Unholy Resurrection, Chapter3
Out of the Swimming Pool, Into the Frying Pan
Team Ryu, on their way.... again so to speak. After a long haul through the Urkan Region, and the ever wonderous trip through Junk Town, well for Momo at least, they reach Steel Beach. The old junk heaps remain ever present, and enlarged as well. The usual workers gathering junk, the Foreman, pulling things ashore, the same as it always was. Was Myria ever needed for the worlds care?
They make their way to the Container Ship. When they tried to enter, a guard blocked the way. Garr stepped forward.
"Excuse us, but we'd like to enter the ship." He motions in the door.
The guard shakes his head. "No can do. The back end of the ship's began to sink back into the ocean. I'm not allowed to let anyone board. Sorry, especially after the way you saved the beach from that big ass fish a while back."
Rei steps forward. "C'mon, it'll be real quick. We just need to use the transporter."
"Good luck. The lower level of the ship is flooded. The door kept the water out of the transporter room, but it's gonna take a good swimmer to get there, and a complete genius to activate it before the water shorts it out."
"Great, so now what. We don't have another Black Ship to carry us across." Teepo add's disgustfully. "How are we gonna get there?"
The whole time, Ryu has been thinking of a way to get into the room. "Okay, I have an idea. Rei, you swim through and see how far the water reaches. If it's low enough, then my plan'll work."
Rei raises an eyebrow. "Why me?"
"Because, you're the fastest, and by far the best swimmer here. Will ya do it?"
He smiles. "Well, since you put it that way, let's rock."
The guard steps out of the way. "I talk, and they don't listen. Why do the not hear me?" The team walks by and enters the ship. The think black steel walls have a mild growth of moss on them.
Rei nudges Ryu's shoulder. "Hey, what exactly is your plan by the way?"
He smiles. "I'll show you when we get there." He opens the door to the room with the ladder going down.
Teepo kicks at the water, for it's nearly ready to flood into the room. "Great. What's your plan now blue boy?"
"Rei, you ready to dive?" A reasurring smile.
"I ain't gettin' any readier." Suddenly Momo grabs his arm from behind.
"You be careful okay? You come back to me okay?" She has an obvious worry to her voice.
He smiles and holds her. "Hey, this is Rei you're talkin' to. I'll be back, just as long as you'll wait for me."
"Ggh, leave it at home." Teepo grimaces, and makes barfing noises.
"Shut up or you'll be eating a bazooka shell!"
"I did't come here for this." With that, Rei dove in, swimming strong, but trying to conserve energy and air. He makes the first corner, and kicks off the wall and enters the second hallway, kicks off the other wall, and is heading down the last hallway. His strokes have become frantic, as his air is nearly out. With a final stroke he surfaces, and gasps deeply. He looks about and sees the water goes no more than halfway up the stairway.
"The guard was worried over this?" Rei gasps out panting. He looks back into the water. "To hell with this." He stands, and begins to concentrate his power. In a blur he disappears, a splash hits the water, and resurfaces on the roof of the room, the water from the hole almost bursts out, as the blur flied out.
"What in the hell?" Nina covers herself with her wand.
An out of breath Rei lands on the ground, and smiles. "Hey guys. Miss me?"
Nina tilts her head in confusment. "Rei, what happened?"
"Shadowwalk. Maryleep taught me it. Since I knew the way back, I wasn't going to nearly drown myself again. Sorry about the mess."
Ryu shakes his head dry. "So, how flooded is it? Is it bad?"
"Hardly. It only goes halfway up the stairs. The guard was worried over nothing."
"Great, then my plan will work. Okay, first I'm gonna freeze the water with my frost breath. Then Rei and Teepo chip away enough so Garr can fit in. Then, he, Rei, Teepo and I, push the wall of ice, and clear a path to the door. When we get that far, Nina and Momo can fire up the transporter."
Teepo looks disappointed. "You waited to tell us that? Why not just freeze the whole things, and chip out a tunnel to the transporter."
Ryu think's about that for a little, and nods. "You know, for once you have a better idea."
Teepo has already begun transformation. "And you always call me stupid." In a bright flash, there stands a small, dark blue whelp. He dives in and swims some, and unleashes a freezing blast, freezing the water in the tunnel. He slowly edges back, and surfaces, freezing the top of the hole.
Peco hops forward, mutates into his larger form and punches rapidly at the ice, while Teepo reverts to his human form.
Rei applauds Teepo. "I must say, for once you show you have a brain and that it works."
"Really, thanks....... hey, wait a minute!" He finds himself alone in the room, as the rest of the team has already started in the tunnel. "Lousy jerks...." He follows behind.
Peco, whaling away with his claws, ice chipping away, moving closer to the door which holds the only link to the other side of the world. Soon Peco's punching halts as he hits the steel wall. He resumes his punching to the right, slowly revealing the doorway.
Momo is somewhat amazed. "Peco's really goin' to town here. He must crave some action."
Nina opens the door, and as the guard said, no leakage, except for a small puddle near the door. "Alright, we're on our way. Everyone get on the pad." She hurredly goes to the control pannel. "I've always wanted to play with this."
Ryu speaks up. "Now Nina, you're not going to send us anywhere else are you?"
With a grin, she sets the coordinates for Dragnier. "Why, you don't trust me?" She steps onto the pad.
"No, it's just...." Their surrounding change to that of the teleport room in Dragnier. "...I don't want you to mess it up, and then we'll never get back."
"Aww, can't a ex-princess have a little fun?" With her cute smile, and sweet violet-blue eyes, Ryu melts when he see's that.
"Okay, you win." She kisses his lips quickly, and steps off the pad. Ryu sighs, with a smile and follows.
Momo already has her hat off, and is fanning herself. "We're not even out of the room yet, and I'm already miserable." She sighs. "Heat sucks."
Rei looks a little surprised. "Damn, you must be. Why don't you take off this big thing."
She ponders for a second and nods. He takes it off hastily and wears just her pants and a white shirt. Rei takes off his vest, and huffs. "I don't think I've ever gone from soaking wet to burning up this fast before."
The seven step out, and the entire village greets them with open arms.
"Prince Ryu, you have finally come. We have prepared for your arrival. Come, rest." They all guide them to the main tent, where, as last time a large feast awaits them.
Teepo looks on in awe, for he's never seen such a large amount of food at one time. "For us?" All he needs is a 'yes' and he's going on a binge.
"Yes, for all of you, please eat up." It didn't take long for Teepo to dig in.
"Teepo, jeez save some food for us will ya?" Rei, thumps him with his vest.
Without looking or stopping. "Eat up then." They
all take a seat, and begin to feast too. Garr, having always been uneasy
in Dragnier, seemed calmer than usual, but still had a hint of nervousness.
Later that night, Ryu sat up in the village square, looking up at Ladon's Shrine. Nina strolls up behind him, and wraps her arms around him, and cuddles her cheek against his.
"You nervous? It's been close to a year already since you've seen him last."
"No. Just wondering what he wants." He takes Nina's hands and kisses them gently. "I wish I knew. I'm going to wait till tomorrow to talk to him, so everyone will know."
"C'mon, it's getting late. Let's go back to our tent." She stands and holds her hand out. Ryu stands and lifts her on his back, and piggy backs her to the tent, both of them giggling along the way.
"So.... this is... home. Kinda crappy..." Teepo, leaning against the wall of the village, surveying the area. Being his first time here, he's been curious what his hometown, so to speak, is like.
Peco sitting with Garr, both asleep in Garr's tent, while in the adjacent, Rei and Momo lay, together.
"Rei..." She has a slight nervousness in her voice. "Have you ever thought about what kind of future we'd have together?"
Rei thinks about that for a moment. "Yeah, a little. I was thinking fit my old cabin for the both of us. We'd always be alone, free to fool around as we please." He smiles, and kisses her cheek.
"That sounds good, but I was talking more along the lines of..... marrige...." She blushes a bit.
"You wanna get married so soon, it's only been a month since we've been together."
"No, I mean.... eventually. I love you Rei, and I want to spend my life with you." She looks at him and smiles.
Rei smiles back and nods. "Yeah, I wanna get married too, but let's kinda hold off till things progress more. We've already made love.... many times." They both smile wider.
"I know, and that was fine, cause we have known each other for a long time, and been through a lot together. But, I want the right time before we get married."
"Me too." He smiles, and kisses her neck lightly.
"I love you... I love you so much." He leans down and kisses her tenderly.
She leans into it, and places one hand on his cheek.
Meanwhile in Caer Xhan, through a magic orb, the three watch on. "How disgusting."
"Come now, it's only a matter of time before we will seperate them forever my dears."
"Yes." A silky skinned hand brushes away a lock of golden hair from a delicatly beautiful shoulder. "Such a cruel end to a rancid love, don't you agree sister?"
"Why of course. Plus, to destroy the bond between that demon of the brood and that Wyndian hussy, will make it all more worth the while."
Evil laughter fills the room, as the Goddess' and
the man of evil contemplate the destruction of lives, just a few before
the world shall tremble at their feet.