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"WHOOO!" Topaz screamed with excitement. After spending an entire night bored out of his mind (if Gems have actual brains, anyways), he had discovered a big hole in the back of his room. He immediately jumped down, curious to find out where it lead. After 2 minutes of falling, he saw strange reflections of light. Topaz squinted, realizing that the reflections had come from cylinder-shaped waterfalls in a baby blue room. Not wanting to miss such an opportunity, he cannonballed into the biggest waterfall. If only he had seen Pearl next to his target. "Topaz? What are you-" SPLASH! Pearl had been soaked with water before she finished what she was saying. Surfacing, Topaz saw a scowling Pearl looking down at him. "Oops. Sorry. Found a hole in my room and decided to jump down," Topaz explained, afraid for his life. Pearl's expression eased, but Topaz could still feel the silent fury. It was only then he realized that he got caught up in the current. Before he started to swim to the door, Topaz fell down the falls, flailing his arms and legs in panic.
After a few minutes of falling, he saw another surface-garbage. Just pure piles of junk. Trying to aim for a pile of socks, he landed on a pile of rocks. "Ohh, that hurt," Topaz winced in agony. "Good thing I don't have bones to break." He looked around, unsure of where he was. Suddenly, he sensed movement from a nearby pile of crap. Drawing his swords, he rushed over to the source of the noise and movement. Topaz was pointing his swords directly at Amethyst's throat. "WHOA! WHAT THE HECK, DUDE?!" Amethyst screamed in shock. "Sorry," Topaz apologized, sheathing his swords. "I fell down here from Pearl's room. I'm not used to the layout of this place yet." "Oh, you fell from P's room? No worries, man. The falls drop her stuff down here all the time, but she always thinks I took it." Amethyst ranted. "The door's just past that pile of dirty tank tops." "Thanks," Topaz said. "Why do you have this junk, anyways?" "Everything here is important to me!" Amethyst said defensively. Afraid to open his mouth again, Topaz just walked out of the temple.
Topaz laid on the calm beach outside of the house, completely relaxed. That's when he heard the scream. Topaz's eyes jolted open. He ran into the city towards the scream. He found Greg Universe clutching a red splotch on his white tank top, a red-eyed Onion with a red knife standing nearby. Topaz was horrified, but nowhere near as horrified as Steven when he and the other Gems arrived a few moments later. "DAD!" Steven cried. He ran over to his father. Onion saw him, though, and sliced at him with the knife. Topaz, knowing what the demonic child was about to do, blocked the knife with his swords. Steven hadn't noticed Onion until that moment. "O-O-Onion?!" Steven said in confusion and terror. Topaz raised his swords to attack. Onion somehow saw this coming, however, and ran past him. He then stabbed at Pearl's Gem, breaking it in two. He did the same to Amethyst. But, for Garnet, he sliced straight down. At first, Topaz was confused by this tactic. Then Garnet unfused, becoming two short figures. One was a red girl, Ruby, with cubic hair held by a headband, dark red shorts, and a light red tank top. The other was a blue girl, Sapphire, with a blue ballroom dress, light blue gloves, and royal blue hair that normally hid her currently exposed single eye. Topaz watched in shock and amazement as the giant woman before him became to short girls. Onion stabbed the knife through the Gem in Ruby's palm, immediately moving on to the Gem in Sapphire's palm. Just as the others, the Gems broke in half. Topaz knew who was next. He looked over at Steven, and stared in curiosity as he licked his hand and placed it on his father's stab wound. The wound began to glow, until it vanished. Topaz was shocked to find that Steven had healing spit, much like Rose's tears he had seen her use on wounded humans. If only he had been paying attention to Onion, who had stabbed Steven two seconds later. Right in his Gem, breaking it in half. His job done, Onion picked up half of each Gem. Just as he proceeded to grab the other halves, Topaz's sword was stabbed into the ground between the shards and him. Topaz grabbed the shards and pointed his swords at Onion, a deadly look in his eyes. "I promised Rose I'd never harm a human being under any circumstances." Topaz said, defeat in his voice. A smirk almost formed on Onion's face. "But," Topaz continued confidently, "Rose isn't here." Topaz stabbed Onion's stomach, causing him to collapse, dead. That is, until Onion glowed red, getting back up as though nothing happened. Topaz's confident smirk was replaced by a look of rage. He held his swords to Onion's throat again. "If you're smart, you'll run. You have a 20-minute head start before I hunt you like a dirty animal. Run." Onion showed no signs of being intimidated by Topaz's threat, but ran anyways. Topaz suddenly had tears rolling down his cheeks. He watched as humanity's hope of salvation vanished with the very thing threatening them. Their hope was gone.
This fic has taken a dark turn. The faint of heart may wish to turn back. Or not. This may be as dark as the story gets. See ya next chapter!