White Shark Café : Pacific Ocean
Gawr Gura & Co.
After a bit of preparation. Gura and her army finally reaching the white shark café. Which is basically some kind of giant submarine building that swimming
in full circle at around hundreds of meters depth water. A hundreds of great white shark can be seen swimming around and get into the building under
Atlantean guards' supervision.
" That's white shark café. Let's get inside and asked about Takoz's whereabouts!" Gura shouting in excitement, controlled her Megalodon to swimming closer
to the building. But Holf on her colossal squid's back suddenly stopped her.
" Hold up! This café is a sacred place where only white shark and chosen Atlantean can visited it and chilled around.
You are emperor and probably could have get in there. But I afraid that our soldiers must waited outside." Cuttlefish queen explained.
To Gura's surprise. The Atlantean ministers and generals seems to actually accept that. " Can't we just stormed that place down?" She asked.
" It's white shark café, Gura. Our sacred animal from your family. If there is a rules. We must obey." Martillo said, before he will start discussing things with
his ministers.
After a moment. Poe is the one who being pushed forward. " She's the youngest among us. Maybe you could have her as your guest or something."
Crustacean king said.
" But I want my friends with me!" Gura said, pointing at Ina and Ame who is swimming nearby with their mounts shark and shrimps.
Holf sighed. " I will come with you. I probably could have host some guest with my status. You and your friends can gets in together. But remembered.
Keep wearing that hoodie! It is essential to our plan."
She then pointed at Ina'nis who her own back is being covered in purple tako hoodie.
""" Okay!"""
…
After five minutes of arguing with the guards. Holf finally revealed her status as a queen of cephalopod kingdom and causing every guards to looking into
each other eyes. Before one of them will quickly running inside the building while the rest open the front door at last, letting five of them to gets in.
Inside the building. They could see the big hallway where a lot of round tables standing here and there with so many chairs near them.
Almost every table are being occupied by great white shark in many shapes and sizes while the rest belong to the armed octopus soldiers who staring at
Gura and her friends with somewhat unfriendly manners.
But the center of the room are the big stage that standing at the end of the hallway. Where the genetic engineering lantern shark are pointing their spotlight
eyes toward the empty area. As if the actor will start performing at any moment.
As the guards start leading them toward the direction. Poe turns to whispered with Gura.
" Remembers. In this café we are all equal. No flexing your big fat tail around and start beating everyone up like how you usually do. At least until I say yes."
" I never done that!" Gura seething. But they suddenly stopped when the guard has lead them toward the white curtain near the stage before he will open it,
revealing the biggest table in the room with a lot of foods and drinks for them to see.
At the center of the table. One man in octopus hoodie is sitting proudly, before he will waving at Gura and her friends to sit down.
" Welcome to the white shark café, my emperor. And my wife too. I hope everyone can have a good time here." He completely ignored Amelia, Ina'nis and
Poe, gesturing at his wife to sit next to him while Gura sit at the head of the table. The rest are sitting as they pleased.
" Takoz. We need to talks about-" Calm down, my emperor. No need to be hurry here. Have you ever eaten mackerel steak? It's good to your liver."
The cephalopod king cut Gura off and handing the menu to her.
" There are an armies surrounding this place. If you didn't know yet." Poe muttered.
Takoz snorted. " They don't dare attacking when their precious emperor are at risks. Beside, why would they do that? I am not you guys enemy."
" You support Scylla rebellion with your army technology." Gura said.
Takoz raised his eyebrows. " Really? How can you proved that?"
" The fact that you are hiding here with hundreds of octopus soldiers around us should be obvious enough!" Poe snorted.
" Okay. Let's assume that you guys speculation are right. What could I gain from that? A war hurt me as much as everyone else." Takoz questioned.
" Well…" Gura and Poe looking at each other eyes, running out of idea.
" Isn't it obvious? If Scylla and her rebels win. You can claimed to be their supporters and gain a lot of power by yourself.
Maybe to become a king of Atlantis itself!" Ame sneered with the knowledge that she learned from historical drama shows.
" A bit better! Never expected that from human. But here come another question. Where are you gonna put another 'Gawr' in this equation?" Takoz asked,
his voice sound genuine.
" Eh? You may wanting to be by his side. A right hand man who hold true power. I think?" Ame scratches her head.
" And you just revealed yourself that you know about Moenaomii. Asshole!" Poe snarled, causing every guards to pointing their guns at her.
" The news about him could be heard all over the kingdom." Takoz waves dismissively for his men to sit down.
" But his identity is also interesting isn't it? A mix of shark and whale. If done right. He could be the bridge that ends the conflicts between two species
forever."
" No one gonna let half-whale to ruled our great white kingdom. It's an unthinkable!" Poe spat.
" And yet your sister, a whale. Almost become the emperor herself. And Gura is also half human aren't she?" Takoz raised his eyebrows,
causing Poe to looking at her own feet.
" Listen. Talking some random complicate things can only distract a child. Get your point across or we can just surround this place until your smartass died of
old age." Amelia asked, causing Holf to giggled until Takoz touching her shoulder.
" Shut up." He said softly, causing his wife to shrugged and drinking something from the table instead of looking at him.
" You shouldn't said something like that to your wife." Gura comments.
" Just ignored this gold digger. My points is that anyone can be the emperor nowadays. And as one of the brains of this empire.
I want the best for my people. The good leader who can lead in both tough and peaceful time. You may be that person.
But Moenaomii is another choices. Now that Chloe is off the table."
" Are you saying that you wanted to see if Moenaomii or me are the better leader? Why don't you just putting us in a contest or something?
Instead of war that killed more than ten thousands Atlantean?" Gura snarled, her eyes start glowing red as the girl's anger has rise above chart.
Takoz sipping his drinks. " Nothing can test you like real life problem. Value of a person will be proven when the trouble hit their face. Not by some exams.
You are facing one. And Moenaomii is facing another. Both of you have to get this through in order to win this game."
" And you cannot just sitting here and waiting for my answers like angel shark on the sea floor, either. Moenaomii is on the works.
And if what I heard about him is true. All life on our planet is on the stage too. You guys must act now.
Attacking this sacred place and try to captured me alive and torture me for the answer I am not going to give you.
Or leaving this café alone to try solving the problem with your own wits. It is up to you."
Every octopus soldiers in the café is standing closer now, pointing their guns at the girls face.
" But you will be killed too if Moenaomii plan successes. Aren't you afraid?" Gura asked, gripping her trident tightly as she is looking around.
Holf slowly shook her head.
" I has nothing to lose here. My children are on the another planet. And my former wife whom I actually loved has died long ago.
I aren't afraid of death, what about you?" Octopus king smiled. Before he will changing the subject.
" But you're all a guests that I have to hosted. So, a bit of service is required then. How about this? Let's playing our octopus ancient game called PUNisher.
If any of you can make a joke that can make me laughed. I will told you a bit of information about Moenaomii and his plan. Sounds good?"
All eyes suddenly turning to Ina'nis, causing her to blinks.
" Me again?"
" Go. Go. Ina! Show your punning skills!" Ame cheered.
" Our hope are on your back now!" Gura agreed.
" Not sure why. But I believe in you!" Poe said. While Holf simply laughed and sipping more drinks, Takoz's hand on her thighs.
…
After a bit of quarrels, Ina'nis finally being pushed toward the center of the stage where the lantern shark's light are being shine on her.
Gaining everybody's attention.
" Hi~ Good day. I thinks?" Ancient one priestess in octopus hoodie sweats heavily despite being underwater.
Almost all of the guests are great white shark (animal, not some Atlantean clan.) who just looking at her with their black,
empty eyes while they are devouring the fatty seal meat that waitress has given to them on luxury plate.
Some even drinking fish blood from the jar on the table but most just swimming around after finishing their meals. Didn't care for Ina'nis in the least.
The rest of the audience aren't any better. They are all octopus man and woman who holding some kind of squid shaped gun in their hands.
These guys' fingers never moved away from the trigger even when Ina'nis trying her best to smiles at them.
" I understand that the situation are complicated. But entertaining should be one of the simplest joys everyone should get as much as they could!
So I will doing my best!" Priestess punching the air in front of her, trying to getting anyone's attention.
But except for Gura and Amelia's clapping. Everyone seems rather just stared at her questioningly.
" Okay! Let's begin with basic stuff first! One day when I am working part time jobs as a librarian. A person visited me and asked.
'I would like to make a reservation.' But I cannot let him do that. Do you know why?"
When everyone is still looking at her. Ina'nis solemnly said. " Because it's library and we are fully booked!"
The silence of the whole room was so much that Ina could heard zooplankton coughing. Amelia stopped looking at her pocket watch and glaring at her
friend's eyes in disbelief. While Gura has spilled her drink by accident.
" I… I am sorry!" Ina'nis cries, her face turned tomatoes red.
" I used to visit Sahara deserts. But it's less dries than your joke!" Gura accused, throwing the cup away while Poe seemed to actually thinking that the joke
is funny. But Takoz and Holf remained unimpressed. While great white shark and the octopus guards may as well as haven't heard that as they are doing
their own stuff like nothing ever happened.
" I will give you another chance!" Takoz bellows. Causing Ina'nis to flinched and quickly regaining her composure.
" Okay, this is from my earlier experience while Gura is visiting my home months ago." " Hey! Don't dragged me into the dirt pits you called joke!"
Gura protested, but Ina'nis ignored her as she continued her story.
"… That's one busy day and I don't have time to go shopping myself despite the fact that there aren't any foods left.
So, while eating our last bits of peanut butter sandwiches as breakfast I told Gura 'Please go to the grocery store at the other side of the street and asked
for a jug of milk. And if they have avocados, get six.'
I then cleaning my house and finished all homework while waiting for Gura to returned. But she took an hour to come back!
I even thought she went missing or something. But when she returned…" Ina'nis trying to hold back her laughter.
" She carried six jugs of milk! Using her mouth, head, hands and arms. After opening the door with tail muscles.
Gura then dropping it all down and yelled to me. 'They had avocado!' "
" Oh nyo!" Gura covering her red face as she tried to hide under the table. While Amelia start laughing her ass off.
" Oh! I remembered that day. A milk party day aren't it? Aha! Now I know why you guys refused to tell me where are all those unwanted milk came from!"
Amelia hammering her own hands while Poe and Holf start giggling nonstop.
Even some octopus guards giving Ina a small chuckled too. But all great white shark didn't because they couldn't understand sh*t.
" There is line between funny and second hand embarrassments." Takoz lectured, remained unimpressed.
" This is your last chance. Tell the joke I can laughed. Or all of you can get out of this café!"
Amelia pulling Gura back on the table again as they are trying to look straight at Ina'nis who gulped. Judging by Takoz expression.
The story about how Ina holding a coin and said 'I am Inacent' while being accused of stealing Amelia's cookies or the time when Gura confused between
''one to six' and 'one, two, six' during Kiara's Cover Corp company groups lectured are not gonna work for sure.
She has to looks for something better than her average pun.
" Okay. The final story happened shortly after the battle of New York. When Calli and Kiara brought their soon-will-adopted child.
Kobo, I think. Toward the hotel we have booked for a night. While everyone are doing the reservations in the lobby. Leaving Kobo and me to struggle
for topic to talks about.
Kobo suddenly asked me ' What's upstairs?' And pointing her finger toward the hotel's stairs. So I told her. ' Who know? Gotta asked if he is okay or not!'
So Kobo start talking with stairs while I am laughing out loud. At least until Calli and Kiara start pulling my ears from behinds!"
The death silence after Ina finished talking tell her that no one has impressed.
" All of you out of here. And I might forgive you in thousands of years or so." Takoz gets up, pulling his wife with him as the guards are getting closer,
pointing their guns at Gura and her friends.
" So that's it? Time to return searching for Moenaomii in vain. I guessed?" Gura moaned.
" No, Gura." Poe whispered, seeing that Holf has looked into Ina'nis eyes and nodded. Signaling her to follow their plans.
" It's time to flex your big fat tail!"
" I see!" Gura said, creating a small waterspout in the middle of the room as she is telling every great white shark in the area to start aiding her.
All of them crashing into the guards from behinds and knocking most of them out. While she is swimming toward Takoz, aiming at his head with trident of
Atlantis.
Some guards start blasting their guns. But Poe pulling her hidden spear out and start beating the sh*t out of them while their attention was on Gura.
Causing Takoz to crying in shock when seeing that the fight aren't going his way as much as how he has expected.
In the end, Gura take the octopus king as her hostage, pointing blue trident toward his neck as she yells a commands.
" Drop your weapons! Or he dies!"
" Ignore her! My life aren't matter. Do it. For the sake of Atlantis!" Takoz shouts, causing some guards to start aiming their guns at Gura.
But they are all being stunned when Ina'nis suddenly shouts.
" Stop!"
When everyone is looking at her. Priestess continues to speak.
" Why are you guys like this? Sh*t on someone else jokes! Trying to classify them while there are only thing that matter about every jokes in the world.
It is just for fun! And when you are trying to look deeper into them you won't feel the magic of joyfulness anymore! Now I will asked you one last time.
Are you not entertained!?"
Priestess then throwing the tako hoodie away and turning her naked back toward everyone in the café to see.
""""""""""" Uwoooooaaaaahhhh! ! !""""""""""" Every octopus man crying in vain as their eyes start bleeding from excitement.
Takoz tries to turned away from Priestess shining back. But Holf who already wearing a blindfold suddenly twisted his head toward Ina'nis,
causing him to screaming in agony.
" No! I don't want this! This is the pleasures that I have forgotten! But it is too much! My heart is gonna bursts!" The octopus king cries as his soldiers start
passing out one by one. Before there will be no single cephalopod Atlantean who awake in that room except for Holf who still sit in place with the blindfold
and asked ' Is it over yet?' Toward anyone who listens.
" What's wrong with everyone?" Poe question, sipping her fish blood cocktail as she is staring at the whole things in disbelief.
" Everyone has their own fetish. I guessed?" Amelia answered, biting her empty antique pipe just to feeling a bit more badass.
…
" Please! ! ! I can't live like this! I need her back PRIESTESS BACK! Give it to me!" Takoz who being binds on the chair and locked in Atlantean jails
cries his eyes out as Gura and her friends are staring at him from the outside. Holf who just turned into regent queen of cephalopod kingdom by Gura herself
and other ministers are staring at him with pity.
" Ha! Who knows there will be one day when your smartass are desperate like this, Humu! Watching priestess back that you cannot see is helluva satisfying!"
Crustacean king laughed, playing his personal tablet that keep the picture of Ina'nis back in front of him since Ina'nis refused to showing her real back again
after the fiasco that happened in white shark café.
" Please! I will tell you everything! Just give me her back!" Takoz cries, mouth foaming in desperation.
" Okay, here is the deal. I have turned picture of Ina'nis back into barnacle jigsaws. I will give you one pieces for each question. Sound good?" Tigre offered.
A sinister smiles on his lips.
" Yesn't! Please gimme!" Octopus king cries at top of his lungs as he start pleading.
" Wait, but he is being tied right now! How can he pieces those jigsaw together after you have thrown them in?" Gura whispered.
Tigre grinned. " He can't. But he doesn't need to know that. At least until he has answers all of our questions."
Gura and Ame silently giving Tigre a thumbs up before they will turning toward Takoz again
" Okay. First is. Do you funds Scylla projects and knows Moenaomii before all this?" Tiger shark king asked.
" Of course! Those young Atlantean are just internet mobs! They will being destroyed within months of action without experience man's aid!
That's the reason why I told some of my octopus soldiers to joining them!"
Takoz yelled.
" Ahem, Moenaomii?" Tigre asked, lifting one piece of jigsaw up but refused to throwing it in jail.
" He is son of Shylily! Girass's girlfriend who survived being sacrificed to the Leviathan and being trapped in our home planet like Poe and a lot of sacrificed
Atlantean girls. It's seem that Shylily has pregnant before she will being sacrificed without anyone knowing!"
Tigre snorted, tossing one piece of jigsaw inside the jails before he will asking another question.
" But how do you got to know him?"
"…. Some of my man has joined your operation in reclaiming our original planet after Gura has break the barrier that prevents everyone from getting in and
out, remember? They has a private meeting with Fae while your army has not noticed."
" You befriended those tree f**ker!? You f**king betrayal!" Tigre suddenly yelled, causing every Gura to look at him questioningly.
" Sorry, but I am out of the loop here. What is Fae?" Shark girl asked.
Tigre cleared his throat. " Their information is in the report of our campaign. Basically. When our army marching across the land where Atlantean has
breeding prehistoric earth animals and other alien creatures. We have met the great desert where the giant dying tree has stand there
since millions of years ago.
And inside the trees. We met a great resistance from the creatures that similar to elf and yet different at the same time.
More savage and is a master of curses. They called themselves Fair Folks or Fae and claiming that our planet has belonged to them.
They refused any diplomatic relationship and start attacked us in every way possible and is the main cause of casualties in our campaign.
They are the reason why I asked for more budgets last year to improve our foot soldiers speeds.
And this man talk with them behind our backs!" He pointed at Takoz accusingly.
" You are just being drowned by your own bias. Some of them are willing to talk with reasonable person. And yes, listen to their story.
We now know that they related to elf clan. Comparable to how chimpanzees different from baboon."
" And how does that has anything to do with Moenaomii?" Gura asked, throwing more pieces of jigsaw inside the jail when Tigre is too angry to do it himself.
" I did not know the whole story. But Fae seems to be the one who take care of Shylily and her son during all this time.
Moenaomii probably heard about his own story from his mother and wanting to get what rightfully belonged to him. And Fair Folks who know that their
kingdom are being attacked by Atlantean. Wanting to use him to distract enemies from the sea. So they introduced me to know Moenaomii.
A good lad who may be a fine leader, I supposed. But I suspected that he has a fight with his mother beforehand. Any attempt of me to talk about Shylily got rejected."
" Do you think she is dead? Is that why he want a revenge?" Martillo asked.
Takoz shook his head. " Doubt it. He insist that despite the 'difference idea' his mother is still under care of Fae. It seems that there is some disagreement
between them. But he some time said that when all of this is over. His mother will become queen of Atlantis again. So she must be still alive somewhere."
Ame and Ina helps throwing a piece of jigsaw inside the jail when everyone seems to lost in their own thought.
" So all of this is a sabotage from fairies? To prevent us from invading their home?" Detective asked.
" There must be something deeper than that. Moenaomii or Shylily probably cannot knowing about the 'super cleaning' microorganisms by themselves.
Which mean Fair Folks are likely to be the one who giving them information. Which is mean…" Tigre stopped talking for everyone to process the thought.
"""""" They must be watching us for a very long time.""""""
" No, all of this may even links together. How the hell can those guys appeared on our planet anyways. Do they looks smart enough to have spacefaring
technology?" Crustacean king asked Tigre, who slowly shook his head.
" Not in a million years. They are just magic using foragers."
" Okay, let's put these tinfoil theories together for a moment. Near the end of first Atlantis planet. Some priests want to used a mixed chemical or organism
whatsoever to clean their polluted ocean. Emperor Gorgo rejected, get killed by his brother who want to used it. And then BOOM! The end of Atlantis.
Before the water level on our planet will being reduced dramatically and a forest start growing and then it is being occupied by some tree-loving folks who
aren't supposed to be here. Is that sound familiar?" Gura asked.
" Godlike being that can change the reality at will and seems wanting to destroy someone else civilizations? I have heard about this before." Ina'nis rubbing
her chin as she is thinking.
" When I think about it. The ancient theology book from my parents treasure room seems to written about old gods that we used to worshipping before we
will move out of our planet too. What was she being called again? It's at the tip of my brain!" Poe tilted her head as she is trying to recalled her childhood
memories.
Gura, Ina and Amelia looking at each other eyes. Before they will nodded.
""" Mother Nature, right?"""
" Oh yes, that one!" Orca girl admitted.
….
Atlantis Space Port : Atlantic Ocean
" We must called everyone we can summoned now. If the council has involved. Destruction of this planet is highly possible. So we must be ready to
evacuate." Martillo advices, pointing at Tigre who start ordering his troops to packing their things.
" Aren't there any other choices? This planet is our home!"Gura questioned, watching her friends who unsuspectingly in awe with the colorful Atlantean
armies around them.
" We must stopped Moenaomii in every way that possible. And hope that the 'cleaner' organism is not already working or that he knows how to canceled it."
Crustacean king said solemnly.
" But we don't know where he is!" Gura argued, before she will getting an idea. " I can use myself as a bait!"
Old lobster shook his head. " Too risky. He may have a way to killing you from afar or just simply ignored you while waiting for the cleaning organism to do
its jobs."
" Then what else can we do? There aren't much we know about him. Is he has any girlfriend or love one? All we know is that he wanted to fight me and that
he has…" "" His mom!""
The lightbulb suddenly appeared on top of Gura and Martillo head at the same time.
…
Atlantis Meeting Hall
"Are we really doing this? Using mom as hostage sound scummy as hell!" Gura questioned, but Tigre and other ministers are already on the works.
" Nobody is saying that. We just need to find Shylily and convinced her to stop Moenaomii from whatever he is trying to do. Takoz sid that he fights with her
before arriving our planet. Maybe this is just the biggest child rebellious phase in the universe or something." Crustacean king corrected her.
" Okay. Assuming that she is under Fae's cares. And that they want Moenaomii to f**k our planet ups. They will not just handed her to us like a Christmas
gifts. In fact, we may have to fight our ways in to find her. Any suggestions?" Gura asked another questions.
Tigre cleared his throat. " I used to see their trees and fighting with them for quite some time. There are some rules when you faced those folks.
First ; We muse not let them know our real names. Or they will using a curse that can torture the hell out of us until death is better options.
One of my soldiers being eaten alive by some invisible force for months after returning home in Pacific Ocean before he will finally begged to be killed."
" But if they know about Atlantean half as much as what we suspected. They must know about Gura too." Poe warned.
" Yes, that is the reason why I am against letting her there. But you already made up your mind, aren't you?" Martillo sighed, seeing the look on Gura's face.
" I am the emperor of Atlantis. If I am gonna send someone to risk their lives for my sake. I rather done that myself. Beside, isn't Shylily is my father's Ex
or something? Perhaps a girl from Gawr family can convinced her to returning home." Gura insisted.
" We will go there too! Me and Inya are not Atlantean. So they shouldn't know our names, right?" Amelia raised her hands. Ina'nis nodded in agreement.
" Fine! But if you guys are going to visit the Atlantean home planet. You better need someone who lives there for quite some time.
Having decent survival skills and good at directions." Martillo clarified, causing Poe to puffed like a balloon as she is waiting for him to pointed at her.
" Which is why I recommend Tigre. Are you ready to be Gura's guide?" Martillo asked, causing Tigre to chuckled while Poe is screaming from behinds.
" Sorry. But I have to prepare our armies for upcoming war. You better find someone else as a guide."
Gura looking passed Poe who keeps pointing at herself for a while.
" Anyone else?"
" Are you guys trying to pick a fight with me or what!?" Orca girl wailed, trying to choked Gura but being pulled back by Crustacean king and Tigre.
" Wasn't you just get lost in your own home while looking for toilet earlier? How can I expected you to leading me there!" Gura questioned.
" I am being trapped in that planet for thousands of years. Of course I am gonna remembered it better than my own home!" Poe defense herself.
" Fine! It will be just four of us then. But how can we get there?" Gura asked, giving up on trying to search for a better guide.
" There are some place that can be used as a ritualistic gateway to our homeland. Like the one in Bermuda Triangle or Tasman sea." Tigre explained.
" But Moenaomii may already know about those places! He might placed some army to waiting for us there, ready to ambushed." Martillo objects.
" We don't know about how many Atlantean that are still working for him. But they are probably not bigger than our fleets right?
We can just marched the entire army there and if Moenaomii wants to fight. We give him some." Tigre suggested.
Gura shook her head. " Do you forget about his whales sonic attacks? He will fried our fleets in no time. We gotta do it in sneaky mode."
" I afraid that. Even with our newest camouflage technology. It's still unable to fooled the one who know where to looks.
Especially now that he has support from my husband. Master of camouflage technology himself." Holf cleared her throat.
" We have to used the unpopular gateway then. Any idea?" Gura asked. Every ministers seem to have no answer for that.
" Uh. Perhaps we can used this one." Penguin king shakily suggested, pointing his hands toward the map of the pacific ocean.
At somewhere in the many islands of Indonesian sea.
" Do we ever built a gateway there?" Tigre frowned. But Martillo face suddenly brightens.
" No. But they might. Let's see if our agreement with land dwellers are still valid or not!"
…
Storm Breaker Island : Indonesia
Gura, Ina, Ame and Poe
" Soooo. In the ancient time. Atlantean and human somehow met and agree to creating some kind of protectors that will warned both side if there are any
great threat happened to this planet. And some of them are living on this island, right?" Gura shouts to be heard over the wind as her Megalodon is cruising
through the stormy sea in front of her. A fog and cloud around them make it become almost impossible for two Atlantean and two human to see their ways.
But after going full straight for a while. They finally see a shape of Island not too far away from their location.
" Yes. They built a giant lighthouse that you can see over there. Legends said that it will being lit when the great threat come." Poe shouted back,
before she will continue her story. " In a sense. These guys are both our and your friends cousin. These people DNA are a mixing of Atlan people and human
being. Which is mean they can manipulate water like us. Just not in our level."
" But it must be a very long time since we have visited them, right? Will they still remembered and agree to help us?" Gura asked.
" They must. This is their duty as an part of our agreement after all. Or that's what I was hoping for!" Orca girl chuckled, before she will sensing something
amidst of the heavy rain that keep blasting into their faces.
"Told your shark to stop if you don't want it to get beached here. The water is currently too shallow for her."
" Time to swims then!" Amelia nodded, before she and Ina'nis will jumping from the giant shark's back as it is turning away from the rocky island.
With little to none sunlight to see. There aren't much living beings in the water. Except for some algae, seaweeds and maybe a bit of barnacles.
The shore seems disturbingly deserted. While a low cries of seabirds could be heard by Poe's supersensitive ears. There aren't any visible signs of any animal
in the area. Fishes, crabs, shrimps or squids seem to be in hiding for some reason. Maybe because of the heavy storm around them.
Amelia think she saw a movement behind one submerged rocks. But Ina'nis pulling her toward their friends direction before she could investigating it.
They have to time to playing around after all.
" So what are we going to called them when we met? Protector of land and sea?" Gura asked when their feet finally hits the gravel shores.
With the water not deeper than 50 centimeters. It is easier for them to just walks instead of swimming.
Poe tilted her head. " Good question. We didn't contact them for a very long time and didn't know how they are right now.
Perhaps you could introduce yourself as a leader of Atlan people and waiting for their reaction. "
" How about Shaman? Kiara and Calliope's child that coming from Indonesia seems to called herself that way." Ina'nis asked, pulling Amelia to sitting on one
big rock with her tentacles.
Gura kicking a small pebbles out of her way. " You just reminded me of that blue girl! She can summons a rain, right? There might be a connection between
her and this place. Man! I should have talked to her a bit more!"
" Her story is confusing as hell. So I don't recommended!" Amelia who is being there while Subaru asking Kobo a lot of questions shuddered,
remembering how the girl's story changed from her being a demon lord to the shaman and then water in a matter of minute.
" Doesn't matter now, right? We are already here after all." Poe concluded, leading them toward the shore that full of slippery rocks in many shapes and
sizes. Some having a pool big enough for four of them to comfortably swimming inside.
The storms seems to not reaching the islands for some reason, leaving only a bit of rains to falling over the girls head as they start walking deep into the
islands. But the sunlight has not fully returned. The world around them feels more like dawn or evening time than the midday they actually are.
Except for lichen and very small weeds. There aren't any plants on this island despite how humid it is. Maybe there aren't enough sunlight for the big tree
to grow here after all.
" Are you sure anyone actually want to lives here? I wouldn't!" Amelia sighed, see nothing but endless rocks, water pools and lichen all the way to the giant
lighthouse that can be seen far away.
How long are they gonna have to walking through all those crap?
" They probably don't. But it's their duty. Their existence are on this island as a guardian of this planet. So-" " Shii! I heard something!"
Gura cutting the conversation down after she heard a sound of footsteps not far away from them.
Shark girl pulling her trident out while Amelia is scrambling for her Glock.
Poe could heard it too. She slowly gets her sea urchin spear out while they are waiting in silence for whatever behind those big rocks to approach them.
A sound of water splashing in the rock pool make Amelia winced, she quickly turned her gun there as the thing from sci-fi horror movie slowly emerge from
the still water. It has a greenish body. Black eyes that larger than her fist and a teeth that can compare to her finger.
The thing slimy body seemed to twitching a little as it is walking toward four girl, long tongue twisting in its reek mouth.
" Stay completely still. It is the deep one. Atlantean that being pushed into the deeper water and devolved into mere animal.
It's always hungry and probably want a piece of our. But I've learned how to talk with it before and will tell him to go ruined someone else life instead of us."
" But how can they living on lands like this? Normal sunlight should blind their eyes!" Poe asked.
" Welp, there's a rain all over the place and light is kinda dim here. Plus the rumors that Moenaomii want deep one as his soldiers.
Maybe he has sends some to searching for foods here. Let's me talk with him first!"
Gura then gritted her teeth at the deep one, who gritted back.
They are doing that back and forth for a moment until Amelia can't stay silent any longer.
"What's you friend wisdoms?" Detective asked.
" Same thing all over. I asked him why he is here. He said 'I am hungry'. I asked if he find anyone nearby and so and so but he keep on saying.
'I am hungry.' Guess I will have to told him to left this place then." Gura explained, stepping in the way as the beast start looking at Ame while drooling.
Clearly aiming for the one with biggest meat inside the groups.
Gura gritted her teeth so loud that Amelia instinctively flinched. But the beast then gritting back even louder.
" What did the fish guy said?" Amelia asked.
" That's he is hungry-Ouch!" Gura turning to answers her friend when the deep one suddenly biting her arm. It teeth could not break through the blue hoodie
she is wearing. But the sharp pain still make shark girl stumbles as they are dancing around on the slippery floor of this island.
Without thinking. Amelia raised her pistol and shoots, sending 10 mm. auto rounds to blowing through the thing's skull. Instantly killing it.
Gura pulling her arm out of the beast mouth at last and throwing the thing's carcass on the floor. Watching in horror as its limbs still twitching despite the
hole on its head.
" Sh*t. I am sorry. Are you about to talks his sense back?" Ame asked when seeing that Gura seems utterly shock.
" No! But I wondered why he didn't listen to what I said. Was he too hungry? Or Moenaomii somehow telling him not to trust me." Shark girl shrugged.
" We can discussed that later. Did you heard that?" Poe warned, causing the girls to stop and listen…until they could heard more of teeth gritting sounds.
And not just one or two, either. The echoing 'click click' could be heard from every direction as hundreds of deep one slowly pop out of the rocks and pools
one by one, followed by a group of sea monsters such as boa-sized bristle worms and tiger-sized mantis shrimps.
" Wanna have some seminar with them?" Amelia asked Gura who shrugged.
" Marathon might be a better idea!" Shark girl then start sprinting toward the direction of the lighthouse as fast as she could.
Causing everyone to quickly running after her. Following by groups of hungry sea monsters as they are darting toward the girls as fast as they could.
" Sh*t! They are eating each other!" Amelia yelling in panic when seeing that some of the beast start gnawing on the deep one that she blew its head off.
But the rest seems determined to catch her instead of fighting over that skinny meal.
" Of course! There aren't enough food in the deep water so they are constantly starving. That's the reason why they are ashore during the stormy night.
To feed on any kind of foods they can lays their hands on!" Poe clarified, swinging her spear to cut one monster who jumping at her in half,
sending its body to falling in different directions before a swarm of deep one will feasting on the dying beast's body.
Ignoring everything as they are trying to put as much meal into their mouths as possible.
" We can used them as a bait!" Amelia yelled, shooting at two deep one and let it being eaten alive by the members of it own species.
But the precious moment she took to aims almost cost Ame's life when one giant mantis shrimp suddenly snatched her with its blade arms,
knocking detective down even after she has jumps away from the attack as fast as she could.
The giant mantis shrimp lifting itself up to attacking her again, pushing some deep one away from its food while Amelia is crawling to gets her gun back.
But then the massive rock suddenly falling on top of the thing's head. Completely crushed its brain and instantly killing it.
Amelia gasped while Ina'nis moving her hands and controlling the sedan sized rock to rolling around and crushing every monsters in the area.
Gura sliding on the slippery floor to yanking Amelia back before she will carry the detective with her arm.
" I can run on my own, you know?" Amelia protested.
" But not fast enough!" Gura pants, controlling some water around them to turned into a bullets that flying and hit five deep one that gets into their ways.
" Ina! Look out!" Poe cries, causing them to look back and see that while priestess is busily crushing the sea monsters with her power.
One giant bristles worm has sneaking at her from behind before striking like a cobra, aiming at the girl's neck.
But the thing's head being blow away as a sound of gunshot could be heard from the big boulder that standing nearby.
Gura turning to see one big man who wearing a green t-shirt and blue pant lowering his M1 Garand ( WW2 rifle) down as he is shouting.
" Get to the lighthouse! We will cover you from here!"
Gura going to asked who they are when a sound of machine gun can be heard from the Boulder that standing opposite from the one that the man is standing.
She gets a glimpse of young man with blue hair color behind the blasting Maxim gun as he is shooting at the swarm of deep one that running after them
nonstops.
The man with rifle also shooting at the monster that gets close to them too before he will slowly disappear behind the boulders.
Gura slipping on something and kneeling down, causing Amelia in her arms to getting close to the ground by accident.
Enough for detective to see the sheen of colorful liquid that floating on top of the watery rocks pool under them.
" Run! It's a freaking gasoline!" Ame yelled, causing Gura to jerks back and start moving again. While Poe quickly grabbed Ina'nis arms and pulling priestess
on one of the boulders that standing around them.
The man with the rifle reappeared as the swarm of deep one breaking through a shower of machine gun rounds somehow.
He lifted the burning torch up and throwing it toward the line of gasoline that being poured there earlier.
Creating wall of flame that blocking the way between the boulders. Blinding the starving sea monsters and prevents them from moving any further.
The girls stopped to watching in astonishment at the big fire in front of them. Not realizing that the man with rifle is already standing beside them.
" Welcome. My name is Kei Ranaeru. Rain shaman of the Storm Breaker island. May I asked why you girls are here? This not the best time to visit our home."
The girls looking at each other in the eyes.
" Well? About that…" Shark girl shrugged, before she will start telling their story.
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