The room is empty. Pitch black. There is a faint hum in the air. A shimmering yellow gem sits on a table of sorts. It is already cracked, possibly from a drop. The gem glows, like it will reform. The light shifts into the familiar shape of a Zircon. Yellow Zircon, to be exact.

Her monocle is cracked. Like her gem. She shudders, the feeling of burning electricity lingering within her gem. She can barely see, and it frightens her. What happened? All she remembers was watching Blue poof and then a blast of electricity from her diamond and then...darkness.

A feeling of agony eats away at her. The electricity is numbing. She focuses on her breathing. In and out, she tells herself.

Nearby, she sees a blue light. She crawls towards it, not trusting her legs to carry her. She gasps as she notices a large crack in the blue gem. Her eyes water suddenly.

"You too?" She asks, finger tracing over the crack. A blue light shimmers and she leaps back. The gem slowly forms into Blue Zircon. As she lands, she gasps. "Yellow? Something doesn't feel right." Blue notes. Yellow nods gently.

"Our gems...they're cracked." Yellow says slowly. Blue's eyes widen. "I'm so sorry, Yellow." Blue whispers softly. Yellow nods silently. The two hug each other sadly. They know that wherever this is, it's their end.

The door opens. "Traitors." A cold voice says bitterly. The two gems freeze as the gem steps closer. An Onxy. Gems that specialize in breaking other gems. What a morbid job. Do they ever feel anything? Probably not.

The Onxy stares at them. "Zircons? This is new. I've never shattered a Zircon before. This might be interesting~" She begins.

"I can't wait to find your breaking points. After that, it's all cut and dry from there." She laughs darkly.

She summons a strange object from her gem. She notes their stares. "Oh this? I was built with this for a weapon. I had a Copper tweak it a bit. That way I can shatter lowly gems like you two!"

Yellow and Blue stay silent. They have nothing to say. They just wait. Onxy pierces Blue's gem first. Yellow watches in horror as the form is poofed.

"I don't think I'll need this." Onxy says as she stomps on the gem with a spiked boot. The gem breaks into more pieces than Yellow could ever count.

She shivers, frantically grabbing the shards. A sob escapes her throat and tears spill down her face. Onxy laughs. "And they told me Zircons are emotionless." She scoffs.

"Shatter me. You're going to anyways, so just go on. Please." Onxy tilts her head. "I've never had a gem beg to be shattered. Usually it's the opposite. But I'm not that cruel~" She laughs again.

"I was told to keep you alive. And that's what I'll do. I wonder why she wants you alive. I guess I'll never know. But you are to stay down here. And hold onto those shards for all I care! It won't bring her back."

Onxy leaves, laughing to herself.
Yellow holds onto the pieces and sobs.

"I'm sorry Blue..."

A breaking point is a scary thing to reach. You reached yours and now you're gone. And that was my breaking point: losing you.