The water, rising,
The wind, getting heavy,
Rain, pouring uncontrollably. A storm was definitely starting.
The atmosphere on the ship was going from calm to panic mode too fast.
One of the panicking crew members hurriedly walked over to wate, 'captain of the ship'
"CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN! THERE'S A LEAK IN THE FREEBOARD! A- AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY BACKUPS!!!" The buccaneer exclaimed.
"Calm it me hearties! We shall make it through this! Our crew can't go down like this!" The captain says aloud, standing on the forecastle.
A young lassie rushes up to meet the captain, she holds both his hands in hers.
"Wate.. what shall happen to us? The storm looks terrible... bad enough that if we were to get lost in it.. we shall never be met with the faces of our friends and allies again"
"My dear shayla.. this shall not be the last time we talk" the captain addresses
Suddenly the ship starts to move with the now roaring tides, slowly sinking with parts of the ship looking as if they were about to break right off, the sails flailing, boats wheel swaying from left to right with no control,
People on board grabbing their valuables and getting ready to be pushed off or jumping off themselves.
Captain wate doesn't know what to do at this point. Is this really going to be the second ship he sank? He shakes his head at the thought.
The front of ship suddenly rises up slightly as the lower half where the poop deck was located now submerged in water, most of the crew had already fallen off board.
Wate leans his back against a slope where it's just barley able to sustain his balance and hold on for just a little while longer.
Shayla on the other hand, Struggling, trying her best to grip the ship's floor and not slipping into the sea of storms and killer waves.
"WATE!" She cries out, reaching her hand out for the captain to see it.
Wate tries to get a firm grip on the ship but also leaning forwards so that he could Grab shayla's hand.
Their fingers brush against each others before Shayla couldn't keep her grip anymore and slips, Screaming as she fell into the rushing water.
Wate, wide-eyed had a saddened and slightly horrified look on his face, he cursed under his breath, he knew he was next, everyone was out of sight, not much of the ship was left, planks of wood can be seen being torn off the ship by the heavy push of the water.
The captain went for it. He holds his breath... and jumps.
..
...
The thunder, Rain and whistling wind noises now muffled as wate was completely submerged in water, a few air bubbles escape his nose.
He opens his eyes, the water stinging his eyes slightly but he's used to it.
He could see barrels, loose wooden planks, a few valuables moving/floating around him.
He tried to swim around but the current was too strong.
Is this really how's he's going to die?
He sighs internally and looks down.
...wait... he sees someone there- at the bottom of the ocean, actually, barely sees the silhouette of a human torso and a bunch of rocks.
Conveniently, a heavy looking barrel was sinking beside him, wate quickly held on to it as him and the barrel swiftly sank towards the bottom.
As he gets closer, he can see the persons hair. It's... a pinkish kinda colour. He thought.. 'it pro'lly stopped breathing by now.'
But as he said that he can see their shoulders twitch, as if they're... crying.
He made it down, but it was only a small surface, it wasn't the actually ocean floor as that was deeper than he could even imagine.
He looked closely, it's a girl.
He went to tap her shoulder but as he was, the young lassie looked up at him, half-lidded eyes, tired from crying, sad expression written on her face. "Please... help me.. my t-tail.."
..
Okay one, she can talk under water?
Two, she has unnaturally coloured hair,
Three... tail? Doesn't she mean leg- oh.
'She's a mermaid.'
Wate didn't need to think that while situated in one place, he immediately rushed over to where her lower body was covered with heavy looking rocks and tried to push them off of her.
'Yeesh, no wounder she couldn't push it, things as heavy as an elephant!' Wate thought.
He tried with all his might and managed to free her tail, as she felt she was free, she quickly moved and got out of the grasp of those heavy rocks, with a visible tear in her tail fin. She didn't care, she had an expression on her face like she had seen the best thing in her life, she has probably been stuck there for days!
She swam infront of wate, holding both his hands, smiling brightly.
"Thank you oh-great hero! Thank you so so much!!!"
She embraced him without a thought, He shifted uncomfortably in her grasp.
Wate was really running out of air at this point.
"MMM!!! MmMmm! !!!!!!"
Wate "said" as he put his hands around his throat motioning that he needs air immediately, but they were too low for her to carry him all the way back to the surface.
...
The mermaid shared a kiss with him, but also giving him air in the process.
"There! That'll leave you with enough air until I get you to the surface"
She says after parting away. Wate, with a surprised and shocked expression, kinda red-faced too had to just deal with it.
As they swam to the top the water rush started to calm down.
They reached the top and wate immediately gasped for air liked his life depended on it, well, it did.
Wate brushed soaked, loose hair out of his face to look at the mermaid properly, he can now see her clearly, her torso seems to be connected with her tail, he looks up at her face and sees a big scar on her nose, kinda wondering if she got into a fight with a shark or something else badass, the scar does make her look.. cool.
"Um... so ya know-"
"I just want to thank you again omgivebeenthereforsomany daysyouwouldntbeleiveit-"
He got cutoff, her voice was soft and high but was rather annoying when she talked that fast. He cut her off back.
"yeah yeah, don't think on it, anysways, um.. me ship kinda.. sank and I lost me crew.. and now I'm strande-"
Once again with the cutoffs,
"Ohhh.. it's alright, you see that over there?"
He pointed at a direction which showed a small, or- not small- but really far away island.
"Yeahr, but I can't swim that fast.." the captain replied
"I can take you there, No worries!" She scoops him up from underwater, like she's carrying him bridal style.
"Uh-m" Wate 'said' with a worried voice.
She swiftly swims towards the island without a warning.
"Woah! Yer fast!-" Wate exclaimed.
"Not at my fastest speed, my tail is slightly injured and it'll sting if I swim any faster" She replies.
"Not your fastest?! Yer going so fast that yer almost creatin' not so mini tsunami waves!" Wate thought in his head.
"I'll take that as a compliment" the lassie smiles
"Pft, she can read minds?" Wate thought again,
"Yeah! Of course!"
..
As fast she's going, it doesn't look like the island is any closer, this is going to take a lonnng time. Oh boy, here we go.