Siren POV
The crunch of the snow sounds as we run down the path I had taken earlier, and now there were five columns of smoke in the sky.
"They are getting closer!" I yell as Nishia carries Kimiko while running through the snow.
"I don't know if he's dropping them or had planted bombs." She yells as we continue to run.
"Well, it should be better to figure it out!" I shout as Nishia holds Kimiko head. Before Nishia could answer me, a loud explosion went off. I was quick enough to hold out half a force field to cover us from any poison smoke.
"Fuck!" I scream as my back hits the snow and quickly turns to water on my skin.
"Ouch.." I hear Nishia huff out as She sits up to check on Kimiko.
"So there are my little rats." An annoying voice say as Nishia cringes turns quickly to throw snow at the man. I look up and follow his gaze.
"Rats? You are calling us rats when you look starved." I say as I stand looking at the skinny man with sliver hair and blonde highlights. His cheekbones were sunken in like he hadn't been bothered to eat, and there were bandages loosely on his abdomen. Nishia couldn't stand from her fear.
The man's eyebrow furrowed as he looked at me before realizing who I was.
"The Siren, huh?" He chuckles and coughs, bringing blood to his lips. Nishia's eyes widen as she finally gets over her fear.
"You are dying." She speaks and stands up. The man spits out blood from his mouth to leave a small wet puddle in the snow.
"Don't worry, little dove. They are all dead. No one on this island lives. You couldn't protect the people like you were grown-up to do." His voice is dry from the blood he coughed up. Nishia growls and steps closer. I stopped her by moving in front her. It was a good idea because in a second, he pulled a grenade and released the pin. My eyes widen, and my power acts first. I make a force field around me and Kimiko as the explosion knocks my force field back. Nishia's scream echoes in my ear as we both bump into each other and spin on the snow. It takes us a bit to settle before we stop completely. I sit up and hold my head to stop everything from spinning. I winced as I went to stand up and realized I had opened a wound back up.
"Fuck." I curse. My gaze goes to look at the mess in front of us and several yards away. A giant hole and smokey boots. He really was just going to blow us up.
"Is he?" Nishia's voice sounded so weak as I didn't even look up from the snowy ground.
"Do you want to look?" I ask, and before I could say another word, her sobs leave her raspy throat. I stay quiet. Emotions are high. She'll realize that even with her parents and kingdom gone, she has nothing but herself and her sister to take care of.
"Are you still able to stand?" I ask emotionless. I can see her change as I watch her. Tears still roll down her cheek as she sniffles her snot. Her legs were wobbly as she tried to stand tall. She checks in Kimiko, who surprisingly hasn't made a sound in a while. The coos were reassurance for both of us.
"Since he's dead, I want to see the palace before we go." Nishia weakly says as she looks to me.
"There might be more about your parents there or Elyota?" She continued.
"We are a team now. We choose together. We should definitely check out your palace." I say, and her eyes go watery again.
"It would've been my palace," she says as she takes my hand. "But I want to follow you and become a better person for myself and Kimiko." She finishes.
"Are there still dangers?" I ask as it felt nice holding someone's hand. I must really be lonely after the whitebeard pirates. I even had a dream about Marco last night. It was sweet, something we used to do when everyone got drunk on the ship. We would talk about the most beautiful things in the world only to watch the night sky fill with millions of stares.
"Probably, but maybe we can walk in the force field, and it'll be fine."
Nishia's giggle pulls me out of my daydream. She had a smile on her face before she started walking and forced me to walk with her in the force field. I'll say it definitely made it an easier walk, and thankfully, no bombs went off."Were you thinking about someone earlier?" Nishia speaks up after an hour of walking in the vast snowing landscape.
"Irrelevant." I say as if my cheeks weren't burning with embarrassment.
"Oh, you truly were thinking of someone. You even tried calling out their name in your sleep." She laughs with her belly and pokes my cheek.
"You are burning up." She says jokingly. I swipe her finger away.
"I'm always burning." I say, and we both walk in silence until we see ice house. They weren't the one I had seen in my travels. They actually were made out of ice but looked like a solid house. Nishia told me to let down my force field, and I gave in when we saw a figure step out of one of the houses. Nishia stops as her eyes grow shiny again before she takes off running.
"Hey, wait!" I yell, running after her. Nishia waves as she yells at the figure.
"Mrs. Corrie!" She yelled as we got closer, and the figure began running towards us. The woman was curvy with dark skin and brown locks dancing behind her back. Nishia hugs the woman as she gets there before I do.
"Don't run like that." I spit out at Nishia. Nishia wipes her tears away.
"This was my caretaker, Floria Corrie." She says and hugs the older black woman.
"Father said everyone had died, but I knew it wasn't true. If mom knew anything about her people, they were not going to help him, let alone die by him." Nishia cries before Floria smacks her head.
"You were a damn fool grabbing Kimiko before running off into the snow. It was hard enough trying to find him, but you too, as well." Floria shuts at Nishia before hugging her again.
"I'm just glad you are safe, child." She says, petting Nishia's rose hair color.
"Come inside before you freeze, and maybe you can explain the girl." Floria says as she looks from Nishia to me.
"My name is Siren, and I'm looking for Talho Novak." I smirk at Floria.
"So this is the so-called daughter." Floria chuckles as she grins.
"Better come on in. I have lots to say about your mother." She says.

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