Steven Universe: Beyond The Mirror

Capture The Lapis

Lapis could feel her form starting to lose touch with reality, her body fading in her own perception of the dilemma. Amethyst grunts as she pulls on Lapis' gem to no end, growling as her cheeks heat up. "Why...won't you...poof?!"

Lapis screams for a few moments in anguish before snapping herself out of the torture. She bulges her eyes open, clenching her teeth as Amethyst starts wailing at her. "Poof already!" Amethyst's voice strains and cracks as her strength starts to give out.

Lapis finally thrusts her right leg up to kick Amethyst in the back with a yell sort of grunt. Amethyst wheezes as she stumbles forward on Lapis' back. Lapis huffs as she turns over to the left side just enough to knock Amethyst off of her.

Amethyst crashes down on her butt as Lapis sits up, pressing a hand to her back. She groans with Amethyst as the two turn to face each other, lifting their heads up as they pant. Fog passes into the area as the grey clouds in the sky take a darker hue.

Lapis smirks as she crawls until her body directs itself on her opponent. "You really...think you can...just poof...me...like that? A Bismuth...did that to me. You should've punched me...in the back!"

Amethyst chuckles, letting off her own sneer. "Well...I thought that pulling your gem...off your back...would do the trick better. Maybe...I'll actually give you-!" Amethyst stands up as she pounds her right fist into the palm of her left hand. "The ol'...one two!"

Lapis groans once more as she stands back up just the same, though smiling. "I'd like...to see you try!" Lapis allows her teeth to greet her challenger as her water wings pop out of her gem once more. She leaps into the air and her wings flutter as she starts to get some distance from Amethyst.

Her original intention with them was to leave the Kindergarten and flee with Steven's body hopefully unscathed as of right now. This time, she is going to attempt to get Amethyst REALLY fired up...by a game of capture the flag, er, Lapis.

Lapis obviously doesn't know that game, but she does get the gist of it. After having her wings flutter a dozen times, Lapis stops and waits for the sound of the cracking whip before putting everything into action.

Amethyst scoffs down below as she lets go of the warp whistle, allowing it to dissipate from her hand. She pulls out a second whip in its place as the one that caught Lapis dissaptes from her leg. Amethyst lashes out after a few seconds of watching Lapis soar a few feet to her right.

"Gotcha!" Lapis dives to her left out of the way as the ends of the whip narrowly hit her cheek. Lapis laughs as her eyebrows cross down. "Sorry! You missed!" Amethyst drops the smirk, forcing back her glare as she lashes out again with her other whip in her left hand.

Lapis circles Amethyst from above as the vulture she is within the Quartz's eyes. Lapis swerves to the right, diving down as she tilts her body, her fluttering wings facing Amethyst. Amethyst lashes out again as her forehead furrows.

Lapis swerves down to the left, her wings switching tactics with her body. Amethyst growls as she lashes out both whips at the same time, yelling at the peak of her frustration in her failed attempts. Lapis doesn't make a move to turn tail on her opponent's assault this time.

After a few seconds, Lapis turns back to a standing position in midair just in time to grip the ends of the whips before they could hit her mid region. Amethyst's eyes bulge, gasping as Lapis tugs on the ends of the whips. Amethyst slips off the ground for a few seconds before regaining her footing.

Lapis' muscles contract, grunting as she grips the whips with a bit more force before flying off towards the warp pad not far ahead of her. Amethyst hangs on to them as she rises from the ground. She grunts as she attempts to climb them up towards Lapis a few feet higher up.

She grabs the thorns of the ropes attached to the handles of the whips one--after the other. She supports her boots against the handles until she starts climbing at an urgent, but cautious pace. Halfway through, Amethyst casts her eyes down on the warp pad...on Steven.

Amethyst gasps, letting go of the whips from the shock. She crashes down onto the warp pad on her feet--before falling over flat on her face. She gets up groaning and she grimaces as she turns around, sitting up. She scrambles to her feet and she rushes up to Steven's unconscious body.

Lapis laughs as she circles them from above, believing that Amethyst is still on her tail. Amethyst turns Steven's body over onto his back before lifting up his shirt. She covers her mouth as her eyes well up. She thrusts her head up towards the sky and she hollers out to her sneering nemesis.

"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO HIM?! TO ALL OF US!" Lapis snaps herself out of her game, letting go of the ends of the whips. She immediately stops laughing as the whips dissipate on their way down towards the ground. She turns the other way, gazing down upon an infuriated Amethyst gripping the shirt of a dying Steven.

Amethyst's nostrils flare as she points a trembling finger up towards Lapis. "MARK MY WORDS, LAPIS! YOU WILL PAY FOR ALL OF THIS! JUST YOU WAIT!" Amethyst thrusts her free left hand out. The warp pad glows as a beacon of vibrant blue light bursts up towards the sky. Lapis gasps before she swoops down into the light just as it travels up into the sky.