A Nagas tale

Bad blood

The room is silent except for a sighing Yuri. "So Audrey is pregnant." He repeats what Kogen had just told him. "And now she is worried her drinking alcohol yesterday will harm the fetus." He repeats. I nod watching him pace from one end of the sitting room to the next. "And what is it you want from me?" He asks. Kogen doesn't answer and neither do I. 'what? I don't know is there  a way to find out if the fetus is okay!?' I want to ask but how can he do that out here? "Look if you want me to assure you the fetus is fine then let me tell you this. A fetus is not significantly impacted by a low dosage of alcohol so long as you do not excessively drink it will be fine." He tells me. I nod 'w... well that's great but now what? I am still pregnant and I am still mortified. I want to cry but what's the point? Crying never really solved much for me.' I flinch when Kogen stands up. I look at him "If you want to ask for a way to get rid of the fetus I can help but only once I get to my lab." Yuri offers. I shudder 'Get rid of it?' I hated the idea of doing that. "We will let you know." Kogen answers before grabbing my arm. I followed him back to our room once I got my assurance that I did not cause any damage to the fetus. I look at the people who are having fun out in the deck. 'Today was supposed to be a fun day, but... now we need to talk about what we are going to do from now on.' I trip on a portion of the lifted rug. I gasp moving my arm to cushion my fall. Kogen quickly grabs me preventing the fall. I frown 'Man I haven't felt this clumsy in so long.' I feel so lost 'What am I going to do? I never thought of having kids so soon. I still need to train and learn the spells Grandpa wanted to show me.' I stand up and take a deep breath. Kogen picked me up before I could even say anything. "Sorry, I should have remembered how clumsy you are without the aura." He tells me. I look at him and start crying 'What the hell am I supposed to do!?' I hide my face in his shoulder 'If I am this clumsy how can I be a mother!? I know so little of this world how can I teach anything to my children? what qualifications do I have to be one!?' Kogen puts his hand on my back trying to soothe my crying. 'I struggle on the best days to survive! If Kogen wasn't around to help me around I'd be so lost!' The click of our door closing prompts Kogen to ask. "What do you want to do?" I lift my head "I... I don't know." I answer touching my stomach. "I don't know" I repeat feeling like I was putting my kid through a trial. 'what wrong did they do? what warrants getting rid of it?' Kogen walks into the room sitting on the bed before sitting me on his lap. "Do you want to get rid of it?" his voice is choked as he asks. I shake my head "I can't, I don't want to." I refuse the option. "I don't want that either." He tells me. He caresses my cheek "Are you scared?" he asks. I feel my lip tremble "Yeah." I answer honestly. "Why?" he asks. "I am so clumsy! I lack the knowledge of this world, I hardly know much of my own family." I wipe the tears from my face. "how am I going to raise them? How am I going to teach them?" I ask not looking at him. He chuckles "You are always so self-aware." he whispers. I look at him ready to argue but stop seeing tears stain his cheeks. "We can raise this kid." he tells me "If you don't know something I am here to teach them, when you feel clumsy I will be there to create balance." His words seemed to strip the fear that weighed on my heart. "You won't ever be alone in raising our children," he assures me. I feel my heart swell with so much love for this man. He moves his hand from my hip to my stomach. He chuckles "Now you won't have to worry about not having your baby with you when Yyvonne leaves." he tells me. I blush "I will still miss Yyvonne! you cannot replace one child with another!" I scoff. He chuckles "See, already being a good mother." he kisses me tenderly. I hug him tightly 'This man... I love him so much.' He pulls away "We should be more careful." he warns me. I nod "We should be more careful Kogen." I retort. He chuckles "I should be more careful." he agrees. That day we spent most of it resting in the room. After dinner, I sat in bed writing down the events of the day with the date set at July 31st. Kogen had to leave to discuss something with Yuri. I pulled out my menstruation tracking notebook and looked at the dates I had written down. 'mm this month, my period came earlier than I normally get it... was that an indication?' I look at the other months and dates seeing they all remained consistent with the third week of each month. I set my book down and looked at the mess I made this morning looking for my bag. I get up and start folding and putting away my clothes. I spot my headpiece lying on top of one of my shirts. 'oh, I shouldn't lose this.' I pick it up and put it on the bed. I flinch hearing a knocking at the glass window. I turn to the window but there is nothing there. I don't see any birds or people that would make that knocking sound. I jump when loud sirens start sounding. "Emergency! All passengers please evacuate to the main dining area." I picked up the headpiece and shoved it into my bag with my books. The knocking at the window came again this time louder. I turn to the window seeing a water-logged creature. I gasp quickly grabbing my sword and rushing out of the room. 'Little one! Drop me!' I flinch hearing the ancestor of the other world. I look at the sword 'They are after me! My aura has alerted the Leviathan tribe!' He tells me. I shake my head "Can't just leave an old friend." I tell him following the people to the dining room trying my best to hide within the group. 'Little one! you are putting yourself at risk!!' He sounds angry. I shake my head not wanting to leave him behind just to save my own skin. 'You are with a child are you not!? Please! do not risk them for me!' He demands. I put my hand over my stomach. 'Audrey! please!' He shouts in my head. I nod knowing that leaving him around the main dining room would cause trouble. I look around wondering where I could put him to avoid anyone getting hurt. I ran towards the front end of the ship knowing the water slide was there a high point for me to put him at. 'Audrey! drop me!' he demands. I am still too close to the people for me to drop him. I get outside seeing troops dressed similarly to Kogen's men. "get back inside!" They shout at me. I look for Kogen 'Where are you!?' look around unable to track his aura without mine made it harder. "Lady!" The man runs up to me. I nod "H..Here!!! G...Give this to Leader Zer!" I hand him the sword. He looks at it "What?" he questions I nod "T... Tell him his wife sent it!" I stumble as the ship starts to rock violently. I grab the railing so I wouldn't fall "Hurry!" I shout at him seeing him stand there like an idiot. He nods quickly running I am hoping towards Kogen and Yuri. I wait for the ship to stop rocking before I even try to go inside. My eyes widen as large tentacles start punching out the men that stand guard. I take a few steps back knowing I really needed to go inside. I make a break for the door when a tentacle slams onto the deck in my way. I jump back shocked at how close I'd almost come to being crushed. "Audrey!" I am pulled away as another tentacle slams down where I was standing. I look up seeing Idris and Leo. "We need to get you out of here!" they shout. 'when did they!?' They pull me away as the tentacles start rushing for me. I scream as I'm tackled out of Idris and Leo's protection. It's one of those water-logged creatures. I grab the railing not wanting to fall down a two stories height. The creature lets out a shrilled scream before letting me go. "Audrey!" Idris grabs my arm giving me extra support. My heart is beating loudly in my ears as they pull me up and out of that death trap. Idris didn't let me catch my breath before he threw me over his shoulder. "These things are targeting you!" he points out. He starts running away from the large collection of tentacles trying to tip the ship. I see those creatures crawl out of the tentacles like slime splitting into several beings. I shiver seeing the way their bodies dripped with water. 'Audrey! it's too late they've targeted you!' I can hear the ancestor's voice the more we run. I turn towards where I think the voice is coming from. "Audrey!" I hear Kogen shout my name. I turn towards his voice holding onto Idris's shoulder. "Kogen!" I shout quickly turning my eyes to a stray tentacle. "Idr" I'm cut off as the tentacle wraps around my neck pulling me away from his arms. I gasp scratching at the tentacle holding me in the air. I gasped feeling how tight it held me and how little air I was getting. I open my mouth letting out a scream of panic. I kick my legs hoping there was a way to free myself like that. 'No! No! No! No!' I bite the tentacle making it let go of me. I gasp as I start falling towards the water. "Oh fuck no!" I shout only for my leg to be grabbed by the tentacle again. I scream feeling needles poke at my skin. 'Audrey! If you let them inject you! You will die!' The ancestor shouts at me. I shake my head 'No! NO! I don't... My baby!' I protest releasing my aura and flaring it in hopes it would deter this thing. My eyes widen as Kogen jumps towards me into the mess of tentacles trying to grab me. His aura is unrestrained and demonic-looking.  The tentacle pulls me away from him holding me up high. I screamed with nothing to fight these things off I was a sitting duck. More tentacles rush out of the water grabbing my limbs to stop me from flailing. I shake my head "Audrey!" I feel my stomach rush for my throat as the tentacles quickly start pulling me closer to the water. "Audrey!" I hear Yyvonne scream. "Kogen!!" I watch him fight these things but it seems they regenerate too fast. 'Audrey! do you know any spells!?' The ancestor shouts at me. I shake my head "N...Not at the top of my head!" I answer he groans as I try to pull my hands free. 'I know!' He shouts 'Chant this spell!' He instructs me. I nod 'As still as the void, as desolate as time, Black hole!" I chant feeling my aura start to surge before dispursing. My eyes widen as the tentacles start to get pulled away the meat of it torn away. 'Hurry! get out of the way!' The ancestor shouts. I roll onto the only tentacle still whole. I pull my arm free and jump towards Kogen tackling him out of the way the large black hole starts sucking away the tentacles. "E...Everyone! get away from the area!!" I shout as I land on Kogen. I turn watching the tentacle struggle to regenerate while it's being torn apart by the black hole. I noticed the attack did not move away from the tentacles. 'this attack is fixed on what you want it to but if you let the hole get too big from feeding it continuously it will get out of hand!' The ancestor explains. I frown seeing there are still a lot of those water-logged creatures attacking the others. 'fuck! what do I do!?' I gasp as a tentacle rushes for me. Kogen quickly pushes me off of him and cuts the tentacle before kicking it towards the black hole. "Audrey! whatever spell you used drop it!" he shouts as he jumps back towards the tentacles. I look at the growing hole in the sky. 'We should follow his instruction!' the ancestor agrees. I nod 'How do I?' I ask he sighs 'What a hatching.' He chuckles 'Stop flaring your aura! demand it to close!' He tells me. I nod taking a deep breath and calm my aura "I demand you close!" I shout watching it quickly eat itself leaving a deafening silence in the air around us. My body feels heavy as I sit there watching Kogen fight the tentacles and force them back into their depths. 'what was that? why did it? The leviathan tribe?' I feel my head start to throb. 'I think that was a spell too advanced for your aura to handle.' The ancestor whispers. I feel dizzy, tired, scared, and curious about what has just happened. Now that I released my aura I can feel so much around me. The auras inside the water seem to set off so many alarms. 'it's dangerous! I need to get out of the water! I need to get on land! I need to get away! They will kill me. They will kill my baby.' I hug my stomach feeling my stomach twist and turn inside my skin. I can't stop my body from shaking and these irrational thoughts only made it worse. "hide your aura." I look at Kogen as he walks to me. I can't breathe properly and it's only getting harder. "Audrey, it's alright." he kneels in front of me. "Focus on breathing." he instructs. I grab his arm wanting a way to make this fear go away. I close my eyes and force myself to breathe in. The air feels sharp as it forces its way through my closing throat. Kogen wraps his arm around my waist and pulls me closer. I catch his scent which helps calm me down. I hid my face against his shoulder wanting to hide from these auras I felt. It takes a while before I can finally breathe normally.