RETURN TO THE LOST ISLAND
RETURN TO THE LOST ISLAND
Disclaimer: I own nothing except Iridia Sunheart.
Notes: Last lap of my writer's block. My little adventure is about to end. Thank you for reading me. I hope you enjoyed yourselves.
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Where I took my final decision…
The first obstacle was a steel grill. There were enough electric lamps to light the interior. I frowned: The submarine seemed heavily damaged as I saw many holes and broken machinery. I dearly hoped I could repair this vessel or at least deactivate the cloaking field.
I saw the command of the bars, but Goku wasn't capable to reach it: Too much obstacle on the ground. I smirked. Well, I just had to give him some wings.
I showed him how to use a gravity module as a hovering platform and my little friend easily reached the control, opening the bars.
I sighed seeing the prodigious vessel in such a state. Using a few modules to lift the heaviest debris, I opened a way to the main cabin where I was sure to find a way to stop the generator or the final element of my Ring of Light.
I gasped as I faced another robot as soon as I opened the last door. I was sure it would open fire as soon as it detected me, but instead…
In a metallic voice, he welcomed me as if I was the Captain Nemo absent for more than one hundred and fifty years. I played on its non-functioning sensors to trick it into continuing the masquerade. Cautiously, I explored the main room which held quite the exposition.
There were various sea-shells from the ocean, many photos, trophies, navigation instruments and so on. A big safe made me drool in advance. Using, again, my sixth sense, I opened the safe to discover the most precious possessions of Nemo and…
BINGO! I found the Gem of Power that completed my Ring.
Gently I placed the gem into place. I sighed in relief as the magical A.I. rebooted and I felt the power radiating from the ring. I lifted my hand to speak the words of activation and…stopped.
I hesitated. Was it really what I have to do now? Should I activate my magical ring to put an end to my situation?
From the very beginning, despite the strange situation and a few cases where my sixth sense was used, I had relied mostly on my wits and intellect and not on my powers as a Guardian of Dimensions.
I nodded to myself. Using my powers like this would cheapen everything that the Captain Nemo, Cyrus Vance and his companions and the great Jules Verne had accomplished so far. I lowered my hand with the ring.
Thinking about those great men, there was one last thing I could do.
Reverently, I extracted the unfinished musical partition I found near the corpse of Nemo and walked to the Organ in the main room.
I sat down and checked the instrument. It seemed to work. I played piano for a few years, so I shouldn't have too much problem. After a few scales to unlimber my fingers, I began to play the last composition of the defunct Captain.
It was a grandiose piece of music. I hardly gave it true honour. However, the robot nearby reactivated and stated that my identity as Captain Nemo was confirmed.
I was surprised, but it seemed that the use of music was a back-up protocol for the robots to recognize their master. Smiling, I asked about the state of the Nautilus.
Unfortunately, Time had damaged the mighty vessel and it couldn't leave the island in its current state. However, I ordered to deactivate the isolation field surrounding the Lincoln Isle. Since it recognized me as the true Nemo, the robot obeyed.
Instantly, I felt my power as a guardian surging back to me. I laughed and used my newly active senses to learn everything about this island.
I smiled as I recognized a golden opportunity. This island was situated on a nexus of Ley Lines and was a natural gateway to any other dimensions.
I put down Goku. I had no intention to abandon him, but I needed to do the next action alone. I lifted anew my hand with the ring and activated it.
"Ring of Light! Magic Power! Come to my help me in my time of need!"
The Gem of Power radiated white-blue light like a super-nova and the unlimited might of my ring engulfed the whole island.
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I smiled as I emerged from my little nap aboard the plane I took at the beginning of this adventure.
The ring had created a time-warping effect that effectively erased everything that happened so far. At least the effect concerned the world around me: It was as if no accident happened and I didn't passed a few weeks on the Lincoln Isle.
But I knew better as I looked on the slightly glowing ring on my finger. I could still feel my link with my simian companion and, best of best, I could still feel the connection I made with the Mysterious Island.
I had now a whole hidden base lost somewhere in the Pacific and impossible to find unless one knew how to travel between the dimensions.
I flexed my power within me and Lincoln Island answered. Old buildings were made anew. Broken furniture repaired itself. Fields left for a century suddenly tidied themselves. Rusted metal acquired a brand new shine.
A mighty vessel of the Ocean erupted anew in its brand new life as a spirit played an old music on a restored organ.
Nemo smiled: Something told him that Iridia wasn't done completely with the Mysterious Island and especially with the Nautilus…
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Notes: Here is the end of this story…
At least for now. I have a few ideas floating for a continuation. Notably the use of Iridia of the Nautilus to make a few crossovers with other works in the same genre as the novels of Jules Verne. Among them was "The lost Continent", "Dinotopia" and "Voyage au Centre de la Terre".
