THE PATH
PART 1. ENEMIES
Arthur, Mira, and Falco swim to Athens Greece. "I knew your mother…It was she I learned water sorcery from…Or I should say that I got my basic education from."
He stops and looks at her, "Well I will never get to know her…She left and those people killed her." The map leads the to a statue. So Arthur places the map in the statue's hand.
"This is bad." Falco says.
"Why?" Arthur asks.
"This path leads us through the Kingdom of the Trench…Legends say that beyond their domain lies a vortex that leads to the center of the Earth and the forgotten lands."
There is a whistling sound and then the statue blows up. The shockwave from the explosion throws them to their feet. "Black Manta!" Falco says.
"Falco…I am glad to see that you are not dead."
There is a fountain of water nearby, so Mira summons water spears and hurl them Black Manta, that is when she is kicked by Tula. The water spears splash to the ground because of her broken concentration. "Tula!"
As Tula fights Mira, Arthur tries to help Falco, but he is blasted in the back by Kaldur. He falls forward stretching his hands out and goes into a cartwheel landing on his feet. Kuldur is wearing the same armor as his father. Arthur dives into a roll behind another statue as Kuldur blasts him again. Arthur rips up a statue and throws it Kuldur knocking him unconscious.
"NO!" Arthur yells turning to see Black Manta stab Falco with his arm blade. Arthur runs at Black Manta tackling him. When they hit the ground, he repeatedly punches Manta cracking his mask. The eyes glow, but before the beams can be fired Arthur roars punching with all his might and shatters the mask. Then he picks up Black Manta over his head and throws him into the water below.
Meanwhile Mira and Tula continue to fight until she notices him buried under the rubble of the statue. "Kaldur!" Tula runs towards him and pulls him from beneath the rubble. She places her head to his chest. "He is dying!"
"Swear to serve me and I will heal him."
"I…I swear!"
Using her water magic Mira summons water from the fountain and heals Kaldur's injuries. His eyes open, but he has no memory of who he is.
BLACK MANTA
As he sinks into the water Black Manta presses a button on his gauntlet. A few minutes later a Manta sub arrives. He awakens in his room on the sub. "You are awake my Lord."
"Where is my son Kaldur?"
"We searched for him and Tula My Lord…We did not find them."
"Stay in this area until you do find him."
PART. 2 THE TRENCH
"You saved my life and I am in your debt…Command me in all things.' Kaldur says to Mira. They had bought a boat and sails towards the Indian Ocean.
"Where are we going?" Tula asks.
"The domain of the Trench." Arthur says.
"What is wrong with you?"
"What's wrong with you? She asked a question and I answered."
"Do the two of you have a death wish? Why would you sail towards the Trench on purpose?"
Mira places her hand over Arthur's mouth. "We can't tell you that."
"I think I have a right to know why I am going to die."
Arthur moves Mira's hand away. "We have to get to the Great Vortex and to get to it we have to pass through Trench Territory/"
"We had best prepare the Trench will attack at night." Mira says.
The seconds tick into minutes and the minutes hours as the sun cross the sky. Soon it turns dark and the stars avail the night sky. The first of the Trench appear leaping out of the water and onto the boat. The Trench have thin, almost skeletal like bodies, with sharp fins on the arms, back, legs, and head. Razor sharp teeth fill their mouths like a piranha, their heads are also piranha like. They have long webbed clawed fingers.
As the ghastly creature screeches the clouds gather and it starts to rain. Arthur leaps up, sticks his feet out and kicks the creature back into the water. More Trench board the ship. Both Mira and Tula make light waves blinding them. They screech in pain as Arthur grabs a harpoon and Kaldur wrestles with another. He ducks as the Trench warrior swings his right claw, then Kaldur uppercuts the creature and hits the deck. He grabs it by the foot and swings it around hitting another.
"Inside!" Arthur barks. They grab flares and light a few as the ship starts to sink from the weight of the Trench climbing aboard. "Ready!"
"Ready!"
They dive out the window into a swarm of Trench. As they dive the boat blows up killing many Trench. As they dive the Trench swarm around out of the reach of the lights from the flares. Then Mira and Tula combine their magic and create a water bubble pushing them back. They swim towards the three, mile long gorge of the Trench.
There are ancient buildings from before the Trench were cursed and de-evolved into mindless beasts. The buildings in the sides of the gorge are in ruins. As they swim more Trench join the others for the fresh meat. Soon they near the edge of the gorge to open water and the great Vortex. The Trench turn away from the swirling vortex of water and light. Down into the vortex the companions go.
THE EARTH'S CORE – THE HIDDEN LAND OF SKARTARIS
They fall through the vortex to the ocean floor. The vortex goes into a tunnel, that goes down and down through the earth. The water falls into an underground ocean. They splash into the underground ocean and swim ashore. "The legends are true." Mira says.
"The Hidden Land of Skartaris." Arthur says. Mira looks at him, "What? Falco taught me…" He sighs, "Falco."
"If this is Skartaris…Then you are after…Poseidon's Trident." Tula says in awe.
"Yes, now you know." Mira replies.
The ceiling is five thousand feet up, but smoke coming up from geysers makes it look like the sky. Flora and Fauna the likes of which had never been seen before are all over. Along with Dinosaurs, "Wow Dinosaurs still exist." Arthur says.
"We must find the statue of Zeus…It marks the entrance to resting place of the Trident."
They walk and after a mile, men riding velociraptors surround them. "Halt Up-Worlders!"
"We mean no harm." Mira says.
The ground shakes and they are joined by a white, haired man riding a T-Rex. He points his spear at Arthur, "You up-worlder…What is your name?"
"Arthur Curry. This is Mira, Kaldur, and Tula."
"My name is Travis Morgan…Come with us Arthur Curry."
