Chapter 7 (Destiny)

Mad was not the word to describe Verg's feelings at this precise moment. Being betrayed and loosing many of his armies to the humans, he swore revenge at any cost. However, he had one small problem to attend to first.

Verg stood tall in the nucleus of his complex. It was located on the island that Zorndyke had used to study and perform experiments, which had eventually led to the creation of the creatures. He began to make preparations to move his plan forward. He abandoned the facility and took everything back to the Pacific to launch his campaign against humanity.

After the failure in killing the humans and the murder of Zorndyke, Verg moved his people to a five kilometre wide island to start again. However, this haven for the creatures was soon turning into a staging ground for battle.

Verg suspended one of the aquatic hybrid sea girls into the air with one hand and stomped his foot on the ground in rage. She hissed and snarled at him in some kind of hope he would let her go. However, the very fragile and innocent creature was no obstacle against the massive blue beast.

"You have been touched by the humans, haven't you? What is wrong with you all? You are always disobeying orders and allowing yourselves to be touched by the humans, don't you know that papa made you for us! You are supposed to give us pleasure and you are for US!" Verg barked.

The aquatic hybrid girl, who ended up in trouble because Jake preformed CPR on her and saved her life, wept in deep fear for her life.

Verg brought the girl close and he stuck his massive tongue into her mouth to taste, no, examine her for human contact.

He retracted his tongue and grabbed her by her fragile neck, pulling her three feet off the ground. She gasped for air and struggled as she aimlessly waved around, unable to breathe.

"You've had a human IN YOU!" barked Verg even more violently than before. He carried on, "You sick, disgraceful creature!"

He then snapped her neck, causing her panicked motions to become still within under a second from the sound of the crack. Her ears flapped down, her head flopped, her arms and legs did not move. Verg then tossed her to the side like an old rag doll before turning to the rest of his females. "Let this be a lesson for you all, if any of you betray us again, I will not hesitate to kill you!"

One of Verg's minions then drifted towards him, as he felt slightly nervous about talking to him. However, he had no choice and was forced to speak to him. Walking past the dead female's body, he tried to remove the blockage in his throat, which for some reason appeared out of nowhere. Perhaps he licked his fur too many times and now it's caught up with him.

"Amm, Verg I have heard news that the new vessel is ready for you at any time," murmured the frightened half-dog creature, kneeling down before his master.

Verg turned around at a breathtaking speed, hitting the dog-like creature that gave him the news, "Do not disturb me when I am talking to my females!"

He then walked off towards his ready-made vessel, leaving a panicked and frightened atmosphere behind. The dead female's body was later tied up and hung over the female's water pool as a reminder to the rest.

-o-

Something dark and sinister began to glide through the water away from the island.

Verg and a few of his minions stood on his organic control centre of the creature he commanded. The massive beast headed deep into the water towards its target.

"Verg, the Musucas are trailing behind us and we are making good time. We should be in range of the human city in a few hours," informed one of his minions piloting the massive sea beast.

"Good, good, we will stop the humans from taking our water and take back the traitors. I will hang them in the central chamber," chirped Verg, who was sitting in something that looked like a seat made out of nerve bundles. He felt very proud of himself.

-o-

Jake crept out of the waterway pool on the command deck wearing a wet suit. As he climbed over the side after a very long swim and, feeling tired, he slammed onto the floor of the command deck and his crew leered at him.

He removed his respirator from his mouth and took several deep breaths before saying, "Damn media, they are everywhere!"

Jake stood up and straightened himself out, not noticing the shocked looks he received from members of his crew. "What's our status?" Jake asked as he removed the air tanks from his back.

Jake's second in command replied after getting over the initial shock and also knowing his secret replied, "Everything is ready…sir, the element should be with us shortly."

Jake gave a fast look around at all the shocked people that stared at him. He knew the reason for it and it wasn't his grand entrance onto the control centre. It was because of the shock news reports about his intimate relationship with the creature of the sea.

"You lot snap out of it and get back to work…that's an order!" ordered Jake as he left the command deck.

The control centre crew started talking to each other about the captain's involvement with the creature, and as you can imagine, it was not good.

"Cut it out people, this is Jake you are talking about, our captain. We all know how open-minded he is and this shouldn't be much of a shock to us. So get over with it. You there, what's the current depth," argued the second in command.

Jake walked down the steel corridor as he headed for the wardroom and it didn't take long for him to walk into a wall. Well no, he walked into the inspector who was just finishing up his rounds.

"Jake, I have taken a good look around your boat and although there're some things that that need seeing too," he then handed Jake the inspection papers before he carried on, "I am satisfied that this ship is suitable to carry the element."

Jake looked at the inspector and wondered if he knew about his current situation. However, he then realized that he might not pass if he did know and so he took the certificate and hurriedly rushed him to the exit.

As the inspector left the boat, Hayami walked in after having to deal with the mob of reporters that had followed him. He was not happy at Jake, who decided to take the easy path and leave him facing the reporters. "I told you to come with me, but you had to be the man you are and take it in your stride," stated Jake as he walked away from the hatch.

-o-

The time that everyone waited for had finally arrived. The element was being taken onboard. A small cart was pushed down the corridors, along the docking arm and into the Deep Sea Six. A team of people followed with their hands stretched out, making sure that the shiny steel cylinder did not fall to the ground.

Inside the cylinder was a small ball suspended in clear, naturalising fluid. The glass on either side of the cylinder offered a view at the element, which glittered and pulsated with different colors.

Everyone held their breath as the cart was slowly moved to the storage bay where it would be transferred when the Deep Sea Six reached its location.

Then suddenly the unspeakable happened. The cart got jammed on the railing and the canister came crashing to the ground. Everyone panicked in great worry as this small amount of element would freeze the entire area to the size of a continent and beyond. Any life would be exterminated and being docked at New London, this was the most frightening prospect anyone could fathom.

The canister did not break, but it still rolled down the corridor with everyone looking in horror.

Suddenly Sam walked past whistling and gently kicked it with his foot. A sudden gasp of air caused everyone to freeze suddenly as Sam picked up the device, recklessly holding it in his hand not knowing what it is.

"Umm," enquired Sam, who then began tossing the device in the air, "I wonder that this thing is, it might be worth some money."

The worried sounds of everyone drew Sam's attention as the device fell back into his hands.

Sam looked at what is going on, one of the scientists rushed up and gently took the device from him, "You idiot, don't you realize what this is, you could have killed us all!"

Jake walked in and said, "What are you all doing, get that object secure. I've heard reports that a large enemy fleet is on their way to this city, chances are they are after us."

Suddenly, as Jake finished his sentence, claxons began to sound. Jake made his way back to the control centre after he changed clothes.

-o-

The Musucas were the first to enter the range of New London. Barriers that had been designed to repel torpedoes and missiles from the buildings on the other side began to lift up, covering area of the city. However, the barriers only came up twenty feet from the surface of the water.

The central control unit called 'CENTER COM' in New London sprang to life with people using radar to track the incoming enemy units. LCD displays showed the city and the location of the enemy fleet. They also controlled every aspect of the city's defences and armour technology. Like in the drills, the armour was deployed, offering some protection from missiles from the enemy. However, this city has never been in a major fight before and this was going to be its first real battle.

"Enemy units tracked at five kilometres and approaching!" said one radar operator, seeing the red objects approaching the city.

The commander in chief then ordered, "Spin up the Depth Charge Cannons, ping their ranges and give me a depth reading."

Staff scrambled about as each person monitored and prepared all the defensive units. A massive LCD screen in the middle displayed the radar image of the entire area and CCTV of the Depth Charge Cannons moving into place.

At different locations in the city, massive cranes began to move their arms, reaching downward and picking up barrels of Depth Charges. They rolled down the crane's arm into the launch chamber suspended in the air over the ocean, ready to fire.

"The enemy is closing, under two kilometres, under one and a half," informed a frightened female voice.

As soon as the female said one kilometre, the commander yelled, "Fire the cannons!"

The launch devices at the ends of the crane propelled the canisters at great speed into the air toward the location of the incoming enemy units. As the canisters glided in the air, they gradually sunk back down towards the water before they disappeared under it in a massive splash. The cranes fired a canister every second at the location. Canisters rolled down the crane and into the firing device that shot them high into the air followed by a cloud of smoke and compressed air. People at the base of the crane loaded the canisters into the conveyor belt which then lifted them up to the highest point of the red crane before they were dropped down the arm and into the launching device.

The first canister reached its desired depth before exploding, which sent a mushroom cloud shape to the surface of the water. Water vapour splashed everywhere as the clear blue water turned into a white cloud. Then suddenly another exploded every second, creating massive shockwaves one kilometre out in the sea.

Massive blasts thundered in the distance as the Musucas became overwhelmed in the barrage of explosions as they entered the city limits.

However, they soon swam deeper and deeper under the depth of the canisters, which needed time to adapt to their new depth.

"Two of the four enemy units have been destroyed commander and… Wait, we are detecting a large number of smaller enemy units leaving the Musucas." The woman then ran the new units through the database before clearing the confusion, "We have an unknown number of Umigumos inbound!"

The Musucas fired wave after wave of torpedoes at the city and its defences. Rocket platforms spun around near the shoreline and fired rockets to intercept the torpedoes and for extra defence, large ten foot gatling guns emerged out of their standby state and spun up.

Torpedo after torpedo was intercepted by the city; after all, this city was heavily armoured and defended and a small invasion was not going to pose mush of an obstacle. Some torpedoes hit the armour plating around the edges of the city, but all that did was create a massive light show and noise that shocked the passing citizens who failed to evacuate to their safety shelters.

The Depth Charges took out a large number of Umigumos, but they only enraged the hybrid girls that piloted them. They swore to revenge their sister's deaths. Even if they didn't want to, they had no choice because Verg ordered it.

The Umigumos emerged out of the water and onto the city's banks and soaked the metal streets. They used their massive claws to climb over the armour plating, but the only welcome they received was from the massive gatling guns that opened fire on them, turning them into a load of scrap metal.

Missiles then flew in the air towards the city from an unknown location; hundreds of them covered the sky as they all headed towards New London.

This is the end of Part 3

To carry on the adventure, please read Blue Sub No 6: - The Year After Part 4. (The last in this series.)