Count As High As You Can...Before "The Man" Stops You. [03]

[Aisha deCabre]

4.  But under the deceptively calm waves of the ocean...

[LionHeart]

5. ...lurked something that no-one could have suspected.

[Aisha deCabre]

(Oh man, where's the creativity when you need it...)

6.  Over in the deeper waters, a submarine came upon...

[Darkdragon]

7. the previous object in question, as a flabbergasted crew saw...

[VSMIT]

8.  A giant transparent egg.  Because the shell was mostly clear, they could easily see that...

[Eibborn]

9. it contained a table with a rich feast upon it! They wondered...

[Darkdragon]

10. how such a curious contraption could be built, and other problems related to water pressure.

[Aisha deCabre]

11.  Perhaps it was an illusion or a joke, but...

[Darkdragon]

12. no such technology capable of producing such a believable mirage was known to them.

[e_voyager]

13. but that didn't mean that it wasn't so. After all tales of magic still abound

[Darkdragon]

14. Unfortunately, the captain of the submarine was of the no-nonsense type who scoffs at the mention of magic.

[Vidar]

15. "Load torpedo tubes 2 and 4!" the captain ordered. "No man made that thing, and no alien scum is going to mess up my ocean!"

[Aisha deCabre]

16.  The men were hesitant, and they loaded the torpedoes, aiming it at the egg like thing that suddenly...

[Corgatha Taldorthar]

17. unfolded a loudspeaker shouted out "You cannot defeat the Drakhai!"

[e_voyager]

The captain did not understand what it meant but was not about to...

[LionHeart]

19. let a little thing like that deter him. "Fire!"

[Mao]

20. The torpedoes streaked through the water towards their intended target

[Aisha deCabre]

21. They exploded in mid-water, as if hitting a force field...the alien thing stood intact and the voice said...

[Vidar]

22. "Told you so." The captain sucked on his cigar and grinned a mirthless grin. This was going to be interesting.

[Darkdragon]

23. The people on the beach where shocked suddenly by the loud shaking underfoot.

[Mao]

24.  Some began to scatter, this way and that

[Angel]

25. mothers heading for their children, the ice-cream man packing up his stand. A concerned man

[Corgatha Taldorthar]

26. Ran out in front of the truck shouting "Fire! Fire! Fire!"

[Aisha deCabre]

27. And as the beach emptied of overly-crazed people...

[Stygian]

28. ...THE EAST WAS BURNING RED...!

[Aisha deCabre]

29.  And a part of the ocean exploded in a mix of fire and water...

[Angel]

30. As the creature rose from the depths...

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

.. and said "Allo, folks!" ;-]

[Aisha deCabre]

1.  This is the story that never ends... 

[VSMIT]

2.  It just goes on and on my friend...