Vol. 06
Chapter 23
Selina Chase-Moon
Birth: June 30th
Age: 18
Colour(s): White
Metal: Silver
God/dess: Diana
Hermione Driscoll-Mercury
Birth: September 10th
Age: 18
Colour(s): Royal Blue/Yellow
Metal: Quicksilver
God/dess: Mercury
Marcella Guerra-Mars
Birth: April 17th
Age: 18
Colour(s): Red
Metal: Iron
God/dess: Mars
In the dark shadows, Jason watches a replay of Guardian Moon destroying his recent assistant, Phantasos, through his orb of energy. "Darn that detestable girl!" he said as he pump up his fists in anger. He then heard a small laughter in the air, giving him the spooks. Behind him, a water tornado form and disappeared leaving behind seaweeds and a woman of dark long wavy hair with ocean green eyes, wearing a water coloured sheer toga dress hardly covering anything and in bare feet. She wore a silver pendent, the Thetis symbol.
"I had no idea the great Argo: Jason was having such a hard time with a mortal girl."
"Thetis..." He didn't even turn to look at her.
"I'm so glad that you remember me, Argo: Jason, since after we had such a lovely time together oh so long ago." Thetis formed a seductive smile, and he can feel it.
"You serve directly under Lady Pandora. What brings you here?" He didn't want to deal with her, not now.
"You have not changed a bit. I adore you, but you always give me the cold shoulder" Thetis walked a little closer to him.
"I don't have time for your games. Get out of here!"
"Now, don't be so cross." Thetis made contact with his back and wrapped him around his body with her naked soft arms. She whispered in his ear. "I have developed a very efficient way to collect energy."
"What did you say?!" Jason turned to face her, she let go of him and backed up a bit.
"Did I finally have your attention now? I thought I have to seduce you to get you to look at me. Well, I call it Operation Titanic." Her eyes glowed in sea green revealing something unexpected.
In the shores of New York City, going around the Statue of Liberty, a huge cruise boat drifts through the waters under a blanket of stars. "In the middle of the night on the ocean..." a couple drinks wine while enjoying the view of the cruise. "It is a world for just the two of you. On a night like this, you'll feel like you could talk about anything." The cruise passes along under the Brooklyn Bridge."Titanic Cruise for lovers. Finally, leaving on its maiden voyage tomorrow!" Selina sat there on her couch watching the commercial through her flat-screen TV, she sighed out the window glaring at the night sky with admiration.
"It must be so nice to take a vacation, especially a cruise!"
The next day at the college, Selina and her friend, Ellie, were looking at the promotional poster of the cruise, reading, 'Through the shores of New York. Departure 6:00-11:00. Titanic Cruise. Passenger Capacity 700. Total Weight: 28, 717 ton.'
"Wouldn't you love to sail on a ship like this just for once in your like?" Selina asked.
"But they say it's booked for a month in advance already." Ellie mentioned, sounding very disappointed.
"Oh, that Titanic Cruise? It's nice, isn't it?" Manny walked over to the girls and picked up the poster. "A luxurious passenger ship with a maximum passenger capacity of 700. If you spend the night gazing at the scenery throughout the New York shores on a ship like this, any couple would fall in love. Don't you think so?" He imagine him and Selina having a wonderful time together on the cruise until she spoke.
"If I were with you, that would never happen. I'm sure of it." Selina wanted to make that clear.
"Selina, did you want to get on this ship? Oh, I wish I knew..." Manny looked guilty. Selina gave him her full complete attention.
"Manny, are you saying..."
"You had tickets?!" Ellie finished her sentence.
"Yes, but I gave the invitational tickets to the lady next door." Selina hung her head.
"Why did you just give them away?!" Selina must know.
"Well, we are college students after all. We have the responsibility to dedicate our time to our studies. We can't do anything delinquent like going out so late at night." Manny pointed out the time on the poster.
"You have a weird sense of ethics." Ellie gave him a dirty look and Selina sighing her dreams away like the wind.
"Come to think of it, I think the raffle going on in the shopping mall is giving these tickets away as prizes..." Before Manny could finish his sentence, Selina grabbed her bag and ran out of the classroom with such speed only leaving behind a trail of dust. Ellie's and Manny's expressions were left blank. At the shopping mall, a huge sign reads, 'BIG SALE, One Chance For Every $65 Purchase. Raffle First Prize An Invitation For Two On The Titanic Cruise. New York Shopping District Association.' Selina spun the wheel like the game show 'Wheel of Fortune'.
"I'll win this time!" The wheel stopped at a red panel. "No! I lost again!" The lady at the booth gave her the prize.
"Here's your consolation prize of bath oils!" Selina took her tenth bottle of bath oils in a bag and walked out of the booth, placing her surrender.
"It's so unfair!" She complained.
"Selina!" Marcella called out as she walked to her in her college uniform carrying groceries.
"Oh, Marcy. Hey, listen...I tried ten whole times to win this prize!" Selina showed her a bag of her bottles and the booth.
"'Invitation For Two.' You actually want this stuff?"
"You're not interested, Marcy?"
"Of course not! We don't have time to waste on this kind of stuff!" Marcella crushed Selina and walked to the booth. "I'd like a turn, please." Marcella gave the woman $65.
"Go right ahead, dear!"
"What?!" Selina was confused. Marcella took out her rosary beads and claps her two hands together in a prayer.
"Oh God, please give me the will of receiving what's deserve." Marcella prayed out loud.
"She's got to be serious!" Selina was in disbelief. Marcella took the wheel and spun it with such force, it seem like the wheel can fly off from it's support. When it finally stopped, the arrow landed on a gold panel. The lady was shocked to see such results, especially from a church girl.
"Congratulations!" The lady sound off a horn. "You won the first prize! Tickets for the Titanic Cruise! And I think I'm converting." Marcella jumped in joy.
"Wow! I did it!"
"Marcy, you are such a hypocrite!" Selina complained.
Selina and Marcella met up with the other two, Hermione wondering what's with the excitement and Luna yawning her sleep on a park bench by a fountain. "Hey, Marcy, you said you weren't interested!" Said Selina in urgency.
"It doesn't mean I have to give the tickets to you." Marcella had somewhat of a point. Selina thought of an excuse.
"Then, why don't we go together? I bet it'll be nice and romantic."
"This is a cruise you're supposed to go on with your boyfriend!" Marcella also made another point but caught off guard.
"I know you don't have any!" Ouch!
"Shut up!"
"See? I'm right! You don't have anybody!"
"I'm not you, you know. I have one or two..."
"Stop it, both of you! You're boring me to death!" Luna yelled out. Hermione wasn't sure what's going on.
"What's going on?"
"Their usual comedy routine." Luna pulled a pun.
"Hermione, Marcy is being really mean to me!" Selina wined. Marcella saw Hermione and pushed Selina out of her way.
"Hermione, I'm glad you're here! Do you have a minute?" Marcella had a plan.
"What is it?" Hermione wasn't sure if she should go with Marcella or stay safe with Luna.
"Never mind, just hurry over here!" Marcella was in a rush. Hermione walked over to Marcella and expect an explanation. Instead, Marcella pushed Hermione to another direction away from Selina, probably going to a cafe.
"I know it! I just know she doesn't have any boyfriends! I'm not finished talking to you! Hey!" Selina yelled back at them in anger.
"I'm finished with you, FINISHED!" Marcella yelled back walking away with Hermione.
Like I said before, Marcella and Hermione were sitting at a cafe. Hermione seemed shocked almost spilling her tea. "What? You and me? Really?" Hermione gave Marcella a sympathetic look.
"Look! Here they are!" Marcella showed her the two tickets. Hermione felt somewhat bad.
"What about Selina? It seemed like she really wanted to go."
"C'mon! This romantic cruise is not for someone like her."
"But..."
"Observing different things will broaden your horizons. There's going to be very rich people on this cruise..."
"And your point?"
"You can heist out in the cruise getting as much a jewelry as you want! So, let's go!" Hermione gave Marcella a suspicious look.
"What's the real reason for this cruise and don't lie to me because I can tell." Marcella sighed.
"Fine, the real reason is that I'm looking for that wonderful somebody." Marcella felt embarrassed for saying it. Hermione almost laughed with her tea in her mouth.
"That is the funniest thing I ever heard! I find it hard to believe that someone is going to date a church girl."
"Hey! At least I'm trying to get a relationship."
"If your father approves? Or I should say the church."
"What church? My father is the one who allows himself flirting with every woman who steps into the church! So, I think I can have the freedom to date a guy!" Behind where Hermione was sitting was a wall structure just high enough to give them their privacy, but on the other side, Selina had her ears wide open to the wall and listen in to their conversation.
I thought so. She doesn't have a boyfriend.
"Anyway, so why don't we go together! Please Hermione, I beg you!" Marcella was on her knees beside Hermione.
"Can you please get up?! It looks like you're proposing to me!" Hermione was getting the public eye. Marcella didn't move from her spot.
"I'm only going back to my spot unless you say yes!"
"Fine, I'll go! But just get up, please!"
"Okay." Marcella got up went back to her seat. "You ain't my type anyway!" Marcella said out loud in the cafe which everyone heard. Hermione buried her face in her hands trying to hide from what just happened. Selina was still tuning in.
They're planning on leaving me out of all the fun! I am never giving up! On the opposite side of the table from where Selina sits, Luna sat there on her sit drinking her coffee and watched Selina of being ridiculous.
Oh, I wish she would be this productive in other areas.
It's evening time in New York, and everybody with a ticket to the cruise were lined up and ready to go. Slowly a thick line of people goes in the boat filling it up quickly. The people were excited. Marcella and Hermione were waiting patiently in the crowd to get in. Selina was hiding among the cargo with Luna by her side. "Okay, it's time to sneak in!" Luna looked at her in wonder.
"And may I ask how are we going to sneak in?"
"Don't be silly! This is exactly what I've got this for!" Selina pulled out her Silver Pocket Mirror and showed it to Luna. Luna's eyes were as wide as they can be.
"Don't do it, Selina! You're only supposed to use that for when we're in the job!" Luna was mad and frighten at the same time.
"Oh, don't be so uptight! Moon Mirage! Turn me into a camera woman!" After she transformed, she appeared to have a camera case with an ID indicating that she's part of the press. She took another ID and gave it to Luna. "Okay, Luna, here you go. You'll be the reporter."
"What do you expect me to do, ask questions?" Selina pulled out a pen and a memo pad and handed it to Luna.
"Yes, that's what reporters do the last time I checked." That was the end of the conversation. The two ran to the crowd and looked for another entrance. In the mean time, Marcella and Hermione manage to get in the boat without a fuss. Selina and Luna found another entrance to the boat and slipped in with ease. As the people went in, the two crew members watched on.
"Captain Jason, our young prey just keep on coming." Thetis commented while in her crew uniform.
"You're amazing, Thetis! Nobody will suspect this is actually a wrecked ship that is built out of your seawater powers." Jason was in a good mood.
"With my powers, this is easy to do."
"Well, I wish you all find love, you fools!"
"We are ready to leave port now!" Said another crew member.
"All right, cast off." Ordered Jason.
"Aye, Sir."
As the boat cruises along the shores of New York, every couple on the ship were compelled by the scenary of the city lights. Inside were a large dining area with tables with only two chairs each, and all drinking high-end wine. In the halls, Marcella and Hermione were trying to walk through wobbliness of the boat. Marcella was wearing a red cocktail dress with red pumps and Hermione wore a royal blue cocktail dress with a yellow frilled top just to cover the shoulders and black pumps. "This ship is too shaky! How come everyone looks so happy?" Hermione looked around and realized something.
"Hey, it seems like we're the only girls who came together."
"I know! Sure, they said it was a ship for lovers, but I never expected that everyone here would be a couple." Marcella look disappointed. Hermione laughed.
"It looks like we won't be finding any boyfriends." The two continue to walk. Selina and Luna just walked into the engine room. "Where are we?" Luna asked.
"I think it's the engine room."
"It can't be. Engine rooms are never this quiet."
"Then maybe it's stopped." Selina looked around and took a few pictures. Luna looked out the window to see the situation.
"Something is wrong. It's moving at full speed." Luna got curious.
"You worry so much. They probably have some new state-of-the-art engine. Never mind that. I wonder where Marcy and Hermione are?" Selina looked around the room with her camera to see if she can find something. All of a sudden a man walked into the room with a shock.
"What are you doing there?!" The two ladies were startle by his presence.