Robin glanced at his GPS checking to make certain they were traveling in the right direction. Somehow Mirra was heading the right way without using any equipment that Robin could see. It was like she could feel where Jessie was. As Robin thought about that, it made sense.

Looking down, a structure appeared in the gloom and seemed to loom out of the oppressive darkness of the deep water. As they approached Robin noticed that it was basically a huge network of tunnels that resembled a hamster's home. It sprawled like thick black veins over the ocean floor casting muted light along its sides. Bright search lights cut through the darkness looking for possible enemies. Looking for them, Robin knew. These people knew their first line of defense had been breached.

"They will probably have more security measures on the inside and along the perimeter of the base. We will have to move carefully." If it were just him, Robin knew he would be able to move stealthy, but he had no idea what Mirra was capable of in such situations.

She studied the structure before informing him, "They seem to have a lot of power running through this. A little more than this building would need even considering life support and general powering of this place."

Robin hovered there watching the base. Mirra pointed to a large box at the center of the of the sprawling complex.

"That is where my sister being held. That is also most of the power seems to be diverted to."

He had no way to confirm what Mirra saw or more likely felt. Turning over possible ways to get in undetected he kept coming back to the same almost crazy idea. So he asked, "Can you bring that shark back?"

Mirra shrugged.

"I can ask it to return and perform tasks, but it is entirely up to the shark whether it does what I ask or not. My sister held sway over animals, not me."

So this plan rested on the whim of a shark, Robin thought. This would either fail miserably or work out perfectly.

"It's worth a shot. If you can, get it to ram that portion of the structure." He pointed the area that was farthest from them. Mirra nodded her understanding then clapped her hands together. A wave of energy rippled outwards in all directions from her. Robin felt a strange sensation as it passed through him, like he was hearing a garbled language and being energized at the same time. Together the two of them hovered and waited. For a long time nothing happened, and he was on the verge of giving up and trying to think of a new plan when Mirra pointed to something in front of them. Out of the darkness a large grey shape took form.

The shark had returned, but it wasn't alone, there was now a whole school of sharks, and even a pod of whales. The big one that had attacked Robin earlier broke away from the school and swam small lazy circles around Mirra. It seemed to Robin as if the two were communicating with each other though neither made a sound. After what seemed like minutes of an intense stare down the shark glided back to the school which angled towards the base.

"They will help us free my sister, but only because of who she is and the fact that we freed one of them."

Robin sighed in relief.

"They also say they can stay only a short while it is their time of breeding and the their next generation will suffer if they do not make it the breeding waters in time."

Robin nodded, he could expect no more than the creatures were willing to give the fact they agreed to help at all was a small miracle. The fact that so many answered Mirra's call was a shock to him. Now that Robin looked closer he could see there were many different species of shark present.

They watched as the sharks swam to the area Robin had pointed out. He wondered if Mirra had warned them to avoid any other humans. He hoped so because if not they would be destroyed. The sharks and whales went to work bombarding the base. The sharks bit and ripped the search lights from the sides while the whales put large dents in the walls by ramming their bodies into them. Some of those areas started spewing bubbles where the metal had cracked all the way through to the interior of the base. A group of small, but long fish appeared out of the dark depths. They latched onto the structure and gnawed holes into the metal. It took them only moments for bubbles to bellow out of the small circular holes.

Robin recognized them. "Cookie cutter sharks."

"We know them by a different name where I am from, but I have heard them called that before too."

After many holes had been drilled into the walls the strange fish swam off, back to where they had come from. It suddenly accrued to Robin that he amount of pressure from the water could potentially flatten the whole structure and kill everyone inside including Jessie. Mirra guessed where his thoughts had gone and assured him.

"Don't worry, these people will not die if they react quickly in sealing the breaches."

He sighed in relief. Mirra snorted then moved away from where the sharks were attacking. On the opposite side she found a docking bay for submarines. Together the two of them slipped in unnoticed because of the chaos the sharks and whales were causing in the other parts of the base.

Inside there was a single submarine that was probably a supply ship. Unfortunately it had not been unloaded so there was nothing but empty space between them and the guard stationed by the door. A second guard paced back and forth along the water's edge obviously bored. Robin sighed in relief, a bored guard was a guard that was paying only half as much attention to his job as he should be.

"We need to take them both out at the same time or they could raise the alarm." He checked his belt and was about to pull out some knives when Mirra laid a hand on his shoulder and pointed to the camera stationed above the door.

"I think that is connected through a different system. And I might have a way to knock them out a bit more naturally. Then you can take out the video feed and it will be like we were never here."

A good idea Robin thought which also made him wary.

"There will be more cameras," he pointed out.

"But they are all linked." She smiled at him and he pretended not to notice how smug she looked.

"How do you know?"

"I can see the flow of electricity. A gift from the spirit who resides in me. Though I have never seen so much outside of lightning storms."

Which made him wonder what kind of world Mirra came from. Mirra looked around and smiled a wolfish grin.