Aquata Cove Ch. 45

"And now..." His fist clenched, "When I think of the reality that he is gone forever... I cannot accept it... All of my hopes and time I had for that merman... Gone..."

"It will be alright, my love..." The Noita said calmly.

"You know as well as I do... He is the only Son we can ever have..."

"Even so," Umiato persisted, "Even with our Son exiled, when Daughter falls in love with a merman, he will become a Triton. And when it is time, her love will succeed the pod."

Kaiken sighed and shook his head, "Must I trust my pod in the hands of an unknown? A merman who I have never met... Leading my pod..."

The Triton's gills twitched, before he looked up. An extremely large object growls on the surface as it moves. Umiato can feel an abundance of auras inside the large, metal space.

"A human ship." Kaiken said with distaste.

"A live one as well." Umiato added.

"It is fortunate that we are moving the opposite direction," The merman turned around, and moved downward, "However, I will allow us to rest in the dead ship for the eve."

"Yes." She nodded as they both descended. Within an hour, the ship would have cleared the area.

Once down inside of the sunken ship, Kaiken continued to look out into the open ocean. It has been a few years since the exile of his son, Adra Merrick. Merfolk belong in the ocean, and on a normal scale, a merman or mermaid are physically unable to live on the land for more than 14 suns, or else they will suffer and die.

Out in the distance, Kaiken can now make out a disturbing image. A hybrid creature of a purple goat, slowly move its wide flippers and waving its tail up and down, with what looked like an Holsien sea turtle mermaid holding onto it. His very sharp eyes can see a distinct black marking on her arm.

"A Coshiton..." Umiato mumbled as she kept by his side, being able to see the residual energy that always looms in the mark.

"Yet another merciful death..." Kaiken muttered. "Umiato... Despite everything else, I truly fear for him..." The Capricorn and mermaid slowly fade away into the deep, dark blue, "On land, any merfolk will dry up and perish for more than 14 suns. And yet in the sea, a Coshiton can meet a calm end if it stays in the ocean..."

"You know there are places of water that a merperson can go if they so need to." She withholds the notion of her dear friend, Atarah, a human who lives in a healthy river, just open for their son... "Our Son is clever, my love. He would have found other ways to stay alive..."

"Hmm..." The Capricorn and mermaid had disappeared, "Either way... He is trapped..." He lowly responded. It's almost time for the pod to take rest.

"..." Umiato sighed sadly, "I am going to tend to Daughter." With that, she drifted off and away.

'...' Kaiken closed his eyes, and put his fist to his chest, 'O Wise and Shining Sea Mother Atargatis...' He prayed, 'Hear my soul and the resonance of my heart...' He breathed deeply, 'Watch over my Son...'

'If he yet lives... Protect him, and give him happiness...'

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"Wa-HOOOO!" Merrick cheered along with the other guys in the party.

'I can't believe I'm doing this...' Adam thought as his hips swerved and grooved, wearing only some tight blue briefs with white trims on it. He is dancing in a Gogo cage, during a rocking Boy's Night party – first night of the gay cruise, it's all men in the lobby.

"YEAH!" Jamal hooted, "Shake it baby!" He roared at Nick, who is also in one of the stripper cages, wearing a shiny black thong.

'He looks a little too good at this...' Adam thought as he looked over at Nick. That Latino looks like he's having the time of his life, grinning and playfully shaking his ass for the pervy guys.

Adam's hands moved down, and pumped his hips as he moved his hands up his own thighs, before holding the back of his head and twirling his pelvis around. Merrick volunteered Adam to be one of the Gogo boys for the second half of the Boy's Night party – and by that, he had Jamal write Adam's name on the sign-up sheet.

Merrick's eyes dazzled as he watched Adam's body dance to the music – a male singer called Chris Salvatore. Adam, on the other hand, feels very embarrassed to be on display here – exposing himself by dancing in undies in front of a bunch of horny men around. He's almost too sheepish to dance, where it not some damn good music playing here.

'I swear, Merrick SOOO owes me a rimjob.' Adam vindictively thought as he moved suggestively to the rhythm of the music.

"I LOVE YOU, ADAAAAM~!" Merrick hollered as his boyfriend danced nonstop.

The cruise ship sailed on through the ocean, in the middle of the night, unaware of having moved right past a sunken vessel.