Great Bay Coast – Fortress Gate – 4 days B.C.T. – 12:53 a.m.

The fortress walls were 7 stories tall and around 60 feet wide each.

He managed to stay far enough underwater to avoid their gaze. But he had to stay high enough to see where he was going and to avoid the Like-Likes on the sea floor (they could not swim). Then he headed for a small piece of land next to the actual fortress. But he forgot one little danger.

Ohhh…not now! Not here! It was a Debresko, a swarm of small fish bones that were enchanted by evil to have exceptionally sharp teeth and to kill anything that moves. The smaller ones were called Skullfishes and they were surrounded by a larger one, which is the true Debresko, the leader. Their nicknames were "Piranhas of the Damned." They began to eat away at his flesh! I've got to get out of the water!

Mikau managed to free himself from their razor-sharp teeth and climb onto the land he was headed for. Quickly, the Zora hid behind a rock to avoid being seen. He checked his injuries. A few small cuts; incredibly lucky, considering the fact that Debreskos have been known to kill adult Zoras very quickly. They had been getting more and more numerous since the water had become murky.

He assessed his current area. To his left: open sea and pirates in boats. Not to mention more Debreskos, Skull Fish, and Like-Likes. To his right: a cliff with a large switch, followed by a huge gap between it and the fortress. Going left was out of the question until he got the eggs. The switch was huge, and Mikau was too light to trip it. But…there was no way he could jump that far across the gap. The other side is two jumps away and I can only jump once……or can I? He made an insane idea: simply make another jump.

Mikau backed up and prepared his boomerang attack. If this doesn't work, I'll be sleeping with the Skull Fishes. Here goes nothing! The boomerang blades flew to the other side then came back. He ran hard and jumped into the gap……and onto the moving boomerangs! Then he jumped off them and landed on the other side! It was an incredible feat of courage. He had used his boomerangs as an extra jump platform he could jump off of! They flew back and reattached back to his elbows. He walked into the center of the fortress….