Monday, August 11, 2008
Chapter 11: Monsters Of The Sea
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"Soober diving?" Tiadora asked confusingly as Jason held her up and pushed her towards one of the stewardess.
"Get her equipped," he instructed. Before Tiadora could say anything, she was shoved into another room and saw weird-looking costumes. Soon, much scuba-diving equipment, including air tank, were attached to Tiadora clothes. As quickly as possible the stewardess dressed Tiadora up, she was pushed back into the room where she sat during her trip. There, she saw the rest of the gang already geared up.
"Um..where are we going?" Tiadora asked again.
"Into the ocean!" Cornelia cheered as she slide open the main jet door, allowing the strong wind to rush into the jet.
"Ready, people?" Jason asked as everyone but Tiadora replied. Cornelia ignored and just leaped out through the air, "WOOHOO!"
David then bravely took the second jump without yelling 'hooray' or anything. To Tiadora he looked like as if he was very confident in this adventure. After David, Kiara did a backfliped into the air and glided through the clouds. Jason was about to leaped when he realized that it was Tiadora's first time. Jason took Tiadora's cold hand, the bitten hand, and asked Tiadora, "Trust me."
With that, he pulled her towards him, making her fall into his arms as he held to her tightly when they fell together. The cool clear waters swallowed them, pulling them deeper into the sea. Jason pulled Tiadora up towards the surface where everyone was already situated.
"Okay...” Jason spit out water, "...Over there is Cave Vernos.." he pointed north-west from his direction.
"Tiadora, breathe through your mouth through this," David instructed her as he helped her put in her breather.
Tiadora knew of the procedure. She's gone underwater before but not with all the fancy equipment. It took Tiadora some time to get used to it. The flipper was rather irritating and the air tank was heavy, but when submerged in water it was weightless. Normally she and the other guardians would just make an air bubble and travel as per normal through the deepest pressures of the oceans. After a few more moments, everyone started swimming towards Cave Vernos. Littered with plenty of fishes, Tiadora saw new species of corals and creatures. Jason held onto her hand just in case Tiadora got lost. Though his intentions were more than that. David led the way with Cornelia and Kiara as his bodyguards. David kept signaling to Cornelia as to inform of their location and she'll convey the message to Jason. There was never a moment where he communicated with Kiara until he realized that she was no longer by his side.
He stopped and swam towards Jason who was with Cornelia and Tiadora. He did hand-signals, counting the number of people and showed that Kiara wasn't with them.That's when Tiadora was swept away forcefully aside. To their right was a big huge purple octupus with eight fleshy tentacles. Tiadora and Kiara were on one tentacle each. Without even flinching, Jason, David and Cornelia took out a laser spear from their gear from their back. They charged towards the violet beast, slashing ferociously trying to save them but the beast was too strong. It slapped Jason out of the way, slamming him on the nearest coral.
Tiadora kept on beating the creature. She somehow recognized it but didn't care. Then she remembered that she had powers. Maybe this could fend it off. With that she closed her eyes and concentrated on the beast. Soon, a yellow sphere formed in between her hands and threw it right in the monster's eye. With the octopus distracted, Cornelia cut off the tentacle that wrapped Tiadora while David helped Kiara out. Quickly, everyone swam back towards their route while the octopus was groaning in pain behind them. Jason gave a thumbs-up to Tiadora as they continued swimming to Cave Vernos.
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At the mouth of Cave Vernos, they slowly pealed away their scuba-diving gear and left those to dry as the gang explore the inside of the cave. Their remaining journey was undisturbed by any creature. David was able to find the cave that was hidden very well between the thickest corals of the sea. In the cave, Tiadora lead the way through the damp grounds.
"Creepy crawlies!" Kiara squealed as she felt her left leg vibrating, but it was only her phone. As soon as she realised, she picked it up. "There!" Cornelia pointed out to a dead end but at the end was a rock that jutted out high, supporting a wide flat crystal.
"Sapphire Crimson," Tiadora murmured. Jason was kicking small pebbles aside not realizing their discovery. However, a shine caught his eye from the ground. He kneeled down to retrieve a very small light blue crystal. He held it up high above his head to get a clearer view when the ground shakes forcefully. Losing his grip, the small crystal fell into his mouth as he accidentally swallowed it. Luckily, the ground stopped. Phew. A close one. Jason made many groans but everyone turned their attention towards the Sapphire Crimson instead so he decided to stop his moaning. One silly crystal isn’t going to kill him.
"Wow. They have good reception here," Kiara complimented the cave.
"Go ahead, Tia. Ask for the guardians," Jason said out. Tiadora nodded and looked at the sapphire as she spoke, "Show me the magical decesdant of Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Thomas and Sir Arthur!” Almost immediately, the ground shakes again. This time the earthquake didn't stop like last time. The ground started to crack into many fractions. Water gushed out from the openings, flooding the rocky surface. Things were getting wet.
"I'll try and get our gear!" Jason yelled as he dashed out to the mouth of the cave.
"Tiadora. Quickly!" Kiara instructed. The process was rather slow. The image in the Sapphire Crimson was still forming from its clear surface. She was getting very impatient.
"Hurry!"
"Wait."
But as soon as the image appeared, Tiadora fell from a crack and did the rest of the gang. Once she tripped, she tried desperately to swim back up but suddenly, three knives cut through her throat, allowing her blood to be exposed. Before her surroundings turned black, she caught a glimpse of a scaly green tail.
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"Tiadora?"
Who was that?
"Wakey, wakey.."
A familiar voice sang through her ears. Tiadora struggled to open her eyes. Blur vision came to sight, allowing it to adjust to its surroundings. Cring! The sound made her hand chains that bonded her two arms together. Carefully, she touched the three wounds at her neck. Gills. She was breathing through gills which were mad by her throat wound. It was amazing and pretty easy getting used to. Her eyes finally focused and saw David in front of her.
"David?" Tiadora managed to say.
"Oh finally! I thought you'd gone," David smiled.
It was the first time she saw him smile. She torn her gaze and looked around. There was absolutely nothing. There were 2 sealed windows with white-blue walls that were brightly lit. Only David was in the room with her. "Did you see the descendants?" David started asking.
"No," she replied grimly, "Where are the others?" David stood up and urged her to the window before saying, "You see those two other huts? Kiara and Cornelia are in the hut with two guards. Jason's alone in the hut with 5 guards."
"Five?"
"Yup. He punched the hell out of one of those human-fish guards. Hey they're..." David hesitated a while, "...mermaids?"
"Merlons. Royals of the sea in my time. Look's like they've escaped," Tiadora answered. ”But how to they 'teleport' the houses? I thought only people?"
"Must have used some kind of magic to rebuild it," Tiadora glanced over the door window to see two guards. She decided to improvise. "Excuse me, but I’m Princess Tiadora of Anastasia. As a member of the high royal family, I should not be sealed in a filthy prison cell as I am not guilty for any treason." The guards turned around, dumbfounded to hear a prisoner act this way. They gave each other the dumb look and laughed loudly at Tiadora. "Tell that to the King!"
"Why not? Bring me King Selis at once!"
"King Selis' dead!" brawled one of them. This was sheer rudeness, not only to her but also their king. Tiadora gave up and turned back to David. She mouthed back to him 'I tried' so that the guards won't hear her. "Who's King Selis?" David became puzzled. The guards who overheard his question laughed louder. Tiadora gave a kick to the door and lunged one guard to the ground.
"And I thought Merlons float!" Tiadora shouted over the door before turning back to David. "King Selis of Oceanatic is my father's comrade. He's like an uncle to me. Surely he won't put me in prison if he knows that it's me." As if on queue, the prison door swung open followed by the noises of the trumpet. Three Merlons entered. Two guards, one wearing a hood that covered whatever face he hid. The two guards pulled the grand cape and hood away revealing a Merlon with wild red hair and his eyes were like snake's as he eyed Tiadora with a cunning smile. Something was wrong, she thought as the Merlon who wore grand expensive clothes, had a slim gold crown on his head.
One of the guards commanded to Tiadora and David, "Bow down to King Oberon of Oceanatic!!"
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"Soober diving?" Tiadora asked confusingly as Jason held her up and pushed her towards one of the stewardess.
"Get her equipped," he instructed. Before Tiadora could say anything, she was shoved into another room and saw weird-looking costumes. Soon, much scuba-diving equipment, including air tank, were attached to Tiadora clothes. As quickly as possible the stewardess dressed Tiadora up, she was pushed back into the room where she sat during her trip. There, she saw the rest of the gang already geared up.
"Um..where are we going?" Tiadora asked again.
"Into the ocean!" Cornelia cheered as she slide open the main jet door, allowing the strong wind to rush into the jet.
"Ready, people?" Jason asked as everyone but Tiadora replied. Cornelia ignored and just leaped out through the air, "WOOHOO!"
David then bravely took the second jump without yelling 'hooray' or anything. To Tiadora he looked like as if he was very confident in this adventure. After David, Kiara did a backfliped into the air and glided through the clouds. Jason was about to leaped when he realized that it was Tiadora's first time. Jason took Tiadora's cold hand, the bitten hand, and asked Tiadora, "Trust me."
With that, he pulled her towards him, making her fall into his arms as he held to her tightly when they fell together. The cool clear waters swallowed them, pulling them deeper into the sea. Jason pulled Tiadora up towards the surface where everyone was already situated.
"Okay...” Jason spit out water, "...Over there is Cave Vernos.." he pointed north-west from his direction.
"Tiadora, breathe through your mouth through this," David instructed her as he helped her put in her breather.
Tiadora knew of the procedure. She's gone underwater before but not with all the fancy equipment. It took Tiadora some time to get used to it. The flipper was rather irritating and the air tank was heavy, but when submerged in water it was weightless. Normally she and the other guardians would just make an air bubble and travel as per normal through the deepest pressures of the oceans. After a few more moments, everyone started swimming towards Cave Vernos. Littered with plenty of fishes, Tiadora saw new species of corals and creatures. Jason held onto her hand just in case Tiadora got lost. Though his intentions were more than that. David led the way with Cornelia and Kiara as his bodyguards. David kept signaling to Cornelia as to inform of their location and she'll convey the message to Jason. There was never a moment where he communicated with Kiara until he realized that she was no longer by his side.
He stopped and swam towards Jason who was with Cornelia and Tiadora. He did hand-signals, counting the number of people and showed that Kiara wasn't with them.That's when Tiadora was swept away forcefully aside. To their right was a big huge purple octupus with eight fleshy tentacles. Tiadora and Kiara were on one tentacle each. Without even flinching, Jason, David and Cornelia took out a laser spear from their gear from their back. They charged towards the violet beast, slashing ferociously trying to save them but the beast was too strong. It slapped Jason out of the way, slamming him on the nearest coral.
Tiadora kept on beating the creature. She somehow recognized it but didn't care. Then she remembered that she had powers. Maybe this could fend it off. With that she closed her eyes and concentrated on the beast. Soon, a yellow sphere formed in between her hands and threw it right in the monster's eye. With the octopus distracted, Cornelia cut off the tentacle that wrapped Tiadora while David helped Kiara out. Quickly, everyone swam back towards their route while the octopus was groaning in pain behind them. Jason gave a thumbs-up to Tiadora as they continued swimming to Cave Vernos.
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At the mouth of Cave Vernos, they slowly pealed away their scuba-diving gear and left those to dry as the gang explore the inside of the cave. Their remaining journey was undisturbed by any creature. David was able to find the cave that was hidden very well between the thickest corals of the sea. In the cave, Tiadora lead the way through the damp grounds.
"Creepy crawlies!" Kiara squealed as she felt her left leg vibrating, but it was only her phone. As soon as she realised, she picked it up. "There!" Cornelia pointed out to a dead end but at the end was a rock that jutted out high, supporting a wide flat crystal.
"Sapphire Crimson," Tiadora murmured. Jason was kicking small pebbles aside not realizing their discovery. However, a shine caught his eye from the ground. He kneeled down to retrieve a very small light blue crystal. He held it up high above his head to get a clearer view when the ground shakes forcefully. Losing his grip, the small crystal fell into his mouth as he accidentally swallowed it. Luckily, the ground stopped. Phew. A close one. Jason made many groans but everyone turned their attention towards the Sapphire Crimson instead so he decided to stop his moaning. One silly crystal isn’t going to kill him.
"Wow. They have good reception here," Kiara complimented the cave.
"Go ahead, Tia. Ask for the guardians," Jason said out. Tiadora nodded and looked at the sapphire as she spoke, "Show me the magical decesdant of Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Thomas and Sir Arthur!” Almost immediately, the ground shakes again. This time the earthquake didn't stop like last time. The ground started to crack into many fractions. Water gushed out from the openings, flooding the rocky surface. Things were getting wet.
"I'll try and get our gear!" Jason yelled as he dashed out to the mouth of the cave.
"Tiadora. Quickly!" Kiara instructed. The process was rather slow. The image in the Sapphire Crimson was still forming from its clear surface. She was getting very impatient.
"Hurry!"
"Wait."
But as soon as the image appeared, Tiadora fell from a crack and did the rest of the gang. Once she tripped, she tried desperately to swim back up but suddenly, three knives cut through her throat, allowing her blood to be exposed. Before her surroundings turned black, she caught a glimpse of a scaly green tail.
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"Tiadora?"
Who was that?
"Wakey, wakey.."
A familiar voice sang through her ears. Tiadora struggled to open her eyes. Blur vision came to sight, allowing it to adjust to its surroundings. Cring! The sound made her hand chains that bonded her two arms together. Carefully, she touched the three wounds at her neck. Gills. She was breathing through gills which were mad by her throat wound. It was amazing and pretty easy getting used to. Her eyes finally focused and saw David in front of her.
"David?" Tiadora managed to say.
"Oh finally! I thought you'd gone," David smiled.
It was the first time she saw him smile. She torn her gaze and looked around. There was absolutely nothing. There were 2 sealed windows with white-blue walls that were brightly lit. Only David was in the room with her. "Did you see the descendants?" David started asking.
"No," she replied grimly, "Where are the others?" David stood up and urged her to the window before saying, "You see those two other huts? Kiara and Cornelia are in the hut with two guards. Jason's alone in the hut with 5 guards."
"Five?"
"Yup. He punched the hell out of one of those human-fish guards. Hey they're..." David hesitated a while, "...mermaids?"
"Merlons. Royals of the sea in my time. Look's like they've escaped," Tiadora answered. ”But how to they 'teleport' the houses? I thought only people?"
"Must have used some kind of magic to rebuild it," Tiadora glanced over the door window to see two guards. She decided to improvise. "Excuse me, but I’m Princess Tiadora of Anastasia. As a member of the high royal family, I should not be sealed in a filthy prison cell as I am not guilty for any treason." The guards turned around, dumbfounded to hear a prisoner act this way. They gave each other the dumb look and laughed loudly at Tiadora. "Tell that to the King!"
"Why not? Bring me King Selis at once!"
"King Selis' dead!" brawled one of them. This was sheer rudeness, not only to her but also their king. Tiadora gave up and turned back to David. She mouthed back to him 'I tried' so that the guards won't hear her. "Who's King Selis?" David became puzzled. The guards who overheard his question laughed louder. Tiadora gave a kick to the door and lunged one guard to the ground.
"And I thought Merlons float!" Tiadora shouted over the door before turning back to David. "King Selis of Oceanatic is my father's comrade. He's like an uncle to me. Surely he won't put me in prison if he knows that it's me." As if on queue, the prison door swung open followed by the noises of the trumpet. Three Merlons entered. Two guards, one wearing a hood that covered whatever face he hid. The two guards pulled the grand cape and hood away revealing a Merlon with wild red hair and his eyes were like snake's as he eyed Tiadora with a cunning smile. Something was wrong, she thought as the Merlon who wore grand expensive clothes, had a slim gold crown on his head.
One of the guards commanded to Tiadora and David, "Bow down to King Oberon of Oceanatic!!"
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