June 29, 2025
The Sirens Call (Part 2) - "Currents"
Marina and Kai dive to investigate the mysterious underwater structures she glimpsed on sonar. What they discover defies explanation—ancient ruins that pulse with their own light and emit haunting music that compels Marina despite her scientific skepticism. When their submersible's life support systems fail due to acoustic interference from the structures, Kai guides them to an underwater cave system for emergency repairs. His uncanny knowledge of these hidden depths and his evasive answers about his background deepen Marina's suspicions that there's far more to Kai Nereon than he's revealed.
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Calaroga Shark Media.
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Welcome to the Sirens Call, a special Romance Weekly and
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Ghost Scary Stories crossover event. This is episode two Currents.
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The submersible Deep Current descends through layers of increasingly dark water,
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its lights carving a small sphere of visibility in the
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vast Pacific depths. Beside me in the cramped cockpit, Chi
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Pilots are descent with the kind of intuitive precision that
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comes from years of deep water experience or something else.
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Entirely passing eight hundred dred feet, he announces his voice
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calm despite the crushing darkness outside our titanium hull. The
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first formations should be visible soon. I check our instruments,
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noting the depth gauge, pressure readings, and acoustic senses that
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will help map whatever we find down here. But I'm
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also acutely aware of Kai's presence in the confined space,
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the way he moves with fluid efficiency, the way his
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eyes seem to pierce the darkness beyond our lights, the
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way my pulse quickens whenever our shoulders brush. Since last
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night's encounter with the mysterious Song, I've been unable to
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stop thinking about his warning be careful around the water
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at night. There was knowledge in his voice, certainty about
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dangers he shouldn't understand, combined with his unusual diving abilities
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and evasive answers about his background, and beginning to suspect
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that Chai Nereon knows far more about the disappearances than
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he's admitted there, he says, pointing through the forward viewport,
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do you see them? At first? I see only the
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usual deep ocean landscape, sediment covered plains, punctuated by occasional
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outcroppings of rock. Then as our lights sweep across the seafloor,
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geometric shapes begin to emerge from the darkness, structures too
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regular to be natural, too ancient to be human. My god,
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I breathe, leaning forward against my harness, How is this possible?
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What lies before us defies explanation. Massive stone constructions rise
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from the ocean floor, not crude ruins, but sophisticated architecture,
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with flowing curves and intricate surface patterns. The structures seemed
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to pulse with their own rhythm, as if they're somehow alive.
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Despite being obviously ancient. The geological surveys of this area
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showed nothing like this. I say, my scientific mind struggling
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to process what I'm seeing. These formations would have been
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detected decades ago. Kai's hands move over the controls with
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practiced ease, bringing us closer to the nearest structure. Some
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things exist beyond the reach of conventional detection, he says, quietly.
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Some things prefer to remain hidden. There's something in his
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tone that makes me look at him more closely. In
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the blue glow of our instrument panels, his profile seems sharper,
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more defined, as if the depths bring out aspects of
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him that remain hidden on the surface. You've been here before,
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I realize, not just in submersibles. You've seen these structures
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up close. A pause that stretches too long. The acoustic
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mapping required detailed surveys, he says, Finally, multiple dives to
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understand the full extent of the formations, but I notice
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he doesn't actually answer my question. Again, we maneuver closer
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to the largest structure, a spiraling tower that rises nearly
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two hundred feet from the seafloor. Its surface is covered
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with intricate carvings that seem to shift and flow in
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our lights, creating patterns that are hypnotic, almost musical in
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their rhythm. The craftsmanship is incredible, I murmur, recording everything
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with our external cameras. These symbols, they're not like any
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ancient script I've seen, But there's definitely intentional design here,
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deliberate artistry. Kai extends the submersible's mechanical arm to take
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samples from the structure's surface. As the tool makes contact,
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our acoustic sensors register something unexpected, a low frequency vibration
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that seems to resonate through the water itself. Are you
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getting this, I ask, checking our recording equipment, The structures
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are acoustically active, Kai confirms, but there's tension in his voice. Now.
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They respond to contact, to proximity, almost as if as
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if what as if they're trying to communicate. The vibration intensifies,
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becoming more complex, more structured. Through our hydrophones, it almost
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sounds like voices, not human voices, but something that carries
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meaning intension. The patterns are hauntingly beautiful, reminiscent of the
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song I heard last night. Kai, I say, a chill
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running through me. This sound, it's similar to what I
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heard at the dock. His hands still on the controls.
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We should move away, from the structure. The acoustic effects
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can be disorienting at close range, but even as he speaks,
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the sound is changing, becoming more melodic, more compelling. I
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find myself leaning toward the speakers, drawn by harmonies that
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seem to speak directly to something deep within me. Marina
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Kai's voice cuts through the mesmerizing sound. Don't listen too closely,
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focus on my voice instead. Why what's happening to me?
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The same thing that happened to you last night, the
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same thing that's been happening to the missing cruise. His
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eyes meet mine, and in them I see fear, not
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for himself, but for me. These structures aren't just ancient architecture.
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They're active, functional, functional. How before he can answer, alarms
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begin sounding throughout the submersible. Our navigation systems flicker, depth
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readings fluctuate wildly, and the acoustic sensors emit a piercing
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wine that forces us both to cover our ears equipment malfunction,
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Kai says, grimly, working to stabilize our systems. The acoustic
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interference is affecting our electronics, But as he speaks, I
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notice something that stops my breath. Outside our viewport, the
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structures around us are beginning to glow, not with reflected
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light from our floods, but with their own internal luminescence.
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The carvings on their surfaces pulse with rhythmic light that
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matches the compelling music filling our speakers. We need to surface,
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I say, though part of me, a growing part, doesn't
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want to leave this magical, impossible place. This is beyond
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anything we're equipped to handle. Kai's hands fly over the controls,
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attempting to restart our ascent systems. I'm trying. The interference
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is affecting our ballast controls. The music from the structures
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grow stronger, more insistent through our speakers. It sounds like singing, now,
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wordless but full of meaning, promising knowledge and experiences beyond
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human understanding. I feel myself drawn to it, my rational
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mind overwhelmed by the beauty of the sounds. Marina Kai
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says urgently, you need to stay focused, don't let the
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song take cold. But it's beautiful. I protest, my voice,
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sounding dreamy even to my own ears. Can't you hear
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how beautiful it is? I can hear it, he says, quietly,
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better than you know. But beauty isn't always safe with
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tremendous effort. He manages to restart our ascent systems. The
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submersible begins to rise, pulling away from the glowing structures
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and their irresistible song. As we climb, the music fades.
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It's hold over me, gradually weakening, but our troubles aren't over.
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At fifteen hundred feet, new alarms sound. This time. It's
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our life support systems showing warning signs. Carbon dioxide scrubbers
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are failing. Chai reports, his voice tense. We have maybe
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thirty minutes of good air remaining. I check our position,
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calculate ascent times. Can we make it to the surface,
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Not directly, but there's an underwater cave system about a
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quarter mile from here, natural air pockets where we can
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surface temporarily while I repair the scrubbers. He's already changing
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our heading, guiding us toward a section of the seafloor
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that rises into craggy underwater cliffs. As we approach, I
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see the dark mouth of a large cave opening, its
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entrance easily wide enough for our submersible. Are you sure
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about this? I ask? As we nose into the cavern.
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If we get trapped in there, trust me, Kai says,
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and something in his voice makes me do exactly that.
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The cave system is larger than I expected, with multiple
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chambers and passages extending into the darkness. Kai navigates with
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uncanny precision, as if he's been here before, guiding us
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through no narrow openings and around submerged rock formations. Finally,
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we surface in a large, air filled chamber, our lights
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illuminating a cavern that stretches beyond our vision. The water
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here is crystal clear, and I can see that the
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cave walls are covered with the same type of carvings
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we observed on the seafloor structures. Where are we? I ask,
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as Kai shuts down our engines an old place, he says, evasively,
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A sanctuary of sorts.
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A Siren's Call has been a production of Calaroga Shark
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Media Executive producers Mark Francis and John McDermott. AI assistance
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may have been used in the series.
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