Nail colors and connected emotion:

Yellow- Happy

Red- Anger

Blue- Sadness

Lilac- Nervous

Green- Envy

Orange- Surprise

Black- Disgust

Grey- Confused

Pink- Love

White- Neutral

Striped-Feeling more than one emotion

No color- Sleeping or half-asleep

Now Orca is getting worried. Her nails were a swirl of colors: Red, blue, lilac, orange, black, and grey! "Ladies, I'm so glad you're alright!" Orca hugged everyone in turn. Suddenly, her multicolored nails turned yellow. "Um...where are Karen and Noel?"

Violet burst into tears! Orca knew what that meant. Four of her friends were now missing. Overwhelming fears of what was happening to them overtook her immediately. Now, her fingernails flashed lilac, as did her fellow Aqua Senshi. However, the girls found out this man's name was Damian. He was older than he looked but disfigured, and there was no way to overcome his whistling spell.

"Princess, even if it doesn't exist, we should try and locate this Rush City before Damian does," Lina recommended urgently.

"Why should we go looking for a myth?" Hannah questioned irritably.

"Lots of locations considered fables have truthfully been submerged into the sea. It is not unthinkable to consider such an occurrence transpired to Rush City." Lina clarified calmly to her friends.

"What if we run across Damian?" Seira questioned fearfully.

"We'll just have to show him the error in his thinking." Lucy hugged Seira tightly.

"Our attempts to reach Damian or our friends have proven unsuccessful. So, we have to defeat him another way." Orca pondered out loud.

"If Rush City does exist, where would it be?" Continuously happy, Seira was rearing to go, and her nails turned bright yellow!

"Our best bet is in South America," Lina replied logically. After all, that's where the Spanish Conquestors went looking for El Dorado, the fabled city of gold.

"We don't have any Senshi from there. Hannah, don't most of the rivers lead to the Atlantic?" Orca questioned, barely keeping her anxiety in check.

"Yes." Hannah answered slowly, then replied, "However, I should remind you that swimming upstream is more challenging then following the current."

"Regardless of that detail, we need you to navigate. Consequently, we won't be splitting up this time." Orca stated firmly.

Having a general idea of where Rush City might be and letting someone near those waters navigate is the best option Orca had at her disposal. But she still worries about Damian's control over her friends. With the Amazon River feeding the Atlantic Ocean most, the Aqua Senshi searched for evidence of Rush City.

Amazingly, Lina found a couple of coins similar to the one Damian possessed. Yet what were the chances these were from Rush City, or if the city was even around here? Ocean currents can strew debris for miles! So, Lina did not say anything yet as she did not want to get the girls' hopes up if they were not close to the fabled city.

Hours passed with little to nothing uncovered. "I found it!" Seira called out excitedly.

She sounded remarkably far off! Why did she wander away? Swimming as hastily as they could to where Seira's voice said, they were awe-struck! A solid, intricate, pure gold, jeweled entrance blocked them from a shining city. The underwater city was constructed from gold, silver, platinum, and jewels! Everyone's nails turned yellow and orange.

"Rush City is real...?" Lucy whispered breathlessly.

After a few minutes, Orca had to speak up, "So...should we go in or-"

"This gate will only open if we, Aqua Senshi, sing together." Lina reminded her.

"We just won't sing then." Lucy shrugged.

"We can't just NOT sing for the rest of our lives." Hannah gave Lucy an exasperated look.

Seira whined as she wanted to go into the captivating city. Gently, Orca hugged Seira. "I miss our friends..." As Seira's tears hit her hands, her nails turned blue.

"We all do, Seria." Orca hugged her tighter.

As for Damian? Right now, he was considering which one of the mermaids he would make the "face" of Rush City and another would be his queen.

"Which one of you was born first again?" Damian side-glanced at his captives.

"Me," Sara said, a little apprehensive.

"You should be the face of Rush City then. As for my queen? You." Damian pointed to Noel!

Noel squeaked and hid behind Karen, "I don't know the first thing about being a queen!"

"You'll make a perfect queen! You're sweet, kind, and soft-spoken. Everyone will love you!" Karen exclaimed in happiness, hugging Noel.

This made Noel blush and accept, as did Sara.

"Where does that leave the rest of us?" Coco asked.

"You'll still be Aqua Senshi, but use your abilities to protect Rush City. You may allow only those you completely trust to live there, too. Sara, Noel, do you have anything to say to me?" Damian smiled at the two.

"Thank you!" Both kissed Damian, tasting the liquor on his breath. They wanted to gag but did not want to stop.

"Do you girls want to kiss something else? Karen, Coco, you can join in on this one too." Damian takes off his shirt.

Despite being deformed in his face, Damian's body was not. It is tan, muscular, and beautiful. Unable to help themselves, the mermaids kissed Damian's muscles. There were times when the Princesses would almost regain control of their minds. Whenever that occurred, Damian would begin whistling again, and they would run right back into his arms. Of course, Damian punished them for disobedience, but they were confused and believed they loved him, so they endured the pain.

"I love you," Noel murmured between kisses.

"You love me? You know the most about magical places and objects, right?" Damian stroked Noel's hair, and she nodded. "You must lead us to Rush City, seeing as the gate is magical."

This small group clamored outside to see a state-of-the-art submarine with the door unfolded to make a bridge over the water and inside! There are enough chairs for a family of nine, more than enough food, and a working bathroom! It could be more spacious, but it was built to be more for function.

"Wow!" The mermaids could not contain their amazement at how this allows humans to visit and live (for a time) underwater.

"Ladies first." Damian bowed as he gestured into the sub. "We need to find your friends before we look for the city, though."

"Knowing my Princess and friends, they are already looking for the city," Sara informed.

"You may not be the best singer, but you are the smartest half," Damian smirked.

"I am the best singer!" Sara snapped. On occasion, Sara sang independently, but she is at her best when with the others.

"Lina and Seria and pretty good too." Karen knew Sara needed to watch what she said.

Karen can sing alone but prefers to sing with Noel and Coco.

"Lina? Seira?" Damian had never heard of Seira. She had been kept a secret because of her prior fragile condition.

"Lina is the cool, mysterious one in our group. Seira, who was supposed to be born before Orca, was born after her due to an accident and is smaller than us. Don't fret. Her voice is the most loving and beautiful thing you'll ever hear." Coco smiled.

"Sounds like Seira will be Rush City's princess." Damian closed the door to the sub.

"Why Seira and not Orca?" Coco asked.

"Loving and beautiful is fitting of a princess," Damian replied simply as he submerged the sub and dove down, relying on Noel's directions.