CHAPTER 4
"2001!" Milo cried. "Jiminy Christmas! It's been. eighty-seven years?" Milo paused to consider this. It was so profound to him it was akin to fitting an elephant into a doghouse. "Are.are they still alive? The members of the first expedition that came back."
Ana shrugged. "I didn't really know most of them. Jebidaih and Sweet's grandfather both disappeared when I was a baby. The same happened to my mom when I was about ten. A strange coincidence, perhaps? I don't think so."
Pohmehroyh continued to stand by Milo, spear again in hand. The hunter listened quietly, never daring to speak a word.
"Well, where were they last." Milo stopped mid sentence. He noticed a strange, yet simple necklace that she was wearing. It sported a beautiful, glowing crystal that emanated the purest of light. "Where did you get that?" He pointed, astounded, at the necklace.
"Uhhh.it was from Whitmore. I only just recently received it. It was given to me in his will for some reason. He died in some accident when I was just a baby."
"Not him too." Milo could hardly believe it. Milo, though he had little contact with Whitmore, felt as if he had lost his grandfather again. In a sense he had, for Whitmore was one of the few people who really tried to help Thaddius Thatch achieve his dreams. The two men had been wonderful friends. In addition, Whitmore had brought Milo's dream to life eighty- seven years ago.
"What's the big deal about my necklace?" Ana asked, slightly annoyed. "It's just a well-wired little light inside. The battery case must be tiny, though because I haven't found it yet. You'd think the batteries would have run down by now--"
"No batteries. There are no batteries. It really glows by itself. You see- -" and with that, Milo pulled his crystal out from the neck of his garb, "- I have one too. It's an Atlantean crystal. It provides various things. Light, for one, as well as." The polyglot merely stopped due to his curiosity, changing the direction of his wording. "But tell me. How did you get an Atlantean artifact, besides that crystal, I mean, and where did you learn how to get here?" Milo knew that only one Shepherd's Journal existed and it was back at the palace.
"Well, Jebidiah. well, 'Cookie' had left some notes behind. They were found after Mom disappeared. She had said he was 'as good a writer as a cook' so finding notes would be odd. It's almost like he wanted someone to rediscover Atlantis, or something. I'm guessing his food was pretty bad, by the way?"
"Yeah. Did you get the statuette from him too?"
"No," came a deep voice. Daniel Sweet walked up to them, followed by Kida and Heykohk. "When grandpa vanished he had left no will. The belongings were split between us, and I ended up with that and a broken stethoscope."
"He seems to be a little sore about that," Milo quietly mused to himself. "His grandfather certainly wouldn't have held a grudge. Daniel's resemblance to his grandfather seems to end with his physiology."
"So let me get this straight," the scholar said. "First you found 'Cookie's' notes on how to get to Atlantis. Then you convinced Harcourt's cousin with a statuette from Doctor Sweet to fund an expedition."
"Si," responded Ana. "The trip hasn't been easy, though. Strange cave creatures, various rock obstacles, and a lot of hiking. We came in a sub and only a few hours into the trip we were attacked by some sea monster!"
"Actually, it was a machine called the Leviathan," Milo corrected the Latino.
"Apparently much like the ones our people have, from what Milo has conferred to me," Kida explained. Her attention, however, began to shift away from the conversation and to the surrounding area. Her expression became very serious.
"How long did your submarine last?" asked Milo. "Ours was destroyed by the Leviathan in mere minutes. Only a handful of us survived the encounter."
"We all survived the encounter, barely escaping, but we managed to get a good hit in through to the head, I think." Ana slammed her fist into her palm to punctuate this. "The Pendragon was so damaged, though, that the pressure of deeper depths quickly started to crush it. Some of our crew died from that rather than the monster." She began to think about it with great sorrow. "I can't believe that those people--"
"Quiet!" Kida shouted the command with such authority and force that the whole camp seemed to hold its breath from the surprise. "Listen," she said in a much quieter tone. The queen had noticed a strange, almost animal-like sound in the distance, accompanied by noises reminiscent of crumbling rock. The noise repeated, faintly louder this time. Horror began to fill the faces of the explorers, particularly Milo's.
"You do recognize the voice of this creature?" Kida's eyes were wide from the beginnings of an adrenaline rush. She began to stare at the lake.
"This machine!" gasped Milo.
"Speak of the devil," Ana exclaimed in whisper.
Based off the Disney Picture "Atlantis: the Lost Empire." The names "Atlantis: Rediscovery," and chreen as well as the characters Pohmehroyh, Heykohk, Ana, and Daniel are my (Rebmakash's) property. Fan fiction storyline also my property. Milo Thatch, Kidagakash, and other characters, names, concepts, and non-gibberish Atlantean are property of the Walt Disney Company.
"2001!" Milo cried. "Jiminy Christmas! It's been. eighty-seven years?" Milo paused to consider this. It was so profound to him it was akin to fitting an elephant into a doghouse. "Are.are they still alive? The members of the first expedition that came back."
Ana shrugged. "I didn't really know most of them. Jebidaih and Sweet's grandfather both disappeared when I was a baby. The same happened to my mom when I was about ten. A strange coincidence, perhaps? I don't think so."
Pohmehroyh continued to stand by Milo, spear again in hand. The hunter listened quietly, never daring to speak a word.
"Well, where were they last." Milo stopped mid sentence. He noticed a strange, yet simple necklace that she was wearing. It sported a beautiful, glowing crystal that emanated the purest of light. "Where did you get that?" He pointed, astounded, at the necklace.
"Uhhh.it was from Whitmore. I only just recently received it. It was given to me in his will for some reason. He died in some accident when I was just a baby."
"Not him too." Milo could hardly believe it. Milo, though he had little contact with Whitmore, felt as if he had lost his grandfather again. In a sense he had, for Whitmore was one of the few people who really tried to help Thaddius Thatch achieve his dreams. The two men had been wonderful friends. In addition, Whitmore had brought Milo's dream to life eighty- seven years ago.
"What's the big deal about my necklace?" Ana asked, slightly annoyed. "It's just a well-wired little light inside. The battery case must be tiny, though because I haven't found it yet. You'd think the batteries would have run down by now--"
"No batteries. There are no batteries. It really glows by itself. You see- -" and with that, Milo pulled his crystal out from the neck of his garb, "- I have one too. It's an Atlantean crystal. It provides various things. Light, for one, as well as." The polyglot merely stopped due to his curiosity, changing the direction of his wording. "But tell me. How did you get an Atlantean artifact, besides that crystal, I mean, and where did you learn how to get here?" Milo knew that only one Shepherd's Journal existed and it was back at the palace.
"Well, Jebidiah. well, 'Cookie' had left some notes behind. They were found after Mom disappeared. She had said he was 'as good a writer as a cook' so finding notes would be odd. It's almost like he wanted someone to rediscover Atlantis, or something. I'm guessing his food was pretty bad, by the way?"
"Yeah. Did you get the statuette from him too?"
"No," came a deep voice. Daniel Sweet walked up to them, followed by Kida and Heykohk. "When grandpa vanished he had left no will. The belongings were split between us, and I ended up with that and a broken stethoscope."
"He seems to be a little sore about that," Milo quietly mused to himself. "His grandfather certainly wouldn't have held a grudge. Daniel's resemblance to his grandfather seems to end with his physiology."
"So let me get this straight," the scholar said. "First you found 'Cookie's' notes on how to get to Atlantis. Then you convinced Harcourt's cousin with a statuette from Doctor Sweet to fund an expedition."
"Si," responded Ana. "The trip hasn't been easy, though. Strange cave creatures, various rock obstacles, and a lot of hiking. We came in a sub and only a few hours into the trip we were attacked by some sea monster!"
"Actually, it was a machine called the Leviathan," Milo corrected the Latino.
"Apparently much like the ones our people have, from what Milo has conferred to me," Kida explained. Her attention, however, began to shift away from the conversation and to the surrounding area. Her expression became very serious.
"How long did your submarine last?" asked Milo. "Ours was destroyed by the Leviathan in mere minutes. Only a handful of us survived the encounter."
"We all survived the encounter, barely escaping, but we managed to get a good hit in through to the head, I think." Ana slammed her fist into her palm to punctuate this. "The Pendragon was so damaged, though, that the pressure of deeper depths quickly started to crush it. Some of our crew died from that rather than the monster." She began to think about it with great sorrow. "I can't believe that those people--"
"Quiet!" Kida shouted the command with such authority and force that the whole camp seemed to hold its breath from the surprise. "Listen," she said in a much quieter tone. The queen had noticed a strange, almost animal-like sound in the distance, accompanied by noises reminiscent of crumbling rock. The noise repeated, faintly louder this time. Horror began to fill the faces of the explorers, particularly Milo's.
"You do recognize the voice of this creature?" Kida's eyes were wide from the beginnings of an adrenaline rush. She began to stare at the lake.
"This machine!" gasped Milo.
"Speak of the devil," Ana exclaimed in whisper.
Based off the Disney Picture "Atlantis: the Lost Empire." The names "Atlantis: Rediscovery," and chreen as well as the characters Pohmehroyh, Heykohk, Ana, and Daniel are my (Rebmakash's) property. Fan fiction storyline also my property. Milo Thatch, Kidagakash, and other characters, names, concepts, and non-gibberish Atlantean are property of the Walt Disney Company.
