Melissa Slowly calmed down and sunk back into her seat. “I just can’t get away from drama today.” She said. “I was just as shocked as you.” Anastasia said. Melissa looked down into her cup again. Her hands were still shacking…the depression getting to her again. “I need some air.” She said. “Of course.” Ana said. She gestured out a window towards the pier. Ana had known Melissa would be shocked…but not that strong of a reaction was expected. She got up and walked out the door. Unknowingly that I was watching her every move along with other people still staring at her after her explosion. Ana watched her as she sat down at the pier, Melissa’s eyes downcast at the waters below her. “She misses home,” I heard Ana whisper, “and true love. Then again, if Ursula hadn’t washed her up on the shore in the first place, I never would have met her. She doubts if I can turn her back; ‘have some faith girl’, I’d tell her. ‘Do you forget who got you back your true form? She had never been in a true love relationship. Ana failed to realize this. If it had been true love Jordan wouldn’t have hurt her. But she would have it soon….very soon. Just then a waiter came up to Ana and Ana snapped out of her thoughts and hastily paid quickly and then I turned to the pier again when I saw Ana staring towards that way in shock. I saw two men knock Melissa out and carry her unconscious and fragile looking body off and away from the pier. ‘NO!’ I screamed in my head. ‘NOT THE ANGEL!’ Then I thought. Did they know her secret….her mermaid identity. This couldn’t be good. If they knew…they were planning to expose her. And if she was…..she would put in a tank in an aquarium. Or a lab having tests done on her. I wouldn’t let it happen! NOT TO MY ANGEL!
I wanted to hurt these men as I heard them laugh as they walked away with Melissa. I didn’t want them to hurt my angel. As I pulled my rapier out I saw a blue haired boy, and girl coming towards the piers to take a break. The girl ran off. But the boy was the same one I had seen the other day when my mermaid was singing at the beach. He was asking about where his friend and my angel Melissa was. He was waiting by the Sea Shanty when at the same time I turned to go take care of the monsters who took my mermaid the boy saw me and approached me. “What are you doing?” He asked. “Those men stole my mermaid away!” I growled at him. At the word mermaid he understood it was his friend….but he didn’t sound to pleased when I said “my mermaid”. He took in my appearance. Maybe he thought I was Melissa’s boyfriend or something. I would be soon. I wanted to spill the blood of those sailors all over the place for what they did to my angel though. I had no time for this child. Ana came out around that time as she hurried by Mat turned to her, and I jumped to the roofs of the buildings above. “Hey, Ana, what’s the rush?” She stopped. She turned to look at Mat. I hadn’t time for this…if they were going to help me save Melissa then they needed to hurry there a**’ up and cut the chit chat. Mat’s sword was loose in it’s scabbard. I was ready to go into overkill if those two didn’t hurry up…my angel was in trouble and they were busy having a tea party chit chat! Some friends they were. “Did you see that?”, Ana continued, indicating the pier as she said this. “Yup,” Mat said. “This fell over here was just about ready to bathe the pier in the blood of those two hooligans when he saw that too. I stopped him though, knowing this might not be the best place.”
Ana was confused, and raised and eyebrow. She didn’t see me. The blue haired boy who was called Mat pointed upwards with one finger towards me on the roof. Ana looked like she would scream from fangilish joy at any given moment. She was obviously confusing me for my ultimate forbear. He was quite well known. I sensed he was a mutual idol of both her and Melissa’s. She stared at my mask which stood prominent against the haze of the foggy day as I leaped down into the alleyway.. I was tired of waiting for these two children to finish there chat. Mat looked at me with a look as if he had a bad feeling about me. I couldn’t explain that. Mat nodded to me though and we were off in our pursuit, but me and Ana were running at our normal human speed so they were ahead. We were slower then Mat. Mat grabbed Ana’s and my wrist and he charged up his power and burst off in something he called his Sonic Dash. We would be there in no time at this rate. We all heard a splash as we neared the docks, Mat stopped. Ana and Mat ran straight to where the sound came from. I jumped up to a open window near the rafter part of the building. I saw those sailors had thrown Melissa into a tank of water. Mat and Ana entered and ran to the tank. “Melissa!” She exclaimed, forgetting they were trying to keep quite. “Hey, keep quiet,” Mat said, clamping his hand over her mouth. “We don’t want to blow our cover.” “Don’t worry Melissa, we’ll get you out of there,” Mat said in his heroic voice. Show off in my opinion. They glanced at Melissa’s hands positions, one clamping her throat and the other on the side of the tank, trying to get above water. Problem was she couldn’t swim in human form. Her hands positions suggested only one thing; she needed air and fast! “We need to get her out of there,” Ana told Mat. “She needs air. She may be a mermaid but she can only breath so long as a human, even though she can breathe for longer.”“We need to get the lid off the tank.” Mat said climbing up the later those two stupid sailors had left there. “Oh, and I should tell you. She can’t swim as a human.” “Then I’ll dive in there and get her out.” Mat said. “Of course. Where was my head?” She said. They pushed the lid of the tank enough for one of them to go in and get Melissa and get back out with her. The Sailors came back and Ana got ready to fight, while Mat dived in the tank to get Melissa. Like a torpedo almost. Then he used the bottom of the tank to shoot them out after Melissa franticly pointed to her legs saying she was starting to change back. She looked like she was going to faint from lack of air at the same time. Ana formed a shield of air around herself and sprayed the sailors with mist….not going to do much sorry to say…but she was still in training. They barely had time to look or defend when she unleashed a torrent of icy daggers upon them. One of them looked down for the count, but the others quickly charged at her. She defended using the fog of the day to her advantage. Though she looked like she was going to win, she was wondering if Melissa had changed back. “Let’s help Anastasia.” Mat said just then. Melissa stayed near the top of the tank after Mat dried her with a spell, and went to go help Ana. I stayed and stood there in the rafters omniscient and yet present. Melissa noted my presence and then looked like she was gawked at me. She went white eyed as I spoke to her. “So you admit you’re a mermaid” I heard a muscular sailor say. “Your friends are no better.”
“Are you going to take that?!” I told her. “Who are you?” She asked under her breath. “A guardian.” I told her. “A guardian?” She repeated as a question “Why are you douching yourself?” I asked her. “I don’t have any powers. I can’t help them.” “YES YOU CAN!” I yelled back at her. “Your powers are there waiting to be awakened.” She stared in disbelief. She noticed my voice sounded a bit like my ultimate forbearers. “Can’t you feel it flowing though you right now?” I said. “It’s flowing in your veins right now.” She could feel it. “Get up and fight!” I exclaimed. “How? I don’t know anything about these powers. How to use them…nothing.” She said to me. “Wait for them to make you mad. Then you’ll know. Awaken yourself.” I told her as I made my voice sound like it was fading. I had to leave to another part of the room. “But…who are you.” She asked me. “A guardian phantom is with you.” Is all I said to her. I was with her. I would always be with her. Now…tomarrow….next week….year…24/7.…365 days a year. “MELISSA!” Mat yelled. “A little help here.” Anastasia said. Melissa jumped down from the tank, and landed gently on the ground next to Ana. Mat summoned the Ocean Omega Sword and helped fight off the sailors, as Melissa came in. But then, unexpectedly, a crowd starting forming outside. We didn’t need that right now. He had to go take care of the crowed. His little friend was there too. She took over so Mat could go back and help with the battle. “Oh the mermaid’s going to join in.” The skinny sailor said. “so scary she’s not going to do much better.” The muscular one said. “Shut up!” Melissa yelled. “I think she’s mad.” The muscular one said. “I thought mermaid’s were gentle. Guess not.” The skinny one said. “Shut UP!” Melissa yelled again.
That was it….get angry…awaken. "Mat, I’m sensing a strange power around her.” Anastasia said. “That makes two of us.” Mat said. Leaving Aoi to take care of the crowed. “What’s wrong mermaid?” The skinny one said. “Did we offend you. Even though you know it’s true.” Suddenly I could tell she felt a massive bit of anger inside of her body. A massive power. “Shut……up!” She yelled. “Watch out she might blow a cap.” The skinny sailor said. That was the breaking point. She’d gotten to her boiling point. She’d always had a temper so this was much worse then her usual temper tantrums. Very different. “SHUT UP!” Suddenly her hair and eyes changed to blue. Her body started to flash blue. The water tanks behind all of us shook. The water uneasy to match her anger. I saw Ana and Mat stare in shock as she undergone a transformation into a Sailor Mercury look. Her Elemental, and main one, warrior self over water. “YOU TWO ACT LIKE I’M A PRIZE TO BE WON! JUST ANOTHER FISH IN AN AQUARIAM!” She yelled at the sailors. “WELL YOUR WRONG!” Now Melissa’s cloths had changed her to look like Sailor Mercury. Some of the water from the tank that had fell to the ground when she was transforming started making swirls around her. Everything about her probably could appear different. But I had learned that Melissa was able to changer her hair and eye color at will so that part was normal. Everything else was changing though. She knew I was watching over her, guiding her though this whole thing. Anastasia and Mat seemed concerned. “Let’s finish this.” Melissa said. She was not happy. She stepped in front of her friends. The sailor’s definetly hadn’t expected this. They were frightend of my mermaid. They jerked around and tried to run away, but I could sense my angel was not going to let them….not after what they had done.
She made her hands make a circle in front of her, and a small bubble started to form in my between them. She spun around in a circle, and I noticed a symbol glowing brightly in the bubble…the symbol of the plant Mercury. As she brought the bubble up above her head and it burst into a swirling circle around her. She brought her arms in towards her chest. “MERCURY BUBBLES!” She yelled spreading her arms out away from her body. “MIST!” suddenly the whole place was covered in mist. I could hardly see her. I think I saw her shape in the mist moving though…reaching for her ear if I was right. I then saw a small tinkle of light from her tiara and a blue visor, from the looks of it, came down and covered her eyes. I laughed to myself. These sailors were so stupid….they lacked the brains to see they were trapped….Melissa had them where she wanted them. She was looking through the visor I couldn’t be sure but I was guessing something was on the visor lenses that she was looking at. As if she were scanning there bodies for something. If I had to guess…she was looking for a weak point. “Your not getting away.” I heard her say as she was hidden in the mist. “Melissa, are you feeling ok.” Ana asked her. “Never better. I feel great.” She said in more of a hiss then anything. “SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!” She yelled. She was drawing something towards her. I saw a dot of something in the mist float towards her…a drop of water from the tank. It came out and fell to the ground, then Melissa started spinning around on her tip toes like a top, conjuring up water.
She was guiding the water through the air with her right hand, like a snake, then she shot a massive column of water at the sailors….freezing them solid in a block of ice. The mist died out, and I saw my angel again. Her face so beautiful to me. Mat and Ana were standing, just standing, staring in disbelief. “I’m not done yet.” Melissa hissed. The visor was gone. She smiled wickedly and I followed her facial expression. Yes…that was right my angel. Awaken yourself. Show people not to mess with you. A mysterious blue flame was burning in her eyes. “MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!” She yelled. A harp appeared, and started playing it Suddenly water shot out from the harp, and shattered the ice around the moronic sailors. They gasped for air and feel to the ground. One of the sailors ran for it. The other tried to follow….however Melissa didn’t let him. “I’M NOT DONE WITH YOU!” Melissa screamed the mysterious blue flame burning more deeply in her eyes. “MERCURY AQUA MIRAGE!” My angel yelled. A swirling stream of water came from the tank behind her like a snake, and started to form a sphere, which she was guiding with an arc with her right hand, finally causing it to drop and splash at her feet. It had then started to swirl around her angelic, and so fragile of a body. Then she raised her arms above her head and thrust them in front of herself, sending forth a large column of water that divided into a smaller columns, which seeked out the sailor that was left and struck him, forming a glowing sphere around her enemy, which suddenly exploded into a huge wave of water, revealing the targeted sailor, who was now just a mass of water, then he exploded also.
She prepared to go after the other sailor but Ana grabbed her shoulder. She looked at Melissa afraid of what Melissa had done. She had tears in her eyes. Mat even looked at her like he didn’t recognize her. Melissa’s mysterious blue flames still burning in her eyes but slightly faded. “Please….please stop.” Ana cried….almost a plead. The flames in her eyes vanished from her eyes without a trace. Her anger lightened bit my bit until it was gone. As Melissa would put it it was like a ocean calming after a furious storm. Her hair was pink, and her eyes returned to a chocolate tent. Those chocolate eyes that I so dearly enjoyed so much to look at. Her cloths now a pair of jeans, and ruffled black top again. Her hair bow now back in her hair. I was behind the tank now. She turned to look at me and saw me. Her guardian Phantom. “You have awakened." I mused and then I vanished to the banisters again where she didn’t see me this time.
To be continued in Chapter 37...
