I couldn't believe it. Just like that, Nerin's mom Atalante snatched Nerin and took her underwater, and Mom won't do anything about it. Arthur was begging Mom and I was trying to reason with her.
"I'm sorry, but there's really nothing that I can do." Mom insisted. So, Arthur went back to his house, and hoping I could do something, I followed. Arthur pulled out scuba diving equipment from his closet and started to put it on. Then, he grabbed a gun that looked like it could hurt when shot and told me, "Tell your mother that she should watch her mouth."
"Anything else I can do?" I asked. I was worried that what my dad did to me (turning me into a kaiju) would happen with Atalante and Nerin. And, of course, I would never wish that, even on Troy, my worst enemy. Arthur shrugged and walked past me as he said, "Unless you know how to swim, no." That was when he pulled out a GPS and turned it on. I looked over his shoulder. There were two dots on the screen about 15 miles away from the Winstons' house in direction of the ocean and about 250 feet deep. That didn't seem so bad. Once I was fighting this underwater kaiju and I had to go 2500 feet down into the ocean. Oh yeah! When I won, I found this seaweed charm that helped me breathe underwater. I ran into the car, grabbed it, and ran back to Nerin's dad. He was slowly getting his stuff together. Oh brother. Why are adults so slow sometimes? Hastily, I put on the seaweed charm I won from the underwater kaiju, turned into my kaiju self, and down I went into the water below.
Brr, it's freezing down here! But now is not the time to worry. I have to save Nerin before Atalante does something to her. I hope that I'm not too late.
This colisseum consisted of a pool that looked like shining silver, and about 20 sirens (my mother being counted) stood around the pool, all of them beautiful, but all of them giving me glares that would have killed a normal man. I started to shrink back behind my mom, but my mom pushed me in front of her. Then she called out to the other 19 sirens,
"Ladies, I would like to introduce you to the heiress of the siren throne...the Princess Nerin!" All of the other sirens cheered and clapped, as though they had been waiting for me their whole lives.
Lucky for me, this seaweed charm still works, and another lucky for me, my wings could be used for swimming. But that doesn't mean I like it. It's so hard to use your wings in a completely different way than what you're used to. Ha! No wonder the kaiju don't like it. I finally found myself on the roof of some sort of underwater palace. I punched a hole through the roof and peeked into it. Sure enough, there was Queen Atalante and Nerin. I heard Atalante cry, "Ladies, I would like to introduce you to the heiress of the siren throne...the Princess Nerin!" I heard cheers and whoops from the room below me. Now of course, what I suddenly realized just now was that the room I was peeking into was full of air, and by punching a hole through the roof, I had started to let water in. I tried to clog up the hole, but guards caught me. Great.
"Your Highness!" called out some sirens from behind us. Both Mom and I turned and I was surprised to see Duncan, the kid I met this morning. Only, he looked really different. Then, I recalled something that my mom said on the shore, "You must be Belloc's boy." He couldn't really be the son of the king of the kaiju, could he? But my mom's voice interrupted my thoughts.
"Duncan Rosenblatt! Well, I'm a little surprised to see you here." Duncan only grunted and tried to shake free of the really tough sirens holding him, but the sirens are really tough and wouldn't let go. Mom continued, "I'm glad to see that you wanted to come to the ceremony, even if you don't have an invitation." Wait...what's this about a ceremony? Before I could say anything, Mom pushed me into the pool. I heard Duncan shout, NO before I blacked out completely under the silver.