CHAPTER 6
With great skill, Kida managed to catch the crumbling edge of the cliff by one hand. Milo reached out for the edge as he flew, but missed. Quickly, Kida tried to grab the edge of the bridge with her other hand, but that handhold crumbled away, leaving her dangling once again. Simultaneously, Milo's spear hooked between two rocks on the bridge's end. He clung onto it for dear life for fear of being thrown from it. The bridge, now useless and weakened, had, at least stopped collapsing for a moment.
Kida found another handhold, and as she began to pull herself up, she called down to her husband. "Hold on, Milo!" Kida disappeared as she pulled herself up to a stone rail.
Milo was beginning to climb up the spear himself, however. He looked straight up, seeing the Leviathan fly across towards the city. The wind from its passing made the spear sway, forcing Milo to lunge for the bridge's edge. At that moment, it seemed as if the red glow from the lava illuminated the entire cavern in anticipation of a sacrifice, for the normal blue light from the Mother Crystal had been replaced by a fiery red, dimmer light. An earsplitting crashing noise filled his ears, accompanied by cries and screams. Milo swiftly removed his spear so that he could hook it on a higher rock. His weapon was caught by Kida, who, with one hand clinging to the railing, pulled him up. They began to scale the incline, using every ounce of strength they had to do so, even with the aid of the scholar's spear. As they neared the top of the bridge, Ana and Daniel grabbed the weapon this time. Milo felt Kida's body press against his, her arms wrapped around his chest as they were drug up the remainder of the bridge together. As they finally reached the edge of the cliff that sported the dilapidated bridge, the two gasped at what they saw.
People shouted and ran from the Leviathan, which was beginning to follow a Rakuda with explorer passengers away from the inner city. In hot pursuit were several Martags, which were shooting their energy beams at it in vain. When one was smashed, and it was apparent that no harm was being done to the abominable machine, the remaining Martag pilots retreated. A few buildings had been badly damaged. The Mother Crystal had turned a red as bright as flame, and a crimson beam fell on the Leviathan, but to no effect. The beam left the Leviathan and split into several smaller search beams that scanned across Atlantis. Both Milo and Kida noted the fast revolution of the King Stones, not typical for when the crystal takes a host.
As if sensing her presence, a blood-colored search beam began to move directly toward the queen. Daniel and Ana could only look on in wonder and apprehension.
At that moment, the rest of the bridge crumbled, ripping away part of the cliff's edge with its fall. Milo swung his arms to keep his balance, but only to see Kida plummet toward the lava below. "Kida!" he yelled with the utmost fear as he heard her cry trailing off. Without thinking, he snatched his spear away from Daniel, and seized the rope on his belt. He held out the rope's end for Daniel, who instinctually took it.
The courageous man began to turn toward the precipice's edge, ready to leap, when the search beam flew past him. Milo paused just short of the threshold of death, instead, looking over the edge. He beheld the now cool blue beam narrowing to a point on Kida. A brilliant flash of light illuminated the area around her, and temporarily blinded him. When he could once again see her, the warrior was slowly floating into the air just as she had decades before, traveling up the path of light. Her skin had been temporarily reddened from the intense heat of the lava. Kida's crystal floated in front of her, pointing the way to the Mother Crystal. Her eyes opened briefly, meeting with Milo's. They momentarily flashed and swirled with a blue-white energy, but then closed again as if she were meditating. Semiconscious, she held her hand out toward his.
Milo's heart sank even further. He felt he would lose his love, though now, instead of being consumed by lava, she would be lost by being absorbed into the Heart of Atlantis. The linguist's brown eyes desperately looked to her visage, for he believed he would never see her again. He reached out to the still-armored figure, hoping to feel her warmth one last time.
Kida's ring caught the light of the search beam, which narrowed a tiny ray towards Milo. When his ring fell into this light, his crystal also began to float. Milo's vision blurred temporarily as a second search beam appeared and focused on the crystal around his neck. To him, the world had been consumed by white light. Voices the scholar had never heard before sang out within his mind, accompanied with the notes of ancient instruments. The voices of past Atlanteans chanted their hymn.
Milo opened his eyes and met the reassuring gaze of Kida. They smiled warmly, lovingly to each other. Quickly, noticing no ground beneath his feet, Milo's attention turned to his surroundings. Suspended high above the city by the light of the Mother Crystal, he saw to his horror the panic of the terrorized people below, and their attacker, the Leviathan. Yet, this fear quickly subsided, for he was calmed by the voices he could not hear, and by the presence of the people that existed no longer.
He again looked to his wife, and he knew that he was not alone in having these sensations. They again stretched their arms towards each other, this time his hand meeting hers. Closing their eyes and raising their heads, they readied themselves.
The beams surrounding the two once again narrowed, sending intense power through their beings. From their crystals were born more shafts of light. The illumination fell upon other Atlanteans, whose crystals also sent out additional rays. A network of light was forming in the city of Atlantis. Ana looked on as a beam fell to her, her hair flying out as it struck. Daniel, for the first time in his life, felt helpless, for he could not simply rush in and set things right where someone had made a stupid mistake. A blunder of that magnitude had not been made. "What could I do to help?" he asked himself. The word, "help," echoed in his mind, as if it were a word he had not heard in a long time.
As soon as every crystal necklace had sent out or received beams, their lights refocused, with one exception, from the other individual crystals to the Mother Crystal. Each beam widened, and the Mother Crystal channeled its energy though each. Finally, the beams became a giant cone that covered the city. The Rakuda's pilot, with his crystal as the only one with a beam issuing from the Mother Crystal, finally headed back to the city, into the powerful cone of light illuminating it. Only then did his light join with the rest.
The Leviathan however, followed the Rakuda. When it entered the light, an explosion of energy, along with a blinding white flash sent the abomination flying into the wall. Tiny Atlantean crystals quickly formed to cover both it and the walls, cementing it in place.
The last of the Atlantean machines of mass destruction finally met its own destruction.
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.
With great skill, Kida managed to catch the crumbling edge of the cliff by one hand. Milo reached out for the edge as he flew, but missed. Quickly, Kida tried to grab the edge of the bridge with her other hand, but that handhold crumbled away, leaving her dangling once again. Simultaneously, Milo's spear hooked between two rocks on the bridge's end. He clung onto it for dear life for fear of being thrown from it. The bridge, now useless and weakened, had, at least stopped collapsing for a moment.
Kida found another handhold, and as she began to pull herself up, she called down to her husband. "Hold on, Milo!" Kida disappeared as she pulled herself up to a stone rail.
Milo was beginning to climb up the spear himself, however. He looked straight up, seeing the Leviathan fly across towards the city. The wind from its passing made the spear sway, forcing Milo to lunge for the bridge's edge. At that moment, it seemed as if the red glow from the lava illuminated the entire cavern in anticipation of a sacrifice, for the normal blue light from the Mother Crystal had been replaced by a fiery red, dimmer light. An earsplitting crashing noise filled his ears, accompanied by cries and screams. Milo swiftly removed his spear so that he could hook it on a higher rock. His weapon was caught by Kida, who, with one hand clinging to the railing, pulled him up. They began to scale the incline, using every ounce of strength they had to do so, even with the aid of the scholar's spear. As they neared the top of the bridge, Ana and Daniel grabbed the weapon this time. Milo felt Kida's body press against his, her arms wrapped around his chest as they were drug up the remainder of the bridge together. As they finally reached the edge of the cliff that sported the dilapidated bridge, the two gasped at what they saw.
People shouted and ran from the Leviathan, which was beginning to follow a Rakuda with explorer passengers away from the inner city. In hot pursuit were several Martags, which were shooting their energy beams at it in vain. When one was smashed, and it was apparent that no harm was being done to the abominable machine, the remaining Martag pilots retreated. A few buildings had been badly damaged. The Mother Crystal had turned a red as bright as flame, and a crimson beam fell on the Leviathan, but to no effect. The beam left the Leviathan and split into several smaller search beams that scanned across Atlantis. Both Milo and Kida noted the fast revolution of the King Stones, not typical for when the crystal takes a host.
As if sensing her presence, a blood-colored search beam began to move directly toward the queen. Daniel and Ana could only look on in wonder and apprehension.
At that moment, the rest of the bridge crumbled, ripping away part of the cliff's edge with its fall. Milo swung his arms to keep his balance, but only to see Kida plummet toward the lava below. "Kida!" he yelled with the utmost fear as he heard her cry trailing off. Without thinking, he snatched his spear away from Daniel, and seized the rope on his belt. He held out the rope's end for Daniel, who instinctually took it.
The courageous man began to turn toward the precipice's edge, ready to leap, when the search beam flew past him. Milo paused just short of the threshold of death, instead, looking over the edge. He beheld the now cool blue beam narrowing to a point on Kida. A brilliant flash of light illuminated the area around her, and temporarily blinded him. When he could once again see her, the warrior was slowly floating into the air just as she had decades before, traveling up the path of light. Her skin had been temporarily reddened from the intense heat of the lava. Kida's crystal floated in front of her, pointing the way to the Mother Crystal. Her eyes opened briefly, meeting with Milo's. They momentarily flashed and swirled with a blue-white energy, but then closed again as if she were meditating. Semiconscious, she held her hand out toward his.
Milo's heart sank even further. He felt he would lose his love, though now, instead of being consumed by lava, she would be lost by being absorbed into the Heart of Atlantis. The linguist's brown eyes desperately looked to her visage, for he believed he would never see her again. He reached out to the still-armored figure, hoping to feel her warmth one last time.
Kida's ring caught the light of the search beam, which narrowed a tiny ray towards Milo. When his ring fell into this light, his crystal also began to float. Milo's vision blurred temporarily as a second search beam appeared and focused on the crystal around his neck. To him, the world had been consumed by white light. Voices the scholar had never heard before sang out within his mind, accompanied with the notes of ancient instruments. The voices of past Atlanteans chanted their hymn.
Milo opened his eyes and met the reassuring gaze of Kida. They smiled warmly, lovingly to each other. Quickly, noticing no ground beneath his feet, Milo's attention turned to his surroundings. Suspended high above the city by the light of the Mother Crystal, he saw to his horror the panic of the terrorized people below, and their attacker, the Leviathan. Yet, this fear quickly subsided, for he was calmed by the voices he could not hear, and by the presence of the people that existed no longer.
He again looked to his wife, and he knew that he was not alone in having these sensations. They again stretched their arms towards each other, this time his hand meeting hers. Closing their eyes and raising their heads, they readied themselves.
The beams surrounding the two once again narrowed, sending intense power through their beings. From their crystals were born more shafts of light. The illumination fell upon other Atlanteans, whose crystals also sent out additional rays. A network of light was forming in the city of Atlantis. Ana looked on as a beam fell to her, her hair flying out as it struck. Daniel, for the first time in his life, felt helpless, for he could not simply rush in and set things right where someone had made a stupid mistake. A blunder of that magnitude had not been made. "What could I do to help?" he asked himself. The word, "help," echoed in his mind, as if it were a word he had not heard in a long time.
As soon as every crystal necklace had sent out or received beams, their lights refocused, with one exception, from the other individual crystals to the Mother Crystal. Each beam widened, and the Mother Crystal channeled its energy though each. Finally, the beams became a giant cone that covered the city. The Rakuda's pilot, with his crystal as the only one with a beam issuing from the Mother Crystal, finally headed back to the city, into the powerful cone of light illuminating it. Only then did his light join with the rest.
The Leviathan however, followed the Rakuda. When it entered the light, an explosion of energy, along with a blinding white flash sent the abomination flying into the wall. Tiny Atlantean crystals quickly formed to cover both it and the walls, cementing it in place.
The last of the Atlantean machines of mass destruction finally met its own destruction.
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.
