Somewhere in the Sea

Chapter 11

Going back, Vex and Blitze sighed a breath of relief. At least they didn't get to see her wrath like the last time. "Thank God she's happy or we would have been done for", said Vex. "Yeah Zervius almost lost her life the time she went in '', replied Blitze. "Well, who told her to bring up the fact that we almost lost the prisoner. She had it coming", Vex said. "There's a difference between losing the prisoner and almost losing her", said Blitze. "Wow, you sound smart. Have you been hanging out in the sun again?", asked Vex. "Oh, stop it you!", blushed Blitze. 

Blitze then swam up to the surface to look out for the mermaids. Vex swam out and headed to the cave where they kept the prisoners. It was a very small cave closed by a door with hardly any lighting. The room was covered with jacked rocks and in the center, strapped in chains, was a mermaid. She held her head down with both arms chained to the wall. "Oye Princess!", yelled Vex. The prisoner looked up at the door. She looked weak and emaciated. There was no ray of happiness or hope on her face like the picture in Marjan's room. Vex threw food through the bars of the door. "Eat up before we give you up to the eels' ' and then she leaves. Sanho looked at the food and started crying. "This isn't happening. What is going on in my life? What did I do to deserve all this?", she thought.

Her day started out pretty normal. A few months ago, she was given the Power of the Seas necklace by her parents. It was a proud moment for everyone. Everyone was so happy. She went out on her own to explore the world outside the kingdom. The day was good, the reefs looked beautiful, the water was clear and everything was looking great. She looked up and saw some boats come in. She touched her necklace and became invisible. But thankfully, the boats moved on quickly so he sighed in relief. She touched her necklace and became visible again. When she got her necklace, she took an oath to never reveal your identity in front of humans. She swam around the reef for some time before heading out towards the other side. This part was largely empty with a few scattered corals here and there, but mostly barren. "Hmm", thought Sanho. "I wonder what could have happened here?". As she was thinking about it, she heard a distant cry for help. She looked around and saw a fish stuck in a stray net. "Help me, I am stuck!", cried the fish. Sanho swam over and with the help of her necklace, she cut the net and freed the fish. The fish swam freely and went about its way. Sanho looked at it smiling as it went away. 

She looked around the barren lands and thought the reefs should regrow here too. As she was thinking about how to help the reefs to expand, someone crept behind her and stabbed her in the neck with some sort of poison. She felt weak and dizzy and then after struggling to look around, fainted. Next thing she knows is that she is looked up in chains in a cold and dark place. As her eyes to begin to adjust to the darkness, she saw that she was locked up in a dungeon. Shortly after, the door to the dungeon opened and came in a group of people. One of them was tall and intimidating with long hair and deadly aura. Surrounding here were few fellow sirens. "Here you here, Milady! One princess freshly caught!", exclaimed one of the sirens. The other sirens laughed at her. Their leader held up her hand and everyone become silent at once. She moved towards Sanho and looked at her dead in the eyes and said, "So, you're the princess?". Sanho trembled and nodded. The leader then yanked the necklace from her neck and then held it up at eyesight. "The Power of the Seas, huh?", the leader said. "They really shouldn't give it out to children like that. Might end up in the wrong hands". "Guards! Take good care of her. Feed her well. We don't want our guest to feel unwelcome". "Yes Madam Roohar!", said the guards in unison. "Oh and thank you", she said to the fish who Sanho recognized as the one whom she had saved earlier. "You've been such a great help." "I did what you told me to do. Now please let my family go", the fish trembled and protested. "Sure, sure. Guard! Take him to his family. To their final destination". "What?", shouted the fish. "Rest in peace", smiled the leader sadistically. "No..no please...no..NOO!", the fish's screams echoed throughout the dungeon until they were heard no more. 

Roohar didn't even flinch at the outcome and continued to look at the necklace. "The power to control the sea, the ones living in it and the water that surrounds them. Such a heavy responsibility on such tiny little fins. Your parents must be so proud, ha? Well not for long! I have plans for this gift of yours. We'll see what those mermaids think of you when everyone will hear the princess has gone rogue and started hunting those that hunt us, isn't that fun?", said Roohar excitedly. 

Sanho didn't understand what was happening and who were these people. She was shaking all over. "Wh.. who are y..y...you? What do you wa...want?", she trembled and asked. The leader smirked and whispered in her ear, "Revenge" and then left.