Setting: Modern day, post- Dark Kingdom arc

Theme: Siren

Part 2

"While up aloft in storm
From me his absence mourn
And firmly pray, arrive the day
He's never more to roam"

It was our fifth day at sea. It couldn't be that we were lost. We couldn't be. I couldn't be.

My wedding was in two days.

We got caught up in a storm three days ago. The weather had never been this foul before. Things were definitely not looking good. We were running low on supplies and land was nowhere in sight.

The worst was that the singing had increased in frequency and severity. It no longer offered any slightest hint of comfort. Never had her voice sounded so angry, and yet, still so sad and painful.

The storm came again.

As the torrential rains poured down on me, I could hear the whispers ripping through my mind. I felt it. I felt her sorrow, her agony and her regret.

She was calling out to me, beseeching me to come to her. My mind could not take it any longer.

The men looked on in horror as I plunged myself into the raging sea.

I hear no more. Now, I finally see.

The thing about this desert was how the temperature change punished people. The heat would melt you down in the day while at night the chill could shake you to the core.

Among the tents set up here, only one was still lit – the tallest one of them all. Inside, wrapped in the warmth of thick furry sheets were two lovers sprawling on the bed.

The girl was gently stroking strands of silvery hair of the man lying half-asleep on her lap.

"Say, if you could change anything and start over, what would it be?" she asked.

"Hmm? What do you mean?" he murmured, not opening his eyes.

"Is there nothing at all you want to change about your life?" she playfully pinched his nose, waking him up.

Grabbing the offending hand, he turned around and hugged her belly closer to his head.

"No, thank you. I'm perfectly happy with my current life," he said.

"Why do you have to be so boring all the time? Come on. Now just imagine, if you could start all over, what would you want your new life to be like?" she shook his shoulders.

"Why would I want any other life? How will I serve my Prince?" he said, rubbing his temple, eyes still closed.

Slightly upset, she pouted and pushed him off her lap.

"Oh, is that all there is to you? Then why don't you go to your Prince tonight? I'm sure he'll be able to keep you company since a certain Princess had been grounded."

He chuckled. Pushing himself up on his elbow, he finally looked at her.

"Come now. Why do you bring this up all of a sudden?" he asked teasingly.

"I mean, don't you ever wish if it could be different for you… for us? No more intergalactic conflict. No more midnight secret rendezvous. No more lies and no more pretense." she said in one single breath and bowed her head, her long golden hair dangling.

"Mina, we talked about this," he said in a calming tone.

No response. Sighing softly, he gave in.

"Alright, I guess it would be the sea."

That certainly caught her interest.

"The sea?" she perked one eyebrow up at him.

"Yes. Growing up here in this Middle Eastern land with nothing but sand and sand everywhere I went, the one thing I yearned for, besides a place by Endymion's side, was the sea." he said, pulling her closer.

"Well, you could visit Nephrite any time now. I think he won't mind letting you in on a little voyage." she was still upset.

"Yes, that's true," he paused. "Still, even if I were to live all my life here in this barren land, with heat burning my skin and sand filling my room every day, and got to stay with you, my Prince and my brothers, I wouldn't trade it for the world," he smiled, reaching out to tuck her hair behind her ears.

"You silver tongue, silver-haired silver monster you!" she couldn't help but grin. She grabbed a pillow and started hitting his shoulder, laughing.

"But I suppose a few days out on the sea with the company of a beautiful mermaid would be nice, too." he said and pulled her down onto the bed with him.

"Mermaid?" she asked, snuggling close to his chest.

"Oh, you have never heard of mermaids?" he asked in genuine surprise. "According to our legend, they are beautiful creatures who roam the deep blue seas and seduce weary sailors. Nobody who saw them ever returned. The rumor is that either the missing sailor received a kiss from the mermaid and spent eternity with her under the ocean or… she ate him alive." he grinned at her.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Like I'm the one who went around seducing young innocent girls with my charming smile and godly body," she teasingly smacked his chest.

"There is… one special among them, the most dangerous of all. They call her Siren, for she has an enchanting voice and with her deadly melody she lures hundreds of innocent souls to their ill fates." he leaned in and kissed her lips.

"Sing for me, my little Siren." he whispered.

My memory became clearer as I sunk deeper into the abyss. Her voice came to me, perhaps for one last song? This time, I hummed along.

I felt something moving. I opened my eyes and saw her swimming towards me. She was smiling. How I missed her smile.

But was my Siren here to deliver my redemption, or my retribution?

Her hands reached for mine. Her face inched closer and she parted her lips.

I closed my eyes, ready for whatever came next.

"My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing can console me
But my jolly sailor bold"

- Fin. -

Author's note:

What do you think? Did she give him the kiss of life or did she eat him up? xD

Thank you for all your reviews.