Unconquered Sun (30 page)

At the very same time the sea, already rough from a gale, began to seethe even more. So tryakhanut the ship that the Fairy, having hardly risen, departed head over heels again and painfully hit the head against a mast and for several minutes fainted.

At this time, steps to a pyatist from the ship, water boiled and from most of depths some giant head seemed. Green, covered with scales, with a huge toothy mouth which each tooth was in two human growth. The ugly snake head two horns crowned. The huge sea dragon from reserved depths was to the aid of the hostess.

Animals, having seen such strakholyudina, nearly fainted consciousness for fear. As small children, they embraced the friend to the friend and in horror closed the glass eyes.

The dragon published chilling squeal from which membranes in ears which, however, could not muffle the mad triumphing laughter of the Sea Empress nearly burst.

- Well, tow-haired?! What you on it tell?! Atu their, my doggie, to at a! Ha-ha-ha!

Also pointed a finger at a small group of stubborn fairies.

Dragon, having seen the purpose, promptly rushed towards the victim, having extended a neck forward, having opened widely a mouth. It was clear that to constrain blow of such large object the magic field to the weakened fairies it will be difficult!

Understood it and fairies. And therefore feverishly looked for the ally. Who to them could be? There was nothing, except sand around … Sand! There is an idea! And Cream-white transferred the mental order to other fairies to join its blow.

Billions of grains of sand from coastal desert dunes shot up up action of hidden force and as a swarm of angry bees directed towards to a sea dragon, in passing as throwing out rag balls far in the sea of octopuses and crabs.

At the coastline they faced - a terrible sea dragon and a cloud of sand from billions and billions of grains of sand.

The blow turned out such enormous force that from a terrible roar from ears of fairies blood began to exude. The dragon, with the beaten-out eyes and the clogged nose and a mouth, departed back, towards the sea and failed in water dead all in some thousands steps from the ship. The remains of sand fell upon the ship with such force that it nearly turned over. It is good that at the last minute it was softened with the force field which is hastily put by Laura and other mermaids. The most part of sand, having hit against an invisible wall as about glass, otrikoshetit in the parties.

But also it was enough. Several times krutanut the ship round its pivot-center, it nakorenitsya, overboard got many water. And the wave which rose from falling of a dragon filled in all deck. The sea chariot half plunged into water. Leaks which, however, quickly undertook to close up bearded water were found.

But nearly the Fairy died. Having hardly managed to grab some rope, she by miracle avoided a fate to be washed away overboard. Sea water filled in a nose and a mouth, she convulsively began to cough. She felt sick, from terrible rolling the head strongly was turned and hurt. The fairy, having curled up, lay almost unconscious at the right board.

The fate of Animals would not be better if turtles reasonably did not dive on a bottom so the wave and sand passed on top, without having touched them. And then turtles, having understood to what there is a business, landed the passengers to safer place.

One Sea Queen, appear, felt perfectly. Long ago she so had not a good time! Long ago so did not unburden the heart! Counterstroke of fairies only amused her, gave her to passion. She absolutely forgot about the fight reason, about the Fairy, about Prinze, forgot in general where it is. Just as the hazardous card player sees only a table, cards and the rival and thinks only of the game combinations, and the Sea Queen saw only one - the sandy coast where the opponent became stronger, and thought only of what else is in her asset and that the enemy can undertake. And that the Cream-white fairy from "STING" thought and remained a riddle - never "REAPED" the Award and finds nothing the secret intentions and thoughts …

The sea Queen laughed loudly from delight even stronger. She was not upset at all by death of a sea dragon and its landing. As at all the skilled player is not upset, seeing that his card - some jack buby or a queen of spades - a bat, but already a beret the new card from a pack, in hope that she also will bring it a final victory.

The sea Queen took in hand small, cut out from nephrite, a whistle. On the third whistle she received the answer. Somewhere nearby even stronger wind sharply raised a howl and the huge black funnel of the most real tropical typhoon rose to heaven. Wind at reckless speed turned around a hidden axis, incorporating the huge mass of water, and here it already directed on call of the madam.

- Ah-ha-ha-ha! Well, tow-haired, you on it will tell now, and?! Try to stop it from the sandbox!

Strong flaws swept a voluminous green hair of Laura. At this moment they reminded some battle flag which victoriously flies on a flagstaff before a victorious army which just about will be sent in attack. Fine lips it were ugly distorted by a grimace of hysterical laughter, and eyes threw the real lightnings. She again imperatively upraised a hand and specified to a terrible typhoon its purpose, and that right there directed to it.

But also fairies did not doze. Cream-white absolutely passionlessly and fearlessly darted a glance at new threat, like the skilled conductor of a big orchestra on the new score which should be played, after just finished. She squeezed palms of two nearby the standing fairies even more strong that for them was is familiar to make the same with the neigbours, and gave mental command:

- Concentrate, sisters, attention … We admit as it is possible closer … Closer … is closer … still … still … We beat!

This time the solution of the magic task set before Cream-white was very and very original. Would see it her Elder Sister of "STING", probably, for only one originality of the decision she recommended her for the highest decoration!

Really, how to stop without restraint the turning typhoon? How to stop the funnel from compressed air and water stretched almost to heaven? No protective barrier will bear such blow! Any! And therefore it is necessary to work on original decisions.

By the way, the typhoon lifted such wave that the distressful Chariot though protected by magic barriers krutanutsya several times round its pivot-center and was filled up on the right side.

When the huge typhoon flew up to the coast, there was something unimaginable.

Such rumble, crash, thunder was distributed that at all warriors stuffed up ears. Fairies fell on knees from an awful earthquake, but kept a magic chain of not broken off. And at this time crust layers began to disperse from a terrible roar in the parties, leaving among themselves a bottomless black chasm in which a rough stream water from the Sea … together with a typhoon directed! Because boundless airless emptiness demanded the filling. Just drained in a typhoon in the formed hole …

Besides, rushed in the formed Sea water chasm, entrained as if a chip and the semi-flooded ship with Feey and Laura in addition! The fairy tried to get up, but almost vertically tilted deck did not give the chance to keep balance. With scope having hit the head against a board, she fainted again. Upala and Laura, got all mermaids.

The face of the Sea Queen was distorted by a grimace of disappointment and anger. Nevertheless she managed to grasp a mast a rope, made a sharp wave of a hand from below up and cried out something in the unclear murmaid language - sharply and imperatively.

At the very same time some unprecedented force struck a bottom of the distressful ship and it as the ball, flew up in air and hanged. The pillow from extraordinary densely compressed air held it on weight. It also rescued Laura, the Fairy and mermaids who were onboard from inevitable death. And then waters of the Sea filled the formed emptiness in crust and the funnel disappeared. From now on the coastline of the Oversea country in that place became other and general sea level went down a little. And on a seabed the new huge hollow was formed.

But fairies did not wish to wait at all until Laura recovers from blow. They prepared the next counterstroke.

The huge boulders formed from the coastal rocks smashed by a storm suddenly, as if by itself began to fly up in air. The exhausted ship soaring on an invisible pillow, torn off which was already in very low condition became a target for pood stone shells!

Recently still the sea chariot proud of the beauty had really pathetic appearance. Masts on it were broken off, from oars there is no nothing left at all, all deck in holes, the board is honeycombed by holes as if a piece of cheese, some ropes, canvas scraps, fragments of boards and other garbage rolled everywhere. From a silk awning under which sat until recently and talked the Fairy to Laura there is no nothing left, except fragments of reed armchairs, lonely floating in pools of sea water at all. Long ago washed away chests, carpets and cases overboard. Slava Sozdatelyu, that the torn bridle allowed tritons to escape and escape safely in this mad dressing down! Somewhere in a corner the Fairy lay unconscious. Mermaids with water, having joined hands, imposed "seams" - constraining magic energy of high concentration fastenings that the poor excuse for the ship did not fall to pieces at all …

And in such poor excuse for the ship as in a target at competition of archers, tens of pood stones departed, as if released tens of huge ballistas.

But Laura did not become puzzled also this time. Having made directly before itself several roundabouts hands, she strengthened a hidden board. As a result of steam of the stone shells flying directly to the ship flew away from it as balls from a wall. Now fairies had to be protected because the beaten-off stones departed directly on them, and him it was necessary to put an additional magic board. It was given to both parties hardly - stones were the enormous size, and therefore force of their blow about a board was such that kickbacks were especially painful. Both at Laura, and at Cream-white blood began to flow a nose, on a forehead the cold perspiration appeared. Again there was a stalemate. And "ball game" had to be stopped.

And at this time to the place of fight reinforcements, and reinforcements - considerable already swam up! Hundreds of mermaids and water, who under the own steam who on sea turtles, dolphins and even small whales hurried to the aid of the hostess.

Laura looked down and burst out laughing enough.

- And - and - and-and! Mine to a regiment arrived! Well, it will just be enough to turn an issue of the combat to my advantage.

It waved a hand and the invisible pillow began to lower slowly and softly a distressful vessel on water, however, slightly far away from the coast, directly again to that place where replenishments swam up.

However, mermaids already took care of that their Queen could take numerical advantage properly. They joined hands and made together with zelenoborody water one huge magic chain - in kind one hundred three links - and the sea began to seethe under them again.

Huge layers of crust came off a bottom and rose upward. And already the small all island covered with seaweed and silt literally in the eyes arose on a surface. Here on it that the distressful ship also landed.

Laura with suite appeared on it together with three hundred sea warriors and warriors and right there formed a magic circle.

"Blow power will be really enormous now" - Laura thought and burst out laughing. The issue of the combat was predictable.

Also fairies understood it. To crown it all the state them was awful. From a nose and ears thin streams of blood flew. Tunics all are covered with blood and then, here and there tore, baring various parts of a body. Hair are confused, eyes - in red streaks, persons are pale as death. But - the most important - it was not necessary to be the expert in the theory and practice of magic fight to notice that they were exhausted to a limit. Hands and legs at them shivered so that they could hardly stand. Of course, Cream-white looked better, but … It was clear that fight to approach the end. To what - and it is so clear. Magic fight, as well as fight by conventional weapons, demands huge expenses of magic energy and forces, and they at anybody are not infinite. As the most skillful soldier if he fights long enough, sooner or later, will pass blow and will be killed, and the magician. And if to the enemy also fresh reinforcements still arrive …

- Elder sister, and we will have a reinforcement? - the most young of warriors of "STING", "mantikorovy" did not sustain. Its once golden tunic turned into the lurid fragmentary rag covered with spots of sea salt, blood and sweat.

Cream-white, having squeezed lips in a thread, indulgently looked at it and mentally answered:

- Well as you learned geography at School, the silly fellow? Really you do not know that the Desert of Desires suppresses
thin
communication at long frequencies? Only if some patrol incidentally sees us.

The young fairy densely reddened. It became a shame to it also with the mistake, and with the cowardly question. It squeezed hands of sisters even more strong, understanding that, perhaps, this their joint fight will be the last. There is no place to wait for a reinforcement and there is nobody …

Exhausted, unsteady for fatigue, pale as ghosts of the fairy were going to strike the last blow. They understood that to them any more not to sustain attack of sea witches …

And at this time the Sea Queen really prepared the last blow. It brought a sea shell to lips again. The same sinks appeared in hands at all other sea warriors and warriors.