Put Out My Fire - Chapter 130

Moments earlier.

Akurra, one of the five beastly serpents of Solaris, assumed it was just another day lying in the pit of darkness under the undying waters.

There was nothing to do but swim, eat large fishes, and at night, curse at his father, staring at the moon. He had a boring two hundred plus years. He had nothing to do but get fat.

He suddenly heard a commotion from above the waters. Mermaids were shrieking. How he hated their screams.

The serpent detected the blood of the mermaids and saw flashes of light from hundreds of meters above him.

He decided to see what was happening, but as he swam up, he scented a familiar whiff; a blood of a white witch from the moon.

He suddenly felt a thrill.

‘What would a moon witch be doing here?’ He asked himself. As the scent filled his nostrils, he sped his swimming. He saw four men in a frame of a human hastily evade him.

What shocked him more was how they were jumping in-between spaces in the water. He could tell they had powers. ‘Moon witches could also travel in between worlds and spaces.’

Reaching the surface, he feared the man he meant to interrogate would leave. Thus, he thrust his head up, throwing the moon-scented creature off balance, just right after seeing him spring out wings.

‘Interesting, a witch with wings?’ He silently asked himself again.

As soon as he achieved his goal, landing the man on his nose, he took the chance to ask, “You smell of the moon, creature. What are you?”

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After having a talk with Christopher and telling the tale of the real curse behind Solaris, Akurra had more than enough time to sniff on the master of water. He was already 99% sure; he was a white witch descent.

He smelled of the same lineage that he once swore to protect but could not since he was forced to relocate to Solaris.

After hearing their plea for help, he figured there was one way to tell for sure if this boy had the blood of the moon white witches. He offered his services.

“Tell you what? Christopher. If you are who I think you are, then you should be able to summon me to your will,” said Akurra. “I can do better than lend you my strength… I can serve you.”

He watched as Christopher became amazed at the offer. The flying creature’s eyes widened and his mouth fell open.

“Serve me? How – how can that happen? I would really appreciate the help you can give, especially since I am trying to protect the life of my wife and unborn son, as well as the future of mankind,” said Christopher to Akurra.

“Well, first. We need your wife here. I want to see for myself if she really holds the Venusian Sword… to see Is to believe,” requested the serpent.

It took minutes for the present masters to agree on the serpent’s claim, and Abasi went back to Pelagy to get Amanda.

Upon Abasi’s return, Amanda already had her fiery wings and was already covered in her second skin.

Akurra saw the initial fright in Amanda’s eyes, but they were quickly replaced with fierceness. He thought, ‘Interesting. Such a courageous pregnant lady and such power inside of her.’

“Chris, are you okay?” Amanda asked, seeing her beloved stand on the serpent’s nose. She was told that the beastly sea snake wanted to see The Venusian sword, but it was unclear to her if the serpent had good intentions.

“My love, I’m fine,” told Christopher. He glanced back at Akurra’s bright blue eyes and said, “He wants to see the sword, Amanda.”

“Very well then,” Amanda said.

Gently, she threw her hand to the side and as she ordered the sword out silently, the same yellow light spiraled on her arm until it took the shape of the golden blade.

It shone even brighter before the sea serpent.

“Beautiful,” said Akurra.

He slowly raised himself closer to Amanda before taking a deep breath. He said, “With the child inside you, I also smell another descent of the moon.”

Amanda frowned, not understanding what was going on. She even took the time to look at the drifting Taara, Brody, and Abasi.

Christopher had to explain to her how the serpent thought one of his parents was from the moon because he smelled of the moon. He also told the tale of how and why the serpent could determine base on his scent.

The narrative left Amanda amused. She realized there were more magic and powers outside the earth. She looked at the serpent and said, “Well, how can you offer us help? We want you to know that we are truly grateful.”

“Since there are two individuals now from the same descent of the moon – your husband and the baby, I feel even more oblige to offer my help,” said Akurra.

Akurra glanced at Amanda and ordered, “You need to cut just a little from my back and make me bleed with your sword. My scales are impenetrable to any form of weapon, but The Venusian Sword can easily cut through my thick scales.”

Amanda glared at the serpent. Her eyes widened in horror as she objected, “Why would I do that?”

“Because in order for your husband to summon me, he must drink my blood,” revealed Akurra. His answer made all the masters sneer.

Christopher nearly puked at that. He said, “I’m – I’m not drinking any blood!”

“It’s either that or you carve out my eye, but I would rather kill you if you hurt me in the process! Besides, taking out my eye will leave you with a power that is beyond your control,” said Akurra. “The best way is to be able to summon me.”

“Being able to summon me, means you can bring me to anywhere you are, any time of the day, but only for a short period each. Say twenty minutes,” told Akarru. “I can do the fighting for you.”

The masters could not help but agree. The idea was far better, but what the serpent said next made them doubt the process.

“But if you are not from the clan of the moon, the summoning will never work. I will never hear your call, no matter what,” added Akarru.

“So if I am not a descent from the moon, then I will just drink your blood for nothing?!” Christopher asked in horror. He did not like the idea of drinking a sea serpent’s blood without any positive result.

“You don’t need to decide now. Let your wife take just a little of blood and keep it cold and fresh until you are ready to take the risk,” instructed the serpent. “Moreover, with my blood in you, it is the easiest way to call on me rather than going into the depths of the waters of Solaris.”

“Go now, wife of the moon creature, take blood from me,” ordered Akarru. “You! help your wife! Stand behind her.”

The truth was, Akarru had no intention to make Christopher wait. He was so eager to find out if Christopher was really a descent of the white witches from the moon.

Using their wings, the master of water and fire made their way to the serpent’s back and after finding a good spot, Amanda held up her sword ready to puncture against the scales.

“Urrgghhh!” Amanda screamed as she gave it her all. Akarru’s incredible size required her might.

As soon as the sword penetrated against the serpent’s back, blood gushed out of his back, utterly splashing against Amanda and Christopher. Both wound up drinking a fraction of the serpent’s blood!

Amanda ended up putting back her sword as she flew away from the squiring blood! She dove into the water and cleaned herself of the blood.

Christopher was coughing terribly at the taste of the serpent’s metallic green blood. He stuck his tongue out as he complained, “Ewwww… Fuck! That was disgusting!”

“What did you expect! Its blood!” Said Akarru.

Seconds later, Akarru saw how Christopher’s hair was turning white after just taking a little of his blood. His skin turned paler than it previously was. More importantly, he felt it; his blood was quickly flowing to Christopher’s body.

The serpent closed his eyes, feeling himself being one into his veins.

Heartbeats later, they heard Akarru laugh. It was as if he shed a tear of joy before he told, “You really a son of a white witch from the moon!”

“If that was not that case, you would have been already poisoned! Your wife is also safe since she carries the child with your blood,” told the serpent.

“Whhhaatttt?! Did you just put our lives at risk?!” Cried Amanda in anger.

“What do you mean, white witch?” Christopher asked while letting the water come to him instead and brush away the green blood on his body. Gradually, his hair and skin turned back to its usual color.

“You heard me right! You are a son of a white witch from the moon! There is no doubt about it! Earlier, I was 99% sure.. Now, I am absolutely certain!” He bowed his head to Christopher and said, “You are now my master and I will serve you until my very last breath.”