The old woman dipped a cloth into a bowl of warm water, and wrapped it around my lover's gills.
"Thank you, madam" I signed as my lover bowed his head to her.
"My pleasure." She replied, she understand me?.
"Aren't you...scared of him?" Dimitri asked curiously blunt.
"Not at all" She replied and looked at him, "But you aren't him...aren't you?" she asked, and he shook his head as if he know who she meant.
She knows him? Now I'm scared. I don't know who is this woman, but I know that my lover aren't a young man. I hope this woman is not one of his old lover, but wait! she said he's not who she's thinking, and he confirmed he's not...so maybe this woman used to fall in love with another Fishman before?
"You've met one of him before?" Dimitri asked exactly what I needed.
"Long time ago, I guessed." she replied, "In the last day I saw my daughter"
She looked down on a photo on the counter it's...JACQUIRA JEANE!? this woman is the mother Jacquira Jeane!? god! world is round!
"I still remember the day she brought her lover here" she said as she pulled an egg pack out from the fridge, "He've got a very beautiful a pair of emeralds eyes, sapphire scales, and soft yellow fins."
"My uncle" My lover signed immediately, and chirp as if saying his uncle's name.
I remember now! he use to mention that his uncle use have a human lover but his brother rejected her.
"And of course when I first saw him, I'm terrified, and doubted that he'll be able to take care of my daughter or not" she said as she put the eggs in the pot on the strove, "And he was a very shy man too, I think", she chuckle lightly as she boiling the eggs, "But his eyes...the way he looked at her, it just..explained everything."
When He Looks At Me, The Way He Looks At Me... He Does Not Know, What I Lack... Or - How - I Am Incomplete. He Sees Me, For What I Am... As I Am…
"I still remember the last time they visited me with a baby bump on her belly, and how they were arguing about the baby's names." she said as she finally finished boiling the eggs, and put it in a bowl, "I wish I have chance to see her born… little Elizabeth"
WHAT!? Now I'm starting to think it might be me, I know it sounded ridiculous, because people can have same name, but this time I'm sure I'm not crazy. Zelda, and Giles looked at me just like the first time my lover talked about his uncle's daughter. We haven't told her our names yet, so I'm sure she's not lying. So to get the answer for everything, I decided to show her my ID Card.
(Author's Note: Carrianne Jeane's Point of View)
"Elisabeth Jeane Esposito
Born 27 April 1925"
I have given up hope on seeing my daughter again after 30 years...times can never go back...all those minutes that slipped through my fingers would never return...but this muted woman in front of me... have Jacqui's lips.. and nose.
Her eyes are sharper, and have it's own story, but I know...I know that there's also a part of me in her just like how it existed in my daughter.
"Oh! dear!" I sobbed and turned my face up to look at the woman in front of me, "Elisabeth?"
"Wait!" glasses man(Dimitri) interrupted and pointed at Jacquira's photo, "She falls in love with is your uncle, right?" he asked as he turned to face the Fishman
(Author's Note: Back to Elisa's Point of View)
"That's mean, if Elisa is your granddaughter" Zelda said awkwardly to the old woman, "...then you are her cousin!" and pointed at my lover.
BAM! the thunder striked hard in my brain as my lover stumbled back in horror. I can't remember what happened after I fell back against the chair, but I remembered Zelda's hand on my back as I tried to stay sane.
(Author's Note: Fleming's Point of View)
- Occam Aerospace Center.
I was about to go home before a man called "Federico Torres" asked me for a meeting in my office. He talked about Elisa's neighbor's book, and how it mention her working here.
"The book have mention about a creature called 'The Asset' from the T4 lab, and how she and her friend broke it out from the tank." Federico explained as he held the pack of paper that seems to be THAT BOOK in his hands, "It matched with the Heist, and the event at the dock."
From the information I have from him, actually I could get Elisa into jail right now after she told the information about the Asset to the writer.
"So you think what's in the book might be true, right?" I asked, and he nodded "Sir, I meant no disrespect, but don't you think the book could be just an imaginations of a writer? Plus, the book was written after the even at the dock too."
"Yes, sir, but it described everything so detail to the point where I think that this kind of love-"
"So it's a love story?" I asked, and he nodded "Mr. Torres, I don't know what's written in that book, but I must warn you that every information in it is still illegal, she have no right to talk about it even to her neighbor." I warned him, "The Managing Directors are still discussing about how we would end the Asset's case, and I want it to just end there."
We've wasted enough on this creature, I don't want to turns into the full interrogation. It's time for all this shit to end so Elisa won't have to get involve if they will call her back from where she is. I bearly cared about her but, with some reason I felt like it's time to let her go…
"I reccommend you destroy it, or hide it safe for everyone's sake" I meant it, "I guess it must be a really great story, I can see how much you adore it, but sir...no one's ready for this story." he nodded, and looked down on the book sadly, "Maybe one day they will...but not today"
I smiles lightly as I thought of Elisa. She's ordinary, and somehow extraordinary at the same time. I don't know how she was described in the book, but maybe it's better if I don't know.
"Close time" I said as I looked at the clock, "Wanna go out for a smoke?"
"Uh, yes," he replied with a nod.
We leaved my office, and head toward the smoking area where I just established for the workers. I gave this idea to the Managing Directors after how the camera in the loading dock were push all the time, and it seems to be a great idea too.
We wonder what Carrianne Jeane thought after we left her house without a word after Elisa realised that she might be her grand-daughter / It's been hours since we're back to the motel and yet...the woman we love still make no signs to us /
That was the first time we finally felt the true silence between Me And The Woman I Love / She slept only few steps away from us but it felt like we are rivers away from her as the cave door remained opened wide and the sight of her back to us made it worst...a lot worst than having her saying "I have no feeling for you".../
We don't know what we are to her anymore...we tried our best to stay calm and positive as we sat in our tiny pond with our head in our hands / Things will be awkward from now on no doubt, but still I wished...and prayed that it might be just a misunderstood and everything will go back to normal after we talk through it…
It won't be easy for her or me but we'll try our best...because we love her and we won't give up on the person we love / There's no guarantee yet that we are cousins or not and if there is at least one little chance that we could be together we will fight for that chance / We will be by her side as everything she want us to be until we have already did everything we can or she say "Go away!" to us...
(Author's Note: Back to Elisa's Point of View)
We checked out from the motel, and stopped in front of Carrianne Jeane's house. I don't know how we're gonna make it to Rio Negro after this, but I felt rude for leaving her yesterday without saying anything to her. So maybe I should at least come say goodbye, even it's only one hug...it's better than none.
"Thank you for stoppin by" she said, and held my hand tight, "Have a safe trip"
"Thank you for everything" I signed automatically as if something inside me just told me to.
She nodded, and wrapped a strange bracelet around my wrist. I can't tell what kind of metal it is but I can tell that the dark blue pendant were a fish scale.
"It's from Jaqui" she added, "She told me it would bring me home in case if I want to visit her, but I guess he needed it more than me." she said and pointed at the cabin van where the Asset was sitting in.
They gave each other a farewell hug before Elisa will finally get back inside the metal box(the van cabin) and then we notice the bracelet! it's the PACK CALLER! We know what we have to do now!
We use sensor power to find the nearest shore, and quickly stood up from our tiny pond as the metal box still moving / Elisa, and Zelda tried to pulled us back as we tapped Giles shoulder and point the way as we chirped loudly / It's pretty far at the North, but at least it's closer than the bay at the south /
"Will he sit down!?" Zelda said in panic as 2 woman still tried to pull us back to the pond /
"I think he's trying to tell us something" Dimitri said exactly what we're try to do.
"Calm down first okay?" That was the first time Elisa finally signed to us after last night.
We stop and sit back in the tiny pond as Giles finally stopped the metal box, and Dimitri pulled out a map / We need to go to Limon Bay, the nearest place is Parque de La Juventud, Paseo Gorgas!
"Got it!" Dimitri replied, and undo his belt, "Take my seat, I'll drive" he said to Giles, and got down from the metal box /
Dimitri made the metal box moved with high speed as we're heading toward Parque de La Juventud / But it seems that people here don't enjoy the fact that we go to fast, so...now many black, and white metal boxes with weird horns is chasing after us /
"Blyad'! eto politsiya!(Fuck! it's the police!)" Dimitri cursed, and go faster /
"This is police! Stop your vehicle!" the voice follow from behind, we'll need help /
We broke a glass to stick out head out from the metal box and roared out as loud as we could before Elisa pulled us back inside /
New update! Happy New Year everyone! I'm sorry for slow update, life's been tough lately, but I'll try to make it out:) thanks for reading my story, have a good year:)