A Push Too Far
9/1/1941, Capitol Building, Washington DC
The Prince of Atlantis was looking at President FDR, he had been sent out towards the main powers to watch, those that required a gill scarf needing one while Namor and Namora had been sent to observe the location and as they had done so, learning, Namor in charge of The US while Namora had went and headed to England and Nammu Japan to watch things before she had been recalled.
Namor had seen the workings of The Americas and had received the reports of The Germans as well as The British, as he had looked it over, the pair of them had went and stood up, stretching his back and then went and headed to the water, getting his feet wet and as he had done so, the Atlantean had thought on that before he seen that there was Dorma with her head popping out.
“Dorma.” he had said with a smile, glad to see her as she had went and looked around to see that there was nobody else as she had went and gotten up, a red dress on and as she had looked around, “We had just received word from Meranno.” she had said, “He had told us about the purity that was there, talking about killing the Jews?” she had said, “I have no idea what that is all about.” she had said.
That had made him curious at that as he had went and thought about it, “This President Roosevelt wants to help people.” he had said as someone had flown up above, making Dorma curious, “What was that?” she had asked, making Namor smile, “That’s The Human Torch.” he had said and hearing that, the lady was amazed at the sight as he had seen the flaming silhouette.
He had seen them before going and started to land, his fire turning off revealing a blonde man with a red bodysuit, “Mr. McKenzie.” he had said, going and shaking his hand and at that, he looked to Dorma, “Hello there, ma’am.” he had said towards him, “I’ve never met a man on fire.” She had said towards her and hearing that, he had went and chuckled at that with a smile.
“And in my two years of life, I’ve never met a blue woman before.” he had said and hearing that, Dorma was surprised at that before the two of them go and head towards a crate, going and sitting there before they had smiled, “It was nice meeting you.” he said with a friendly salute before he had went and flown off, making the pair wonders how many more marvels like him were in The Surface World.
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9/1/1941, Kendal Residence, New Canaan
Sandy was playing with her dollies when she had felt that her ankles were going funny again, feeling them again and disliking it when she had noticed that her sister was there, “Lizzie!” Sandy had shouted out towards her, getting up and walking towards her, making Liz smile as she had went and headed over, her hat falling off and revealing her hair which hadn’t been bleached yet.
Liz had smiled and went to hug her, the two of them had went and smiled at each other as they had both saw her ankles and how they had started to flutter which had made the girl worried at that before Liz had started to smooth her ankles now before smiling, “Are you feeling lightheaded? Do you want to go to the beach?” Liz had asked of her… her sister who smiled.
“Yes!” She said, “I love the beach!” she had said to her, ever since she had been born, Cassandra had been drawn to the ocean, if they left her out there for too long, she had started to get… sick, sick in a way of the mind that had made them all worry, “Can you tell me the blue boy?” Cassandra had asked, making Liz smile at that as she had went and told the tale.
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9/1/1941, Long Beach, Washington
Bobo had scratched at the beard that he was grown, an unbuttoned shirt and some shorts on as he had looked at everything, the house that he had collected thanks to his latest little job, making sure that he had the equipment for show when he had seen that some of the boys that had been building ships had approached, “Hey there, Bobo!” one of them, Adams had said, “You off treasure hunting again?”
“Every day.” he had said towards them, “I have to for my love and child.” he had said with a grin, making the men there grin, “Anything you’re willing to sell for a couple of bucks?” Adams had asked and hearing that, Bobo had went to check, “I have a pair of pearls you can have.” he had said, showing a pair that were well sized as he had went and exchanged them with him.
“You ever thought about joining the Navy?” Adams had asked and hearing that, the Atlantean scoffed, “Never,” he said, “I’ll protect, but I will not fight.” he had told them, making the three of them sigh at that as they had went and started to head away, “Well, if you change your mind, let us know!” one of the others had shouted, leaving him there while he had decided to head back to his work.
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9/2/1941, The Royal Palace, Atlantis
Namor had went and swam the halls, looking at them all as the guards had all of their weapons at the ready, all of them on guard as they had looked up, Atlantis having a screen installed as they had went and kept everything protected before they had sent out their observers and with that, they were ‘protected’ as Namor had went and approached his grandfather there.
“Announcing, Prince Namor.” The servant had said, making The Prince see Queen Korra, Thakorr and his mother were there, Zarina and Beemer had been brought back when there was some hostility in Asia, the Atlanteans all worried at what could happen next as Korra left her throne, “Namor!” She had went, going and hugging him, “So good to have you back, child!” she had said, smiling.
That had made Namor happy as he returned his grandmother’s hug, “Now, PLEASE tell me that you didn’t find another Sandy.” she had said, making him smile, “Grandma–” “Namor.” Thakorr had said, drawing all of their attention towards him, “What news do you have from The Surface?” he had asked, making him bow, seeing from the corner of his eye, Sandy.
As he had noticed her, Namor had made a smile appear on his face before he had spoken, “Greetings, My King, I bring news of The President, Franklin D. Roosevelt.” he had said, “He appears to be the more level head of the powers besides The British.” he had said, making the Emperor nod at that, “It was similar to the report that your cousin had given.” he had said towards him.
That had made the Prince smile towards his cousin, glad that she could confirm it, “Good!” Byrrah, the cursed annoyance of the royal family had said, “We can stay in THEIR waters!” he advised, “The last time that we had attempted to make contact with The Surface Dwellers! Well… you remember, don’t you, Namor, Sandy?” he had sneered, making the two of them glare as he smiled.
“I agree with Prince Byrrah.” Thakorr had said towards them, “If this conflict grows as great as you, Meranno, Nammu and Namora have said, then this can be a serious situation that our people could not recover from and–” “SIRE!” A voice had shouted out, making the Atlanteans look to see that there was Krang who had come in, looking spooked, “Krang, what is this–?!”
“We have a breach! Someone had entered the screen.” he had said, making them all look in confusion at that as they looked up into the surfacelight, “What is–?” Korra had asked when they had seen that there was a projectile fired, “What is that?” Namora had asked in confusion at that when Sandy saw it, “Get own!” Sandra had shouted, making the guards go and grab at the royal family.
But Namor had went and grabbed a trident, flying up and throwing the weapon towards the weapon and as it made contact, the projectile had exploded, creating a blast that had knocked him back and started to damage some of the taller buildings, making the Atlanteans panic as the soldiers started to fly up, as they did so, it had opened up and men started to come down.
All of them were wearing the same weapons as the ones that had attacked both Namor and Nammu as they had opened fire upon them as one had went and grabbed a child, “Sammeln Sie so viele Proben wie möglich! Für Projekt Chimera!(Collect whatever samples you can! For Project Chimera!)” one of them shouted, grabbed a screaming child, seeing that, he had glared before shooting forward.
“Imperius Rex!” he had snapped towards them all as he had went and charged towards one of them, at least until there was a familiar face, “Meranno?” Namor asked, pausing as the Atlantean had smiled, wearing a green uniform that had the same version of the symbol as the others that had made him glare at the sight, “The People of Atlantis are going to part of a glorious future.” he had said.
That had made the Prince glare, “Doctor Schmidt has shown me the future and it is with The Reich.” he had explained as Namor saw that more of their people, children, women, those that were not trained to be warriors had all been taken away, “If THIS is the future, then Atlantis should like to NOT be a part of it.” he had snapped before charging, tackling Meranno with force into the shouter.
He had let go of the child who had ran away and towards another of them who had pulled his tube and as he had started to struggle, Meranno had went and elbowed him in the back before he had looked towards the others and then he had looked to the submarine, “You should have said yes.” he had said towards Namor before he had pulled out a tube now and snapped it with his thumb.
As it had glowed, it seemed to be a signal as there was a noise from The Submarine as there were more projectiles, more and more were coming, “I guess we will have to deal with what’s left behind.” he had said, making the Prince realize what he was doing, “You–!” “I’d suggest hurrying.” he had said, making Namor even angrier at him, going and punching him before going and swimming to them.
He had started to hit them, knocking one off course to some bedrock while another one of them had hit one of the buildings, as he had seen that, Namor had gotten worried as he had went and headed towards another, thinking, he had instead went and grabbed another of the projectiles that were there before he had pushed it towards one of the others and with that, they both exploded.
He had then went and torn some stone ornaments out before he had went and thrown a few towards the other projectiles, making them explode and as he had done so, the chain reactions had went and went off, making Namor relieved as Meranno had looked down, “Good work, Namor!” Meranno had shouted out, “But how are you going to deal with the SECOND barrage!” he had shouted out.
That had made the Prince and see that there were a few which had made the Prince look in worry as he had headed to stop one, swimming towards it when Meranno had tackled him again, glaring towards him at that and as they had done so, Namor looked as they headed to the palace, “No1” he had shouted, reaching desperately, so Meranno had scowled, “This is your fault!” he snapped.
As Namor had glared, he was about to say something when Meranno had punched him and threw the Prince towards the palace, he had seen that so Namor had went and swam towards the palace, hoping that there were a few that he would be able to save when a shadow had appeared above him, making Namor turn up to see that a wall was collapsing down on him.
Seeing this, Namor had went to go and punch the the wall when a brick had hit him in the head, knocking him down now and allowing the wall to go and collapse on him, with that, Namor had struggled and had tried to get out, but it was too late, he was starting to fade into the black now, and all he could hope for now was that the others would be safe for now.
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9/2/1941, Bobo’s Home, Long Beach
Bobo had just come up, looking at the collection of pearls that he had gathered and as he had done so, the young man saw that there was a newspaper which had shown that a German Submarine had done some excavations near– Bobo had paused and looked again, shocked by the sight that was in the paper before he had realized that it was the same coordinates that Atlantis was.
Seeing that, he had gotten worried, going and heading to the water to go and protect, to help–! But then he had paused, taking a breath before remembering that he had made his choice and it had made him sigh, “Cous, Nammu, brother and sisters, I hope that you’re all okay.” He had thought to himself before going and putting the pearls back in his home, thinking that he needed to make some new plans.
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9/9/1941, Healer’s Lab, Atlantis
Namor had gasped awake, he had a algae patch covering his head and the places that he had been hit and that had made the Prince worried, “My Prince!” The Healer had said, making Namor worried as he saw that Dorma was resting, sitting at his side and holding his hand, seeing that, Namor had gently shook her shoulder, “Dorma.” he said, making her slowly wake up.
“Namor…? Namor!” Dorma had shouted, getting up and going to hug him, “I am so glad that you’re okay!” she had said, going to hug him fiercely, and as she did so, Namor was confused, “Where’s Mother, Grandfather and Sandy–?” he had asked, seeing her and how she was shaking now, she seemed upset, VERY upset, “Dorma…?” he had asked, lifting her chin up, “Dorma, what’s going on?” he asked.
As she looked into his eyes, “The projectiles– The Torpedos, the weapons that had attacked us… they damaged the Royal Palace, they… they had killed so many of us.” Dorma had said towards him, “Byrrah, King Thakorr and Princess Fen are all alive, but your grandmother… Princess Zarina, your… your cousins…” she had said, making Namor start to get up now.
“Please… bring me.” he had said towards her, making Dorma worried, “Are you sure?” she had asked, making him nod at that, “Please.” he had said towards her, getting up and almost falling when Dorma had went and grabbed his shoulder, looking at him in worry before the two of them had went and started to get up, “Okay.” She had said to him, “Okay.” Dorma promised as they had swam to see it.
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9/9/1941, Royal Courtyard, The Royal Palace
Namor and Dorma had seen everything that was there, there were Atlanteans and some odd Lemurians who had been hurt, Nammu and Beemer were both helping who they could, Beemer having puffy eyes as he tried to focus as Seth and Dara both moving some of the beasts like Tiny to move the wreckage and make space for some of the others that were wounded when Namor saw him.
“Grandfather–” Namor said, seeing Thakorr and Fen there when Thakorr had spoke, “I want you to hurt them.” The Emperor had ordered of him, “I want you to tear them apart and make sure that there is no thought to return to Atlantis,” he said in a cold voice that Namor feared to hear aimed at him, “Let them rather die of thirst then step foot on a beach again.” The Emperor snarled.
That had frightened Namor, he had looked around, thinking his grandmother might calm him, when he saw a body that looked very familiar, Namor had swam forward, worried as he had approached, hoping that he was wrong, hoping that it was an illusion, when he saw it was his grandmother, Korra, seeing this, he had fallen to his knees, shocked at the sight.
“No…” he had whispered, looking towards his mother, as upset as him, even more so when he saw that Zarina, her two daughters, his cousins, and Bobo’s father were all deceased as well, “Who could have told them about us?” Krang said as he swam towards them with Byrrah, as confused as them about it, “Meranno.” Namor said, making them all look at him.
“Are you sure?” Dorma had asked, all of them knowing that there was no love between them, but still– “I saw him myself, he was the one that had fired the projectiles.” he had told them, making Byrrah angry, “That’s a lie! You just want–!” “SHUT UP!” Beemer had shouted, punching Byrrah in the face as he said it, shocking him as Beemer turned to him, “You swear this is true?” his cousin asked.
“I would know his face anywhere.” he had said, making all of them angry that one of their own would betray them like this, “Then he is Atlantean no longer.” Thakorr had snarled, all in agreement with that as Namor spoke, “I’ll head to Namora.” he said, “I will join with The Allies and make The Germans PAY for everything.” he had told them, making the whole group nod at that.
“Then go. Prepare.” his grandfather had ordered, making them all start to disperse as Nammu approached, “Dorma, everything looks fine, but I’m worried about a few that were in the building, and Sandy–” “What about Sandy?” Namor had asked, making the two of them look at each other before Nammu pointed to one of the beds used for those in Coma, “There.” she said.
Namor had approached, Dorma and Nammu close behind as Beemer had continued to help the others with the twins, Namor had went held her hand, Sandy was still breathing, assisted, but that was good, and as he had looked at her, as he recalled what Meranno and the Germans had done, he knew that it was something that must be dealt with in whatever way that he could.
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9/24/1941, London, England
Namor had come up from the water where he had seen that there was Namora waiting for him, seeing her, he had walked over and hugged her, Namora going and returning the gesture, even if he had gotten her soaked, “I’m so glad that you’re okay.” she had said to him, “How’re my husband and girl?” she had asked of him, making Namor smile, “Talan is fine.” he had told her.
“And Namorita is still kicking.” he had told her, making Namora smile, “That’s good to hear.” she had told him, “Here is everything you need to know.” she had said, giving him everything, Namor had nodded at this, glad to see it was so thorough when he realized she was stripping to her Atlantean garb, “You’re leaving?” he had asked of her, making Namora nod at him.
“After what happened to Atlantis… I want to protect my family.” she had told him, “So we’re going to head South, there are some ice colonies that were there… I don’t think that I can risk either of them.” she had said, making Namor sad, “Okay.” he had told her, “Just be careful.” he had said, “I heard that there are pockets of quickice that freeze a person for decades.” he had said to her.
That had made the woman smile, “Relax, as if that’ll happen.” she had said to him, making the two of them smile at each other as they had went and started to go their ways, Namor going and putting on the Surface Dweller clothes and as they gave a last look at each other, Namor gave a kiss to her forehead, “Be safe.” he said, making her smile, “You too.” she said before going and leaping in.
As he had seen her go, Namor had went and put the cap on, hiding his ears as he had went and put on his clothes and filled a flask with water, going and walking around and as he had done so, the Atlantean had seen that there was plenty of people, all of it reminding him of when he was in Long Beach and it made him smile as he had looked around everywhere, at least until there was a tap on his shoulder.
That had made him look and see that there was two men, one wearing a purple and black outfit while the other was an Air Force Pilot who were giving him looks, “Yes?” he had asked of them, “Are you human?” The man in Purple and Black had said, making the Prince glare, ready to fight, “Relax, we were wondering if you’re here to help.” The Pilot said, making him look at the two, “I guess I am.”