InterLUDE: A Quest of Rings
By Xenomorph666
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Universe: Spliced-Verse
Leviathan
Gi surfaced in the temple, she had no clue how she had even gotten there and yet Namor was helping her on to the solid ground of the temple. He quietly led her to a large stone door.
"Beyond this door is a perilous look into yourself." Namor looked at Gi. "Are you ready?"
"No time like the present." Gi smiled nervously.
Namor pressed a button on the side, it was strangely shaped and almost looked like a half crystallized water drop. "Then enter."
Gi entered the room and as she got to the center she snapped her head back, at that exact moment the stone door slammed shut and the world melted around her as she slipped into darkness. When she came to Gi found herself in a large cylinder like area on the bottom of the ocean. No fish swam into the area and at four points in the circle like area there were four torches lit. Three of the torches barely burned while two of them were to bright to look at. Gi knew what they were, each one represented a different ring and hers was the closest to going out.
"I knew I was useless." Gi sighed. A sudden movement outside the cylinder caught her attention and then she gasped.
In front of Gi was the largest shark she had ever seen. It was larger than what the Megalodon would have been, she could only estimate it's size at one hundred feet long. She could almost see her end in it's solid eyes.
"I am Leviathan." A voice spoke in her head. "You blood runs cold at the sight of me mortal. Do you fear me or do you respect me?"
Gi looked around for the voice and turned her back to the shark.
"Behind you little one." Leviathan said. "I am the beast of the deep, challenged only by Kraken. Now please answer my question."
Gi stared in shock, she was actually communicating with a shark through telepathy. "I... both." Gi admitted, she new better than to lie to a myth.
"You have nothing to fear from me little one." Leviathan said as it pushed it's way into the cylinder ans Gi could clearly see it's shape compress and contort to the familiar shape of Althea and then grow once more to a large water serpent. "I cannot take the familiar form to best make you comfortable, for she is bound to a powerful entity."
"OK..." Gi stared in shock as the large serpent craned it's head down to Gi's face.
"What else do you fear?" Leviathan asked.
"Alot." Gi said, "Just like everyone else."
"You fear loosing your power." Leviathan stated it rather than asked.
"A little..." Gi said hesitantly. "Ok, a lot."
"Why fear it, you would be free of the pain that is bound to it's responsibility." Leviathan said calmly.
"I would..." Gi admitted, but quickly shook her head. "But who would help my friends?"
"Does it matter?" Leviathan asked.
"Of course it does, I don't want to leave my friends like that!" Gi snapped and frowned, Leviathan was beginning to make her angry.
"What if I promised you riches and gold, would you leave then?" Leviathan asked.
"No!" Gi shouted.
"What about your absolute happiness?" Leviathan asked.
Gi froze. Happiness. She hadn't been happy for a while, the whole chaos spark episode had really stressed her out and now she couldn't help but feel useless. But Leviathan was telling her he could change that. He was offering something she hadn't had in while. "Happiness?"
"Happiness. I could give you the ocean at Namor's side as his queen." Leviathan touched the edges of the area with it's tail and the walls of water shimmered to show Gi as the Queen of Atlantis.
Gi was astonished, and she touched the wall to feel it, then her thoughts went to her friends and the wall became black as night. Yellow eyes peered through and back claws and feet came crawling from the darkness. She gasped in fear and back pedaled to Leviathan.
"Heartless!" Gi shouted. "The heartless will kill my friends?"
"But you would be happy." Leviathan said coldly.
"HAPPY? How could I possibly be happy if I let my friends die for my happiness?" Gi shouted at the giant serpent this time.
"What do you care, you are useless anyway." Leviathan shot back.
"Then how come my friends die with out me?" Gi shot back.
"You could die with them if you wanted. Would that make you happy?" Leviathan asked.
Gi looked at the walls, the heartless were gone and it was water once more. She looked on questioningly, and before Leviathan could speak again she looked the serpent directly in the eye with the look of a determined warrior. "Yes."
"Then you shall die here!" Leviathan rumbled and it shifted it's shape once more the that of the Kraken and left the cylinder. As soon as he left though the water began to collapse inwards and almost immediately Gi was left in the ocean drowning with little hope. Kraken then appeared once more. "Take my offer and I shall spare you!"
Gi violently shook her head in anger and tried to claw at the beast with her remaining breath. Then from no where a great white form came plowing into the Kraken and and air formed around Gi. The air quickly formed a bubble and she could clearly see a great white whale with spears sticking out from it's hide chomping on the Kraken. Gi sat in the air bubble for a while before the whale came back and stared at her.
"The Kraken stood no chance against your loyalty." Gi recognized the voice in her head as belonging to the whale. "I am servant to great Poseidon. I am the true Leviathan and you Gi, have passed great Gaia's test."
"Where is she?" Gi asked.
"Where is she, child, look around you and feel her everywhere. Gaia surrounds us and loves us." Leviathan said with a well entertained chuckle. "Now child, rest and awake with your power restored and strengthened. Your ring too shall be restored and made stronger."
Gi tried to speak, but she quickly fell into a deep slumber once more. Then all at once she was coughing up water on the yacht. She looked up in shock as her friends surrounded her.
"What..." Gi asked.
"You almost drowned when the stone door collapsed." Namor said. "I barely got you out of there in time."
"Yeah, he's lucky like that." Althea shot a glare at Namor, who cringed back in slight fear.
"But... Leviathan... Kraken..." Gi shot up. "I was..." She loked down at her hand. The ring was restored with a cool blue tint and she could not identify the metal, but it was light and cool. The symbol upon it was also the same as the button Namor had pushed.
"By the gods!" Namor gasped. "She is chosen." Namor bowed to Gi. "Forgive me for doubting you milady." Namor gasped.
"It's... it's all right." Gi glanced at the Sub-Mariner. "I had more doubts than you I bet."
"Ah, that's only human." Captain Ron said as he came out chugging a beer can and then crushed it's empty form against his skull. "Let's get back to Hope Island, eh."
"Lady Gi." Namor rose. "You and your friends shall all be welcome to Atlantis at any time."
"Thank you." Gi smiled and went back to her room.
A few minutes later Althea came back to talk to her. "Wheeler said he was tested, I'm guessing you were too."
"Yeah, my loyalty and confidence." Gi chuckled as she played with Shu.
"How?" Althea asked.
Gi laughed joyously for the first time as she invited Althea to sit, and then proceeded to tell her of the Kraken and it's deceptions as well of her own thoughts.
"Trust me, you're better off." Althea said with a grunt.
"Huh?" Gi asked.
"I would have had to chase you down and remove you by force, after beating the crap out of my slut mother." A glare of homicidal rage glazed over Althea's eyes.
"Ok..." Gi backed away, as did Shu.
"Sorry..." Althea snapped back to reality. "She ran off with an Atlantean Lord and abandoned all of us."
"That... " Gi tried to think of something kind to say. "That just sucks."
"Yeah, I hate her." Althea smiled.
"Well Namor can't be that bad, right?" Gi asked.
"He tried to sleep with Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman." Althea said flatly.
"Wow..." Gi blinked. "Isn't she..."
"Married to Mr. Fantastic, yeah." Althea said.
"Wow." Gi laughed. "I'm really glad I didn't take that deal now."
"We all are." Althea smiled, "You get some rest ok."
"All right." Gi said as the door closed.
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Deep in the Atlantean capitol Namor was pacing back and forth in a fury. Normally such a pace was reserved for longing for Sue Storm, but this time it was different. He was longing for the Planeteer, the girl named Gi. He could not explain why, but he had to have her.
"Commander!" Namor ordered. "Ready my men, tomorrow we go to surface once more!"
"Yes sir!" His commander saluted and left.
"I must have her!" Namor exclaimed.
"Sir..." A meek looking Mer-man poked his head into Namor's private chambers.
"Yes Gael." Namor motioned him inwards.
"Sir we have just received a message from someone named Clotho." Gael said meekly.
"Clotho, as in of the fates." Namor asked.
"The very same my lord." Gael choked.
"Very well then what does it say?" Namor asked.
"I can't open it sire." Gael handed it to Namor.
"Ugh..." Namor groaned as he opened the letter and jumped back when Clotho's head popped out in a very Looney Tunes fashion.
"IF YOU SO MUCH AS THINK OF MAKING A SUPER HERIONE HAREM I WILL CASTRATE YOU!" Clotho's head shouted before it vanished.
Namor just stared at the fallen letter in complete fear. "Gael, make a note; Clotho is now a Scion of some sort."
"Of course sire." Gael said as he exited.
Namor then bent down to peek under the letter and jumped back when a flurry of daggers came streaming out followed by Clotho shouting. "Thanks Wraith!" Namor just whimpered.