Chapter 16
Oh, Shit! Was the first thing that came to mind. Judging by the size of the object, it was either a yeerk ship that was made for underwater travel, or it was yet another one of the Visser's special morphs that he acquired on his travels. Either way, it was probably faster than us.
{Guys, you better swim faster!} I yelled to everyone. {We have a guest!} no answer. I was on my own, so I swam as hard as I could toward land. I hoped. I went the same way as everyone else did.
{Where are you going, I need a toy.} the Visser gloated. I didn't talk to him, instead I kept swimming. I was now sure it was a morph, and not a ship. If it was a ship, we would have been caught by now. I hoped the rest of them were okay.
{Where's Gordon?} I heard Jake say in the distance.
{I think he's still back there, we need to save him!} Rachel said.
{Let's go!} I heard Whitney agree.
I turned around to get a look at the Visser's huge body. It was the size of a whale with flippers and fins all over. It was actually really close already. It was scary how close he had gotten in only a few seconds.
Seeing that it was obvious that I was not going to win a race with this thing, I swam right towards it. Let's see if it can turn quickly enough, the gargantuan bastard. Right at the last second, the Visser opened it's massive jaws and revealed row after row of shark-like teeth. The mouth could have eaten me without me touching the teeth, it was that big. I turned to the side and he swivelled his body towards me, almost catching my tail with his huge jaws.
{Come now, the mardrut is not only fast and powerful, it also has incredible reflexes. I dare you to try that again!} he was gloating some more. For some reason, I could just feel myself looking at him funny and having him explode. It was a satisfying feeling, but I needed to deal with what was at hand.
I turned around again to see that he was right on my tail again, so I swam directly to the ground. Once again, he just barely missed me by like less than a foot. {I really don't know what I am going to do with you.} the Visser said almost gleefully, tasting victory.
I swam to the bottom, hoping to throw him off, but instead he kept right up with me, bellies skimming along the sand.
It wasn't long before he was right behind me again, but this time I saw an open opportunity. Not too far away, I saw a small cave in the sand. I echolocated it quickly to judge it's size and safety. Nothing was in it and it was only big enough for me to fit in it. I swam even harder until I was safely inside. It left me plenty of space to move around.
I stopped just before I hit the back of the cave. The Visser hit the opening head on. He didn't make it in. Needless to say, there very soon was a lot of blood creeping throughout the water around the cave entrance.
{AAARGGH!!} the Visser roared. {I will get you, and rest assured, I will kill you. In fact, I believe I will do the same to you as I did to Elfangor. I am really quite hungry after that chase.} he laughed, then stopped moving.
Slowly, he opened his mouth, showing his teeth again. I didn't know what he hoped for me to do, but I wasn't going to try and swim around those gaping jaws like an idiot.
But, I soon got my answer. In the darkness, I could only vaguely see something coming out of it's mouth. I didn't know what it was at first, so I used echolocation. It was like a long snake, coming out of it's mouth. It was a few seconds before I realized, but it was his tongue.
It was slowly creeping it's way into the cave, pushing me to the very back. It was hard to dodge and move around, but I just barely managed to make myself squeeze against the back wall.
I waited there, waiting for the tongue to grab me, but it never did. Instead it was retracted. Apparently it was not long enough. And thank god for that. {So, you have managed to evade me for a little while, but you have been in morph longer than I have, I can wait.}
It was true, but I still had an hour left, easily. So I had lots of time to plan.
Unfortunately, it wasn't that simple. You see, dolphins are mammals, and they need air. So I was running out of breath. I would soon need to go to the surface to breathe. I wasn't sure he noticed this, but I would hope to use it to my advantage. I didn't know how, but I would figure it out.
So I laid there calmly waiting for an opportunity to arise, but nothing came. Running out of hope and air, time against me, I called the rest of them. {Anyone, can you hear me? I need help! Anyone?} I yelled. No answer, which was weird, they had said they were coming to get me, to help me. How far ahead could they be?
Maybe they were already killed? What if they had of come back and they were shot out of the water? So many possibilities. {Rachel! Jake! Whitney! Anyone? Sam!} I called as a last desperate attempt. Knowing him, he probably stuck around to maybe get some action, but you never know.
I was about to give up hope. I had no way out. The Visser was there, waiting eagerly for me to make a move, no air, nothing. I had nothing and I was dying the only way I was afraid of. I was an excellent swimmer, but the only way I didn't want to go was by drowning. I would have been panicking, but the dolphin brain was rather relaxed. It was only kind of thinking we should maybe get air soon. The dolphin brain simply wanted to get out of the cramped cave.
So I have just about given up hope, when I could feel a large shockwave rock through the water. And at the same time, I could see a bunch of sharks. Yes, sharks, come in from the side and start chewing on the Visser's many fins.
{Get off me!} Visser Three roared. He turned around and chomped one of the sharks in half. Then he went to the surface, where the shockwave originated. I assumed it was a ship or something exploding. But I didn't have time to ponder it. I immediately swam for the exit and went to the surface.
On my way up, I noticed two things happening. A tanker ship was definitely exploding, and I saw many large beings racing towards Visser Three who was rising to the surface. They each hit him, harder than the last, actually bringing him to come out of the water.
I swam hard towards the surface, dying for a breath, and when I did, it almost hurt. I flew high in the air and saw an amazing sight. One of the tanker ships had erupted in a fireball nd had explosions constantly rocking the surface. There was hardly anything left of the ship.
When I landed, I went back to the surface to look. Dolphins have surprisingly good vision in and out of water. I could see something in the air, lancing beam after beam of red light at the ship, causing the explosions. It stopped for a moment and then it shot another beam on the next tanker, it stayed red until there was another earth shattering shock wave. The other tanker had exploded.
It was Sam, doing the dirty work to let us get away. He was smart, but now he had to get away. I turned tail and fled to the safety of land.
{Time to go!} I yelled back. I kept swimming, hoping to get away as fast as I could.
Oh, Shit! Was the first thing that came to mind. Judging by the size of the object, it was either a yeerk ship that was made for underwater travel, or it was yet another one of the Visser's special morphs that he acquired on his travels. Either way, it was probably faster than us.
{Guys, you better swim faster!} I yelled to everyone. {We have a guest!} no answer. I was on my own, so I swam as hard as I could toward land. I hoped. I went the same way as everyone else did.
{Where are you going, I need a toy.} the Visser gloated. I didn't talk to him, instead I kept swimming. I was now sure it was a morph, and not a ship. If it was a ship, we would have been caught by now. I hoped the rest of them were okay.
{Where's Gordon?} I heard Jake say in the distance.
{I think he's still back there, we need to save him!} Rachel said.
{Let's go!} I heard Whitney agree.
I turned around to get a look at the Visser's huge body. It was the size of a whale with flippers and fins all over. It was actually really close already. It was scary how close he had gotten in only a few seconds.
Seeing that it was obvious that I was not going to win a race with this thing, I swam right towards it. Let's see if it can turn quickly enough, the gargantuan bastard. Right at the last second, the Visser opened it's massive jaws and revealed row after row of shark-like teeth. The mouth could have eaten me without me touching the teeth, it was that big. I turned to the side and he swivelled his body towards me, almost catching my tail with his huge jaws.
{Come now, the mardrut is not only fast and powerful, it also has incredible reflexes. I dare you to try that again!} he was gloating some more. For some reason, I could just feel myself looking at him funny and having him explode. It was a satisfying feeling, but I needed to deal with what was at hand.
I turned around again to see that he was right on my tail again, so I swam directly to the ground. Once again, he just barely missed me by like less than a foot. {I really don't know what I am going to do with you.} the Visser said almost gleefully, tasting victory.
I swam to the bottom, hoping to throw him off, but instead he kept right up with me, bellies skimming along the sand.
It wasn't long before he was right behind me again, but this time I saw an open opportunity. Not too far away, I saw a small cave in the sand. I echolocated it quickly to judge it's size and safety. Nothing was in it and it was only big enough for me to fit in it. I swam even harder until I was safely inside. It left me plenty of space to move around.
I stopped just before I hit the back of the cave. The Visser hit the opening head on. He didn't make it in. Needless to say, there very soon was a lot of blood creeping throughout the water around the cave entrance.
{AAARGGH!!} the Visser roared. {I will get you, and rest assured, I will kill you. In fact, I believe I will do the same to you as I did to Elfangor. I am really quite hungry after that chase.} he laughed, then stopped moving.
Slowly, he opened his mouth, showing his teeth again. I didn't know what he hoped for me to do, but I wasn't going to try and swim around those gaping jaws like an idiot.
But, I soon got my answer. In the darkness, I could only vaguely see something coming out of it's mouth. I didn't know what it was at first, so I used echolocation. It was like a long snake, coming out of it's mouth. It was a few seconds before I realized, but it was his tongue.
It was slowly creeping it's way into the cave, pushing me to the very back. It was hard to dodge and move around, but I just barely managed to make myself squeeze against the back wall.
I waited there, waiting for the tongue to grab me, but it never did. Instead it was retracted. Apparently it was not long enough. And thank god for that. {So, you have managed to evade me for a little while, but you have been in morph longer than I have, I can wait.}
It was true, but I still had an hour left, easily. So I had lots of time to plan.
Unfortunately, it wasn't that simple. You see, dolphins are mammals, and they need air. So I was running out of breath. I would soon need to go to the surface to breathe. I wasn't sure he noticed this, but I would hope to use it to my advantage. I didn't know how, but I would figure it out.
So I laid there calmly waiting for an opportunity to arise, but nothing came. Running out of hope and air, time against me, I called the rest of them. {Anyone, can you hear me? I need help! Anyone?} I yelled. No answer, which was weird, they had said they were coming to get me, to help me. How far ahead could they be?
Maybe they were already killed? What if they had of come back and they were shot out of the water? So many possibilities. {Rachel! Jake! Whitney! Anyone? Sam!} I called as a last desperate attempt. Knowing him, he probably stuck around to maybe get some action, but you never know.
I was about to give up hope. I had no way out. The Visser was there, waiting eagerly for me to make a move, no air, nothing. I had nothing and I was dying the only way I was afraid of. I was an excellent swimmer, but the only way I didn't want to go was by drowning. I would have been panicking, but the dolphin brain was rather relaxed. It was only kind of thinking we should maybe get air soon. The dolphin brain simply wanted to get out of the cramped cave.
So I have just about given up hope, when I could feel a large shockwave rock through the water. And at the same time, I could see a bunch of sharks. Yes, sharks, come in from the side and start chewing on the Visser's many fins.
{Get off me!} Visser Three roared. He turned around and chomped one of the sharks in half. Then he went to the surface, where the shockwave originated. I assumed it was a ship or something exploding. But I didn't have time to ponder it. I immediately swam for the exit and went to the surface.
On my way up, I noticed two things happening. A tanker ship was definitely exploding, and I saw many large beings racing towards Visser Three who was rising to the surface. They each hit him, harder than the last, actually bringing him to come out of the water.
I swam hard towards the surface, dying for a breath, and when I did, it almost hurt. I flew high in the air and saw an amazing sight. One of the tanker ships had erupted in a fireball nd had explosions constantly rocking the surface. There was hardly anything left of the ship.
When I landed, I went back to the surface to look. Dolphins have surprisingly good vision in and out of water. I could see something in the air, lancing beam after beam of red light at the ship, causing the explosions. It stopped for a moment and then it shot another beam on the next tanker, it stayed red until there was another earth shattering shock wave. The other tanker had exploded.
It was Sam, doing the dirty work to let us get away. He was smart, but now he had to get away. I turned tail and fled to the safety of land.
{Time to go!} I yelled back. I kept swimming, hoping to get away as fast as I could.