Everything I Am - Orm Marius/Ocean Master

Chapter Thirteen - Let's Get Outta Here!

"Let's go, Skinny Jeans!"

She moved to follow him but was instead struck by another of the creatures burrowing out of the sand, bringing a whole bunch of guards with it.

"Aurelia!"

"I'm fine! Keep going!" she hollered as the creature took off with her. With her clamped in the creature's jaws, the guards started delivering punches, all ganging up on her. She managed to hit her gauntlet, disguising herself, but it was pretty messy overall. Finally, the creature skidded to a stop and threw her off and she struck the sand hard. 

BLAST! Something - someone - shot out of the water a little ways away, taking on guards of their own.

"DON'T!" PUNCH! "TOUCH!" PUNCH! "MY!" PUNCH! "WIFE!" PUNCH!

There was Orm, in all his shirtless, muscled glory. 

She was gonna jump him.

"YEAH! WHOOO HOOO! He's back! H20, just add water! Well, mostly." The bod was there, but she couldn't see his beautiful face. Again, the hair. She threw her arms around him and planted a kiss firmly on his lips - only to draw back when she got a whole mouthful of beard hair. "Ugh... Well, that's different..."

"Are you all right?" he cried.

"Yes, you?"

"I am now."

"Yeah you are! That was awesome! Good job Babe, high five!" 

A squeal alerted them to Topo slithering across the sand. He passed them and headed right for the water. 

A whole army of the Deserters and their weird freaky creature things were charging down the dunes towards them, kicking up a dust storm in their wake.

Aurelia dropped her hand, still raised and waiting for that high five. "Yeah, so like, we've got some king and queen shit to do back in Atlantis..."

"Yes-"

"Go-" They too charged for the water. As soon as they reached it, Topo climbed up onto her back - why she didn't know. "Ahh! Come on, Topo!"

Well, good riddance of that place.

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First thing's first: she put the ship on autopilot so she could tend to Orm's hair.

"Blup blup." They turned - Topo floated beside them and held up a knife in each tentacle.

Yeah, eight freaking knives. 

Both jumped away. "Uh, I got this, but thanks buddy." She turned to her husband. "Unless you'd rather have him do it?"

"No, that's fine. Thank you though, Topo, for the kind offer."

"Blup." And just like that, all the knives were gone. Okay then...

"I honestly didn't realize Atlantean men grew facial hair," Aurelia said as she held Orm's jaw in one hand, shaving away the intense beard with the other.

"My father did, and Mera's father. King Atlan," he continued listing. 

"Okay, well Atlantean men besides crusty old kings."

"It's just because I shave constantly."

"Ah ha, there you are!" she cheered as the last of the beard fell away. Now she kissed his hair-free lips. 

"Actually, I wouldn't mind going shorter with the hair too," he admitted.

"Okay - how short are we talking." She held up the scissors against his long locks for reference.