~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What Lies Beneath
by
~Miriah~of~the~Wind~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 20: The Celtic Cross
Cam got out her map and to find any sort of human agricultural area. She found a little square that was labeled "Greenhouse". After staring at Mali for knowing humans grew their plants in "Greenhouses" she cleared her mind and started to concentrate.
"What's she doing?" Tak asked Mali in awe as Cam turn from human to Irken and floating in mid air.
"Cam! Stop re-charging! You can't do this in front of the Earth-monkeys someone might see us!" Mali ordered angrily. Cam turned back into a human and floated downward while Mali looked around to see if anyone had witnessed anything. Cam had a worried look on her face.
"What's wrong?" Tak asked confused.
"It's our sun! It's so far away that I can't re-charge my powers." Cam said concerned, "I still have lots of power but sometimes when we go into missions like these I like to keep it full incase we might have some............difficulty."
"Look, you still have lots of power! So stop worrying and start teleporting us to the Human Agricultural Area." Mali ordered.
"It's called a 'Greenhouse'." Cam said still a little upset.
"'Greenhouse' 'Human Agricultural Area' same difference, whatever." Mali replied bored. Cam focused her powers again and as fast a snapshot they telepathically transported from being in the warm walls of the Library to being just outside the greenhouse knee-length in snow.
"It's freezing! It's........" Mali looked down and saw something that made her black Irken blood chill.
"What is it, Mali?" Cam asked.
"Ahhhhh! Get in the greenhouse! Get in the greenhouse! This stuff is frozen Earth Water!" Mali screamed. Although Mali was fearless she and Cam had heard what Zim had said about water. It burned Irken skin with unspeakable pain. All three Irkens and one M.I.M.I. ran through the green gates of the greenhouse.
(A/N: Try saying 'Through the Green Gates of the Greenhouse' three time fast! I know I can't :P.) All four were panting.
"Do you really think that Zim meant it when he used the terms 'unspeakable pain'?" Cam asked.
"I know he did. I know what water feels like too. It's horrible." Tak said in a quiet voice.
"I don't even want to get near it." Mali said, "Well, at least we're in the greenhouse and hey! It's warm in here!" Although the house of green had no heaters or other energy brining machines it felt like a nice soft blanket that just got out of the dryers. It was a nice feeling.
"Oooh, look! It's the Phalaenopsis flower!" M.I.M.I. said. Many were surprised to see M.I.M.I. say something. They looked to where M.I.M.I. was pointing it was a beautiful flower. Then, all of a sudden Mali took her human pocket knife and beheaded the flower.
"Hey!" Cam said, "I was looking at it!"
"Look, later. I wanna get this mission over with. " Mali said, "Poor Zimmy, he actually has to stay on this filthy miserable planet."
"ZIMMY?!?!?! Mali have you lost your mind?" Tak said
"You have a crush on Zim? How cute!" Cam replied.
"You guys can't tell anyone! Especially Zim or the Tallest. Promise?"
"Yeah, promise." Tak answered
"Sure, why not? Promise." Replied Cam. She reached into her human dress pockets and pulled out the map. She pointed to the Celtic Cross and soon there they were. A path had already been cleared so there were no problems with snow.
"Now what?" Mali asked. Cam pulled out the parchment that showed the banshee, the cross, the bottle of mead, and the Phalaenopsis.
"According to this cloth we are supposed to lay the shown items down and await the coming of this banshee thing." Cam answered. Tak place the items down and soon a banshee did appear before them but this one was different, instead of being a human like the picture showed she was a Cosovian. She wore a large crown that held the spider web symbol of Atlantis and a white gown. A golden mask that belong to the past Queens of Atlantis covered half of her face and on her feet were golden slippers. Her sickle like tail showed all kinds of ornaments. Mali, Cam, and Tak remembered studying there past before they came to this planet and wondered that if this is the legendary Queen Rhea, the Last Cosovian Queen of Atlantis.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~