Chapter 7: Gaia

once the wall of vegetation was cut away what we saw left us speechless..

inside the entire chamber walls was covered in bright glowing flowers of different colors

around the flowers there was floating balls of light,... looking closer I saw they were small aquatic humanoid creatures with glowing hair free floating behind them

the floor of the chamber was itself covered with glowing green grass, from the floor and spreading around the walls where weird vines that had breaks in them, from the breaks you could see a sort of faint golden mist rise from it can spread thought the chamber

towards the opposite wall of where we came in at I could see a kind of ...temple.

it was made mainly from black, red, and yellow rocks with crystals decorating it

cal moved the ship to where the it could safely park and not damage anything

I turn to him and ask " is there a way I can explore this place without having to fight the water pressure? "

I could tell the voice was coming from the temple and I really wanted to explore this place

" there is a specially designed suit made for crews aboard exploration ships, It will be about to function as it should even in this environment " cal said

I nod and turn my chair to face an area of the cockpit that just lit up

...there was another door I couldn't see before and I had just opened, indicating from me to go through

I walk in and down some stairs to another floor and see a smaller living and rest area to one side and on another some stairs leading down

a light on another stairwell down the hall a bit lights up. i walk over and down to a launch area

a space in one of the walls near me slides open revealing a suit

it was grey and loose looking, it didn't have a helmet or anything

confused, I just started undressing the clothes I had on and replaced them with the suit, it shrunk and fitted to my skin once I had the suit on right

before I could ask cal about a helmet, a blue semi-translucent sphere wrapped around the area of my head..

I can still see 360° in it, but I can also see my body condition, heart rate, any issues with the suit, and the conditions outside the suit

it also had a link to cal and the ship

" ok cal I'm ready " I say out loud and the door leading outside opens...

to another small room

I step inside and the door behind me slams shut and water starts to pour fast into the room

before long the room is engulfed with water

but it's still another few minutes before the door in front of me opens

I could see on the suit that the press inside the room matched with that outside so when the door opened there was no problems

I step out and into the underwater world

landing softly on the ground and looking around

some of the glowing sea creatures noticed me and started floating around me

up close I could she they had gills on their necks and big round black eyes

not a scary black....even though there is light down here I could tell they have adapted to see in the dark

I watch them for a minute before the voice calling me becomes louder

I look over at the temple wondering what I'm going to find

I could see a light path threw the grass which I could see was made from stones

I walk along it savoring the view

I arrive in front of the temple and once I put my hand on the door to push it open, the voice stops

I puase

the voice was almost ringing in my ear at this point and the silence that filled the vacuum after it left was deafening

I calm my nerves and push the door open slowly lying

....it was dark, save for a green glow coming from a hall

I walk towards cautiously towards the hall, as I could only see the hall. I still had a whole big room to reach it

I stumbled a few times but I made it to the hall, walking down it the light came from a room at the end of it. i could also feel that something alive in there....

and something big

I reached the door to the room but poke my head around the corner to see what was inside...

.....the light came from a human,..no some kind of being as a human couldn't ..feel like this... it was like her very perscence had weight to it

the being.. a female with dimly glowing green skin, and a deeper glowing green hair .. that matched the eyes that turned to look at me..

she was laying on a hard but soft looking ...dirt? ..clay? bed. but rose up to face me when I peeked my head in

" finally one of your kind as heard, and seeked me out. ...I thought it was all just stories...you are here now that's all that matters....please your holiness .. please form a world pact with me. ..I can barely hold on much longer " the green glowing females said her voice wavering

a world pact? ... what's that

" cal? " I say softly

" yes your highness " cals voices sounds in my ear

" do you know what's she's talking about? "

" yes your highness, world pacts are special bonds formed only from your people, your highness and can connect with the world providing it energy, and protection for said world to grow. the one connecting with the world becomes akin to a god on that world and it would gain a ally as the world would be connected to the person always after the bond is made. the downside is that you can only form this bind a maximum a two times in your life "

cal informs and I I was a little shocked that I had that kind of ability

I look back at the glowing female, who based of what cal said but be this must be this worlds avatar or concisenes

since I can only use it twice I have to think on if I should use one now

" can you tell me why you were reaching out to me like that,.. and why you said you can barely hang on? " I ask

the worlds conciseness nods and begins to speak softly " the humans on my surface call me many names.. but the most prominent is Gaia... and I'm on the verge of death "