12 Chapter 12

The situation of the underwater city got worst when it sailed inside the water for safety and is hit by a submarine and collided with a wrecked cargo ship, there is a big leakage in the ship, the water inside the ship got bigger and soon it started flooding in all directions and people started panicking so they resurfaced again to reduce the flooding. In the hospital, the official and Holland's mother with the president stood worried watching with their blankets on as the doctors tried their best to revive the little girl but her situation still remained the same before the collision and it also starts to get flooded. They were all taken to the control room which is highest and the only dry place in the ship.

Holland climbed the ladder to the control systems and stood on the extended surface as he started his work after shaking out the liquid from the black box as Kroon now becomes even more brutal and bloody. Mr. Stark's crew had successfully had every ship on Zon under their control and focused all their fire power at the tower except the ship's with the red energy circle since the effect of their bomb could destroy the whole tower including Holland and the soldiers. Holland had successfully installed the black box and it started loading when Kroon saw through him just as he stabbed a soldier on the arm to the wall with his vein and controlled the veins close to Holland to hit Holland and he fell, the brown substance he put inside his bag rolled out towards the end of the surface and Holland looked at it, he catches it with his right hand just as it fell of the surface. Kroon had overpowered all of the soldiers and the captain still tried pulling himself up so Kroon manipulated the wire veins to wrap and raise him up then manipulated the one of the large wires on his back and made it sharp and was about to stab the captain. Holland stood up looked at the black box and saw the veins trying to disconnect it then looked down to see the captain almost stabbed and looked at the needle attached to the container of the substance, ran two steps charging and launched himself down toward Kroon, Kroon saw him coming and manipulated every wire vein in the layer including the ones in the walls leaving the walls vulnerable to catch him as Holland came down closer still charging now in slow motion with his right hand raised slightly above his left and veins coming toward him from behind and corner also in slow motion as he went through the holographic computer screens. Kroon moves a little bit backward to escape Holland and withdraws the sharp wire manipulating it toward Holland as he is just a very little distance above him, the wire stabbed Holland on the stomach and came out through his back as he reaches Kroon who is now almost out of his range but is been caught by the needle and Holland injected half of the substance into Kroon before reaching and falling on the swampy ground dying, the captain on seeing him fall screams in anger. No !!!.

Kroon not feeling the effect of the virus in him withdraws the veins that came toward Holland and manipulated the sharp wire in Holland to come out and moved it to the captain again.Your turn....!. Kroon said to the captain. The captain struggled and fought back shooting at the veins as the blood stained sharp wire came toward him. One of the controlled ships shot out a bomb on the cracked part of the wall and it exploded breaking the wall and the oxygen in the layer carried the fire making it bigger and rushed into the layer with nitrogen filling up the layer and Kroon used all the veins near him including the ones that attacked the captain and had almost succeeded in killing the captain to shield himself as he withdraws himself back into his chamber and the captain fell down into the water with half of his amour burning. Mr. Stark's crew controlled the alien ships to stop firing and give way for their ship and they flew in as they did Mr. Stark saw his son in a very bad state and rushed to his oxygen mask and starts to put it on. The captain and the soldiers held their breaths and grabbed their oxygen mask and put then on, the captain rushed to Holland who is now having difficulties breathing as he laid on the ground dying, the captain wears Holland an oxygen mask and he was about to speak pointing to the direction he saw the blue substance when his father ran into the layer from the broken wall shouting his name and coming to him just as the chamber opened and Kroon came out in anger and was about to strike again when he breathed in nitrogen and started feeling the effect of the virus inside of him and his body started changing even though he tried fighting it and he started becoming powerless as the all the veins in the layer started falling. The computer chips on both Holland and the captain hands beeped and Holland looked at the computer chip on his hand and saw that the black box had fully rewritten the systems and he asked the captain to help him shutdown the destructive part of the machine and switch on the part that rebuilds as his father came down to him in tears, the captain stood up and went a little distance and pressed a button on his computer chip, hologram of all the programming in Zon showed in English and he started looking for the programming of the machine. Holland spoke forcing words out of his mouth as his father in tears tried to cover the hole in his son's stomach using his hands.Tell mom I'm....sorry for not......being there .......for her all tho....se years..., for running away when... she needed....d me the most... . Words could barely come out from his mouth again and his father told him it's OK as he now cuddled his almost dead son.

The underwater city had almost been fully flooded with people panicking and struggling to go to any dry place inside the ship. The situation of the little girl remained the same in the control room as the large mass of water still propelled the ship to it's direction. The current got even stronger and large waves also started moving both of which added to the faster flooding of the ship, they spotted a much larger mass of water coming from miles away and soon the underwater city started sinking.

Kroon who had almost fully transformed into one of the mindless aliens spoke in his weak state.You can still save your son by injecting the virus into him then using the cure to cure him and the damage on his body and the virus will go away. But there is only one quantity of the cure left in the whole universe and is hidden in this layer in a place not even I can find it.. Just then he transformed completely and the captain saw the programming of the machine and deactivated the destructive part of it and started switching on the creating part of it, Holland looked at him and gave a smirk.

The large masses of water on earth died down with the strong waves and current subsiding just as they were about to sink underwater city. They did it.....!, The president cried out and there is now a huge celebration and relive in the underwater city as it fully surfaced on the water. Mr. Stark reached for the virus close to them and injected it stabbing Holland on the chest and took off the oxygen mask and Holland had a deep breath with nitrogen rushing into his lungs and his body started reacting to the virus and changing slowly. Cure... Save everyone.. find mother and make sure she is OK... Holland said giving his final words and wishes to his father as he pointed to the direction he saw the blue substance. Holland couldn't just bear looking at his father in pain and tears anymore so he turned his head to the opposite direction.Look at me.....!!. His father carried out. But Holland just couldn't now that he had lost all his strength and blood so he just kept on starring on that same direction until he transformed to his neck level before his sight began to fade away slowly and soon he past out.

Holland opened his eyes to find his father resting his head on the alien sick bed where he laid, he touched his injury and found it healed then looked at his hands to find them human, his father looked up and found him awake and all his worries turned into joy and he hugged Holland who is now very confused. After letting go of themselves, he asked his father how it is possible that he is still alive and his father told him that they used the cure to heal him and Holland spoke slightly disappointed. I asked you to save everyone not me!. His father smiled at him and said.And that exactly what we did, you are also everyone..... He then looked away, Holland raised his body higher and looked at the direction his father looked and saw many completely healed humans on the alien sick beds. Holland's joy knew no bound and even got happier when he was told by his father that every single captured human was rescued including the infected ones which are now cured. Holland asked him how they cured everyone using just one cure and he told him that they exposed the cure into the atmosphere and it filled Zon driving away the nitrogen and all the infected people that breathed the air got cured including him but his was a little slower since he had almost died, and after releasing the unconscious humans in the pods and healing the almost transformed humans, they used the space ships with the red circles to carry every one after destroying the nitrogen machines inside them. Holland then asked about Kroon, his father told him that Kroon also got healed but lost his control over the wires since they got damaged and he is trapped at Zon because they destroyed the machine in the roof of the tower that provided the entrance to it after leaving and propelled Zon deeper into space without direction so he might probably end up in a star. The captain came in to deliver his message to Mr Stark, he gave out a sigh of relief accompanied with a smirk as he saw Holland and Holland also smirked back before he gave his message to Mr. Stark.We are almost home, we just arrived outside earth!.

The little girl finally recovered and the official with everyone in the control room rejoiced. The entrance at the top surface of the underwater city was opened for people to come out since the part they stayed had been flooded. Holland followed his father to the control room of their space ship as other ships arrived close to them at light speed, they were all broken as they saw that every landscape showing on the earth's atmosphere had been covered by water with new different continent raising from the pacific and Holland with his father feared for the life of his mother. Just then one of the crew members detected a radio signal coming from earth and alerts them. They flew down into earth following the signal and saw the underwater city with a lot of people standing and celebrating on top of it, the space ship floated on the water near the underwater city and the rescued humans started coming out. On seeing this, everyone from the control room of the underwater city also came out to welcome the rescued humans as many of them met their loved ones including the little girl who met her parents and they embraced themselves. Holland's mother became really uncomfortable has almost everyone had come including the captain and the injured soldiers except her son, so she was about moving to the captain when she saw Holland also coming down from the ship as though he was looking for someone. Their eyes both met and from the little distance they ran into each other's arms in an embrace with tears dropping from her eyes as a sigh of relief for seeing her son alive and well and Holland also very relieved to see his mother again.

Holland let's go of his mother telling her that he wants to show her something, just then her eyes spotted a set of persons she knew from her lost husbands crew and wondered how come they were also coming down from the ship or maybe her eyes were deceiving her or something, she asked Holland what it was and just as he was about to speak she sees the least most unexpected person she thought she was ever going to see again, she saw Mr.. James Stark her husband coming down from the ship, Holland looked at the direct his mother looked as she looked more shocked than the way he had ever seen. Holland's father saw them and started coming to her in excitement and she started moving to him not knowing if she was to cry, laugh or just run into his arms so she just did all of them together, they both hugged in a very tight embrace that lasted for awhile and soon let's go. I thought you left us forever and never coming back... She said as they let go of themselves a little. I can never leave both of you, you both are my life and the thought of you my queen is the only thing that kept me alive till today. Holland's father replied and she became a little bit shy and they hugged again. The official approached Holland saying. You did it, we won!. And they both embraced themselves and let's go then the official asked Holland. what's going to happen now?. Holland took a deep breath and answered. I don't know for sure but what I know is that we are going to voyage to the new surfacing lands and the world we know is gone, we are now in a new earth, a new beginning! And we are about to find out if this new changes will have any negative or a better effect on us.. The official and Holland both looked at his parents as they still hugged passionately. What if there are threats waiting in this new world?." We will be ready!. Answered Ryan confidently. His father stretched out an arm for him to join them in a family hug and he joined them with out hesitation as more ships arrived some flying vertically past the water beside the underwater city. The story has just begun...