NUR DIE SGE

Water Has Memory (David/Martin)

Water has memory

David is at the beach with his son when he meets him. In fact, he didn't know what it was like when he went into the water leaving his boy under the umbrella, but after a few minutes of swimming, he felt himself sink to the bottom of the water, for no apparent reason. Of course he had tried his best to rise to the surface, but he hadn't even managed to find enough strength to flap his arms as darkness began to surround him. He was going to die for no reason, leaving his son on the sand. And yet, as his oxygen gradually disappeared, his eyes barely seeing anything between the darkness and the lack of air, David saw something swimming close to him. A hallucination of a dying person. And before he understood what it meant, he found himself on the edge of the water, the sand creeping over his body, broken waves washed up on him, David has trouble finding his tracks, to breathe while his lungs are burning. He had to die, but yet he finds himself on the surface, the sun above him. It's a miracle.

He didn't think that day that the one who saved him existed. Since that day, David hears a voice every time he’s in the water, whether at the beach, in a bath or in a swimming pool. He hears that damn voice because he almost drowned when he knows how to swim and there was no reason to sink that way. David is haunted, that’s the only explanation. A spirit is after him, it wants his death by water, it's not even as if that damned voice speaks Spanish, no, it's a kind of German with a strange accent. He's afraid to go back to the beach since then, and see the dark thing underwater again, hear the voice again, be cursed again and sink like an idiot. David knows he’s a moron to let himself be used this way by a supernatural event, but he can’t get rid of his fear, he clearly doesn’t want to die, and leave his son alone.

David takes his courage in both hands as he goes to the same beach, to the same place, alone. He has to succeed by himself, he has to succeed in finding the origin of what went next to him, the voice, his drowning. He won’t leave without explanations. David puts on his swimsuit before slowly advancing in the water, it isn’t because he’s there that he fundamentally forgot what had happened the previous time. He bites his lower lip as he puts his head underwater to glimpse hopefully the shadow of his savior. He swims a few meters before stopping dead again feeling the force trying to bring him back to the bottom of the water, the first time he didn't know, now he's kicking it with his feet as much as possible to dislodge himself from it , he won’t be fooled twice in a row. David feels something against his leg as the pressure seems to double to make him die. He ends up with his entire body submerged, darkness surrounding him again despite his efforts. He’s truly cursed. But he doesn’t pass out this time, he can catch a glimpse of the hand that rests on his cheek, the lips that rest on his, before feeling a strong arm around his waist, and then the water suddenly disappears, letting him feel the heat of the sun, and the sand against his back.

David is once again completely lost, but he sees the humanoid form by his side this time as he spits out water. He straightens up slightly to make sure he's not hallucinating. There is a man next to him, but it isn’t legs that he sees at the end of his body, it’s a kind of fish tail. He quickly rubs his eyes to try to find a logical explanation, but he doesn't understand anything.

"You're a mermaid..." David whispers as he tries to get close to check that his savior isn’t just a mirage

"This is the second time I have to save you, please stop coming back, you're going to die if I don't get there in time."

"But what... How is it even possible?"

"You are right in the middle of what is left of Atlantis, so the currents aren’t the same for people like you, and people like me. Now go home and never come back."

"Were you the voice in my head when I was underwater?"

"I was trying to warn you! You didn’t listen to me!"

"I don't speak German for my defense!"

"Never mind, don't come back, for your safety, you won't survive every time."

"So, come back for me, on another beach, siren?"

"Martin, but everyone calls me Hinti."

"David."

"I know a quieter beach, for a next meeting, if you want."

"With pleasure, Hinti.” David watches him plunge back into the sea as he convinces himself that he’s not cursed, that he isn’t mad. He's going to flirt with a mermaid.

The End