July 6, 2025

The Sirens Call (Part 3) - "Revelation"

The Sirens Call (Part 3) - "Revelation"

Trapped together in the underwater cave while Kai repairs their life support systems, the isolation and danger break down barriers between Marina and him. Their first kiss awakens something powerful but dangerous—Kai's voice unconsciously influences Marina's mind, making her pliant and willing. When she realizes what happened, Kai can no longer hide the truth: he's a siren, and others of his kind are responsible for the missing crews. But their intimate confession is interrupted when hostile sirens discover their hiding place, demanding Kai surrender the human who can resist their call. The chase through the underwater caves begins.

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Calarogu 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 three Revelation.

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He opens the external seals, allowing fresh air from the

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cavern to mix with our recycled atmosphere. The improvement is immediate.

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I hadn't realized how stale our air had become. How

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did you know about this place? I press. Kai is

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focused on our life support systems, pulling access panels and

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examining components with practiced efficiency. I've explored most of the

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underwater geography around Black Rock Island. It's necessary for accurate

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acoustic mapping. But his answer feels rehearsed, incomplete. I watch

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him work, noting again the subtle webbing between his fingers,

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the way he seems completely comfortable in this underwater environment

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that should be alien and threatening, Kai, I say, softly,

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what aren't you telling me? His hands still on the

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machinery for a long moment, the only sounds are are

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breathing and the gentle lapping of water against the cave walls.

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When he finally looks at me, his sea green eyes

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hold a vulnerability I haven't seen before. More than you're

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ready to hear, he admits, more than I'm ready to

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tell you. Try me. He sets down his tools and

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turns to face me fully. In the con fine space

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of the submercible's cabin. We're close enough that I can

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see the conflict playing out across his features, Desire warring

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with caution, truth struggling against protection. The structures we saw

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down there, he begins, carefully, they're not human ruins, they're

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not abandoned. And the song you heard, what about it?

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It's not just music, Marina, it's a call, a summoning.

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Summoning what Instead of answering, He reaches out his fingers,

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tracing the line of my jaw with such tenderness that

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my breath catches. You felt it, didn't you, The pull

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of the song, the way it made you want to

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follow it no matter where it led. I nod, remembering

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the compulsion that nearly drew me into the harbor last night,

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the overwhelming desire to lose myself in the music from

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the structures. That's what happened to them, the missing cruise,

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Kai continues. They heard the call and couldn't resist it.

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They walked into the water, And he doesn't finish. How

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do you know all this? His thumb traces across my

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lower lip, sending shivers through me because I know what

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makes that sound, because I know what lives in those structures.

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His eyes meet mine, and in them, I see depths

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that go beyond human experience, because I'm connected to it

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in ways I never wanted to be. The admission hangs

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between us, heavy with implication. I should be frightened, should

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demand concrete answers, should insist we return to the surface immediately. Instead,

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I find myself leaning into his touch, drawn to him

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with the same inexplicable compulsion I felt toward the mysterious

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song connected how I whisper? Instead of answering with words,

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he closes the distance between us, his lips meeting mine

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with desperate intensity. The kiss is electric, sending waves of

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sensation through me that have nothing to do with the

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cold of the deep ocean. His mouth is warm, inviting

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tasting of salt and something indefinably oceanic. But as the

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kiss deepens, something strange happens. The world around me seems

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to shift to become more vivid, more compelling. Colours, are brighter, sensations,

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more intense. His touch doesn't just affect my body. It

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affects my mind, my will, creating a euphoria that transcends

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physical attraction. When we finally part, I'm breathless, my thoughts

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hazy and unfocused. What I start to ask, The words

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come out slurred, dreamy. Kai's eyes widen in horror as

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he realizes what's happened. Marina, I'm sorry. I didn't mean.

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I tried to control it, control what But even as

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I ask, part of me doesn't care about the answer.

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All I want is to kiss him again, to lose

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myself in whatever he's doing to me. My voice, he says, quietly,

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My influence when I feel strong emotions, when I'm not careful,

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it affects people. The haze in my mind begins to

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clear as his words sink in. Affects them? How it

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makes them more compliant, more willing to do what I

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want them to do. His expression is anguished. It's why

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I work alone, why I keep my distance from Peple,

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because I can't always control it. Reality crashes back over

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me like cold water. You're saying you can control minds,

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that you just influenced me. Not control, he says, quickly. Influence, Suggestion,

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and I swear to you, Marina, I didn't do it intentionally.

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You make me feel things I haven't felt in a

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very long time. My guard was down. I stare at him,

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my scientific mind struggling to process what he's telling me,

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while another part of me, the parts still affected by

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whatever he did, wants to dismiss the revelation and kiss

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him again. This is what happened to the missing cruise,

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I say slowly. Someone used this ability on them. Kai

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nods miserably, but not me. I've been trying to prevent it,

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to understand what's happening here before more people disappear. Then

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who others like me? He says quietly, Others who don't

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share my restraint when it comes to human life. Others

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like you? I repeat, what exactly are you?

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Kai?

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He meets my eyes, and in that moment, I see

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him make a decision to trust me with a truth

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that could change everything between us. I'm what your legends

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call a siren, he says simply, and I'm not the

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only one in these waters. The words hit me like

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a physical blow. Sirens mythical creatures that lure sailors to

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their deaths with irresistible songs, the stuff of maritime legends

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and ancient mythology. Except the man sitting across from me

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is very real, very present, and apparently very dangerous. That's impossible,

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I whisper, even as everything I've witnessed begins to make

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terrible sense. His unusual diving abilities, his intimate knowledge of

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the ocean depths, the way sea creatures seem to respond

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to his presence, the song that nearly drew me into

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the harbor, his admission about influencing minds, Is it, he

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asks gently, More impossible than the structures we just saw,

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More impossible than the music that comes from empty water.

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I think about the ancient ruins on the ocean floor,

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the compelling melodies that seem to bypass rational thought, the

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way Kai moves through water as if it's his natural element.

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The missing cruise, I say, understanding, dawning. They were called

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by sirens by my people. Yes, but not with my

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knowledge or consent. His eyes are pained. I came to

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Black Rock Island to investigate the disappearances myself, to try

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to prevent them. I never expected to find someone like

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you here, someone like me, someone who could hear the

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song but resist it, someone strong enough to pull back

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from the brink. He reaches for my hand, his touch

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sending that familiar warm sensation through me, someone who makes

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me want to be better than what I am. The

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submersible's air recycling systems choose that moment to complete their

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reset cycle, filling the cabin with fresh air and breaking

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the spell of intimacy that had settled over us. I

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become acutely aware of our situation, trapped in an underwater

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cave with a man who has just admitted to being

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a mythical creature capable of controlling minds. I should be terrified. Instead,

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I find myself studying his face, looking for some of

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deception of danger. What I see is vulnerability, honesty, and

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something that looks like hope. Your people, I say, carefully,

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the other sirens. They're responsible for the disappearances, some of them. Yes,

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there's a faction that believes humans are nothing more than prey.

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They've been hunting in these waters, calling ships to their destruction,

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and you oppose them. I oppose unnecessary killing, he says firmly.

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I oppose using our gifts to harm innocence who pose

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no threat to us. But you have used your abilities

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on humans before the question hangs between us, heavy with implication.

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Kai's expression grows distant, troubled. Yes, he admits quietly. In

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the past, when I was younger, more reckless, I thought

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humans were lesser. I didn't understand what I was destroying

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when I called them to the depths. What changed? I

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spent time among humans, learned about your cultures, your art,

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your capacity for love and sacrifice, and beauty that has

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nothing to do with supernatural gifts. His eyes meet mine again.

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I learned that consciousness, that sentience, is precious, regardless of

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its form. The sincerity in his voice is unmistakable, but

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questions still swirl through my mind. The song I heard

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last night was that you number. That was one of

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the others testing the waters, seeing what humans were present

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on the island. His jaw titans. When I realized you'd

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heard it, that you'd been affected, I've been watching over

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you since then, watching over me, protecting you. The others

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know there's a human on the island who can hear

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the call but resist it. That makes you interesting to them,

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potentially dangerous. A chill runs through me that has nothing

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to do with the cavern's cool air. Dangerous. How humans

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who can resist Siren's song are rare, very rare. Most

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of my people would see you as either a threat

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to be eliminated or a prize to be claimed. The

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implications of his words sink in slowly. I'm not just

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a researcher investigating mysterious disappearances. I'm a target marked by

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my ability to hear but not succumb to supernatural influence.

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What do we do? I ask we get you off

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this island, Kai says, immediately tonight, if possible, before the

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others realize what you are. I can't leave. I'm here

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to invent, mistigate the disappearances, to find answers that might

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prevent more deaths. Marina, you don't understand. If they take you,

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then help me, I interrupt. You know these creatures, their abilities,

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their weaknesses. Help me find a way to stop them.

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Kai stares at me for a long moment, conflict clear

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on his face. You're asking me to betray my own people.

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I'm asking you to save human lives. You said yourself

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that you oppose unnecessary killing. It's not that simple. There

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are consequences for interfering in siren affairs, punishments that he

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stops shaking his head. You don't know what you're asking,

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then tell me before he can respond. New alarms sound

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throughout the submersible. This time, it's our external senses detecting

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movement in the water around us. What is it, I ask,

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checking our sonar displays. Kai's face has gone pale. We're

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not alone in these caves anymore. On our screens, shapes

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are moving through the water, too large to be fish,

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too purposeful to be debris. As our lights sweep the cavern,

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I catch glimpses of figures gliding through the depths with

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impossible grace and speed. Your people, I ask, though I

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already know the answer from Kai's expression. They've found us,

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he confirms grimly. They know you're here. Through our speakers.

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A new sound begins to emerge, not the compelling music

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I heard before, but something hi more demanding. The water

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around our submersible begins to glow with the same phosphorescent

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light we saw around the deep sea structures. What do

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they want? I ask, though part of me fears the answer.

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Kai's eyes meet mine, and in them I see resignation, determination,

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and something that looks like goodbye. They want you, Marina,

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and they want me to give you to them. The

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song outside grows stronger, more insistent. Through our viewport, I

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can see figures in the water, humanoid, but wrong somehow,

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their movements too fluid, their forms seeming to shift between

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human and something else entirely. What do we do? I

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whisper Kai reaches for the submersible's controls, his jaw set

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with grim determination. We run as our engine raw to life.

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The creatures outside respond with sounds that are definitely not human,

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calls that seem to come from everywhere at once, harmonizing

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in frequencies that make our hull vibrate and our instruments flicker.

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The chase is about to begin.

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A Siren's Call has been a production of Calaogus 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.