Both Kaldur and Wally finished getting dress. Wally had insisted that the Atlantean couldn't run around with just his back pack. Though Kaldur'ahm agreed he did not want the redhead running off. So Kaldur dragged him back to the smaller island once he got there he retrieved his clothes and they returned to the main island.

"There, now where is your friend?" Kaldur turned to face Wally. He crossed his arms over his chest.

"We split up to go over the entire island. We were supposed to meet back up at our boat at sunset," Wally explained. "Look. I can make it back there myself. You don't need to come."

Kaldur stepped directly in front of Wally. His eyes grew hard. "I will make sure you and your friend leave. Let us get moving." He began to walk through the jungle with Wally reluctantly walking by his side.

For the next half an hour the two walked in silence.

"So what is Atlantis like?" Wally shifted his eyes over to the other man.

Kaldur glared at the redhead. "None of your business."

"Hey, I'm just trying to make some conversation. It's going to be a long way back to the boat." Wally threw his arms up in the air before crossing them over their chest.

"Do all surface dwellers shorten names like you do?" Kaldur questioned.

"What do Atlanteans' not?"

"Why would we?"

"What about your gills, do all Atlanteans have them on their neck or do some have them in other places?"

Kaldur'ahm huffed, shaking his head. He focused back on Wally. "Atlanteans greatly vary from area to area. Our ancestors used a mixture of magic and science in order to survive underwater when our country sank. This led some of us to have things similar to the animals of the sea while others such as our king look no different from someone like you."

"Whoa. Did any of them turn into mermaids?"

Kaldur stuck out his hand toward Wally. "What is your obsession with mermaids?"

"Told you, that's the whole reason I came here." Wally pointed to himself.

"Some. I'm only friends with one because we went to the same school."

"Atlanteans have school?"

"What sort of stupid question is that? Naturally we have schools though mine was in the magical arts."

Wally pointed to the Atlantean. "Is that how you were able to control the water and use lightning?"

"Correct." Kaldur'ahm found himself eyeing the surface dweller. He had been surprise to hold a conversation with him for so long. Sure his king had been kind enough to teach him English; but he honestly thought he would never use it. More so he never thought he find a land dweller interesting enough to talk to for more than a few sentences. After all what could he have in common with someone who breathed air their whole life?

Wally kept their conversation going. He explained all the wonders that one could find in one of their cities outside of cell phones. He also talked about himself and just how amazing he was. He even managed to get the Atlantean to explain more about his culture and himself along with the mission he had come to the island to perform.

Before either man knew it the sun had begun to set. They had reached the end of island. The two stopped right before they could enter the beach. Kaldur ducked Wally and himself under a brush. "I thought you said you and a friend came here?"

Kaldur looked out from the brush. Two young men stood on the beach. They appeared to be close to his age just like Wally. Both of them were fairly handsome though among the three surface dwellers he thought that Wally looked the best. Both men stood in front of a fire pit with their boat behind them.

Kaldur'ahm glared over at the redhead beside him. "You lied to me again, Wally West."

"I didn't lie. Technically, Dick and me were supposed to come here alone then at the last minute Roy decided to tag along."

"Who names their child Dick?"

"It's short for Richard."

Kaldur shook his head. "You surface dwellers and shortening of names. It's time to deal with this problem once and for all." He grabbed Wally by the back of his shirt.

Before the redhead could protest, Kaldur'ahm stood up. He walked them out of the jungle and onto the beach. "You two! I believe this belongs to you." He threw Wally at the other two men's feet.

Sand flew up from Wally's crash to earth. He let out a grunt as his friends gathered around him. Both Dick and Roy called out Wally's name. They looked him over before they glared at the person who threw him.

Dick stood up. "Hey, what did you do to him? He better not be hurt or-"

"Or what?" Kaldur'ahm crossed his arms over his chest. He held an intense gaze. "You do not scare me surface dweller so I suggest you leave this place."

Dick wore a curious expression. "Surface dweller?"

Wally got up on all fours. He gazed back at the Atlantean. "Look at his neck?"

Dick focused on the black man's neck. "Gills? He's a mermaid?"

Kaldur clenched his teeth. His entire body became rigid. "I AM NO MERMAID! I AM ATLANTEAN!" Kaldur'ahm whipped out his water bearers. He thrust them forward.

The ocean responded to the Atlantean's command. A huge wave shot up above all three men. "Now you've done it," Wally cried. The wave smashed down on them.

Their screams drowned out by the cold abyss. Each desperately clung to the beach as the water retreated to the sea. Broken wood, rope and other objects were now scattered across the beach. The fire they had started completely washed out.

Kaldur'ahm walked up to them. His eyes narrowed. "You surface dwellers certainly lack proper respect." Kaldur placed his bearers back into his water pack.

Dick's hands dug into the sand. He coughed up the sea water that had made it into his mouth. He groaned which brought the Atlantean's attention over to him. Dick swung his body around with all of his strength to trip the blond.

He sprung on top of him. He balled up both his hands, slamming them square on into the Atlantean's face in the hopes of knocking him out. When he swung down for the fourth time his fist had been caught by the Atlantean.

Kaldur'ahm's tattoos glowed. Lightning shot through his hand that shocked Dick's system. Dick arched his back and screamed in pain. He collapsed onto his back.

Kaldur'ahm stood back up. He stomped his foot down on Dick's stomach.

Wally placed his hand on the Atlantean's shoulder. "Kaldur'ahm, stop. He didn't mean it."

Kaldur'ahm caught Wally by his shirt, pulling him up to his face. Every part of Kaldur's face had hardened. "He didn't mean to trip me and repeatedly slam his fists into my face?"

"He was scared. You summoned a huge wave that almost killed us. He doesn't know the difference between mermaids and Atlanteans. We could have left if you didn't smash our boat to pieces." Wally stared Kaldur directly in his eyes.

"Learn to swim."

"No human could swim that far. Look, I know you were sent here as a rite of passage and all that, but are Atlanteans just suppose to send people off to their deaths? Would your king be alright with that?"

Kaldur'ahm dropped Wally down on top of Dick. "Do what you wish. Just do not bother me again." He turned around and stomped back into the forest.

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