A Goddess Called Infinity

Calamity pt. 2

Lapis ascends through the caverns in search of a way out. It didn't help that she was purposely avoiding the trains, something about them seemed negative to her. She was thinking about how she'd group back up with the others when she felt a familiar pull.

Water.

A stream from somewhere in the cave sang to her, its churning tendrils silently but desperately summoning her being. It was wild and soft and pristine all at the same time. Her attraction to water was as expressionless as the subject itself.

She eventually finds it; a spring gushing with life, flowing down through the caverns to form a river. Lapis realizes this was her way out. She flies low enough to run a hand through the water as she went. It was her way of silently thanking the water for leading her this way. It playfully reaches back and races along with her. Soon, she sees sunlight and the water bursts from the cave like an open wound. Being newly born, it sprays free from its confinement in the darkness of the caverns. Down, down, down, it went, cascading—even flying—for a moment before recollecting at the ground. There, it was calmer and more peaceful. It flows majestically down the rocky slope towards the greater river.

Lapis's appreciation of the water was interrupted by the ongoing spoils of war that unfurled in the distance. She quickly flies on to find the others. She suddenly halts as she hears a loud crash behind her. A large, armored alien was fighting a person in bulky red and golden armor.

"Guys, Vision need back up now!" The armored Bruce Banner calls out. Once he gets up he struggles with Cull Obsidian as the brute tosses him around. Obsidian picks up his ax, lodges it into Banner's shoulder armor, and swings over him. The arm snaps clean off as the armor crumbles at the joint. Banner yells out in frustration.

After staring perplexed at the scene, Lapis decides she needs to act. She may have been reluctant to fight before, but she was needed. She brings up her hand and the water begins to collect and rise behind her at will. The two fighting don't seem to notice as they continue on.

Banner begins to get a few punches in, but Obsidian is able to catch Banner's good arm. With a hard punch, Banner goes flying back and causes water to spray up around him. Banner remains there groaning as Obsidian approaches him with a blade in hand.

"Hey!"

The two turn their attention to the blue gem. Subsequently, they notice the huge pillar of water she has lifted. She throws her hand forward and the water forms a fist as it shoots out towards them. Banner braces himself, but the water hits only Obsidian at full force. He is launched back all the way to the waterfall. At that time, Banner is able to get back up. Who was this stranger? Another of Cap's friends he has yet to be introduced to?

The formalities would have to wait as Obsidian is back on his feet and very pissed off. He roars in anger as he charges the two of them. Banner catches him with his one arm but Obsidian easily backhands Banner away. Lapis throws up both of her hands as he approaches her, creating a wall of water underneath him. The brute was launched straight up into the air. Without hesitating, Lapis throws her hands back down with a slight circular motion. The water forms above Obsidian and slams him down at full force. That only seemed to make him angrier.

Obsidian defiantly got up again and was close enough to the gem to swing at her. Lapis only has time to create a small wall of ice to protect herself, but it was insufficient. The ice shatters as his fist passes through it and the small gem is thrown violently onto the bank of the river.

Obsidian goes to finish her when Banner fires several repulsor shots at him. He successfully distracts him from Lapis as Obsidian turns to fight. They trade several swings. By now, Banner has gotten used to fighting with one arm and avoids Obsidian's heavier blows and grabs by momentarily propelling himself in the air. This, in turn, allows himself to deal more devastating blows as he slams his fist down onto Obsidian each time he descends. This alone won't defeat the massive warrior though.