I'm back with the tenth and final chapter of The Siren Affect! And, I gotta admit, this is one of my shortest stories ever posted. Yeah, I'm that bacd with story length. Well, without further ado, chapter ten.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Secret Saturdays
Chapter 10
Brittany bit her lip out of habit, before replying to the man.
"Fine. We'll make the deal." She agreed, knowing she'd regret it later. The man donned a smile that Brittany was sure was fake, and it was creeping her out.
"Lovely my dear," The man smiled. "You see our deal is…."
And Brittany leaned towards the cell door, not leaving her spot to listen to the man knowing she would truly, honestly, live to regret this for the rest of eternity.
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"Please mom?!" Zak whined, puppy eyes being donned and used against his mother, who didn't seem to notice… or care. "Please, it's the only way to save her!" Drew sighed. She knew Zak really wanted to help Brittany, and she did too, but didn't he realize that this was going a little too far?
"Sweetie," Drew sighed, kneeling down to Zak's level. "You do realize that this is a really big responsibility? She's lost her whole family. She may not appreciate us doing this; she may feel like she's keeping her from joining her family." Zak hesitated for a moment- his mom was right. Brittany may resent him for this, but still! Anything had to be better than dying.
"But mom!" Zak protested. "Please, she didn't want to die earlier! What makes you so sure that she wants to now?! Besides, what about when we adopted Fisk? And Zon?" Drew sighed again- her son did have a point, a very good point. But, Brittany seemed more human than Cryptid to the naked eye. Meaning, if they really did adopt her, there would be a lot of different legal processes for them to go through just to get custody of the young Siren.
Finally, Drew sighed and gave into her son. Besides… She had had always wanted a daughter.
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Brittany sighed, staring at the cell door with vigor. The man had given her a lot of food for thought, and it made her feel terrible of what she had agreed to.
Brittany could feel the tears leaking to her eyes again and she buried her head in the skirt of the dress she was still wearing, ashamed. She didn't want to do that God awful job she had agreed to! She'd rather die instead of do it!
But, with a heavy heart, Brittany realized that she still had to live. For her parents' sake. She couldn't die young, her parents would be heartbroken.
Besides…
She didn't want to end up like Zetsumei.
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"Drew, are you sure this is a good idea?" Doc asked his wife as they walked down the hall; Drew nodded.
"Yes, I'm sure." Drew told her husband patiently. "Completely sure."
Doc only sighed at what his wife was doing.
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"Zak!" Brittany shouted, tears immediately stopping and the girl bounding to her feet and towards the cell door.
"What are you doing here?" She asked him, eyeing the keys he was twirling in his hand a bit suspiciously. Didn't he realize that if he broke her out he'd been in trouble as well?
"I'm letting you out, what does it look like?" Zak told her like it was the most obvious thing in the world. He slipped a key into the keyhole of the cell door and unlocked it.
"You could get in a lot of trouble letting me out!" Brittany was starting to panic. Zak, however, just laughed at Brittany's panic.
"Yeah right," He laughed, and Brittany nearly had a panic attack. She couldn't believe Zak! He could potentially get the same death sentence as her, and he was laughing about it?
The cell door practically slammed against the wall of Brittany's cell, causing Brittany to very visibly jump. Zak gave her a weird look, like he didn't understand why she was so jumpy.
"Is something wrong?" He asked her, confused. Why was Brittany so jumpy? Did she still think she was going to be executed? Zak voiced his questions, confusion tinged throughout his words.
"What do you mean, still going to be executed?" Brittany asked instead, forcing herself to take deep breaths and calm down. This wasn't…
"Oh, that's right!" Zak exclaimed suddenly. "I forgot to tell you!" Brittany's head cocked to the side, confused. She didn't understand a thing he was talking about.
"Umm… What are you talking about Zak?" Brittany asked; no panic evident in her voice, only confusion. She really had done a good job in calming herself down.
Zak smiled in response.
"That's a surprise!" He grinned, and practically skipped (or as much as a boy could without actually skipping) to Brittany and dragged her out of the cell.
Brittany had a bad feeling that she wasn't going to like her surprise.
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A figure chuckled from his spot nearby. Everything was going according to his plan.
The Saturdays had walked blindly right into his trap, with help from the young Siren.
Oh yes, he was having a great day.
And nothing could ruin it.
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"Alright, open your eyes Brittany." Brittany heard Zak's voice say, and she tentatively opened her eyes to see…
Pitch black darkness.
"Umm…" Brittany nibbled on her lip. She just wasn't getting it. She heard Zak laugh, and the felt someone's (probably Zak's) hands behind her head, untying something.
Then, the world was filled with a bright light, so bright that Brittany had to blink her eyes quite a few times to get used to the brightness.
It definitely wasn't Keisei, the City of the Sirens, that's for sure. Too bright. The city was a bit dimmer.
"Surprise!" Zak smiled, face coming into Brittany's view. "Welcome home Brittany!" Brittany gasped. She couldn't believe it.
Zak and his family were willing to take her in after everything she had done to them? Were they sane?
Brittany decided to not ask that question.
"I-I don't know what to say," Brittany finally said eventually. Zak smiled.
"You don't have to say anything." He smiled. "Here let's give you a tour."
And before Brittany could protest, she was being dragged throughout the house by an excited Zak and Fisk, happy for a new family member.
Komodo followed them grouchily, not liking the new addition to the family. He could tell something was up.
Zon stared after Brittany after the four had left the room before flying outside to her nest. She didn't really think anything of the new addition. What was with being excited? It wasn't like the Ice Age was coming or anything.
Drew smiled and laughed as she watched her boys and newly adopted daughter run off to tour the house. With a contented sigh, she reached up and kissed Doc.
"I think this was a good idea," She said with a smile, and Doc just simply nodded, not saying anything against his wife.
The End
Well, not forever, anyways. The preview of The Siren's Plea should be up in a few days and a story brief (i/e: summary, genre, etc.) should be up on my profile by at least tomorrow evening.
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-Scarpaw Signing Out-