Author's Note: I'll be using the name Caza for the Lyumnades Mariner since the laptop doesn't have the funny thing that should go under the seond 'c'. I appologise if this upsets mariner fans.
Anyway I will get on with...
Something Amiss Chapter 37- Atlantis.
To say Julian was not happy about Thetis dragging him out from under his quilt, dressing him roughly and charging out of the temple of the pillar of life to some unknown destination would be the greatest understatement since Hera, Queen of the Gods, said she was not even slightly peeved with her husband's many liasons with anything pretty that moves. It seemed to him at least that he had only just closed his eyes when she came in yelling about something his tired senses could not understand. He had stopped a cyclone from forming and diverted two hurricanes to keep them on the ocean's surface so he did deserve a break.
Thetis did not care and nearly carried him all the way to wherever. If not for the most unusual of cosmos storms standing only a few feet away Julian would have fallen asleep on her shoulder.
"Sorrento? What's wrong?" He asked blinking at the assembled Mariner Generals who had Sorrento and Caza cornered infront of the Atlantic pillar.
"Caza has something he'd like to show you." Sorrento's usually gentle voice came out as close to a growl as any of them had ever heard it.
"No I don't." The pale Mariner general backed up watching the siren slowly raise his flute. "Now Sorrento you wouldn't want to harm a comrade, would you?"
"You're no comrade!" Io hissed lurching forward. "Baian let go! Let me rip the truth out of him!"
"No." The valiant Seahorse held firm. "Our laws state we are all innocent until proven guilty."
"He's guilty!" Io screeched pulling the other general forward two steps before Baian picked him up throwing the most unpredictable of Mariners over his shoulder. "Bai-aaaannn! Let me down! Let me at him! He's lying to us all!"
"Io is right." Sorrento hissed his flute nearly to his lips. " Caza always lies to us."
Julian moved to stand in the line of fire between Sorrento and Caza hoping that the younger Mariner would not attack whilst he was in the way. "Let's just calm down for a moment. I'm sure Caza would not lie to us intentionally. I think he got out of that bad habit during the war."
"I'm not so sure." Krishna stated staying in his meditative pose. "He does have a large illusion covering the base of the pillar. I would like to know why."
"Caza?" Julian turned to look at the cornered Mariner. "Please tell us why."
Caza's uncomfortable gaze shift from the upset siren to the writhing monster only partially placated by the seahorse and whatever was trapped inside the illusion. His shoulders sank with his heavy sigh. "I suppose it was stupid to try and hide it."
The illusion and the dense cosmos around it dropped revealing the Sea Dragon scale. Julian gasped, he had never seen a scale contort itself like that around a pillar. Sad plaintive calls echoed out of the scale as it leapt off the pillar to writhe across the floor making attempts to dig through the bleached marble. Unable to make much of a dent the Sea Dragon rose high in then dived into the floor. The scale bounced harmlessly off not even scuffing the surface. Enraged the scale thrashed around breaking the coral gardens surrounding the pillar.
"What in the world?" Sorrento backed away along with the other generals.
Julian knew exactly what was wrong. "You really do miss him don't you. You don't see why he should be there now it's back do you?"
The scale turned it's head towards the embodiment of Poseidon calming it's antics to sounds that could only be described as tears.
"It?" Isaac asked getting Thetis' hand slapped over his mouth.
"That which does not deserve a name in the Seadragon's eyes." Julian explained. "How long has it been like this Caza?"
"Since mid-afternoon yesterday. Normally the Seadragon allows me to fool him when he gets into these moods. This is the first time since resurrection of our generals that he has been inconsolable."
"Why does he dig at the floor?" Baian asked letting a much calmer Io down.
"Don't know. This is the first time I've seen him try to dig."
The Seadragon froze listening to something far away. Julian felt three new presences in Atlantis near his temple. One he knew to be Andromeda Shun, who had an interesting addition to his cosmos he would have to ask about, a gold saint he did not know and another who must be insane to have come here without his twin. Before he could grab the Scale with his remaining power the Seadragon let loose a mighty roar swimming through the sky towards the main temple.
"Damn! Everybody to the main temple now!" Julian ordered leading the charge towards the temple praying to Poseidon to keep at least Shun safe. There was no way he would be explaining any Seadragon related injuries to the brother of his god.
to be continued...
Sorry for shortness and any spelling mistakes my time is severly limited.