Part 4 - The Walkway

...Lucinda took what courage she had left and searched out the fiend. Her mind raced with thoughts about her love.

"I-need-to-focus."

Lucinda didn't realize that she was walking deeper in the sea. The tunnel hid above ground. It was a secret lair that hadn't been discovered until now.

The cold dampness of the crevice started to affect her. Her teeth chattered as she searched for clues. The blue stains were getting bigger and smelled like vomit. The putrid walk was becoming more difficult to bear.

Meanwhile, Jaygon raced through trying to find his beloved. "I'm not going to let you get her Sliver. I know who you are!"

By the time that Jaygon reached the tunnel it split into three ways. The right way, wrong way, and the one that would get you killed way.

"Lucinda!" He tried to hear her voice but there was nothing. He missed the sweet sound of her voice.  It gave him such joy and peace, and he loved her so much.

Suddenly he was taken aback remembering when Leviathian got him.

It seemed like a typical day. He walked on the beach and swam in the ocean. Sharks appeared, but ran like a dart as the thing neared. The fresh smell of the water turned sour. The tone was so dark that the heaviness overwhelmed Jaygon. A volatile substance disoriented him. The confusion masked its tentacles encircling him. He barely realized that its mouth was about to consume him, and he watched his energy drain as the arms of this thing squeezed out Jaygon's life force.

The memory shook up Jaygon. He realized that the same thing would happen to Lucinda if he didn't stop it.

Which direction would he take? Suddenly, a seashell metamorphosed from the dank ground. As a leap of faith he threw the shell. It stopped in the air like a wire held it. It spun around and flew in the left side of the path. The walkway glowed as the crustaceous figure flew down the tunnel.

"I'm coming Lucinda! Hang on!"

Jaygon thinks it will be simple. He's wrong!...

Part 3 - Reunited

..."Jaygon?"

"Yes Lucinda, it's me."

"But - what - how? I thought you were gone."

"I was, and then I was brought back to help you."

Lucinda cried as they embraced. It had been such a long time since she saw her love. Leviathian had taken him a long time ago when they were younger.

It was a happier time. There were rumors of darkness, but not like today. When Jaygon and Lucinda first met they didn't like each other. He thought she was a snob and she'd get annoyed at his antics. Always teasing and making fun of her.


For a moment they forgot where they were. Inside a cave with blue blood everywhere. Not the best place to say hello and get reunited again.

"We need to get out of here before it comes back."

"No Jaygon! I've waited too long for this."

"Lucinda, that light that you saw was from me. I used it to keep Leviathian from killing you. I couldn't bear that." Tears formed in his eyes, "I love you and I'm NOT losing you again."

"But - Jaygon - I - must -"

"Lucinda, No!"

As she slinked back further in the rocks and heard Jaygon's screams she thought, "I have to do this. I - need - to..."

Part 2 - The Struggle

...Lucinda's teeth clenched with fear as the creature approached. Suddenly a bright light as blazing as the sun shot through the cave.

As Leviathan lunged towards her it squealed. The golden light burnt the creature.

"Hurry!" Lucinda thought she was hearing voices, but then she heard hollering again. "Come on, now's your chance to get out!"

But she didn't want to leave. This creature had plagued her for too long and taken too much away. It was time to finish it.

Determined to strike again she drew her sword and sliced the charred skin. Success! It oozed blue on the floor and walls and writhed in pain. Lucinda finally made it bleed. This was the moment to end this.

The scary thing hid deeper in the cave in the depths until it almost reached the sea. She chased it and couldn't find it anymore. It was gone. "Nooooooo!" Rage filled her veins. "Was so close!"

As Lucinda sulked in her defeat she felt something touch her. Gripped with fear she grabbed her weapon and caught her breath.

Just as she turned around her eyes melted. "No, it can't be!" But it was!... 

Prequel

In silence she crept towards the rock.  Jumping out of the darkness was a creature with fangs and it hissed at her.

The cave was wet and cold, much like the feeling inside her.  "He's about to get me," she thought.  "The creature is near."

The cave was located on the beach.  You knew you were close to it by the corpses of fish near the entrance.  The stench of death was in the air.

With her sword drawn Lucinda leaped at the fiend, but her sword couldn't cut through the leathery skin.

It's fangs dripped with poison just waiting for a bite. The pitch of its scream made her ears bleed.  This parasitic monstrous creature was out to get her.  There was no one to help.  Just her and this thing.

How did it all go wrong?

This place used to be beautiful.  Now it's putrid.  People used to come here to relax.  Now, it's a nightmare.

Lucinda's life flashed before her eyes as she stared down the monster:  Who would survive this fight?...