onyx..."
With that said. Onyx limped away from the scene and went outside of the temple. He heard Pearl call for his name. But his ears were ringing. He then closed his eyes while limping away. He couldn't feel anything...
Not even sadness...
Nor anger.
Steven opened his eyes back, and was horrified at what he saw.
The sword arm was mere inches away from his face. But that didn't matter.
What mattered was that Onyx was right in front of him. The sword had went through Stevens shield, and Onyx..
Steven looked at his chest. His face was frozen with terror. The sword had went through Onyx, and his gem.
Onyx looked at his gem. "Uh...Steven! Everything's gonna be alright! I'm gonna be-" Poof.
Everyone had just witnessed this. Even Opal. This made her rage out on the gem mutant. Shooting multiple arrows at the mutant which made it poof back into multiple Gems.
The Gems quickly went to Onyx's shattered gem. Amethyst and Pearl broke down.
All that was left were his shards and his metal arm. Steven was still frozen from the act Onyx just did.
"No no no no no!" Amethyst yelled as she tried to piece Onyx's gem back together.
"He-...he..." Pearl stuttered. She felt her insides go cold.
Lapis was just as shocked as her. She just couldn't find the words. She only found tears.
Steven's heart started to go faster as he hyperventilated.
Garnet quickly picked him up and carried him. Steven had passed out from the pressure.
The Gems were all destroyed by this incident.
Amethyst still tried to piece him back together. Every single piece was on, but nothing happened.
The purple gem balled up on the ground and broke down. Lapis was silently crying with her mouth inside her hands.
Pearl was cold. She felt numb. She could only feel her eyes pour out some more tears.
Garnet decided not to look at his shattered gem. She felt sick.
Amethyst looked up at Garnet. "Garnet...what do we do? I want him back!"
"I don't know, Amethyst. We all want him back. I told you this would happen..."
Pearl knelt down and picked up the arm and every single one of his gem pieces and bubbled it up. It was the best thing they could do for him.
"Let's...go home..." Garnet let out.
Everyone slowly followed.
"Hey pops. Why do you think that we are just made for fighting?" A young Amethyst asks.
"Well you see, Amethyst, we were created only for fighting and conquering. Some just don't care and rebel against their leaders."
"Is that why you rebeled against them? Because they sound pretty mean."
Onyx nodded. "Yeah. I served white diamond for a long time. And one time, they went too far. So I tried not to do anything too serious for them anymore. Then they sent here on earth. Then I met you."
Amethsyt smiled. "Well, atleast I know that you have no intention on helping evil Gems out there."
Onyx grinned. "I'm glad too. But it's still pretty dangerous out there. That's why we turned out hiding for almost twenty years."
Amethyst scooted closer to him as she snuggled closer. "As long as I have the coolest father gem with me, nothing can be dangerous."
Onyx sighed and hugged the small gem. Amethyst sighed as well. "I just wish this war should end. It's making me uncomfortable in this place. Any place actually."
"Just remember, that if you can't stand the way this place is. Take yourself to higher places."
"Ooh! Like that trash mountain we slept in for a few days?" Amethyst reminisced.
"It's called a dump, Amethyst. But yeah...I guess that's a higher place...but I was speaking metaphorically." He whispered the last part.
Amethyst giggled. "Oh man, I miss that place. We should sleep in those more often!"
"Don't woryy. I'll try and find more dumps to sleep in."
Amethyst hugged the dark gem. "Thanks pops. You're the best..."
Onyx felt flattered. He hugged back.
He felt really loved.
And he Loved feeling that way...
The Crystal Gems warped back into the temple all in tears as Steven was still out cold.
Amethyst went straight to her room. Garnet gave Steven to the weeping Lapis.
Pearl just slowly walked towards the temple door, holding the metal arm, as she opened her door to her room. She entered as she just felt the pain all together with the guilt.
Garnet held the bubble in her hands and went to the basement. She sighed and wiped a tear from her face.
She placed the shattered Onyx next to Jasper.
It was hard for her to look at it.
Can she have done something to prevent what had happened?
There were many ways. But it'd end up the same.
Onyx was willing to die for his loved ones.
His wish was granted.
"Hey..."
"I know you now..."
"..."
"I can't believe we've been stuck together. But I'm sorry for not noticing."
"Don't be. I didn't know who I was until now."
"Heh...are you gonna be your own gem now? Or you still want to be...us?"
"I don't think...I want to be my own gem anymore. No one knows me anymore. Homeworld is a new world now."
"I know...but I'm sorry for betraying you last thousand years ago."
"I understand why. I wanted to stop too. But yellow diamond had more Gems than I did. I tried to reach out to the other Onyx Gems. But she had gotten rid of them already."
"..."
"...I'm sorry."
"What? No. There's no need. I never knew that my supposed alter ego was my leader. That's a surprise huh?"
"Yeah. And it's all because of that murderous Obsidian. That axe is powered by advanced homeworld technology. If your gem touches it, your consciousness will transfer to the weapon. That gem made me waiting for a few years...then you came."
"So, you were transferred to my gem as well?"
"Yes. And I gave you my healing and resurrection powers too. I saw a great future ahead of you. And I can still see it."
"Are we able to fix ourselves?"
"We probably can."
"But what about our arm and leg?"
"Our leg can grow back. But are you sure you want to grow your arm back? Pearl already made us one...it was made with love."
"...Never knew that the White diamond is such a romantic."
"I think, Nyx, suits me better."
"Alright then..."
"Ready to go back, Onyx?"
"Yes sir."
Steven woke up from his sleep. He looked beside him to see Connie, Peridot and Lapis laying down next to him.
He suddenly remembered the incident. His eyes widened. "Onyx..."
He sat up as he held his covers tightly. He blamed himself. He knew that if he hadn't came and try to help them, Onyx would still be alive.
The boy slowly got off the bed as to not wake up the two Gems and one girl that were sleeping.
He climbed down the steps and looked over to Lion. He was sleeping peacefully in a box. Steven smiled at this.
Steven walked over to the bathroom and opened the light. He closed the door, then went to the bathtub. He sat there, blaming himself.
He did want to help. But he only made it worse. He got his family member killed.
Steven wasn't happy about it. His vision was turning dark as he was falling asleep.
The door suddenly opens. The boy looked over to whoever entered.
It was Peridot.
She looked at him with a tired look on her face. "What're you doing here, Steven? It's not your 'getting ready for the day' time now is it?" Peridot said sarcastically.
Steven looked down on the drain. "I'm sorry, Peridot..."
"No need for apologies."
It was silent for a minute.
Steven sighed. "Why can't I do anything right?" He asked himself.
Peridot wasn't ready for his question. "Can't do anything right? What is that supposed to mean?"
"I mean...I wanted to help the Gems, but I only got Onyx shattered in the process."
Peridot flinched. She was never told about Onyx being shattered. "He's...gone?"
Steven bursted. "Yes! And it's all because of me! I can't do anything to help them or save them..." He paused. "I only know how to mess things up and get my family killed..."
Much to Peridots knowledge. She knew that Steven was the go getter kind of human. But she didn't see the smile on his face. She only saw guilt and anger.
"First, it was Centipeedle. And now...it's Onyx. I just don't know if I'm strong enough to accept it and strong enough to protect them."
Peridot sat in front of the human boy. "Listen...Steven. Gah, I can't believe I'm saying this. But I want you to know that...even if Onyx is gone, you still have us. Your "family"."
Steven sniffled. He looked over to the small gem in front of him. He smiled. "Yeah...but, I just wish he was okay..."
Peridot sighed. She stood up and got out of the tub. She offered her hand for him to grab. Her face was hotter than she imagined.
Steven wiped his tears off and grabbed Peridots hand. They stood in silence for a minute. Until Steven launched himself towards Peridot for a hug.
Peridot jumped as she wasn't expecting him to do that. But she calmed down and hugged back.
"Steven!..." Peridot began to struggle. Steven tightened his hug as he started sobbing again.
"I'm sorry..." He apologized. "I just...want him back..."
Peridot looked down and sighed.
"Me too..."
Lapis woke up, staring at the ceiling. She couldn't sleep well. She kept replaying what she witnessed earlier.
She lost her first love. And her insides hurt. She missed him. And she was pretty sure that Pearl wasn't taking this well too.
The ocean gem sighed.
She felt trapped again. With Onyx, she felt more than a free gem. She felt loved.
And added with Stevens love for everybody, that was what she wanted in her everyday life.
But now it was only half of it.
She sat up and looked next to her. She only saw Connie. The gem then noticed the light inside the bathroom.
She sighed and laid back down. Tears started forming in her eyes. She started whimpering.
"Why would you go...?"
Lapis hugged the stuffed bear right next to her. She balled up and cried.
She felt more than trapped.
She felt romantically unloved.
Pearl had been crying for almost two hours now.
She had lost him before. Now she had lost him again. The difference was that he won't come back now.
And she blamed herself for it.
If she had been strong enough to beat the gem mutant, then he wouldnt have gotten shattered.
Just thinking of his name made her cold.
She had been holding his metal arm all night. It was the only thing left behind of him.
She hugged the arm as she sobbed quietly. Something then caught her eye. A piece of paper fell out from the inside of the arm.
She picked it up and noticed that it was a photo.
Her eyes widened as she looked at it.
It was a photo from the past. But his face was scratched off. It looked like he just drew his face on it.
She felt her heart warm up and a smile was put on her face.
"Greg told me to push this button and it'll take a 'picture' of us. Whatever those printed out images are." Onyx told the other Gems.
Rose smiled. "I'm happy that we're trying to explore more about human things. But I don't want to trust this "Greg" until I see him."
Amethsyt crawled up to Onyx's back. "Yeah. Is he one of those pierat people?"
Pearl rolled her eyes back. "It's a pirate, Amethyst."
Garnet smirked. "I'm pretty sure pierats can be delicious."
Amethsyt giggled. "Yeah!"
Rose just laughed at the young Gems.
Onyx finally set the camera up and presses the button as it started counting down. "Alright, everyone get together and stay in that position."
Rose was on the left side of all of them. Garnet was on Rose's right. Pearl was in the middle as she smiled. Onyx had Amethyst on his shoulders, right next to Pearl. "Everyone say, Earth!"
"Earth!"
"Aw yeah!" Amethyst raised her fists as Onyx got unbalanced as he ducked looking up at Amethyst.
Pearl held the photo as she started crying once more.
She felt happy as she reminisced. But she still couldn't get him out of her mind.
"I don't care what happened...I'll always love you..."
She hugged her legs as she continued the sound of sorrow.
Hey guys. This bottom part is updated. I was supposed to add this chapter yesterday morning.
But I guess it wasn't put out there. Dunno why.
But here ya guys/gals go. Sorry If its boring, late, and short.
Flaming is not really appreciated, but...meh.
Luv u peeps.
PS: If there's something wrong with the spelling and/or grammar error. I'm just using a phone to write my chapters for now. Laptop got bricked.