Go With Her

Of all the possibilities of someone you could end up with, finding her of all things, you know you have to go with her. You lift your feet off the sandy bottom and begin to swim with her, hand in hand. All though you do your best to swim with her, she is much more agile than you in the water and pulls you along.

At first, the darkness is overwhelming. A dark night in a murky see, goodness knows what could be out there. But even here you can make use of your power. Instead of bending light this time, you concentrate on amplifying it. The more you concentrate, the clearer things around you become. The beautiful mermaid who is pulling you through the water, the sandy bottom that is slowly getting deeper below you. Soon, everything around you comes into focus.

Up ahead, you can see where the bottom beneath you gives way to a trench. She is taking you toward it, and you realize quickly that this would be a great area to find some cover. It would be perfect if you could find an overhang or even a small cave of sorts. You lead begins to slowly take you down into the trench and stops about one hundred feet down. She looks to you, and then begins to looks around her. Obviously, her eyesight, while better than any normal human in these conditions, is not as good as yours.

You slow time around you deliberately. You want to be able to search out all of the area without any interruptions. As time slows to a stop, you stretch out your minds eye to search all the surrounding area. There are many different spots that would be okay for the night, but you decide that you should really impress your fish-tailed female. Although there is no way of knowing how long you actually spend searching the area, it seems like hours. Finally, you find the perfect spot. A small cave in the side of the trench. It has a rather narrow opening, but opens up to a good size on the inside. Probably about 12-15 feet wide, 6-7 feet tall, and with the only entrance an opening the size of a manhole, it would be the perfect place to stay for a while.

Slowly, you bring time back up to speed. You take your lovely mermaid's hand. Your eyes meet for a moment before you begin to lead her to the space you found. Another 20 feet down and about a hundred yards away. You lead her inside and to the center of the area and then turn to her. A huge smile on her face tells you that she likes the site just as much as you. With a nice sandy bottom, you let yourself sink to the bottom and lay your head down. After the long day and the hours of searching, you are exhausted. Laying on your side, the mermaid lays back against you. You bring your arm around her and lay your hand on her warm, soft bosom. Drifting to sleep, you wonder briefly if you will be okay, sleeping underwater. Without being conscious, will you still breath the water? You figure if you start to drown you would probably wake up, in time to control your breathing again...