(Earth 1) Atlantis: Palace - a week later
Barry and Nuidius had kept up their training with them practicing combat and movement in the water, Barry had also made it a habit to visit the archives when he wasn't training to learn more about Atlantis and its history and culture. Barry and Mera were in the archives alone, talking.
"I have been meaning to ask you, what is it like on the surface?" asked Mera
"Not wet obviously" Joked Barry as Mera laughed
"Seriously" Stated Mera
"Different, we don't have kings anymore. There is more technological and plenty of people who have powers" Shared Barry
"Do you miss it?" asked Mera
"I do, I miss my family" Shared Barry
"I would too. What did you do up there?" Shared Mera
"I was a scientist, I worked with chemicals in a lab to catch bad people" Shared Barry
"Have you lived in Amnesty bay for long?" asked Mera curiously
"I was only visiting, I lived in a big city called Central." Shared Barry
"It is far from here?" asked Mera
"Yeah, it is" Shared Barry with a faraway look in his eyes
"What do you miss the most besides your family?" asked Mera
"My speed" Shared Barry as he spoke without thinking as Mera raised an eyebrow
"Speed?" asked Mera confused
"I was in an accident, got struck by lightning went into a coma. Woke up and discovered that I could run fast. Ended up becoming a hero, defending my home against bad people with powers" Shared Barry
"Can … Can you use it down here?" asked Mera as she was shocked
"Somewhat, I can move faster but I guess I haven't mastered it yet" Stated Barry as he shrugged
"I know that you will" Stated Mera
"Thanks, Mera" Stated Barry as silence reigned
"It must have been rough to find out that your parents kept something like this from you" Stated Mera
"Yeah, I had no idea. It is not like I can ask them" Stated Barry sadly
"I am sure you can go back to the surface eventually" Encouraged Mera
"When I do go back, it wouldn't matter. Both are dead, my mom died when I was young, and my father died recently. That is why I came to Amnesty Bay in the first place, to get away" Revealed Barry
"I am sorry" apologized Mera
"It is not your fault" Stated Barry
(Earth 1) Atlantis: Training room – next day
Barry and Nuidius were in the training room the next day, talking about how the training was going.
"I think that you are not improving fast enough" Remarked Nuidius
"I will get it" Remarked Barry as Nuidius was about to answer, several guards bust into the room followed by Orm
"We are in the middle of training" Retorted Barry
"Training is over. Arrest him" Ordered Orm as the guards approached Barry and cuffed
"You can't do this" Argued Barry
"It is already done, and once I become king my first act will be to execute you. Take him to his cell" Ordered Orm
"This will not go over well" Warned Nuidius
"I don't care if it goes over well once I am king it shall not matter. And in the future, watch your tongue" Warned Orm as he walked out
(Earth 1) Atlantis: Prison Cell
Barry was looking around his cell for a way to escape, he could not let Orm become king because if Nuidius was right then the world was in peril. Barry knew that Orm could do damage to the surface world, and Oliver would stop him but at what cost.
"Maybe I should have contacted Oliver" Stated Barry as he paced around his cell as he heard someone approach, and it was Nuidius
"Nuidius" Called out Barry as Nuidius turned to him
"Prince Barry, I am sorry. I did try" admitted Nuidius
"Is there any chance that you can warn the … surface" Stated Barry as Nuidius made motions warning Barry to stop, but Orm came into view
"That is treason, half blood. Your execution just has been moved up, to tomorrow morning" Sneered Orm as Barry paled
"You should have left, Atlantis when you had the chance" Remarked Orm
"I will stop you" Vowed Barry
"Like a half blood could stop me. I am King and tomorrow morning you will not be alive" Stated Orm
(Earth 1) Atlantis: Prison Cell – that night
Barry was trying to rack his brain, of a way out of the cell to avoid his scheduled execution the next morning. As he heard a noise in the back of his cell and checked to find the guard asleep and went to the noise. Realizing that it came from the window, he went to it and spotted someone familiar.
"Mera" Whispered Barry
"Barry, I heard what happened and I knew I had to help" Whispered Mera as she put something through the window, being a trident
"A trident?" Whispered Barry confused
"I stole it from the training area" Whispered Mera as Barry readied it, but at a bad time as a Guard was walking past
"Stopped" Exclaimed the Guard as he attempted to open the cell
"Stand back" Stated Barry as Mera swam away, and Barry hit the wall with the trident breaking it a little bit just as a guard came into the cell, Barry turned and managed to knock him back before quickly breaking the wall again and quickly went through
"We need to get out of here" Stated Barry
"There is a sub on the other side of the palace, but we will never make it" Stated Mera
"I think I saw a small sub inside the palace" Stated Barry
"We would never make it" Exclaimed Mera as they swam towards the palace as Guards gave chase
"Hold on" Suggested Barry as he grabbed Mera, and managed to use a fraction of his speedster powers to go faster underwater and finally stopping in the hanger where Orm was waiting, and blocking their path
"You know that I did expect you to break out, but I didn't expect her to help you" admitted Orm as he readied his trident as Guards surrounded them
"What are we going to do?" Whispered Mera as Barry put his trident on his back
"So, you surrender?" asked Orm
"No" Stated Barry as he used his speed to create a underwater Tornado and set it towards Orm as they Guard attempted to attack him, but Barry managed to make a weak wave that knocked the soldiers back. Barry and Mera managed to make it to the Sub and shut the door
"You know how to use one of these things?" asked Barry as Mera got in the driver's seat
"I do" Stated Mera as she started to pilot the vessel away, but once they got into near one of the trenches not far from the Palace, a red beam hit the vessel and it started to go down, Barry spotted a familiar figure nearby
"Not him again" Exclaimed Barry as the Sub went down
"It doesn't matter, we need to get out before it sinks" Exclaimed Mera as they swam up to the hatch, and barely managed to get out of the sub, as it continued to sink before it reached the bottom of the deep trench.
(Earth 1) Atlantis: Palace
Orm was on the throne, with guards nearby waiting for the person that he summoned to arrive, and he saw the man that he was waiting for to swim inside.
"I answer your summons, Atlantean" Sneered the Man
"Black Manta, I have an offer for you" Stated Orm
"Speak" Demanded Black Manta
"Bring me back the prince and the girl, and I shall give you this" Stated Orm as a guard brought a powerful weapon, an Atlantean Cannon as Black Manta studied it
"Dead or alive?" asked Black Manta
"The girl alive, the prince dead" Shared Orm
"I want one of your subs" Countered Black Manta
"You have yourself a deal" Stated Orm
(Earth 1) Atlantic Ocean
Barry and Mera had made their way to a relatively safe place and looked around to ensure its safety before meeting up in the main room.
"So, what is our plan?" asked Mera
"Nothing" Stated Barry as he sat down
"Nothing, you want to sit here doing nothing while Orm destroys the surface world" Exclaims Mera
"What else can we do? He has an army and is much stronger than me?" Yelled Barry
"You said you were a hero where is that Barry right now" Retorted Mera
"Gone, Orm is too strong for me" Stated Barry
"What happened to you? You said that you stopped bad people" Argued Mera
"The last bad person that I fought killed my father, excuse me if I am not eager to lose someone else" Argued Barry
"I am sure it was only one time" Countered Mera
"My mother, my co-worker, my friends' husband, my father … Should I go on" Retorted Barry
"Everyone loses people, Barry. That does not mean that give up, you need to keep fighting, for them" Argued Mera
"And think of all the people that will be lost if Orm does invade the surface." Tried Mera
"I know" admitted Barry softly
"Then fight, Barry. For them. No one else can stop him" Tried Mera
"You are right, but every time I try to fight him. I cannot think, I had people to help me doing this before. I keep expecting their help" admitted Barry
"You need to rely on yourself Barry, this team of yours is not here. You only can rely on yourself in the middle of a fight" Shared Mera
"Alright, I will try that." Stated Barry as he sat up
"My combat skills are not that great, what can we do?" asked Barry
"I do not know. And I fear by the time you improve enough; it will be too late" Shared Mera
"If only my power worked down here, I would stand a better chance" Stated Barry
"That is, it. I know how we can get an edge up" Exclaimed Mera
"What?" asked Barry
"We turn to the gods for help. Maybe they can provide us with some support" Stated Mera
"Alright, so how does this work?" asked Barry
"We would need to go the shrines of the gods and hope they help us. It mostly likely would involve a trial of some kind" explained Mera
"What gods would we visit? I don't think we have the time to visit them all" Shared Barry
"Poseidon is an obvious and mostly likely Hephaestus for some armor" Suggested Mera
"What is the god that deals with speed or travel?" asked Barry
"Hermes … you plan to get some sort of speed to use underwater?" Guessed Mera
"I do, any advantage is welcome" Stated Barry
"Then that is the plan, I do remember where the Poseidon shrine is. From their I think we can get a clue as to the location of the others." Stated Mera
"Alright, it is late. We should probably head out in the morning" Stated Barry
"Alright" Stated Mera
(Earth 1) Atlantic Ocean – next morning
Mera and Barry had woken up the next morning, ready to depart for Poseidon's shrine.
"So how are we going to get there?" asked Barry as they ate some rations that Mera managed to snag from the Sub before it went down
"We would have to swim there, luckily it is not too far." Remarked Mera sadly
"I guess it will have to do" agreed Barry
"I guess we better move out" Stated Mera
(Earth 1) Atlantic Ocean: Poseidon's shrine – a few hours later
After swimming for a few hours, Mera and Barry had managed to reach the shrine which was in a cave which had to accessed from underwater
"I don't think I can go in with you" Stated Mera
"Why not?" asked Barry
"That entrance goes into the cave, and the cave itself in not underwater. Or so I am told" Remarked Mera
"We can't go on the surface?" asked Barry
"We can, I just don't want to" Stated Mera
"Come on, I will be with you every step of the way. You can do this. You will need to go to the surface at some point." Encouraged Barry
"You are right, I at least need to attempt it" Stated Mera as she reluctantly followed Barry as they prepared to enter the cave, and the approached the upper limits where the last of the water met the cave.
"We are almost there, you can do this" encouraged Barry as Mera followed behind him, looking hesitant as they both took the plunge and Mera started to hold her breath
"Breathe, in through your nose and out your mouth" Encouraged Barry as Mera did and Barry got on his feet and offered his hand to Mera, who accepted it
"So, this is what it feels like on the surface?" asked Mera as she took it all in
"Pretty much, expect it is not inside the cave." Admitted Barry as they looked around and they saw a huge statue
"Same as the one in the garden?" asked Barry as they approached the statue
"Yes" Revealed Mera
"Right" Stated Barry as he approached the shrine and kneed
"Poseidon, I request your guidance" Whispered Barry as a vision entered his head, the vision consisted of an island with some ruins and parts of a broke trident and a volcano eruption
"What did you see?" asked Mera as Barry stood up
"Some sort of ruins on an island and parts of a broken trident" Revealed Barry
"It must be Poseidon's trident" Revealed Mera
"But where is this island?" Pondered Barry
"You would have a better clue than me, I don't know about many ruined island" Remarked Mera
"Is that a sub?" asked Barry surprised that he spotted a sub docked in the other water pool
"It is, they must park a spare sub here just in case" Stated Mera
"I guess it is our lucky day" Stated Barry
"I guess it is, but we still don't know where we are going" Stated Mera
"The ruins had to be Greek, what Greek island has ruins on it?" Questioned Barry as they entered the Sub
"Alright, in any particular direction?" asked Mera as she pulled up a map and Barry came over
"This is Greece, if I am right then it should be somewhere around here" Guessed Barry
"Alright" Stated Mera as they took off, back into the water. As Barry continued to think about which island it could be, as he looked around the side window and spotted a vein of lava coming up to the surface, to be cooled by the water.
"I got it" Exclaimed Barry as he went over to the map
"You know where it is?" asked Mera
"I have a pretty good guess, but I could be wrong. The Island of Crete. Their city was destroyed by a volcano." Admitted Barry
"Alright, I hope you are right. It should take a few hours" Stated Mera
(Earth 1) Temporal Zone
The Legends had just gotten back to the Temporal Zone after stopping some time pirates from changing the timeline. Just as they were about to celebrate another successful victory, an alert went off.
"Another one" Complained Mick
"I guess so" Stated Sara as they went back to the bridge
"What do you got for us, Gideon?" asked Sara
"I have received a request for aid, Captain" Stated Gideon
"From whom?" asked Ray
"Rip Hunter" Revealed Gideon as everyone paused, Rip had disappeared one day while the rest of the legends were on a mission and never really told them why, only that it was important and not to interfere
"Where?" asked Sara
"The Island of Crete in the present year" Revealed Gideon
"He did tell us not to interfere" Stated Mick
"It must be important to ask for our help" Argued Stein
"And Rip is there?" asked Jax
"I do not know" Stated Gideon
"What does he want us to do?" asked Ray
"The message did not say, Mr. Palmer. The only thing it said was to stay away from the water" Revealed Gideon
"Stay away from the water?" asked Stein confused
"Alright, let us strap in and see what Rip got himself into to" Stated Sara