The Underworld
Pleasure… With a Hint of Pain
Cody and Zack. Brothers. Dead brothers, to be more specific. Our story continues as Cody and Zack are walking to the sea. "So, why are we walking to the sea?" Cody asks, looking at Zack.
"Because, I want to show you something."
"What, the water?" Zack turns his head to Cody.
"No… Something extraordinary."
"You put baby sharks in the water to scare me, didn't you?"
"Cody… I am 45 years old…" Cody rolls his eyes.
"And…." Zack sighs.
"And, I'm 45 years old. I've skipped that prank stuff." Cody's eyes widen.
"I thought I'd never hear you say that! Ah, Zack, I'm so proud of you!!!" Cody pulls Zack in a tight embrace.
"Get off of me, dweeb!" Cody pulls away and smiles.
"Ha. Told you you're still the old Zack."
"Anyway, I want you to stick your fingers in the water and just experience…" Cody raises an eyebrow.
"Whatever." They reach the edge of a cliff and Cody looks down. It's a good forty feet down.
"Uh, Zack… How am I gonna stick my fingers in the water if its forty feet down?" Zack grins.
"You won't." Zack pushes Cody off the edge of the cliff and Cody goes feet first, plunging into the water. The moment Cody hits the water he feels pleasure. Like what he felt when he was with Bailey. The best pleasure you could imagine. As Cody hits the water, he feels pain. Like what he felt when the knives went through him. The sea carries Cody away from the cliff.
"Zack!!! Help!!!" But Zack just stands there, on the top of the cliff, grinning. He feels something grab his foot, and he plunges down under, the hand on his foot, pulling him under, enabling Cody to do nothing but try desperately to get to the shore, trying to get air before his lungs burst. But then his lungs cannot take in any longer, and they burst. Cody world, once again, goes black.
Cody jolts upwards, looking around. He is on the top of the cliff, Zack at his side. "What happened?" Cody asked, breathing for air.
"You drowned."
"Yeah, thanks for the help."
"Your welcome."
"What the heck was that for?" Zack grins.
"The sea shows you what happened when you die, and what happened during your life." Cody gets up and walks towards the palace. Zack follows. As they reach the palace they pull the big entrance doors open and travel up the stairs the 'speedy way'. As they reach Zack and Cody's floor they walk to their room and pull the doors open. Cody walks to the bathroom and grabs a towel and dries himself off.
"Zack, I need to know something." Zack faces Cody.
"Anything for my little bro."
"I need to know what happened to Bailey and the ship and your younger self and everyone. What happened?" Zack sighs.
"Cody, I can't tell you."
"Why?!"
"Because, if I tell you, you'll never want to turn back to human and save Bailey's life. Oops." Zack realizes his mistake.
"Aha! Bailey's still alive! What about your younger self?"
"Stop, I mustn't say that Zack swam to a crushed piece of the ship floating at sea with Bailey! Dang it!" Cody grins.
"Thank you, Zack." He dries his hair. "Okay, they don't have any food or water, besides the sea and each other, and I'm pretty sure they wont drink salt water or eat each other. So we don't have much time." He puts the towel down and walks to the living room. He grabs everything he needs. Knife, sword-which Zack gave to him- etc. "Ready?"
"Cody, wait. Here's this." Zack digs into his pockets and brings out a plain piece of paper.
"Zack, you do realize this is paper?"
"Yes, but say the following words: Paper open." Cody repeats. "Until I awoken." Cody repeats. "But then seek." Cody repeats. "Who is chosen." Cody repeats. Nothing. Silence.
"Is this supposed to happen?" Cody asks, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes. Just be patient." All of a sudden the paper explodes, showing Cody himself.
Okay, so that's just the introduction, that's why it's so short. I hope you liked it. R&R.