In the boat, Matt is legit sitting over the edge going, "it looks like water. I don't see him" every few minutes because he's not sure what else to do. In response, Shiro looks ready to strangle him and Pidge is being all serious "Ok, we found his phone and they said it was here, according to the fishing radar, this is definitely the right place. Hey..." They start the slap Matt. "Hey! There's two big marks now. What do we do now?" They look back to Shiro who had brought the net the sailor had offered in case, in his words, "you three idiots are able to actually catch that demon." Shiro nods, and waits to see what is happening. "They aren't surfacing near the boat! We need to move, what if Keith is hurt. Get the boat moving Matt!"

"I still don't actually know what I'm doing you know!" He shouts as he tries to get the boat kick started again. "I swear this engine is worse than mom's old lawn mower's."

Lance stops once the two of them are near the surface. He turns back to Keith and hugs him sadly. "Hopefully not goodbye?" He smiles then looks back toward the boat and laughs nervously. "They've got it moving again. I have to go." Lance starts to leave, not liking being near the boat then stops and watches Keith surface beside the boat. It's then he panics, remembering the necklace. After swimming in circles, he quickly swims up and pops his head out of the water. "Keith! My necklace!" He says frantically.

"Hopefully not goodbye," Keith repeats. He sadly watches Lance leave before kicking himself upward. As he surfaces, he sees his three friends leaning over the edge of the boat. He waves at them. When Lance surfaces near him, he panics.

"Shiro!" Matt yells. Keith looks down at his chest and quickly takes off the necklace before throwing it to Lance. Keith then looks up and sees a net falling.

"Lance!" Keith calls but it's too late. The net fall on Lance and starts to close around him. The net starts to pull Lance out of the water upside down.

"Keith! Hurry up and climb up!" Pidge yells. Keith looms to them and spots the ladder. He swims over and quickly climbs up.

Lance sees the net and his eyes nearly go black. Those things suck. He's watch them pull entire colonies of fish up at once. But he wants his necklace, so he reaches out and before he can get away, Lance is in the net and panicking.

When he surfaces completely Lance makes a feral sounding hiss as he attempts to claw his way out of the net, but it's that thick stuff he's found down here before, so he just looks to the friends, gripping the necklace before starting to shout. Typically, he would just sing and make them let him go but his human is there, and his human seems to like him, so he doesn't want to make a foul impression.

"Let me go you stupid freaking humans! I wasn't doing anything wrong. This is my lake and I want to go back. And take your dumb boat." Realizing they seem to be about to put him on the thing, Lance actually panics and tries getting away again. "Don't put me on that thing!" He hisses again.

"Lance!" Keith calls once he is on the boat. "Shiro! Let him go!"

"Why?! He dragged you underwater!" Pidge yelled.

"Don't put me on your stupid boat!" I Lance is somewhere between horrified and pissed. He is physically struggling to keep from lashing out. When Pidge yells at Keith, Lance growls. "Don't yell at my human!" He then looks between his human and the others and makes an odd growling sound. "This is why I hate humans, "he hisses.

"I went with him willingly!" That makes everyone freeze for a moment. "He just needs someone to talk to. He isn't bad," Keith tried to explain. Shiro shook his head and glares at Lance.

"Matt, get a barrel." Matt quickly grabbed a barrel and opened it. Shiro slowly set the angry siren on the boat. Keith hurried over to Lance's side. "Keith, get away from him." Keith ignored Shiro and opened the net.

When Lance hears the taller one call for a barrel, his ears go somehow flatter and he struggles to untangle himself. "Why would I drag him under just to let him back later? And even if I did, Keith is fine!"

"Were putting a fish in a barrel." Matt says with a little laugh. He is oddly amused by the situation now that Keith is free. However, his words cause Lance to roar.

"I'm not just some fish you ignorant fucking human." He feels his throat tightening. Then he sees the barrel and shrinks back. "I'm not going in that! Just put me back. I just wanted my human and my necklace in- in case he didn't come back. I gave him back." Lance sounds like he's pleading but his words hiss from his mouth in a dangerous tone. However, when Keith starts to help, Lance reaches out to touch him and lets a fearful whimper out that only Keith can hear. He feels the net shifting and looks a bit relieved until Shiro steps closer.

Shiro grabs Keith's shoulders and pulls him away, still not trusting the siren.

"Keith, look at me, he's a siren. He's got you under his song so of course he seems friendly."

Lance hisses and tries to angrily reach out when Keith is pulls away. "Don't hurt my human! Let him be!" Looking back to the human holding the barrel, then to the one moat angry with him and then to Keith, Lance tries to just start shoving himself away.

"I'm not under a song right now! He's scared of boats so let me-" Shiro cuts him off.

"No." Shiro kept Keith behind him. Once he thinks Keith will stay where he is, Shiro start talking towards Lance. "We won't hurt you, but you have to release Keith from your song."

"He's not under a stupid song." Lance snaps at him. "Don't cut Keith off. Its rude." Lance growls then tries to scramble toward the edge of the boat again. "If I wanted to I could stop you all, I just don't-" he sees Matt lug the barrel over near him and stops. "Don't come near me with that" he hisses.

In response, Matt just kinda freezes and stops moving toward him. Lance droops his ears and looks at Keith with guilt filled eyes. "I didn't mean to." He looks more nervous as his fins are tangled in the netting. "Just let me go. I won't-" he grits his teeth angrily. "I won't do anything to you all. Just let me off your stupid boat."

"I don't trust you enough to release you. The faster you get in the barrel, the faster we can get off this boat." The boats started to turn and move towards the docks. It was probably Pidge doing it.

"Shiro, let me talk-" Shiro turns to look at Keith and cuts him off again.

"No! Keith! You of all people take forever to befriend and this siren does it in less than a day?! I will not release him until I'm sure he isn't controlling you!" He turns back to Lance, not giving Keith enough time to argue. He moves to stand just out of arm's reach.

Lance swallows hard and looks over at the barrel then starts to violently tear at the net on him. "I'm not going to get-" lance starts then hears Keith start to talk so he stops. He snarls.

"Stop cutting off my human." He growls then swallows and looks to his hands, still grinding his teeth. "If I don't listen, I won't get to see Keith?" He questions, trying to stay calm.

"Never," Shiro answers, glaring down at the siren. Lance struggles between being angry and terrified. He looks at the humans, breathing quickening probably from lack of water and nerves, and he finally just clenches his jaw and holds himself.

"Fine. Just...take the net off." He glares. "And let Keith help me or I leave." Shiro sighs and looks back at Keith. Keith perks up and quickly runs over to Lance's side to get the net off. Being the strongest, Shiro picks up Lance and gently places the siren in the barrel. Keith stands next to the barrel, hoping his presence comforts Lance.

Lance is relieved when the netting is gone and twitches a few times as his desire to be off this boat is overwhelming. But, so is his desire to have a human. He sees Shiro walking up and a guttural growl comes out when. He picks him up.

Once Keith is beside him, Lance takes a deep breath before slinking down into the water for a minute then coming back up with a growl. "I can hardly even fit under the water. Nice friends." He glares at them then wraps himself up with his tail to be more comfortable. "Is it far?" His voice is more of a frightened whine now. "I really don't like boats, Keith. And I'm sorry about your friend I didn't mean to charm him."

"It's not far. We'll be at the docks in a few minutes," Shiro says.

Keith rubs Lance's back. "It's okay. You were just scared."

"I wasn't talking to you." Lance hisses then looks back to Keith and his ears droop. "I've only ever been on a boat once before. I... Well, I hated it." He shakes his head then swallows hard. "I want to go home."

Keith feels really bad for Lance. "Once everything is cleared up, I'm sure we will take you back home." The boat slows down to a stop. Pidge and Matt docks the boat while Shiro keeps an eye on Lance and Keith.

Lance curls down into the barrel, watching the other humans with near black eyes still. "If they let me." He growls then grabs his necklace and tries to hand it back to Keith. "I want you to keep it." He holds his arm out and meets Shiro's gaze angrily. "What?" He spits.

"What is that?" Shiro asks, referring to the necklace. He's worried it might be charmed to keep Keith under a song even without Lance singing.

"It's a gift." Lance hisses through his teeth. He glares at Shiro before looking back to Keith. "It's how he was breathing at home - At my home."

Matt hears that and starts to move in to look at it. Too curious for his own good. "Don't touch it. It's not for you." He is careful not to charm him again.

"It's fine fish boy, I just wanted to look at it. " He holds his hands back then stretches. "So... what are we doing with him? It's not like carrying a barrel full of an angry siren is going to be an easy feat. Or an unnoticed one." Matt asks once he's backed away from the defensive siren.

Once Matt moves away, Keith takes the necklace from Lance. "Are you sure?"

Shiro watches them for a bit longer before turning to Matt. "We should go talk to the fisherman. Let him know we got the siren and see if he has a trolley."

"Don't tell the locals you stupid human!" Lance says frantically then shakes his head, trying for a nicer approach. "I mean...please. Don't tell them...human." He grabs the edge of the barrel and reaches out toward Keith. "Just let me go." His fear is starting to overwhelm his rage at the thought of this town knowing he was easily reachable. "I've done nothing to deserve this. Just let me go." He looks at Keith with pleading eyes. "Let me go."

Keith hugs Lance and looks towards Shiro with pleading eyes of his own. Shiro sighs. "We can't let you go. If you stay quiet on the way to the house, the town doesn't have to know."

"I will stay quiet." He grumbles through gritted teeth before his ears go down and he curls up on himself slinking down under the water and refusing to make eye contact anymore.

Matt clears his throat and sighs. "We have to carry him now huh?" He looks the group over and claps once. "But man! An actual, living siren! Can you believe it?!" He elbows Pidge. "Better than the photos for sure. Man." He can't hide his excited curiosity.

Keith looks worryingly into the water. "Pidge, go tell the fisherman we got Keith back." Matt and Shiro walked up to the barrel and started to carry it off the boat with Keith following close behind. As quickly as they could, they made it back to the Holt's house.