The Secret under the Abyss

It was the first week of March when Leviathan took Merope to the shores of France. The sun was turning into a red orange dusk making the ocean into a colorful canvas. Merope admired its beauty it was the first time she'd ever saw the ocean. She remembered when she was little before her mother was taken by some unknown monstrosity her mother promised her to take her to the ocean. Of course that never came and that made Merope sad a little.

Leviathan picked up on those thoughts and it was probably the first time in his immortality he felt guilty. It was he that took her mother into the Labyrinth were he tortured and raped her repeatedly. It was all part of the curse; once he deflowered them sooner or later he dragged them to hell as personal playthings. On strange occasions this guilt weighted on him to the pointed was he wanted to confess but somehow couldn't speak. He had this feeling if he talked she'll hate him forever….he didn't want that to happen.

"Lev, are you alright?" she asked

"What?"

"You look sad," she said seeing the look of deep thought and sorrow in his face. "Oh, it's just seeing the sea reminds me of my fall," he said half-lying. It was true that when he looked at the sea it reminded him of how hard the water felt on his back. It was a good thing Fern was there to help him ashore.

"We can always turn back if this pains you," said Merope leaning her head against his shoulder. Leviathan ran his fingers through her hair, "It's alright love, besides I wanted to show you something." He took her by her hands and led her to the sea.

"Now I want you to look me in the eyes and never break away unless I say. You understand?" Merope nodded. His sapphire eyes turned to glowing rubies. To an ordinary girl she would have looked away and would have prayed to a God on deaf ears. Merope was no ordinary girl, she stared into those eyes for she didn't know how long but she didn't want it to end either. Leviathan saw the look of wonder and love in her eyes, no one ever looked at him like that not even his own mother. Back in her town she was considered plain but they were simple minded sheep that were taught what beauty was suppose to be.

As much as he didn't want those jade eyes to break away from him they were in the middle of the ocean. "You can look, Mimi," she looked down at her feet with the feeling of panic and amazement. They were walking on water! Merope immediately put her arms around Leviathan in tight clutches. She had the feeling she might fall into the water and drown.

"Don't worry, I won't let that happen," he said lovingly. She looked at him for a moment. His hand against her cheek sensing her unease. "Do you trust me?" he asked.

"Yes," she said breathlessly

"Then kiss me," he said running his fingers in her hair. She drew closer to him were their lips met. With the kiss they held each other as they decent to the bottom of the ocean where he'd take her to a place that has been hidden since before time in this universe.

Merope didn't know what was happening, she thought they were still on water kissing in the warm spring. Leviathan didn't want her to panic and also a human could only hold her breath for so long under water. Of course there were other ways to make Merope breathe under water but that wouldn't be much fun. Leviathan felt strangely romantic. What can be more romantic then kissing a girl under water?

Also he was responsible for keeping her warm against the waters chilling temperatures. Were they were going was deeper then the abyss itself. The oxygen and the warmth were all do with great concentration. If he ever broke that concentration it would be the death of Merope. Stupidly he thought nothing would break his concentration since most beasts would run away from him then there were some that didn't fear him. That's when the deep roar of the beast that bore his name: Leviathan.

His fear almost came true when Merope broke away from him and turned to the noise. She only saw it briefly but it was enough to strike fear in her heart. It was darkness with circles of red lights in a serpentine line. That wasn't the worst part, that trail of red circles lead to a pair of gigantic red glowing eyes. Those eyes looked at her with hunger, the sight making it impossible to breathe.

Leviathan quickly pulled her to him and they descended quickly beyond the abyss. If he had the power he could have told the beast to hold his ground but didn't have the power anymore. The beast Leviathan was behind their tail with a ravenous hunger. It hadn't been feed for a millennium and it needed some meat. Leviathan told himself to go faster as he saw the light at the bottom. It was the entrance. The beast was so close behind him and Merope was almost close to death that he thought he saw Azaeil the angel of death. Out of luck they made it to the light were they began to freefall. It only took seconds for them to hit the soft ground.

What the couple fell on was a bed of roses that were thorn free. Leviathan sighed in relief, "oh…that was fun wasn't it Mimi?" Merope didn't answer. "Mimi?" He looked down on her, her eyes her closed and she wasn't breathing. "Merope!" he screamed in fright. Suddenly he began giving her CPR, for a moment he thought he lost her to Azaeil until she started coughing up sea water.

Merope sat up breathing deeply with her hands on her face. What did she saw? Was that a nightmare? Leviathan answered her thoughts. "What you saw was the beast Leviathan and to anyone that sees him wishes he nothing but a nightmare." She uncovered her face all of a sudden she felt anger at him. Merope launched at him like a tiger about to send some blows at him until she noticed were she was.

It was like a garden out of a mystical paradise. There were plants both recognizable and others that were bizarre. At that moment she forgot about her quarrel with her lover. "What is this place?" she asked staring at the gardens unique beauty. "It's called the garden of life but, it's also called by another name."

"What name it that?"

"Eden."