I started walking up the walking path of the paradise looking area. It wasn't just flowers. There looked to be a village near by as well. As I was looking around I bumped into something or someone. "Oh I'm sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going." I said. Then I looked up. This must have been the man looking for me. "Hello. Are you the man looking for Zee?" "Sorry. Yes I am. Would you help me carry these please?" "Yes sir." "Thank you." Then he gave me some flowers to carry and we walked towards his house. I didn't talk as we were walking cause I was nervous.
After quite a walk we got to his house. He told me to put the flowers down on the porch and we walked into his house. "Please sit down." He said. I sat down on a strange looking couch and sat down. "May I have a look at you?" "Uh ok. Meaning you want to touch my face right?" "Yes of course." "Oh in that case ok then. I recently got a few scratches on it from your guards but its fine." He nodded. Then He looked at me closely. Looked at my hair and through my eyes. I saw he looked relieved. "Uh is everything ok?" "Yes its more than ok. You are the Zee I have been looking for." "Excuse me sir?" "Oh sorry. You must be confused. You might not know me. You were just 5 years old when you last saw me." "Excuse me but do you mind if I looked at you myself? Mind if I touch your face too? I sort have had a feeling I have met you before myself." "Sure. Go ahead." I looked through his eyes as well. Then I started touching his face. "You….Levi?" "You remember me?" I stayed silent. I was in tears and ran out the gate and hid somewhere.
The man went to the lizardman and told him to go fine Zee. To bring her back not to hurt her. "Yes sir." Her mom and Teo helped. They looked everywhere that had a cave or a rock that may look like it covered something but nothing.
Zee was having a panic attack. "No! It can't be! Why! I was told he was dead! Wait. Did he fake his own death for some reason? Did someone else do this for his safety? NO! I don't care! He shouldn't have done it! He should have told somebody to tell me! This doesn't excuse why they never told me! I don't care how old I was! Dammit! I need to calm down or I can't help mom." 'How much time has passed?' I thought. After I have calmed down I came out of hiding and headed for the gate again.
I saw the gate but I stopped before I got closer. I took a deep breath and let it out then headed closer to the gate. I can't believe its already night out. "Sorry to make you guys worry." "Zee! Thank God your alright!" Mom squeezed me tight. "Mom I can't breathe." "Oh sorry." Then it was Teo's turn to crush me. "Ok Teo. I'm fine. Your crushing me." "I don't care stupid. As long as your alive and breathing." Then he finally let go and mom checked me over for injuries. "Mom really I'm fine." After she finished checking on me I said to the main Lizardman. "I'm sorry to cause you and that man trouble. I haven't seen him in a long time. I was just shocked." "I understand. Would you like to go back in?" "Yes please. Teo watch mom." He nodded then I went through the gate.
This time I took my time so I can think about what to say to him. Then I said, "Dammit!" Then ran up to his house where I found him and gave him a hug. "Woah Zee. Easy there." Said the man. "You Idiot!" I felt him calm down from the shock. I calmed down too. "Yeah I am an idiot. Your right." He hugged me back.
I let go of him finally and apologized. "I'm sorry. Its just been a long time since I saw you." "I understand." "So what happened? Did you fake your own death? Did someone do it for your safety?" "Well its complicated. I really was badly hurt. I really thought I was going to die not knowing if I would see you again and I wouldn't be able to die in peace. After I was left to die and now one was around, someone came to me. He was my master who is now gone. Now its just me and that village over there." "I see. So your master helped you?" "Yes he did. Since then I have lived here. I thing you were about 10 when this happened. I had gone missing and they assumed I was dead so my master thought it would be best just to stay here." Then my head started to hurt. "Hmm." "Are you ok Zee?" "Yeah just a small headache I'll deal. So are you the only one who knows about me though?" "Well master did. I don't know if he told anyone in the village. I told him it was fine. I didn't care who would know as long as I got to know if you ever came by." "I see. Oh yeah I forgot to do something." Then I punched him in the stomach. "Ow! Hey!" "I wish I could do more for you worrying about me." "Oh yeah I forgot. I have some questions for you Old man." "Hey I'm not that old. I'm only 2 years older than you." "Exactly old man. Did the Lizardman tell you what I was planning?" "Yes he did." "Will you be willing to help me? I will be leaving tomorrow whether you do or not. I was also wondering what is with all these flowers." "Oh you don't remember?" "What don't I remember?" "Haha I guess you forgot. Well when you were little you said when you wanted to grow up you wanted us to have a flower field together. You wanted to have a house where you can see the village but not in it." "I see. So you did this all for me huh?" "Those dreams are long gone now. I am engaged and have 4 kids now. Once everything calms down with mom's situation I'm getting married and settling down." "I see. Its good to know that you are happy." "What about you? Do you have someone?" "I don't know how she feels yet. We are friends and she lives in the village." "I see. Why don't you ask her? Actually I have an idea. Will You let my soon to be brother in law and my birth mom come inside. Since I probably will be staying here too." "Yes I will let him know." "Oh also I wanted to ask I talked to the lizardman he said you discovered them and they didn't know what they were. He agreed to what you called them. What shall I call them?" "Oh that. I call them Gorgons. They do have live snakes but they don't turn people to stone. That is a myth." "Oh I see." Then he left to go get the man to let them in.
I went outside to get some fresh air because I was feeling strange again and my head was hurting. Its seems like it may get worse. I can't tell anyone about my problem. I don't want to hurt them. If this continues I won't be able to be around anyone much longer. (Sigh)
"What's up Zee? What's with the sigh?" "Oh nothing. Don't worry about it. Well what do you think of this place Teo?" "Huh what do you mean? Its pretty I guess." "Hey is that all you think? That's not nice. The man here is an old friend of mine. Be nice!" "Woah ok ok." "He did this all for me ok. So be nice. I can't believe he did this all for me." "Hey you ok Zee?" "Do I look ok Teo? Please just stop asking questions. I just can't right now. If you need me I'll be with Levi." So I walked inside and found Levi. He saw I was upset and came over to me.
"You ok Zee?" "I don't know Levi. I don't know anything anymore. Now I am really confused." "What are you confused about?" "I didn't mean to yell at Teo because I was confused. Its just….Now that I see you again knowing your alive. Then my fiancé at home slaving over the kids. You know ever since we were kids I admired you. That day when you left when I was 5 years old I remember now. I remember telling my adoptive parents that I wanted to be with you forever. Now that I'm old enough to understand I think it was because I loved you. Levi I am so confused. I know I had kids with my fiancé and the kids I love them with all of my heart. I love both of you I just don't know what do to anymore." "Oh Zee. My sweet sweet little girl. I have loved you for a long time too. When I left I couldn't stop thinking about you. That is why I build this place. Even if people did know I was alive I would still do this for you." "Hehe. Yeah I know that much. That's another thing. After we though you were dead I moved and that is where I met Teo and his brother. I didn't tell you yet but I am also a mermaid." "'Yes he told me." "I see. Well what do you think about it Levi? What do you think I should do? I am so confused." I hugged him tight and he hugged me back. "Well I guess that would be up to you. My feelings won't every leave for you. I was happy to love again. I will never love anyone like I love you. So until you do I will put a hold on the girl I like ok?" "No don't do that. Its fine." "I want to." "I want you to be sure of what you want before I do ok?" "Just don't make me out to be the bad guy ok Levi?" "Oh my little girl. I love you so much. Even if you decide to be with your finace I will still be here." "Do you ever think about coming back to the real world?"
"I have for a long time. I've been confused myself too. But right when I was about to make my decision I met the girl." "I see. Even if you did end up with her will you still think about it?" "If she tells me her feelings and they are the same I will talk to her about them. I can't promise anything. In fact I was thinking about this for a long time but if she doesn't want to go back with me then we wouldn't be able to work out. I have just decided that." "Oh I see. Well in that case. I hope she agrees." "Yeah well first you have to decide what you want to do ok? By the way what do you love about me anyway?" "Like I said I was 5 when I last saw you. A 5 year old really doesn't know. We practically grew up together until you left. Now that I see you I guess I can say your looks have grown on me." "Haha. I know I'm handsome but is that it?" "Maybe. Maybe not. If you come on the trip with me to help me you might know." "Oh come on. That's not fair." "Well all's fair in love an war right? Plus it wasn't fair when I thought you were dead. Now we are even. Like I said you will have to find out during our trip if you come." "Fine be that way. Maybe I will come." "Hehe do you know some self defense?" "Well master taught me some judo before he passed." "Oh good well then when we are resting you can spar." "Ok then sounds good." Then I went back over to Mom and Teo.
"Hey mom. Hey Teo." "You ok now Sis?" "Yeah sorry Teo. I didn't mean to snap at you." MY head started hurting again. I held my head and bore the pain. Teo notice. "What is it? You have a headache?" "Yeah its an old problem. Don't worry about it. I'll be fine." "If you say so." Levi called us for dinner.
"Dinners done!" "Oh yum dinner." "Haha. I see that part hasn't changes much since you were little. You always got excited when it was time to eat." Said Levi. Then Teo cut in. "She is still the same. Every time I see her she is eating or its around that time. Her eyes sparkle." "Hey I'm not that bad am I?" "I think Kei would say the same thing." "Which Kei is this? Father or my son? Let me guess its more likely my son right?" "Yep your right on that." "I have 2 twin sons and twin daughters. My oldest is Kei. My son. Younger twin is Zale. Then there are my daughters. Kaia is the oldest then Gaia the baby of the family. Mom just recently had babies of her own. I have little brothers now. Twin boys. River for the older one and ocean for the other. My son Kei named them. Mom just agreed. Dad agrees with everything she said. "Bye the way. Its nice to meet you." Levi said to Nadine. "Oh thank you. My name is Nadine. You are Levi correct?" "Yes before she moved and met Teo here I knew her since she was born until she turned 5 then Ieft. It was my bad on my part." "I see. Well its good to see an old friend isn't it Zee?" "If you say so mom." "Hey is that anyway to treat a friend you haven't seen in a long time?" Said Levi Jokingly. "Hehe. Well like you said. You haven't seen me in years. I am a grown woman now. I am 24 now. Which makes you 26 so old man where is our rooms?" "Hey now. Enough with the old man stuff. I will show you little girl where your room is." "Hey I love to be called little girl better than old woman." "Lucky you." So we followed him to me and moms room. Then he showed Teo where his was. I saw the inside of the house and I was in tears. I remembered what my dreams were now. To have 4 kids 2 boys and girls and have a room for ourselves. "I can't believe it. I just can't believe it." "You ok Zee?" "Sorry mom I'm fine. Just fine." "Ok dear. Get some sleep ok?" "I'll try." Once I knew mom was asleep I quietly walked out and sat down on the porch and looked at the moon.
"I see. Looking at the moon?" "Oh Levi. You scared me. Yeah ever since I thought you died. I always looked at the moon talking to it like it was you. Hoping you would be getting my thoughts up there. My feelings." "I see." "I just can't believe you are alive idiot." "Its ok Zee. Its ok." I snuggled with him for awhile until my head started hurting again. This time is was a little worse than before. "Hmm. Ow." "What is it?" "MY head hurts again. Its an old problem but it still hurts. No one here knows about it. I brought my phone with me. Is there anyway I can get a signal here?" "Yeah but you have to go in the village to do that." "Hmm. Can you take me there?" "Yeah let me get the guard and have him watch the house." "Ok thanks." I watched him and thought man he is fast when he wants to be. Then he came back. "Ok lets go." I nodded. The pain was to great to talk at the moment.
We went to the village and I found a place that had signal. I said, "Since you don't know anything about the real world right now its ok if you listen." I dialed the number of my boss of the organization. "Hello?" "Hey sorry its late. Its Zee." "Oh Zee are you ok? You don't sound so good." "Ha…Ha….I'm not. They came back. My headaches." "Oh no. Crap. Have you left yet?" "Yeah I am 1 day and a half away from home. Is there anything I can do for my headaches? I don't want to cause trouble for my mom and Teo. I couldn't get Kiran because he was already on a mission for you guys." "Yeah well I don't really know what to do to slow the process. Do you still have the medicine I gave you from back then?" "Yeah Why?" "Well I lied. I told you back then they were in case you got sick. Really they were for those headaches." "Wait it was since then? Why didn't you tell me idiot! (sigh) How long do they last?" "How many do you have? Let me check. Looks like I have 4 why?" "OK if you have one shot it should last you day. Use them wisely ok? Also we never told you the cause of those headaches we only told you what you turn into when it gets worse." "Ok what trigges them?" "Emotions. Strong emotions. Just be careful ok?" "Easier said then done. Hey wait. Before you go? Hang on a second."
I covered the phone and said, "Levi can you leave for a moment?" "Yeah I'll move far enough I won't hear you." "OK thanks." He did as he was told then I lifted my had off the receiver. "Hello?" "Sorry about that. Ok so do you know anyone named Levi?" "I did once why?" "What happened to him?" "Well he was in bad shape. By the time any of us came to save him he was gone. We went missing. After a few years we assumed he was dead." "I see. What if he were alive now and walked back in. would he still have his job?" "If he were to walk back in I would punch him in the gut and tell him not to scare us like that again but yes I would give him his job back." "Do you think if boss were still alive he would do the same?" "Hmm. I don't know. I think he would but he would have him on surveillance." "Hehe. Yeah that's right. Well I only called about the headache. I'll do my best at controlling my emotions. Thanks boss." "It still feels weird when you call me that but yeah sure thing. Is there anything you want me to say to the guys?" "Yeah Hey there see ya in a couple weeks." "Haha ok then. Well see you then." "Yeah see you." I hung up and Levi saw me and came running back.
"You ok now?" "I-I think so. If I start acting weird I have some medicine in my pocket. They are viles with needles in them. Give me it anywhere in my body ok?" "Sure but what happens if you don't get them?" "All I can say is I turn into something unhuman." "I don't want to see that. If you do how do we stop you? If you have no medicine how did they stop you in the past?" "Depending on who was watching me. Some people dared come close to me and hugged me until I calmed down even if I hurt them and others were afraid of me and let me run off until I calmed down. Don't worry. I have never went toward anyone when I was that creature. I won't go to the village and scare them."