41 Travelling Underwater *

Phoebe was the first to jump on, she then turned around and waved her hand towards her, "What are you guys doing, get on already".

Lachlan was the second person on, like usual, he disappeared from his original spot and appeared next to Phoebe.

"Whoa, you really are fast," Phoebe said.

Everyone else followed Lachlan, Simon, Georgia, joe, Zoe, then finally Chloe. Just as they were about to leave they heard a shout from behind.

"Wait!" a person exclaimed, looking back the group realised it was James, "You forgot to take a map with you, without it you could easily get lost".

James held out an electronic device, one they've never seen before. They heard their phone alarm go off, well aside from Lachlan who didn't have a phone.

Looking down they realised it was a map, filled with bits of information about the surrounding waters, what they've discovered so far. The group was impressed the Navy has done so much in such little time.

"Thanks!" They shouted.

"Okay Faith let's go," Phoebe said.

The turtle rumbled a bit, looking down they quickly realised they were sinking into the ocean. Simon appeared next to Phoebe in seconds, "What's going on? Are you trying to drown us?"

"Of course not, just wait, the water won't even touch you," Phoebe explained.

The rest of the group was still nervous, but quickly felt relaxed when they saw that the water wasn't getting closer to them.

The further they sunk the more mystical it became. A dome could be seen surrounding the group, protecting them from any water.

Seconds later the Turtle and the group were finally submerged within the water, but the turtle didn't stop there. It continued its descent until it reached a couple hundred metres below sea level.

Looking up, they noticed they couldn't see the sky anymore, and sure there was light, but they couldn't see the sun clearly either. Looking around, they tried to see some fishes, unfortunately, they couldn't detect any.

"If you're trying to find anything don't bother, this turtle has an aura that terrifies anything weaker then it, which means a majority of fish won't come anywhere close," Phoebe explained.

"Damn, that sucks, oh well I'll take a nap then," Lachlan said. He then looked through his bag and took out a pillow, placed it under his head and went to sleep.

"Have to admit, I'm really jealous of people that can do that," Simon said.

"Same," Chloe said.

"Anyway, I suggest you guys get comfortable, this is going to take a few hours," Phoebe explained.

"Alright," They all said.

Everyone went through their bags and got out some stuff to make themselves comfortable, blankets and pillows.

…

Back at the navy base, all the superiors were gathered within the room, sitting down and discussing important matters.

"We need to find a way to improve our weaponry quickly," an old man said.

"Indeed, unfortunately, improving weapons isn't something that can happen quickly," James replied.

"Humanity has lost over 1 billion lives already, there are also many wounded, we need something to protect the weak," a younger woman said.

"I agree with that, but we don't have anything like that yet, that's why we need this operation to work," James said.

"What is the point of this operation anyway, you haven't completely explained that to us yet," a younger man said.

"What's some of the hardest materials on Earth?" James asked.

"Diamonds," the young woman said.

"Indeed, and diamonds are entirely created underground through the use of heat and pressure. An island with 10x that amount of gravity and even more pressure underground, who knows what kind of minerals are down there, all I know for certain is that they'll be harder then the stuff we have here," James said.

"So why didn't you explain that to the ones going on this operation?" the young man asked.

"They left before I could, in addition to that it's not like anything will change," James said.

"What do you mean by that?" the older man asked.

"Those individuals want strength, they probably want a weapon that's suitable for them, especially that Lachlan kid, it seems he likes combat daggers. He already knows that it won't last him long, so he will search for something stronger, and the place we sent him should have that something," James explained.

"Seriously I don't know what goes through your mind," the young man said.

…

Its already been two hours, Lachlan had finally gotten up from his nap. Looking around he noticed everyone else was awake and packing their stuff up. Lachlan did the same, he then walked over.

"How much further do we have?" Lachlan asked.

"Should only be a few minutes, I wonder what this island is going to look like," Phoebe said while smiling, trying to imagine what it will be.

"It might be completely barren, with gravity that strong nothing should be able to grow there," Simon said.

"You never know, this isn't the normal world we're talking about anymore, but some completely unexplored land," Phoebe said, her expression changed, "We're here!" she shouted.

The dome surrounding the group disappeared, an in front was a massive island, an island which looked magical.

The island was filled with vegetation, the trees rocketed hundreds of metres high and had a thickness never seen before, they were probably 15 metres thick.

The leaves and grass were incredibly green as well, looks like its been through the best treatment throughout its entire life.

Not to mention the air, they didn't know how to describe it, it felt like it was cleaning the insides of their body, fixing it and making it better.

"This is way better then I could have ever imagined," Phoebe said.

"This is something I don't think any of us could imagine," Simon said.

"Hurry up, let's go to the shore and see what they were talking about the gravity," Lachlan said.

Phoebe got Faith to continue, getting closer and closer. Unfortunately, due to its size, it couldn't go all the way.

Everyone hopped off, the moment they touched the sand they felt different.