The coup is in full swing. The palace guards, under the command of Lord Kostan, now chase the elusive Regent and his already injured Amazon companion through the labyrinthine palace. Fortunately, the Regent seems to know the palace better...

...And unbeknowst to all involved, help for the beleaguered pair is on the way.

Police stations on the surface or even in outer space have much the same "feel." A building facade that is somehow solid, timeless, and conveys a sense hope and hopelessness for those entering its doors. The people inside mill around, working all hours of the day and night with some mild stimulant readily available ( Read more... )

They've questioned everyone so far, except for the top suspects. Figures. Santana and Omen disappeared from the infirmary and the Atlanteans seem just as baffled as they are as to where they went.

She twirls the well worked silver rope in her hands. "When do you think we'll see them?"

Time flows differently here. As one Titan who is lost between life and death talks to another who's powers have taken an unexpected turn another is gripped in unexpected combat with the avatar of one who married into the Titan "family."

Atlantis does not understand drugs. Certainly, they have had wine and various other minor intoxicants over the millennia, but surface drugs refined for purity and their native intoxicants which are now being mixed more and more with additives from Chemical World and the world above them is more then what is in their experience. The Regent however ( Read more... )

There's a hasty tidying-up of the Council Hall and reorganization of the Guard. Kostan curses, looking over all the briefings. One officer of the guard already has been arrested for negligence, with a dozen more to be called for an explanation of their inaction ( Read more... )

This plot is on bendy time

The procession was uneventful. The stone podium in front of the Regent and the Regent's family awaits the wayward princess of the Amazons. Flanked by an honor guard of Titans magically able to breathe the water like air and survive the pressures of the deep and a council of those still proclaiming and interest in a ( Read more... )

A large crowd surrounds the Atlantean palace. There are musicians playing ceremonial tunes. There are warm, welcoming banners ( Read more... )

...And promised to explain everything. Why he was on the surface rather than in his position as Regent of Atlantis. Why he had his son there, but no wife - and whatever case he had been working on. He had been on the trail of something. The older Titans would know the subtle signs of it: ducking questions, changing the topic, the look and feel ( Read more... )