Caution! Shark infested waters!
Johnny had closed his eyes when he and Eclipse had gone under. Now he opened them. Eclipse was still holding his wrists and was staring at something below. He looked down and almost screamed. Below them was a huge ocean. They fell in, and the impact broke them apart. Johnny gasped and shook his wet hair from his eyes. He looked around and saw Eclipse. She was surround in steam, gasping and spitting sea water. She coughed and she swam over.
"Hey. Um... Land is over there. Can you swim?"
"I'm still floating aren't I? Of course I can swim!"
"Good! Let's go." She swam toward the direction she pointed and he followed. He looked up at the sky and saw a large sun.
"Hey! You're falling behind!"
Johnny shook his head and swam faster. They swam for what seemed like an eternity. When he looked up again, it was dark and the moon was full. He looked at Eclipse. She looked back.
A raft floated past. Johnny stared and then grabbed it. He pulled him self over and then helped Eclipse in. She leaned over and threw up. She came back and wiped her mouth. Johnny looked at her. She had tears and was shivering. He realized what she was wearing: A short black and red skirt, combat boots and a tank top. She was shivering, her red and black lips turning blue. He looked down. He had a trench coat and black pants, black shirt and boots. He looked at her, then at himself and back again. He pulled of his jacket and handed it to her. "Here."
"What?"
"Here. Take it. Just don't puke on it, it's my favorite."
She reached out and pulled the trench coat on. She looked at the sky and whispered something. Johnny looked at her.
"What was that you said?"
"I asked the Dragon God, 'Please help us. Let us live. Spare us.' "
"Amen to that."
Eclipse laughed and brushed her hair back. There it was again! That smell! So soft... What was it? Wait a minute... it was... gah! Why couldn't he remember?! She snapped her fingers, reached ut, and grabbed Johnny's wrist. He suddenly felt that he drank a cup of hot chocolate and was instantly warmed. She let go and he noticed that steam was still rising from her legs and his trennch coat.
Eclipse was looking around the raft. "This raft is defective. It shouldn't be here."
"What?"
"Every raft is programmed to do to the shore it was taken from if it got separated from whatever ship it was on. The fact that this one os here and not attached to a ship makes me wonder... what happened to the people on it."
"Oh. Eclipse?"
"Yes, Johnny?"
"Are those sharks?"
"Yes."
"... umm. Shouldn't you be worried?"
"About what?"
"THE SHARKS, WOMAN! THE SHARKS!"
"OH CRAP! WHY DIDNY YOU TELL ME!"
"I JUST DID! ARGH! THERE THEY COME!"
Eclipse shrieked and pushed Johnny off to the side.
"HEY! WHAT THE BLOODY-."
"SHUT UP! IM TRYING TO THINK!"
"I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD THINK!"
"DON'T MAKE ME GET THE MINI GUILOTINE! IT'S IN MY POCKET!"
"Yes ma'am."
Eclipse pushed a button and a key board appeared.
"All this from a rubber raft?"
"Yep. How close are the sharks?"
"Hi. You have a lot of teeth. Don't eat me."
"Gah!" Eclipse typed something into the keyboard, her long fingers dancing across the keyboard. "There! I think."
"What?"
"Wait! Wait! I remember now." She pressed the back key and typed something. Johnny became aware of a dark shadow. He looked up and screamed. A huge shark was up out of the water, diving at the raft.
Eclipse pushed the enter key. "HOLD ON!!!!!"
The rubber raft shot in the direction of shore, just before the shark finished its dive and crashed into the water. Eclipse grabbed a rope that was hanging off the raft and clung to it. She glanced behind her and saw Johnny clinging on to the raft itself. She laughed and turned back to the front.
Johnny stared at the quickly retreating sharks. Who knew a rubber raft could go so fast? Eclipse did. Johnny shivered. That's the reason he was so afraid of her. She chilled him to the point of freezing. No doubt, she was pretty, but... her aura, the look she got when she thought no one was looking, it was cold, sad almost. He turned and looked at her as the boat was slowing. She was laughing softly, enjoying the wind. She let go of the rope and fixed his jacket, shaking her head. She looked up and smiled at him. "I haven't done that in years."
"What... Kind of sharks were they?"
"Um... I think they were the since project I did when I was fifteen. Here people found with magic as children only go to school until they're sixteen, then they go to a bunch of different schools for magic all over the world, depending on the type of magic."
"Uh-huh. Now what does that have to do with the sharks?"
"Um... I got angry at my teacher and a baby shark came in and ate her."
"Oh boy."
"Yeah. There wasn't any blood and gore really. Or that we saw. The kids panicked and ran out, dragging me with them."
Johnny shook his head and looked at the water. The raft rammed into something and stopped. Eclipse hopped over the edge and smiled. Johnny crawled over, a peeked over the edge, wondering what they crashed into. A beach. They crashed onto a beach. Eclipse turned and smiled at him.
"Welcome to Atlantis!"