This chapter is dedicated to action  (AKA: Master Black Belt)

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Thanatophobia ~ Fear of death

The cool liquid pooled around my waist faster than I could realise that it had already ascended my ankles. The level only rose higher and higher and if I wasn't mistaken it's rising faster and faster as well. My heart threatens to jump out of my throat in search of dry land as a mouthful of the black liquid chokes me and I feel a painful thud as my head hits the ceiling of the cage.

KlaraSofe , frostwingak and Ranger_of_the_North seem to have taken it the worst. KlaraSofe and frostwingak totally lost it when they realised we were going to drown, literal frothing at the mouth lost it like 'rabid landlubbers' as Ranger_of_the_North called them. Ranger_of_the_North lost the plot slightly earlier when her camera film got wet. Since then she just waded around like a total loony spouting some rant about 'just keep swimming' until the water level got too high and she started to suffocate. Three down, or rather up due to upthrust.

Another painful thud from the ebbing water brings me back to disaster and surprisingly I see a small dent in the ceiling of the cage from the help of a bioluminescent light in the background. I turn to give one of my companions a thumbs up for the quick thinking in the rather situation but ironically it just gets darker as I realise that the light hasn't come from some weird popcorn species or glow in the dark book ink but rather from jellyfish. Jellyfish with electrifying tentacles.

My head bangs against the ceiling of the cage once more and miraculously I believe I feel it shift slightly. Looking over towards KlaraSofe I can see why - all that forehead typing must have given her a relatively thick skull and with a quick nod to my companions, Meghana_violet grabs her by the waist and rams her into the ceiling popping the roof of entirely.

With the roof now off, I grab onto the nearest person who just happens to be JoeRover2 and an electric thought runs through me. I gasp at the voltage of the idea causing me to loose half my air supply and realise that we need to act soon. Another sting would be death and I'm not entirely sure how long unconscious people can hold their breaths for.

JoeRover2 naturally buoyant body slowly causes us to ascend and we all create a human rope with Shreya_VA using her first aid knot tying skills to attach everyone's clothing together in one way or another. JoeRover2 ascends faster and faster but the jellyfish have not ceased their attacks. Being the light sacks of whatever they are, they quickly gain on us even with JoeRover2 propeller boots but JenniferJonnes quick thinking skills helps save our butter. From her secret supply of unpopped kernels, JenniferJonnes projects the seeds towards our pursuers like bullets, popping them off one by one whilst Meghana_violet swats the stray ones aside with a whack of a very thick book.

With each passing second our pursuers decrease but from the depths of my mind, I couldn't shake the feeling that this wasn't over. Proving my hunch right, a Megalodon shark erupts from the deep abyss but thankfully KlaraSofe awakens just in time to combat the beast with her crystal emboldened monster hunting whip. The battle looks like something straight from fiction yet it is completely indescribable. The action is intense and if I wasn't drowning and had a sufficient word count limit, I'm sure I could describe it in all of its gory detail.

The sudden commotion must have awakened frostwingak but honestly I'm not too sure what he can contribute too. We're rising out of an abyss not falling into one-

Suddenly, the shark, jellyfish and water all disappear and I curse the day Inkheart came out. I take it back. Not the last sentence, although Inkheart is pretty amazing, but the sentence prior. Now would be a good time for frostwingak to contribute. A very good time indeed!

"Hey... frostwingak ?" I choke, even though the water had drained completely. "Are you there?"

"Holy smokebombs!"

Yup. That was frostwingak and a bit of Ranger_of_the_North too if I'm not mistaken. I nearly forgot. Half the group was afraid of water and the other half was afraid of air.

"Okay, okay. It's not as bad as it seems!" I lie not only to myself but to them also. I mean, who in their right mind isn't scared of becoming street pizza? "My hyperactive imagination might have caused all the water to disappear so frostwingak do you mind turning into a dragon?"

"Oh, yeah, sure, no problem!" frostwingak growls faster than Eminem as he changes into dragon form and supports us on his back.

Suddenly I feel Meghana_violet tap me on the shoulder and for a second I fear that another fear has come to fruition.

"Hey, Drac. Just now you said your imagination made the water disappear-"

"Yeah..." I smile sheepishly as frostwingak lands us at the top of the abyss.

"Why didn't you just do that in the first place?" Meghana_violet glares.

"Oh... that's because I have no control over my creative abilities!"

One by one everybody facepalms but I'm spared the embarrassment as Sensei and an old geyser suddenly *poofs* into existence beside us.

"Well done. You have all made it." The old geyser begins, who not surprisingly is also wearing a name tag saying 'Hi, I'm Master Black Belt action '. "Sadly, I can not say the same for the other groups but you're not free to go yet. There's one final bonus round left but I must warn you; this time there can only be one winner and as for the losers... Let's just say you would have rather become thanataphobiacs."

"What?" We blurt in unison.

"Sorry, can't stay and chat but may luck be ever in your favour."

Sensei xxRazmatazxx gives us a curt nod before she and the old geyser Master Black Belt action disappears in another *poof* leaving us more fearful than we ever were before-