"Serena. I want to watch something tonight." Grant told his daughter. Serena sighed aggravated as she sat down on the sofa. "Don't give me that, you get to watch what you want every night." He said as he flipped the channel. It was a show that was doing a countdown of the worlds largest yachts.
"Must you watch that!" Serena complained.
"Yes I must." Her father answered. "It soothes my nerves. Helps me escape."
"What you have to escape from is beyond me!" Serena replied scathingly. Her father gave her a sideways look, but said nothing. Serena took a bottle of lotion and started applying to her hands. It was then she noticed something.
"Daddy!" she whined. "I left my favorite ring outside."
"What am I supposed to do about it?" he asked uncaringly.
"Go get it!" she whined.
"I'll miss the countdown." Her father protested.
'Fine!" Serena said standing up. "I'll get it!" she said as she went to grab her robe. She picked it up off the couch and started to put it on deliberately blocking the TV from her fathers view. Once she had it on she went to retrieve her ring. Walking past the helm she saw the person who was driving the yacht. He had his feet through the spokes of the wheel and turning it sharply from left to right. Serena stumbled out and wandered over to where she last had her ring. She stood on the pillows and reached for her ring. She suddenly lurched to one side, then the other, because of the crappy steering job by the helmsman. This caused her to fall overboard with a yell.
"Daddy!" she yelled as she hit the water. She splashed around trying to stay afloat. "Stop!" she yelled at the yacht as it pulled away from her.
"Oh, my hair!" she complained. She looked up to see her yacht pulling farther and farther away. "You idiots." She called out to them as she began to float on her back.
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Grant Staten had fallen asleep with the TV on, not knowing that his only child had fallen off. The TV news for Domino came on.
"Well another good morning to all of you in Domino City, a little excitement happen along our shores of Battle City this morning. Seems a mystery lady was picked up by one of the garbage carriers coming into port this morning." The announcer went on to tell about how the owners of the carrier had seen a brown haired, golden eyes woman floating in the water. They brought her into the carrier, but she had an accident and her head was hit on the side of the carrier.
'My wife went down to Domino City hospital today to get an interview with her. This woman seems to be suffering from amnesia." The announcer said.
"Jane over to you." The picture of the announcer was replaced with the picture of his wife holding a microphone in the hospital.
"Ma'am, do you know your name?" the woman asked an annoyed Serena, who was holding an ice pack to her head.
"Of course I know my name!" Serena said bitingly. "It's…oh, I know it…get that thing out of my face!" she yelled pushing the mic. away. "What a horrible wig." She commented as she was rolled away. The announcer came on right as Grant woke up. They showed a picture of Serena that they had taken after she was brought onto the carrier. Grant stared at the picture then went to his daughter's room. Sure enough, she wasn't there.
"Capt. Carl, please turn this yacht back toward Domino." He said
as he went back into the room to turn up the volume and find out what happened
to his daughter.
