Day 2
As the king vessel made its voyage to the east, sat a man who was in charge of watching the crew life lights. As the goblin sat in his chair eating his flake chips, the life light that belonged to the king wife abruptly went out! Coughing out the chips between his fat cheeks the hobgoblin hurried to say over the inner coms!
[Your majesty! The queen's life light went out! Hurry and send someone to check on her!]
But the moment those words left his mouth he noticed that it wasn't only hers that went out, but a bunch of the ship crew started to go out one by one!
Queen POV
Moments before the queen's death:
The queen woke up from her deep sleep only to feel the straps holding her in place! Annoyed, she began to laugh at the fact that no matter where she was, she always ended up tied up to something! But as she laughed at her own misfortune, she began to cough out violently and with blood! Knowing there wasn't much time now, she was about to yell for help when her chest unexpectedly and painfully pumped!
[OH! No, you don't!] she screamed into her chest! Before yelling for the Guards to come in.
But as the guards came in, she noticed something different about them... They had a weird look in their eyes… like that of dead fish. As the men she once called her friends gathered around her, they stood by silently and without motion. Confused the queen asked:
[hurry! There is no time! You have to kill me! I… I have one of those monsters inside me! If you don't…] was all she said before she was promptly interrupted
[Hehe! Why don't you just shut up and stay still…] said a voice that sounded like it came from an innocent child
Confused the queen stared at the girl who looked no older than 12 and spoke
[How… How dare you! I am your Queen! Even if you're a child, can't you see I'm busy discussing something important with these men! Why don't you go find your parents!]
[HEHE! Huh… Oh! Queen… Now tell me, what exactly are you queen of? Our home is gone… HA… go back to my parents you said… THEIR DEAD!] said the child which much hate
[I'm sorry little one…I didn't…] said the queen
[What Didn't you mean! Why don't you tell me exactly what you didn't mean? HA… of course you wouldn't… not like you would ever care anyway… After all you married that loser of a king!] replied the child
Visible mad now that the child insulted her husband the queen grabbed the child by the hand with what movement she could and said:
[You can insult me all you want, but not my husband! He tried his hardest!] replied the queen
[YA! Tried his hardest in waging a war he clearly lost! Not only did he lose the war and came back with his tail between his legs, but he also didn't even protect his kingdom! He is a ruler in name only! He has nothing!] said the teary-eyed child with a pause before continuing
[I hate him! And I hate you! You both failed to uphold your most important job!] yelled the girl as her head began to hurt
[Yes! Yes! Old one! It's almost done! I'm coming!] yelled the child as one of her eyes began to bleed
Visibly shaken by the child strange demeanor, the queen let go of her arm and spoke
[I'm sorry… you're right we did fail in our job… and there is nothing I can do to make up for it… but I think you really need to see the doctor…]
BANG!
Feeling bad for the child, the queen watched quietly as the child soaked up her words with a bang against the table next to them.
[You're sorry! As if your sorry means anything now! Everyone is dead!] screamed the child with bloody tears
After coming down for a second the child said
[you said there's nothing you can do, to make it right… right? Ha! But you can...] said the child evilly
Not liking the look in the child's eye, the queen asked [what are you planning on doing with me!] for she noticed the men with fisheyes where under this child's control
[Me… nothing! You're already doing it!] said the child
Confused what she meant the queen thought about it for a second before a light bulb switched on in her head causing her to say:
[You want it to come out! You can't it will kill] before the queen could even finish that sentence the child had one of the men put his hand over the queen mouth before saying:
[ssssh! It's ok! Now! Everything is going to be ok!] said the child as she started painting ritual markings on the queen using the scalpel by the bed...
As the queen groaned form the pain, the child said:
[ssssh…don't worry your soul will be in his hands soon!]
Like a prophet, her words came true as the queen could feel the alien inside her reach for the exit! With painful blood escaping the queen's mouth through her eyes, the alien pushed and pushed! Until it busted it way out into the light! The queen was made to watch as the alien screeched its first breath! As the light faded for her eyes, the last thing she saw was eternal blackness as a face that resembled a sea creature took her soul.
Following the queen's death, the child looked at her object of hatred with a smile and spoke
[today his child… then tomorrow his head!]
The alien heard what the child said, causeing her to run as fast as she could into the ship's ventilation system. Of course, the child let it runway, for it was looking forward to its return, for this time she was going to be the hunter while it was to be the hunted!
As the child turned to leave the medical room before the king arrived, she held her head as the voices would never cease in their annoyance. With bloodshot eyes and glowing curse back, she left with the men nearby while they all muttered in coherent words as one mind.
King POV
The king rushed into the infirmary to see one of his men hovering over his wife with his hand over her mouth! Rightfully enraged, the king threw the man off as he stared at his wife's corpse while silent tears ran down his cheeks. When silent rage overtook his depression, he looked at her wounds, then to the man on the floor he believed to have inflicted them!
As the king punched and beat the man, the man just laid there on the floor with dead fisheyes, while muttering words of no meaning. With the man beating to death the king called out for anyone nearby! But he was only met with total silence! For not a soul came to his call!
Confused and worried, he left the room his wife was in to find a doctor, but as he entered the office the doctor was nowhere to be seen. But what he did find were words written on the wall that said
["from the sea we came! And to the sea we shall return!"]
As he turned from the words, he noticed subtle barnacles growing into the wall! Puzzled as to how that can be, way up in the sky and nowhere near the ocean, the king touched them with his hands, only to feel that they were indeed real! While backing away a little disturbed he got a whiff of a particular scent! Pondering for a moment! He remembered where he smelled that before! It was the smell of the ocean!
As he followed the scent, he noticed that it led to a janitor closet! As he approached the door he stood amongst wet floors as water poured under the door, the king then cautiously opened the door! To reveal to his horror, a naked hanging body of the doctor! As water kept seemingly pouring out of his mouth none stopped! The body twitched as little sea critters chewed their way out of the hanging corpse through the symbol painted on his skin!
With a bloated stomach and bulging eyes, the corpse exploded as crabs and sea worms flopped about! Physically and mentally disgusted, the king shut the door as the light above him turned off, while the sound of roaring engines ceased to burn! Scared, the king turned on the lantern on his waist and began to run to the bridge!
As he passed what was clean walls but a moment ago, now is filled with age, like that of which has been sunken for years! As dripping unknown substances came off the walls and ceiling above, the king's light revealed more strange symbols filled with words of madness! As he ran past other goblins, he noticed that some would have deformed heads or faces, while others just gave him dead fisheyes!
As goblins banged their heads against steel beams and glass windows, the king hurried and pushed all before him out of the way! For as he slammed the bridge door closed, he turned to see that all those on the deck were frightened and said:
[king Patz! O thank the heavens you're alive!] they all said in unison
Confused the king asked in turn:
[what's happening to the ship or better yet the crew! Does anyone know!]
[sir! we lost all power to the engine and in general as to why we don't have a clue... but we think it has to do with what is happening to the crew!] the hobgoblin said with a quick pause to catch his breath then continued:
[sir right after her majesty's life light went out, so did a fourth of the crews! Recent reports keep coming in from the security forces that some kind of sickness has befallen the crew! They've gone completely mad! Sir] Said the fat hobgoblin in charge of the life lights
[They've gone mad... Ya I can definitely contest to that!] replied the king
[Sir! The reports continue to say that the ones afflicted either kill themselves or are killing other crew members by muttering in coherent words! There even reports of crew member mutating…] replied the fat hobgoblin
[their mutating… mutating into what exactly?] asked the king as he remember what he saw as he made his way back to the bridge
[well… if the reports are to be believed… into sea monsters sir!] replied the hobgoblin
No sooner did the words leave his mouth did a shell shaped drill burst through the bridge steel door like a tin can!