Attuma Returned
8/19/1945, The Royal Palace, Atlantis
Krang and Byrrah had been sitting by each other right about now and as they had done so, Krang gave a look, “We will need to be careful of everything.” The man had wanted, making the prince give a look, “Namor is out of the picture.” he had wanted towards him, that made the warlord shake his head, “There is still the issue about The Sharka taking advantage of our weakness.”
Hearing that, Byrrah had rolled his eyes, “Then we send Dorma and the twins to deal with Attuma.” Byrrah told him, making Krang nod, “We will need to make sure that it appears that we are NOT putting them on a suicide mission.” kran continued, both of them in agreement with that as Argos had walked in now, “Prince Byrrah, here are the latest resorts from Bobo and Nammu.” he said.
That made Krang take it to look and as he had observed the information, he had nodded, “Thank you, make sure there are no copies made.” he warned and hearing that, Argos nodded, “Understood, my Warlord.” he explained towards him and hearing that,they both started to discuss more with each other right about now and as they had done so, Argos started to think.
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8/19/1945, Dorma’s Quarters, The Royal Palace
Dorma and The Twins had been talking with each other right about now, “We have a problem.” Argos had told them, making the others look towards him, “What’s the matter? Is Opistho on Krang’s side now?” Dorma asked as Seth and Dara had both worked with the tools that they had, “No, he wants to send you after Attuma the Neutral Area.” he continued to them, making them pause now.
“Attuma? Why?” she had asked and hearing that, the soldier had went and showed them the file that was there, “He wants you all to die, and this was the best way the two of them could do without making it obvious.” he explained and hearing that, they had looked at each other before Dorma took a breath, “Than it’s a good thing that we know what they’re planning now.”
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8/19/1945, Calf Pasture Beach, Long Island
As Liz had been enjoying the water, she had loved the feeling of the water right now, always going to enter the water and stay under for so long that it was making people worried, “Cassie!” Liz shouted out now and hearing that, Cass started to push out from the water with a smile now, “Hey there, Lizzie!” she told him with a grin, going and starting to swim to her.
“That isn’t funny!” she had snapped towards Cass who had looked a bit hurt by that, “I’m sorry about that.” Cass said, “It’s just– I LOVE The Ocean!” she said with a grin, making sure that her hand had played with the liquid right about now and as she did as much, there was something down in the water which made her curious, “One second, Lizzie!” she said before diving back in.
The young Eight Year Old had started to look around at everything and as she had looked around, Cass saw the person in question, making her grin, “Hi!” she had shouted, swimming towards the girl that looked to be around her age, making the girl turn towards her with confusion and shock, “How do you speak the language of the sea?” the girl asked as Cass saw her.
She had hair as pale as silver, she had armor that appeared to be formed from the bones of beasts, even the needles that kept her ponytail secure as the sides of her head were shorn while she aimed a spear towards Cass, “I am Shurrea Akordottir of The Sharka! Who are you?” she questioned of her, but Cass was more interested in the fact that she met someone like her.
“My name is Cassandra Kendal! But you can call me Cass or Cassie!” she told her, offering her hand towards Cass who took it with a smile, “How are you able to speak–?” she continued before seeing that she had wings at her ankles now, “Are you of The Avenging Son’s blood?” she asked, making Cass confused, “Who's The Avenging Son?” she asked of Shurrea.
That made her give a confused expression, “The Crown Prince of Atlantis! The hybrid of pinkling and Atlantean!” Shurrea had continued, shocked that she didn’t know, “Everyone who lives within the seas knows of him!” She continued which made Cass glare, “Well I didn’t know!” Cass said towards her, “I live on the surface, and my mommy and daddy aren’t Atlantean.” she told the girl.
“Then your parents must be lying.” Shurrea said, “For at least one must be Atlantean to have given you these traits.” she said, making Cass curious, “Can we talk more? I want to learn everything that you can tell me about this ‘Avenging Son’.” she told her, making Shurrea take a breath, “No… I am going to meet the lady of Atlantis, Dorma.” she stated, making Cass excited.
“I want to meet her!” she said and hearing that, the Sharka had looked towards her before taking a breath, “Tell you caretakers, I don’t want Pinklings to be hunting me.” she said, “Yes!” Cass shouted as she had started to move now, going as fast as she possibly could towards the surface while Shurrea had looked towards the paints that she had and figured that they’d be useful right now.
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“I got a yes!” Cass shouted with a grin, making sure that she had asked of her mother who was out of it at the moment but made sure that she had left a note that looked like she was on an adventure as the girl smiled towards Shurrea who had given a look towards her right now, “Alright then, stain your skin with this.” she ordered, making Cass curious as she went to paint herself.
It was an interesting coloring that made her smile right about now as the girl grinned, “Okay! Let’s see the Sharka!” she shouted and hearing that, Shurrea took a breath before motioning for her to follow, both of them heading towards the camp that had been set up for them at the moment, making their way towards the area in question with no idea what it was they would see there.
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8/19/1945, Sharka Camp, Atlantic Ocean
Dorma and the twins as well as the warriors that had been settling around there and as they looked around, they saw that Sharka were all around there now, they had been made up of Atlanteans, Lemurians and others that were around before the chanting started, “Attuma! Attuma! Attuma!” they had went as Ambrose and the rest of their procession had been cautious.
They looked towards each other right now and as they had started to move through it, there was a sight that made the Atlantean lady smile a bit carefully as she had went to greet him, “Attuma Attukarsen, great to see you again!” she told him with a grin as Attuma had glared, “It is good to see you as well, Dorma.” he said, making the Lady smile a bit at that right now.
She had went to hug him closely, as she did so, The Sharka was confused until she spoke, “Krang and Byrrah want to use you.” she had explained, making the man pause before he had plastered on a smile as well and gave a loud laugh, making the other Sharka laugh as well, “Then we best get started on the festivities!” he boasted, making the others cheer in response.
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Cass had no idea how this had been hidden from her, “This is so beautiful!” she said with a smile as they had continued to swim through the area, many Sharka from many clans all around and enjoying themselves, drinking of the wine and eating some of the food that was nearby when Shurrea had looked towards her, “Keep your voice down!” she said, “You sound like a Pinkling and all hate Pinklings here.”
That made Cass raise an eyebrow before they had seen that there was some more coming with tattoos over their skin and weaning animal hides like she wore, “Shurrea! Who is this little minnow?” one of them asked, going and picking her up, “This is Caz, someone from The Smoldering Sea I picked up.” The girl lied, “I was bored and decided to take her with me to camp.”
That made the two of them put her down, “You came at just the right time! The Lady of Atlantis with her monster fish came!” hearing that, Cass looked towards Shurrea, “Monster fish?” she asked and hearing that, Shurrea pointed towards the giant goldfish that was in the water above, seeing it, Cass had grinned, liking the sight, “It’s beautiful.” she told them now.
Hearing that, they looked towards her with grins, “You might end up a Sharka in the future!” the oldest told her and hearing that, The girl smiled, liking the sound of that as they had went to move now, each of them going and getting ready to celebrate in their own way now to their own abilities, while Cass wanted to see everything that was going on here with a burning passion.
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8/19/1945, Namor’s Mindscape
Namor had been a child again, he and Kailani, the two were swimming and as they had done so, the Prince had seen how the son of Attukar was waiting, “Namor…” he snarled, “The little mongrel!” he snarled, wearing a Nazi uniform now as he swam towards him with a snarl, Namor was in the uniform he wore during the war, going and grabbing his arms as Kailani had went to swipe at him.
He was confused, looking towards her as she morphed into Meranno now, “You will NEVER win, you were born alone, and you will DIE alone.” The German had told him, making The Prince all the more enraged right now as he had pushed him back, “Imperius Rex!” he roared out towards them all now, not ready to go down without a fight just yet it seemed.
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8/19/1945, Sharka Camp, Atlantic Ocean
Attuma had been looking like quite the host now, making the twins and Dorma looking towards them with some caution now, “Lady Dorma!” he shouted, “How about you go ahead and tell everybody why you’re here?!” he asked, making the others all start to bang their fists onto the tables now to make a rolling thunder amongst them now which made the Lady grin.
“We had heard talks of The Sharka coming to abandoned Lemurian territory, making it their own and The Atlanteans are all scared that you’re going to dominate them!” she shouted, making a few cheer and others laugh at that as they saw that Attuma raised a hand, “That was not us?” he asked and that made the group look towards each other before Attuma’s people spoke.
“No!” they had added, making the group all look in anger at the accusation, “If not you, then who?!” he shouted towards them which made the others start to get angry, “The Atlanteans are accusing us!” “The Lemurians are fractured now!” “It is The Rogue Fangs!” he said and that made the Lady look towards them with confusion, “The Rogue Fangs?” Dara asked in confusion right now.
“They had been born from The Pinklings War, they had decided to split off and with us and creating a new tribe, more like savage beasts than anything else.” The Man said and hearing that, Dorma got worried, “How have we never heard of these Rogue Fangs?” Dara asked with Seth a bit more conserved but he was nodding at that as both of them started to wonder about that.
“Because they are staying out of Atlantis Territory, they are more common in Submera.” one of the others shouted and hearing that, the Atlanteans were all the more worried at the statement before they started to get worried, “If the Rogue Fangs are dangerous, than we best prepare for them.” he continued and hearing that, The Atlanteans started to agree with that.
“You can deal with them later!” Attuma said with a grin, “For now, we celebrate!” he shouted and hearing that, the others started to chant right now, “Shar–Ka! Shar–Ka! Shar–Ka!” they had chanted with Dorma a bit relieved at that as they went to take some drinks and as they did so, The whole group was enjoying everything with each other as best as they possibly could with each other right about now.
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Cass smiled as she took a fruit that was there and as she drank from it, Cass had noticed how there was something off around there now, making the kid look towards Shurrea, “Are they Sharka?” she asked of her, making the Lemurian Sharka confused, “Who?” she asked and hearing that, Cass pointed towards five who looked Atlantean and they had started to get a bit more nervous.
Shurrea shook her head, “No their clan markings are all a mess, the armor is broken and in horrible condition, and those weapons are Atlantean with no changes in the markings, they don’t belong here.” she said and hearing that, they got nervous, “What do we do?” she asked of Shurrea who had picked up her speak and then a hatchet tossed towards her, “We stop them.
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It had been hours of celebrating right now and they were starting to feel the effects of their inebriation, taking a rest now, the Lady of Atlantis had been dozing off when she had heard something that made her look towards the opening and see that there was a Sharka inside there, smiling as he had raised a blade, only for a child to tackle the man and another to come in.
“Atlantean! Their Atlanteans, run!” She shouted and hearing that, Dorma started to get up, feeling a sort of pain now and as she felt it, Dorma saw that there was a sharp object that hit the side of her now as the little girl had went to punch him hard now, hard, and as the little girl had hurt him, Dorma started to get up as Seth and Dara had both started to move now with some worry now.
They had been attacked as well and as they saw that the lady was fine, both of them gave a relieved expression towards her, “Dorma!” Seth said, grabbing the child and picking her up from the unconscious would be assassin, seeing that, the girl calmed down now, “Are you okay?” she asked as Dorma looked towards the wound now and saw that it wasn’t broken or dipped in anything, good.
Getting up, she looked towards the two of them now, one of them was Lemurian Sharka while the other had looked like The Smoldering Sea, but there were differences that were making her curious as Dorma had bowed her head towards them, “Thank you…?” “Shurrea, and this is Caz.” The Lemurian Sharka said, “We just didn’t want these fakes to make us take the blame.” she said.
Hearing that, the others had nodded, at least before Dorma spoke, “How many were there?” she asked and hearing that, the two hd thought before the former spoke, “I think that they were five in total?” Shurrea said, “We dealt with one each.” Dara said and hearing that, they realized that there were two others now, “We need to find the other two–” which was when they had heard a roar.
It was of Ambrose and that was making the Atlanteans and two children all worried right about now as they all went and started to come out from the camps now to look at what was happening with Ambrose attacking two beasts that had been there, looking more like Eels as they bit into the flesh of him, “Ambrose!” she shouted and hearing that, the Sharka looked towards them now.
“Your beast needs to be brought to heel!” Attuma shouted as he had thrown a spear at one of the riders, taking them down now before the other had been hit with a blast, seeing that, the Sharka had started to swarm them now, grabbing at the survivor while the beasts had been culled, their bodies being stripped, Attuma glared, “As long as Byrrah and Krang are in Atlantis, there will be no peace.”
Dorma nodded, “Understood, we will let The King know.” Dorma said and hearing that, Attuma gave a nod, leaving them, that made the others a bit worried right about now and as they saw that there was a calm starting now, “Thank you–” she started before seeing that there was neither children now and seeing that, the girl was a bit curious at why that child looked a little like Bobo.
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8/19/1945, Teton Wilderness, Moran
Bobo had been making sure that he was hydrated as the man saw how there was a change from the area now as he saw how the people starting to get more active which was making the Atlantean curious now as he went to pull out a pair of binoculars, he looked towards the area and saw that there was something that was looking back at him, “Shit.” was the last thing he said before the grizzly bear attacked.
He snarled back, going to punch it, but the animal was half mad and trying to gore him instead, but he was not going to die, he had went and headbutted the animal that roared, seeming angry as it tried to smash in his bones, but he was not going to die that easily, instead the man had used his legs to kick the bear off now, pushing it back, he went to get a hatchet when he heard the sound of cubs.
They were young, not Two yet but he could tell that they were hungry, seeing that, remembering his child, he decided that he was soft as the man had went to pick out the choice cuts and tossed them towards the bears, seeing that, the four of them had went to sniff the meat, but he only watched, motioning for them to take the meat now, the mother seeming satisfied as her cubs followed.
One of them, a Grizzly with a white streak over the left eye, probably a defect, it looked almost… grateful, before it had followed after them, seeing that, he leaned back now and looked up to the night sky, he wondered if he had a strong and brave son, maybe a beautiful and kind daughter? He did not know, but he hoped that wherever they were, that they were happy and enjoying their lives.
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8/20/1945, Calf Pasture Beach, Long Island
Cass was laughing now and grinning, still stained blue now but covered in gifts from the Sharka including some jewelry and a headrest made from a hammerhead skull and some feather like leaves, she was so excited to, “Cassie?!” Lix shouted, looking at her with a flashlight, seeming terrified now, “Lizzie!” Cass said, “I went to these people called The Sharka and–!” she started.
But Liz had started to check on her before taking the clothes off, “Cassie! You’ve been gone for a day! We were all worried!” She told her, hearing that, Cass started to get the idea of what was going on, “Oh, I’m sorry.” she told the sister and hearing that, the woman sighed as she got the trinkets into a bag, “Let’s get you home.” the woman said, helping Cass who was rubbing at the stained skin.
“Did you make any friends?” she asked, making her smile, “Yeah! I met this Sharka named Shurrea! And a pretty lady named Dorma! And I saw a giant goldfish and Attuma! And it was–!” as she continued to tell her sister everything, The party, the crazy that was going on and it made the woman smile as she recalled what Nammu told her, wondering if things would come around now.
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8/20/1945, The Royal Palace, Atlantis
The Atlanteans had been looking when they had started to hear that there was Byrrah and Krang accompanying Thakorr to speak now, “How go the talks with The Sharka?” Thakorr asked, making the Lady take a breath, “It’s unfortunate, but The Sharka will not align with us, but they are going to stay in Lemuria’s territory only.” Dorma said and hearing that, they had gotten worried.
Looking towards her now, Krang took a breath, “It is unfortunate, but sadly we will have to be more protective of our territory.” he continued and hearing that, the others had agreed, “Where is Namor?” Thakorr asked them all, curious right now as Dorma spoke, “My spies are keeping an eye on him, when he is able he will return to Atlantis.” The Lady explained to him.
Hearing that, the others had been curious by that as they had all started to split, Kranthough had went to Opistho, “Find out where Namor is, now.” he ordered now, making the man nod as they started to move now to get to work, one side to deal with the problem and another to protect their future king, both of ready to do what must be done now as they readied to protect THEIR Atlantis.