Rising Phoenix - Sequel To Forgotten Power

Chapter 27

Arelyn and Bren sat outside the Neverseen base. The entire building had felt like it was a creature from you nightmares, and they had agreed to get out before they came up with a plan. Alright. Time for a murderer and a ten year old son of Hephestus to take down an organization that's lasted for years and that a person who was created to take them down couldn't do. How hard could it be?

"So," Bren started, "We need to find a Neverseen base that actually has people, we need not get rid of the people, and then everything is ok?"

"Pretty much," Arelyn replied, "Only problem is that we have no idea where they're at."

"You were with them. Don't you know where all their bases are?"

"Unfortunately no. Just maybe 6 in the Forbidden Cities and 2 here, not counting this one." She gestured at the base behind them, "And I usually was only here for maybe half a day to be briefed or to fight the good guys. So I couldn't tell you anything except that they're likely in the Lost Cities so they can take over whenever. Word travels faster here than it would if you had to get information from the Lost Cities to the Forbidden Cities, or vise versa."

" ...Where do the Councillors live?"

Arelyn shrugged, "Honestly, I haven't been here long enough to know. I just know that they work in Eternalia. Why?"

"If the Neverseen want to take over, wouldn't they want to keep an eye on their targets? If I were leading them, I'd make the base close to where the Councillors spend most of their time. Then, it'd be easier to publicly take them out."

"That's... Actually genius."

Bren smiled, "It's common sense."

"Then I have none of that. Now we just have to figure out where they are exactly..."

"You know of any bases near Eternalia?"

Arelyn shook her head, "Just one near the entrance to Atlantis, and another just out basically in the middle of nowhere. Makes it easier to hide them."

"So we'll have to find one?"

Arelyn thought for a moment, "Or we can ask someone else who has a good idea of where one is." She pulled out her pathfinder, "Ready for another trip?"

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"Nothing against you," Bren noted as Arelyn put the pathfinder away, "But if we wanted to talk to someone, why didn't we just call them, or something?"

"We don't have phones, we have imparters. And I destroyed mine after I ran away from the Neverseen, since I didn't want any angry people talking to me while I tried to hide."

"As in the Neverseen?"

"As in anyone. Neverseen, my father, my brother, the parents of the two people who died, any of their friends, and pretty much everyone in existence."

"Fair."

Arelyn dumped a vial into the water, and suddenly they were standing at the entrance to Atlantis. A large whirlpool. Bren didn't look excited to jump into it, but Arelyn grabbed his hand. "We can jump in together." She told him with a smile, though she wasn't exactly ecstatic to go in either. Electricity and water didn't really mix, even she wouldn't be using her ability at all. Fire and water didn't mix either, and Bren couldn't really control his ability yet, so he probably had more reason to be afraid than she did.

Before either of them could change their mind, Arelyn jumped into the whirlpool. They fell into the water, dropping through the force fields and landing landing on a large sponge. The description "it feels like being licked by a pack of kittens, minus the kitten breath" was very accurate. All the water from the whirlpool was absorbed by the sponge, and soon she was completely dry. She looked over and found Bren still holding her hand and staring at her with wide eyes. "See?" She told him, sliding off the sponge and pulling him off with her, "That wasn't terrible."