This is a Lyla-centric drabble, simply because I wanted to explore Lyla better and what she may have tought and felt during "Lyla Alone".
This is un-beta-ed so any mistakes are mine and only mine.
Please let me know what you think about it an dif you like it.
Anything in itailics is what Lyla is thinking.
Lyla hates this, she always hated feeling helpless and in need of someone else's help. That is why she had always been like this: alone.
She knows this whole thing is much easier for Sirena and Nixie than it is for her. After all they have each other, and she, oh she doesn't have anyone anymore. Sirena and Nixie try -well, the blonde tries way more often than Nixie, since the second never really had a good relation with her- but she had always enjoyed her own presence more than anyone else's, some think she is just that cold-hearted, focused mermaid,that won't let anything stop her from acvhieving what she wants.
But still, she hates being alone and helpless.
The only problem is: that feeling happens way more often than she would like. Much more now that tehy have to stop Zac and have no idea of how they can even start doing that. And now whne she is all alone in the Ocean cafe's freezing room, she wonders if being alone and looking way stronger than she really is can help her.
Clearly it can't.
She knows they would go after her sometime, maybe before she is found by humans she hopes, but maybe not.
Lyla knows that she can't do it on her own, she can't make herself stronger alone and she can't solve all problems without help.
I needs help.
But she won't lay here on this floor and let stupid humans find her and see her tail. So she tries to find a way, crawling away from the door trough teh wet flor until she gets behind a shelf and is a little bit hidden.
Funny, on teh sea she can scare the biggest and strongest shark, but here even the littlelest human can scare her to death.
She can hear someone singing from the distance, and the voice is sweetly familiar. Sirena is singing and Lyla hopes that now that the blonde mermaid is here she and Nixie can come and at least try to help her.
Suddenly the door opens and Lyla uses her invisibility power, hoping that whatever human that is goes away soon.
"Lyla." There's a whisper in a familiar voice "Lyla, I know you're here come on." She can hear the splatter sound of someone walking in the floor until it stops and Nixie is looking right in front of her.
"Nixie?" Lyla calls out and becoems visible once more. She can see and nearly alughs at Nixie's boots and coat; clearly it's for the best, two mermaids in this place is too hard to keep a secret. "You're here." The smile on Lyla's face is real.
"Of course it's me, what do you expect? a shrimp?" Nixie says sarcastically. Typical Nixie.
"Can you help me?" Lyla speaks and looks up to the brunette. "Please? They will come here soon."
Nixie makes a moviment with her hands, closing it slowly and repeating it to dry every wet place near Lyla and then drying the mermaid.
Standing up, Lyla shakes the brunette's hand and smiles. "Thank you, Nixie." her voice is genuine and takes Nixie off guard.
"You're welcome?" It's more of a question than anything else, but it makes Lyla smile anyway.
Walking away from the cold room, Lyla is met with Sirena's sweet smile, and for once Lyla is gald she has the tow reckless mermaids with her.
If she has to face this situation, and stay on land, then at least she is glad she has people to go trough it along with her.
We are not friends, but maybe one day.