With a certain difficulty I used the padlock to join the two ends of the chain at that moment was oppressing the whole body of Benjamin.
- Lock the door and pass the master lock. The master lock is sealed with the power of silence so it will protect you from the sirens' song and unless the last person who locked can open it.
- Yes... where is that lock?
- At the helm side. In the left hand drawer.
I turned my eyes to the rudder and the whole set of unknown compasses and accessories that filled the woody panel that stretched behind the rudder. That would not be easy to find.
- It's under the compass! Fast we are coming and when you hear the singing of them you must turn the ship to the right and when the clock that it's on the compass strikes sixty minutes you will turn the ship to the left, go straight ahead and stay firm until all the music stops and when you are in a quiet place and are sure that no voice can be heard you should turn to the left again ... you will hear the song of the mermaids one last time and when this song stops and I return al normal then yes you release me but the door must still be locked in case something happens...
- All right!
I went back my eyes at the.. and I found the compass that was nailed stocked in a black leather circle with a round watch coated in silver beside it.
I opened the drawer under these utensils and took a small glass padlock that reflected an enigmatic violet glow that illuminated as if the sunshine at the end of the night.
I ran towards the door and sealed it first with the huge and heavy iron bar that stretched from one end to the other of the door and then in a small link in the middle of the top latch of the door I put the padlock.
The brightness of padlock radiated through every corner of the door as if a bright, blinding glow had brightened the day outside the cockpit.
Suddenly a song as sweet as spring and as delicate as the sound of a thousand violins began to echo from outside the ship.
I approached the window behind the rudder and a small island emerged from the waters at such a great distance that the floating piece of land was only a red blur in the blue wilderness.
- They are... my queens. - Benjamin whispered behind me.
I looked back at him and Benjamin's eyes were completely black. It was as if a demon had possessed his body.
A cold stranger in my column started sneaking behind my back, that song was beautiful but cruel and frightening, it was like dancing with death.
"When you hear the singing of them turn right!" a voice whispered in my ears.
I looked back scared but there was no one behind me but Benjamin with black eyes like a moonless night staring at me with a sloppy smile on your face.
I immediately took the rubber and turned the vessel to the right, as the voice in my ears had reminded me to do.
My heartbeat kept speeding up more and more as the music increased, as the sound intensified, and took shape.
- What are you doing? Go back with that ship to the correct route! - Benjamin shouted angrily and happening behind me.
- Not today... - I replied trying to sound as disinterested as possible so as not to show the fear I was feeling when I saw those black eyes staring at me.
- Do you think I'm playing with you? How dare you take me away from my true loves?
I ignored Benjamin screams, I set my eyes on the horizon and began seeing heavy waves forming in the sea.
The waves had a human shape as if the water undulates and then contorts in a female figure.
- This song is about a little star who fell in love with a very rich man... - Ben began to rave behind me - The woman was daughter of the stars and as no star can live on earth this woman cried for days and night tirelessly until one day a miracle happened...
The planets tired of hearing the cries of the poor and passionate star granted a wish to her... that of being human but on one condition... she would be without her voice.
The poor star accepted the condition and gave her voice to the planets willingly being able to exchange her immortality for a short life alongside his only love... the one thing that this little star did not know was that her beloved did not know what is the true love. He didn't know what is love someone else but himself and when she came to his house she was hard kicked out of there... unhappy and saddened by having traded her immortality for someone she could never have the little star threw herself into the sea. The sea was watching closely all the tears and suffering of the young woman decided to help her by granting her one last wish. The star with its heart darkened by hatred and abandonment wished that from that day on it would never again be harmed by men but instead she would hurt all them. The sea granted her request and turned her into a mermaid but on one condition that every woman she met would have to have the same end she had... become a mermaid...
My blood froze the moment Benjamin finished that story. My breath started to get choppy, my head started to get fuzzy and my eyes started to blur.
- Unlock that lock... it is the only thing that separates you from immorality... I will be your humble servant for ever and ever... every mermaid has one... sometimes they have several. - Benjamin whispered with a voice so sweet I could swear it was a female voice.
I fixed my eyes on sea that was slowly becoming a big blue blur.
- No need to be afraid... we will take good care of you... we will give to all men what they deserve...
- That's not what I want!
- But that's what you want to do with Cael...
- Stop!
- Why? You want me as your partner... there is no difference between partners and servants...
- That's what men think! That's the male logic of thinking! I won't be better than them if I do it!
- It's not about being better or worse ... is about being a mermaid. Strong, indestructible and desired by all men on earth.
I turned my eyes to the clock and with great difficulty I could see. It was thirty minutes before I could turn to the left.
With a movement I pulled the clock out of the compass and ran to the cockpit's bathroom.
That was the safest place to crash. The power of silence sealed my mind against the sirens' song... but I had to fight against my instincts.
I would have to resist! I wouldn't give myself up!
I closed my eyes and began to remember the words of Drus.
"We must not use the same armor our enemy uses to attack us because then we will not be fighting in a different army... we will only be one female version of who attacks us..."
I stayed down with my hands between my knees until the clock set the time to turn.
I opened my eyes and everything was clear, no blurred image, no unwanted chills, everything was normal.
I got up and opened and Iwent out of the bathroom, Benjamin was still chained to the door, but no longer protested against the chains that bound him.
- Hey Kris... - The Ben's voice resounded normal again- are we far enough? Tell me yes... the ship is at speed maximum was already for us we are far from those beings...
- We are far away... now all that remains is to turn to the left. - I answered harshly to Benjamin. I was too scared and suspicious. That could be a trick.
I passed Ben and stared his eyes were white again and the effect of the mermaids had passed.
- You scared me!
- Sorry... I surrendered to their singing... I had never heard before... curiosity beat me.
- Don't do it more! We have the magic of silence sealing that cabin!
- I'm sorry about that too... did I say a lot of shit?
- You told me a story about a star...
- The story of the queen of mermaids ...
- So she was a star? - I asked turning the rudder to the left.
- Yes... after passing through the Red Islands do not turn left again. If we pass by again it will be very dangerous... the army of blood can attack. If the queen made you an invitation it's because she saw you and if she saw you... she'll do anything to end your humanity. In the drawer where you found the watch there is a medallion with an eagle in the center put it you will have enough protection enough not to be influenced by her voice and she won't be able to see you.
I heeded the advice of Benjamin and sought the medallion mentioned by him. After a few seconds I found the copper chain of the necklace that carried the medallion and I hung it around my neck.
- And a medallion of the worshippers of the City of Light in the Northern Kingdom... He was touched by a fragment of silence... it was almost impossible to find this relic...
- Ben when we were near the Red Islands I saw the tip of one of the islands... aren't we getting too close?
- We aren't... that was the stone of mink... it appears to everyone who crosses or crossed the borders of the Red Islands. It's just an optical illusion... a mirage for travelers... don't worry about it!
- Okay.
- And please in command of the ship! You must to control everything!
-I know, I know, but...
- I'm glad you know, madam Kristma...