As I watched from the bridge, we had no clue that there truly was a monster stalking us. We were still exploring the wreckage of all those ships when JBL asked me to read a part of the journal that would explain something he really cared to know.

"Predeshtem...logtu nug...nah geb."

"What exactly does that even mean Hollis?" Willie asked me.

"It means, and I quote,' Enter the lair of the Leviathan.'"

"Commander?" Ms. Coleman said.

"There you will find the path to the gateway."

"Commander?"

"Yes Ms. Coleman. What is the matter?"

"I seem to be picking up something on the hydrophone and the radar that ya might wanna hear."

"Go ahead and put it on speaker." I just then heard a click of a switch, meaning she just turned on the speaker. I was frightened by the noise I was hearing. I also knew that this is surely not a good sign. It sounded metal and was loud, like the noise of someone dying, but even worse.

"Ummm...Captain..." I stammered. "I think we might wanna prepare for battle."

"What is that noise? That surely can't be a school of whales or any other deep sea creature can it?"

"No sir... It is indeed a deep sea creature, but it is not a school of whales. From the sounds of it, it sounds ten thousand times bigger."

"Well." Amanda said. "Whatever it is, it sounds metallic. Is it possible that it is us echoing off the rocks?"

"I doubt it blondie."

"Sir?" I struggled to say. "We might wanna get a move on and quickly, or prepare for battle. Whatever that thing is, if it is hostile, we won't stand a chance if we are not unprepared."

Just then, there was a dreaded silence. The type of silence that you would expect in a horror movie when the killer pops out to attack the protagonist. I was afraid suddenly about the silence.

"I don't like that silence. I have a feeling something is gonna happen."

"Well... whatever that was, I think it is gone now." Amanda said

"I wouldn't say that just yet Ms. Kidd." I told her.

"Helmsman. Hard to port. slow us down to 23 knots and-" Before he could finish, we heard a loud crash against the Independence and we were sent flying out of control. I heard another loud crash and then; BANG! Another loud crash against the hull of the sub. Almost all of us on the bridge went flying and fell on the rough metal. I had no clue what to think, but watch in horror as I heard JBL give out an order.

"Action Stations! Prepare for Battle!"

I soon felt something grab the sub and I was sent flying on to the glass of the bridge. I looked down and was shocked to see I was actually looking into one of the eyes of the Leviathan. I noticed that it was adjusting itself like a lens to a camera. I soon realized what it truly was.

"Mary Joseph!"

"What?" Morris shouted.

"Look!" I hollered. "It's a machine!" I shouted as its eye adjusted again.

"Launch sub pods!" Amanda shouted. I watched the sub pods head full speed towards the Leviathan and started firing torpedoes at it.

"Direct hit!" I heard one of the sub pod crew members shout.

"But no damage." another one said.

I ran over and grabbed the radio. "Doncaster! Falkland Eagle! We are under attack! We need backup!"

"Copy Independence. We are launching sub pods to assist." Just then, I saw them arrive and hit the Leviathan again.

"We are free!" I heard JBL shout. "Full speed ahead!" I watched from the window as I saw the Leviathan smash and destroy sub pods left and right.

"Torpedo turret! You have the order to fire torpedoes." I suddenly saw torpedoes come from our ship and hit the creature. Suddenly, I saw a flash and felt a "BANG!" on the Independence.

"Jiminy Christmas! It has weapons!" I shouted as I saw the dreadful creature tear the Falkland eagle up with a strike of an energy burst. Luckily, some of the smaller vessels were able to escape, but a large number of their crews were not so lucky. I ran in horror to the engineering room and I saw Gina was in trouble.

"Help!" she shouted as I saw her trapped under a metal beam. I ran over to her quickly and grabbed her.

"I could use some help here." I shouted. Suddenly, Glenn and Reginald came and helped me lift the beam off of Gina's legs.

"Glenn! Reggie! Go! I got Gina. Go get ready for possible Evac!"

"Thank you for saving me Hollis." Gina cooed.

"You can thank me later, but we must get you to safety. I saw Catalina run pass us and realized why; I turned around and saw a bunch of spall shooting around me and Gina. I covered her with my body as a rivet struck my head, but I didn't pass out. I carried her to the ladder and helped her up. I followed her after she made it.

"Get me the bridge!" She shouted.

"Yes Engineering?" I heard JBL's voice from the radio.

"JBL! We to a massive hit down here and water is filling up the bulkheads quickly. We mustn't let it reach the boilers or us being there when that happens."

"How much time do we have?"

"At least 30 minutes if the bulkhead for the nuclear powersource holds." We suddenly heard a loud crash. "You might wanna make that ten."

"What do ya mean Gina?"

"We are gonna have to evacuate." After hearing that, I ran over and grabbed what stuff I will need, but I made sure no harm came to the journal as it was the key to everything. I soon ordered everyone to make it to the evacuation subs.

"All hands abandon ship! I repeat, all hands abandon ship!"

I lead Dr. Baldwin, Gina, Diana, Morris, Glenn, Reginald, Andrea, Willie, and Willie's friends to the first evac sub and started helping whoever I could to the others. I also had crew members who knew how to pilot the evac subs arrive to those subs as well so that they would be ready to go. I soon saw Amanda, JBL, and the rest of the bridge crew arrive into our evac sub and we were now away just as the Leviathan shot our sub again.

We pulled out of the Independence just as it exploded and two evac subs went with it. I watched in horror as I saw the other evac subs from the Falkland Eagle get smashed and destroyed. Doncaster was still holding strong against the Leviathan as the other sub pods kept distracting it. I grabbed a radio and contacted the Doncaster.

"Doncaster! get out of here! You don't stand a chance against that thing!"

"Negative! No one is gonna get left behind!"

I watched as more torpedoes pounded the Leviathan again, but did no damage. I watched as another energy blast tore right through the Doncaster and tore it to shreds with every single hand losing their lives except for this in the sub pods. We were all horrified by this, but did my best to stay calm.

"Where do we go now Holland?" JBL asked me.

"A giant crevice of sorts." I then pointed. "There! There is our way in! Break for it!"

"All vessels make your mark down angle 20 degrees!"

"Roger, Copy! 20 degrees down angle!"

We then dove for the trench just as the Leviathan made a swing, destroying three sub pods launched from the Doncaster.

"Go!" I heard one of the Doncaster sub pods reply on the radio. "We will hold it off while you guys get to the air pocket. We will follow you from behind! We promise."

"Affirmative!" I heard our radioman shout. "Godspeed!"

"I can't shake it!" I Can't FIZZZZZZ." I heard one of the sub pod pilots shout before the radio went dead.

We managed to get to the crevice, but it was still chasing us as it fired energy bolts at us and destroyed one of the evac subs.

"AHHH WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!" I heard one of the crew members shout.

"Keep it together young man. We will be fine."

I watched as another sub pod blew up and crashed into the third evac sub and destroyed it. We kept going down and saw the glass on the front start to crack and then we started going up. We made it to the air pocket, but at a heavy cost. I knew that the sub pods fighting the Leviathan wouldn't last long and so I grabbed the radio.

"Evac sub to red one Over?"

"FIZZZZZZZZZ"

"Red one this is evac sub Theta. Please respond over?"

"FIZZZZZZZZZ"

"They are dead." Gina said. "All of them." I saw that she was starting to cry. I had a feeling that this is bad. I walked over to her and tried my best to comfort.

"Shhhh. It's okay Gina." I told her.

"I wish it was Ragazzo. However, I just lost my grande fratello."

"Your big brother?" I asked.

"Si..." she sniffled and start crying again, but she had her head buried into my chest. I stroked her hair to try and make her feel better. I looked around and realized something.

"Glenn...Reginald?"

"Yes? What's wrong Hollis?"

"W-w-w-w-where is Morris?"

"Your brother?"

"Yes."

"I saw him leading crew members to the evac subs and tried to board one."

"However," one crew member spoke up. "He sacrificed himself to save me and to save others."

"So...he...didn't make it?" I asked. Everyone nodded their heads at what I said and I felt like my whole world had just been shattered.

"Why...WHHHYYYYYYYY!" I shouted from the top of my lungs and broke down into tears. I have never felt so lonely after I lost my mom and dad. I just felt like I have just been stabbed with a knife and had no hope of healing. I tried to calm down, but me and Gina have just suffered personal loss. I looked over and saw Willie was broken. I realized that he just lost his younger brother, Horace. I saw him and his older brother, Rodney hug each other in despair. I knew us having a breakdown would not solve our situation.

"Lets..." I sniffled. "Let's get to land." I told JBL.

We all climbed out of the evac sub; as did the others from the other one and of the four sub pods that survived from the Independence. I looked and saw Jérôme and Justinian climb out of one of the sub pods. I watched as all the other crew members lit a candle and sent it adrift in the cave. As for me, I pounded a cross into the ground and wrote my brothers name on it.

"Ten hours ago, we started this expedition with 1,000 of the finest men and women. There are only 60, of us now. I am not gonna be sweet and show sunshine about this all. We are in dire straits. However, we have been through a whole lot worse than this. I understand the grief we all have suffered; lost parents, lost siblings, and friends gone too soon. Nevertheless, We must not quit. If they were here, alive or not, they would want us to continue and finish what we started. From now on, everyone, including me, must do double the work. Everyone drives, everyone works, no one complains, no one slacks, and no one will be left behind. From what I see, our only hope for survival rests with you 'Howlin' Mad'. You and that little book."

"Well then let's get to work; right sir?" I asked.

"That is right Holland." JBL told me. "Ms. Kidd, lets get this convoy moving."

"Yes sir! Jérôme, you drive the equipment. Gina, you got the oiler and Justinian is with the drill and will help Mr. Bremerton."

I was messing with one of the trucks when JBL came up to me.

"Are you sure you know what you are doing?" he asked me.

"Of course I do." I told him. "I know how to drive, I'm not some fool."

"What about driving a semi?"

"I will struggle with that as I am not use to driving those."

"That is good. Now let's get going."

We were now on our way down this massive highway to head for Atlantis. We had no clue how long the journey would take, nor have any idea what dangers we will encounter. However, that is a story for another day.

Just me and the rest of the crew next time for one of the longest and more insane journeys of all time, and get to know some of the other crew members and some of their backstories. Fair sailing everyone.

So there ya go, chapter four for Atlantis. Sorry about this being short; I did the best I could because I am still rusty with telling stories. I hope you enjoy this and be sure to leave a review and tell me what ya think and some ways to make this better than what it is. So failing sailing everyone and Merry Christmas.