Note: Kins is actually based off one of my friends. Autocorrect keeps trying to change his name to Kind x.x

Into The Storm this weekend! Might be a few days till I post again. Expect problems between the fish and cats...

Several people from the marine protection group known as Tideborn came back to the BPRD to help Mika. Apparently they had experience with unconscious, oil covered mermaids.

Kins approached Abe after walking out of the washroom. He stood for a moment, motioning his finger near his head for his mind to work, clearly trying to remember something.

"Abraham, yes?" He asked, "That is what she called you?"

"Yes. Is she alright?"

"She should be. We have had oil issues before. You should clean up as well. You aren't blue anymore, man." The Jamaican man smiled and held out his hand, "Name is Kins, by the way. The blonde girl that came with us is named Lynn, the other girl is Denise. The two men are Devan and Eddie."

Abe shook the man's hand with a nod, "It is a pleasure. I am Abraham Sapien. The red one is Hellboy and the woman that was with us is Liz."

Kins nodded with a calm expression on his face. He didn't seem afraid and his eyes gazed at him when they spoke as if he were talking to a normal person, "I had a feeling the rumors about the red man were true. I knew that if Mika and her sisters were real then there were other beings as well."

So Abe hadn't actually noticed he was covered in oil until Kins said something. He stepped into the locker room and into the showers where he saw the two girls trying to clean and revive Mika.

Kins handed Abe a bottle and gave his arm a pat, "No worries, we won't stare...much."

Did Kins just wink at him?

Abe started to look uncomfortable until Denise sighed, "Don't listen to Kins, he'll flirt with anyone. Doesn't matter if they are male or female, he just likes to make others blush... Or feel terribly uncomfortable."

"He's actually very mature about things when the situation calls for it." Eddie said.

'When did he come in? I didn't hear him open the door...' Abe looked down at the bottle to see it was a bottle of Dawn dish soap. He remembered reading somewhere that this was used on wildlife that were victims to oil and other such things. It seemed odd but he'd try it.

Its what they were using on Mika so it couldn't hurt to use it at least once.

He popped the top open and turned on the water, stealing glances to the others. The blonde female gently ringing out Mika's long hair after rinsing it out. He heard her talking to the mermaid.

"Mika, wake up. You've saved my ass so many times and I never got to properly thank you for it..." She seemed worried.

"Hey, Denise! Remember when Mika swam under the whaling vessel and broke through the bottom of it?" Kins asked.

Eddie snorted when he laughed, "That was great! They had no idea what the hell happened!"

"She could've been hurt!" Denise pouted, "I was to busy having a panic attack to see the humor in the situation!"

Lynn said nothing, just laughed and shook her head.

After Abe was sure he was clean he turned back around to see Denise and Lynn sitting Mika up so they could try to dry her off. The only other one there was Kins, the other had gone back to the beach to help with the mess.

All of the oil was gone and off of Mika and it would be easier to move her in her human form.

"Do you want to take her to her room? She might be comfortable there." Abe said. Being near her fish and crabs might help her wake up, possibly. He knew he would feel more at ease waking up surrounded by familiarity.

He helped dry the mermaid until her tail shifted into legs. She was picked up by Abe and taken to her room. Her breathing seemed a little to slow to him and her skin was cold.

He placed her on her bed and covered her up. His fingers moved her hair out of her face and his eyes watched her, worry evident in his gaze. When he looked back up he saw Hellboy standing with Liz in the doorway.

"Where did the others go?" Abe asked.

Liz approached the bed and smoothed out Mika's hair and began to braid it loosely, "They said the fleet called them, they ran out after saying something about whales. You seem to have everything under control here."

Abe looked back at Mika.

"You really do love her, don't you?" She asked Abe.

"Yes."

Liz stood up and forced Hellboy away from the door before he could reply with any kind of smart remark, leaving the two alone.

Abe held up a hand and touched her cheek.

...

"Arlena, Maya... We can't go back." Mika was worried and nervously pulling at her hair, "We'll never see our family again..."

"Do not worry, Mika. You still have Arlena and me."

"We won't leave you. Think of it as an adventure in the stories bubby told us when we were little!" Arlena swam around behind Mika, her orange, gold, and green tail, wrapping around Mika's purple, pink, and blue one.

Maya swam up in front of Mika and embraced her and Arlena. Her black, red, and white tail wrapping around the other two.

"Whatever happens, happens." Arlena whispered.

Maya nodded at her sister's words, "It is what it is."

...

Abe pulled his hand away and saw her eyes were open.

"Forgive me, I... I was curious."

"What happened?"

"We brought you back after you fainted. Some of your friends came with to help but they had to hurry and go back to the ocean."

She remembered one of the boats had been pulled under but she had seen everyone on the beach before she passed out. None of Tideborn had been killed, good.

"You should rest, Mika."

Mika clutched Abe's hand to her chest and closed her eyes, falling asleep almost instantly.