Ch 1
Everybody's good at something. Me? I talk to fish. That's how I met my friend Storm. He's always there when I need a lift. Some people think that makes me a joke. But I don't care. You know why? Because I'm also good at something else. And that's breaking heads.
Speaking of…
A massive sea storm raged in the murky waters as a cargo ship was stalled in the middle of it. Then, there was a giant burst of water as a large glowing blue seahorse launched a man in a golden and green suit with a golden trident onto the cargo ship with a loud boom. The pirates had been cornering the crew when suddenly, they heard the boom that shook the floor and they slowly turned around.
It was Arthur Curry. Aquaman, the protector of the seas.
Then the pirates charged and Aquaman also charged as they screamed war cries as both sides collided.
In the present day, Arthur was slamming action figures of himself and a pirate, banging them together and his baby son laughed.
Oh yeah. This is my son Arthur Jr. See, four years ago everything changed. I met a woman. I fell in love. The next thing I know, I'm getting married and having a kid. This little guy's the best thing that ever happened to me. This kid, he doesn't sleep.
He also had to deal with the occasional urination. Sometimes his head wasn't even there and it still happened.
And he never misses. And then I'm about to cry dumb because on top of getting married and having a kid, I finally got a job. That's right. I'm the king of frickin' Atlantis. How did I score that, you asked? Well, I stopped my brother from attacking the surface world. And in doing so, I claimed a throne from him. At first, I was like, yeah! But then, as it turned out, being king wasn't all it's cracked up to be. It's just meetings all day and politics. I'm so bored. I don't even know which end of the Brine king I'm supposed to be looking at half the time.
Yeah, every day it was just these tons and tons of meetings with the other leaders. Half the time, he didn't even remember what the heck they were talking about and it took a nudge or two from his wife Mera, the princess of Xebel, to keep him awake.
That's not bad enough. Turns out there's this whole Council of Houses thing that nobody told me about. Which basically gets to shut down everything I want to do. The only thing that makes all the hard work and sleepless nights worthwhile is hanging out with my little man. Of course, there are fun parts of the job. I gotta keep the world safe the best way I know how. Especially when I get to take down an illegal cage fight or two.
There was one time where Arthur almost lost a cage fight when a big monster swatting him down with its giant arm and throwing him around with its chain but Arthur soon freed himself, then hooked the chain to the cage bars so the monster would slam itself into it and everyone cheered as the water shockwave rushed over them.
But for everything I get right, something else gets screwed up.
On a particularly bad day, Arthur was trudging back home when there was the sound of plastic shattering. Then he looked down and saw that he had accidentally stabbed his son's fire truck toy with his trident and let out a long sigh of frustration. "Ah fu-"
Life was fun but sometimes it was just plain annoying.