Chapter 3: Attack On King Septimius
Deep inside the ship, there were a lot of abandoned rooms covered in seaweed, barnacles and coral. We swam further into the ship's hallway. Since King Septimius is larger than the three queens sister ships, it is very easy to get lost inside of the ship. I learned that the hard way the minute Belle and I were separated from the team. Jane too ends up getting lost with Draven as well as Vlad and Zachary. In three groups of two, we must navigate through the ship in order to rendezvous with the group, find what we came here for, stop it and get out of there. It is not as easy as it should be, especially when we have to maneuver around these corners while avoiding those disturbing pale B.O.W.s called, "Blobs". I know of these things for I remember that one of my sisters were killed and eaten by those things three years ago. Before Belle can swim through the porthole, I quickly pull her back from her fate. A Blob just swam by. She turns to look back at me.
"Thanks." says Belle. "How do you know that thing is coming?"
"Because those things killed my sisters." I said to her. "We just have to watch their patterns so we can time it right and swim pass by them."
Belle is impressed by how much my speech is improving. Even I'm surprised myself. I don't know how it happened but it feels good to speak like a human and communicate with one.
"Those nasty B.O.W.s are Blobs. Right?" I said, trying to remember the name of these B.O.W.s.
"Yes. That is correct." says Belle, then she smiles as a sign of impression. "Hey, you're really quite catching on with your communication skills."
"I just love learning new things." I admitted.
"Well I hope you'll learn fast." said Belle as she turns to the Blob swimming by. "Because we're going to need all guidance we can get from you."
"Here!" I said, taking her hand. "I can help you get by those B.O.W.s quietly without being eaten alive by them."
"Ok. I guess I'm going have to trust you on this one." says Belle as she follows my lead.
I carefully watched the Blob's pattern. When the Blob turns around and swims away, now is our chance to swam by it as fast as we could. Belle is even amazed that I'm a fast swimmer due to my long fishtail. Before the Blob can turn around to swim back our way, we reach the window on the third floor. That was a close one. So we continue our mission, venturing throughout the gigantic ship. Down in the basement sections below the first floor, Vlad and Zachary were trying to communicate with the team but their radio coms are cut off due to underwater interference. Now all they have to do is carry out their priorities; find the infestation and destroy it before it gets worse. They've come across a steel bar door that can only be accessed from the inside, a switch. Being the mechanic that he is, Vlad tries to operate the door's controls, to see if it works a little bit.
"Can you find a way to get in there and see if you can get the door open from the inside?" Vlad asked Zachary.
"Sure can do." says Zachary as he swims out the door. "Just keep working on your thing, big guy. I'll see what I can do."
He left the room and went searching for another opening somewhere on the ship. While swimming from hall to hall, Zachary nearly got killed and eaten by the Blobs. But thanks to his quick reaction, he throws an underwater pulsars to stun the Blobs, thus giving him a chance to maneuver through them without becoming their meal. Along the way, he came across a newly evolved B.O.W.s, called "Stone Crusers". They are even more deadlier than Blobs, because of their crab-like appearances. Complete with claws that are ten times strong enough to crush every bone in a human's body and even hard surfaces, such as rocks, iron and the entire ship. They are very hard to kill due to their persistence. It took some doing but Zachary manage to get by them without their claws touching him. By the time he reached the room with the switch, Vlad is waiting for him. Zachary press the switch and the steel bar door opens up for Vlad to swim in.
"Good work, Zachary." says Vlad.
"Thanks." said Zachary. "All in a day's work."
"Now let's rendezvous with the others." said Vlad. "Come on."
The two young men continue to swim through the hallways. Somewhere in the fringe deck of the ship, Draven and Jane was swimming around from corridor to corridor, until they stumble upon a chamber room. Once they open it and entered the chamber, they scowl around for some clues. Then, Jane unknowingly found a handle underneath the bathtub. When she pulls it, a secret door appears behind the bathtub before her. It's a passageway that leads to a room above.
"Captain! I found something you might want to see!" she calls out to Draven.
He immediately swam into the bathroom where Jane is hovering over the tub.
"What is it?" asked Draven.
"I think it's a secret passageway." Jane remarked as she points into the dark wet hall. "I don't know where it leads to, but it wouldn't hurt to find out what secrecy this King Septimius holds in there."
"All in a reasons why we're here to find out." says Draven as he swims in first. "Stay close to me and watch your six."
"Oh believe me, sir. I always do." said Jane as she follows Draven from behind.
The two swam further into the dark passages. Luckily, they got flashlights with them, to see where they're going. Along the path, the walls and floors was all covered in a mass of disturbing pink flesh. Hundreds of cocoons were stored at the end of passageway. Carefully, they passed the cocoons without disturbing the newborn abominations. Then they both swam upwards to the air pocketed surface. There, they climbed out of the water, took off half of their wet gear and walked barefooted through the dry hallway. While they navigate through the deck with the guns ready at hand, they came across an elevator with an anchor on the doors. To their surprise, it still works after being under the sea for a long periods of time. Once they've aboard the elevator, it took them upwards to an unknown room filled with eggs and the tomb containing a large disfigured B.O.W. that kinda looks like a godly merman. This sight shocks them. Draven looks down at the fleshy floor the minute he felt the slimy substance oozing through his toes and underneath his bare foot.
"Ugh! Disgusting." Draven mumbles to himself as he wipes the substance off his foot.
"What is all of this?" says Jane, looking around her.
"I don't know what this is." said Draven. "But I do know that this could be the source we are looking for. I'm radioing the team."
He checks he radio to see if it still works. The radio coms is back on and he can finally contacted his team.
"This is Captain Draven Booker speaking!" he calls through the radio. "Do you all read!?"
Finally, the team responded after hearing his call. Draven is relieved to hear that we're all okay.
"Thank god I can reach you guys." says Draven as he gives out his commands. "Listen! I need you all to come to the main chamber room on the 50th upper deck!"
"Roger!" Zachary replied. "Vlad and I were about to head there right now."
"Belle! Is the mermaid B.O.W. still with you?" Draven asked his sister through the radio.
"Yes she is." Belle responded. "We're coming to your location now. We'll be there in a few minutes."
"Ok. Jane and I are there already." said Draven. "We'll see you guys when you all get here. Draven out!"
This just in, a loud thumping noise erupted from the tomb, startling Jane whom turned to witness the shadowy shape moving inside it.
"Uh Captain?!" says Jane in an uneasy tone of voice. "It looks like we're going to be in trouble!"
Draven rushed to her side as they witnessed the birth of the giant aquatic B.O.W. hatched from his tomb. He later awakens from his birth and turning his head to the two cadets. Nourishing his jaws like a shark, the godly merman-like B.O.W. crawls to the cadets who opens fire at him. But it's going to take more than a couple of rounds to take the B.O.W. out. Just as they were at odds with this unholy beast, suddenly, Zachary and Vlad made it just in time to help shoot the creature. It wasn't before long until Belle and I showed up. The B.O.W.'s tail split into two rows of sharp teeth and tries to slice us in half.
"What was that thing!? Your future husband?" joked Vlad as he turns to me.
"No! I've never seen this creature before!" I said to him.
"Well he has your tail!" says Vlad, being sarcastic. "I wouldn't be surprised if you ended up carrying his little spawns!"
"Vlad! Focus on the B.O.W.!" shouted Draven, interrupting our conversation.
The team kept firing their rounds at the B.O.W., until they are almost out of ammunition. Before they can reload, the B.O.W. uses his tail to smack them against the walls, instant knocking them down. Horrified, I froze on the spot as the giant B.O.W. turns his torso into a large mouth to devour the BSAA team. What can I do to save them? Then I immediately spot a abandoned military container. Not a minute too soon, I had a idea popped in my head. I use my long hair to grab what appears to be frag grenades and other explosives from the FBC forces that died from the horrors residing inside of King Septimius. Before the B.O.W. can eat them, I called out to his immediate attention.
"Hey!" I screamed at him.
The B.O.W. stopped what he is about to do and is now looking at me. With the explosives in my hairs grasp, I confronted the monster.
"Instead of feasting on the humans, please feast on this!" I shouted as I threw the explosives right into the B.O.W.s mouth.
This ignited the fatal blow, ultimately destroying the giant B.O.W. from the inside. After that, he fell onto the ground dead. The team became completely shocked for what they've witnessed and they turn to me.
"Now what did you just do?" asked Zachary in pure shock.
"Umm, I saved you guys?" I said in a angelic voice. "I hope it is enough."
The team got up from the ground and came to me. Belle is the first to give me credit for my quick action.
"Thanks for saving us." says Belle, winking at me.
"You're welcome." I said back to her.
"Now let's move on!" commanded Draven.
The team rushes out of the chamber and into the elevator. While we are going downwards to the deck below, Draven contacted the HQ, informing the director the results of the mission. Kirk felt that it is too dangerous for them to take this task on King Septimius, due to the fact that they ended up getting lost in the gigantic ship and nearly killed by numerous B.O.W.s that dwelled inside of it. So he gave his final commands to the team.
"I can't risk losing you in this task, new cadets." says Kirk and continues his commands. "Abort the mission and get out of there!"
"Copy that!" Draven complied. "We understood! Draven out!"
Then all of a sudden, the elevator has stopped abruptly. Before we knew it, a monster tears open the ceiling above us. It was the same B.O.W. from before. The one I thought I've destroyed. But it looks like he's not done with us yet. Just as he was about to attack us, suddenly, a large group of Sirenians came bursting in and attack the male B.O.W.. Could it be that my sisters have found us? While they're ripping him apart, we quickly fled the elevator the minute it reaches the floor. By the time we made it to the watery entrance, the team quickly put their wet gear back on before they could dive in the water. When we exited out of King Septimius, we saw my sisters tearing the B.O.W.'s flesh off, part after part of his body. What is left is his blood coloring the reefs. Then my sisters turns to glare at the team, due to believing that they are the ones responsible for my abduction. With their claws ready, my sisters prepare to attack them.
"They look extremely pissed off at us!" exclaimed Zachary out of slight fear.
"You! Call your sisters off!" Draven demanded me.
"I can't!" I exclaimed to him.
"Why the hell not!?" Draven yelled.
"They're not fully developed with their S virus like I have!" I explained.
Then the team looked at me, shocked by what they heard from me.
"Wait! Did you say the 'S' virus?" says Vlad in shock.
My sisters began to attack them. One of my sisters tried to pull me away from the fight. Belle sees this and she swam after us. Then one of my sisters grabs her and tries to eat her. But Belle retaliated by shooting them with her waterproof gun. I can't stand to see them get eaten alive by my sisters, so I fought them off of me and swam to Belle's aid. The team fought them off as they possibly could but they were too many of them and their oxygen tank is damaged due to the ambush. They're running out of time. If they don't get out of the water fast, they will soon drown, thus providing themselves as food to my sister Sirenians. I have to think of something. Before they can get a bite on one of the BSAA cadets, I took immediate action by snatching the pulsars from Draven's belt and stunned all of my sisters upon throwing it in the swarm. They all couldn't move from that. It buys me enough time to wrap my hair around the cadets and swam out of harms way as fast as I can. Once we're far away from them, it is safe to return them to the surface, where Zachary's jet is currently parked by the docks. With my strength, I carried them out from the water and into his jet. They're still alive! Thank Terragrigia they didn't died in the Mediterranean Sea. Draven looked at me, he was surprised by my choice of action to save his team. Now he is convinced that I'm not dangerous like my sisters are.
"You saved us all." he said. "But why?"
"I couldn't bare to see you guys die in my sisters' hands." I said to him. "I have to do something or you all would've died down there."
He got up from the floor and looks me in the eyes.
"My sister is right about you." says Draven. "You're are different."
Zachary gets behind the steering wheel, operated the jets engines and takes off from the water, leaving the Mediterranean Sea. My sisters rose to the surface. It appears that they are too little too late. The jet is already airborne. Angrier than before, my Sirenian sisters pledged themselves to find the BSAA and bring me back to Terragrigia, even if it means they'll run humanity right out of existence for good.