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Heart of Atlantis Chapter 15

Somewhere in the chaos along the way Arthur had lost sight of Audrina. One minute his sister was there and the next she'd vanished. As much as he wanted Arthur couldn't look for her now. He had a far bigger fish to fry. So Arthur stiffened his spine, and drew back his shoulders, aiming for a bravado he didn't feel.

"Face me, Orm," yelled Arthur, charging Orm as he was attacking the Justice League.

Orm sneered releasing his previous target to center his attention homing his eyes on the bane of his existence.

Arthur sucker punched Orm in the abdomen. Blood sprayed from Orm's mouth the breath knocked out of him. Arthur then fisted his hand and punched Orm on the back.

In retaliation, Orm tripped Arthur with the Trident sending him spinning in the air. Arthur slammed into the street nearly dislocating his shoulder blade. Arthur rose to his feet attacking Orm with a mighty battle cry.

The two brothers were relentless in their battle for supremacy against each other neither pulling their punches. Both of them were well aware that only one of them was getting out of this alive. Each was determined it would be the other.

But Orm did have one clear advantage to play. Arthur was a trained Atlantean warrior while Arthur was just a drunkard with no training only street experience. He sliced through the spear Arthur had picked up to fight him. The Trident's power sent Arthur flat on his back into a crater created by the impact. Arthur was slow to get up and then Orm struck.

Orm stabbed the fork of the Trident into Arthur's chest. Arthur no longer had the strength to fight back. He was exhausted. Blood poured from Arthur's chest as Orm hefted him high above into the air drenching the gold. Orm pulled it free and Arthur dropped to the earth clutching his chest.

"Farwell, Bastard," said Orm, blatantly cruel, moving into a stance to sever Arthur's neck from his body in a proper beheading.

Before Orm could succeed an angel of mercy interceded on not just Arthur's behalf, but everyone's.

Audrina's voice could be heard all throughout Metropolis far and wide. All Atlanteans within the perimeters of the city were immediately pulled under the song's spell. They stopped what they were doing falling into a trancelike state. Each and every one of them, men and women alike, obeyed the order they sensed underlying in the song. The entire invasion force began to march back the way they came toward the shoreline, abandoning their pursuit of eradicating the surface dwellers one by one.

As the song reached its second course the Atlanteans were walking passed the brothers in a neat procession.

"Audrina," snarled Orm, jaw tightening, vein popping in his temple, having recognized the siren song. He then chased after the soldiers trying to get them to do what he wanted. "Halt! I order you to stop! Manta! Black Manta, where are you?"

"Audrina," whispered Arthur, eyes wide in awe as he listened to her sing. He'd never heard such beautiful singing in all his life it was mesmerizing.

Others amongst the surface dwellers concurred with Arthur's line of thinking. Temporarily forgetting the sea dwellers that were out to hurt them many humans were sticking their heads out of windows and coming out into the streets to listen to it. Strange enough the humans, Orm, Mera, and Arthur were the only ones unaffected by it. Orm was immune to the song because he was currently holding the Trident and that granted him protection from it. Now Arthur, Mera, and the humans were a different story.

Audrina could answer that.

You see Batman and Cyborg had managed to locate Audrina and convey their plan to her and the part she had to play in it before Arthur had reached Orm. The second the two of them were finished Audrina agreed instantly knowing this was the best way to end this bloodbath before it got any worse. Plus no one had any better ideas to bring to the table. Batman brought up a concern that the song would not only affect Atlanteans, but humans as well. He inquired as to well the magic in the song could be put into a focal point on certain individuals. Audrina informed them that she is capable of such a feat, but felt obligated to warn them that it's, also, holds a tremendous risk to her own. It would put a big strain on both her voice along her magic and could prove dangerous. Cyborg reminded Audrina that she didn't have to do this and that they could find another way, but she realistically said that there wasn't time they had to do this now for any hope of peace. For the sake of her people, she committed herself to the cause and Audrina would do anything to safeguard them all as a leader would do.

That Audrina learned from her mother, the late Queen Atlanna.

With the plan set, in order for them all to learn the truth, Audrina was going to lure the Atlanteans to the water where Cyborg would show the memory he had stored in his memory banks that pertained to Orm's confession to killing Queen Atlanna. And the part where he physically abused her would be put in as a bonus. Audrina is a favorite of the citizens of Atlantis and that wouldn't win him any sympathy points.

But, just to be on the safe side, Batman got ahold of Flash and he had the speedster hand out mechanical earplugs that would block out the basis of the siren melody. This included Superman going to the human military and persuading them to stand down, that they got it from here. He almost didn't convince them, but he had his ways. Cyborg adjusted his systems to amplify the range Audrina's voice could go and they were set to begin.

The remaining Leaguers were monitoring the Atlanteans as they traveled back to the ocean making sure no one interfered. If even the smallest detail went amiss then they were toast. Orm tried everything he could think of, but nothing worked. To Orm's dismay and infinite frustration, his soldiers continued in their march unwavering. Honestly, Orm shouldn't have been so surprised. Audrina's song is unbreakable once it's begun without the counter spell that only she could dish out.

When all of the soldiers were gathered together in one place Audrina replaced her melody with the counter enchantment to wake all who were caught in it up.

The eyes of the Atlanteans cleared underneath their helms as they were shaken out of their unexpected stupor.

Greatly weakened Audrina swayed and with her legs unable to hold her she lost her footing. Cyborg grasped her in time keeping her steady.

"Are you all right," he asked.

Nodding, immovably unyielding, Audrina said "I'm fine. Finish this."

Authors Note:

So here it is we are at the big finish. So from the start of this tale the question has been up there if Arthur would end up being ruler of Atlantis like he does in the movie or if Audrina takes that role instead. What do you guys think now that we've gotten this far?