A Saiyan's Melody

Chapter 9: The Mermaid on Fire

The Picture is Celia (Not my photo)

The trip back to the main land was fairly quiet. Victor spent most of the time in his room; Tori and I basically sat in our room on our phones the entire way back. Tori and I did not speak a word of the night's events; it was all jut starting to sink in. We didn't hear much from Tori's parents so it was a very boring ride back. We had come up on the shore about 15 hours after having set sail from the island. Which, believe me, was a relief to get off that freaky island. We already have enough half-fish girls in the world.

"Girls! Land-Ho!" We heard Tori's mother call from the deck of the ship. Lazily, Tori and I got up off our butts and up over to the stair case that leads to the ships deck. We walked up into the burning sunlight; and set our sights on the land ahead.

The boat docked only ten minutes after Tori's mom called us to the main deck. We helped tie the boat up, get the supplies back into their car, etcetera, etcetera. Then just when Tori and I thought we were done; "Hey girls? Can you help me wash the boat?" Victor and Tori's dad calls to us.

Victor opens his mouth to speak, but Tori slaps her hand over his mouth, "Sorry Dad! Rochelle, Victor, and I have something to take care of!" Tori yells back as she begins to quickly climb off of the boat, dragging Victor and I along with her. We all begin to walk towards the harbor park.

Victor and Tori's Dad gives us a small smile and waves our way, "Alright then, but hurry back!"

Tori drags Victor and I by our arms towards the playground on the harbor. We try to break free of Tori's strong grip, but to no avail; I even had trouble trying to get free. She brings us through the gates of the playground and drags us towards the swings. Tori stops dragging me about half way to the swings, but keeps on dragging Victor. She gets to the swings and practically throws her brother onto the nearest swing.

"Hey! What's the big idea sis!" Victor says, brushing off his clothes. He fixes the collar of his white button up and brushes off his dark wash jeans.

Tori's gaze turns into a glare towards her brother, Victor shrinks back a little under her stare, "The big idea is that you were about to volunteer us for washing the boat!"

Victor arcs his brow in confusion, "Yeah, you think I was gonna to it by my self?"

Tori sighs and pinches the bridge of her nose. He turns away from Victor and walks over to me. She places a hand on my shoulder and leans in, "You deal with him." She says in a frustrated tone. Tori continues on to the other side of the park.

I look back towards Tori for a moment longer, than turn back to Victor; who looks as confused as ever. I sigh, beginning to walk back towards Tori's brother. "Why me..." I walk over towards Victor and sit on the swing next to him, "Tori seems to be a little flustered about last night still. Just give her some time."

Victor looks down into his lap and sighs, "Oh yeah, I forgot about last night." He says, "This whole mermaid thing is going to take a lot of getting used to."

I reach over and place a hand on Victor's shoulder. He pick his head up and looks to me, "It's gonna be like the time you found out I was a Saiyan; you got used to it pretty quickly."

Victor laughs a little under his breath, "Yeah, it's kinda cool having an alien friend."

"And it will be just as cool having a mermaid sister." I say. I get up from the swings and begin to walk back over towards Tori. I stop and turn back towards Victor, "You coming or what?"

Victor snaps out of his little trance and nods. He gets up and we both walk over towards Tori. She sits on top of a blue tub that hangs 7 feet off the ground and connects two parts of the playground. She has her knees tucked in towards her chest and rests her head on her knees. Victor and I walk until we get just under the tube. I use my energy to ascend into the air until I am eye level with Tori.