Chapter 7 - The sea shall have you back
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The massive spaceship was immobilized and floating in the saltwater of Boundary bay. But as quickly as the superheroes and the lifeguards boarded it, a throng of Elerian warriors rushed to the wings, where the 4 humans were aboard.
"Get them! The queen wants them alive!" one Elerian solder charged forward.
The lifeguards were in no position to fight, so they just hid behind the 2 heroes, who were armed to the teeth. Wonder Woman pulled her amazonite sword and shield once again, and prepared to hack through elerian warriors. The Coat pulled his lightsabre, and prepared to do the same.
But before the battle could commence, the elerian warriors surrounded the group. they outnumbered them 10 to 1. There was no way they would survive a head on battle.
"Is it too late to make this battle into a spelling bee?" The Coat joked.
"Coat...this is definitely not a time to joke." Wonder Woman sheaved her sword into it's handle behind the shield. After she did that, The Coat put his lightsabre back onto his belt.
The Elerian commandant stepped forward to speak.
"You 4...you're going to come with us." The Commandant ordered.
The Elerian warriors stepped forward, and guided the group into the ship's inner workings. On the inside, many emblems of ankhs surrounded the walls, resembling female dominance. Wonder Woman felt a bit proud that somewhere, Women were in charge of things, but she feared a bit for her friend, who was definitely viewed as inferior and had a lot to lose if they were scheduled to be executed.
In the corridors of the ship, the Elerians stood in a row, and awaited the Elerian queen to step out, and when she did, she looked in disgust at the 2 superheroes that shot her down, and the 2 lifeguards who had taken care of her daughter.
"I've heard of you, Wonder Woman...The Amazon Princess." The Queen began.
"The name's travelled to places." Wonder Woman replied.
At that moment, the rebellious Kiana ran from behind her mother and stood in front of the lifeguards.
"NO mother! These are my friends!" Kiana spoke out.
Kiana knew what her mother did to those who boarded the spaceship, and surrendered. It was not going to bode well for the superheroes and the lifeguards.
"They are enemies of the Elerian Empire, and the one with the American Flag for an outfit is a traitor to all womanhood!" The Queen replied.
"All the women in the world, and we get someone with the feelings of Nurse Ratched." The Coat spoke in sarcasm.
"Careful Coat, you might hurt her feelings." Wonder Woman knew that pleading for mercy was completely out of the question so she just went along with the sarcasm and insults.
"What are you going to do with my friends?" Kiana demanded to know.
"I demand a trial!" The Coat added.
"You've had your trial! The sea brought you here, the sea shall have you back!" The Queen replied.
"Great, She's also Captain Nemo too." The Coat added.
"Spare the lifeguards, they didn't shoot you down!" Wonder Woman demanded as she was cuffed from behind, along with the Coat. They did not dare fight back, as they had several Elerians ready to pounce and slash them to death.
"Take them to the Deck." The Queen didn't listen.
"Geez, no one listens to a woman anymore." Wonder Woman spoke in great sarcasm as she was being led away.
"I heard that." The Queen replied.
Just as the heroes were being carried away and the lifeguards were being cuffed, Kiana pulled a pair of handcuffs off an Elerian guard, and cuffed herself to Wonder Woman's arm before she could be held back.
"What are you doing, Kiana!?" The Queen demanded to know.
Kiana looked at her mother with a look of great defiance.
"Mother...if you're going to kill them...you're going to kill me too." Kiana wrapped her free arm around Wonder Woman and dared not let go.
"Oh Orion...why did you give me such a rebellious daughter?" The Queen rolled her eyes.
Wonder Woman smirked a bit. The Coat smirked too, despite the fact he was scheduled to die.
"I'll take my soldiers with me." The Queen snapped her fingers and motioned for some of the Elerians to follow her.
"Save some ladies for me." The Coat joked as he was carted away.
The Lifeguards and the Superheroes were brought to the deck in the middle of boundary bay, a good half-mile from shore. the waves were rough, and swimming back while cuffed would've been suicide. But that didn't matter. They were being daisy-chained to a post that would've held them no matter where the ship was capable of nosediving. They were going to drown.
"You didn't have to do that." Wonder Woman told Kiana, while her wrists were bound to the post.
"I don't care! The last few days have been the most free i've felt since learning my father lives here." Kiana replied.
"Your father lives in White Rock?" Asked The Coat, who was listening in.
"He does. You see, my mother had an affair with him. Her spouse, her husband...my stepfather, He was barren after the first Elerian-Bulrathi War. But my mother, she didn't want to go without offspring. So she found who she deemed the most worthy person and charmed him. I know he is here in White Rock, BC."
The Elerians shut the door to the ship. In the next minute, the fates of those who were not of their kind were about to be sealed by the ocean. Wonder Woman was bound at the wrists and wasn't able to draw upon her strength. The Coat was daisy-chained to her ankles and was also wrist-bound. The lifeguards were chained to The Coat's arm, and Kiana had taken her handcuffs, and chained herself to Wonder Woman's upper arm.
The ship began to submerge into the salt water. But then, it stopped.
"Hey, C'mon, lets get drowned already!" The Coat yelled out.
At that moment, the Elerian queen could not bring herself to kill her own daughter. Being that she could no longer bear children, having another at her mature age would've been impossible. The hope was that Kiana would've changed her mind. But not when she had gotten that far. But the queen also had something else on her mind, and she might have been able to utilize her near-victim's strengths.
"Captain." The Elerian queen called her pilot.
"Yes, Queen Krystalica?" Asked the captain.
"Retrieve them. I think I have a better use for them." Queen Krystalica spoke.
"It will be done, your highness." the Captain left her post, and went out to the deck to retrieve the would-be victims. If only Kiana had not done what she had, the 4 beings of earth would not have survived a minute longer.
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