Chapter 2! Wonder what the Wise One's gonna say? Or will the group not even
make it to find out? See for yourself!
Disclaimer: I dun own Golden Sun, happy?
Chapter 2-Halted
As the huge stone guardian finished speaking, it began to slowly fade out of sight. Garet and Isaac looked to each other. Each was thinking; what now?
"You have any idea what he was talking about?" Garet said after a full five minutes of silence.
Isaac sighed. "It doesn't matter that much. You can clear it up with him when we hit the shoreline. Whichever one that is. He wasn't very specific."
The two of them climbed back up on deck, Garet feeling a little grumpy because he could tell he wasn't going to get his nap now. Isaac strode over to Ivan, and tapped him on the shoulder. Big mistake. Ivan screamed and jumped a full foot in the air, causing the ship to lurch slightly as he lost hold on the orb. Isaac nearly fell over backwards, and Garet just stared at Ivan in surprise. Who knew he could yell like that? Ivan, meanwhile, was scrambling to his feet and looking for whatever monster he must have thought was after him. He saw Isaac just behind him, looking bewildered, and sighed in relief.
"Don't DO that," he said. "After that little trip across the Karagol I haven't trusted anything on the water."
"Er.sorry," Isaac said. "Anyway.I was just going to ask you to steer us towards land.we just got a message from the Wise One, he wants to talk to us."
Ivan blinked. "Wise One?" he asked.
Garet sighed. "Forget it, you weren't there. You'll see it when we land, just hurry up and get there." He was pretty eager at the prospect of getting off the water for a while.
Ivan nodded, and took control of the orb again.
------------------------------Several hours later.
Garet had given up hope of seeing land. Ivan probably didn't know where he was going. Or was it Mia's turn now? He wasn't sure. He was up on the mast, watching for land. Isaac had been surprised when he had volunteered, and Ivan nearly sank the ship laughing. Garet smiled, wondering how Ivan would look once he went to take a nap again and found his spare metal staff welded to the ceiling. He scanned once more for land. Still nothing.. Wait. Yes, waaay off ahead. It was another few hours, but it was there. He slid down the mast's ladder and ran towards the door to the lower decks.. And noticed that there was no one at the orb.
Then, he felt it for the first time. A violent shudder running through the ship every so often. He hadn't felt it at the mast, maybe because he was too high up.. Or maybe it had just started. He wasn't sure, and it didn't matter. It was definitely coming from further under the ship. He burst through the door and ran down the stairs.. And found the others, hacking at tentacles that were snaking through the portholes. Extremely thick, black tentacles. They seemed endless. Each time someone got one another would snake through to replace it. The ship was filled with them. Whatever was on the sending end of these things was huge.
"Garet! Quit gaping and hel-" Ivan started. He was cut off by a heavy thwack from a tentacle, and he went flying. Garet drew his sword and plunged into the fight. He hacked his way through to the others, who were beginning to tire out.
"Psynergy?" Isaac managed to gasp as Ivan made it back over from his position on the far wall. The three others nodded.
"Mother Gaia!" Isaac yelled out. A glowing rift appeared beneath the swarming masses of tentacles, and enourmous rocks erupted from it, rending and destroying hundreds of the writhing black things, then suddenly vanishing just before they destroyed the ceiling as well.
Mia followed. "Shine Prism!" Huge chunks of ice appeared near the ceiling, and began raining cold death onto the tentacles. Over seventy more shrieked, and withered. They were gaining.
Garet was next. "Pyroclasm!" Four white-hot molten streams erupted under the remaining tentacles, melting almost all of them to nothing. Only ten or so were left. But, before Ivan could finish the job, whatever was on the other end of the tentacles gave an angry howl that welled up beneath them and made the entire ship vibrate. The tentacles withdrew. Everyone relaxed.
"Jeez.. What was that thing?" Garet asked. Before anyone could answer him, a huge black shadow flashed past the portholes on one side of the ship. Apparently the thing wasn't finished yet. A split second later the entire ship was forced violently downward, and waters washed in through the portholes, lapping at the ankles of the group. The bottom was filling, and the whole ship would sink if they didn't get this thing off it. It was roaring loudly up above, and they could hear the sound of splintering wood as its remaining tentacles began smashing the ship.
"Get the Djinn ready," Mia said nervously. "I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't think I have any Psynergy strong enough for this.whatever it is."
Isaac nodded. "No, the Djinn are definitely going to have to help us."
Isaac strode to the door, and looked up, sword drawn. His jaw dropped.
"I-I-It looks just like the Kraken we fought on the Karagol.. Only it's about a thousand times bigger, and it's pitch-black." He shook the fear off. "Let's go." Each Adept charged his or her weapon with a Djinn's power.
"Flint." whispered Isaac as he watched the creature rend the ship to bits. The little creature swirled about the Gaia Blade, and vanished into it. The blade began humming as a golden aura wrapped around it.
"Scorch," said Garet. The tiny Fire Djinn entered Garet's sword just as Flint had Isaac's, and the blade began to burn with fire. Mia and Ivan each were ready to call Djinn that wouldn't need a weapon to attack through, as they weren't as physically strong as the other two. They hesitated a moment longer. The ship creaked and groaned, and suddenly lurched as the mast was snapped off like a twig. Garet set his jaw, and charged out, not bothering to see if the others had followed.
He faltered for half a second as he saw the thing.. It WAS huge. It was covered with barnacles, and looked to be ancient. But it was certainly still incredibly strong. Garet regained himself, and resumed his charge. He slammed his sword down onto it with a yell, and it erupted in flames. It howled.
A moment later, Isaac was there. He leaped skyward, and drove his sword into the gigantic Kraken with the force of Flint's power, carving a deep gash in its side. But it was far from enough. The creature swung a powerful tentacle, slamming Isaac backwards out of the air. He crashed into the ship's deck, causing even more damage to the ship. Mia lept over him, hoping he'd be okay for now. It would have killed a normal boy, but Isaac was far from normal.
"Hail!" she shouted. The Water Djinn leaped off her arm, and grew suddenly to several times its normal size. It conjured a swirling torrent of water under the creature, and caused a violent upheaval of water directly beneath it. It roared, obviously injured, but was far too big to be thrown by the blast. Ivan rushed past Mia, who was turning back to tend to Isaac before the creature could attack again.
"Squall!" he shouted, pointing his mace at the creature. Squall materialized above it, and delivered a huge, stunning bolt to the creature's head. Luckily, it worked. The thing was stunned. He had bought them a little time to regroup.. But how were they going to beat something this powerful?
That's it! Hope it was better than the first one. I woulda gone further but I wasn't sure how long it'd actually be posted as. So, till next time, R&R!
Disclaimer: I dun own Golden Sun, happy?
Chapter 2-Halted
As the huge stone guardian finished speaking, it began to slowly fade out of sight. Garet and Isaac looked to each other. Each was thinking; what now?
"You have any idea what he was talking about?" Garet said after a full five minutes of silence.
Isaac sighed. "It doesn't matter that much. You can clear it up with him when we hit the shoreline. Whichever one that is. He wasn't very specific."
The two of them climbed back up on deck, Garet feeling a little grumpy because he could tell he wasn't going to get his nap now. Isaac strode over to Ivan, and tapped him on the shoulder. Big mistake. Ivan screamed and jumped a full foot in the air, causing the ship to lurch slightly as he lost hold on the orb. Isaac nearly fell over backwards, and Garet just stared at Ivan in surprise. Who knew he could yell like that? Ivan, meanwhile, was scrambling to his feet and looking for whatever monster he must have thought was after him. He saw Isaac just behind him, looking bewildered, and sighed in relief.
"Don't DO that," he said. "After that little trip across the Karagol I haven't trusted anything on the water."
"Er.sorry," Isaac said. "Anyway.I was just going to ask you to steer us towards land.we just got a message from the Wise One, he wants to talk to us."
Ivan blinked. "Wise One?" he asked.
Garet sighed. "Forget it, you weren't there. You'll see it when we land, just hurry up and get there." He was pretty eager at the prospect of getting off the water for a while.
Ivan nodded, and took control of the orb again.
------------------------------Several hours later.
Garet had given up hope of seeing land. Ivan probably didn't know where he was going. Or was it Mia's turn now? He wasn't sure. He was up on the mast, watching for land. Isaac had been surprised when he had volunteered, and Ivan nearly sank the ship laughing. Garet smiled, wondering how Ivan would look once he went to take a nap again and found his spare metal staff welded to the ceiling. He scanned once more for land. Still nothing.. Wait. Yes, waaay off ahead. It was another few hours, but it was there. He slid down the mast's ladder and ran towards the door to the lower decks.. And noticed that there was no one at the orb.
Then, he felt it for the first time. A violent shudder running through the ship every so often. He hadn't felt it at the mast, maybe because he was too high up.. Or maybe it had just started. He wasn't sure, and it didn't matter. It was definitely coming from further under the ship. He burst through the door and ran down the stairs.. And found the others, hacking at tentacles that were snaking through the portholes. Extremely thick, black tentacles. They seemed endless. Each time someone got one another would snake through to replace it. The ship was filled with them. Whatever was on the sending end of these things was huge.
"Garet! Quit gaping and hel-" Ivan started. He was cut off by a heavy thwack from a tentacle, and he went flying. Garet drew his sword and plunged into the fight. He hacked his way through to the others, who were beginning to tire out.
"Psynergy?" Isaac managed to gasp as Ivan made it back over from his position on the far wall. The three others nodded.
"Mother Gaia!" Isaac yelled out. A glowing rift appeared beneath the swarming masses of tentacles, and enourmous rocks erupted from it, rending and destroying hundreds of the writhing black things, then suddenly vanishing just before they destroyed the ceiling as well.
Mia followed. "Shine Prism!" Huge chunks of ice appeared near the ceiling, and began raining cold death onto the tentacles. Over seventy more shrieked, and withered. They were gaining.
Garet was next. "Pyroclasm!" Four white-hot molten streams erupted under the remaining tentacles, melting almost all of them to nothing. Only ten or so were left. But, before Ivan could finish the job, whatever was on the other end of the tentacles gave an angry howl that welled up beneath them and made the entire ship vibrate. The tentacles withdrew. Everyone relaxed.
"Jeez.. What was that thing?" Garet asked. Before anyone could answer him, a huge black shadow flashed past the portholes on one side of the ship. Apparently the thing wasn't finished yet. A split second later the entire ship was forced violently downward, and waters washed in through the portholes, lapping at the ankles of the group. The bottom was filling, and the whole ship would sink if they didn't get this thing off it. It was roaring loudly up above, and they could hear the sound of splintering wood as its remaining tentacles began smashing the ship.
"Get the Djinn ready," Mia said nervously. "I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't think I have any Psynergy strong enough for this.whatever it is."
Isaac nodded. "No, the Djinn are definitely going to have to help us."
Isaac strode to the door, and looked up, sword drawn. His jaw dropped.
"I-I-It looks just like the Kraken we fought on the Karagol.. Only it's about a thousand times bigger, and it's pitch-black." He shook the fear off. "Let's go." Each Adept charged his or her weapon with a Djinn's power.
"Flint." whispered Isaac as he watched the creature rend the ship to bits. The little creature swirled about the Gaia Blade, and vanished into it. The blade began humming as a golden aura wrapped around it.
"Scorch," said Garet. The tiny Fire Djinn entered Garet's sword just as Flint had Isaac's, and the blade began to burn with fire. Mia and Ivan each were ready to call Djinn that wouldn't need a weapon to attack through, as they weren't as physically strong as the other two. They hesitated a moment longer. The ship creaked and groaned, and suddenly lurched as the mast was snapped off like a twig. Garet set his jaw, and charged out, not bothering to see if the others had followed.
He faltered for half a second as he saw the thing.. It WAS huge. It was covered with barnacles, and looked to be ancient. But it was certainly still incredibly strong. Garet regained himself, and resumed his charge. He slammed his sword down onto it with a yell, and it erupted in flames. It howled.
A moment later, Isaac was there. He leaped skyward, and drove his sword into the gigantic Kraken with the force of Flint's power, carving a deep gash in its side. But it was far from enough. The creature swung a powerful tentacle, slamming Isaac backwards out of the air. He crashed into the ship's deck, causing even more damage to the ship. Mia lept over him, hoping he'd be okay for now. It would have killed a normal boy, but Isaac was far from normal.
"Hail!" she shouted. The Water Djinn leaped off her arm, and grew suddenly to several times its normal size. It conjured a swirling torrent of water under the creature, and caused a violent upheaval of water directly beneath it. It roared, obviously injured, but was far too big to be thrown by the blast. Ivan rushed past Mia, who was turning back to tend to Isaac before the creature could attack again.
"Squall!" he shouted, pointing his mace at the creature. Squall materialized above it, and delivered a huge, stunning bolt to the creature's head. Luckily, it worked. The thing was stunned. He had bought them a little time to regroup.. But how were they going to beat something this powerful?
That's it! Hope it was better than the first one. I woulda gone further but I wasn't sure how long it'd actually be posted as. So, till next time, R&R!