It told me once that it came from the distant void of space where stars lived and die but now, it found itself slumbering within the depths of earth's ocean, a being once worshipped by elder gods now better left forgotten. Teetering on the verge of waking but not quite, not yet... something that has fallen but never dies continues to wait till the oceans run dry so it may rise once more, till the sun extinguishes itself and all life ceases to exist in this world.

It dreams of horrible, hopeful dreams. 

For this is the way of things beyond life on earth that should have died but failed to stay dead. For as long they still retain their will to exist, to live and still have bodies–however scattered, buried or broken–they would still remain in this world.
 
…Until even death may die.

What Lies Beneath the Sea is created by Ataraxia, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

What Lies Beneath the Sea

"'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: 'we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'


'You must be,' said the Cat, 'or you wouldn't have come here.'"


"No I mean, Val look, what's going on over there?"


Looking away from the road, I followed Pearl's finger pointing somewhere on my left, somewhere outside. 


My gaze lingered on the tiny, bright blue gemstones gleaming so prettily against her hand for a moment or two before I looked (and it was all because she was now forcefully making my head turn) ... only to let out a low whistle, suddenly very much intrigued.


Chapter 18: What has sunk shall rise again (part 1)