The Sinister Four: Chapter 8

Adam's P.O.V

I then began telling Clarisse, Josh and Mary the good news. The good news is that the above ceiling was only a few feet thick. It was much thinner than previously Mary and Josh had predicted. But Josh didn't sound so sure.

Ohh... such uncertainty, Gaea purred.'' Let me give you a hint. Josh boy is right, you know. Except that he didn't cound the fact that the remaining 6 feet were just water waiting to crash onto you.''

That really unnerved me. It really did. I usually was able to sense water if it was just a few meters around me, but for some reason I can't. I wanted to tell my friends, but I was so shocked at the fact that this prison is really underwater. I wonder, why does Gaea imprison us below underground knowing that a huge gallons of water is threatening to crash down on top of us?

Then I started to think. If the huge gallons of water were directly above us, then why is the holed ceiling was dropping stones and mud? I guess that Gaea was trying to mess with our minds.

But she wasn't.

Mary was using her javelin to bust a hole in the ceiling, and suddenly, droplets of water began to drop towards the ground. All of us decided that this is not a very good idea.

Unfortunately, we're not fast enough to react to the crashing waters from above. Waters began to flood the room in one huge wave. Josh, Mary and Clarisse immediately swam for the surface and they all gasped for breath. I swam slowly up to the surface and I kept breathing normally.

Josh's P.O.V

This is just a horrible disaster. Mary had thought that her javelin would break us out of here, but turns out she was wrong. I had no idea why, but at just that moment, I had the urge to stop Mary from breaking the ceiling. My suspicion turned to be quite right at the gallons of water that crashed onto us.

"Great!" Clarisse yelled in exasperation. "Now what do we do?"

"Now...." I scanned the roof for something positive. It turns out that we had reached a dead end. This looks like an underground well that has been abandoned for centuries, if only I could remember that name.

I remember this one legend. There were a number of sea nymphs that had turned withered and poisoned due to their water not being replaced by the aqueducts. I recognized that one of the nymphs was named Hagno. I wondered, if this water is poisoned, then how is it that this water is very clear? Why is it not showing any signs of poisoning?

I just realized that we're only about 6 feet to go before we reached the ceiling. Mary was already leaning back and assumed her position, as if the distance between her head and her nose is too long.

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