Can't Control My Veins (book 3)

Veltro

Aria Chris and Jill run toward the foredeck as everything explodes making them all jump back. Aria watches a helicopter try to escape but a huge tentacle crushes the helicopter  "oh no" Aria looks to find a huge sea monster

"the pilot!" Jill yells

"Worry about her later!" Chris aims his gun at the huge monster

"This is Hat Trick. Do you read?" Another helicopter flies around "Extraction is not pssoble at this time. I'll execute a holding pattern. Hat trick out.

"What have they created?" Chris asks as Jill aims her gun at the monster

Aria aims her bow and Arrow at it "hell"

"We can do this Chris" Jill encourges

"Repeat! Unable to make an approach... Can you deal with that thing?"

"Aim for the parasites! They're the target!"

"You mean that big-ass thing is being controlled by a parasite? God damn! I dropped off some ammo for you!"

A box drops in front of Aria "stay clear!" Aria picks up the rocket launcher "Haven't had these in a while" Aria smirks then aims at the monster "here we go again" Aria shoots the monster. The monster screams before quieting down and not moving

"Is it over?" Chris asks

"Incredible! All of you! I'll drop down a ladder. Come on up!"

"Memories" Aria looks at her bloody self. The ladder drops down for them. Jill Climbs up first

"Ladies first" Chris tilts his head for Aria to join them

"you sure?"

"yep"

Aria smiles "ok" She runs to the ladder climbing up as Chris comes up behind her "needed that" She says to herself in relief. They all hear a screech. Aria speeds up the pace up to the helicopter with Jill as the monster swings at the ladder "Chris!" Jill yells as the whole helicopter is getting thrown around

Chris in a struggle climbs up with Jill and Aria's help. Aria takes out her dagger cutting the ladder down watching it fall and the helicopter stablizes

"Hold on! I'll get us out of here" Kirk yells

"No, Not yet. We can't let this thing roam free!"

"Agreed" Jill nods in agreeance

Aria cuts her hand "maybe some of my blood can stop it!" Aria yells as Chris and Jill have out machine guns "Get the blood on the bullets!" Chris orders

Aria wipes her bloody hand on Chris's and Jill's gun "We can't hit from here! Take us closer"

Aria grabs a machine gun "I can't too many bogies!"

"trust me!

"Ok, fine! Hold on to your seats!" Kirk warns as he gets closer and everyone shoots the parasite coming out of the creature

"How many are there!? They don't let up"

"They multiplied!" They all keep shooting

And Nobody I mean Nobody knew about this. Lansdale is smart but not quite

"Did we kill it!?" Chris asks. The monster's head moves as more of the parasite come out of its mouth

"Almost Chris!" Aria goes into her pocket to find a few vials of her blood "good time to use one" Aria throws it landing into the monsters mouth making the parasites slow down

"Whatever you threw it worked" Jill aims at the creature as a rocket from above hits the creature making it scream and drop it's head

"Now it's over"

"And that's all she wrote for the Zenobia" Jill stares at the dead body as they hear a radio

"It's me. What's happening?" O'brian asks

"On our way out... We lost parker" Jill reveals as Aria looks down

"Jessica took the whole ship down. The FBC... Well, Morgan, He was one step ahead of us the whole way" Chris gets up leaning on the wall

"yes, I see... I hate to think this all could be a mistake...My mistake"

"Come Clean with us O'brian. Don't leave anything out..."

"Alright. It started one year ago... Right there in terragrigia..."

Time skip
Chris and Aria are sitting next to each other as Jill stands next to them on a laptop "Raymond Realized that Morgan was not who seemed" Jill sits next to Chris "So, we set this trap together. The whole Veltro revival act" 

"The mountain hideout, and the coordination of the ships. All to put heat on Morgan... but, sir couldn't you have at least told us?"

"Jessica" Aria whispers

"I couldn't risk it, not with a mole inside the BSAA. My apologies"

"All that work... And both the Zenobia and the Semiramis..."

"Yeah, I know, but I haven't given up yet. Keith and quint, They'e left us with an Ace in the hole. The Data Analysis they sent us? The results are in"

"Well, What we're they?"

"We assumed veltro made use of two sister ships in the Terragrigia panic but there was a third"

"A third?" Aria whispers close to Chris's ear listening

"The final queen..."

"Yes. Queen dido... She's been resting on the ocean floor since that day"

"Which means We'll find her--" Chris starts to say

"back where it all begins" Aria whispers

"At Terragrigia" Jill finishes

"Exactly We have a responsiblity to see this mission through"

Looks like We're gonna need scuba gear. The ship is down in the water in Terragrigia. it's time to end this