A large cavernous... cavern. There are scattered jewels and trunks and a large throne sits by the water.

::The sea hag hags in and shuffles over to the throne, grinning at the mermaid lying across it.::

"I got an interesting item off a dealer just a few minutes ago..."

::She holds out a long, sharp athame, the end pointed towards Ariel.::

::Luke and Lenin arrive in the lair. Spotting the Sea Hag and her athame hovering over Ariel, he calls out to her.::

"I'm sorry but fish is no longer on the menu tonight, bitch."

"I like that, very clever."

::Ariel takes the athame from the sea hag's hand and stares at Luke in shock.::

"What the hell are you doing, Luke?"

::Luke turns to Ariel with a grin on his face.::

"Here to save you from the Sea Hag. Took me long enough but I'm finally here."

::Ariel gives Luke a WTF look.::

"Um, okay... we haven't spoken in like a year. Don't you think she would've killed me by now if she was going to?"

::The Sea Hag straightens up and turns around to also watch Luke with an odd expression on her face.::

"Obviously. You do realize that logic wasn't exactly my strongest characteristic, right?"

"How'd you get out here anyway?"

"Lenin cast a spell to split the sea and we happened to find a cavern that led us all the way here."

"Wow. You sure went all out for little old me. You better not be expecting anything in return."

::Luke shrugs.::

"I'm really not. Well, if she wasn't going to kill you, why was there a knife hovering over you?"

"I was showing her the knife I picked up from a dealer. Jump to conclusions much?"

(What an ass.)

"And what about you kidnapping her in the first place?"

"Oh, that was legit. I really was going to kill her."

"What changed your mind?"

"We fell in love."

::Ariel smiles at the sea hag and runs her hand down her arm.::

"Oh Haggy."

"Oh Fishy."

::Grins.::

(Why didn't I see this coming?)

::Luke's jaw just drops. He looks to Lenin.::

(That explains why she didn't fall for our looks.)

::He smiles uneasily, clearly shocked and embarassed.::

"Set a wedding date, yet?"

::Lenin looks back at his brother.::

(You okay man?)

(Yeah...yeah...)

"Let's go."

::Luke looks to the Sea Hag and Ariel.::

"Bye."

::Putting a hand on Lenin's shoulder, they orb back to the beach.::

::Swimming in through the entrance, the blonde nymph raises her head above the water, blinking a couple times to let her eyes get adjusted to her new surroundings. Now raising her hand out of the water, she gently flicks from of her soaking blonde locks over her shoulder and out of her face while clearing her throat.::

"Hello?"

::She calls out, wondering who this...interesting home belonged to. Suddenly, thoughts of a big and purple ugly octopus lady filled her mind, sending a slight shiver down her spine.::

"I just hope there is no Ursula here..."

::She mutters to herself, floating in a water for a couple seconds.::

::A second blonde head emerges from the water beside Anissa.::

"Can I help you?"

::Ariel still looks exactly the same as she did a year ago. Not that Anissa would know, but hey.::

::Anissa jumps back a bit from the sudden appearance of the mermaid, which was pretty interesting to watch since she was halfway submerged in water.::

“Possibly…”

::She says simply as she looks down in the water, and notices the big nice fishy tail.::

“Um, are you a mermaid?”

::Anissa asks bluntly while at the same time she swims back to where she was moments before.::

"Incroyable! Your eyesight must be amazing. How can you see below my shoulders in this dark water?"

::Ariel stares intensely at Anissa.::

"Who are you?"

"Well, I do have 20/20 eyesight. Oh, and I'm Anissa. A Water Nymph."

::Anissa says while she brings her hand out in front of her for the mermaid to shake.::

"I was just swimming, and I found this place..."

"Water nymph, hm?"

::Ariel blinks slowly and takes a good hold of Anissa's hand before pulling her swiftly underwater. They go metres down.::

"Can you still speak?"

[If blowing bubbles is speaking, yes. So we're clear.]

::Anissa opens her mouth and attempts to speak.::

"Umm...maybe?"

::She says while she prays that she doesn't drown.::

::Ariel giggles.::

"Okay, you speak Fish!"

::She swims deeper, now having her hands free to guide herself.::

"Maybe you'll learn to speak under. It's not easy for someone not born with it. But maybe you were."

::She spins around in the water and loops.::

"Cool...yeah, I don't know much about my gifts, all I know is that I'm a water nymph."

::Anissa says with a giggle as she swims around with Ariel.::

::Ariel just looks at Anissa and laughs, having no clue what the girl is saying since when she opens her mouth, all that comes out is bubbles and a gurgling sound.::

(Kay, this so isn't working.)

::Anissa thinks to herself, as she slowly rises out of the water.::

"That's no fun..."

::She says with a slight giggle.::

::The mermaid doesn't resurface.::

::Ignoring the fact that the mermaid wasn't resurfacing, Anissa continues to tread water.::

"So...you live here all by yourself?"

::She asks, peering into the water.::

::Ariel's head pops out of the water.::

"Oh, I'm sorry, you're still here?"

::She checks her underwater watch.::

"You were silent for so long I thought you'd left or drowned."

"Sorry about that, I musta just been spacing out again."

"Well don't do it again, all right? And no, I don't live here alone."

"Who else is here then?"

::Anissa asks, tilting her head slightly.::