Drax screams very loudly in frustration at her attacker.
Corvus Glaive sneaks up from behind her and slashes at Drax's butt.
Falcon comes flying at Glaive while Red Wing comes flying at him from the other side. Glaive manages to jump away as Drax spins around and accidentally hits Sam Wilson. Sam crashes to the ground, while Red Wing flies overhead. Drax yells in frustration again.
Sam rolls over and looks at Drax, in frustration. "You know, if we work together, we've got this, right?"
"I don't need help." Drax grumbles back. "I have him cornered."
Sam rolls over to look at Glaive who is smiling mischievously. He turns back to look at Drax.
"You do realize, there are no corners on this asteroid, either?" Sam asks.
"Then I will make some!" Drax snaps angrily, while refusing to look away from her opponent.
Sam looks at the hard stone ground and looks back up toward Drax. "Yea, good luck with that."
*** Not too far away ***
"It would seem, our opponent has left us." T'Challa tells Buckey.
Buckey looks around a bit more relaxed. "It would seem so. Should we look for a way out?"
"Let's." T'Challa responds. "But keep an eye out, I suspect we haven't seen the last of her."
The two wander the asteroid edge for a bit before spotting something.
"Is that Thor?" Buckey asks.
They can both see another asteroid in the distance with two people fighting on it. It is abundantly clear who Thor is, by his use of lightning.
"I believe so." T'Challa responds. "If I had to guess, Thanos separated us all and paired us off with one of her warriors." They spot Thor's opponent swinging an axe and despite the distance, they can hear his weapon hitting the ground.
Proxima midnight tries to take advantage of the two being distracted and begins rushing up toward them. She strikes with her spear, and Bucky manages to block it. He turns toward her and points his right palm at her. There is an electric charging noise followed by a proton blast out of the armor Tony had lent him. She dodges the attack.
"It would seem we are being severely underestimated, as well." Buckey says with a smile as Proxima Midnight growls at them, creating some distance between her and the two.
"Since when have you been able to shoot lasers?" T'Challa asks Buckey curiously.
"It's pretty cool, right?" Bucky asks, looking at his palm.
Proxima is clearly getting very angry at being ignored.
*** On one of the unwatched asteroids ***
Vision holds onto Wanda's hand allowing them both to phase through the shield surrounding the asteroid. They slowly float down to the others who are huddled together.
"Wanda, what's going on?" Clint Barton asks. Natasha is directly behind him, while Valkyrie, Rocket and Groot argue about something, a few meters away. James Rhodes is near the edge of the asteroid trying to peer out.
"I'm not sure." Wanda tells Clint, honestly.
Vision, who is still floating in the air, is trying to get a look around. With his eyes he is able to see several of the other asteroids. "It looks like Thanos has separated us on different asteroids, and is hosting some sort of gladiator tournament."
"What?" Wanda asks. "I didn't notice that. That seems a little dramatic."
"Yes, but for some reason, she didn't want anyone seeing your fight." Vision says, turning back toward Wanda.
"Probably because she is trying to recruit me." Wanda responds. "The guy I was fighting seemed to have some sort of strange psychic powers."
"We know." Natasha responds. "We all felt it."
"I think that was the one Nebula warned us about, Supergiant." Wanda adds.
"Wanda, Viz, good to see you back." Rhodes interrupts as he approaches. "I've been testing these shields and they only seem to block hard matter."
"Hard matter?" Clint asks. "Like what?"
"Like bullets, rocks, and people." Rhodes responds. "When I saw Vision phase through, it gave me the idea." The three aliens in the group notice the conversation and start approaching them to listen. "I tried using one of the energy canons from my suit, and it passed right through."
"What's going on?" Rocket calls out. "What are you talking about here?"
Natasha looks at Rocket and Valkyrie and chooses to fill them in. "Rhodes has figured out a way through the shields."
"It's a basic bubble shield." Rocket responds. "All-be-it a bit thicker than usual, you can get through it with just about any energy signal, plasma beam, or if you are so well stocked, another bubble shield." Rocket activates her own bubble shield in an attempt to show off.
"So you can get through it?" James Rhodes asks, a little annoyed.
"That I can." Rocket responds.
"Good," Rhodes replies. "If we can find a way to shut them down, we can get to the others."
"That's easy!" Rocket responds. "We just need to build a disruptor, point it at one of the generators," Rocket points to one of the shield generators outside the bubble. "and shut it down from here." They are all listening intently now. "I just need something like an antenna, a long wire, your boots, your gloves, and your chest plate." Rocket points to Clint, Natasha, then James Rhodes.
"Why do you need our armor?" Rhodes asks. "It doesn't even fit you."
"It's important!" Rocket says, failing to hide the mischievous gleam in her eyes.
"I am Groot." Groot says.
"Or we can just blow it up..." Rocket says, throwing her hands in the air, after realizing no one is buying into the lie.
Almost as if on cue, the generator that Spider-Man had destroyed earlier, explodes in the distance. They all turn to see the bubble around Thor's asteroid start to dissipate. "See, like that." Rocket responds, pointing at the explosion.
"Looks like someone has the same idea." Natasha says. "We've also gotta find a way to those other asteroids."
"Did Tony teach you how to fly those things?" James Rhodes asks, referring to Natasha and Clint's armor.
"No." Clint Barton responds.
"He specifically asked us to not try it while we were on the ship." Natasha adds for clarity.
"Well, it looks like you two are going to have to get a crash course if we want to help our friends." James Rhodes activates the repulsors in his boots and hands just enough to get a couple of meters in the air. "Now what you want to do..." He starts to say.
Without warning, someone comes flying through the air and crashes into James Rhodes' from behind. The person is carrying a spear much like Corvus Glaive's, and he uses it to try and cut into Rhodes armor. It's not very successful. They both come crashing into the ground and the attacker lands on Rhodes like a surfboard.
"Holy shit!" Rocket shouts. "What the Hell is that?"
The figure turns away from War Machine and looks directly at Wanda and Vision.
"You again!" Wanda says, recognizing Supergiant. She starts to raise her hands, concentrating red energy when Supergiant raises his own hand and points it at Wanda. Wanda stops moving and takes on a blank stare.
"Wanda?" Black Widow calls to him.
Wanda's hands continue to gather energy, but he now begins to turn away from Supergiant and looks directly toward Vision.
"Wanda?" Vision calls out to him. "Love?" Supergiant smirks and points his very familiar spear at Vision, ready to fight.
"Another brainwasher!" Clint complains loudly. "How many brainwash bad guys is this already?" He pulls out an arrow and gets ready to aim at Supergiant.
"Guys!" Rocket calls. "We've got incoming!" He points at a small army of Chitauri and Outriders on personal speeders approaching them quickly.
*** Nebula and Mantis ***
Nebula pushes Mantis behind him with his left hand and takes a swing at his opponent. The unknown woman catches his fist and starts trying to probe Nebula's mind again. Nebula feels the sting of the mental attack and pulls away briefly before coming back with a head butt.
"Oww!" The woman shouts. She takes a moment to step back and rub her forehead. She looks up toward Nebula, glares, and starts to speak. "Your hatred for your father is unwarranted!"
"That has nothing to do with this fight!" Nebula shouts back. He tries rushing in to strike his opponent.
The opponent jumps out of the way, and seems to hover a moment. Nebula grins, recognizing the signs of flight when he sees it. He is taking a mental note of all his opponent's powers.
"She wants you back, you know?" The woman says. "Mother Thanos." Nebula tries to ignore the comment. "After everything she's done for you. Made you stronger, trained you, free reign of the universe..." The woman waits for a response, but nothing. She starts side stepping and looking for an opening. Nebula instinctively blocks Mantis. "She still loves you Gamora." The woman says.
"Shut up!" Gamora shouts. "You know nothing about Thanos! He loves no one but himself!"
The woman locks eyes with Gamora and smiles. "That's where you're wrong." She says without moving her lips. "Mother Thanos, loves too much! Especially now. Especially since she can remember everything."
"Who are you?" Gamora asks, getting frustrated with riddles. "Why do you insist you know so much?"
"My name is Black Swan." The woman replies out loud. "Thanos asked me to bring his daughter back, assuming you're not accidentally killed." Her eyes begin to glow lightly. "Which I personally wouldn't mind."
"I thought swans were white?" Mantis interrupts.
Nebula turns toward Mantis, surprised by the question. "What?" He asks him.
"Swans." Mantis replies. "Peter Quill says they're these beautiful white birds from Earth." Nebula looks concerned at Mantis wondering why he would bring up something so random. "Are you from Earth?" Mantis asks Black Swan excitedly.
Black Swan now looks confused by the unexpected questioning. She debates whether she should answer it, but doesn't see the harm. "Yes. Thanos found me..."
"Our Captain's from Earth!" Mantis interrupts happily.
"What?" Black Swan asks, now confused and annoyed. "I'm not here to answer questions!" She reaches out to Mantis' mind and tries to take hold of his thoughts.
Mantis senses Black Swan penetrating his mind. It feels painful at first, but then Mantis seems able to gain control. "What are you doing?" Mantis asks loudly. Somehow the strength of her mind is able to push Black Swan out, causing her pain instead.
Nebula spots Black Swan's loss of concentration and leaps forward to strike his opponent. His fist is less than a meter away when Black Swan raises her guard and projects a psychic shield to stop the attack.
"So pretty." Mantis says commenting on the shield.
"Shut up!" Both Nebula and Black Swan say simultaneously toward Mantis
*** Much further away ***
Cull Obsidian Brings the Hulk Buster smashing down into the ground. Both the arms and legs have already been ripped off and small parts are flying everywhere. He jumps in the air once and stomps down on the suit, causing the ground to crack.
"Relax Dr. Banner, I've got your back!" Scott says, over the intercom. Cull Obsidian cannot see Ant-Man who is running up her shoulder. She gets a good way up, jumps and with both feet kicks Cull Obsidian right in the jawline. It has no effect as Scott goes flying away by her own inertia and lands on the Hulk-Buster with a loud tink! "Owww..." Scott responds.
"Heh. Yeah, she's a lot tougher than she looks." Bruce says, breathing heavily and wincing from her cramps. "I think she'd give the Hulk a run for his money."
"Yeah, where is that guy?" Scott asks, not knowing the full details.
Cull Obsidian looks at her disabled opponent and assumes she is down for the count. She gets up, turns toward her mace, and decides to use it to finish the job. Bits of the Hulk buster are actually flying back toward the suit. Cull Obsidian does not pay them any mind, as she is confident she can just rip them off again later.
"Well, I'm fresh out of ideas." Bruce admits. "How about you?"
"Same here." Ant-Man admits. "I can't hit her hard enough, big or small."
"Wait, can't you shrink her instead?" Bruce asks.
"That's a terrible idea." Scott says, in a warning tone. "You'd basically be taking the mass and power of an a-bomb and putting it into a bullet. Then she'd really be unstoppable." Scott sits up and watches Cull Obsidian large breasts sway as she continues to walk away. "I can try going gigantic, but I still don't think I could hit her hard enough, and it would only just tire me out quickly..."
Scott thinks about what she just said, and an idea hits her. She stands up and thinks about the risk. "Dr. Bruce, how much can you still move?"
"Bruce looks at the on-screen schematics. "My suit says I should be mobile in about a minute." As she says this the Hulk Busters hands come flying back into place. "I suppose I could use these to get around." She says, raising her arms.
"Ok, I have an idea," Scott says, "but it's going to require you to run, dodge, and hide as much as you can."
"I don't know, Scott. She's pretty fast." Bruce says unsure.
"Not for long, if my plan works." Scott responds. "Given her size, and the amount of Pym particle discs I have, I would give her at most, five minutes."
"Five minutes?" Bruce asks. "Five minutes for what."
She cannot see Scott turn around, nor her confident face, but she can hear it in her voice. "We're going to tire her out!"
*** Back to Thor ***
"The shield is down, you idiot! Why are we still here?" Wasp shouts to Thor. Thor looks at him for a moment, then back to his opponent.
"He's too dangerous to leave on his own." Thor says. He looks at Wasp once again. "Plus, he'll probably only just follow me. Thor begins twirling his axe as best as he can, gathering electricity. His eyes are glowing, and he looks to be legitimately concentrating.
"Come on!" Black Dwarf says, slapping the side of his own axe. When he's sure Thor has charged up enough, he begins running at him. He takes a wide swing toward Thor just as Thor brings StormBreaker down on him with the full might of Asgard. The roar of thunder is insanely loud and it sends shock waves that push Wasp back. He has to use his wings to stay afloat.
When the dust settles, Thor's axe is sitting sharp side pressed against Black Dwarf's collarbone. Thor is holding the hilt of Black Dwarf's axe, which he stopped in mid swing.
"What the Hell!" Thor says in a very frustrated tone. Black Dwarf sees his axe did not have an effect on Thor either and grunts with an equally frustrated face. He lifts his right foot and uses his height difference to kick Thor away. Thor rolls on the ground before catching his footing.
"This is never going to end!" Thor says, annoyed. "What is that hide of yours made of?" He asks Black Dwarf.
"My skin is impenetrable!" Black Dwarf responds. "How are you still standing?" He asks in frustration.
Thor leans on his axe and makes a thinking gesture. "Well, my mother always said I was thick headed." He smiles, to hide his frustration, and prepares to fight.
Wasp continues to watch them and realizes he is not getting off this asteroid without Thor's help. He looks out at several of the other asteroids and wonders where Spider-Man went and which one Scott is on. He is starting to worry that something bad could have happened to her, and is wondering if she is ok.
Hope turns toward the two fighters and tries thinking of some way to end their fight. Neither seems to have the strength to hurt the other, and he begins to worry that the fight could last hours. He looks back out at the other asteroids wondering what Scott would do.
It isn't obvious at first, but Hope spots something move out of the corner of his eye. He turns to the asteroid it came from and spots a large person standing on it. He's not sure who it is, but the large person looks very confused. The large person suddenly becomes larger, and Hope can now tell it's an extremely muscular alien woman. The figure only stops growing for a moment before expanding again.
'What are you doing Scott?' Hope wonders. 'That's going to drain all her energy! Why would you do that?' Hope only has to think about it for a moment longer before realizing what is really happening.
Cull Obsidian is so large now, her head hits the shield. The shock it causes makes her stumble, and she is clearly losing concentration. "Oh my God, Scott. You're brilliant!" Hope says aloud. "This is why I love you!" He blows a kiss before turning around and pulling out several enlarging pym discs.
*** Back to Drax and Falcon ***
Drax's sweaty breasts now have more than a handful of shallow cuts all around them, and her slacks are extremely shredded and torn apart. It is clear Corvus Glaive went out of his way to create an embarrassing spectacle of her. The floating alien drone cameras are going wild, floating around Drax and filming her from every angle.
"We kept telling you, you should have worn a top!" Sam says loudly over the loudspeakers cheering around their arena.
Drax has her arms crossed now, and is feeling a little shy by all the attention. For once Drax does not feel like protesting a shirt. She looks at Falcon, a little worried, and silently agrees she should have worn armor.
Corvus Glaive is not even trying to hide his behavior anymore. He is outright ogling Drax as he tries to decide where to attack from next.
"Darnit, If he wasn't so fast!" Sam complains under his breath. He keeps trying to think of ways to distract Glaive, but having no success.
Corvus Glaive smiles mischievously before starting to run at Drax again. He doesn't get very far when he becomes distracted by something else off in the distance.
"What the Hell?" Sam says in a slow confused tone.
Drax turns around also to only become just as equally confused.
In the distance Cull Obsidian continues to get bigger and bigger. From where Drax, Sam, and Corvus stand, they cannot see what is causing it. What they can see however, is Culls confused face as she keeps growing in multiple spurts. With each growth spurt her body seems to defy gravity lightly causing her breasts to jump up in the air and bounce back down several times.
Cull Obsidian tries to take a step back, but she is quickly running out of room. She turns left, then right causing her now excessively large breasts to slowly sway like a tv commercial. Despite not making a sound, Sam imagines he can hear the sound of the ocean. Sam turns to Corvus, realizing they forgot him and sees that Corvus is also very distracted by Cull. He is so distracted that he actually just drops his spear and jaw.
Cull Obsidian's head hits the bubble shield and the shock it gives him causes his whole body to shake and vibrate, breasts included. Corvus Glaive's eyes dart straight to Cull's breasts, and he begins to both smile and chuckle.
"This bloody pervert!" Sam says to himself before deciding to try one of Tony's proton lasers. Glaive does not see the blast coming and it hits him hard from behind. He goes flying away from his spear and lands face down behind Drax.
Drax turns around, a little surprised to see Glaive pushing himself up from the ground. Glaive looks at Drax with confusion and worry, but cannot resist his eyes wandering straight back toward Drax's large bosom.
"So you like breasts, huh?" Drax asks. She doesn't wait for an answer before grabbing Corvus' head and aggressively motorboating his face in between her boobs. While this may normally be enjoyable for some people, a Kylosian's skin is very hard and rough. Add that detail to their already unnatural inhuman warrior strength, and you are stuck in a situation fairly similar to a rock and a hard place.
Sam can only chuckle uncomfortably as this goes on for nearly a minute, ending with Corvus Glaive knocked completely unconscious.