Free The Barrier: The Teorran of Time: Teen Fantasy Action Adventure Novel by Unknown Page A

sun beat down on the cold ocean water which created dry air. Small clouds speckled the sky. The small crew tried in vain to get wind into the sail. Captain Yerild checked the compass and tinkered with the instruments on the helm. He hoped that they would somehow tell him something different. A tingle in the air caused everyone to stop and look around. The captain sensed the atmosphere shift. He stood stoically at the helm and began to whistle. The two sailors whistled with the captain in unison. It was as if they were trying to call up a breeze from the Dead Calm. Shaz never believed in the superstitious and foolish beliefs, like the sea creatures, that sailors did.
    The ship jolted up about five feet. It smacked into the water throwing everyone about. They struggled to their feet and ran to the edges of the ship. An enormous silver and black tail, that resembled a snake, slithered just under the surface of the water, for a few leagues then dipped back into the deep.
    "What in the world was that?" said Sebastian as he searched the ocean.
    "I have never seen such a thing," replied Batovi. "Captain?"
    "Aye, I’ve heard rumors of a great serpent in the sea."
    Shaz bolted from his cabin and traversed the wreckage below deck, to the small ladder that took him topside. He rushed to the forward deck, and stopped abruptly just short of the captain . The ship bounced out of the water again and smacked back into the sea. Water splashed onto the deck. The serpent's tail whipped out of the water and crashed into the sea. A lightning shriek shook them as it slipped back under the surface.
    "Make ready the cannon," shouted Captain Yerild, not realizing Shaz was standing there.
    Shaz jumped with the pain and covered his ears.
    "Captain there are only three balls left," shouted Sebastian
    "Aye, then we will have to be a good shot."
    "Aye, aye sir,"
    Sebastian hobbled on his makeshift crutch down to the lower deck.
    "Riddick, you help too," Captain Yerild ordered.
    "Aye, aye captain,"
    Before he got to the ladder, the ship was again tossed back and forth. As he rose to catch himself, Riddick slipped and fell into a glass lantern. Bright red blood surged from his cut hands. He quickly tucked them under his armpits and held them tight. The stinging pain shot up his arms.
    "Fire," commanded the Captain.
    "Fire," yelled Riddick.
    The cannon ignited before he had expected. The recoil slammed Sebastian into an empty crate. He slouched to the floor holding his chest. The ship rocked back and forth. His head spun from the blast and his face turned green. Sebastian threw himself forward as he vomited. He wiped his mouth and staggered back topside.
    "What are you doing here?" a deep raspy voice echoed.
    Shaz thought a moment, pulled the fang out from under his shirt and rubbed it between his fingers. The fang heated up and tingled his fingertips as he touched it.
    "There it is. There's the blasted monster," cried Sebastian.
    He pointed from the starboard side. Beginning to race back to the cannon he slipped on the sea soaked deck.
    "No." called Shaz. He raced to the starboard side of the ship. “Wait, I don't think it wants to hurt us."
    "What are you talking about? It's a blasted sea monster. Of course it wants to hurt us," Sabastian yelled.
    "No, I don't think it does," Shaz said calmly. Sebastian struggled to his feet and stared wide eyed at Shaz, then looked out in the deep alongside him.
    “Who are you?” Shaz asked.
    “I asked you what you are doing here?” said the creature.
    “The storm pushed us here. We need to pass through the barrier.”
    The serpent rose from the deep blue sea. Water came crashing down from off its back and head. The beast rose several feet in the air. His enormous black eyes sat high on his head, underneath a sharp horn. A lower clear lid flicked up. Large flexing nostrils snorted sprays of water as it breathed the dry air. The beast was covered with a variegated array of different colors of blue scales and gills,