Almost died

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Jade's p. o. v.

Suddenly I was bolting up the stairs, then up the ladder and onto the deck, sprinting to the side of the railing for my dear life as the boat continued to move roughly.

Finally, I caught another glimpse of the rushing water where there were at least a dozen sirens. They swam incredibly fast, easily keeping up with the speeding ship. Their torsos were bare, some with slim and feminine backs while others had wider, more masculine builds. Their tails we're like nothing id ever seen before, Stretching out long and sparkling in the water like liquid gold and silver. Each tail was coloured and shaped differently, some with thin, pointed fins and other with broad, rounded ones. They soared beneath the surface of the water, occasionally leaping out like dolphins.

I was mesmerised by the beauty of them all but my trance was broken by someone shouting my name.

"J, Damn it! what are you doing out here?" Heesung, along with every other crew members except K came to me. "You don't know what they are capable of. You need to get inside now, before.."

He was cut off by a loud piercing screech coming from the ocean below. Soon the single screech became many and we were all shielding our ears from the unbearable sound.

Slowly, the agonizing screams lessened, though they were still going, and we were able to move our hands from our ears so we could listen to the captain's orders.

"Forget it. We need to fight back or they won't leave us alone. Three of you go grab the rifles" Heesung nodded to Niki, Jay and Jake. They followed his instructions without hesitation.

"Sunoo, J, go find K and get him to help you with the fishnet." Then he paused, dark eyes gleaming in excitement as he let out his final sentence.

"We're catching a siren tonight."

I was clueless as to why Heesung was so determined to catch a siren, but I wasn't going to question him. The reward of bringing one siren would likely be higher than what we could get from all the stolen goods we were planning to sell. It just seemed like there was something more than greed in his eyes when he commanded us to get the net ready, something unknown.

Sunoo and I quickly made our way to the cargo hold where K was still staring wide-eyed through the porthole.

"K, we need your help with the net, let's go," I said firmly, grabbing his hand and dragging him along with me before he hand a chance to respond.

All three of us swiftly made our way to the top deck at the stern of the boat where we quickly made work of the tangled netting. We hardly ever made use of them as fishing wasn't on our list of priorities, so the net wasn't an impressive one. Luckily, we only needed one of the creatures.

After a few minutes of struggle, we finally managed to set up the net so it was ready to be dropped. The three of us looked towards the middle of the ship where Jake, Jay and Niki stood aiming their rifles towards the shrieking sirens.

Before anyone could shoot, loud thugs came from the side of the ship. Leaning over the edge, I gasped. Several of the beasts we're using their claws to latch onto the side of the boat, their eyes shining with an animalistic gleam. As one of them spotted me, it hissed and bared its blade-like teeth at me.

Not a second passed and Jay's rifle went off, his shot entering the shoulder of the very siren that had hissed at me, causing it to lose its grip and go flying back into the black waters.

"Not yet, you fool!" Heesung's voice roared angrily. He stood there struggling with the wheel in an attempt to navigate through the storm. "Don't shoot until I say so! J, drop the net."

I immediately ran to the lever near me, pulling it and releasing the net into the depts below. K and sunoo peered over the edge to make sure the net was properly positioned.

"It's ready, Captain!"

Jade's p. o. v.

"Boys, don't let those things scratch up my beautiful ship!" The captain yelled out his go ahead and within seconds Niki, Jay and jungwon were all shooting down the side of the boat.

I watched in a mix of horror and awe as the bullets hit their targets, bodies jolting as their golden skin was stained red with blood-curdling screams, three of them fell into the water violently. I winced at the sight.

"J, get over here!" K yelled. I tore my gaze away from the bloody scene and stumbled over to the rope where Sunoo and K stood. I joined them in holding on, waiting for the signal.

The sound of the rifles continued to pierce through the air, along with the brutal wind and relentless rain. Thunder was cracking every minute, followed by a blinding bolt of lightning. It was a struggle to keep my eyes open against the sheets of water that poured down.

"We've got one! We caught the damn thing" Jake shouted.

Heesung continued to stare ahead, fighting the violent waves as he tried to keep the ship steady. Without a word, he gestured for us to bring the net in.

The three of us immediately started tugging on the rope with all of our strength and I was shocked at how heavy this creature was.

"Are you sure there's only one in the net?" I shouted at Jake as we continued heaving.

"Only one! its tail must weight a ton." Jake replied as he and the other two men approached us.

"What are you doing? Shouldn't you still be shooting at those monsters?" Sunoo said with a grunt as he kept pulling on the rope.

"They all disappeared after we started shooting. I think we scared them off." Jay's was loud as ever and full of authority. "Now why don't you step aside and let the big boys handle this, princess." He teased with a condescending smirk on his face. His hands were suddenly on mine as he tried to pry them off the rope, but I protested.

"Get your hands off me! I can do this myself, you asshole!" I yelled through my teeth, struggling to get out of his grip. He impatiently moved his hands to my waist where he tried to lift me away from the rope. Losing my temper, I released my hands to punch Jay square in the jaw, but my actions backfired as he stumbled into K, who then fell forward onto Sunoo, causing them both to lose their grasp on the rope.

In the blink of an eye, I was reaching out to grab the rope that was now flying loose, and the second I latched onto it, the weight from the net flung my body violently toward the edge of the boat. I heard the yells of Eight men as I was pulled over the railing, then suddenly there was a rough jolt and I felt tension return to the rope, the sudden stop almost making me lose my grip. Those idiots must've figured out to catch it before it could pull me all the way overboard.

I let out a shaky breath as I made sense of the position I was in. Hanging above the roaring sea, my only lifeline was the thick rope between my numb fingers. As I looked beneath me. My eyes widened at the dark, silvery tail that I could see caught in the net, which was now dragging in the water once again.

"One, two, three, pull! One, two, three, pull!" I could hear the pirates yell in unison as they slowly began pulling me back up. I held on tightly as I was raised closer and closer to the railing, then finally I was able to latch onto the edge until someone grabbed me from underneath my armpits, processing to lift me up and onto the deck. I looked up and saw that it was Jungwon, who immediately pulled me into a tight hug.

My body was shaking, probably from the shock of what just happened mixed with the freezing dampness of the storm.

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