Chpt 11 - Tadah!

                                    

                                          
"Alright!" Mitch exclaims, "Let's light her up!"
                          
Quentin walks towards their makeshift portal to the squid dimension, and uses some flint & steel to activate it.
                          
"It's ready." Ty says.
                          
"What do we do when we get to the squid dimension?" Alesa asks Jason.
                          
"We have to find the castle. That's where Azalea said where they were." Jason answers.
                          
"What if it doesn't work, though? What if the squids catch us?" Alesa questions.
                          
Jason laughs, "Alesa, they're squids!" he walks towards the portal, "Come on, everyone. Let's go save Adam and Aza."
                          
The Team jump into the portal one by one, travelling over to the dreaded squid dimension.
                          
                                                                  ***
                          
The Team emerge from the portal and take a look around themselves. In front on them was a barren wasteland of stone and huge lakes.
                          
"Well this looks... exciting." Alesa comments sarcastically.
                          
"Looks like this place is deserted." Jason says, "I think we should go explore."
                          
The Team break up into smaller groups and excavate the area.
                          
"Where do you think this castle will be?" Alesa asks.
                          
"I'm not sure, but I have a good feeling it will be in the water." Jason answers, staring into the large lake in front of him.
                          
Mitch looks into the water hesitantly, "You suggest we start swimming?"
                          
"Got any better ideas, Mitch?" Jason asks sternly.
                          
Mitch fiddles with his hoodie nervously, "Nope. Nope."
                          
"Then that settles it." Alesa says. She turns to the rest of the Team and calls to them, "Hey! Guys! I think we should start swimming. We're never gonna find anything on land!"
                          
The rest of the Team stroll over to Jason, Alesa and Mitch and look into the water.
                          
"Hmm." Seto reaches into his cloak, "In that case, it's a good thing I brought some of these." He brings out some water breathing potions.
                          
"Ah." Ian nods, "I see that Seto came prepared."
                          
"Well it is the squid dimension." Seto responds, handing out his potions, "Mudkip?"
                          
"No, no, I'm a water type." Quentin rejects.
                          
"Fish." Ty mumbles.
                          
"I'm not a fish!" Quentin argues.
                          
Ty chuckles, "Sure."
                          
Quentin stands there fuming for a few seconds, staring at Ty's dumb face.
                          
"Okay let's go." Jason says and jumps into the lake. The rest of the Team follow him and they all swim deep down to the floor. This lake was much larger than the Team first thought, the water carried on underneath the stone on the surface, meaning the whole dimension was actually one giant body of water, an ocean. The lake gets deeper and deeper the more they swim, and eventually they can no longer see the light of day from the surface.
                          
"What's this?" Alesa asks, looking at some dark objects in the distance.
                          
Jason squints his eyes, "I'm not sure, they look like... cages?"
                          
As they swim closer and closer they begin to make out row upon row of cages made from iron bars, all of them contained 1-3 people, all of them Sky Army Recruits or Team Crafted fans.