Trei led us to some sort of back garage. How do I know? Because of all the snowmobile lined all around us.
As we entered, Trei gestured for us to follow to one side of the room to get some thick coats for us to wear. He handed us some gloves, snow boots, and some googles.
“I thought that as Atlanteans, we can hardly feel the cold?” I asked him but still wore the gear anyway.
“True,” Trei says. “But for safety precautions, just wear it. We are immune to the feeling of cold, but that doesn’t mean that our bodies won’t get sick in the process.”
“But you made us take a dive ice-cold water to meet your great grandfather,” Byron says as he struggled to pull the thick coat over his head. “Um...Nat? Help?” He says as his arms got stuck in t
Later that day, Trei tried to ask permission to see his grandfather, but unfortunately, Grukren couldn’t talk at the moment because there were matters that he needed to attend to. I told the others about what I saw. About SIlisk and how it must be connected to the prophecy that Grukren told and warned us about.He was conscious. And he was waking up.Honestly, I was still a bit shaken up that I was afraid to even think about it. And so, while Trei was trying to fix me with a schedule with his grandfather, Sky and Byron decided to give me a tour of the facility.But it was mostly Skyr who was doing all the work while Byron was simply tagging along. The facility wasn’t that huge like Atlantis, but it was big nonetheless. It can cater to at least half a thousand people. From what I heard, there are ot
Trei led us to another part of the facility. Somewhere deep and cold. The place was similar to the entrance of Grukren’s cave, but this cave is made up entirely of ice. But it wasn’t even dark. More like the ice was glowing. It’s like a sort of light was trapped inside of it.We followed him all through the cave and as we did, we arrived at a dead end. Well, not really.In front of us was still water and the only land that we could find was the one that we were currently on and the other one was at the center. There was no other opening in the cave except the one where we just came from.“Okay…” I said while backing away to avoid slipping and falling into the water. “Trei, please tell me that we are not going to swim. I mean, look at us.” I gestured to Byr
Trei and I both held our breaths as the sea creature continued to stare down at us. Its whole body was submerged in the water and only its long neck was visible for us to see. It was flashing us with its long and sharp teeth and lets out a dangerous hiss directed at us.“Young Lord Nathalia, do not falter and command the creature!” Guill yelled. He and Byron were still at the middle of the platform and directly behind the sea creature.For a brief moment, I was actually worried that the creature would turn to them and attack them instead. Fortunately, the monster was only interested in me.‘You? A young brat like you dares to command me? I am Arion and this area is MY domain!’ The creature lets out a breath that sounded like a scoff.
“Remove that fabric and get in the water.”At that statement, Byron and I exchanged a look before looking at Guill like he’s crazy. My eyes darted towards the icy waters of the ocean. Today, my brother, Trei, and I are out in the field with Guill for the official start of our training wearing only our swimsuits like we were going to the beach. Trei was our chaperone for the day to ensure that Guill’s training won’t kill us, considering the stunt he pulled yesterday.I have to admit that I was pretty excited and I could tell that Byron was as well. That was why we wore the best training gear that we could find in our closets. But it turns out that we were supposed to go in the water and were forced to change into a swimmng trunk and a bikini.I gulped and looked at Guill to m
“No way.” Byron breathed as a joyous laugh escaped his lips. “Are you serious?” Skyr grinned proudly at him. “The test was for combat skills. All they did was place us in difficult situations where we had to think of ways to survive. Then they made us fight each other in a battle royal. I have to admit, I had a difficult time as most of the competitors were teaming up to get rid of me.” He says with a chuckle as he lowkey boasted how he took on the rest of the troops. Byron lets out a sigh of relief as he faced the ceiling. “YES! Finally.” I honestly couldn’t blame his reaction right now. Considering what we have been through, it was nice to undergo training with a familiar face and one that we could trust. But then, Skyr does tend to get too excite
Two weeks flew by as we continued our hell training with our two instructors. Currently, we were submerged in the same ice-cold waters in our beach outfits. I still feel uncomfortable staying here for hours, but my body was starting to adapt bit by bit.The first thing that I noticed was I stopped shivering like a newborn chick every time we would get out of the water. I notice these changes on the fifth day when Byron and I were being chased by a killer whale. Oddly enough, I realized why Guill was so keen that our bodies would adapt to the cold.It was because if our body was suffering, we couldn’t focus to use our magic. Even Byron was having a hard time that day. But lucky for us, Byron managed to hold the killer whale for the while to give me enough time to concentrate and ask for the killer whale to leave us alone.
‘Ah, young demigods Nathalia and Byron. I welcome you again to my humble home.’ I immediately heard Grukren say as soon as our eyes met. As I took in his form, I noticed how sunken his eyes looked. And even though I am not familiar with how the stress works on the sea folks, I could immediately guess that it was the case for the old sea-king as the skin under his eyes looks darker. His form looks like he was a frozen corpse as he sat on his ice throne.Beside him, I saw Trei standing beside his grandfather. He looked slightly nervous as he watched Byron and I making our way into the cave. I avoided his gaze as my brother and I stood in front of King Grukren.‘Grukren, I-’ I stopped when I saw Grukren raising his palm up at me to pause.
My fingers wrapped themselves upon the thin parchment paper of the book that I was reading as I flipped it over and over. “This is useless,” I muttered.“What’s useless, sis?” Byron plopped himself down on the ground with me.“This book that Trei gave us yesterday,” I told him and showed him the hardcover of the book.“Do you think he got scared? I mean, even he did not escort us today.” He laid his back on the cold metal wall behind us.Yesterday night Trei stopped by in front of my room to apologize before handing me this book. He said that it was the only book that their private library has about demigods.“Do you want to read it?” I asked him as
“...and after that, the sea serpent named Silisk was finally reunited with his beloved master. Lord Meruem.” I glanced down at the two children before me as I finished the story. Two girls. One had platinum blonde hair, and the other one had a pure white one. Though they look like sisters, twins even, they’re not. They’re just cousins. The girl with the platinum blonde hair is named Alice. She’s five years old. Her eyes were a pretty shade of blue, just like her mother. Her dress, which was obviously a product from the surface, is teal in color. She never pays any attention to my story, not unless it involves animals. She kind of reminds me of my brother, in a way, who is still obsessed with sea creatures up to this date. The white-haired little girl is named Olive. She’s also five. Her eyes are of the same shade of yellow as her father's. She has wrink
“Holy shit. That thing is so nasty up close.” I could hear Trei’s commentary somewhere in the distance, but I could not look for him because I could not get distracted as I held Silisk in place.‘Master, we’ll help.’ Dodo, one of the Megalodons, came out of the water and tackled Silisk away. But before they could disappear into the water, Iocules came to assist. His long tentacles wrapped around the serpent’s mouth, and he forced it close. Because Silisk was too big for the Megalodon, the other sea creatures assisted, including the guardians from Urei’s domain.A Kraken, three megalodons, and the five sea monsters weren’t enough to keep the serpent in the water. It wasn’t until Fifi arrived and placed her weight along with the others that they were able to keep the snake in check.
Riding on Nalu’s back while he runs on the water’s surface was way worse than when he’s running underwater. There was no buoyancy force that fights and cancels his speed, and let me tell you, Nalu is called a water horse for a reason. Byron and I had to keep on our helmets because of the wind resistance at Nalu’s speed.If Nalu had not wrapped his watery mane on us around us as seatbelts, we might have been thrown to the water a few minutes earlier.“Nathalia, where is he taking us?” My brother asked behind me, which I heard from the radio in our helmets.“Puerto Rico. Apparently, that’s Silisk’s next target.” I said and glanced down on the octopus curled on my arm as I grabbed onto Nalu’s mane tightly.
Our group separated for the plan. Knowing that Ylgarr is dead, Atlantis no longer has a leader to command them. And, with the release with the serpent, Skyr was certain that the people must be in a state of panic. Also, with Rachel’s situation, she needs immediate help, which she can find in Atlantis.Trei plans to head for the rebel facility to talk to his great-something grandfather and send help to assist us in the battle. If there’s one thing that we know that Silisk would do, it's that he wants to floor the lands. But the question is, where?“You guys take Fifi,” Byron instructed Skyr before petting his prehistoric dinosaur buddy when she let out a whine in protest. “Sorry, Fifi. I need you to protect Rachel while delivering them safely back to Atlantis. Can you do that for me?” Byron got his response when Fifi stopped w
Silisk was gone. He managed to escape the storm by devouring the blood of Iocules(Max) that lingered in the water so he could pass the storm. We didn’t go after him. Instead, Skyr, Fifi, and I looked for Byron and Rachel.We weren’t the ones who found them. It was Trei who contacted us and informed us that Nalu was able to them. He says that they’re floating on what’s left of Silisk’s dead skin in the water. It wasn’t long because I used my connection to track down Nalu and immediately found the others. They were all standing on the massive snakeskin chunk on the water that served as a mini-island.I did not wait for Fifi to stop as I rushed towards them. When I landed on the skin, I felt relieved when I saw Byron and Rachel, but not in a good way. Byron was holding onto Rachel tightly as Emily tried to stop the bleeding from
I held onto Byron’s arms as the island began to shake violently and Silisk slowly awakened. What seemed like a massive rock behind the crazed form of Ylgarr suddenly began to shake. It wasn’t until slits formed and opened that I realized that those were Silisk’s eyes that cracked open. The slits of his pupils focused on us before raising his head.His body, which we were standing on, began to move and lifted us up and away from Ylgarr. Watching Silisk shedding away his scales was terrifying. I felt like I was watching my nightmare come true right before my eyes.He was massive that we were just as tall as his slitted pupils. We had to look up just to watch him emerge and pull his face off of his shedding that seemed to stick together due to time.“He lives. He LIVES! I DID IT!” I
A sudden wave of turbulence burst in our way the moment we crossed the barrier that Helighor warned us about. Byron fought off most of the wave that was headed our way using his magic. But it was pitch black in these parts of the water that Byron couldn’t fight off every wave that threatened to wash us away. The only lights here are coming from our helmets and the submarine that Emily and Watson were in.Falco and the other metahumans moved closer to our huddled group and pushed us back whenever it seemed like we were going to slip away. I saw a couple of light flickering by Fifi’s armpits, which assured me that at least Emily and Watson were still with us.‘Helighor!’ I reached out to him with my mind because I didn’t know how long we could last in this weather.
The next morning we left the crate back on the island and only brought what we could with us. All of us were fully geared as we rode onto Fifi’s back. Byron, Trei, Rachel, Skyr, and I rode Fifi while Emily and Watson were driving the battleships they managed to scavenge.Skyr and I were sitting side by side as we rode Fifi. We haven’t talked about it yet, but it was evident that our relationship has changed after that kiss. We managed to talk about it last night and agreed that it’s not the time to tell anyone about us just yet because it might cause a distraction for some of us. We had never been in a relationship before until recently, so we were still awkward about it. But all we know is that we got more motivation to help us win this war.I noticed Jack swimming at my other side while looking in my direction. Skyr ignored him, but he didn&
We were riding on top of Fifi’s back when we met up with the others. I thought that we would be meeting a ship, but it turns out that it was just a huge crate of gear supplies. We mounted that box onto Fifi’s back with the help of the metahuman squadron C, who was also not happy with getting abandoned. Emily, Watson, and Rachel were the only ones who talked to us. They informed us that they were able to scavenge a few working pieces of equipment from the wreckage on the previous war. Watson was able to scavenge a couple of ships that he and Emily could use. As for Rachel, she still has her handgun that she was currently cleaning.While the others were busy talking and checking on the crate, Byron and I sat at the backmost part on Fifi’s back as we followed behind Helighor.‘So…’