Chapter 47: How Katarina Died
(Mag's POV)
We were settled on the plan we needed. "So, first we'll need to get the final alchemist for the spell," I said "and then we'll have to get the oceanic orb with our help from the beach." "But what is the oceanic orb," Jay asked. "I can explain that," aunt Abby said "when the Great Devourer was locked away years ago, the fangblades were scattered and hidden by only the secret venom map could depict. But the humans came up with a way to stop the fangblades from being used. The first group of alchemists created an ancient orb from pure ocean water. Anything put inside the orb would be consumed with a pure crystal and rendered useless. The orb was given to be protected by a clan of the first people to live in the ocean, the first mermaids," "WAIT! MERMAIDS!?" Jay! Nya slapped him in the back of the head and he mumbled stuff as he rubbed his soar head. "Yes, mermaids," nana continued "the underwater society was trusted to protect the oceanic orb and to keep it from any evil possible to destroy it. It took six alchemists to create the orb and it takes six alchemists to use it. We will have to simultaneously recite the spell at the same time and have the orb present in order to trap the fangblades within the orb." Ok now we have to figure out what we do next. "Alright," Crystal said "what do we do now?" I thought about that myself. There was something I needed to know, "How did our mom die?" The room looked up at me. Nana and aunt Abby looked down at the ground. "I think it's best to show you instead of tell," aunt Abby walked over to a table in the room with a crystal ball. "This crystal ball can show you any point in time up to the present," she carried it on a metal stand to the coffee table "just ask away and it will show you." She set it on the table and we leaned in to look at it. I glanced at my sisters. They looked at me with the same thought. 'Should we?' I looked into the sphere and saw its inner structure. "Show us how our mom died," I spoke the term carefully without stuttering. It suddenly glowed white and seemed to cast a large screen in the air. Everyone backed away and looked at the giant white rectangle in the air that slowly formed a picture.
(NO POV)
Katarina was in the desert facing the lost city of Orabouras. She had on a gray form fitting T-shirt, worn out denim jeans, black sneakers, a golden dagger pendant, and a katana was in a case on her back. Her eyes were green like the trio's and she had golden blonde hair held back in a pony tail with her gold bow. Her eyes were narrowed as she walked closer to the lost city. She had a mission, get the venom from the snake that poisoned her husband and prevent her first son from fighting his father. She reached the middle of the city when she heard silence around her. "Destructia!" her voice rang through the abandoned walls. A slither is heard behind her. "Well, well, well," Destructia reveals herself from her hiding spot in the shadows "Katarina Garmadon. I knew you'd be coming here." A grin plasters on each woman's face. "Then I guess you know what I want," Katarina turns to face the goddess of war and death. "Yes, you want the venom of the Great Devourer so you can make an anti-venom. You want to save your precious family." The pink snake and the human begin to circle each other in the center of the city. "I am going to keep my family together if it kills me," Katarina says reaching for the katana. "Well, I certainly hope you didn't promise on that," Destructia raises her tail's spike so it was drawn like a sword. The two stare at each other for three minutes when Katarina draws her sword and rushes the goddess. Destructia grins as she thrusts her tail just missing Katarina by inches. Katarina slices the air just barely missing the goddess as she whips around and slices back and clashes with the snake's tail. The two force back and forth just trying to overpower the other. Katarina pulls back and slices at her tail only leaving a small line in the scales. Destructia looks furious at the mortal for leaving a mark on perfection such as herself. They clash five more times before Katarina is pushed back to a wall. "What now Katarina," the goddess mocks her "I've seen all your moves." Katarina is breathing heavily. But faced by the goddess, she grins. "Ninja GOOOO!" Katarina begins to spin into a yellow tornado of shining light and sparkles. She is doing spinjitzu. The goddess is thrusted into a wall which knocks over a few stone bricks onto her head. "Not all my moves," Katarina says smiling. She walks over the goddess and holds the katana to her neck. "I want that venom." The goddess stares at her opponent with anger and defeat. "Fine," Destructia says snarling "I'll give you what you wish." Katarina lowers the katana enough so it wasn't to her neck. Than Destructia pounced and clamps her fangs into Katarina's neck. She screams as the fangs dig deeper into her neck and tare at her flesh. The goddess releases her grip and Katarina falls to her knees holding her bleeding neck. "You wanted venom," Lady Destructia says in a mocking tone. Katarina's breathing grows heavy and she growls at the goddess's comment. The war goddess laughs at her pain as she sprawls on the ground in pain. Destructia slithers in front of her and smiles at what pain she caused the wife and mother. Her tail raises and she throws it into the pain ridden woman's chest. Katarina cries out in pain as the tail's point is twisted and driven into her. "Ha ha ha! Is that venom as good as you wanted it?" Katarina has tears in her eyes as the pain grows and her vision starts to blur over several times. The war goddess smiles as she watches the woman bleed out on the stone ground. Destructia pulls the bow out of Katarina's hair with her fingers and ties it at the end of her red braid. But Katarina raises her arm one last time and yanks her dagger pendant off her neck and slams it into Lady Destructia's tail. Destructia yells as the pendant is forced into her tail. She rips her tail out of the bleeding body and tares Katarina's flesh with it. Katarina smiles as she watches the sky grow darker. The sand around them swirls into the air and turns to a giant storm. "What have you done you incompetent mortal!?" Destructia screams as the sand binds her. "I've secured you… to this… city," Katarina says taking pauses as she bleeds and tries to keep breathing "as long as…the five tombs… are sealed… you will be bound here… and can never reach… your true power." The goddess screams and yells in anger at her imprisonment. "I will destroy your family's bloodline you fool!" Katarina smiles at her handy work as the sand blocks the view from her fading eyes. The sand covers the city and it sinks below the desert in a giant heap of yellow rock. Katarina is bleeding out in the empty desert lying on her back in the sand smiling to herself. "I'm sorry," she starts to talk out loud "I couldn't do it." She coughs up blood on the ground as everything goes gray and hazy and comes right back. "I tried, but I… wasn't strong enough. I couldn't get the… venom. I couldn't… make the… anti-venom. It's up to… you kids. You… have to… stop the… family from… breaking… apart." She lies back in the sand and stares at the sun. The heat burning her face makes her close her eyes. But her breathing slows and soon her chest is soaked in her own blood. "I love you all," her chest falls and it doesn't rise again. The screen goes white and fuzzy as the picture goes away.