Corinth: A Battle for the Homeland

IV : Great River Liz

Cretil 23, 2095

If there was one word Aaron could use to describe the events that turned out this week, it would be shitty. Their search for the owner of the Dusk sphere led to be successful, except that now they were carrying someone who was out of the act and not included. Next, it would be now the gigantic reverse pyramid floating over them. The gray eerie vibe it gave sent chills down Aaron's back. It was enormous, it looked like it could've had hit the mainmast of their tiny ship!

The ship creaked every time an enormous wave erupted. A canon was pointed at them from the reverse pyramid. Aaron raised his hands and breathed out, then he looked at Fiona at Tabitha behind him. Tabitha was holding unto Fiona and Fiona had her hand raised in front of her. He saw Fiona swallow in a vigorous manner, both of them had their eyes wide. Aaron looked back to Danny and his hands were shaking at the wheel, mesmerized yet afraid of the eerie vibes the Pyramid gave.

"Okay," Aaron said, his voice was shaky. He looked up again and now the pyramid covered the sun and they were in its dark shadows. "Fiona and uhh, woman. Listen to what I will say and do it calmly, okay?"

"Tabitha," he heard the woman said. "But yeah, sure." Her voice was shaky as well. Right now, they were all frightened.

Another canon erupted from the pyramid. It landed near them and Aaron even thought the whole ship was going to flip over because of its intensity! The ship creaked, they balanced themselves but Danny let go of the wheel and it spun continuously until the ship turned towards the reverse direction and against the current of the water.

Danny let out a yelp and stood again. "Uh oh," he said. Then they heard sounds as if some sharp blade was hitting wood.

"Danny," Aaron said. Danny looked back and the kid's eyes and sparkled fear. "Take them to the safe berth."

"But, I want to help!" Danny rebutted. Another sound, same as before was heard. This time, it didn't sounded as if it was alone, the sound was multiplying until the rushing of the waves were gone.

"Will you hurry up? I'm  not ev--" Tabitha screamed when someone pulled her hair down behind her. Tabitha leaned and Aaron got a good look. It wasn't a hand, more like a razor-sharp fin. It didn't had fingers, only sharp hands--or rather fins-- that were brown, kind of resembles a tree, in color. They all stepped back while  Tabitha was screaming for her dear life. Tabitha kept on tugging until a loud thump boomed the decks of the ship.

Aaron turned around and saw something not worth remembering. It was definitely a human, except its arms were already totally different. Brown fins just like the one tugging down Tabitha's hair, eyes that were very hostile, and a blank expression. The man wore a green tattered shirt and pants that were white, as if it was never stained before in its entire life.

Tabitha, finally, got herself composed and pulled out a tiny knife from her pocket. With a quick slash, she cut her hair and her once long and flowy hair was now only chin-length. Tabitha stood up and wiped her hands and her sword. She was breathing hard now.

Meanwhile, the monster on the other side of the ship was now running towards them. It let out a long piercing scream before running berserk. Danny froze astounded, his hands not maneuvering the ship, making it go sideways along the current. Other of its kind emerged too until the deck contained more than a dozen of them.

"Danny! Fix the ship so that it would go along the current," Aaron said, his hands were pointing at the direction of the current. "Fiona, and Tabitha, there's a trapdoor beneath the table. That's the safe room since the trapdoor is camouflaged along the wooden floor, be keen."

Danny nodded and spun the wheel so that it would follow the current, Tabitha and Fiona scrambled down the ladder, with Tabitha going first. Fiona was next, but as she was about to go down, she froze and looked back to Aaron and said, "What about you?"