"Hello... Nessie... you home?" Jack was tackled by a large shape that looked like a shadow to Jamie at the moment as sand was kicked up; Jack laughed and wrestled with the long necked creature. Jamie clasped his hands behind him, politely waiting as he'd been taught to do as a boy when he'd once met an aunt and uncle who were more... well he'd considered the term "stuffy" to be appropriate, but in reality they had just been more used to "polite society" as the term was. Where young boys were expected to be silent unless spoken to and to play games that required little noise and no imagination. At the time, Jamie had just been bored, but reflecting back on it he was glad there hadn't been anyone his age around at the time to rope him into some game that likely would have been just as boring.

"Argh! I win!" The dust cleared up to show that Jack was "choking" the animal in an all-out play fight and the creature's flipper waving a white flag.

"So, Nessie, I got a friend who wants to meet you. His name's Jamie and he knows a lot about you."

"I wouldn't say that... I just... um... Know of you." She swam up to Jamie, sniffing and swimming around him.

"It's okay, he doesn't have anything. No photography." She smiled and nipped at Jack.

"Oh, I know what you want. Okay, play dead." The creature fell to the ground, getting a sea flower-like dead.

"Good, now roll over." The creature rolled over.

"Good, now speak." She sounded like the cross of a whale and a boat wreck smashed together.

"Alright, here you go." Jack tossed her a fish that she gulped down in a second. Jamie just watched the display, reminded of a dog and a seal all at once. Though he didn't think the creature before him would appreciate the comparisons so he didn't say so as he watched with a bit of humor tugging at his lips. It floated towards Jamie, nudging him for fish. Jack chuckled.

"She thinks you have more fish. Sorry girl, he doesn't this time. Maybe next visit." She pouted like a puppy but perks up at the sound of a next visit.

"Actually... don't see what's stopping me from catching one... Hold on a moment girl." Jamie said, patting her gently before swimming off. It took him only a few minutes. When he came back he had a fair sized fish trapped in a small ice bubble. The thing freshly caught. He shook the "bubble" roughly to stun the fish inside before letting the casing melt and tossing the stunned fish to Nessie. She took it and swallowed it in one bite, tail wagging happily as she made a mix between a purr and the call of a beluga whale; rubbing against him like a cat. Jamie patted her with a slight smile.

"Just out of curiosity... how old is she?" Jack chuckled, the bubble he was floating in was beginning to fade and he knew that the visit was going to be cut short.

"400 million years old. Come on Jamie, it's time to get to the surface." Jack pointed at his buble, feeling slight pressure on it. Jamie followed behind Jack, waving to the creature as he does.

"Wow... wonder how she survived this long."

"You know the ice age? Well, she was alive after the comet because she hid in the abyss basically and when the ice age came around she survived by the new fish and such animals." Jack snickers a little, as the two were surfacing something dark with red eyes popped Jack's bubble. He freaked out, hitting Jamie's bubble as he thrashed about.

"J-Jammmiieeee!" Jack screamed in fright. Jamie reacted instinctively. He grabbed Jack and shot out of the rest of the water like he'd been shot out of a canon... only much faster as the water had flash frozen between the two of them. He landed the two of them on the ground; he glanced around with a dark expression in case there was a real threat he hadn't seen. He was more than ready to throttle whatever had made Jack freak like that.

Jack shivered, shaking in Jamie's arms; in the water two red eyes glowed and Jack whimpered as it flashed its eyes angrily at Jamie for taking its prey. Jamie responded by icing the water around it as a warning shot to stay away. He held Jack close, murmuring quietly.

"It's okay. I won't let that thing get you. Promise." He wasn't sure exactly what that thing was... but he was pretty sure if it moved even so much as an inch closer he'd kill it in a heartbeat. The thing hissed at Jamie in anger, it had a mermaids tail, it was like a mermaid from old tales of fishermen jumping from boats because of their beauty and song only to be dragged to the bottom of the ocean to be eaten. Jamie glared daggers at the siren, the ice nearby crackling as it expanded in a way that said 'don't mess with me or you'll be dead' sort of way. It hissed back threateningly, Jack groaned a little; whining in fear, it was like he was drowning all over again and he shook like a leaf in the wind. That did it. A spear of ice sprouted from the nearby ice and slammed into the creature while Jamie's hold tightened on Jack and he snarled, much like a lioness protecting its cub. He didn't even notice that the water on Jack and him had frozen and had begun floating around them as Jamie drew on his power. He was ticked, to say the least. Jack hugged Jamie, whining.

"I do-don't want to die..." He said, whimpering in pain and fear as the creature, along with others of its kind, attacked from all sides in anger. They were fast, but Jamie was faster; he'd been anticipating it. The ice shards that had been floating around them had become weapons deadly fast and cut into the creatures; driving them back and killing at least half the number almost instantly. The wind, at his command, sent the ones who were still alive flailing back. As long as he was alive, nothing like these creatures would ever get close to Jack. EVER. Jack shivered, there were no more of the creatures, but in Jamie's anger he'd accidently started a snow storm much like the blizzard of 68.

"J-jamie..." Jack whined, shaking harder, more violently. Jamie gently ran a hand through Jack's hair, murmur soothing even as he shifted to try and control the storm to keep it from getting out of hand and moving off to a populated area.

"It's okay Jack, I'm here." Jack whimpered, crying; it hurt, the memory. It hurt, all of it hurt as he buried his head into Jamie's chest; clinging to him like a small child. Jamie murmured softly, reassuringly as he held Jack close; he struggled a little to keep the storm in check, but managed to get it to calm down after a bit of wrangling as he held Jack close to him. Jack sniffled, he was still terrified of water.

"W-water..." It was all Jack could say shakily, too afraid to open his eyes. Jamie just held Jack, murmuring softly.

"I know... it's okay." Jack fell into unconsciousness as the fear became too much. Jamie sighed and decided the best thing to do is find a place to rest for a while. He picked Jack up and flew through the air, searching for an empty place. It took him an hour at the very least to find what he's looking for. A rental cabin. Normally he wouldn't want to just barge in, but for Jack... Well, there wasn't anything he wouldn't do and someone had left an upstairs window open just a crack. It was enough for Jamie to pry open and get inside the bedroom. He shut the window only after he'd settled Jack on the bed. Jack clutched onto the pillows, whining and murmuring in his sleep. Jamie moved over to lay by Jack's side, lightly rubbing his back in an attempt to soothe him. Not that he was sure it would do much good as he didn't have Sandy's power over dreams. Jack turned and squirmed a little before clutching onto Jamie, shaking all night long until the first rays of sunlight filtered through the window. Jamie held Jack close all night, not moving in the slightest; barely sleeping himself. Jack hadn't said anything about there being other creatures in the water... and from the looks of the things, what he'd seen wasn't just mermaids... They were Sirens. Lovely to look at and their voices beautiful to hear... but they were meat-eaters and were what most humans had feared and thought all mermaids were like. Jamie knew better. Most mermaids were gentle, oceanic guardians but not Sirens. Sirens were the total opposite of mermaids despite that they shared the same appealing appearance.

Jack woke up, breathing heavily and still shaking uncontrollably; he took deep breaths, smelling pine and mint. He looked at Jamie with glassy eyes. Jamie calmly met Jack's gaze, not saying a word; instead he gently thread the fingers of one hand through Jack's hand.

"J-jamie." His voice was very small and cracking, he was barely talking; Jack sniffed but turned to look at his surroundings. Jamie said nothing, simply watching Jack as he studied his new surroundings.

"W-where are we?" He said, like glass had shredded his throat.

"Rental, on the outskirts of town."

"W-why are we here?" Jack asked, coughing slightly as it really hurt to talk.

"Closest place." Jack shook a little, but he tried to conjure up an ice slab to talk only for it to puff out; he whimpered, his ice wasn't working because he was in too much pain to focus. Jamie formed a tablet of ice and a pen made of ice as well. He handed both to Jack who smiled and wrote on it.

"What happened to me last night? I'm in so much pain..." He handed it back to Jamie as he looked at him in fear, as if he could see Gale behind the boy he loved and whined. Jamie ignored Gale's whisperings as he answered.

"You were attacked by a siren when we were surfacing. I think it reminded you of some rather unpleasant things. I dealt with it though... and its friends when they appeared." Jack sniffed, hugging Jamie in fear at the slight smirk he was giving him. Jack clung to Jamie closely, writing one more thing on the table.

"I love you." Gale snickered, mostly because Jack was afraid of him and because he knew Jack was afraid Jakoul was going to come back. Jamie held Jack close, smiling a little.

"I love you too, Jack." Gale's amusement didn't last long as he backed off because of the force of light from Jamie's love, which flared up from Jack's words. Even if they were written on ice. Jack hugged Jamie close to him, wishing for Gale to go; for Jakou to go only getting a snicker from Jakoul though because his fear doused the light he'd given. Jamie gently kissed Jack's cheek, holding him close. Gale shifted in his heart... would always be there now because of what had occurred, but as long as he had Jack he knew that he could handle anything that came his way. Jack kissed back, gentler than normal, so gentle that it would seem as if he had never kissed Jamie before. He was afraid.

"J-jamie... I-i'm scared."

"Of?" Jamie asked softly, holding Jack closer... if that were really possible. Jack shivered.

"Of him. Jamie I'm afraid of Jakoul and..." He whimpered.

"Gale scares me the most..." He hugged Jamie tightly.

"Jack..." Jamie breathed out softly. Gale laughed only to wince at Jamie's reaction, a deep blow to him though there was no getting rid of a part of himself.

"I promise I'll protect you from them as long as there is breath in me." He murmured quietly. Jack hugged Jamie close to him as if Jamie would disappear from him, like before.

"I don't want it to happen again Jamie, I don't." Jamie sighed a little, he wanted to promise Jack that it wouldn't happen again. He couldn't promise that only because he didn't know what the future would hold. So instead he gently squeezed Jack's hand.