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Chapter 6: A Woe That Is Madness

Roger

While running, the trap door room resurrected in my mind. I thought that the black case was a safe that someone broke into; I believed it was empty and shattered because someone got inside of it. I was severely mistaken. It wasn't a safe for valuables-- it was in fact a tank!

Something black just shot up out of the sky from the river. It's must've been the monster. I pulled to a halt. Angel screamed. My vision followed the length of the black object. I estimated it to be a whopping 100 m tall. The whale was traveling so fast that it carried jets of water along the sides of its body. Eventually the water plunged down due to the laws of physics with a splash and everyone could see the strange creature for what it was.

Emphasis on it.

I called it a monster earlier-- and that's the only way I could in a nutshell describe this combination of a whale, eel, and sea snake. This thing also reminded me of a scaly hagfish anatomically. It had a spiked head, an elongated body like that of an eel's, and a paddle-like tail that peeked from the water below. It had a vast amount of razor-sharp teeth. A shark was nothing compared to this baby. I had never seen anything so horrific like it.

"What is that?" Angel screamed.

To my further awe, this science fiction spawn creature raised up in the air as if to dramatize a horror movie evil transformation process. Electricity from the power plant flowed amazingly through the air to its head, which seemed to conduct electricity. The lights coursed throughout its body as it absorbed the power.

There was a zap as more and more power rose from the plant to the creature. All its energy was derived from the humungous turbines that Angel turned on. The hydroelectric power phenomena I was witnessing before me was massive. There was enough power coursing through the monster to more than power the entire Paradigm City! It was hard to tell if the electricity benefited it or harmed it, but it was obvious that the monster was still alive. The fish resembled a disrupted wire during a hurricane storm. Its entire body was glowing blue and quaking.

I saw Angel's slim figure dashing ahead of me.

I reached my arm out. "Hey, where are you going?"

"This thing is none of my business. My job is over!" the troublemaker yelled.

"Wait! It's dangerous down there!" I yelled back.

"I'm going back to my car!"

I put my arm down. Fine then. I smirked. "A fallen angel." I lifted up my watch to my face. "Big O!"

The gadget beeped in acknowledgement. Then a set of coordinates blinked on the screen, the location of where the Megadeus would rise up. The designation was two miles away. I ran towards it and contacted Norman.

"As you instructed sir, I shipped it out last night," Norman said. "It should arrive in fifteen seconds."

"Thanks, Norman." I ran across the walkway, the same one I simply strolled on last night. I was nearer the monster than ever before now; I could see every detail of its long neck stretched above. I was out of its sight lines because it was still being distracted by the absorption of electricity. Good, I still had time.

I heard a beep of the car behind me. A sultry voice passed by in a pink sports car. "If you survive, let's get together sometime." And then she sped off.

"Of all the--" I muttered.

The monster shifted. It must've heard the beep of the car! It's numerous eyes followed the movement of the pink vehicle like an animal stalking prey. I checked my watch.

"This is it."

I jumped off the wall of the dam, the tumultuous water rushing below me. To anyone watching, they must've sworn me crazy. But life at the moment was anything but not crazy.

"It's showtime!" I yelled against the wind.