L,O! Sorry it's late. I've had alot of stuff to do. I won't even bug you with it. Ok, in this chapter things might get a bit on the graphic side. Nothing TOO scary though. Wait, that's me talking, not you guys. Oh well. I just hope you enjoy it. I love horror movies. That's where this chapter comes from. I will tell you though, all the information given in this chapter is based on supposed facts cryptozoologists have gathered. I will tell you this too, mermaids and sirens are different. Sirens transform, but not into monsters. They can become human. You'll learn more about them as you're reading the chapter. I don't want to ruin the big surprise. I hope you enjoy it!
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"So, where's the shen gong wu this time?" Asked Raimundo.
"It's in Italy. Over by the coast." Replied Dojo as he flew to the destination.
"Hm, The Triton Comb. What does it do?" Asked Kimiko as she re read the scroll.
"Nobody knows. Even 15 hundred years ago, Dashi couldn't figure it out." Replied Dojo.
"Well, maybe we'll be able to figure out what it does." Replied Elektra.
"Yeah...if evil doesn't get to it first." Clay pointed in the distance to see Jack in his new evil speedboat.
"Hey losers! The Wu is mine!" Jack yelled.
"Dojo, where is the shen gong wu?" Omi asked.
"It's um...pretty close to here, almost right under us." He replied.
"Good, I'll get it." Replied Elektra.
"WWWOOAAHHH!" They had just barely missed an attack.
"Kuzusu Atom!" Hannibal Bean used the shen gong wu from his bird.
Dojo shot directly upward, almost knocking the monks off.
"Kuzusu Atom!" They missed that one barely, too.
Dojo landed on one of the rocks close to the shore. "That was close."
"Kuzusu Atom!" He aimed it at the rock which exploded. The monks fell into the water, and swam to the shore.
Omi: "That was very close."
Rai: "Yeah, we could've been fried."
Clay: "Yeah, like barbeque chicken on a hot summer day."
Kimiko: "At least we're all alright."
Dojo: "Elektra, you still think you can get the wu...Elektra?"
Rai: "Uh oh, I think she's still in the water!"
It was true, she was beginning to go unconsious, as she sank deeper into the water. She opened her eyes and sank to the bottom where the sea weed was growing. She saw something swimming in it. Something big. She looked closer and couldn't believe it.
There was a girl hiding in the seaweed. She had long blonde hair and blue eyes. She came out of the sea weed, revealing a long blue fish tail. She swam closer to Elektra, looking confused and nervous, but intrigued. She swam up to her and studied her. Elektra did the same. The mermaid swam around her and stopped in front of her. Elektra put her hand out, to make sure she wasn't hallucinating. The mermaid looked at her hand, and studied her palm, then slowly put her own hand against hers, so their palms and fingers were aligned. The mermaid smiled at her, and she smiled back. Then the mermaid looked in fear and swam away.
Elektra felt a rush swim past her. There was a giant shark like monster. It looked like a shark but instead of a shark tail it had a sting rays tail. It also had tentacles like a squid as arms. The body was that of a shark as well as the head. It was going after the mermaid. Elektra swam after it. The shark thing had cornered the girl against the rocks. It was about to attack her. Elektra took one of her swords and cut it across it's side. The thing rammed into her and hit her against the rocks before swimming away. Elektra was losing air and going unconsious. The girl swam over to her and smiled. That's the last thing she saw before darkness.
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Elektra began to become consious. She moved around and felt the sun beating down on her and felt the sand under her. She woke up and sat up in the sand. She put her hand to her face to shield the sun, and noticed something in her hand. It was a silver clam shaped compact. She opened it, and looked at herself in the small mirror. She noticed something different. Her hair was pulled into a small bun high in the back, and the rest of her hair dangled from it. She looked closer and noticed a silver comb holding her hair up.
"Elektra! Elektra! Where are you?" She heard voices calling her.
Kimiko: "I hope she's on land."
Rai: "Me too."
Clay: "She's got to be on land."
Omi: "But what if she was unconsious, what if she couldn't swim?"
Rai: "Hey, don't think that way."
Elektra: "Guys! I'm over here!" She yelled from the beach. They ran over to her.
Kimiko: "Thank God! We were starting to worry."
Clay: "Yeah, partner you gave us quite a scare."
Omi: "Did you retrieve the shen gong wu?"
Rai: "...Hey, your hair looks different."
Dojo looked closely at the hair comb. "That's the wu!"
Kimiko: "Wow! You found it."
Rai: "Yeah, are you ok?"
Elektra: "Yeah, I think I'm ok."
Kimiko: "You're soaking wet, come on, let's go back to the temple."
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When they got back Elektra changed into a simple tannish colored spagetti strapped dress that went down to her knees. It had a gold design on the bottom and top as well as a little green jewl in the center of the top. It was getting late anyway and she would be heading to bed. She walked outside to the meditation garden. She couldn't stop thinking about that girl. She wondered about her being a mermaid or something. She looked into the water of the fountain in the training grounds on her way to the garden. She felt herself being drawn to the water. She kept going to the garden though. She kneeled down on the grass by the water of the pond in the garden. She still had her hair up. She studied the water and felt it calling to her. She gasped. There was something black on her skin. She took the compact out and looked at her reflection. She brought it down to her chest. There was something black on the top right part of her breast. She pulled the strap of the dress down a bit and got a closer look at the whole thing. It looked like a black tattoo of the sun with 2 crescent moons on each side. She had never had that there before. She touched it and realized it wasn't paint. It was real. She pulled the strap back up. The sun would be down soon. She started to walk inside then stopped. The water was calling to her.
"Alright water, what do you want me to do?"
2 fish jumped out of the water in a flipping jump.
"ARGH! What is going on?" She threw the compact into the water and was about to take the comb out of her hair. A turtle swam over with the compact on it's back. It shook it off under the water. The fish flipped again.
She understood now. "Flip it open, while it's underwater." She put her hands in the water and flipped it open. It started glowing. She stuck her head under the water and heard it singing, a beautiful girl's voice.
Come to where our voices are heard.
You are worthy for our gift of the sea.
You're treasure will show you the way to our home.
Where our voices can sing.
Beware of your time, only an hour of warning.
You share your gift by the light of the night.
You return by the light of the morn.
Come to us reciting the words, your singing will see.
She pulled her head out of the water. "You're singing will see?" She pulled the compact out of the water. It stopped glowing. "What do I have to lose?" She decided to sing.
As she sang lightly, the bottom part of the mirror had words inscripted on it. She read them.
"The time has come, to return to the sea. The night is here so take me where I can be free."
The mirror had an image of the place where they were earlier today. The compact glowed brightly. When she opened her eyes she was on the beach. The sun was setting as she looked out at the water. Something was out there and coming closer. It was the girl she saw earlier. She swam up to the shore and smiled at her.
Elektra started to walk, then stopped. Her legs felt numb, so she dropped to the sand. Her legs started growing scales, and a tail. She felt something on her neck, gills. Then she noticed her dress was replaced with a green bra with a pearl flower in the center.
"What is going on?"
The girl signaled over to her. Elektra used her arms to pull herself into the water. When she was deep enough, she swam to the girl. Her fin actually worked. The girl grabbed her arm and pulled her under, leading her away from the shore.
'Where are we going?' Elektra thought.
'To the rocks off the shore for now.'
'Can you...hear me?' Asked Elektra in her thoughts.
'That's how we communicate, telepathically through the wave currents.'
'You're a siren aren't you?'
'Don't act so surprised, you're one too. My name's Leukosia.'
'I'm Elektra. Why, how...'
'You saved me and were about to drown. I saved you so now you're a siren like me. I sensed you had a pure heart.'
'So where are we going?'
'Right here.' She headed upward to the surface.
'The rocks?'
'Yes, we sing our songs here at night, no one's around and we're safe.'
'Wait, what's with this...mark? It's gone!'
'It'll appear an hour before the moon enters the sky. It gives you time to get in the water before you transform. You'll go back in the light of morn.'
'Wait, it was day when I saw you, how were you still a siren then?'
'I work differently than you do.' Leukosia put her arms up and pulled herself onto a rock. Elektra noticed, her tail seemed to be splitting.
"Can you understand me when I speak?" She asked aloud.
'Yes, I can.' She replied telechinetically.
"Can you talk?"
'I can...but I don't.' She replied.
"Why?"
'Because I choose not to.' She replied.
"Why did you turn me into a siren?" Elektra asked, turning serious.
'Because you saved me from that creature. You are my friend, to me you are now like a sister.'
"But, I'm human. Not a siren." Replied Elektra.
'...I just thought you would be happier outside of the human world.' Replied Leukosia.
"Why would you think I'm unhappy?"
'I sense you have dealt with a great deal of pain on the inside. So much pain and sadness. The sea is a place without sorrow for a siren. It's a wonderous place of freedom and happiness.'
"The sea can bring pain too."
Leukosia looked away from her.
"...Why do I have these gifts? How did I get them?" Elektra asked, showing the compact and pointing to the hair comb.
'The compact will help you see and will help you get to the sea in an emergency. The hair piece is important. It holds power that you have to figure out yourself. Do not give it to anyone.' Replied Leukosia.
It was silent for the next few minutes.
'...Why do you want to be a creature of land?' Leukosia asked.
"The land is my home. It's where I was born and raised." Replied Elektra.
'I can still sense sorrow. As well as mixed emotions.'
"...Yeah, I do." She replied.
'I sense you are annoyed with a person. A little monkey boy?' Asked Leukosia.
"Yep, that would be Jack Spicer. My most annoying enemy."
'Yes, I sense your mind lingering on his stupidity.'
Elektra started giggling. "Yes, it amazes me how one person can be so stupid and annoying."
"I sense you have mixed emotions on a boy too."
Elektra stopped laughing and looked at her.
'You have many feelings about him.'
"...If it's who I think you're thinking about, yes."
'What is his name? I never sensed so much emotion.'
"His name is Chase Young. He was one of my closest friends."
'You have many different feelings.'
Elektra turned away from her.
'Anger, hatred, sadness...love?'
Leukosia studied her as she said those words to Elektra.
'He hurt you...didn't he?' She asked.
"We were once the closest friends. Always laughing, always talking then...something happened. And he changed."
'The sea senses your sorrow.'
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The freaky monster thing went deep out into the sea, into an under water cave. It came up for air in a small opening. Kind of like the grease trap in your sink. That's a gross, weird way to look at it.
"Did you get the siren?" A man asked.
"What do you mean no?...What girl protected her?" The man walked over to a circle of water inside the cave and looked in. "Show me the girl who saved the siren." An image of Elektra appeared in the water, replaying the fight between her and the shark thingy.
"Nothing will stop me from retrieving that Trinton. And nothing will stop me from destroying that siren."
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'You must go to the shore now.' Leukosia said as she looked at the sky.
"Why?"
'The light of dawn is coming, you will change back.' They both swam to the shore. Leukosia stayed in the water and Elektra pulled herself onto the sand. The sun came up, and the first light glimpsed over the sea, reaching the shore. Elektra started glowing and her green fin turned into a greenish blue drees going down to her knees, and had spaghetti straps.
"Leukosia! Why did I change into this?" She called out to her.
Leukosia stayed there and pointed to the sun.
She had forgotten she didn't speak. It must have something to do with the transformation. She thought. Elektra waved goodbye as well as Leukosia.
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Elektra snuck back into the temple by using her compact. The words had changed.
"The time has come to return to your home. The morn is here so take me home."
She heard the monks walking down the hallway to her. 'Oh no! I can't let them see me like this!'
Next thing she knew, her compact which was still open, glowed and her normal monk clothes replaced her siren dress.
Omi: "Elektra, we did not see you last night."
"Oh...yeah, I was...busy with something." She replied.
"Oh, alright, let us go to breakfast." They headed to the dining hall.
Clay: "So partner, how come you're not eat'in anything?"
Elektra: "Oh, I'm not really hungry." Replied Elektra. "Can I be excused?"
Master Fung: "I do not see why not."
"Thankyou." She stood up and left, heading to the meditation garden.
Rai: "Ok..."
Kimiko: "Something is wrong."
Omi: "Yes, I sense a great thing is disturbing our friend."
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Elektra went to the small pond in the garden. The water of the sea was calling to her. She couldn't just leave and go to the sea, so she went to the pond as a replacement water source. She looked at her reflection in the water. She couldn't stand it. The water kept calling her, and she wanted to be close to the sea so badly.
"Elektra...are you alright?" It was Kimiko.
"Huh?...Oh yeah. I'm...fine."
"You don't seem fine. You're acting kind of strange. Is there anything I can do?"
"No, not really"...She sensed something. Leukosia was calling her. Something was wrong, and she was in danger. "I need to get to the sea now!" She said while standing up.
"Wh-What?"
"Kimiko, I can't explain it to you, but I have to get to the sea, it's an emergency, please just trust me!"
"...Alright, I'll get the guys and Dojo will take us."
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Rai: "So...why are we here again?"
Omi: "What is this emergency you speak of?"
Dojo: "We're right where we were yesterday."
Clay: "And there's that no good varmit Jack Spicer" They landed on the shore.
Omi: "Jack Spicer, what are you doing here?"
"Looking for the wu." He replied, while hovering above the water.
Kimiko: "We already got it!"
"Ok...then I'll just have my jackbots...at-TACK?" He got hit in the head by something.
Omi: "Who is that blonde girl that just hit Jack Spicer with a sea shell?"
"Leukosia?" Asked Elektra.
"Jack bots! Get the girl!"
"NO! Leukosia swim! Get away from here!" Yelled Elektra.
One of the robots attacked Leukosia and pulled her out of the water.
"DUDE! A...another mermaid?" Asked Rai.
Omi: "How is this possible?"
Jack: "Sweet, I caught a mermaid."
"She's not a mermaid now let her go!" Elektra yelled.
Clay: "Then, what is she?"
"She's a siren. Now let her go Jack!"
"I don't think so." Replied Jack. "Jack Bots, attack!" They all started fighting.
Leukosia looked at her friend fighting, then looked at Jack. She opened her mouth and started shrieking loudly.
Everyone dropped to their knees and covered their eyes at the sound. The robots started sparking and broke. The waves started splashing, and rain clouds came, starting a horrible sea storm.
"Woah! Jackbots! Let's move out!" They retreated with Leukosia who stopped shrieking, noticing the sudden movement.
Omi: "We must leave! The storm is becoming most dangerous!"
They all got on Dojo and left, flying through the storm.
Elektra sensed something. It almost felt like the transformation, but this time it was different. it felt like it was coming from somewhere else. Her entire body grew numb and she felt herself growing unconsious. She slipped of Dojo and fell into the roaring sea below.
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Chase stopped meditating and noticed something. During his meditation he heard a loud shrieking which broke his concentration. Something powerful had done something. What ever it was though, he had a bad feeling about.
"Sasha, did you hear anything or sense something?"
"...will you dance to this-beat and hold a lover close..."
"SASHA!"
"Dude! Remeber that little talk we had about you interrupting me when I'm listening to Panic At The Disco?" She asked while her eye was twitching, and putting her ipod down.
"No."
"Oh...I thought I had brought that up...Brendon's hot!"
"That's nice Sasha."
"What's that suppose to mean?...Wait...He's mine! Not yours!"
"I never said he was."
"Are you diss'n him now? Oh no buddy, you don't diss Brendon!"
"SASHA! Did you sense something or not?"
"...My spidey senses are tingling..."
"You don't have spidey senses."
"Oh...then my fairy senses are tingling...yes...I sense something...a really important something...IT'S HUGE!"
"What is it?"
"...Can you keep a secret?"
"Yes, what is it?"
She flew over to him and whispered in his ear. "...BRENDON'S A BABE!" She screamed.
"I'M SERIOUS!"
"I wasn't paying attention but yeah, I sensed Brendon's hotness...and some psycho thing shrieking."
"I knew it. I'll be back. I'm going to see what it was."
"Bring me back a T-shirt!" She yelled as she waved bye to him. "...And a signed picture of Brendon while you're at it!"
Chase went to the island in Italy, sensing that's where the thing came from. He was walking on the beach by the shore and searched for it. He stopped when he noticed something halfway on the shore and water. He walked over to it and flipped it over to see its' face.
"Elektra?" He shouted, realizing it was her. He quickly but gently, picked her up holding her bridal style, and making sure she was still breathing. She was alive, just unconsious. He went back to his lair with her.
When he got there, he went into a room and placed her on a bed. He walked out of the room and headed into the library. It contained books on ancient fighting skills and also, different monsters and demons. He went into the selection of sea creatures, and flipped through the pages looking for any type of monster with shrieking ability's to create storms. He found the page on sirens. He scimmed through it and realized that was it. The only problem was, because of where he found Elektra, and the fact that some sirens can transform into humans, Elektra was a possibility of being something he didn't want. A certain type of siren that had to be killed or else. He read about the marks sirens beared, that could be used to determine if it was the creature or not. He prayed she wouldn't be the one with the mark. Either way, he had to see. He brought the book and went to the room Elektra was in.
He went into the room, and out the book down on the end of the bed. He walked over to Elektra and sat down on the side of the bed.
He opened the top part of her shirt.
Sasha flew in, still listening to her ipod and stopped.
"...Hey, what are you...OMG! This is just like what happened to Shuichi in Gravitation all over again!" She started crying. "Poor Shu-Chan...I don't want to know what you're doing!" She yelled.
"Sasha, I'm looking for the mark of the siren. I need to make sure she's not a queen siren or...I'll have to get rid of her."
"...Oh...cause it looks like you're doing something COMPLETELY different. Something bad...I don't want to talk about it!" She yelled, covering her eyes and flying out of the door.
He looked down, and noticed something black on her chest. He pushed the shirt sleeves off her shoulders and pushed some of the shirt down a bit more. There was a mark. He just needed to figure out which one it was.
Elektra opened her eyes and noticed the awkward position she was in. "AAHHH!" She punched him in the face and sat up, backing up against the head board of the bed. She grabbed a pillow and held it infront of her chest protectively. She was blushing a deep red with anger and embarrassment.
Chase had his hand on his face where Elektra had punched it. "OW! When she hits, she hits hard."
"Wh-what on earth are you doing?" Elektra screamed.
He removed his hand from his face. "Elektra, don't take it the wrong way. It's not what you think."
"You sure about that? It looks EXACTLY like what I'm thinking."
"Look, I wouldn't do that to you. I mean I would want to, but not like this."
"...You know, you're only making this worst."
"I mean I wouldn't do something like that when you're unconsious. There's a mark on the right part of your chest. It could mean something horrible if I don't check it."
She put the pillow down when he first mentioned the mark. She looked down at it. "How long has it been there for...?"
The minute she had put the pillow down, he moved closer to her and pulled her hand away from the mark. He looked at the book and then traced his fingers over the tattoo of the two crescent marks amd the sun in between them.She started blushing as he moved his fingers over it. He looked back at the book and then put it down. He instantly pulled her into an embrace. "Thank God!"
Elektra continued blushing. "What is it?"
"The tattoo isn't the mark of a queen siren."
Elektra pulled away from him and looked at it. 'How long has it been there for?"
"I don't know. I brought you here a little more than half an hour ago." He replied.
"I don't know how much time I have left then."
"Here, let me see it again..." He said while bringing his hand out to it. She turned away and pulled her shirt up, closing the top of it.
"I don't think it's necessary for you to be doing that. You already saw it and touched it, and told me it wasn't the bad mark."
He knew it wasn't necessary. 'hint,hint.'
Elektra went to stand up then stopped. Her legs began to feel numb again.
"Chase, I need to get into water fast!"
"Why, what's wrong?" He asked while standing up.
"The moon must be out, I'm transforming into a siren!"
He instantly picked her up and ran out of the room and down the hall. He opened a door toward the back of the castle which looked like an indoor pond. He instantly put her into the water. She went under the water and swam to the center. He saw a bright glow coming from the water. Elektra came to the surface and swam over to him.
"Are you alright?" He asked while panting due to the running.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Sorta." She went under the water and flipped her tail. Then she swam closer to the edge of where the water met ground and she flopped herself on the shore. He walked over to her and couldn't believe it. She really was a siren. She had the green tail and fins to prove it. She flipped her hair to one side and he saw gills.
"Elektra...how did this happen?"
"A siren gave me this gift for saving her."
"It's not a gift...it's a curse." He replied.
"I didn't ask for it...but the sea is a place without sorrow. It's freedom."
"You're starting to sound like one of them."
"Incase you haven't noticed, I AM one of them." She said while flipping her tail.
"We have to find a way to change you back."
"What if I don't want to be changed back? What if I...Leukosia."
"What?"
"Leukosia, she's calling me. I can sense her. I need to get out of here." She went under the water.
"Elektra come back!"
She swam to the edge of the room. There was an opening where the water came from that led to the ocean. Chase followed her.
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(Meanwhile)
Jack: "Wow, another mermaid." He said while circling the tank he had which held Leukosia. "Except, you don't talk."
Leukosia watched him as he circled the tank.
"I also don't understand the freaky tail which looks like it's splitting." He climbed the ladder to the tank and looked in. Leukosia swam to the top. "Hey pretty fishy, good pretty fishy, How...AH!" She tried to bite his hand when he went to toss her a fish. He fell off the ladder. "AAHH! Scary fishy! Fishy attacks!" He ran up the stairs. Leukosia looked out the window in the ceiling. The moon was becoming full and shining. The glass tank broke.
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Because of how long it is, I'm splitting it into 2 parts. I'll update the next part soon, but I still expect reviews. Yes this chapter was a little...shocking. You probably are all thinking, "Sicko." Yeah, I won't get into it. By the way, when I said I'm not updating AFFBOFW? until I got 4 reviews, I meant it. I'll count that last review as 2 so I only need 1 more in order to update it. I'll update this one when I get 1 or 2 reviews. I hope you enjoyed it. Until next time, bye!"