Eternal Cycle
Prologue
A
young Hourglass dolphin swam for her life. Behind her, two gaping
jaws pursued her, chomping down on water towards her, lashing out in
sudden bursts of speed towards the dolphin. Everything seemed like a
blur to her as her tail pushed her further and further away from her
pod. Their cries were long since faded in the open waters of the
South Atlantic Ocean. The two sharks were Mako sharks; prime in their
life, strong enough to pursue their prey to the end. No, she would
not stop, not give up and be an easy meal to these monsters. She kept
going, even if her strength gave out and her heart stopped.
Faster
and faster the little dolphin dashed, jumping often for air in her
lungs and to flee the hungry ones. But each time she landed they were
closer, snapping their mouths. Once, one managed to nip a small
titbit from her tail and she screamed in pain. Blood ebbed away and
left a trail that the sharks were madly following. Now she was
entering the great barren sea, where ground was gone. This was the
home of the great giants such as Big Blue. Perhaps a Sperm whale was
returning from a hunt in the dark depths, would it help her? Or a pod
of Humpbacks? Would the descendant of the legendary Big Blue,
Talokaini the Blue himself rescue such a tiny dolphin, if he was
about?
She made up her mind and blasted a high pitch cry for
help. Nothing of reply came back and she tried again, then again.
Each time left her with nothing, but an empty echo. Desperate, she
leaped in the air and cried out. "Help! I am Kia and several
hungry ones are chasing me! Will no singer large or small save me? Is
there anyone out there?"
Before Kia came back towards the
sea, she saw something emit from the water a bit far off, and did not
fall back into the sea. It was... flying? Was it a bird? Or was it a
dolphin that could leap higher than any other? What ever it was, she
didn't hear a splash while her chase was still pursued. "Damn
you swift teeth! Why not go hunt down one who isn't as fast as I!"
Before her hopes crashed and she decided to end this chase, she
heard a song. A song so sweet it was almost like the wind above the
surface. She stopped and closed her eyes before the sharks chomped
down. However, a huge splash caused her to open her eyes as well as
caused the sharks to stop at this figure that dared stop them from
gaining a meal.
Kia thought the world was at a stand still, as if
she had become weightless in some space.
It was impossible… This
creature was of legendary songs… A monster of great
destruction…
Even the sharks recognised this beast. They turned
to flee, but it was too late. A long, thick tendril lashed out,
striking the sharks and numbing them with poison, causing them to
float in a lazy, calm way as their bodies became paralysed, though
the cold, dark sharkian eyes still flitted about in panic, fear and
fury at their attacker.
Kia blinked in terror as the monster
suddenly opened its large maw and using the tendrils, pushed one of
the sharks into the transparent body. The digestive juices set work
on the shark straight away, breaking it down into nothing within a
matter of seconds. Then, with a shriek, the monster set on to devour
the other catch, and Kia snapped out of her trance of wonder.
Turning
swiftly, Kia found herself facing the face of yet another singer, the
owner of the earler song. But, the usually warm, gentle eyes of a
fellow singer were replaced with cold, dark glare within the blue
globes, which alone sent shivers along Kia's dorsal. "What's
the matter my pet? Leaving so soon? But the meal has only just begun
and me and my companion wish for you to remain…" the
singer hissed dangerously low, his eyes ablaze with a maniac laughter
within the azure entity.
With a sudden realization, Kia saw that
this singer was in league with the monster. "Wh-who are you? And
what--what is that thing?" she stammered, suddenly unsure if she
was to survive or die at the mercy of this singer.
A frenzied
chuckle later, the singer glowered in insane mirth. And he then spoke
again, "I am he that rules the sea… And my name is…"
Kia's
thoughts were suddenly cut short as she felt the anaesthetizing ting
of the tendril on her flukes, and the angry hiss of the monster
behind her blocked her earshot of the name. She felt as her body
became numb, cold and paralysed, as her eyes were the only part to
move about, glancing about in fear, at the singer and the
monster…
"Don't feel too bad about it," the sinister
singer snickered a little. "When in their larva form, these
creatures require an incredible amount of food to grow into their
adult phase. Unfortunately, as you have seen too much now, I now
cannot let you leave alive…"
The vision of Kia was suddenly
obscured as a filter came between her and the ocean, a thick slimy
substance that was without a doubt the body of the monster. Her
racing mind thought of anyway that she could escape, any method to
avoid being digested, but it was too late…
Her mind suddenly
went blank as her brain was dissolved, swiftly assimilated into the
monster's body, to fuel the growing creature of destruction and…