Alright! Chapter two is on earlier than I wanted, but hey, it was ready so. Thanks to Yuu for the beta! Also from a bit before the leviathan scene, I started taking most of the dialogue out of the movie, because hey. If I can do it, it's fun. so yeah. Of course I twisted it a bit to fit better! But yeah. Hope you enjoy this chapter! I'm done rambling now, off you go read ;w;


Chapter Two

The Girl and the Submarine

Morning came faster than Yui could ever hope for. As soon as the sun rose, she got out of bed and got dressed. First putting on her khaki trousers, following with a white tank top, a shirt over it as it was cold, and then putting on her black boots. She put on her trench coat, checked three times if she had everything she needed, made Melissa climb on her shoulders and departed. A car was waiting for her outside the house, ready to bring her to the ship that would drop the submarine far enough in the ocean.

The ride was fairly short. It only lasted around 20 minutes. Outside, attached to the docks, was a ship absolutely gigantic. The only thing that could have compared to it was the Titanic.

Yui stood there, staring at the ship, her mouth slightly opened. Considering the submarine they were going to use was enormous, it was only normal for the ship transporting it to be even bigger. Yet, she couldn't help but be wide-eyed as she looked at the white boat. Balder chose this moment to arrive next to her.

"Miss Yui, there you are! There is someone I'd like to present you, if you would be so kind as to follow me!"

Without really waiting for an answer, Balder grabbed Yui's arm and forced her to follow him, despite the hissing cat on the young lady's shoulders. Yui kept staring at the ship as she slowly followed behind Balder. She hadn't realized he had let go of her arm until she ran into someone's chest.

"Oh! I'm- I'm so sorry!" she blurted out as she looked up, fixing her glasses.

"No harm has been done" the man smiled.

He was tall, with curly blond hair and a beard. He wore a military uniform. He looked incredibly serious, even though he had a small smile on his face. To be fair, Yui feared him just a little.

"Miss Yui, this is Zeus Keraunos, leader of this expedition. Mr. Keraunos, I present you Yui Kusanagi, our linguist." Balder made the presentation, as no one else would speak.

"It's a pleasure, Miss Kusanagi"

"The- the pleasure is all mine!" she replied, shaking his hand, fixing her glasses with her free hand.

"The ship is about to depart. We should hurry!" Balder showed them toward the stairs that lead inside the boat.

Cheeks pink from the embarrassment of having ran into someone, Yui followed behind Zeus. Once they reached the first floor, she told them goodbye as she wished to enjoy the nice breeze out there a little before they left.

She stared at the horizon as the ship left the docks. She couldn't help but smile all the time. It still felt so unreal! How could this even be happening? She was glad she stayed strong and never gave up, even when it was incredibly hard to go on. Especially when Thor passed away. She had lost her very best friend and only family. But she kept going, never giving up, even during the hardest times of her life, where everything felt pointless. And here she was, on the biggest ship she had ever seen, about to enter the biggest submarine ever, and about to go on once in a lifetime adventure: finding Atlantis.

Deciding she had enough of fresh air to last the time she would pass in the submarine, she started heading down to the bottom of the ship, her feet light as she ran, passing by crew men of all sorts.

With Melissa on her shoulders, she finally arrived in front of the submarine. It was even bigger than she had imagined it would be! She stared at it, wide eyed as her heart pounded in her chest. It was so very exciting!

Following the soldier that were accompanying them, Yui entered the gigantic machine, finding her way to her cabin. It took quite a while to do so, but eventually she did.

She entered the small cabin, which had two bunk beds. Yui looked around it and saw that the bottom bunk of the bed to her right was free. She sat down on it, putting her bag next to her. Melissa let himself fall on her lap and she petted him, a smile on her face. It was starting to settle in that she was on an adventure. And she had brought her cat with her. Wow.

"NO GET OFF OF THERE" a voice yelled, surprising her.

Without second thought, Yui jumped to her feet, hugging Melissa close to her chest as she stared at the person crouched in front of the bottom bunk bed.

Under the blanket, which the boy had pulled away, were a bunch of small dirt piles with flags from all around the world. The boy was replacing everything, mumbling about the dirt being mixed up and how bad that was.

"What are you doing Anubis? Not your dirt piles again! We've talked about this. Not again…" a blond man said, coming out of the bathroom at the end of the cabin.

Yui eyed both of them, horrified. Who were they?! She guessed they were the ones who would sleep in her cabin with her but… why were they on the submarine?

"Oh hello there, little miss!" The blond man greeted her. "My name's Apollon Agana Belea! And who might you be? Who are you little miss?"

"Ku-Ku-Kusanagi Yui" the young woman stuttered as she tried to keep her cat from jumping out of her arms. "I'm-I'm the linguist for the expedition."

"Oooooh! You should have said sooner! Nice meeting you, Miss Kusanagi! I'm really happy to meet you!"

Apollon's cheerfulness scared Yui slightly. She shook his hand, letting go of her cat, who decided to settle down right in the middle of the dirt piles again. The boy named Anubis hissed at the cat. Melissa, with what appeared to be a smile, rolled in the dirt.

"I'm the Doctor by the way. And Anubis Ma'at here is our dirt expert."

"Geologist" Anubis grumbled as he tried to recreate the little piles of dust with their respective flags.

Yui stared at them both. Were… were these people the experts that were supposed to accompany her on the journey to find the Atlantis? Was this serious? Oh lord. This will be a catastrophe. They'll never make it out alive of this journey.

"Has anyone given you a tour of the submarine yet? Did anyone do it?"

"N-no, no one did yet, I just got on the sub…"

"Then if you want I could-"

It was right then that the intercom of the submarine called for all specialist to head for the submarine's control room, where they would be introduced to everyone. Apollon gave Yui a sorry smile. But Yui was actually very happy that they had been interrupted. It was bit too much to take in at the moment, and she was getting overwhelmed with emotions.

"Come on dirt boy, we gotta go!"

"But- the cat!" Anubis complained, waving desperately at Melissa, curled up in the middle of the bed, covered in dust from all over the world.

"I'll take care of my cat, sorry" Yui apologized.

She reached out to Melissa, who immediately jumped to his paws, shook the dirt off his fur and climbed on Yui's shoulder, where he usually sat and stared at everyone who approached his master.

Yui quickly left the room, eager to get away from the over-friendly doctor and strange geologist fanatic boy. If those two were like that, she was scared to meet the rest of the team. At least Zeus seemed to be a serious man, more serious than the specialists she already met.

After a good 15 minute walk, the young girl reached the control room and was amazed. It was a giant orange bubble protecting them from the cold water of the deep sea. There were so many people, sitting in front of machine's, controlling the engines and all, it was impressive. Yui's mouth dropped as she stared, slowly turning around on her heels. She was forced to stop when she accidently ran into someone... again.

"Careful there, little kitten~" the man said, catching her before she fell.

"S-Sorry" Yui bowed in front of the man.

He wasn't much taller than her, had flamboyant red hair and silver eyes. He gave her a mischievous smile. Yui then realized Balder was next to him, looking through notes, not paying attention to them.

"Is everyone here? Can we start?" Zeus said as he climbed on the platform they were standing on.

"I think yes!" Balder answered.

Yui looked around. Beside Balder, Zeus, Apollon and Anubis, there was another boy with blue hair. He was about her height. He was playing with a spanner, frowning. He didn't look all that happy to be here.

Next to him stood Akira, the man that had brought her to Balder in the first place. He was looking at the blue haired boy, and seemed like he was about to say something to him, yet not doing so. He seemed scared that the boy would hit him with his spanner.

Next to Akira was yet another man with red hair, although they were a darker shade than the first one. He was fooling around with a cup of wine, apparently washing it with a cloth. Apollon was next to him, followed by Anubis, and finally joining them was a purple haired boy who walked toward Akira and blue hair boy.

They looked like an extremely strange lot. You would never believe that they were the most qualified specialist in their different fields. And that was very, very strange to Yui. Would they really make it..?

"Alright. Let's make official presentation." Zeus started but was immediately cut off.

"We already all know each other, Keraunos, just get on with this" Loki whined, throwing his head backward.

"If you shut up it'll be over quickly, Laevatein. Now. You were all chosen because of your incredible skills in your given fields. Loki Laevatein as a bomb expert. Totsuka Takeru as our expert mechanic and engineer. Totsuka Akira, second in command and my assistant. Totsuka Tsukito, our communication officer. Dionysus Thyrsos, our cook and Apollon Agana Belea, our doctor. Anubis Ma'at, our geologist and mineral expert. And finally, Yui Kusanagi, our expert in dead languages."

"Are we done now? Is that all? Can I go back to sleep? I'm not feeling well."

"You shouldn't have eaten all those candies, Loki" Balder scolded him.

Yui was convince the rich man wouldn't be part of the expedition, yet there he was. They made quite a team, actually.

"Unfortunately for you, Miss Kusanagi will give us a little presentation on what lies before us. Miss Kusanagi, if you would be so kind as to start"

There was a common groan between Loki and Takeru as they slowly fell to the floor, sitting. They just wanted to go back to their cabin or actually go back to work…

"A-Alright so! L-Let's start with some projection shall we?"

Yui awkwardly stood in front of the whiteboard, wondering what to do. Only the calming presence of Melissa on her shoulder allowed her to stay remotely calm in front of her public. With shaky hands, she placed the first picture in the projector, talking at the same time.

"It is said that guarding the entrance of Atlantis is a giant monster-"

"Yeah, that cat looks pretty monstrous alright" Loki laughed in the back.

The young woman quickly turned around to see a picture of Melissa instead of the right one. Her face flushed, she removed it and looked for the right one, sliding it in rapidly.

"As I was saying, guarding the entrance to the lost empire is a giant monster, the leviathan"

"Wow Loki, I did not know you were also a sea monster" Takeru said on a fake surprised tone, receiving a hit on the shoulder from Loki.

"My name's Laevatein, not Leviathan, dumbass"

"Boys, please" Akira spoke up, shutting them up immediately. "You can go on"

"The Leviathan appears, among other books, in the Bible. But in my opinion it's just some sort of sculpture that stands at the entrance, and not an actual giant monster"

"Alright, so once we find our Loki, what do we do?" Zeus asked.

"We dig right? We dig? Tell me we dig" Anubis added, absolutely delighted at the idea of digging.

Ignoring Loki whining about people not letting him live in peace, and Anubis looking like a puppy, Yui answered the question. "In fact, we do not have to dig. The journal says there is a crevice leading to a chamber of air, and from there, a road leads to the Atlantis."

As she explained what would happen, Yui took the black chalk and drew a quick schema of the path they were looking for. She turned around to see them, only to realize most weren't listening, save for Zeus and Akira. This was going to be a rough ride if from the start her colleagues were not interested in this. Deciding it was too early to give up, Yui was about to pick up where she left off when someone cut her off.

"Mr. Keraunos, there's something weird going on out there, sir" the person driving the submarine said in a nervous voice.

"Alright, class dismiss. Open up your light and show me what's going on" Zeus said as he climbed the stairs and stood behind the pilot.

While most of the experts left to go back to their business, Yui climbed behind Zeus and Akira, who were watching.

"Mother of god…" she whispered, eyes wide opened.

In front of them, a ship graveyard was defiling under them.

"How can there be this many ships?" Akira whispered, just as astonished as the others.

"There are ships from every era" Yui added, her voice failing to hide her interest.

"Alright, show's over. Go back to whatever you were doing" Zeus concluded as he went back down, followed by his subordinate.

Yui stayed a while longer, watching. It was simply amazing. Ships from Antique times to the Renaissance and Industrial Revolution were covering the ocean's floor. How could this even be possible? She wished she could investigate closer on the case, but alas that was not the goal of her mission aboard this submarine.

"Miss Kusanagi, come over here, if you would please" Zeus called suddenly.

She went back down to the bridge, hugging her cloak close to her. All those ships were starting to give her the chills.

"Yes, sir?"

"Please translate to us the exact passage that mentions that this beast guards the entrance to the Atlantis."

"S-Sure sir, I'm right on it"

Yui grabbed the book from the table she had left it on, quickly looked through it and found the right page. She started reading it out loud in Atlantean at first, then roughly translated it.

"Enter the lair of the Leviathan, there you will find the path to the gateway" She read, slightly embarrassed.

"Commander" the voice of Tsukito Totsuka surprised Yui as he called for his boss. "I am picking up something strange on the hydrophone and I believe you should hear it."

"Put it on the speakers, Totsuka" Zeus replied instantly, slightly bothered.

As soon as they could all hear the sound, silence fell on the bridge. Yui felt the hair on her body raise as she shivered. It was a strange, metallic sound, like a machine.

Zeus and Akira left Yui to go check closer on what the hydrophone was picking up. As he reached the boy sitting there, Zeus took a few more minutes to listen to the sound.

"Could it be a pod of whale?"

"No. It is something much bigger" Tsukito replied without looking up.

"It sounds metallic. Could be an echo" Akira added, shrugging.

Yui was looking at the deep sea in front of them, listening to the sound. It was strangely creepy.

"I-is it just me or is it getting louder?" she stuttered as the sound seemed closer than it did before.

Just at that moment, it all stopped. Everything fell silent, and no one dared to speak for a long time. Akira was the one to break the silence.

"Whatever it was, it's now gone"

As Zeus turned toward the pilot to give him commands, and Yui prepared to go back to her cabin with the hope that Anubis wouldn't be there and she could get some rest, or take some time to read the Shepherd's Journal. Suddenly, there was a crash as they were thrown sideways, falling directly on the ground. A red light went off as the submarine moved in every sense, sending a wave of panic through the crew.

"Load the torpedo bays! Sub battle crews, battle station!" Akira called out with a sense of urgency.

The crew started hurrying toward the pods with difficulty as whatever was attacking them had taken hold of the submarine and was shaking it, sending them once more to the ground. Yui was frozen in place, looking everywhere, not knowing where she should stand to be out of the way. Another crash sent her over the railing and on the orange glass. Melissa was stuck in her arms, meowing in distress. He could not comprehend what was going on. As Yui slowly rose, her head dizzy, she looked through the glass and saw a red light narrowing on her and her cat.

"Good heavens, it's a machine!" She yelled as she stood up and ran back to the bridge, hugging Melissa close to her chest.

She made it back to Zeus side and hold tightly the railing. This couldn't be happening. They were going to die, and they were nowhere near to the Atlantis. Of dear god, she thought, closing her eyes. Please let us survive this. Please let me finish this… for Thor.

"Launch the sub pods!" Zeus yelled next to her.

The pods were launched and immediately went for the beast attacking them. As soon as the beast had let go of the submarine, they hurried the engines and got as far as they could. Yui stared in horror as the pods kept attacking, and Zeus yelled more orders.

"Launch the torpedoes! Now!"

As soon as the torpedoes touched the beast, it started glowing and shot a beam that went right through the submarine. As the sub shook under the pressure, Tsukito's ever calm voice interrupted the craziness.

"Sir, it's engineering on four" He said like what was happening was nothing alarming.

With all her might, Yui tried to comprehend how this man could remain so bloody serious in such a moment, but failed miserably.

"Keraunos! We took a big hit down here," what seemed to be Takeru's voice rang through the speaker. "We're taking on water extremely fast. I don't want to be around when it hits the boilers" he concluded, his voice barely making it through all the ruckus happening behind him.

"How much time to we have?" Zeus replied back, keeping his calm.

"Twenty minutes it the bulkheads hold" there was a horrible crashing sound behind, followed by Takeru adding : "Make that five"

"You heard the boy! Let's move!" Zeus yelled at the crew

"Move? Where? Move where?!" Yui asked as everyone started leaving the bridge, bringing her with them down the stairs.

Melissa, who had been left on the ground, climbed on her shoulders as Yui started running as fast as she could, following the crew mindlessly. She was hugging her bag with her most important belonging in it, hugging the Shepherd's journal close to her chest.

"Tsukito, sound the alarm!" Yui heard Akira calling behind.

The next thing Yui knew, there was an alarm wailing, and Tsukito's voice was over on the speakers.

"All hands, abandon the ship"

As Yui ran, she was caught up with Takeru and Apollon. She tripped on her way to the trap that lead to the emergency subs, caught up at the last minute by Apollon.

"Move it, people! Sometime today would be nice!" Akira yelled as they urged them to enter the submarine.

As soon as they were down, Yui was shoved into a seat as Akira ordered them to buckle up as he ran to join Zeus at the commands. Yui put Melissa in her lap so he would be stuck between her and the seat belt. Despite his meowing of discomfort, she couldn't afford to lose him. Not now.

"Lieutenant, get us out of here!" Zeus ordered Akira immediately as the man jumped in his seat.

They heard the beast roar out there, sending a shiver down their spine. Yui wished Thor had been there to hold her hand, like he did when she was scared when she was a kid.

"Lieutenant!" The commander urged Akira to hurry, the submarine slowly falling toward the ocean floor, where he would lay there forever with all the wrecked ship.

"I'm trying!"

As the beast roared again, it's metallic shriek echoing deep inside the submarine, Akira gave up using his arms and kicked the lever, opening the door leading outside of the gigantic submarine.

Despite being free, they were definitely not out of danger. Driving the small submarine as fast as possible toward a possible exit, and therefore out of danger, the few people present in the submarine stayed silent. Behind them, the submarine that should have taken them to the air chamber exploded, sending pieces of metal in every directions.

Shaken in every sense as they fled toward safety, Zeus briefly turned around to look at Yui. "Where to, Miss Kusanagi?"

"We're looking for a big crevice of some sort!" she yelled back as she looked through the journal. "It should be large enough to let us pass"

"There, up ahead!" Zeus called to Akira as he took a sharp turn.

"All craft, make your mark 20 degrees down angle!" the Lieutenant called on the speakers.

The Leviathan right behind them, they hurried through the crevice and toward safety. In front of them, one of the larger submarine exploded, sending a wave that made their own submarine waver out of the way.

"It's just like a grease trap. It's just like a sink!" Yui couldn't help but think out loud, slightly panicking as she hugged her cat and the journal close to her.

Beams of blue light hit behind them repeatedly, sending them of course a few times, missing by little the walls of the tunnel.

Finally, the submarine tilted upward, and in less than thirty seconds, they broke the surface of the water into a dark cave. Akira and Zeus immediately came out of the submarine, and with a strong light, illuminated the interior of the cave.

Their eyes fell unto a gigantic structure that looked like an entrance to a palace. It looked like the mouth of a monster, inviting them to go down its throat and toward its stomach. If it hadn't been for the beast following them, Yui would have believed her theory of the guardian sculpture to be true. Alas, the casualties that had resulted in the attack of the Leviathan proved them wrong.

"We're alive. We- we made it out alive" she murmured to her cat as she stared out the window of the submarine, finding it incredible that she was still living.

Melissa meowed in her arms, begging to be let free. Yui unbuckled her seat belt and stood up, her cat taking its place back on her shoulders, as he usually does.

She followed the way back up and outside the submarine. From there, she looked around and she realized only her submarine and Loki and Anubis' pod had made it out of the wrecking. There was only a handful of them.

"Oh, Melissa…" She whispered "We made it out alive… but at what cost?"

Shaking her head so the tears wouldn't fall out from her eyes, Yui adopted a determined look. "Let's not make their sacrifice in vain"

With that last statement, she made her way to the beach with the others, with the firm intention of finding the lost empire, for the poor victims… and for Thor.