The Key of Apollo by Riley D. Brady

Author:Riley D. Brady [Brady, Riley D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scottish Seoul Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-12-07T22:00:00+00:00

Under The Sea—And Not A Singing Crab in Sight

“Under the ocean?” Gideon demanded. “There is no such thing as under the ocean.”

Riya pointed up. “Then you explain that.”

Gideon stared up at the sky and the undeniable shadow of the giant squid. “It’s, uh, some sort of screen. Yeah, like a dome, and the whole top is a screen. That’s just a computer image made to look like the ocean.”

“Are you crazy?” Riya pointed up. “Look at that…”

I tuned them out as they bickered about just what was above us. I knew Gideon would accept reality in a little bit. He just needed a little time to adjust. And I couldn’t really blame him for that. But if we were under the ocean, I knew Gideon was wrong about there being no such place as under the ocean. There was one placed rumored to be exactly there.

I just really hoped that wasn’t where we were.

I took another step away from them as a whale swam into view. Wow, that guy was big. It looked like it was the size of an oil tanker. I frowned. He stayed in the same spot but seemed to grow bigger. That’s really weird. It’s almost as if …

I whirled around, grabbing Riya and Gideon by the arm. “Run!”

Gideon stumbled. “Luce, what are you—”

A shadow fell over us, and all three of us looked up.

“Oh my gods!” Riya cried.

I yanked Gideon forward as Riya sprinted ahead. We all raced for the tree line, even though I knew the trees couldn’t protect us. We managed to get only about ten feet in when the earth exploded behind us. The ground rippled like a wave, and we were thrown up in the air.

I screamed. Gideon screamed. Riya screamed. I’m pretty sure even the trees screamed.

My stomach dropped as our upward momentum stopped and we plummeted back down to the ground. I crashed into one branch, then another, and then another. I had the weird thought that I must look like a human pinball. Bonk! High score for Lucy. For the second time, I slammed into the earth. Well, I guess ground was more accurate, as I wasn’t sure we were still on Earth.

I curled on my side, willing oxygen back into my lungs. I gasped like a fish on dry land before I gulped in a lungful of air. It hurt like heck, but at the same time, nothing had ever felt so good. But that was the end of feeling good. My side felt like it was on fire. I figured I’d bruised most of the ribs on that side.

I groaned and rolled to my knees. “Riya?” She lay a few feet away but didn’t answer. I scrambled over to her on hands and knees. “Ri?”

She lay on her side, her eyes closed, a large cut on her forehead.

“No, no, no, no.”

Rustling sounded from behind me. I whirled around as Gideon stumbled out from some bushes. His shirt was torn, he had cuts all along his arms and cheeks, and he was limping, but at least he was moving.

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