The Airship

Corry cheers in the control station of his amphibious vehicle, while Noland watches, slack-jawed.

"He became a merman-!? How is that even possible-!?" Noland wonders aloud.

Corry chuckles wildly as he shoots another one of the Techway subs that were attacking Atlantis.

"I have absolutely no idea!!" Corry shouts with a big smile on his face.

On the outside of the vehicle, Chris floats around ecstatically as it approaches.

"How did you guys find me out here!?" Chris shouts with shocked glee.

"We followed all of those Techway submarines that seemed to be heading down into the ocean!! We tried to be stealthy about following them, hehe!!" Corry says through a speaker.

"Well, however you did it, I'm just glad that you guys are here now!!" Chris says happily.

Over at the front gates of Atlantis, King Pozaiton floats with Pool, watching the interaction.

"Does... The Human Boy know the people in that contraption?" The King asks quietly.

"That's right! Chris said that he had two friends!! Those must be them!!" Pool exclaims.

"Then perhaps, all isn't lost... If their weapon can destroy the enemy's, then we can win this battle." King Pozaiton says, a hint of hope in his voice.

Back in the Amphibian, Corry cracks his knuckles and sets his hands back on the steering module.

"Alright Noland, keep going on that gun!! You've got a good eye!!" Corry shouts.

"R-Right!!" Noland responds, climbing up a ladder into a turret that was located at the top of the vehicle.

"Chris!! We'll take care of the Submarines, you just focus on the foot soldiers that are trying to break into those walls!!" Corry calls out through the speaker.

"Roger that!!" Chris replies, zooming back off to the battle.

"They've brought backup!! Don't let them take down the Hyper Cannons!!" A Techway General calls out.

Chris jets towards a group of Techway grunts that were engaged in battle with Atlantean warriors, slamming his fist into the face of one of them.

"Human-!! Are you already used to the Atlantean physique??" One of the Atlantean Warriors asks.

"As used to it as I can get I guess-!!" Chris says, chuckling lightly before headbutting another Techway Grunt.

The Amphibian floats through the armada of submarines, shooting them down.

"Another one at 7 o'clock!" Corry calls out.

"You got it!" Noland shouts, turning the turret to aim at one of submarines, firing a large energy shot.

The shot hits the submarine's turrets, making attack from it impossible.

"If we just incapacitate their vehicles, then they won't have a means of attack, meaning that maybe we can just get them to run away instead of killing them-!!" Noland proposes.

"Good thinking, just keep doing what you're doing Noland!!" Corry says excitedly.

The head of the Techway Fleet, a silver haired old man, watches the ensuing battle, visible rage spread across his face.

"I was told one of us would already be down here... Infiltrating the walls of Atlantis to make our attack easier... So then if this "spy" was doing such a great job, why are we still getting fought back!? And who are these people!? They came out of nowhere and are helping the sea people!? I can't take much more of this..." The Head General grumbles before pulling out a radio.

"ALL UNITS!! MOVE ALL OF THE OTHER SUBMARINES!! FIRE ALL HYPER CANNONS AT ONCE!!" He shouts through the radio, his voice filled with intense fury.

The other grunts in the Head General's command sub look at him worriedly.

"....WHAT ARE YOU DOLTS WAITING FOR!?!?" He screams at all of them, causing them to quickly start scrambling to their positions to set up their Hyper Cannon.

The smaller submarines start moving aside to make way for the 5 Hyper Cannon submarines that were left from the 7.

"What are they up to-??" Chris wonders to himself.

The foot soldiers that were fighting the Atlanteans quickly realize what was about to happen and frantically dart out of blast radius, leaving Chris and the other warriors to watch.

Corry stares from his command seat, tilting his head confusedly.

"What do you think they're doing?" Corry asks.

Noland immediately realizes how dire the situation was, quickly aiming towards the Hyper Cannon subs.

"They're planning to use all of those big guns to destroy this place!!" Noland cries out, firing a shot towards them.

The shot hits one of the monstrous cannons, causing it's energy to implode upon itself and render it useless.

"...Are you gonna fire again-??" Corry asks Noland.

"No, because you decided to give this thing a cooldown!" Noland shouts down at Corry.

"M-Me-!? I didn't build this thing, it came with the ship!" Corry yells, in utter disbelief of the bad luck they were experiencing.

The Techway members that were in the Hyper Cannon subs scramble out into the water, wetsuits and jet propellers equipped. The Hyper Cannons were charged to the max and about to fire.

"Shoot, come on!!" Noland shouts, firing one last shot to disable another Hyper Cannon.

"Three is still enough!! Let them fire!!" The Head General exclaims.

"Wait... Three at once-!? I couldn't even handle one of those blasts... No, this can't be happening!!" King Pozaiton cries out.

"F-Father..." Pool whimpers, looking out towards the Hyper Cannons.

"Shit!!" Chris yells, looking at the cannons helplessly, his eyes wide open.

The cannons fire, large cyan energy blasts being launched from the ports as their subs are obliterated from the recoil. King Pozaiton, desperate to protect his kingdom, holds out his palms, which were glowing blue again.

"I will... Not let this through!!!" He yells in a determined, but desperate voice.

A current appears in front of him as the energy blasts smashes into it. Pozaiton reels back, shouting in agony as his muscles cramp horrifically, but he remains in place.

"I... W-WILL... NOT...!!!" He cries out, pain spread across his face clearly.

Pozaiton was beginning to get pushed back by the sheer force of the combined energy blasts that dwarfed him in size... Before Pool floats up next to him, holding her hands out in front of her.

"I will not let you fall to protect this kingdom, Father...!!! I-I.. I'll... I'll help you..!!"

Pool's palms also glow blue, much brighter than her father's. The current in front of them seems to strengthen.

"P-Pool.... Your magic is... It's almost as great as mine was in my youth..!" Pozaiton says, shocked.

"I-I've been training in secret... I'm not good with people..." Pool says, struggling to hold the blast back. 

Even with both King Pozaiton and Pool, the blast seemed to still be overwhelming them... Pozaiton's arms were beginning to spasm, they had reached their limit...

"I-I can't hold it anymore... Pool... You must go..." The King says quietly.

"I-I'm not going to leave your side...!! You're my Father... I can't J-Just leave you to die-!!!" Pool exclaims.

"Pool...!! You mean the world to me...!! You're all that I have left, so please... Just go!!" The agonized King cries out.

Pool's lip begins to tremble as she begins to lightly sob... Then, somebody comes up behind Pozaiton and starts pushing on his back.

"What the-??" King Pozaiton asks, turning his head to look behind him.

"C-Chris...?" Pools asks softly, looking up.

Sure enough, it was Chris that was behind the King of Atlantis, pushing him forward.

"Your daughter being the only one you have left does not mean you have to die like this for her!! She's gonna be lost without you, and I'm sure that isn't what you want!! So guess what, you're not dying today!!" Chris shouts at Pozaiton.

"Human..." The King whispers before feeling himself get pushed even further forward.

The other Atlantean Warriors had congregated behind Pozaiton and Pool to push them against the devastating blast of destruction, inspired by Chris to go ahead and help.

"You're the king!! As your warriors of the deep blue sea, we will not let you fall!!" One of them calls out.

"We just need to keep pushing forward!!" Another one shouts.

"Everyone is behind you!! So do your best!! Have faith in your own powers!!" Chris assures Pozaiton.

"Father...!! Keep pushing...!!" Pool cries out.

"....Right..!!!" Pozaiton claims, a new determination sparking within his being.

With everyone together, they begin to push the blast back, the struggle beginning to reach intense levels.

"Would you look at that!? That's so cool!!" Corry shouts from his control seat.

"They're pushing it back..!" Noland says, deep in awe.

Pozaiton grits his teeth and Pool shuts her eyes tightly before giving one last push, everyone yelling together as they all exert their power together. The blast gets shot right back towards Techway, heading in a straight line towards the Head General.

"W-WAIT-!! NO, SOMEBODY HELP ME-!!!" He calls out... But to no avail.

The gargantuan blast makes contact with him, exploding violently. The shockwave given off from the explosion blows away the Techway foot soldiers and smaller submarines, even causing the Amphibian to shake and shudder.

"ACK- CAREFUL UP THERE BUDDY-!!" Corry yelps, falling off of his seat and landing on his face. Noland falls out of the Turret compartment, crashing into Corry. 

"S-Sorry-!!" Noland panics.

"I... Am in so much pain-" Corry whines.

The Techway soldiers and submarines begin to retreat back the surface now that the Head General had been practically vaporized. Without someone to give the final order, there was nothing they could do, so retreat was the only option.

The Atlantean Warriors all cheer together, embracing each other, giving high fives, everything. Pozaiton turns to Chris, holding his left arm.

"Why did you decide to help us in the end..? After all, I tried to have you executed..." Pozaiton asks, his voice filled with guilt.

"You've already asked me this, and it's because it's the right thing to do, I wouldn't just let good people die to assholes like that." Chris says, smiling.

Pool quickly swims up and hugs Chris tightly, still somewhat sobbing.

"Thank you... So much..." She whispers under her breath.

Chris's face flushes immediately, he sort of panics lightly.

"I-It wasn't just me-!! Look over there, those are my friends, Corey and Noland!! They took down 3 of those big submarines!! If it weren't for them, we all definitely would have been done for!!" Chris yelps.

A smile appears on Pozaiton's aged face, he nods his head towards Chris.

"I still want to apologize, I was biased towards you humans... Long ago, Humans had destroyed the first Life Generator, which in turn, almost made life impossible, and Pool's mother, my wife, perished... I thought all humans were no good, but... Again, thank you for proving me otherwise." Pozaiton goes on, a hint of sorrow to his voice.

Chris stares at Pozaiton quietly before smiling again and holding out his hand to him, to which Pozaiton accepts, shaking his hand tightly as Pool watches with a sweet smile on her face.

Corry and Noland sit in the Amphibian, smiling as well.

"Welp, it seems all is well now!!" Corry exclaims.

"Yeah, all of those Merpeople should be safe now..." Noland agrees.

"Yeah....." Corry sighs.

.....Click.

"....HOLY CRAP IS THAT ATLANTIS-!?" Corry shouts, his jaw hitting the floor.

"THIS CAN'T BE REAL-!!!" Noland screams, his jaw also smacking down into the ground.

To be continued ^^