Bounty Hunter Bash Unlocked Part Six

 Across Deathsea: Kraken

“Alright, maybe going after both Gajellidor and Grasharlo alone was not a good idea but knowing where they are is.”

Chashathrophogh narrowed his eyes.

“After all, we will be able to either avoid them or find a way to get them in the ocean.”

“Drowning them? Haven’t we come a long way!”

“What?”

Cerpheres put an arm around Leonardo.

“She wasn’t always this cold! Thought you were the good one!”

She let out a huff.

“I realise I can’t spare them so I can’t cash in, but Strena and Zaryb can!”

“On the surface, that seems like a good idea, yet scratch the surface and it exposes the real problem.” Leonardo spoke. “Even though I haven’t known you or them for long, but I have heard of them.”

“And that is?”

“They have more power.”

“And father Dean's far older than any one of us and all our ages put together!” 

Cerpheres opened his mouth as if to add something but closed his mouth again.

“But we must do something!”

“I know, which is why we try to save all we can but if we fail and they make the potion, we will steal it, right?”

“Right.” 

Strena looked down slightly. Then looked at Zaryb for a moment.

She was about to open her mouth when she saw bubbles around them. She ran to the edge to see that there were large snake-like things underneath them. She then noticed that there was no steam coming from them in the water either. At this, she frowned.

“Bash?”

“What?” She snapped.

She pointed at the water. Soon she became pale as she looked back at Chashathrophogh.

“Kraken!”

He opened his mouth as he dived at the two girls and out of the way. The next moment hit the tentacle before it hit another two girls. They looked up as their father pulled them back. They all ran away. Yet soon more saw the tentacles rise up above the waves. They all ran to and fro, screaming.

Bash got up and lit the tip of her arrows and fired, hitting the tips. She then willed the fire to spread quickly as her uncle did the same. This caused the tentacles to retract for a moment.

That was when Strena ran to the tentacles, along side Zaryb and threw out tiny daggers as Chashathrophogh's used his magic to will several tiny daggers hit a d threw more at them and used his magic to turn the water to fire, just to see if he could. And it worked. Chashathrophogh let out a laugh at this. Yet he could feel a slight drain.

I don’t think I should do that again. He concluded.

“Oooooh!”

“Cerpheres! Pull your weight!”

He licked his lips.

“Make me!”

“AHH!” He yelled as he saw another tentacle coming at him. He sliced and fire flicked out and hit, making it retract like a cobra about to strike. That was when the tip came to him. He flicked out another wave out. The next thing felt was the hut from behind as the tentacle whipped around his body and he was off the deck. Strena came out of nowhere and sliced the top of the tentacle and he used his magic to rip off the rest. He soon dropped.

“See! You didn’t need me!”

“Shut up and you’re right! I don’t need you so-” 

“Who’s gonna heal you?”

He looked up.

“Look out then!”

He looked back and threw several tiny daggers at the one that was coming down. The next thing he saw was the next one. He jumped up only to see the next one coming. He raised his feet, jumped off it and then threw several stars as he spun graciously then set them alight and willed them to come back to him. He caught each and every one of them as he landed into a bow before rising up.

“Tee hee!” 

He spun and blew the tentacles a kiss. The next thing fire came out of his mouth and hit another as Bash hit the flames with her arrows before they hit more. She fired at one after the other. Then she felt the strike. She flew and hit the waves. She saw the size of the kraken beneath her. It was the size of large mansion.

She bit her lip as she saw the tentacles come down upon her. She swam up and up and on and on. She pulled out and arrow and hit the eye. Yet it seemed to do nothing. So she stabbed it again and again and again. Then she was hit. The next thing she noticed was that she was that she was swimming in a thick black cloud so dark that she could not even see her own hand! She felt a flick of something and she was pulled back. It took all that it had within her to stop herself from gasping. Then she felt another and she was dragged to the right. Then the left, then back down. She had to focus all she had to stop herself from letting in the water as her body wanted to gather in the air.

I need to get rid of this ink!

She closed her eyes as she continued to get hit again and again as she concentrated on the ink, but her body was in pain, her head was pounding as she could feel the pressure of her nose and lungs. She tried to force all that she could to get rid of all the ink. Yet she felt the pressure build and build. Soon her eyes became watery from her body tensing up as ink was cut open in a spiral. 

She looked up at the surface above her. She swam up and up. She could feel her body being rejuvenated with new vigor. She swam and swam and swam as fast as she could. She could feel her body aching under the pressure of the water. Yet she kept on swimming faster and faster and faster. She reached out and broke out and took a deep gasp as her lungs gulped in as much air as they could.

She started to feel weak as she looked for the ship. She soon saw it. She swam towards it to see more tentacles rising above it. She reached out and used to pull the tips away as far as she could and arrows, stars and tiny daggers hit them with balls of fire. 

She then kept swimming on and on and on. She could feel her energy being drained from her yet she kept swimming nevertheless. She swam and swam and swam. She felt her determination pushing her on and on and on. Soon her arms were being dragged on and on and on. She was soon panting as she swam on and on and on, soon she was forcing herself on and on and on with everything that she had. She could feel her arms and legs pounding as her body was crying out for her to stop, but she could not relent. She swam on and on and on and the moment that her hand touched the wood, she felt her arms drop.

The next moment she felt a hand pull her up and the moment after she was back on the deck.

She then pulled herself up as she looked down to see blood all over the place! Then she saw the fires as the water covered the tentacles wagging to and fro like an excited puppy. 

Then the waves became faster and faster and higher and higher as the tentacles dove down and smashed the fire into one after the other. As they saw fins coming at the kraken and the tentacles struck one after the other. Soon more and more descended upon the kraken and soon there was black rising. They soon saw a stew of black, red and blue. Soon the swarm pulled the kraken away as the tentacles splashed and splashed faster and faster as smaller fish were driven to the spot. They all tore chunks out of the tentacles as there were more sharks tearing out their own chunks of the kraken. Yet this attracted more and more piranhas and sharks to swarm upon the kraken as the tentacles fell beneath the waves, never to rise again.

The waves became less and less violent as the ship left as the sharks and fish enjoyed their blue and black feast.

Yet Bash remembered the size of the kraken and the size of a normal kraken and it dawned upon her how old the kraken was with ice in her veins and bones as her stomach dropped.