Goldire

Chapter 7

After about half an hour, Will woke up Bruce. He said that they needed to cross the icebar before it melted. The ice all around them was melting, so they needed to go before they got stuck on this island. The walked across what was left of the bridge, and went north towards Madagascar. The icebar was indeed melting, and was almost underwater. But they managed to cross it before it was gone.

"Where do we go now?" Asked Bruce. "We should head to South America." Said Jiq. "It shouldn't be to difficult to get from Africa to there." They went east, but when they got to the shallow ocean the path was gone. The water from the melted ice had raised the tide so much that the path was completely underwater. They stared at it, dumbfounded. They watched as a large pile of wooden rubble floated across the water. The water had disrupted the whirlpool, and this must have been all the wrecked ships that got caught in it. They didn't have any better plan, so they climbed onto the large floating pile.

The current was taking them west, so they changed their plan to Australia. While they were floating, Bruce thought for a bit. "What if the Devils get the Gift or the Thing first?" He asked Jiq. "They won't." Said Jiq. "Kaloh has his ways to keep them from it."
"But Banto got that one piece." Said Bruce. Jiq though for a bit. "Well, we have the rest of them." He said. "Kaloh keeps the Devils from directly getting them. So even if they did get it they wouldn't be able to keep it." They were interrupted by the sound of a large wave crashing. Their pile of wood began to become unstable.

"We're heading into Groubou's territory!" Said Jiq. "Everyone stay on your toes!" Lightning struck all around them, and it only worsened the closer they got. In the distance, a large tsunami was approaching them. Bruce tried to announce this, but the sound of thunder muffled his voice. The ocean shook, and their raft split apart. The wind blew aggressively, and the water was crashing against anything it could reach. Lightning struck the raft, and a fire started. The wind spread the fire to all the pieces of the raft, and soon it was everywhere. Bruce suddenly felt lighter, and noticed the wind was pulling him upward. He tried to stay on the raft, but the wind was to forceful, and sent him into the sky.

From the distance, he heard Brine's violin, but it didn't seem to be doing anything. He was up high, and was still going higher. Then, the wind stopped. The entire storm ended with no warning. Bruce felt himself falling. He had been carried to land, and was falling directly towards it. He tried to use his Able, but it didn't help. He moved around frantically, trying to do something, but nothing was working. It wasn't until he waved his hand that he was saved. Right before he hit the beach, a wave struck his side. He hit the now-soaked ground with a thud, and caught his breath as the water receded.

He got up, and felt the ground shake. It stopped for a bit, then started again. It kept repeating this process. The others washed up on shore. They had managed to save themselves from a death plummet, but weren't in the best condition. Bruce and the others continued to feel the aftershocks. They were being caused by something far away.

"That would be Groubou." Said Jiq. "He's the Devil of disaster and misfortune. He must really be roughing up the continent. We should get to him before he causes the earth to explode." They walked inland, and as they did the events slowly got worse. The quakes became stronger, and more storms appeared. They stopped as a massive quake happened. A large crack appeared in the ground, and it opened up to release tons of hot air. Then, something else flew out of the crack.

A large orange-brown creature, with a shape that resembled a curved tear. It had two half-sphere hands, which were spiky in the middle. It was floating in the sky, looking around frantically for something. From the crack something flew up. A small glowing orb. Groubou's eyes locked on it, and it swooped down as the sphere fell back into the earth. He had found the Thing. "Get it!" Shouted Benny, as he quickly jumped down the ledges of the crack. Anthony used his pickaxe to slow his descend, and helped Seth down as well. Jiq grew ferns to help his descend, and Bruce used his Able. Brine helped Veya, Anden, and Will get down.