Heating Up
7/5/1945, Lemurian Front, Ryu–Hata
The Prince had finished with his deathblow, slaying the creature that had come to attack him, it was the latest kraken that they created, this one was more subtle, appearing to attempt to possess some of their soldiers and that had made things difficult as it had infiltrated so many, some of the survivors had looked at him with some disgust while others had appeared to be scared of him now.
That made Namor feel empty as he went to swim towards his tent, Opistho looking at some of the soldiers there appearing to be cautious and whispering towards each other before he had approached the creatures corpse that Namor brought, “Where did this come from?” he had asked, looking like he liked what he was seeing, Namor sighed, “One of the creatures made by The Lemurian Alchemists.” he explained.
That made the man sigh, going and getting a knife to cut it open when he had seen the look on Namor’s face, “We need to have every asset we can find.” he told The Royal who glared, disliking it, but he couldn’t argue, “Very well.” he told him, letting go of the tentacle before seeing Nammu and the twins were waiting for him, “Are you alright?” Dara had asked, making Namor shake his head at that.
“No… I don’t think I am.” he told them, making the three give looks at that before Nammu had offered a strange item towards the Atlantean, making him confused by that before there was a voice, “Namor?” The voice of Dorma had said, making him smile as he took it, looking over the device, “It’s like human radio, or telephone, whichever one has further range.” Seth explained.
Taking a breath, Namor had brought it to his ear, “Dorma… I miss you.” he had said towards her, making the three look at each other before they had started to move now, they had left them alone, “I had read the reports about your adventures with The Invaders… I am so sorry that you had to go through all of that.” She told him, making Namor take a breath at that.
“It’s fine… I won, they lost, now I just have to kill Meranno and Brain Drain.” he had said and hearing that there was a pause, “Namor, maybe you should come back? See your grandfather and mother?” She asked, making The Atlantean shake his head at that, “No, no I can’t.” he told her, “I need to protect Atlantis, I need to stop them, now.” he said towards her.
“I need to protect our people, I need… I need…” he said, starting to take a breath now, “Namor, you don’t need to save everything, you just need to be here for us.” She told him, making Namor smile at that, “Thank you.” he told her, smiling at it before Dorma spoke, “Have you seen Bobo yet?” She asked, confusing Namor now, “Bobo? Isn’t he still in Long Beach?” Namor asked.
“No, we had reports from the others that have visited, they had found traces of Lemuria and The German, Brain Drain.” She told him, making Namor glare, hating the sound of that, “Naga has him, doesn’t he?” he had asked her, “Yes, and I fear that he–” “I will get him, I promise.” he had told the woman that was his family more than some of his actual family
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7/5/1945, Bobo’s Quarters, The Royal Palace
Bobo had been looking at the anger of some of the men that were coming in to examine his room for any devices or information while he had heard them speaking, “[He had slain The Mindwalker.]” one of them said, “[We need to finally deal with that mongrel.]” the other had said and hearing that, Bobo had paused, looking towards them now with a fake dumb expression right now.
But Bobo had started to walk away now, going and starting to think on everything that he was hearing and then he had looked towards his two wardens, both of them knowing that he was learning Lemurian and so they had to be cautious, at least until they had noticed that somebody was entering who should not have, someone that had looked like a Lemurian version of Nammu now.
“[Tali!]” Shomas had shouted as Rormi had drawn a blade from nowhere, surprising the man that she had something like that as they saw that there was her looking nervous before she had spoken, “[I had heard that my Mindwalker was defeated.]” she had told them, “[May I hear of this all?]” she asked, making one of the warriors nod at that while she walked by Bobo.
The woman had dropped something, making Bobocurious as he had put his foot over it, thinking that it was useful as he had felt a phrase in Lemurian symbols on the sole of his foot, “Imperius Rex.” It read, making Bobo look towards Tali who had ignored him, but he had known that this was an ally, and one that he was going to be getting out of here soon as Bobo wondered how they were going to accomplish it.
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7/7/1945, No Man’s Land, Ryu–Hata
Jaoc had been cutting down some of the fallen Atlanteans that were there and as he had looked at them, Jaoc had scowled, hating that they were so weak, that they had been left here and that he was given the ‘honor’ to slay them, he had wanted to ride one of the great war beasts made by his wife, he wanted to become one of the great lords, “[I want a consort.]” he had muttered in annoyance.
That made one of his fellow killers smile at that, “[Oh? Like your wife’s cousin?]” he had joked, making the man snarl, “[She is an Atlantean mongrel, not worthy of us or the mongrel that leads their men.]” he told him, taking a sword and going to stab again when the warrior had risen up and grabbed at his wrist now as Dara had risen up with wrath on his face as he had grabbed at his throat too.
“[Enemies–!]” the other had shouted, but the blade of Namor had gotten him at the throat, Seth and Nammu dispatching the others as they had done so, Jaoc had started to struggle, looking towards them with worry and fear as Nammu had spoken, “[I want to kill you for what you have said, but for now, you will be needed, pig.]” she told him, going and knocking him out for now.
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7/15/1945, Residential Area, Ryūgū-jō
The group had marched in and as they had done so, The heir had almost scratched at the paint staining his skin, “Calm down.” Nammu had said, dressed as her cousin as they had headed towards the palace, “We’ll take the Alchemy Pits, where they breed their monsters.” she told them, making Seth take a breath, “Is it anything like The Beast Pens?” he had asked in a whisper.
Hearing that, she had shaken her head, “They’re worse.” The woman had said, “I had went down there once with Silverfish, I had almost died because of it.” she had told them, making them all the more worried as they had started to move towards the area, “Be ready, there’s no telling what will be down there.” she had wanted, making the four of them cautious as they had prepared for what might come.
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7/15/1945, The Alchemy Pits, The Royal Palace
As the four of them had slid in, they had seen how there was a roaring from a creature with a head like a crescent wand several claws attacking a serpent thats maw had split open into three jaws now which were spewing out the same black smoke which had made them all feel pain, all of them looking around with some caution, “That way.” she had whispered to them.
“It is the only safe way out, The Beasts are bred to fear it.” she told them, making the group nod, going and heading towards the steps which was when they saw there was a change in the light and with that change, a heat, “What is that?” Seth had whispered, the Twin cautious as they saw there was a creature that had appeared made of molten stone had roared out to them.
“It looks like The Mountain.” Namor had said towards them, making the others hear the story and being scared by that before seeing that it was focused on eating the others now, seeing that, they had started to move further and further, unaware that there was a creature that appeared more like a man than a serpent had started to move to follow them on the roof, its claws at the ready.
“How could they create monsters like these?” Dara had asked, making Nammu sigh, “I do not know all, but I know that they had learned it from the same kin of The Mountain when they had ruled the city.” she said, making the group a bit worried while the serpent had started to crawl away from them and towards the home of its master so that they would be punished.
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7/15/1945, The Night Gardens, The Royal Palace
Bobo had been walking with Rormi and Shomas following him, as they had done so, the man had went to touch one of the black flowers that were there before there was a noise, “Do not touch that,” Shomas had said, “Unless you wish to have your skin boil and begun to devour yourselves.” She had said towards the man who had paused, shocked that they had something like that.
He took his hand away from it and as he had done so, the Atlantean had turned to speak to them and yet, when he saw them, the people that had come to rescue him, Bobo had smiled, “Well then, it looks like we’ll retire.” he told them, making Rormi smile while Shomas nodded, at least until they had both been grabbed, “Don’t kill them.” he had warned, “The people here smell like sharks.” he warned.
Hearing that, they had nodded, at least before they had started to put them through chokeholds, Seth and Dara making sure that they became unconscious before setting them down, “Alright, let’s get out of here, how did you get here?” Bobo had asked, “The Alchemy Pits.” Nammu said, making Bobo smile, “So you killed the watcher?” he asked them, confusing them, “The Watcher?” Namor asked.
Hearing that, Bobo started to panic, “We need to go, now!” he told them when there was a horn that had started to blair, making them all tense at that, “Run!” Bobo had shouted, but instead of inside the palace, he had headed towards the cage that was there and seeing that, the others had decided to follow in confusion, “We need to pull! There’s a thermal vent that we can use!” he shouted.
As he said that, they had seen that there was Lemurian warriors coming in, they had started to pull and pull now and as they did so, The cage had started to get pulled apart enough for them to get through, “Let’s go!” Bobo had shouted as they started to swim as quickly as possible, “I take it you’ve been planning?” Dara had asked, making Bobo laugh like a madman, “Ever since I’ve gotten here!”
That made the others smile, glad that he had kept his spirit, all of them started to move as fast as possible towards the thermal vent, “Careful! They get hot!” Bobo had shouted as they began to get lower and lower into the vents now, making them start to get toasty as they saw that there was something there, something bog and something that opened an eye towards them.
“What is that?” Namor had asked, looking to the experts and the man that had been stuck in Lemuria, but none of them had an answer, none of them could tell Namor what it was, but whatever it was, the creature had seemed uninterested and instead went to sleep, leaving them to their escape as it were and as they did so, all of them had stated to map where it was they were going now.
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7/20/1945, Dorma’s Chambers, Atlantis
Dorma had been seeing the subtle changes that were there, the banners were changing, when they had mentioned Namor, it was only as Him, maybe The Prince, when they thought loyalists couldn’t hear, The Mongrel, and they were starting to get concerned now, all of it making Dorma worried as she had started to write down everything when the communication device went off.
It had crackled and attempted to clear on its own, but it was having SOME difficulty which had made her think that she was going to have to talk to the designer of the device as she spoke to it, “Namor? Is Bobo safe?” she had asked as the crackling decreased, “He’s here.” The Prince told her, “Dorma!” Bobo had said a laugh in his voice as he had done so.
Hearing that, Dorma had laughed as well, she was smiling, relieved that he had been safe, “That’s great, when are you coming back?” she asked the two, waiting with a smile before she realized that there was no noise, as if they were trying to think of their explanation, “Namor? Bobo?” she had asked, waiting for an answer, “We’re not coming back, not yet.” Namor told her.
Hearing that, Dorma got nervous, “You should come back, it’s not safe here right now.” she had said towards them and hearing that, Bobo spoke, “We can’t Naga is planning something, something big involving The Serpent Crown.” He told her, hearing that, she took a breath, “Will it protect Atlantis?” she had asked of them, “What?” Namor had asked.
“Will it protect Atlantis?” she asked again, worried right now, “Everything that I do is to protect Atlantis.” he said, making Dorma smile at that, “Then keep doing that, I’ll make sure that there’s an Atlantis for you both.” she told them, hanging up and seeing that Argos was there, “What’s the matter?” he had asked, making her sigh, “We’re on our own.” she told him
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7/20/1945, Forest, New Canaan
Cassandra had been skipping through the woods with a smile as her best friend in the world had started to move through and as they had done so, Phil had given her a look now which had made the young girl look as well and see that there was a Bear, making the boy get scared while Cass had approached the creature, “Hey there!” she had said, approaching with a grin.
“Cass!” Phil had hissed towards her, but she didn’t care, going to pet the animal which was when Phil grabbed her arm and pulled it away, making the animal snarl, roaring, it had went to swiped towards them both, hitting each with the bear clawing his arm while it had gotten Cass as well, but nothing at all, “Ahh!” Phil screamed in pain while Cass got angry, “Hey!” she shouted before grabbing it.
She started to lift the Bear up, going and getting the creature away from her friend and as she had done so, The Bear had gotten her into a Bear Hug, but it was starting to hurt, making the girl get scared, wanting it to stop, at least until a branch hit the bear now, making it release and give her the chance to take as they had started to throw the bear back scaring it away now.
Seeing that, she had smiled, looking towards Phil who was scared, confusing her, “Phil?” she had asked, seeing his arm with worry before he spoke, “You got hurt!” he had shouted at her, making her flinch, “I’m sorry.” she told him, “I won’t let it happen again.” she said, making him smile while she had wondered why she had to say something like that, but if it made him happy then she would do it for now.
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8/1/1945, Atlantean Camp, Ryu–Hata
Namor had grabbed at a flask and drank from it, taking a deep breath as he looked towards them all, “Come on! Let’s celebrate!” he had shouted towards them, making the others laugh and agree, all of them shouting in joy as they had celebrated their victory, having gotten some ground, as Namor watched it all, he wished that The Invaders and his friends were there.
Bobo had went and swam towards him with a grin, “Hey there, any idea where Nammu and Dara are?” he asked, making the Prince realize that they were missing now, looking around, he was curious too as they started to search and saw that there was Seth with a flute, playing for the crowd who were laughing, enjoying the time there as Namor and Bobo approached, “Hey, Seth,” Bobo said.
“Any idea where Dara and Nammu are?” He asked, making the twin smile, “Probably in one of their tents!” he said with a laugh, making the two of them surprised by that, “Those two–?” “Did you seriously not know?” Seth asked with a laugh, “It’s not like they were hiding it!” he said, laughing towards them now which made them curious at the statement when there was a sight above them.
It was the magnesium shells, arching towards them which they all started to notice, “Enemy fire!” one shouted as they all started to move now, just as the first shell had landed now, going and exploding, some of them had been burned as Namor went and shouted, “Someone get a Giganto here to bury the flames!” he shouted towards them as more and more shells had started to fall down.
As they had started to move, they saw more and more tents were being burned now and seeing that, the Atlanteans had started to rage, “Why didn’t you tell me about the cannons?!” Opistho had snarled, coming up and grabbing Bobo by the throat, “They kept me locked up! I barely got anything from Tali!” he told the man as one had hit a little too close now which made him glare.
“Get rid of those fires, NOW!” He shouted towards the others as they started to move, Nammu and Dara getting out, each with a Sea Beast there that was starting to move the first around, trying to kill the flames as the Atlanteans all attempted to save their comrades against what was being done now, the shells looking more like shooting stars as they each tried to survive the night.
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8/2/1945, Atlantean Camp, Ryu–Hata
The army had been looking around now and as they had looked at it, their wounded brethren, all of the damage and destruction that was there as the shelling had stopped, “They most likely ran out of ammo.”Opistho had told them, making the General glare, “I don’t care!” Namor shouted towards Bobo and the general, all of them trying to recover what they could of the destruction.
“We have lost our supplies, and our lines have all been destroyed! We either run like cowards or we fight with everything that we have!” He shouted towards them now, “So I ask you, sons and daughters of Atlantis! Are you cowards who will run from our enemies so that they may harm our mothers, our daughters, or brothers and children?” he asked in anger towards them, but they all had one answer, “NO!” they told him.
“Then will you become warriors?!” he questioned, “Will you defend out home with everything you have?!” he asked and hearing that, all of them raised their weapons and fists up, “Ai! Ai! Ai!” They had all shouted in unison, making the prince smile, his friends and companions all cheering at that while The Prince had smiled, glad that they were all there and all of them were ready to fight with everything they had.
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8/8/1945, Lemurian Front, Ryu–Hata
Namor had risen up, going and tracking Meranno with a fury, “MERANNO!” He had shouted with a fury, making the Ex–Nazi laugh, “NAMOR!” He had said with a grin as the Atlantean started to rise up, only for Lemurian warriors to grab at his legs and wings, tearing at them, making the Prince scream in pain as they saw now that there was more coming now.
Seeing that, Namor smiled as Nammu had risen up to attack with SIlverfish, the twins each having a spear they attacked with while Bobo used a Lemuria sword he had acquired, giving The Prince the freedom he needed to go and tackle the man now, seeing that, Meranno laughed, letting him grab at the man in the arm now before he had grabbed a blade and stabbed at him.
“You are not going to get away again!” Namor shouted as the battle unfolded below them, “Sorry! But I’m not going to stay in a boiling pot! Enjoy getting cooked tomorrow!” he told him as the blade started to beep now, getting ready to explode, but Namor was more curious on what he meant, the explosion blinding him for the moment as The enemy was lost, for now at least.