Hunting Souls: Taking Flight (2)

Aida-20

Stygian bellowed as we began to speed up faster to where they were.

"What happened Alabaster?" Saraphina asked.

'I lost my connection to Caleb. I do not know where he is.'

"What's the last thing he said."

'There was a Kragon attacking his ship, and The Nightlock had been split into two. He might be underwater, or hurt.'

Hurt! Caleb couldn't be hurt, he's a Pirate!

"That can't be possible,"

'Do not worry Princess, we will find him. We're almost there.' Stygian reassured me.

I unsheathed my sword and glanced down at my Ring again. It was back to it's purple state but there was some kind of energy that had been swirling in it for the past hour.

"What's a Kragon?" I asked him.

'A deadly creature of the sea. This one seemed to be much bigger than most. They're black and deadly. It's a Pirate's worst fear.'

Well that didn't help assure me that Caleb wasn't being devoured by this Kragon thing. Was this part of the attack? Using a sea creature so that we couldn't save Pyra in time?

"Where's my mom?" I called to Zenith who was riding with one of the other Zephyr's.

"She should be there already with her army!"

I squinted and could start to make out smoke that was starting to form. Was the ship on fire!

"Stygian we need to get to the smoke."

'Mi lady, I cannot get as close to the creature as you're wanting. It will overpower me instantly. But you should be able to use your Ring. Try to blind it when we get close enough.'

A red flare came bursting out of the water where the smoke was forming. It burst into little smithereens of light and created a roaring sound.

"What was that?"

'I do not know, but the roar was from the creature.'

"Help!"

I peered over Stygian's wings to see Caleb's crew failing to stay above water as the ship started sinking.

"We need to get them."

'I cannot get all three mi lady.'

"Then get Jade or someone to grab them! I can't have them die."

He swooped down as I leaned in and yelled, "Jewel, give me your hand!"

She looked up and threw her arm out as I grabbed her and Corkscrew and threw them onto Stygian's back.

"Scoundrel is still down there," she chattered.

"I know, Jade is going to get him," I said and watched as one of the Zephyr grabbed him out of the water and flew higher up to meet the rest of us.

"Where's Caleb?" I asked looking into the black waters below.

"He was trying to get to us, and the Kragon.." Jewel wiped her eyes and looked down at the water.

"No, he can't be dead. That's not possible." I blinked back tears as my heart threatened not to burst.

"Aye Princess, it is. We all saw it." Corkscrew said sadly.

Patch flew over to us and made Jewel hop onto Aqua to balance the weight out.

"What do we do," I said numbly.

"We find Pyra and look for Caleb later," Patch told me.

"He's dead Patch."

"I won't believe it. Now come on we have to get in there and save Pyra."

Another roar sounded as a black looming figure shot out of the water and right at us.

"Look out!" Camilla yelled as we all shot out in different directions.

"What the hell is that!"

Corkscrew grabbed his sword and pointed, "That's the thing that ate Caleb."

I began to grow extremely angry and clenched my fists as it shot back into the water and waited for us to get lower.

"Saraphina, you get you and your crew inside the vortex. I'll distract this thing," I said looking at my Ring which was starting to swirl a milky white.

"Yes Princess," she nodded and pushed Alabaster to go towards the water.

Can Dragons swim underwater? I thought and watched as Alabaster and Aquamarine shot into the vortex. Apparantly they can..

Jade swung back up as the Kragon began to race towards her.

"Follow it," I told Stygian and focused all my energy on hitting that stupid creatures heart.

He dove and started racing after it as Jade flew higher up into the air.

"When he jumps out, I'm going to jump and hit him straight in the heart."

'I'll catch you,' he said and watched as it began to shoot out of the water.

Driving back my fear, I stood on him just as I leapt off and a burst of light shot out and striked the Kragon multiple times. He screamed in pain as I saw he was blinded in one eye and had a huge gaping hole in him. Right as he started to hit the water I shot it again and watched as he was electrocuted and screamed in pain.

'Good shot Princess," Stygian commended when I landed back on him.

"Thanks." I watched the creature slowly sink under the water.

'Hold your breath,'

I took a deep gulp and held on tight as Jade and Stygian shot into the vortex and began swirling around until we hit the bottom.

I landed on a sandy beach and saw the hole close itself back up. We were standing on land and not being covered in water... Where the hell were we?

"Aida," my mom said coming up behind me and hugging me tightly.

"Mom, he's dead.... I don't know how but he is," I cried and held her tightly.

"Shh, we'll figure something out. For now we need to find Pyra and get her out of here." She said beckoning me to follow her towards the rest of the group.

There seemed to be some kind of door that was covered in moss and other algae. But there was no spot for it to open from the outside... The entire wall or building was covered in the mossy green and looked extremely out of place. Maybe this had been a city at some time and then ended up underwater?

"How do we get in..?"

"We use fire," Sedna said looking at Saraphina and the Dragons.

Jade and Aqua breathed deeply as flames began eating away the algae and revealed a small hole for a key to stick in. Thought it was a small circle that seemed too obscure for a normal key.

"We don't have a key," I said and felt my Ring being drawn towards whatever was beyond that door.

"That is the key," my mom said as I stuck it in the hole and watched the doors swing wide open revealing Pyra who was chained up and in water and a very dead looking Caleb.