Kharon Chapter 81
Emma, Jacob, Luke and Sparky are making their way through the tunnels and crevices forming deep inside the ice island. “Is it my imagination or does the ice appear to be shrinking”, asks Emma.
“Yea. I think you're right. It’s almost like the island is melting somehow”, says Jacob.
“Is that why it’s like a damn steam bath in here?”
Emma points to a weird looking mechanical ball like structure. They can barely make it out through the steam but it looks arcane yet advanced at the same time. Like something out a steampunk comic book. “Do you think that has anything to do with all this?”
“Fair bet”, says Jacob noting the glow of fire that seems to surround it.
“Hey! You found us!”, comes a familiar voice.
“Simone!”, cries Emma as she runs up and hugs the familiar figure walking through the water vapor towards them.
“We were just about to head out to try and find you once Kiarah returned.”
“Where’s Kiarah?”
“She went to go get the Sarnacks to help keep the ice people busy while we got our ship back.”
“They’re waging war on the ice people right now. How the hell does Kiarah know the Sarnacks”, asks Jacob.
“We’ll worry about that later. We gotta get outta here. The whole island is melting”, says Luke.
“I know. Kiarah found the freeze tech they used to build the island. That’s what that thing is”, says Simone gesturing towards the weird sphere. “She rigged my fire sword to it so now it’s melting the ice instead of controlling it.”
“You’re melting the entire fucking island while we’re on it?!”
“There you are”, says Kiarah's voice. Kiarah strolls up to the group. “Good. That means we won’t have to go looking for you.”
“You could have gotten us killed!”, yells Luke as he makes a movement towards Kiarah. But he is quickly stopped by Emma who gets between them.
“You gave me your word.”
“Arrrrgghhh….fine. Can we all get off this fucking iceberg already?”
Simone smirks. “I see you’ve managed to tame the savage beast.”
Luke shoots Simone a look. “What is that supposed to mean?”
But before he can get an answer Jacob asks Kiarah, “How did you get Sarnacks to help us? I thought they were extinct.”
“They are not. They just prefer to keep to themselves. We Quarsians had a special relationship with them. They agreed to do one last favor for me. They hate the noise this island makes in the waters anyway.”
“Why do you always nearly kill us to save us. Will you fucking keep us informed of your plans next time?”, says Luke.
“The Quarsians are used to attuning to what each other’s intentions are without spoken words.”
“I ain’t good at attuning.”
“Enough talk”, Emma chimes in. “Let’s get back to the ship.”
“This way.” Kiarah turns to lead them through the tunnels.
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