All Chapters of Muri The Lightning Primordial : Chapter 41
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Chapter 41 [Adjustments 3]
CHAPTER FORTY-ONEAdjustment 3Muri settled back onto the couch, his new black t-shirt stretched across his shoulders. His bare feet were still propped on the coffee table, but at least now he looked slightly less like a Greek sculpture and slightly more like an overly large sexy houseguest.Nadia emerged from the kitchen with three mugs. She set one on the table in front of Lyla, one on the floor beside the couch for herself, and handed the third to Muri."Green tea." she said. "Drink it."Muri took the mug. He held it close to his face, inhaling the steam. His white eyes flickered. "It smells like leaves that have been left out in the rain.""It's called tea. Humans consume it daily. Just try it."He raised the mug to his lips and took a sip.His face twisted instantly. His nose wrinkled. His lips pressed together in a thin line of profound distaste. He lowered the mug and stared at it as if it had personally offended him."This is not food." he said flatly. "This is water that
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Chapter 42 [Night fall]
CHAPTER FORTY-TWONight fallThe morning after the chocolate incident, Lyla was already pulling on her jacket before the sun had fully risen.Her phone buzzed with three missed calls from the university—something about a new batch of sediment cores from the South Pacific that required immediate attention. She had been pacing the living room for ten minutes, gathering her things, muttering about protocol and funding and the way her graduate students organized sample trays.She stopped in front of Muri, a book open in his lap. He had been reading since dawn, his white eyes scanning pages at a speed that would have been impossible for any human."I have to go." she sighs pointing a finger at him. "But I'll be back. And I want to hear more. Everything. Your childhood, your people, the jungle, the rituals, the way the clan worked. I need to document all of it."Muri looked up from his book. "You want to record my life?""I want to record history. You're a primary source. A living, breath
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Chapter 43 [Outing]
CHAPTER FORTY-THREEOutingThe morning as soon as she walked of of her room, Nadia found Muri in the same spot—on the couch, a book in hand, his bare feet propped on the coffee table. She stood in the doorway of her bedroom, arms crossed, her expression unreadable."Muri." She calls out after a minute.He looked up."Last night. When you said my heartbeat was faster, my shoulders were tense, I kept looking at the door—how did you know all that? You're blind."He closed the book slowly. "I am blind to light and shape like I mentioned. I am not blind to energy. Your body gives off heat, electrical impulses, chemical shifts. Fear has a signature. Anxiety has a signature. I read them the way you read words on a page."She stepped closer. "And my name? You knew my full name before I told you. On the first morning. When you used the computer."A pause. "The pendant. When you touched it, I felt more than just a location. I felt fragments of you. Not thoughts—impressions. Your name surfaced
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Chapter 44 [The Invisible Man]
CHAPTER FORTY-FOURThe Invisible Man.The moment they burst through the apartment door, Lyla was already spinning in circles, her arms flailing, her voice a pitch higher than normal."That was incredible! That was insane! You melted guns with your hands! You moved so fast I could barely see you! You took bullets to the back and they just—poof!—turned to dust!"She grabbed Muri by the shoulders and shook him. He allowed it, slightly amused."How do you do that? Is it the pendants? Is it you? Can you teach it? Can I do it? Can you do other things? Can you fly? Can you shoot lasers from your eyes? Can you—""Lyla." Nadia said, her voice flat."—turn into a giant snake? Because that would be amazing for traffic—""Lyla!!""—and we could totally make you a superhero! Like, Captain Britain or something. No, wait—Thunder Man! Storm Lord! The Unbound! Oh, that's actually good. The Unbound. We can get you a cape. A really dramatic cape. And maybe a—"Nadia grabbed her sister by the back of he
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Chapter 45 [On-Duty]
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVEOn-dutyNadia reported to base at 0800 hours sharp.The naval facility was a sprawling complex of grey concrete and steel, perched on the edge of the English Channel. She walked through the gates with her ID clipped to her collar, her uniform pressed and her boots polished. Behind her, invisible and silent, Muri followed.She was summoned to Admiral Vael's office immediately. He looked up as she entered and offered a rare smile."Commander Cross. Good to have you back.""Thank you, sir." She salutedHe gestured to the chair across from his desk and she sat silently. Then he slid a manila folder across the surface toward her." Since I can clearly see you are much better than before, I'm sending you out immediately. Two-week reconnaissance mission. Deep Pacific, coordinates here." He tapped the folder. "A British submarine reported unusual activity in the area. Energy readings. Acoustic anomalies. They've requested standby aid where necessary as they are not sure w
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Chapter 46 [ Mystery]
CHAPTER FORTY-SIXMystery Nadia stepped onto the submarine's deck and saluted the captain.He was a man in his early forties, broad-shouldered, with a weathered face and steady blue eyes. His uniform bore the insignia of the Royal Navy. He returned her salute with practiced precision."Commander Cross, Captain Aldridge. Welcome aboard the Titan." He said briskly."Thank you, Captain. I've brought my senior crew." She gestured behind her. Torres, her right hand, a solid man with a shaved head and calm eyes stepped forward, followed by two more officers, both carrying portable equipment cases.Aldridge studied them briefly, then nodded."Follow me. We'll brief you in the control room." He says as he turns and began to descend down.They moved through the narrow corridors of the submarine, the air thick with the smell of metal and hydraulic fluid. The crew acknowledged them with brief nods, too focused on their stations to linger. The space was tight as submarines always were and Nad
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Chapter 47 [ Fragment Soldiers]
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX Fragments Soldiers The cabin was quiet except for the low hum of the ship's engines.Muri had long returned from his exploration of the Valiant about an hour ago, and he had not stopped talking since. He paced around the small space — which was impressive, given how little room there was to pace — his white eyes bright with the kind of enthusiasm Nadia usually associated with Lyla."This ship you call Valiant is remarkable!!" he said, gesturing with both hands. "I have examined every deck, every compartment, every system. The engineering section alone contains a propulsion system that harnesses controlled combustion to drive turbines. You have essentially learned to tame fire and pressure and turn them into forward momentum." He continuesNadia rubbed her temples. "Muri...""Your radar arrays are sophisticated imagine spotting someone or something from miles away. Your communication systems can reach across oceans in milliseconds. Your weaponry —" He paused, his
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Chapter 48 [Neraya]
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT NerayaA day passed.The Valiant sat idle on a sea that refused to move. No currents and zero swells, just a flat grey mirror stretching to every horizon. The crew rotated through their shifts with the usual boredom of sailors who had been trained for action and had seen none. Torres kept the deck orderly. The communications officer kept trying to raise the Titan on an open channel and kept getting static in return.Nadia spent most of that day in her cabin, reading and re-reading the mission file, the crystal-record data, and the waveform analyses Muri had annotated in a handwriting that looked quite elegant and chaotic.Muri sat across from her, legs crossed, hood down and his white locks spilling over his shoulders. He was not cloaked, he had stopped cloaking inside her cabin hours ago, deciding it was not worth the effort."The two soldiers..." he said suddenly, breaking the silence.Nadia looked up. "Hammer and Anvil?"Names that are not names. They are more
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Chapter 49 [Neraya 2]
CHAPTER FORTY-NINENeraya 2She stared at him long and hard and the sea held its breath.Then in an instance the enormous woman folded.It happened not like a collapse but smoothly, an order beging carried out effectively. The towering columns of water drew inward, compressing, reshaping. The storms around them shivered and began to disperse softly. The cyclones lost their rage and became ordinary waves again, rolling away across a sea that was slowly returning to calm.And where the giant water woman had stood, a human-sized figure now stood on the surface of the ocean as if it were solid ground.She looked human. Almost human.Her skin was pale blue almost white, the color of foam on a moonlit tide. Her hair was flowing, long and blue, the deep blue of sea depth, moving gently even though she stood in open air. She wore a simple garment that seemed made of woven kelp and glass, and her eyes were the deep green of an ocean trench, ancient and unreadable.She walked across the water
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Chapter 50 [Interrogation]
CHAPTER FIFTY InterrogationThe Valiant managed to make it's way back toward port at reduced speed, her hull scarred and her crew quiet, mostly traumatized.The damage report was sobering with obvious cracked bulkheads on the lower deck, a compromised radar array, two crewmen with broken ribs, multiple others with one or two concussions, the Titan was gone, crushed and swallowed by a force no one could explain and not ready to discuss.The super soldiers left before they even reached the harbor. A Black Hawk came for them, barely touching down on the deck just long enough for Hammer and Anvil to jump aboard. Neither of them said goodbye nor either asked for a debrief. Hammer's fragment core had stabilized, but his expression was had not, and Anvil kept staring at the horizon as if he was still trying to process what had happened. For the first time neither felt as invisible a they thought.Nadia stood at the railing and watched them go, before she went back to her cabin, closed the
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