Time for more world building!
(Among other things)
The group slowly went down a dark tunnel, only lit by blue lights, the clanking of what basically is an ancient elevator filled the tunnel.
No one had no idea what awaited them at all.
The elevator soon stopped, arriving at a metal door, it slowly creaked open, bits of rusted metal fall apart. Revealing a long tunnel, lit by a dim blue from what seemed like a window.
"Pretty ancient door." Kevin said
"Yeah, falling apart at this point." Aaron said walking forward
He walked past the window viewing the ocean... wait.
He stepped back and saw that they were under the ocean, deep under the ocean.
His eyes went wide at this as he blanched at this slightly, he looked at the others slowly as they walked over.
"I've got good news and bad news." Aaron said
"...Bad news first." Nazz said, knowing that would be better in this moment
"Bad news is, we're deep under the ocean. Good news is, at least we're safe." Aaron said, which caused others to pale
That's when they heard footsteps and faint... music?
Aaron listened closely it sounded like... rap?
"Someone's playing rap music." Aaron said curiously as to why someone would be doing that
"Rap music? Down here?" Eddy asked a bit confused
"Yep, I can identify the music pattern as definitely that." Artemis said, remembering he can do that
They all followed the sound of rap music, later finding themselves in... an ancient graffitied lobby? There was a tunnel leading somewhere in front of them with a statue of some kind in the center of the lobby. Everything was old and unused besides some seats.
Nearby were some teenage looking people. They had tan skin, blue hair, and white tattoo's going all over their body, a particular shape on each of the arms.
One had a sort of spiked swirl, another had a sword-like shape, one of them had one shaped like a pig, and the final one had the shape of a gear going on.
Currently, they were all leaning on walls and acting all brooding, sort of edgy if you think about it.
"...Hello there." Aaron said in a friendly tone
The teens looked at the group, the leader (most likely) whom had the spiked swirl, had sort of short hair, his eyes were a blue coloration. He wore a red sleeveless shirt and blue shorts with black sandals. He had a constant sharp harsh stare on his face.
"It seems we have... wait, you aren't Atlantians?" The leader said suspiciously of the group
"Altanti- who now?" Jimmy asked confused
They all looked at them silently, one of the fatter members (he had a gut) with short hair, he wore no shirt and wore blue pants, he had grey sandals on. He had the shape of a pig. Generally, he had a lazy look.
"Gare, I think these guys might be Surfacers." The fat teen said
"Surfacers?" Ed asked
The leader known as Gare sighed and looked at the group.
"I think Wade's right, you might be Surfacers." Gare said with a small grin
"I mean... we are from the Surface, can you tell us where we are?" Aaron asked kind confused as to where they are
"...Oh, you're in our territory." The girl said, malicious grin in tow
She had a black long sleeve on and a blue skirt, her hair was long and sort of flowing. She had a mischevious look on her face, she had the sword-like shape on her arms.
"Interesting, is there any adults around that we could speak with?" Aaron asked
"Adults? Don't be ridiculous." Gare said
"...I don't believe you at all, besides. How old are you?" Aaron asked not believing Gare at all
"Seventeen." Gare said smugly
He looks to be... two years younger than that, Aaron sighed.
"Alright, now take us to the adults here." Aaron said
Gare looked in mock thought before looking at Aaron with a shit eating grin.
"Nah." He said
Aaron was starting to get annoyed, Gare than glared at him.
"If you don't leave right now, we'll make sure you regret it." Gare said, reaching for something
He pulled out a guitar of some kind, it looked like a normal guitar but it didn't have any strings and it was a blue color, rather it had an orb of some kind in the middle.
"A guitar?" Aaron asked, wondering what that might do
"No ordinary guitar, this is a Battle Guitar." Gare said
He waved his hand over the orb and suddenly a blast of red energy came out of the tip which sounded like a harsh rock tone, almost hitting Aaron if it wasn't for his shield blocking the attack. He summoned his sword, prepared for a fight
"Wade, knock his stuff away from him." Gare said
Aaron's weapons were knocked out of his hand by Wade, the rest of the group was blasted backward by a cord played by Gare. Aaron stood there, taking the power cord with his arms crossed in front of him.
"Tougher than I thought, these things can do some real damage without the proper armor." Gare said
Aaron grunted in pain, feeling burns on his arms.
'Damn, this guy is stronger than I thought.' Aaron thought to himself
He saw another guitar, this one was brown and sort of old, it was oddly similar to Gares. It was stuck in some sort of pedestal, Aaron rolled over and grabbed it.
"That won't work, nobody can remove the old th-"
Aaron pulled it out with all of his might, shocking the group of teens. The color of the Battle Guitar changed from brown to blue and green, it was no longer old and rusted but now shiny and slick.
"Huh, maybe if I." Aaron said, putting his hand over the orb
He strummed it, launching a blue beam over energy with a light bass strum being heard, it hit Gare. Doing some damage, Gare looking at Aaron shocked.
He looked at his own with a growl, he then played another harsh red tone
It was canceled out by Aaron playing his.
"Wait, what if?" Aaron asked thinking of an idea
He began to lightly strum it, energy building it up, blue notes faintly appearing around him. Gare looked at him shocked, he started to strum his charging energy of his own.
"Take this!" Gare said pissed off
He aimed the tip and fired out a continuous bolt of energy, Aaron unleashed his own, hitting it in the middle creating a purple glow.
There was an energy struggle at this very moment, Aaron unleashing peaceful blue energy with Gare unleashing harsh red energy.
"How... how are you able to use blue energy?" Gare asked shocked and confused
Aaron didn't listen to him, he merely strummed it, smiling a little as he remembered the other times he played. He then played a powerful cord, causing a burst of blue energy to come out of him.
Gare's red energy started to retract to him.
"What the?" Gare asked shocked that he's losing
A figure appeared behind Aaron, it was a blue phoenix, flame sprouted behind it.
After strumming one final time, the energy finally collided with Gare's thus defeating him. The Atlantian Teens and the Surface Group were all shocked, Aaron looked around confused.
"What happened?" Aaron asked having no idea what just happened
"You just won an energy struggle, and you're a beginner!" The girl said in awe and in shock
A relaxed-looking boy sighed and walked over to Aaron, sticking his hand out. He had a black cap on with a yellow tank top, he had red shorts on with blue shoes. His hair was somewhat long. He had the gear symbols on his arms.
"Name's Ray, I'll take you to the city." Ray said cool fully
"What are you doing Ray?!" The girl asked distraughtly
The relaxed boy looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Marna, this dude just beat Gare, whom is the second best Battle Guitarist in the entire state if not world at this point, one on one with barely any experience of using a Battle Guitar. I think it warrants a bit of respect." Ray said
Aaron shook Ray's hand with a light nod.
"Name's Aaron Thompson, pleasure to meet you." Aaron said
Ray's eyes widened at this, somehow recognizing the name.
"No way, you're the descendant of the legendary Thompson clan? Leader's of an old clan that existed long ago? The same Clan that ancient families joined before our city disappeared down here?" Ray said
"...Yeah." Aaron said, slightly surprised he knew the name
Gare growled in irritation.
"Ray, that's a stupid legend adults tell us in order to make us look up to them. They never existed." Gare said
Aaron rolled his eyes, summoning his sword back while picking up his shield, he looked at Gare.
"Believe it if you want, but we must go see your leader. Get a feeling he might need our help." Aaron said
"And what can you do to help us?" Gare asked
Aaron sighed, looking away, stoic look on his face.
"Good question, I don't have an answer but whatever it is that's going on." Aaron said, which shocked Gare slightly
He then looked back at Gare, his face remaining ever stoic.
"We're going to help the best way we can." Aaron said
Gare looked at Aaron shocked and surprised with a slight bit of... awe, he doesn't seem that bad. He shook his head, yeah right.
Clearly, he's a sham or something like that.
"Alright everyone, let's get on the tram and head back." Ray said, nearby an ancient looking machine
Everyone got on and it started to float slightly, they moved forward, going through a long glass tunnel showing the ocean and the area below them.
"Welcome the ancient city of Atlantis, long time ago. We used to be with you Surfacers until we hid away for the sake of our people and for our race. Magic was about to die out which would have killed us had we not left." Ray explained
"Which is bullshit by the way." Gare said in the background
Aaron looked at Ray pretty amazed, for such a relaxed looking guy. He knew a lot.
"The area you were in was the ancient lobby where people could go through to visit here, it was shut down a long time ago. Leaving the ancient Battle Guitar of Orta Bay, legendary hero of Lagunaira or Atlantis as you might call it normally." Ray said
"That's... interesting." Aaron said, very amazed at all of this
"Of course, Battle Guitars were weapons until they were toned down for sport. The one you are using, is a powerful one. Not anyone could just pull that out." Ray said
Aaron looked at the guitar slightly confused.
"I mean... I felt like it was my only option." Aaron said
"Sorry for attacking you like that, Gare's a dick sometimes." Ray said
"SHUT UP RAY!" Gare said in the background
Ray rolled his eyes, in the distance was a grand glowing city.
"Huh, that place looks pretty awesome." Aaron said
"Yeah, it is, so why were you on the Island hub anyways? Surfacers and Atlantians alike haven't visited that place in years." Ray said
"We were going to kill the Dark Lord, we saw this area and figured we could take a break since there hasn't been much action." Aaron said
Ray looked at Aaron surprised and shocked.
"Lord Mordius is back?" Ray said slightly afraid
Aaron nodded, serious look on his face, Ray sighed and looked back forward.
"President Triton has to hear about this." Ray said
"Triton? Your president has the name of a Greek legend?" Aaron asked
"Of course, most presidents his age were named after bodies of water or legends from your culture." Ray said
Double D meanwhile was writing down notes, Aaron sighed.
"You know you don't have to take note right?" Aaron asked with a small sweat drop
"Aaron, this an ancient city lost for years. Let me have this." Double D said a little annoyed
Aaron shrugged, Marna looked at the sword saint with a flirtatious look.
"Oooh, aren't you a smart one~," Marna said with a flirtatious tone
Aaron looked at the Atlantian bored, he then flicked her head.
"Sorry, not interested." Aaron said smugly
Marna pouted as she rubbed her head, the sword saint looked forward.
"Guess we've got a story to tell after this." Aaron muttered under his breath
The ancient tram continued to move towards the elegant city of technology.
Who knows what awaits them there?
Who knows what they'll have to fight?
And who knows what truly is going on in this underwater city?
They do know this and this only.
Something's here for them and they don't have time to wait and find out what it is.
Yeah, not one hundred my best since I don't know how to write fights like these but I'll figure it out sooner or later.
Also, the whole Battle Guitar was inspired by Gitaroo Man (check it out, I'd think you guys would like it).
I'll see you guys in the Fandom.