Tidal Wave [Peter Parker]

Part 14- The Power of Water

Thanks to Bucky, they were able to bypass that awkward conversation and get back to training. "Peter," Tony said, pulling him to the side. "Did she electrocute you?"

"Yeah I think so, but how is that even possible?"

Tony shrugged, "She's a Human Arc Reactor. She can do everything my Arc Reactor does I guess."

"Awesome," Peter said under his breath.

The conversation was cut short because Loki had stepped forward to confront Sage. He made at least one hundred clones of himself and they all surged forward to attack. WIth one wave, she was able to eliminate all the clones and knock the real Loki off his feet. Wanda took the chance to attack next. Her eyes and hands started to glow red but she didn't have the chance to actually do anything. Sage used the water to pick Wanda up and encase her in a bubble which she then froze. Vision flew towards her but Sage began shooting icicles at him. She watched as he phased through several of them but three of them struck him at once, in his leg, shoulder and arm. He screamed but when he did, he sounded like Jarvis. It stunned her; Jarvis, the Jarvis that she knew couldn't feel pain. Once he screamed out in pain, she quickly evaporated the icicles and released Wanda who ran over to Vision as soon as her feet touched the ground.

"Enough!" Thor bellowed. He stormed up to Sage, "You need to get over yourself. Njǫror is a god, he won't care if we get hurt. He won't stop if someone screams, he won't stop until he destroys this city. Now can you do this or not?"

"Hey, Point Break!" Tony shouted.

Loki leaned over to his brother. "Thor, take a walk."

Frustrated, Thor swung his hammer and flew out of the pool. Loki crossed his arms, "Sage, he means well-"

"No," Sage said. "He's right. Njǫror won't stop."

"That's the difference between you and Njǫror. Our grandfather has no regard to the people on Midgard. You care, that's why you're doing this."

She knew that he was right but it was hard to understand what she was supposed to do. "I don't want to hurt my friends."

"You may not have to. I want you to try something. You said that you can control water molecules, correct?"

"Yeah..." Sage said hesitantly.

***

Everyone took position again, except for Wanda and Vision who went to the infirmary. Thor returned and quickly took position as well. Natasha was the first to take action this time. She displayed her tasers and rushed forward. "I'm sorry Nat," Sage mumbled.

When Nat got close enough Sage raised her hands and did exactly what Loki told her. Suddenly Nat stopped moving. "I-" she struggled. "I can't move."

"Brilliant Sage!" Loki cheered.

Everyone turned to look around in confusion. "What did you tell her to do?" Thor asked.

Loki smiled, "The human body is 60% water."

"Technically," Peter said. "The brain and heart are composed of 73% water, and the lungs are about 83% water. The skin contains 64% water, muscles and kidneys are 79%, and even the bones are 31% water."

Everyone turned to him, perplexed.

"Isn't it obvious?" Peter said. "She's controlling that 60% of Ms. Romanoff."

Sage spun Nat around and forced her to run head on at Bucky. Bucky dropped the gun and engaged in hand to hand combat with Natasha. Thor turned back to Sage and threw Mjölnir at her, no lightning this time. While still maintaining control of Natasha, she summoned a wall of water to stop Mjölnir. The water, to everyone's surprise, stopped Mjölnir. In Odin's eyes, water was a life-giving substance in all nine realms, of course it was worthy. Sage released Nat from her control. She and Bucky stopped fighting. "If I can do this," Sage shouted. She shot a stream of electrified water at Thor, knocking him to the ground. The shock was ten times stronger while the water held Mjölnir. "So can Njǫror."

She dropped the wall of water and with it Mjölnir. It landed on the floor with a loud clunk. She repeated herself, "If I can do this, so can Njǫror."

Sage was done for the day, no one stopped her when she climbed the ladder out of the pool. She returned the heart monitor to Bruce without a word. She disappeared into the hall, leaving everyone else standing at the bottom of the pool.

She passed Shuri in the hall but said nothing. Shuri was on her way to check on the training progress and clearly, Sage did not want to be talked to. She got to the pool and exchanged a few words with Bruce. The suit was performing perfectly. "White Wolf," Shuri said. "Come with me."

Bucky climbed out of the pool and followed her.

Eventually, everyone got out of the pool and changed out of their suits. It was nearly time for dinner, they'd been training for hours. Tony sent nanobots to repair the broken window while he went to make dinner. He knocked on Sage's door, "Hey sweety, what do you want for dinner."

She opened the door, "What are my options?"

Tony crossed his arms, "You can have anything you want."

"Anything?" Sage echoed.

"Yeah, Dumm-E can cook anything. Course I could try but it wouldn't be as good."

Sage smiled, "Maybe, oh you know what sounds good? Cinnamon rolls and popsicles."

Tony laughed, "Wow, you really are my kid. Well why don't you and Peter go make some cinnamon rolls with Dumm-E while I order us some real food."

"Real food?"

"Burgers and pizza sound good?"

"Sounds great actually."