Depths

30. Tempt

OMG GUYS, I AM FINALLY DONE WITH THE SEMESTER.

Freedom tastes good.

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Fun fact: If you are wondering how the siren's who are heat based are able to survive under the extremely cold temperatures of the water, it is because their bodies are biologically insured with temperature stabilizers that resist hypothermia when inhabiting the normal external temperature range. So, as long as they migrate when the temperature of the sea water starts to drop due to weather or other environmental changes, they can survive.

When Hades turned them into humans, their normal temperature range in which they are able to successfully regulate their own temperature compresses to any other humans. Furthermore, what doesn't change after becoming human is their need to stay in a certain external temperature, and without the ability to keep themselves warm, they are severely compromised when suffering from Phantom's ice power.

It's kind of like what we as humans do; when we ourselves get cold, our body does something to raise our body temperature to lower the risk of freezing, and when we get too hot we sweat to release the internal heat so we don't have a stroke. Only in this fanfic, the biological advantage for the sirens is like our own, only on superman-level steroids.

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I was never a scientist, and while I did have an A in AP bio, I do not claim to be great at it. But in Fanfiction, I can do whatever laws of science that I want.

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Samantha breathed, her slender green tail flapping against the surface of the water as she waited and watched for her next prey. She hummed softly to herself and took in the heat of the sun. The slight chill would bother her soon, and she wanted to get as much heat as she could before she started to dry up.

She didn't need to turn her head to know that Hades had appeared next to her.

"So," she started, her voice as low and sultry as it normally was, "The other two dimwits failed, am I correct?" The whole cove knew about Ember's fail after Spectra was assigned for the same mission, and it didn't take a genius, let alone a siren, to know that Hades wouldn't personally contact yet another mermaid if Spectra had completed the job.

Hades nodded, "Yes," his voice sounded stressed as he started to wonder how many merpeople he would have to send after one human child before he got what he wanted. "I miss-judged how capable they both were."

Samantha smirked, her razor-sharp teeth visible to anyone who was looking, "Spectra and Ember were stupid. The key isn't getting to Danny first, It's making sure Phantom is incapable of being there to save the human."

Hades stared blankly at her, she wasn't nearly as cocky as the other two imbeciles had been when he approached them with the mission. He was sure that this mermaid would use her head and actually get something done. "I'll give you legs until you complete the mission. I have faith in you, Samantha. Your manipulative and evil nature surprises and concerns even me sometimes."

Hades disappeared after that, and with a smile, Samantha dove into the water and swam towards shore. She was already formulating a plan, and she would not disappoint her god.

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"Afternoon class," Mr. Lancer greeted as he walked in. "We have a new student, I just bumped into him on my way to class, come in Gregore." The out of shape teacher stepped aside to let in a guy with white hair and black sunglasses in.

Danny looked up from his notes briefly just to glance at the new student, but he lost interest almost immediately and then started doodling on his paper, waiting for class to start.