Chapter Six: Remnants

Back at the warehouse, the heroes were sitting around and chatting with one another when the glowing white portal suddenly reappeared at the far end of the place. First Spencer stepped out, and then he reached his hand back in and helped Eika come through to their world.

"Mama!" Melody cried with delight. She jumped up and ran over to her mother.

The teens watched happily as the two embraced each other, tears streaming down both of their faces. "Oh, Melody," her mother whispered, "I was so worried…"

She looked up at her daughter's saviors. "Thank you so much, all of you, for getting my daughter back," she said. "I promise you, I shall never forget this."

Eika's gaze then fell upon Téa. Her eyes grew wide as they took in the siren outfit. "My dear, what in the world happened to you?" she said.

Melody turned around and looked up and down at Téa as well. "Oops," she said. "I did that, mommy. It helped save me from that meanie who took me. Don't worry, though, I'll take it away now."

Melody blew Téa another kiss. Once again, pink sparks swirled out of her hand and all the way up to Téa's cheek, giving her another peck.

Téa glowed with a pink light once more, and when it had faded, her clothing had transformed back into her school uniform. She looked down at herself and nodded. "Thank you, Melody," she said.

"You're welcome," Melody said happily.

Eika, however, looked a bit worried. She said, "Hold on one moment…miss, would you mind singing a little?"

The others turned and stared at her. "Um, why?" Téa asked.

"Please, only for a moment," she insisted.

Although she felt a little embarrassed about doing so, Téa complied with the siren's wish. She closed her eyes, opened her mouth-and the beautiful siren's song came trickling out.

Her teammates stared at her in shock. Téa quickly slapped a hand over her mouth, making the song stop abruptly.

The Pharaoh turned towards the two sirens. "Miss Eika, wasn't the second kiss supposed to reverse all of your daughter's effects on Téa?"

Eika sighed. "Yes, but my daughter is still young; her powers haven't fully developed yet." She looked down at her daughter. "Melody, sweetie, you don't have the ability yet to fully reverse the siren kiss' effects. Our song is still a power for girl."

Melody gasped. She looked back at Téa and cried, "Oh no…" She looked down at the ground. "I didn't know…I'm so sorry…"

"Perhaps you don't need to be," the Pharaoh commented.

Melody looked up at him with tears close to falling from her eyes. "Oh?"

"I think Téa's retaining of your song was intentional, in a way. Your kiss was perhaps a higher power's way of bringing her the second special ability which all of us had been getting." He smiled at Téa, who still held her hand over her mouth. "And besides, it sort of fits with your banshee shriek, doesn't it?"

Téa slowly lowered her hand from her mouth and nodded. "Yea, that's true." She looked back at Melody and assured her, "Don't worry about it, Melody. I'm sure that I'll be able to put your power to good use."

Melody brightened up and wiped away the oncoming tears from her eyes. "Okay," she said, "I won't worry."

"All right, we should be getting back home now," Spencer said. He turned to the heroes and waved, "See ya next time some evil villain from my world tries to attack yours!", then stepped through the portal and vanished.

"Won't it be wonderful when that happens," Kaiba muttered as the others waved goodbye to Spencer.

Eika took her daughter's hand. "Come on, Melody, let's go home."

As the two sirens stepped through, Melody turned and waved to the heroes. "Bye-bye, everyone, and thank you!"

Téa smiled and gave a wave back as Melody and Eika stepped through the portal, letting it vanish behind them. She whispered, "Thank you, Melody, for your siren song."