C317: Refused Pursuits

Nimrod had his eyes wide when Kahieli got sucked in by the lake. Nimrod glared and yelled with all his might.

"Brother!"

The gang looked back and witnessed how the last drop dramatically joined with it's bodily fluid.

Sycamore and Nimrod moved swiftly and dive right after the water. Urchin and Ole followed after. Cherith and Selah encircled the lake for any sign of the enemy. Ain commanded Agsus and Taffy started run back behind their van. Thankfully they set up some spy camera by the lake. Agsus instantly checked the footage and only saw the water trailing behind Kahieli.

Ain clicked his tongue, it reminded him of the memory when Natalina and Cyprus chased out and destroyed the enemy who took Kahieli. His thoughts silently wanders why it always affected Kahieli. Ain recalled how Natalina suspiciously got pregnant. Cyrpus was just sanctified back then. Natalina was forced to bear his child. His train of thoughts, got interrupted when Agsus run toward him holding a laptop.

"Ain, this is all we got."

He studied the video and found it useless. When Taffy restarted the video he noticed how the water seemed to steal Kahieli's attention.

"This is bothersome." Ain uttured.

Taffy clapped his hand, and started to play with the keyboard. He zoomed in the water in front of Kahieli and saw the woman's reflection.

"piscis - bugge" (Big Fish)

Ain caught on the ancient language and was surprised to hear it. "I haven't heared such strong lust before." Ain voiced out his thoughts out loud.

Taffy and Agsus glanced at each other, not knowing what he meant.

Sycamore suddenly felt the fierceness to chase after the devil who dared to lay a hand on his brother. He bravely slit through the water and glided downward. His view can't see any sign of Kahieli. His need to breath had him go up that's when Nimrod passed by his side. He was following the coin. Sycamore hurried up to breath when his face got stepped on by Ole's right foot. He got pushed back and he almost drowned. Sycamore coughed and settled his lungs. He dive back in but he can only fathom Ole and Urchin's back. Nimrod can't be spotted he started to panic. Sycamore forgot his current whereabouts and losed his breath. Ole and Urchin yanked him out of the water. His worries and vision got blurry as his system fell asleep.

Nimrod swam deeper. He was glad that his stamina is better than the three of them. He looked back to see that the water around him are on different color. It was cloudy gray, Nimrod also noticed that the waters are formed in scales. Transparent, sparky but sharp. The tip of his hair got cut when it collided to one of the scales brewing downward. It was like a gravity with opposite function.

He reviewed his area and found his coin leading him deeper. He looked up to hope if Sycamore will be able to penetrate but he can sense the coin getting farther out of his connection. Nimrod had no choice but to trail his coin. The water's current and temperature dropped lower by the time he losed all if his guts to find his brother. The immeasurable ocean floor anchored to it's bed.

Kahieli felt damp as his lashes droped some dews. He sat up to find himself within a layer of sea salts. He moved around to watch to scan the area where he got captive. Kahieli can feel that his breathing were normal. His neck got squeezed when he tried to dive out.

"remanēre, dār sclavus!" ( Remain there slave!)

Kahieli came eye to eye with the woman who had no form with only pair of forest marine orb. Her voice seemed bedraggled. Kahieli almost had his lungs got compressed.

Kahieli had no choice but to kneel and beg his capture. The water ghost released his ability to breath and heared Kahieli cough with his saliva raining out from his freed larynx.

"What do you need me for?" Kahieli demanded

"Nothing, I got bored living alone for century. And someone like you can survive this lifestyle." the same voice echoed from the waves of liquid.

Kahieli smirked and pressed further.

"Someone like me?"

The water fiercely passed his physical body and it spoke.

"Yes, someone who is born not of love but hatred. The offspring of curse and unwanted affection."

Kahieli felt like a dagger thrust his heart. He heared from Ain how his parents got together.

"Your stirring up my emotion." Kahieli pointed cloaking his inner battles.

"No, it's well known. Even if your were born as triplets, The firstborn is tinted with spiritual doorway. Your mother did not wished for you to be born." The voice mocked as Kahieli steadied his shivering lips from rage.

"Who are you to insult the dead." Kahieli's tone dropped icy as his question got pharsed as threat.

"Just because it struck you does not mean it's not true." The ghost firmly replied with confidence.

"Your not supposed to be the first one. Even if you ask that son of prophecy." she added as she used her water to kick Kahieli out of her domain.

Kahieli was caught with his own jumbled emotion that he did not notice how he appeared out of the surface. Sycamore run to hugged him.

"Your safe, I am glad." Sycamore sighed. Kahieli blinked and stared at Kish who seemed to be curious with his gesture.

Kahieli pat his brother's back to release him.

The woman giggled as she escorted Nimrod's rested form unto her cage. Her main target was sent back but she earned to chain to tie her main goal on the neck. She carefully put on the same choker on Nimrod and revived his oxygen release.

"garnisun prae leure dvasia."( garrison to lure the deer.)

Her sea hoarse life scared the marine life within the lake. The white salt got more off-colored. Her plan to sway Kahieli's ground successfully pace back and forth.