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"Massive waves have been striking various coast of the world, governments are panicked as many are left homeless..."
"Hundreds expected dead as a tsunami strikes San Fransisco. The damage is immense and authorities are doing what they can to find the missing people..."
"This is the BBC reporting after the massive tsunami hit London, bridges have been destroyed and many homes have been destroyed. The Queen calls for calm as the authorities try to find the missing people, and reunite with their families.."
"O Rio de Janeiro sofreu grandes estragos, evite o litoral a todo custo ..."
"Alerta the tsunami en la cuidad de Cartagena. Esta es una ola the magnitud no antes vista, por favor evacuar la costa lo mas rápido y ordenadamente possible, esto no es un simulacro..."
"津波警報津波警報！東京に向かって直進する津波が検出されました。高台に着きましょう"
"Alerte tsunami Alerte tsunami ! Un tsunami a été détecté venant tout droit vers la côte sud de la France. Prenez de la hauteur !"
"Experts are baffled as more of this tsunamis continue to strike city after city. There are no earthquakes that cause this waves. How are they forming, and why are they so common ?"
"It has to be that SHIELD girl Quake. No one else could create things like this !" Senator Nadeer screamed.
"Please Senator. There is no way that a single individual can cause that." General Talbot yelled back. "Now I suggest you shut up unless you want to be the next Ross. You are already in deep Shit."
"Warships from SHIELD, the Army, and even Hydra are washing up the shore. What is going on !"
"No no no. Listen to me. This is our first contact with the people of Atlantis !"
"There you go again, with your insane Atlantean theory !"
"You have no proof Dr. Shin..."
"Honestly you should have stayed with your twin step brother Jimmy Woo....how did that happen anyway ?"
"Open your eyes !" Dr. Shin yelled. Ignoring the strange thing of his step brother. "We already have an Atlantean among us, Aquaman !"
"Dr. Shin..."
"Is the Dr. Really crazy ?" Christine Everhart said. "We live on a world were the norse gods are real. One is an Avenger, the other almost destroyed New York. We have Wakanda who just came out of isolation with things we didn't think they were possible. The resent outbreak of inhumans. We live on a world where anything is now possible. Is it so far fetched to say Atlantis is just a myth now ?"
"Christine, do you really think that ?"
"I don't know. We know more about space than the ocean. It could happen."
"And you think, if they are real, that we could find them."
"I think....that there is only one person capable of finding Atlantis if it's real. But that person is currently missing..."
After saying goodbye to his cousin. Tony stood with Mera on the edge of a cliff. It was time to go.
He stared at the cliff. It represented a good memory.
"What is it ?" Mera asked.
"This is where Vulko gave me my first swimming lesson."
24 years ago.
"You have to forget the teachings of the surface world." Vulko told a young Tony. "And reach out, to your Atlantean genes."
"But I already know how to swim."
Vulko smirked. "Not even close."
"Just to be clear. I'll help you stop this war. But then I'm done."
Sigh. "Do what you will. Let's focus on an issue at the time."
With that, Mera jumped off the cliff. With one last view of the surface, Tony jumped after her.
Vulko and young Tony landed on the ocean and swam away.
"Being Atlantean, means that when you reach underwater, you become a new being."
"Hey ! You can talk underwater ! ....hey " I can talk underwater too ! this is awesome !"
"Oh we can do much more than just talk underwater." With a smile, Vulko swam away quickly with just a stroke.
Tony exited, followed him, swimming faster than ever.
He catched up to Vulko, just as they went deeper on the ocean.
"Being Atlantean means more than the ability to breath underwater. Your body adjusts to the extreme temperatures and pressure of the depths, without any need of special protection. Your already enhanced straight, is even more powerful on the water. Your eyes will adjust so you can see within the depths."
Tony exited, swam around a group of jellyfish. Then he went to the surface and jumped.
"WOOOHOO !"
Tony then found out a pod pf dolphins and jumped with them.
"Just wait until Sharon hears of this ! YEAH !"
Meanwhile, Vulko sat on a reef, watching a group of Manta Rays swim by.
"Thanks bud." Tony said to a dolphin that tool him to Vulko. He turned to his mentor.
"So Vulko ? When can I see mom again ?"
Vulko looked at him. Disguising his pained look. "Soon my young Prince. When you are ready, I'll take you to see your mother."
"I hid my ship in here." Mera said, opening a crate.
Tony looked disgusted.
"Oh hell no. I am not getting on that ship."
"Well to get where we are going you are gonna have to."
"Your ship is been marinated in shumber. I'm gonna be smelling like that for weeks."
"I think it's better than what you smell..what even is that ?"
"Hey. Is Axe Body Spray. It's really good."
"Yeah I am not gonna say that I know what that is, because i don't."
Tony smelled himself again. "I think it's good." He then swam to the ship, and sat on her side.
Mera started the ship, and off they went.
"How long is it ?"
"From here ? two hours."
"Great. Don't you have any music on this ship ?"
"Why would we have music on a ship ? "
"Those Atlantis know how to have fun ?"
The two hours were a bit uncomfortable. Riding with a person you barely knew, yet she saved your little cousin and you are teaming up to stop a war (and is pretty as fuck) can be awkward.
They soon reached a underwater cannon where they saw a lot of ships entering a...portal, gate ?
"What's that ?"
"The Gate Way Bridge. Is the only way in and out of the Capital."
"Why have a bridge underwater ?"
"For better security. That way border control can monitor any ship coming in and out. Besides trying any other way would be suicide. They'll never get past the water cannons."
"Water cannons ?"
"Yeah. People tried to sneak in all the time."
They soon reached the gate.
"Eh.."
"Don't worry. I have diplomatic clearance.
They soon entered the gate, and for the first time, Tony saw it.
Atlantis.
"Welcome home."
Tony looked amazed at the place. It was truly a marvelous world.
whales and turtles carried crates around. jellyfish functioned a light. Ships that SHIELD would do anything to gain.
Tony might have resentment against this place. But he swore to keep it hidden, and hasn't gone back on his word.
Mera got them to the down to the lower levels of the city.
"The highborns never venture down here. We will be safe."
They got close to a shipwreck, surrounded by hammerhead sharks. Tony knew who was particular fond with this species.
"We're here."
She opened the doors, and the two swam to one of the wholes.
It's when Tony noticed that there was a.....surface like thing covering the holes on the ship.
He curiously swam towards the hole and.....
BAM !
Gravity took over and he fell face first to the floor.
"Ow."
Mera came behind him, landing on her feet.
"What the..."
"An air pocket for extra precaution. Only the highborns can breath air as well as water."
"You could have warned me before hand."
"Oops."
"Don't worry. She did that her first time here. Besides this helps keep the animals out. They get kinda messy."
Vulko looked at them, throwing a fish back into the ocean.
Mera helped Tony back on his feet, and walked towards Vulko.
"Vulko. There you are old man. After all this years you finally got what you wanted."
Tony walked towards him and put a hand on his mentor's shoulder. Even with everything, he cares about the rusty starfish.
Vulko smiled back.
"Tony. I wish it was under better circumstances."
"I can't believe Orm attacked." Mera said.
Vulko sighted. "That wasn't an attack. Legally he is not allowed yet. What he did with those waves was just a warning. An attack will be much much worst."
"What provoked it ?"
"King Orm and your father where ambushed by the surface."
"The surface ?" Tony laughed. "Absurd. Most of the people out there think Atlantis is a fairy tale. The only one that knows is my annoying little cousin. You met her."
"Ah indeed. How's Ms. Carter ?"
"She's good. An asshole framed her but she's working on it. Really the main reason I'm here is that Orm's attack almost took her from me."
"Yes, and so many must have lost....the situation is critical. After the attack, Xebel sides with Atlantis. Orm now has enough power to make the other two kingdoms surrender to him. If we are gonna stop this war, you have to dethrone him, now."
"Look, how many times do I want to tell you. I don't want to be King."
"You don't understand. Once he's name Ocean Master it will be too late. The power at his disposal will be bigger than what you saw with Ultron last year."
"Guys. I am from the surface. Sure like you said I know how to lead thanks to S.I, but to be King ? I wouldn't know where to begin ?"
"By winning the hearts and the mind of the people, by proving to them you are the true King...and retrieving this !"
Vulko showed him the drawing of a trident.
"Eh, already got one of those." He pointed to his mother's trident. The only thing he had from her true home.
"Not like this you don't. This is the Sacred Trident of Atlan. The First King of Atlantis. Only the one true King, can wield it. It was crafted with Poseidon's steel, made from the scales of a legendary monster. King Atlan used it to rule the seas, and even gave him the ability to speak with animals."
"So what...I do that all the time."
Mera looked at him, while Vulko smiled.
"What...isn't that common ?"
"No. We work with animals but we can't speak with them. Only true desendants can do that." She said, realizing Vulko was right.
"Oh.....So where's the trident ?"
"To know that. We must got to the time of the great fall. When all of the Kingdoms were once. We were the greatest nation of Earth. Even Wakanda didn't rival us. But we became too ambitious. King Atlan tried to investigate a item with great power...the Soul Stone. But it was too much. Atlantis sank. But the stone that doomed us helped us involved. It allowed us to breath underwater, to become more stronger and faster, with much longer life spans, than a regular human. Some like us, Xebel, or the Fisherman, evolved. Others like the Brine regressed, and some like the Trench, became savages, loosing all humanity. And the King lived the reminder of his days on self imposed exile. After making sure the Soul Stone was hidden, he vanished with the trident, and hasn't been seen ever since." He took out a little cylinder. "One of our archaeological teams found this short ago. It holds the clue to Atlan's trident."
"So where is it ?"
"We don't know." Mera said. "Technology is too old."
"The markings of the device have the same of the Deserter Kingdom. You must go there. And find the clue to Atlan's Trident."
Tony went to grab the device but...
BAM !
An explosion shook everything. Sending them flying.
Tony fell on his head, and his world went black.
Before he went, he heard a man speak.
"In the name of his highness King Orm, you are under arrest."
A man came with a tray towards another man, who was sitting besides the computer.
"No matter how long you see that. It won't give you the answers you seek."
"I know that."
"Then what are you still doing."
"Trying to get everything I can on this incidents."
"Hmmm. Master Bruce. The UN is having a meeting at the moment about the current crisis."
Bruce Wayne turned to Alfred.
"Hm Why would I..."
"Because the Avengers will be present on it. I thought you should know."
Bruce smiled.
"Well, maybe it's time Batman visits the Avengers."