Chapter 12: Call Of The Siren
Adam woke up with a start. He looked around realizing that the images in his head was just a dream, he looked between his legs, and reached to his Morning Wood, along with the blotch on his blanket. That was SOME dream.
He grinned as he then kicked off his blanket, and jumped off his bed. He pulled of and tossed his moist boxershorts off him, and pulled on his trunks, which feel stiff from the daily dips he's been taking, and not one trip to the washer since then, looking for that merman – he's returned to that spot 3 days ago, and that merman hasn't come back. He grabbed his goggles and his bogie board. He ran out of his room, and towards the backdoor.
"I'm going down to the beach, Gramma, bye!"
"AH ah AH ah!" Grandma said, "Noooo yur not, laddie, get back here!" Adam stopped in his tracks, and looked around.
"What?? Why not???"
"Would ya look at yur arm, boy?" She asked him, "That bite hasn't even gotten better all week! Ya keep soakin it in sea, it ain't ever gonna heal!"
"What about the water sleeve? I can wear it, I'll be fine!"
"No, your not, that sleeve's not tight enough on ya, boyo!"
"C'mon, Gramma, pleeeeaasse??? I'm THIS close to finding that fish!" He said.
"Nothin doin', Adam. As the kids say, 'There Are Plenty O' Fish In The Sea', heh heh. Why don't you take Granddad's camera and take pictures around the forest and cliff, eh?"
"Grammmaaaaa!"
"And put those trunks in the basket, I'm doin laundry today. Go on, and I want at least 20 pictures in that camera by the time you come home now!"
Adam groaned as he then turned around to his room. "Okay..."
"There's a good lad," Grandma replied.
Adam went into his room, and took off his dried out trunks before putting them in the basket. He pulled on a light shirt, and pulled up a pair of boxers and cargo shorts up between his legs. He set down his goggles and board. He went into his grandparents' bedroom, and took the bulky camera from their desk, and walked through the living room.
"See ya... Whenever..." He grumbled.
"Have fun, lad. Heh heh heh," Grandma said with a chuckle.
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Adam sighed as he walked along into the woods, holding up the camera, and snapping a picture of the canopy of trees. "One down... Nineteen to go..." He mumbled as he wound it back. A few years ago, he used to like taking pictures of stuff, but he sort of grew out of it.
He walked, and spotted a few colorful butterflies fluttering about. He held the camera up to his face and clicked onto them.
Adam walked along the path, hearing the distinctive waterfall approach. His shirt is damp with sweat, and tucked on the side of his shorts; it's REALLY hot today; of all days NOT to go swimming. He looked over and saw the cascading wall of white falling down, showing a brilliant rainbow sheen from the sunlight.
"Ah, Aquata Cove..." He said, "Been a while since I been here," He held the camera up to his eye once again and snapped a picture of the waterfall, "Sorry. No swimming." He said as he wound the camera back again, and walked along the dirt and rock, seeing the ocean, which is divided by a long wall of rocks. What's interesting is that it's a body of water that's so close to the sea, yet the water in Aquata Cove is fresh and pure. Maybe it's the way it runs through the rocks or something.
Adam then walked to the rocks, up to the higher cliffs. He put the camera up to his face, and turned around to take a picture of both the forest and the waterfall together. He then turned around to look onto the sea, where he spotted someone sitting on a rock.
"... Oooh, there's a nice one..." He said with a smile. It looks like a blonde guy over there on that rock, and from the looks of it, he's completely naked, except for a cross-belt on his upper body, and a dark headband, "Hehe, looks like someone's having some M/S out in the ocean..."
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Merrick rubbed his arm as he felt the warm breeze on his body. His legs hung on the side of the rock as he sighed.
"... What am I going to do?" He wondered to himself. Throughout the week, he has not returned to his pod. He feels to humiliated to face them again since the red moon, and too ashamed after having touched that human.
Ever since that day, he's been struggling with so many emotions about what's happened. He should never have gone back to that reef, and he should have killed that human when he had the...