Mirrored Waters

Chapter 5: Resolve

Danny really didn't want to hurt the other but if he wanted help him, than he was going to have get close to the other. It was times like this that he wished that he could talk, sing, and soothe the other in any way that he could.
When the screaming stopped and the mer began to falter, he let out a silent cry. Quickly making his way under the others body he put the others arm around his head as he swam up and up. However the screeching from below made him stop for a moment.
"Danny where do you think you're going with that thing?!" Nyx called out.
"Leave him be! We have to go! Our spells will wear off very soon and we won't be here to protect you!" Sedna frowned.
Wary of letting the magic he used to convey his message to the others touch the currently unconscious male, he pointed his finger back as far as he could and shot a wave like echo to them with a snap of his fingers. It plainly said: I will be back once I've finished my mission.
He hoped that the others got the hint. Ren smirked before sticking his hand inside the satchel and swimming up to the other. The man kept that devil wearing smirk on his face as he put something around the others neck, the boy nodding whilst ignoring his friends strange actions, then continued back up to the upper portion of the ocean. He was far too concerned with his companion to worry about whatever was around his neck.
"Come on guys, I got a perfect place to hide this until Danny gets back," The man winked as he dove down into the depths, the other two so confused that they decided to simply go along with it. All the while asking what the mer had given Danny.
Meanwhile, the storm still raged above so the boy had a difficult time getting the other into the cave that they had first taken cover in. It was there that he found his poor abandoned band lying on the rock floor. Danny decided that once he drained the other of the magic that raged rapidly within the mer, then he would have time to care about his token.
He lay the other carefully down on the cave floor and hesitantly placed his hand over the others eyes. His body still glowed despite the fact that they were no longer in deep waters. It was disturbing to know that the other was this affected by the magic.
The boy nearly shot back when he realized just how much power had been building within the other. This event had been inevitable. Even if the elder hadn't come into contact with the dark mer on their "expedition", he would snap at someone else simply by the fact that the magic had become active so quickly; which had probably caused the temporary madness. Danny frowned. How was he going to deal with this? His reserves weren't this large. He was still far too young to take in this much magic by himself. He would end up going mad or killing himself. Both weren't too appealing. He could always seal the magic into an object. He had seen it done before and it didn't look too hard. But... he had never done it himself. It wasn't like he had another option though...but what would he use? He fingered his hair and jewelry before coming across something that hadn't been there before around his neck. That was right; Ren had put something on him before he went up to the reef. He grabbed the string and followed it before he found something that made his breath catch and eyes water.
It was the clam shell. It was the damned clam shell that had been given by the person who had taken part in ruining his life. The tears fell for a few short seconds before they were wiped away. Yes, he would use this.
The boy sighed as he put one hand over the others stomach and keeping the other over his eyes. He groaned as he pulled at the energy in the others pained form. It was honestly the most painful thing he had ever experienced. It felt like hot searing metal was clogging his veins and flowing throughout his body, shooting spikes and more spikes of it throughout his entire form. His body arched back before returning to its original position, panting with exertion, he forced himself to repeat the process.
Had it been simply pulling the magic into his own reserves, that would have been easy, but pulling the magic into an object meant that he had to make it travel throughout nearly his entire body before going into the object so desired. The clam shell was now opened and in the middle of it there was a green ball of unstable energy that continued to grow and grow with the passing second. Danny's arms were trembling with the effort to keep the flow stable. If he messed up, if the magic didn't go to the right place, it WOULD kill him. He let out a silent scream as tears of pain flowed down his face. He couldn't do it. He couldn't do it. He kept telling himself this but he kept going.
After what felt like hours, the boy abruptly cut off the link that he had created with the older mer and pumping the last bit of the magic into the ball which had grown to about the size of a baseball. Danny turned his hands into themselves and curved his hand in. The ball began shrinking until it was a small compact ball, the size of a pearl. The dark mer immediately grabbed for the clam, closing it before the magic could be released. The child coughed a few times before settling down. His body slumped down until he was lying on his side, his tail slightly curved in as he blinked blearily; too exhausted to really care about anything as of the moment. Finally, he closed his eyes to sleep, hoping he wouldn't be forced awake by anything or anyone.