Wake Up The Relentless Ocean

Chapter 9

"Aqua what took you so long?! You said you were just going to look at it, wait did you try to go in it?!" Noah began to ramble on about why I shouldn't have gone there, how he was so stupid to let me go, etc. As he continued to ramble on I started going through our stuff to find stuff that will help us make a makeshift shelter. I manage to find some rope and a pocket knife before I see Atlas jump out of the water. I look over at Noah to see he is still rambling so I take this as my chance to go see Atlas and find out what happened after I passed out. I run to the water as fast as I can and once I'm in about 2 feet of water I jump as far as I can then start swimming. I swim for about five minutes before I realize that I haven't gone up for air at all after I jumped into the water. Atlas starts swimming away from me once I jump in, so I swim after him. I get frustrated quickly because every time I get close to Atlas, he swims even farther away when this goes on for about five minutes I finally get really mad. I stop swimming and start yelling, then the next thing I know I'm in this weird cave thing with Atlas, who is looking very pleased with himself.

    "What the heck Atlas!! I'm trying to talk to you and you just swim away from me, and now we're trapped in this weird place and you look like you did nothing wrong!!!" I yell at him showing how angry I am. Atlas just listens to my screaming waiting for me to calm down. As I begin to calm down I remember what I wanted to ask him. "Atlas did you hurt Noah?"

    "Yes," he said immediately. There was no hesitation in his answer, he said it with a serious tone, he looked me straight in the eyes, he showed no sign of lying. I can't believe it, Atlas really did that, he actually hurt Noah. He sees my worried/surprised expression and adds, "But I only did it to keep you safe. I promise." I'm freaking out on the inside trying to figure out what to do, then I remember what my dad said, he said that Atlas wouldn't lie to me and that e would only hurt others to protect me. So I should give him a chance to explain right? Yeah, I should give him a chance.

    "Ok, I believe you, but I still would like to know what happened after I blacked out." I then think for a minute then add, "And I want to know how we got here and how to get back to the island." Atlas looks relieved at my words.

    "I'm so glad to hear that I thought you were just gonna stay mad at me. Ok so, after you said to take a break I swam out a little way to see how close we were to the island. As I'm turning around to go tell you we are close I hear you scream so I come swimming back as fast I can and I see Noah trying to "wake you up" so I thought that I had been wrong about him, that he's not a bad kid. I then hear him mutter to himself "The sapphire will be mine" just before he shoves you under the water. I swim at him full speed and hit him away from you, and grab you and pull you up. I knew that boy was trouble I never should have left you alone." He was beginning to ramble so I smacked him. "HEY! What was that for!" he yelled at me.

"You were starting to ramble." I then notice that it's getting dark. "Atlas I need to get going soon, will you please answer the rest of my questions."

"Oh, yes of course. This is the moonpool where the sapphire was created, and you brought us here." I look around amazed, this is where the sapphire was created. But how did I bring us here? "You brought us here because you were mad, the sapphire sensed it and brought you to a place to let out your anger, but because you were thinking of getting to me I was brought here too."

"I would honestly like to ask more questions but I need to get back before Noah quits his rambling and notices I'm gone. So do you know how I'm supposed to get us out of here?"

"Just think of where you want to go and the sapphire will do the rest but before you leave Noah cannot know that we are communicating you   keep his trust if you are to survive." Atlas has a deadly serious expression on his face, it scares me.

"What do you mean by that?" I ask, even though I fear the answer.

"Noah is faking being your friend he wants the sapphire, he wanted to get rid of me and when you passed out he got his chance, but he doesn't know what I can do. So, you must keep him thinking that you know nothing."
    "I'm still so confused. Why? How is he supposed to get the sapphire from me? He can't do it on his own."

"That's the thing he's not alone. He's working with Piranhagra."

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Happy 4th of July!!! I wasn't planning on updating the story yet but figured I should for the holiday. It was hard to finish this chapter because I'm in a major writer's block. But I will publish chapters as fast as I can. Have a great 4th of July!!!