Salma swam carefully amidst the caves and from a distance, she could hear some people chanting, she moved closer to get a better view but could feel some force pulling her away. This was a sacred place she could feel within her. A merman was swimming in her direction and she stopped swimming and stared into the merman's eyes. He was a guard and he looked around to see if there were any intruders, he could feel there was a presence of someone moving around the place.
"clear," he said out loud before going back, he couldn't see the golden mermaid that was just next to him. Salma was not there physically and that's why the merman couldn't see him, she however could see him. She followed him back inside because she had been loitering around the place but never understood how to get across the layer of protection that prevented her from moving across it.
She got destructed when she noticed some people locked in cages, they didn't have tails but had human legs. This was very strange. She stopped following the man and went to where the men were locked in cages. She moved closer and felt terrified when she saw what was being done to them. The creatures of the ocean had the Poseidon trident weapons that they used to shove in on them.
It appeared very hot like they were placing them in some red water coal and they would stab them with it causing them to scream in pain. She could feel their pain and she could not stay there anymore. She swam away not looking back for what horrible things the sea creatures were doing to those humans.
She swam in the direction where she was hearing a woman groan and there she saw several people surrounding the woman.
"It is time to go get the gem" a merman holding a sceptre ordered one of the servants. One could tell he was a king from the sceptre he had on his hand and he also had a very huge crown on his head.
Salma's eyes followed the servant who had gone for a glowing item that resembled the shape of a mermaid. She looked keenly to see what was going to happen next but she was pulled and woke up. Her parents were next to her and she explained to them what she had seen in the vision.
"So the king has the gem," Mr Edward said with a firm look on his face.
"But how will we get it?" his wife asked him.
The two had been looking for the other gem ever since they found the first gem. Salma was their daughter who was born on that day they found the gem but things were not all good after that tragic birth. Patricia got a sickness on that fateful day and they were certain the only way to cure her was if they had the other gem. They were more than determined ever since to have their hands on that other gem.
Mr Edward was a genius and a very skilled man; he had ensured he got into the presidential seat after what the people considered a miracle: him surviving the tragic fall of Antarctica with his wife and coming out with a child. The people looked at him like a god because everyone knew what had happened. He then got into politics and in no time he was the president of the biggest and most feared country in the world.
However, he was a selfish man and let his greedy passion for getting what he wanted to come in the way and his desire to get the gem. He become a tyrant and managed to keep the seat years after years, some people hated him but there was nothing much they could do, some citizens, on the other hand, loved him and loved his rule.
He had brought about a lot of developments and the country was even more modern than other states, this is because he was also a scientist who encouraged inventions highly in the country. The world was modern unlike it was before but people had also affected the climate but none of them cared about that. That is because they had invented even better tools to cope with the strange climate and so they were no longer controlled by nature but they now controlled their activities including planting and any other natural activity.
"We will have to find a way to send my men down there, "Mr Edward said and his wife agreed on them having a plan ready for the mission.
"to do what?" she asked them and they turned to her ignoring her question like she didn't need to be part of it.
"Look, baby, nothing happened and you were just sleeping and you had a dream you can't remember." her mother said to her looking her straight into her eyes and Salma nodded before going back to sleep.
They did this to her every time. Salma could access the deepest depths of the sea where mermaids lived. That is because she was born with the gem. Her mother was lucky enough to get something from it when she was giving birth to the child but it also came with the disease, however, she was not very powerful nor did she have any very powerful skills.
She would erase the memory of her daughter after every session and when she woke up she would not remember what her parents did to her. She did not know she was special; she thought she was as normal like other kids.
"What about the girl? The media is getting on our nerves and we cannot let the truth be known to everyone" Patricia asked her husband.
"don't worry I already have the perfect plan, we will bring an end to the media and say she died from a heart attack, she was sick from childhood, we cannot let my princess's hands be made dirty by this media. I must protect her at all cost" he said, holding his daughter who was sound asleep.