Point of View: Diana
The monster… it's real.
I run towards the hole to join Tintin, and there, is a horrifying image of the Kraken. The size of the Kraken is two times of the ship, and instead of having the typical eight tentacles, this Kraken has twelve of them. It has a large head, and the color of its sclera is disturbingly yellow, and it has cat's pupils. It's almost invisible, but I can still see it, despite the storm. Its slimy skin has unusual patterns, and the size of the suckers is large enough to suck up a whole human.
The Kraken wails, and waves its tentacles and smashes different areas of the ship. The people screams as it wails once again, and its tentacles drop on the floor of the ship, and some people fall down. "Crap! It's a Kraken!" I scream. The Kraken looks at our area, which looks like it heard me. The Kraken raises one slimy tentacle and pushing it in the hole we are looking through. I push Tintin out of the way, and he stumbles down as the tentacle goes between us.
I pull out a dagger from my pocket. I throw it on the tentacle, and I hear the Kraken wail from the pain. I started to stand up, and run towards the tentacle. The dagger was stabbed deeply into the tentacle, leaving only the handle visible and the rest of the blade sunk deeply into the flesh. I pull out the dagger from the tentacle, but it seems to be stuck. So I pull it out stronger, but the tentacle weirdly vibrates. "Watch out, Diana!" Tintin screams at me. I look at him confusedly, and he seems to know what will happen. I pull out the dagger once more, and it was released. But something unexpected happened. The tentacle zapped with energy, and I was thrown back so strong.
"Diana!"Tintin shouts. The tentacle vibrates, and the Kraken pulls it out, leaving us surprised. I was sitting there, eyes wide open. "It's electric," I mumble. "What?" Tintin asks, helping me stand up. "It's electric! It isn't normal!" I shout. "We have to tell the people about it!"
Tintin shakes his head. "They will not hear it, Diana! The storm's so strong and loud!" he says. "Tell Captain Haddock that be responsible for sailing the ship. I have to get down. I have to warn the people!" I say. I started to run, but Tintin grabs my wrist. "It's dangerous!" he says. I pull my wrist away. "Don't you understand why I'm here? I have to protect you! I have to protect these people!" I explain to him. "But this is too much! You don't have to go! It's dangerous there!" he shouts. "I have to! It's my job! I can do this, Tintin. Believe in me," I say. "But what if you don't? I don't want you to go," he shouts. "That's why I'm telling you to believe in me! I have to go. These people need help. YOU need help," I tell him. "Don't go! Diana! Don't!" he shouts again. "Why, Tintin? It's for your own good. It's for everyone's sake!" I explain to him. I start to run again, but he grips my wrist again. "I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU!" he screams.
That caught my attention. I look back at him; I see tears already falling down his cheeks. He looks down. "I don't want to you lose you. Not again. Like the time you left," he says softly. I put my hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry," I seriously say. "You won't."
He looks up at me, surprised and his tears are gone. I slightly smile, and I run, making him let go of my wrist. I run down the metal stairs, I open the door, and the ghastly outside world is revealed. The crew and other people are screaming and running. I heard one man shout. "TO YOUR BATTLE POSITIONS!" he shouts. "Battle positions?" I thought to myself. I run around the wobbly, wet ship, and I can feel the raindrops that fall on my skin. "Hey!" I scream. I grab someone who is running. "Where can I announce?" I ask him. "U-up the r-radio r-room, miss. It's right b-below the b-bridge. There's a m-microphone t-there that was c-connected to the s-speakers a-around the s-ship," the man stammers. "Thank you," I say. I run inside the ship once again, and I walk up the stairs leading to the radio room.
And expectedly, there was a microphone. The person in charge here maybe got frightened and left the room. I push the button that turns the microphone on, and I will say what I have to say very loud. "EVERYONE! WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE KRAKEN IS ELECTRIC! EVERYONE STEER CLEAR OF ITS TENTACLES!" I heard my announcement around the ship. Suddenly, the ship vibrated, and I run out of the room. "What's happening?" I say. I run to the sides of ship, gripping the metal handles. I see cannons sticking out of the portholes. "Cannons? There are weapons in a passenger ship?" I ask. "Of course, there are! With the dangers the first two expeditions experienced, we need to be more prepared, right?" someone shouts.
I look back. There's Kurt, standing behind me, smiling despite the danger we're in. "Why cannons? Why not use better equipment?" I ask him. "Not enough fund, so we stick to old ones," he explains. The Kraken pushes the ship sideward, making me stumble back. "Blimey! I need to fight it now!" I scream, and I run up the ship, hoping that I would reach my cabin.
I kick the door of my cabin, and I zip open my bag. I attach a leather belt around my waist, and I hang my daggers on it. I pick up my quiver full of arrows and put it around my torso. Lastly, I pick up my bow. I run out of my cabin, and I walk up to the highest surface of the ship, which happens to be the bridge's roof. "Diana! Be careful!" Thompson and Thomson shouts at me. The ship became wobbly again and I can hear the cannon fires. The Kraken wails, and smashes its tentacle on the bow of the ship. Electricity runs through its tentacle, and some people get zapped. People screams, and I can see some crew falling on the ocean water. "NO!" I scream. The scene makes my heart hurt, so I pull out an arrow from my quiver and targeted my bow and arrow at the Kraken's eye. I move my bow a few inches to the left. The wind blows to the right, and if I release my arrow, the wind will carry it towards right, and will bury deep into the Kraken's eye.
I close my other eye, aiming carefully. Finally, I release the arrow, and I see it flying towards the Kraken's eye. It buries itself deep into the eye, making the Kraken wail and smashes its other tentacle on my side. I sidestep to the left, and the tentacle zaps with electricity. When the shock is gone, I run over the tentacle and I pull out a dagger from my belt. I drive the dagger deep into the tentacle, and I make a long wound which covers half of the tentacle by pulling the dagger down with its blade still buried deep in it. The Kraken wails and it pulls its tentacle up again. Slimy, glowing blue stuff drop from its wound, leaving some people drenched in it. "Ugh," I mumble. The ship becomes wobbly once more, and the Kraken angrily smashes one of its tentacles on other parts of the ship, while other tentacles are wrapped around the ship.
I shoot another arrow from my bow, targeting its eye once more. Fortunately, my arrow buries itself to the area I wanted. I keep on shooting arrows at it and the Kraken wails after being shot. But I noticed the problem. If I keep on shooting arrows at it, the Kraken will just wail and smash its tentacle, leaving worse damage than before. The arrows I shot are not helping either. The ship wobbles around more. But something unexpected happened. The Kraken smashes its tentacle on my area, making the ship tilt and I was thrown from the surface I was standing on. I find myself floating midair, not touching anything. I feel the raindrops falling on my face, and I hear someone scream.
"Diana!" Tintin screams and I see him looking through the big hole on the bridge. I look down, and I know that it's going to be my end, for I will fall in the water. I wish I could fall on the port instead, rather than the ocean. I reach for the handles on the side of the ship, but my fingers didn't reach it. My body falls down lower than the handles. Luckily, someone grabbed my arm, stopping my fall and I bang against the side of the ship. My hitting on the side of the ship is painful so I clench my teeth. I look up, and it's Kurt, the one who saved me. "You okay there?" he asks. "Not really! Thank you," I say. He pulls me up and I'm happy to be standing on the ship once again. "Thanks for saving me, Kurt. I owe you," I tell him. He nods. "Nice weapons you got there," he says. I smile for a moment, I turned serious again. "We should find out its weak spot. Perhaps it has one," I tell him. He opens his mouth to answer, but a tentacle smashes between us, and it zaps with electricity. Kurt's eyes widen. "Half of the tentacle is wounded!" he shouts.
I realize it's the tentacle I wounded with my dagger. I pull another dagger out of belt, and I slash the tentacle again. But this time, the tentacle splits in half. The Kraken wails louder, and pulls its tentacle up, leaving the other half resting on the floor of the ship. Again, slimy, glowing blue stuff spills from the other half of the tentacle. I look at the Kraken, who is still wailing. I just notice its mouth open, and inside, are three water drop shaped balloon-like things, surrounded by veins. The three things beat together, and I suddenly know the answer to my question.
"Its hearts are inside its mouth!" I scream. "What? But that's impossible!" Kurt shouts. "In this time, Kurt, nothing is impossible! We have to hit the hearts," I say to him. "But how?" he asks loudly. "I should hit the Kraken, but once it wails, the battle crew should shoot inside its mouth with the cannons!" I say. "Maybe we should reverse it!" he shouts. "What? Why?" I shout. "Because you can hit it more accurate than the battle crew. They won't hit it directly, there are times they will miss it. They can't move the cannon freely because the portholes are just enough of its size, but you can with your bow and arrow," he shouts. I agree with him. "Okay!" I nod. "Once the cannons hit the Kraken, and it wails, you should hit the hearts!" he says. "I will!" I shout. He nods and runs, leaving me alone.
The ship wobbles again, tilting from left to right. Some people are still screaming and running around, but others are shooting it with a gun. I prepare my bow and arrow. Then, I target at the mouth, waiting for it to wail. I heard the cannon, firing at the Kraken. The Kraken wails, and when I see the hearts, I released my arrow. My arrow reaches one heart, and the heart explodes with the glowing blue slime. The hearts are fragile! The Kraken wails louder, and smashes its tentacle on the ship. I pull out another arrow, and I shoot it into the heart when the Kraken wailed.
But I missed! I cursed, and I pull another arrow from my quiver. I wait for the cannon, and when it fired, I shoot my arrow inside the mouth, and one heart explodes. Only one more left. And I have one more arrow left. The Kraken wails louder than before, and becomes more violent. It smashes its tentacle harder than before. I pull my last arrow, and I target carefully at the mouth. The Kraken is now covered with its own blood, so parts of its body are bleeding with glowing slime from the cannon and gun shots. Now I have only one arrow, I can't miss now.
The cannon fires and I wait for the Kraken to wail. The Kraken did, and I finally release my last arrow. The last heart exploded!
The Kraken wails its last before finally submerging completely into the water. I look around the ship, and most of it is destroyed. The storm finally stops, and the people are completely drenched. What remains of the Kraken is the tentacle I have cut, still resting on the floor of the ship with the glowing blue slime. I breathe in deeply, and I heard someone calling my name. "Diana!" Tintin shouts.
"Tintin," I mumble. He runs into me and gives me a hug. I hug back. "Where is Captain Haddock?" I ask him. "He's the one taking control of the ship, obviously," he says mischievously. "Oh, right. Silly me," I tell him, smiling. "Good thing you're safe," he says, looking at the ocean. "See? I told you, you won't lose me," I tell him. I could see him blush, but he looks away. "Remember the hourglass. Once the sand stops falling down, that's the time you'll lose me," I tell him.
Someone runs out of the ship's rooms, shouting something. The people gather around the man. Tintin and I managed to get to the man, whose face is pale and shivering with fear. "Calm down," Tintin says to the man. He grips the man's shoulders, shaking him. The man stammers as he shouts, so we couldn't understand what's he's saying. "CALM DOWN!" I shout at him.
It came out louder than I expected, and I was a little embarrassed. The man calms down, and he closes his mouth. "What is it?" Tintin asks him.
"The professors! I was asked to check on them, but when I came into the research room, the professors are unconscious! There was a big hole on the right side of the room!" he explains. "The professors are unconscious? We must call for help!" Tintin says. Some people run inside the ship's rooms, who must have been the medical team. "Are the professors okay?" Tintin asks the man. "They are! But there are worse things!" he says. "What is it?" Tintin asks him.
The man shivers, and says, "Two professors are missing!"