Zendaya and drew broke apart and looked at the others who were all watching, mouths practically hitting the floor. They stood like that for a few moments, until Zak broke the silence.
"Cool, I have a sister!" yelled Zak. Zendaya and Drew laughed. Zendaya walked over to Zak and ruffled his hair.
"Half sister, Zak" said Zendaya.
"Well, Argost did say you had over 32 kids." said Miranda.
"Zak, it is really great to finally meet you." she said.
"So, Zendaya, where have you been?" Drew asked in a motherly tone.
"Yah no, here and there. Watching over my little bro's and sis's." she said. Drew smiled at her daughter.
"I know you love to hang around this airship, a bit to much actually." Drew said.
"Well I love to be near my mama." she said sweetly. Drew rolled her eyes and hugged her daughter.
"So, why did you call for me?" she asked.
"I'm guessing you already know why." Drew said.
"Then you would be correct in your guess, I hears about it as soon as it happened. I always have a news channel on for home." Zendaya told them.
"Home, Rome is your home?" questioned Doc.
"Yeah"
"Drew you told me earlier you hadn't lived in Rome for several hundred years." said Doc.
"I haven't, Zendaya was born when I did live here, a long time ago." Revealed Drew.
"But you-" started Doc.
"Would be very old, yes I am much older than I appear." She told them.
"How" asked Miranda.
"Oh, I know!" shouted Zak. They all turned to him. "Since mom is nearly immortal it must pass down to her children." he said, completely sure of his answer.
"fraid not, little bro, sorry" said Zendaya. "I got my immortality because both" she said wiggling two fingers" my parents were nearly immortal." she revealed.
"But the only other immortal is" started Proffesor Muzuki.
"Argost!" yelled Doc. Okay now his wife had a kid with that monster!
"Yup" Zendaya said Proudly.
The scientists glanced at one another, then raised their weapons.
"Whoa,whoa,whoa" Drew said stepping in front of her daughter. "No one touches my daughter, or any of my children." she said forcefully. They didn't lower their weapons. "Zendaya means you no harm." Drew said sincerely.
"We want to hear that from her" said Dr. Beeman. They had been tricked to many times by Argost, who knows what his spawn could do.
"I mean you no harm, I am just here to help." she told them honestly. They looked at each other and cautiously lowered their weapons.
"What do you know about the cryptid down their?" Dr. Beeman asked.
"It's called Opaca Tenebris" she told them.
"oh, cool name" said Zak.
"let me guess, Latin" said professor Muzuki.
"Yup, it translates to the shadow darkness"
"accurate name" commented Doc.
"Yeah, I guess so" said Zendaya.
"How do we fight it?" asked Miranda eager to battle the Cryptid.
"You can't"
"There must be some way?" asked Drew.
"There is one way, but we can't." she said.
"why not?" said Zak. Zendaya looked at her mother, you could see the pain in Zendaya's eyes.
"It would be impossible" said Zendaya.
"Nothings impossible" said Zak.
"Zendaya" Drew said putting her hand reassuringly on her daughters shoulder. "What is it?"
"The stone" she whispered. Drew gasped.
"Zendaya, do you mean the moonstone?" asked Zak. Zendaya visibly stiffened and stepped closer to Zak.
"What do you know about the moonstone!" she hissed, rage in he eyes. Zak cowered away from his suddenly very Argost like sister. You could definitely see the resemblance between the two.
"Argost brought it to us" he said stepping in front of his son.
"Father, how did he get it? We destroyed it" Zendaya said looking confused.
"Apparently not my child." Drew said wrapping her arms protectively around her daughter and kissing her forehead.
"Wait" said Zendaya. "Luna Lapidus Mortis is here?" Zendaya asked horrified. Drew hesitantly nodded yes. Zendaya started shaking and looked like she was going to die of fright. She started to back away toward the balcony.
"Zendaya?" asked Doc.
"Sweetheart don't worry its deactivated." said Drew, Zendaya continued to walk backwards away from all of them.
"Mother I am sorry but I cannot be near that thing, it has caused me to much pain."
"Zendaya please stay" begged Drew.
"I cannot I'm sorry, but you're on your own." she jumped off of the balcony and fell to the ground.
"Zendaya" Drew screamed running to the balcony. All she saw were thick gray storm clouds. She knew Zendaya was alright but still the sight of her daughter jumping of an airship 6,000 ft in the air was pretty scary.
And another chapter done, can't wait till next week. RR