MHOS Part 12: The morning after (Day 3)

When I awoke Husk was still fast asleep. I got up and began cooking breakfast. I found potatoes, fried them up, seasoned them, then grabbed whatever was in the fridge that didn't look past it's prime and topped the hashbrowns with it. I found his coffee stash thank goodness and brewed a pot of coffee as well. By the time it was done Husk had woken up and lazily made his way to the table asking what smelled so good. I brought out breakfast, poured 2 coffee and we ate and chatted like old friends. Husk is such a smooth talker, I can't help but wonder if he fits into the seduction class too.

As we finish up our breakfast I help him do his dishes and then I have him walk me to the door and I kiss him one last time before I say "Thank you, last night was fun." and disappear into the lake.

Diving into the lake was terrifying. I held my breathe when I first got under water and swam as far as I could away from Husks place as I did. I was swimming a lot faster than I expected to though so it didn't take long until I found a spot along the shore I could come back up for air at. I peaked my head out of the water and scanned the surface for anyone in the general vicinity.. I was about to make an ass out of myself I wanted to make sure there were no witnesses. Once I saw the coast was clear I put my face under water and inhaled.

Holy shit I'm breathing!!! Under water!!!!! This is fucking amazing!!!!!!!

I begin looking around just in the general vicinity of where I am standing in the shallow water and I see something off in the distance.. way down in the deeper water, I need to check it out. I start swimming under water breathing freely as the water rushes through my gills.. I don't have to leave my mouth open, the air is filtering though the water I breath into my nose! Neat!

I get to the area that caught my eye and it's this beautiful coral shelving, and people are sleeping on a few of them. There are empty shelves there are some with trinkets in them, there are some with curtains going across them, they aren't big, just large enough for a traveler and their belongings which is perfect for me! I wonder if my messenger bag would be safe here. I'm not going to chance it right now I want to explore more and I might get lost.. or I might find more stuff I want that I can stash in the bag.. You never know when opportunity will knock.

I see as I swim past the shelves signage that does indeed point to that space being a free place to sleep, some sort of under water hostel. I like it. I keep going and I come across under water markets, caves, and gardens. I start exploring the caves to quickly find out that those are homes, and if they're occupied the people in them will NOT be happy if you just swim in. I was told to look for decor across the bottom of them, if there was none, then the cave was empty though, useful information to have.

I searched out a cave to call home and found one pretty quick. I took the duffle bag and emptied it out inside the cave and hung the bag and trench coat on either side of the cave entrance. Once I was done that I grabbed a hand full of rocks and decided to explore the caves further. I swam to the beginning of where the caves started and tossed a single rock into the first cave.

"Hey!" I heard come from inside. "Oh! I'm so sorry! I said as I swam to the next cave and repeated the process. Of the 10 caves I tossed rocks into that were decorated, 6 of them got mad that I tossed a rock into their cave. I had 4 decorated caves to explore. I went in quickly and did a sweep of each, not touching anything in them incase the people living in them were just out for now and not dead somewhere. I took note of which ones, what they looked like and left, I will check on them again tomorrow. I dropped the rest of the rocks and swam back to the market area.

I saw a little bistro where other sirens were sitting and eating so I decided to check it out myself. I looked at the menu and ordered myself some seaweed wrapped shrimp for an early lunch before I went to explore some more. I enjoyed my food and went into a shop looking at the clothes they had to offer. I found a darling little necklace with a red and gold apple pendant and just had to have it.

I'm having a hard time seeing how this is Hell. Free housing, free car, free money, and fresh blood incoming daily.. Speaking of which.. I'm going to bring my shopping haul home and head back out for another hunt before dinner! I hurry back to the cave I picked out and changed into the dress I'd just bought. a deep purple chiffon that suits my scales beautifully. I leave my original dress hanging on some coral growing in the cave making natural hooks for me. I take out the luminescent algae that I bought in a jar and set it on another shelf giving the cave just a little bit of light.

I didn't actually need it as I could see surprisingly well in the cave. I guess sirens have night vision. Nevertheless the algae glows a beautiful blue green so I leave it where it is on the shelf. I take the messenger bag and leave the trench coat, because I need to carry stuff in, but I may very well get another new coat on tonight's hunt.. Predators tend to dress surprisingly well. I suppose to attract their prey. I mean.. that's why I bought this new dress, I just know it's going to hug me in all the right places, and it too is dark enough to hide blood.

As I leave the cave to head back to the surface for my next hunt I grab a hand full of rocks and toss them into the 4 caves that I had already swept. "Hey!" I hear from the 3rd one. "I'm sorry!" I say as I continue on.. One down, three to go.

I swim back up to the surface and find my car still parked outside Husks place. I hope he has a ride to work because I'm taking my car back. I get in the car and head straight back to Predator Alley. I park the car outside the tavern and begin walking down the road. I come across a body with a hunting knife in it's hand. Fucking beautiful, I love my new found claws, but the feel of steel entering flesh.. there's nothing like it.

I take the bowtie out of my hair, lift my skirt, wrap it around my thigh a few times and gently slide the hunting knife away so I have my hands free. My skirt dropping back down caught the attention of a figure in the shadows, with sinister eyes and zero survival instinct. I let him take a run at me and out from behind him, he pulled a machete and swung it at me. I ducked, grabbed his arm wrapped my legs around it and spun him to the ground listening to the crunch of a dislocated shoulder.

I grabbed the machete he dropped to the ground and sliced his head off in one swift motion. As I got back up on my feet I began to loot his body. With my attention on that I was open to the hit I felt on the back of my head. Fortunately it was badly placed and I was able to roll out of the way with minimal damage, but it hurt like hell. I swung the machete and the man blocked it with the crowbar he had just hit me with and as he did I grabbed the knife hidden under my skirt and I stabbed him in the gut and twisted the knife.

He fell to the ground, surprised, in pain.. and as he was curled up in the fetal position I took the opportunity to give him one hard kick to the back. His back arched straightening it enough to roll him over and sit on his chest. I took the knife, held it above my head and just as I was about to land my final blow I have an arm wrapped around my neck and a voice I recognize whispering in my ear

"Not.. yet.."