CHAPTER 7
Water gushed onto the front deck of the ship and began to flood it as long, red, snake-like tentacles began to slither upon the Lemunarian ship. Isaac stood slowly, Mia still in his arms, as he looked eastward to the source of the problem. As 2 more tentacles pulled themselves onto the deck (for a total of five seen) a huge blob pulled itself aboard, rocking the boat considerably. The oval shaped blob revealed itself as the body of the tentacles, as it dragged 3 more tentacles out of the icy black ocean, bringing more sea water onto the ship. The water sloped down, rushing towards their feet. As the cold water struck Isaac's bare feet, he suddenly knew what the abomination before him was.
"It's a Kraken!" as if to response, the colossal, nautical beast opened its foot-long, amber eye's. It began to slither towards the only moving things in sight. As the 30-foot octopus approached its prey, Isaac pushed Mia back. "I'll protect you!"
"You can't, not without your dijiins!"
"I can handle this, get out of here! Try waking the others!"
"Don't die on me!" Mia said as she retreated to the lower holds.
"I've got to much to live for now." He said to himself. The ruby monstrosity announced its presence with a defiant roar as it lumbered towards its dinner.
"You're not getting out of this alive!" He yelled as he charged.
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Mia scrambled towards Ivan's room, franticly dazed with all that had just happened. As she approached Ivan's bedside, she began to yell his name, cursing him to wake up. After shaking the hell out of the slumbering body, Ivan finally came too, drowsily. "Bloody 'ell woman! Don't get your knickers in a twist!"
"Wake up, Damn it! There's a-" But as Ivan caught glimpse of the situation, Ivan scanned Mia's mind, instantly knowing the danger 1 story above him. "Say no more." He quickly jumped out of the heavy covers, got his act together and began to run towards the stairs to top deck. Mia followed.
"Shouldn't we try to wake Garret?" She asked, slowing her pace.
"Dunno, think he's up to it?" Mia thought quickly of the precious minutes they would waste, trying to wake up the oaf from his sleep, and then there were his wounds.
"No I suppose that would take to much time."
"Fine, lets go!" He said, going into a sprint.
"Hey, your not British!" Mia questioned, remember Ivan's rude awakening.
"Tell no one of this, or you will surely regret it!" He replied, reaching the deck.
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As the agile tentacles once again launched themselves at Isaac, he quickly rolled to his left once again. You think he'd know better by now! As he saw the creatures left side exposed to him, he quickly rushed in and stabbed the ruthless opponent. This caused the intruder to squirm wildly and flail its appendages in all directions. One of the blind whips was lucky enough to knock its assailant off balance. As Isaac began to loose balance, he did the only thing he could think of; he shoved his blade into the deck to use it as a railing in order to gain balance. As he recovered, he saw a massive shadow begin to grow on the deck. As he looked up, he saw a massive tentacle attempting to turn him into a smear on the deck. He quickly jumped to the side, missing the mighty arm of his attacker. He quickly jumped upon the down upon the downed limb, and dug his fingers into the soft flesh of the enemy. This caused the pained monster only to flail more. Isaac could only hold on to the insane appendage as he was thrown in every direction except the bottom of the deck.
"GO FOR THE EYE!" Ivan's voice echoed through his head. As he looked abroad, he saw the short mage, just leaving the decanting doors. Ivan began to chant lowly. The Gaia blade began to glow with a violet hue as it left it's post in the deck and its hilt flew towards its owner. As Isaac was thrown into the air, leaving the beasts body. As he began to reach to climax of his arc, he grabbed his only weapon and, in one solid motion, positioned it so that his full weight was on the handle. As he started to fall, he barred his teeth, as he began to gain momentum. Finally, his faithful blade met the soft fleshy skin of the invader.
As the skin-cleaving blade pierced through the Iris of the Kraken, blood gushed out of the monster's pupil. The Kraken screeched as it moved wilder than ever before. Fury, malice, and hate were the only thing running through its primitive mind. As Isaac jumped from the anguished Octopi, it put its tentacles down, tripping the beaten warrior. As he hit the deck, two more tentacles reached out from the enraged sea beast and lunged towards Isaac. As he began to get up, his face met a cold wet limb and he was thrown back onto the deck. His grip on his blade was broken from the cold shock and it fell a few feet away from him. He glanced to his side as he quickly thought of how to get back to his only defense. Running to it he would surely fall victim to another snake-like limb. His only chance would be to roll over to it and get extremely lucky. He shifted his body opposite of his target, and then rolled towards it. He must have been only a few feet away from it when, he was suddenly stopped by a sudden jerking motion at his waist
Damn it! I was so close too!
These thoughts were immededtly replaced with an exciting terror as he was suddenly dragged into the air and was shook like a rag-doll. As the animal steadied him as high as the tentacle could. It then proceeded to slam him repeatedly into the deck. Isaac tasted wood for what seemed like the hundredth time when the octopus finally got bored of using him as a hammer. Isaac was ready to loose perspective when he felt his body beginning to squeeze together. He screamed in agony as his enemy moved more tentacles to his body, wrapping them to his chest. He felt his ribs squeeze together and pinch his muscles and nerves in severe pain. The tentacles only tightened more as he screamed, as though they enjoyed the results. When they got so tight that he couldn't breathe anymore, he began to actually wish for his demise. He started to wish that it would finish him off already.
No! I have too much to live for now; I can't simply die like this! NOT NOW!!!
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH" A barbaric scream issued from behind him as his spiky haired friend charged relentlessly his body glistened from untried blood. Bandages fell from his body. "NOBODY KILLS MY FRIENDS!" Garret yelled as he brought his demonic axe down one of the abomination in pure rage. The octopus screamed in shock as he felt the razor-sharp blade cleave off one of his many limbs. Isaac was dropped several stories from the sea-beast's grasp. He began to roll near the edge of the ship. He had enough sense left to stop himself near his sword. He grabbed his blade and managed to bring his beaten body to a standing form. As he tried to steady the many Garrets and Octopi in his view, he brought them together to see an opening. The tormenters back was turned towards him, as he was presently trying to barrage Garret with its remaining arms. Isaac charged the target with what little strength he had left. As his blade met the soft fleshy skin, he knew that it was dead for sure.
As the quivering mass screamed its last, it fell in a mass off the ship. The only thing left was a dead tentacle left on the deck. As Isaac made sure that the thing was finally dead he said to himself: "Guess I can sleep now." He then fell onto the deck, darkness enveloping his sight. The last thing he remembered seeing was a feminine figure running towards him, then everything went black.
Water gushed onto the front deck of the ship and began to flood it as long, red, snake-like tentacles began to slither upon the Lemunarian ship. Isaac stood slowly, Mia still in his arms, as he looked eastward to the source of the problem. As 2 more tentacles pulled themselves onto the deck (for a total of five seen) a huge blob pulled itself aboard, rocking the boat considerably. The oval shaped blob revealed itself as the body of the tentacles, as it dragged 3 more tentacles out of the icy black ocean, bringing more sea water onto the ship. The water sloped down, rushing towards their feet. As the cold water struck Isaac's bare feet, he suddenly knew what the abomination before him was.
"It's a Kraken!" as if to response, the colossal, nautical beast opened its foot-long, amber eye's. It began to slither towards the only moving things in sight. As the 30-foot octopus approached its prey, Isaac pushed Mia back. "I'll protect you!"
"You can't, not without your dijiins!"
"I can handle this, get out of here! Try waking the others!"
"Don't die on me!" Mia said as she retreated to the lower holds.
"I've got to much to live for now." He said to himself. The ruby monstrosity announced its presence with a defiant roar as it lumbered towards its dinner.
"You're not getting out of this alive!" He yelled as he charged.
*-*-*-*
Mia scrambled towards Ivan's room, franticly dazed with all that had just happened. As she approached Ivan's bedside, she began to yell his name, cursing him to wake up. After shaking the hell out of the slumbering body, Ivan finally came too, drowsily. "Bloody 'ell woman! Don't get your knickers in a twist!"
"Wake up, Damn it! There's a-" But as Ivan caught glimpse of the situation, Ivan scanned Mia's mind, instantly knowing the danger 1 story above him. "Say no more." He quickly jumped out of the heavy covers, got his act together and began to run towards the stairs to top deck. Mia followed.
"Shouldn't we try to wake Garret?" She asked, slowing her pace.
"Dunno, think he's up to it?" Mia thought quickly of the precious minutes they would waste, trying to wake up the oaf from his sleep, and then there were his wounds.
"No I suppose that would take to much time."
"Fine, lets go!" He said, going into a sprint.
"Hey, your not British!" Mia questioned, remember Ivan's rude awakening.
"Tell no one of this, or you will surely regret it!" He replied, reaching the deck.
*-*-*-*
As the agile tentacles once again launched themselves at Isaac, he quickly rolled to his left once again. You think he'd know better by now! As he saw the creatures left side exposed to him, he quickly rushed in and stabbed the ruthless opponent. This caused the intruder to squirm wildly and flail its appendages in all directions. One of the blind whips was lucky enough to knock its assailant off balance. As Isaac began to loose balance, he did the only thing he could think of; he shoved his blade into the deck to use it as a railing in order to gain balance. As he recovered, he saw a massive shadow begin to grow on the deck. As he looked up, he saw a massive tentacle attempting to turn him into a smear on the deck. He quickly jumped to the side, missing the mighty arm of his attacker. He quickly jumped upon the down upon the downed limb, and dug his fingers into the soft flesh of the enemy. This caused the pained monster only to flail more. Isaac could only hold on to the insane appendage as he was thrown in every direction except the bottom of the deck.
"GO FOR THE EYE!" Ivan's voice echoed through his head. As he looked abroad, he saw the short mage, just leaving the decanting doors. Ivan began to chant lowly. The Gaia blade began to glow with a violet hue as it left it's post in the deck and its hilt flew towards its owner. As Isaac was thrown into the air, leaving the beasts body. As he began to reach to climax of his arc, he grabbed his only weapon and, in one solid motion, positioned it so that his full weight was on the handle. As he started to fall, he barred his teeth, as he began to gain momentum. Finally, his faithful blade met the soft fleshy skin of the invader.
As the skin-cleaving blade pierced through the Iris of the Kraken, blood gushed out of the monster's pupil. The Kraken screeched as it moved wilder than ever before. Fury, malice, and hate were the only thing running through its primitive mind. As Isaac jumped from the anguished Octopi, it put its tentacles down, tripping the beaten warrior. As he hit the deck, two more tentacles reached out from the enraged sea beast and lunged towards Isaac. As he began to get up, his face met a cold wet limb and he was thrown back onto the deck. His grip on his blade was broken from the cold shock and it fell a few feet away from him. He glanced to his side as he quickly thought of how to get back to his only defense. Running to it he would surely fall victim to another snake-like limb. His only chance would be to roll over to it and get extremely lucky. He shifted his body opposite of his target, and then rolled towards it. He must have been only a few feet away from it when, he was suddenly stopped by a sudden jerking motion at his waist
Damn it! I was so close too!
These thoughts were immededtly replaced with an exciting terror as he was suddenly dragged into the air and was shook like a rag-doll. As the animal steadied him as high as the tentacle could. It then proceeded to slam him repeatedly into the deck. Isaac tasted wood for what seemed like the hundredth time when the octopus finally got bored of using him as a hammer. Isaac was ready to loose perspective when he felt his body beginning to squeeze together. He screamed in agony as his enemy moved more tentacles to his body, wrapping them to his chest. He felt his ribs squeeze together and pinch his muscles and nerves in severe pain. The tentacles only tightened more as he screamed, as though they enjoyed the results. When they got so tight that he couldn't breathe anymore, he began to actually wish for his demise. He started to wish that it would finish him off already.
No! I have too much to live for now; I can't simply die like this! NOT NOW!!!
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH" A barbaric scream issued from behind him as his spiky haired friend charged relentlessly his body glistened from untried blood. Bandages fell from his body. "NOBODY KILLS MY FRIENDS!" Garret yelled as he brought his demonic axe down one of the abomination in pure rage. The octopus screamed in shock as he felt the razor-sharp blade cleave off one of his many limbs. Isaac was dropped several stories from the sea-beast's grasp. He began to roll near the edge of the ship. He had enough sense left to stop himself near his sword. He grabbed his blade and managed to bring his beaten body to a standing form. As he tried to steady the many Garrets and Octopi in his view, he brought them together to see an opening. The tormenters back was turned towards him, as he was presently trying to barrage Garret with its remaining arms. Isaac charged the target with what little strength he had left. As his blade met the soft fleshy skin, he knew that it was dead for sure.
As the quivering mass screamed its last, it fell in a mass off the ship. The only thing left was a dead tentacle left on the deck. As Isaac made sure that the thing was finally dead he said to himself: "Guess I can sleep now." He then fell onto the deck, darkness enveloping his sight. The last thing he remembered seeing was a feminine figure running towards him, then everything went black.
