Mermaid Melodies

ch. 1

The day was quiet. Not a sound passed through my home among the coral rivers and streams. No one had dared come out of hiding, not even the sharks who were notorious for mischief or the clown fish who love to play in each others anemones. Not even Gizmo, my best friend who is a sting-ray has said hello. My name is Cerulean.

        Things were strange at the moment, almost eerie. Vibrations shook through the reef, I knew I should have checked in with Nick, but I went after the noise anyway. I kept swimming attempting to pin point the noises' source. i came to a narrow cave and i stopped, listening for anything to signify this was the origin. After the vibrations started back up again i swam through.

        The cave walls were dark. Even with my hyperactive sight it was nearly pitch-black. every so often i would get a shard of light from above to help light the dark tunnel. and when that happened it was quite minimal. the end of the cave was at a close emptying into a large room as big as a theatre. After taking a glimpse around i was hit on the back, and i surged forward falling on my face. I knew right away things were going to get messy.

Nick Fury's point of view (POV)

I looked to my most trusted agent, Maria Hill as she was attempting to contact the repair team. A satellite had gone down on the ocean floor and we couldnt seem to reach one of the rookie agents in charge of underwater repairs. She was young i'll admit, but perfect for the job. She had already lived down there for her entire life almost. Before i allowed her to help us she was trained by my best assassins. Agent Barton and Romanoff. She was always responsive, quick to the draw and a very fast learner. After the first time she was knocked down she learned nearly ever hitch in Agent Romanoff's move set, I was quite impressed. She always responded in a heartbeat, but this time she has yet to even answer. It has been over an hour and soon the team will arrive to award Cerulean her admission to the Avengers initiative. That is if she is alright. "Director, still no word on her." "From who?" Steve Rogers had no sooner walked through the door. "Our little rookie get lost in the underworld of ocean life?" Tony Stark walked in behind him smirking at his own remark. "Communication has made it difficult to reach her. It isn't the proper time for a joke Tony. She could be hurt." Maria shot back. Thor and Bruce Banner walked in, standing over by Steve and agent Romanoff and Barton. "well, we could go down to find her.." I looked back at steve and nodded. "Agent Hill." She stiffened from her glare she was currently holding on Stark to turn away and look at me. "lets go meet miss Cerulean."

We piled into a submarine and was then lowered into the ocean. Maria was piloting the sub and the lights flipped on.  "arent there usually marine life out and about at this time of day?" maria looked at steve as he broke the silence. "its strange... not a single fish is visible..." a sense of eerieness filed over all of us, the hair on the back of my neck stood on end. we kept descending further and further.

Tonys pov.

I noticed that the further we went down the water became murky. all of a sudden sharks appeared out of nowhere and red blotched an entire area of water. we all sucked in a breath and leaned forward frantically searching for any form of life other than the frenzied sharks. in a cave neat the ocean floor you could faintly see a figure in blue, brown and green hanging out of the entrance. we came closer and saw none other than Cerulean unconscious dangling. one arm was limp against the current and her hair waved in the current with it. I couldnt help stare at her green teal and blue tail. a great white came close to her and nudged up against her. "We need to get her now!" Steve ran behind us all. "wait steve!" I yelled back at him as we watched the shark pick her up gently with the help of another one. she looked up weakly and layed on top of the great white letting her tail float behind her. she laid her head flat on the back of the great white and kept one hand on the  sharks fin. she looked up again and

made eye contact with us, a bruise covered her left cheek and a cut ran down her shoulder on the right side. she looked seriously beat up. She turned to the shark and we could see her say something to it. all of a sudden the shark started swimming to the surface. we followed and surfaced right before she did. her head bobbed at the surface and she started glowing, her tail disappeared and she reached up for the helicarrier. steve ran out and hoisted her up. she immediately fell to her knees and leaned forward. she was breathing heavily.

Cerulean's pov.

maria Clint and Natasha all kneeled next to me and everyone else backed away. I couldnt breathe right. my hair was a curtain around my face and I took deep breaths. it always takes a lot out of me to come out of the water. its the exact reason I dont like coming up to the surface. I regained my breath and pushed myself upright. "im okay.." maria held a hand on my shoulder, and checked me over. "are you alright?" I looked at Natasha and she was staring at me. "yeah." I nodded at Clint and got up slowly. I straightened my teal cargo shorts as I stood straight. "what the heck happened down there Cerulean?" "I dont know.. I heard something near the repair sight and all of a sudden I was attacked by some, thing. I dont even know what to call it.. it had horns but looked like a bull shark morphed into a human body, with a huge spike coming out of its back.. and eyes.." I involuntarily shivered. "they were pure silver and big black pupils... they were disturbing." a loud squeaking noise snapped me out of my thoughts. I spun around and saw Jubilee jump up out of the water and flip midair. I walked toward her and held my hand out and she hit it gently. I laughed lightly. "hey girl." she clapped her flippers together and started clicking happily. I turned around and looked at Fury. "briefing can wait. go on." I grinned ear to ear and turned back around to see jubilee waiting quietly. I jumped and dove into the water. I laughed as my tail reappeared and I latched myself onto Jubilee. we both dove down deep and separated racing each other to the surface. when we broke the surface I smiled letting the sun warm my tail. Jubilee clicked over and over again excitedly. we flipped over and dove back into the water as we descended. she swam away and I grabbed onto the edge and pulled myself over the edge. I sat at the edge and wrung out my hair and got up by flipping my legs over my head. I turned around and saw the many people standing there staring at me. "uh.. hello." "good to see you again Cerulean." I nodded smiling at natasha and clint. "I'm Bruce." "Tony." he winked at me. "Steve. pleased to meet you miss Cerulean." He shook my hand gently. "My name is Thor milady." he boomed bowing slightly. "nice to meet you all. you already know my name.. its cerulean." I smiled happily. I turned to Natasha and jumped up and down. "omigosh?! did you see that jump Nat?! its gotta be a new personal record!" It was awesome Cee." "im so proud of jubilee!  she was attacked the other day and even through all the pain sjeshe still pulled off that awesome of a stunt!! eeekkk!!!" I spun around and laughed. "Cerulean-" I held up a hand silencing whoever it was and turned back to Natasha. "it was so-" my eyes widened and I stopped abruptly. I turned around and saw Fury standing there arms crossed with a very angry expression on his face. "my apologies sir.." I dropped my hands at my stomach and clasped them there. I dropped my head sheepishly as I slouched slightlg. I heard him huff out a breath of air. "stand up straight!" I straightened myself quickly and stared at the ground. "is that any way to stand before your commanding officer?" he snarled at me. Natasha shifted her weight uncomfortably. I raised my head and saluted with my left hand. "wrong hand Cerulean." he growled. I quickly switched hands and blinked back tears. im such an idiot.. "hit the showers rookie." he turned away from me. I dropped my hand and spun around running for my room inside. I faintly heard yelling and running behind me. I came to the hall my quarters were in and I slowed to a walk. I hung my head and held my arms to my stomach. I ipened the door and walked in looking at my surroundings. large blue letters spelling 'hero' hung above my bed. newspaper clippings of different heroes doing what they do best littered my desk. an aquarium full of exotic fish was on my left against the wall. I closed my door and leaned back against it. Tears escaped my eyes as I held my breath. I slid down the door and pulled my knees up to my chest and rested my head on them. I held fists of my hair and pulled on it slightly. damn it. im such a mistake. im no hero.. im nothing but a mess. im just a wanabe sidekick.. I sobbed harder at this. I crawled into my bed and curled up into a ball hugging my plush dolphin to my chest. "I wanna go home..." I cried.