Legend of the Seven Lights

50. Plot Hole

It probably wasn't right to squeeze in both these story arc parts, but I wanted to make up for holding this off for so long, and also save time. :P Caesar Cipher.

Chapter 50: Plot Hole

Mermaid Swamp

Bowser used his fire breath to melt the ice off of Danny and Eric, with the rest of Team Gnaa behind them. "What the heck is wrong with your friend?!" the Koopa King questioned.

"We don't know!" Danny yelled. "It caught us by surprise!"

"Empty, the Princess Lapis cell is!" Grunty informed. "The child must have done the biz."

"I conjecture that Lapis's body retreated into her gem." Eggman spoke. "I've been studying her, and she has a most peculiar anatomy. The only true physical part of her body is her gem."

"So you think Melody's keeping her in her pocket?" Eric asked.

"That doesn't explain why she up and attacked us!" Danny said, exasperated.

"If Lapis has done something, we must apprehend her." Kroctus said. "If Lapis still holds on to her hatred, Oceana may-" They nearly lost balance when the base wobbled.

"Your Excellency!" A Kritter and a Kop hurried up to them from down the passage. "A pillar of water just rised up from around the fortress! It's being frozen in ice!"

"Summon Dogadon to melt the ice!" Kroctus commanded. "You all, follow me to the hangar. We are taking the Flying Krock!" The king charged back the way they came.

They followed the Kremling King all the way to the top of the base where the Flying Krock was parked. Kroctus hurriedly activated the ship after they all boarded, flying through the encasing water before the top froze. The wind from the plane's propellers blew some of the swamp's fog away, and through it, they could see a light-blue glowing force. When the plane hovered closer, they could make out the figure in the center of the glow. "It's Melody!" Danny pointed.

Said girl was whirling her arms and spinning the swamp's murky water around her. The ship hovered higher as the body of water continued growing, forming a sickly green colossus, with a hint of blue from its controller, that shaped Melody's body. "What?! THIS again?" Eggman asked, remembering back when Eva became a water giantess.

However, the form of Melody morphed into a watery body of Lapis Lazuli, whose green form, pupil-less eyes, and angry scowl made her a terrifying sight. "NO ONE has power over ME, anymore!" the giantess declared with Melody's voice. "I'll destroy everyone that TORMENTED me on this planet!" The giant slashed sudden beams of water at the ship, and K. Rool evasively dodged them as he fired missiles, but the engines cooled after entering the water body before 'Melody' tossed them back. The Krock was bounced around by the explosions, then the giantess sent a massive Water Fist to send the ship spiraling toward the sky.

Mermaids were getting pulled up into the water body via the current, so Lapis relentlessly spat them out onto the land. "Mana Mana!" When she realized Manaphy was being pulled up against his will, the possessed child decided to encase him inside ice. In her water colossus, Lapis surfed through the murky fog and away from the swamp, soon to find shore under an open atmosphere, but cloudy sky.

Lapis turned off Melody's Fury and settled on shore, laying the frozen Manaphy beside her. Lapis tried to catch Melody's breath. "If this girl has Kyogre's God Chi, it should be greater than mine. The problem is, she's mortal, not to mention these wounds still hurt. Using too much power too quickly will exhaust her body. Not like my own..." Lapis reached into Melody's pocket and pulled out her cracked gem. "I'm guessing she doesn't know how to rematerialize my body. I won't be able to switch back if she can't figure it out. So it's a good thing I brought him along."