Siren's Call

Chapter 5

(Dipper pov)

He sits me in a chair in front of his desk before walking around the desk pulling a map out of a drawer and laying it out on the desk. Picking up a quill he circles a green area before looking at me and points to what he circled.

"This is the island were we found you. I need you you to point on here and tell me where the colony is. You have been to the island more then once correct?"

I look at the map as I bite the inside of my cheek. "Yeah.....but I don't know where anything is on here."

"What?!" He snarls getting angry with me.

"I....I can't tell using this. I've never seen things from overhead on a map like this. I only know how they look like underwater." He groans running a hand over his face. "If you let me go back in the water then I would know."

"Yeah right. The minute I let you in the water, you will swim away never to be seen again. You point to where it is on the fucking map right now."

"I already told you that I don't know. I have never seen the world from this point of view."

"You never seen a map?"

"I did once. Found one at the bottom of the ocean. Couldn't make out much on it though, it was too soggy so most of the ink had come off from water damage."

He sits in the chair behind his desk biting his thumbnail like he's thinking of an idea. "Okay, new plan. We are going to the island. From there you will point out the way back to your colony, without going in the water."

"But-"

"I am not letting you in the water unless I desperately need to and as if right now, you don't need to be free in the water." He gets up walking around his desk over to me leaning towards me slightly. I lean back in the chair to be farther away from him. "If you even think about jumping overboard at any point in time to try and escape me I will make you regret it." Quick as a flash he stabs his knife into the arm of the chair, barely missing my fingers. "Is that understood?" I quickly nod my head yes in fear.

The door slams open as we both look towards the door seeing the man in purple. He looks at me raising an eyebrow. "Is that-"

"Close the door Tad." The man in purple, Tad, shuts the door before looking between us.

"You have really lost your fucking marbles, haven't you Bill?"

"Bill?" I look up at the pirate captain, the name sounding familiar. "Like Cipher?"

"Yes exactly. You heard of me?"

With a slow creeping horror I realize why his name sounds familiar as I look away from him. "Maybe. It sounds familiar."

Glancing at him I see him leaning back on his desk. "Well you know my name so what is yours?"

"....Dipper....." I look at him seeing that he's struggling to contain his laughter. I look away angrily crossing my arms over my chest at his reaction, it being a usual reaction.

"Bill." I hear Tad growl from behind me. "Why is he here? How is he even here? What the hell happened to its tail?"

"He tried to escape. Interestingly we found out that when his tail gets dry, he becomes human. He is quite an interesting specimen."

"Why is he in your office though? What if someone else came in here and saw him? They already nearly fucked everything up when they shot those crossbows at it." I subconsciously rub my arm thinking about how they almost killed me when they were capturing me.

"Well they won't. Now take him back to my room, I got stuff to do."

"You realize I only let you pull this crap because we're related."

"Yes I am very well aware, dear cousin."

Tad grabs my arm hastily pulling me out of the chair and out of the office, making me nearly trip to keep up with him.

He takes me to Bill's room once again, pushing me inside and I hear the door lock behind me.

I look towards the window again. I could easily get out of it but it's a painful process with the legs turning into a tail again and it's even more trouble with the pants being on. And he found me once just by luck, what if he manages to find me again?

The best thing I can do for now is just go along with this until I see a better and easier oppurtunity. Maybe when everyone else is sleeping so I have more time.

I lay on the bed running a hand over my face letting a loud sigh escape me.

"Just what the fuck have I gotten myself into?"