The Little Polynesian Mermaid

Chapter 11: Rescue me

The storm was getting worse by the minute, the tide was getting higher and the waves more furious, the roar of the water and the howling of th winds were getting louder and louder, the rain was beating down on them so hard and the waves pushed them all against the rocks, But Miya was still staring up at Jamie, she met men before, washed up surfers, drowning divers, fishermen who fell from their boats in the middle of storms and small little boys who drifted off to sea on their little floaters, crying for Mommy and such. but none of them had Jamies strange effect on her, Miya felt sympathy and awe for all people she came into contact with but this feeling was different, and she couldnt explain it, and although as much as she wanted to explore this feeling more, she couldnt help but be conscious about the way he looked at her. Fearful and confused, his eyes wide open.

"Nami?! We have to get out of here, NOW!!" jamie yelled and startled MIya.

"What?! I cant leave her here!" Nami clutched miya and cushioned herself for miya against the rocks.

"I know!! we have to get out of this storm! Right now! all of us!" Jamie started towards them, shoved his flashlight to namis hands and said to Miya.

"I'm going to pick you up now!" Jamie calmly said to her, he didnt know what to make of what he was seeing but he sure wouldn't find the answer if he stayed and got killed by the water, he needed to get his sister and this curious new face, home and safe from the storm.

Miyas face was burning and she nodded, removing her arms from around Nami and let Jamie take her arms to wrap around his neck, he held her around the waist with his left arm, and struggled against the ferocious waves to paddle towards the shore. Nami started swimming ahead and paddled furiously, when suddenly she saw lights underwater that flashed her way, they startled her and she panicked, she remembered that the coast guards were still looking for the missing boy, she swam away from the lights as hard as she could and on her next turn, right in front of her face, with ghostly white complexion, blue lips and vacant dead eyes was a dead man, she screamed underwater but of course no sound came out, she swallowed some water,choked,struggled, pushed the dead boy away from her and popped her head out in the surface and gasped for air, she heard her name.

"Nami!!" she turns around in the water and sees Jamie carrying Miya with her arms tightly wrapped around his neck and her head turned to look at nami. they were standing in the shallow water of the shore, it was so dark, she couldn't even see her house, the power was still out, and despite the fear and panic she felt in her heart, she swam hard towards them. and once on the shallower water, she stumbles and runs towards them, Jamie still with that fearful look on his face, confused wether he was in a dream or not, was once again frozen on the beach. Nami reaches them and tugs at Jamie yelling.

"Jamie! Move it!!" he snaps out of it and races with her in the dark and rain towards the house, they get to the bottom of the stairs and Nami races to the top of the stairs and shoves open the doors. Jamie climbs the stairs, zips into the house and collapses onto the floor on his back, Miya on top of him, terrified. He was exhausted, panting heavily and soaking wet,sprawled on the floor. Nami takes a lamp,places it on the table and starts to lock the doors and closes the windows and curtains, when she finished, she lifts Miya off of Jamie and grabs a towel to toss at him.

"Are you okay?" Nami asks Miya

"my side hurts" she answered, lifting up her left arm and exposing the bruised skin, she winces because even lifting her arm was difficult to do.

"it must have been the rocks, does anything feel broken? is it hard to breathe?" Nami asks, worried that a broken rib might have punctured a lung.

"No, it just aches very much" she answers, then looks towards Jamie who she can see is staring at her tail again.

Jamie sees she saw him stare at her tail and abruptly gets up from the floor and sits on a nearby sofa to sit down wrapped in his towel. sitting in the chair, stealing glances, as to what the hell he was carrying just earlier.

"I'm going to get you some ice for the pain, don't get up" Nami says as she rushes to kitchen.

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Jamie notices his sister left the room and so he gets up from the chair to face the 'creature' that was lying on their living room floor, he saw she was in pain so he picks up a throw pillow and bends down to the floor.

"Here, the floor is not a place for your head" he uses his left hand to lift the back of her neck and slides the pillow underneath her head.

"He's afraid of me" Miya thought, she could see into his thoughts but he doesn't know it. Miya most always communicates through telepathy, she never really needed to use her vocal capabilities, but she does remember when she was in the water terrified, that she screamed for dear life, but for some reason, she couldn't say anything right now. 

Nami returned with a stand-by cold pack from the freezer and wraps it in a soft towel, seeing Jamie on the floor next to Miya, she stopped for a moment and started towards her anyway. and places the ice pack on her side, then looks to Jamie.

"I suppose youre going to ask me something soon" she said.

"no"

"no?" Nami was puzzled

"no"

he had this look on his face she couldn't understand.

"remember all those stories mom used to tell us?" Nami said in a frightened voice.

"Yes, i remember 'em all, really well too"

"well, she rescued me today"

the storm outside wasn't getting any better, and it looked like Jamie wasn't easing up to the situation.

"i don't know what to make of everything right now, im going up"

as he left the living room and up the stairs,he glanced back and took one last look at Miya and thought.

"yup, still there, i must be going nuts"

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