There was already a guard waiting for them at the hub. Hammer entered, resuming his former Thuggish swag and demeanor. He greeted the guard while Aesir and Gina just bowed slightly. They had their faces covered with a black bandana. Revealing only their eyes. The guard looked at both of them strangely but Hammer tapped his shoulder. "Hey! They are with me." The guarded nodded in understanding. "Also help us tell boss Woody. We here with his package." Hammer lifted the bag he was holding and shakes it so that the pearls in it made jiggling sounds.The guard nodded and led the way. Hammer, Aesir and Gina followed.The inside was truly has beautiful as they thought. Or maybe far more. The corridor was wide enough for five people to walk shoulder to shoulder. The walls were decorated so perfectly with pictures of Coral reefs and artistic drawings of ocean creatures and Mamiwata men, Women and even Sirens.At nearly every twelve steps, was a chandelier that was made entirely out of pearls
Mr Woody took a long hard look at the two. He signalled for them to advance towards him. Which they did. "Your masks! Drop them!" Mr Woody ordered. Aesir and Gina looked at one another and nodded. Turning back to Mr Woody, they both replied together, "NO!""Hmm?!" Mr Woody looked at them, is smile changing into a frown. "I am going to take it that I was not clear earlier on. So let's try it again. Drop them!"As he said this, the guards around had their eyes on the pair. Some already even taking Several steps to surround them.Hammer on the other hand had started to become nervous and even though the environment was cool, he had started to visible sweat on his forehead.Aesir immediately bowed to Mr Woody. "I appologise sir, but the thing is that, I and my sister have a blood oath tied to the grave of our mother. We have sworn never to reveal our faces to the outside world unless we destroy the murderers of the Grootslang cult that took her life.Immediately, those words stroke a cord
The thirty prisoners advanced steadily with weapons in hand. Some had swords, knives, spears, and surprisingly,there was even a chain saw in the mix.Mr Woody watched them as his smile became wider. This so called test for promotion was strictly because of his face. He had to save his face while still upholding his ideals as one with respect for his parents. If not, he wouldn't have cared about new recruits that his underlying, sabertooth had brought in. Also, he could feel a kind of strong determination to push forward coming from Aesir and Gina. As his expectations build for the fight, his long, thin, snake-like tongue could not help but lick his lips.Meanwhile, Hammer on the other hand, entered a state of pure panic. But that did not mean he was weak, he was just too nervous to think or fight.Aesir had heard Mr Woody when he addressed the prisoners. He knew theses were members of the Grootslang cult. From what he could see, this cult also had a hold in Atlantis, but the dominant
Ramond stormed into the training Arena kicking the doors as he entered with his brows arched and lips pouted. It was clear he was obviously angry about something. His entrance stopped the congratulating applause of the audience and Mr Woody turned sharply to the sound of the doors opening with a bang. Ramond walked up to Mr Woody, "We had a deal, or have you forgotten?" Ramond questioned Mr Woody to his face. "What is the meaning of that stunt you pulled today? Have you and the Ebora decieded to sabotage our agreement?" he kept on blasting Mr Woody with questions. Aesir did not understand what was going on, but he could clearly see that who so ever this man that had just walked into the room was, he was powerful enough to talk to Mr Woody as equals. No! that was not right, from his intonation, it nearly looked like the man was either superior or in the least a partner of significant importance. And this was futher proven by how Mr Woody treated him. "Ramond, my good friend, why don
Mr Woody had given specific instructions about his new guards before he left. Their ruthlessness had truly impressed him and could vividly see that thirty was still too small a number at a time for these two. He could never had imagined that someone like Sabertooth could have found such gems. Even as he left with Ramond out of the room, he could already imagine the many incredible things he could do with the two of them. One look and he could even tell that his own personal guards would not fare well against the two.And so regardless of the way Ramond had stormed inside, he really did not think too much about. After all, he had just found two future guards, he was in a good mood.Aesir and Gina were naturally assigned immediately to his personal guards. Also, he scheduled a little demonstration he wanted them to perform at the party he was organizing for is guest at night.Taking a subordinate of his subordinate was perfectly normal. Besides, sabertooth even though he was known to be
Mr Green looked at Aesir from head to Toe before continuing, "if I may ask, are you not a member of the Ebora? Why would you risk getting found out by Mr Woody just to save my life? And please do not tell me that bullshit of being part of the Grootslang because of that pledge you recited."Aesir looked at him with a brow raised, "and how do you know that I am not a member of the Grootslang?""It is simple really, you see, that pledge is for those for very low rank, but I have seen you move and fight. What's more, I just confirmed my theory on at least your minimal strength, and I am well aware that it is above mine. The Grootslang give ranks according to a level of power, that is something that is the same every where even above water." He pointed up.Aesir put his sword back in it's scabbard, going back to his couch, he sat down and places the sword on his laps. He took a deep breath of air, calm down is ready to fight nerves and then he looked at Gina and signalled with his eyes for
Aesir listened attentively to Mr Green narrate his experience. "It was devastating. Mr Woody attacked us the same day our Bishop went for the surface." Aesir raised a finger, interrupting Mr Green, "Forgive me, I have a question. Why didn't you guys just contact your headquarters or something. How did you fall to such a stage? Or has the Grootslang given up on Atlantis?" Mr Green used his hand to rub is beardless chin. Stroking it back and forth as he answered Aesir. "You see, that is the point. Deep in the ocean is nothing like above on the surface. We do not have things such as phones that surface dwellers use to communicate. And also, the only device we used for communication with the outside world, was destroyed on the same day. In fact, our communication tower was the first thing that was targeted." Aesir watched as Mr Green balled his hands into fists in anger as he narrated his experience with the Ebora. "That day, I lost a lot of my brothers. Our Bishop, us and everyone el
Aesir stepped back into the room. From the moment he entered, he could feel the tension between Gina and Mr Green. He looked at both of them but said nothing about it and went back to his seat."Forgive me Mr Green, I had to address some needs with an associate of mine."Mr Green had his eyes on Aesir. He could see that the young lad was dressed simple without ornaments on his hand or neck. His eyes checked well but could not find any crystal balls for communication. Yet Aesir had said that he had addressed an associate. Aesir and Gina might not know, but when he came in earlier on, the first thing he did was to check the entire room including the toilet, bathroom and all in case of weapons, traps or people eaves dropping. So he was sure that there was no crystal balls in the bathroom. Although he did see two gold balls under the bed, but Aesir had not so much as touched the bed when he left for the bathroom.Aesir had suddenly became all the more mysterious confirming his guess that