Kia swam around the border of Atlantis, riding the oxygenated current that was built to keep the Atlanteans breathing.
She grabbed a hand hold and caught her breath, looking below at the amphitheater.
Her advisors would be expecting her to address the populace today.
More comforting words about the cracks in the dome.
She preferred her sojourns beyond the dome, exploring and finding things to make her happy.
Kia swung out of the current and slipped out of the hole in the barrier, into the beyond, affixing a rebreather to her mouth to regulate her breathing to normal oxygen levels.
Her necklace swung in the waves and entangled in her dark hair.
"Pateh..." Kia fingered it, opening it and looking at the face of the traveler; Byakuya Ishigami.
No matter how far she traveled, she did not find any sign of humans, or where Byakuya had gone. She was aware that humans were not of the long-lived race like Atlanteans, and it was likely he was long dead.
Perhaps a descendant could help her; could save Atlantis.
She gazed below the city, where light could be seen in the hollowed out cave, and a witch named Rachelle plotted to take the crystal.
Kia could not defeat her alone. She clutched the other thing around her neck; her own personal Medusa. Just like every member of the royal family, she had the ability to parasitize with the alien technology. But unfortunately, the method had been lost. Lost with her mother, the last one to use it. She had no knowledge of how to use her magic, her power.
The human traveler knew. She had to find him, no matter what forbidden power she must use. Or the mercenaries would use the power to destroy the world.