Oceanic Heart

Love the Brave People

The first thing that Melodie saw when she opened her eyes was the anxious face of the Heart of the Ocean which apparently had licked and touched the girl's face to resuscitate her.

“Samuu...!” exclaimed the girl while pulling the body of the mermaid into her arms.

“You've realized Mel...?” a voice sounded beside the girl

Melodie turned her head and saw Bob Barry smiling at her while swimming holding onto a plank.

Apparently at that time Melodie was lying on a board that was floating in the middle of the sea! Because of the size of the board that can only accommodate one person, the, so Bob Barry must be willing to swim on the edge of the board with Samuu who was previously seen swimming back and forth anxiously near the head of the marine biologist girl.

“We are where Bob is...? why does my head hurt so much yes.”.

“We are now right in the middle of the Lembeh strait... Do you not remember? We fell from the top of the ravine because we were chased by Jefri Kalangit's men.”.

“Jurang...? Oh yea... I remember now... We fell from the abyss and went into the sea, but after that I don't remember anything else.”.

“You instantly fell unconscious at that time Mel, I while carrying Samuu and you who were unconscious, then trying hard to be able to swim to the edge. But unfortunately the backflow is too strong to bring us back to the middle of the strait... Lucky I coincidentally found this drifting board so you can finally rest on it.” explained the captain.

Melodie seemed to notice the sea around her and then seemed to let out a long sigh.

“Then what will we do next Bob? Sooner or later those who are chasing us will surely find us who are bobbing in the middle of the sea like this... I don't want them to take back Samuu and do cruel experiments like they did in Jefri Kalangit's place.” said the girl with a body that seemed to tremble in fear.

“Calm Mel, it won't happen, Look! Right now it seems that luck is on our side... Isn't the island in front of it Serena? This current apparently takes us back to the waters where the Heart of the Ocean Originated!” the Captain said, caressing the head of the little baby in Melodie's arms.

It is true what Bob Barry said, the island in front of them is indeed the island of Serena. Apparently unconsciously these two people and the baby mermaid were carried away by the current to their destination, Serena Island waters!

After a long time washed away, Bob Barry was then seen staring at his Suntoo Elementum Aqua watch to make sure something, then the captain was then seen turning towards the sky while staring at the constellations that began to appear in the sky twilight.

“We are right at the point where Serena's niche is down there Mel... The time has come for us to dive down.” said Bob Barry as he looked at Melodie who was seen starting to glaze over her eyes.

“Actually I was really heavy to release Samuu to those creatures Bob...” complained the girl while holding the baby tightly and showering him with a kiss on his funny face.

“But I am now aware that the world has not been able to accept its existence and its people... If he continues to be with us there will be many people who will fight and hurt him... Because even though it is heavy... Although very sad... I am now willing to release it back to her people.” continued the girl followed by a sobbing cry.

“Bersabarlah Mel, there will certainly be a time when the world can be more open in accepting things that have been a big secret like the Heart of the Ocean and its people. Hopefully when that time comes, we can come back to this niche to pick up and regroup with the Heart of the Ocean... Rest assured of it..” said Bob Barry as he wiped away the tears that had dripped down the girl's cheeks.

After the girl calmed down, Bob Barry reached into his jacket pocket and took out two BigMouth breathing apparatus and gave it to Melodie. After that, the captain was seen pulling out a falling star dagger or comet dagger that was previously plugged by the captain to the end of the board.

The two are then seen starting to dive into the sea with the help of light illumination of the comet dagger owned by Bob Barry. The baby mermaid herself looked happy, seen swimming diving in circles next to Melodie. But this baby mermaid looks only want to swim near the girl because it feels screamed and afraid of the dagger held by the captain.

A while later after descending the sea basin as deep as a dozen meters, they finally arrived also in front of the mouth of the Serena niche. Before swimming into the niche, Bob Barry seemed to turn back toward Melodie as if asking for approval. Seeing this melodie also appears to nod his head. The three then led by Bob Barry began to swim into the niche.

While it was not far behind them, suddenly from the darkness of the ocean three people wearing diving clothes and diving tubes glided slowly using underwater scooter directly towards the mouth of the Serena niche!

After swimming for some time in the dark underwater cave, finally up to Bob Barry and Melodie large room where the Titanium bag belonging to Jefri Kalangit found. With great care both of them slowly swim towards the mouth of the cave in the corner of the room that leads to the room containing the Pyramid with a golden trident spear at the top. Upon reaching the mouth of the cave, the two were then seen observing the situation in the giant cave and then looked at each other with a feeling of wonder!

The cave previously entered by Maikel and Melodie is still the same, there are still stalactites and stalagmites overgrown by luminous sea moss and algae, The rock pyramid is also still clearly visible standing firmly in the middle of the room. It's just that the golden-tipped trident spear that emitted a brightly lit radiance was no longer visible stuck at the top of the pyramid! And the most confusing Bob Barry and Melodie is that the giant cave room now looks silent and silent! There was not a single shadow of the mermaids or Sirens wandering around there unlike when they first entered the place.

Bob Barry seemed to turn his face towards Melodie with a frown and the girl who saw this could only shake her head if she was confused and did not understand! But the two were then startled by the Ocean Heart that suddenly swam through entering the cave room! Melodie who did not have time to prevent the baby mermaid then with a feeling of worry to swim also entered the cave room followed by Bob Barry.

Once inside the giant cave room, Samuu the baby mermaid looks around and swims here and there with wide open eyes full of amazement. The baby apparently felt something that bound him with this place so that it seemed confused to be amazed for some time as if he was unaware of the presence of Bob Barry and Melodie who always seemed to swim in front of him.

Bob Barry and Melodie swim together as they occasionally look around to make sure there are mermaids who appear. But after a long swim around, the two of them discovered that the place had indeed been completely abandoned!

Bob Barry and Melodie then swim towards the entrance of the pyramid where the baby mermaid looks silent. The baby mermaid is then seen turning her face towards Melodie and then swimming in the sagging into the arms of the girl who immediately embraces her.

With round eyes this baby then looked back at the girl and then turned to the direction of the Pyramid door, then his tiny webbed fingers were suddenly pointed towards the square door in front of them as if asking Melodie to accompany him to enter the Pyramid in front of him.

Seeing this, Melodie turned to Bob Barry, who immediately nodded his head and swam ahead of them entering the pyramid door. Melodie then swims behind Bob Barry while carrying the Heart of the Ocean!

After swimming for some time, the tunnel in the pyramid then appears to start climbing until finally unexpectedly Bob Barry and Melodie arrived in a dry room and not submerged in water!

Bob Barry then helped Melodie to get out of the water hole that apparently connected the inside of the Pyramid with the entrance of the submerged tunnel.

“Just…! This is absolutely impossible…!! My lie to Jefri Kalangit was apparently Bob's reality.!!” Melodie said with big buying eyes as she looked around the room in the Pyramid filled with coins and abundant gold tools!

“This gold must have come from a treasure that sank on the seabed centuries ago? After all, this is not something that is valuable to them as well as humans.” said Bob Barry when he saw a pile of gold items in the form of coins, gold bars, gold bars, jewelry to the crown and cutlery such as fork spoons and plates made of pure gold that appear scattered on the floor of the room.

Suddenly Samuu who was in a sling Melodie suddenly crept down from the girl's body then jumped and rolled on top of the pile of gold items! The baby is then seen scooping some coins and sniffing them and then scratching the gold coins into the scales of his tail while laughing happily! This makes Melodie and Bob Barry look at each other see the behavior of the Ocean Heart that looks extraordinary excitement to play with the pile of gold is like the behavior of children who enter the candy store!

“Ah... I know now..!” bob Barry said with a cheerful laugh.

“What do you know Bob? Let's quickly explain..” said Melodie while shaking the captain's hand.

“Gold this..” Bob Barry coughed for a while.

“This gold for Samuu and his people, can actually be likened to the Catnip plant that is favored by cats. The content contained in gold apparently makes the body of these creatures can trigger hormones such as the hormone Serotonin* in humans that can produce feelings of comfort or pleasure! How happy Samuu to play around with that pile of gold...!”

“Then is that dangerous Bob? Never mind later it will even become an addiction.”.

Bob Barry shook his head with a small laugh.

“I think not so... I instead suspect that the Pyramid building was deliberately made as a place for “Custody” Sirens children when the adults were going hunting or activities… These golds are deliberately collected so that their children can play around and not interfere with their parents.” closed Bob Barry.

“What a great deal! You know where Bob came from…? I myself who studied about marine biology really do not know at all..!”

Bob Barry laughed

“Yes you know…! The image is behind the wall of the Pyramid!” point Bob Barry towards the Pyramid wall above the girl's head

The girl kept her head up and looked around. That's when Melodie only realized that in every wall of the Pyramid building it seemed filled with reliefs and carvings carved on the surface!

And on one of the walls there is a relief of a large pyramid with a trident spear at the top. Inside the reliefs of the pyramid are seen many carvings of baby mermaids playing on a pile of small round objects such as coins, while outside the pyramid there are many carvings of larger Sirens creatures with various activities. Some are engraved in groups are bombing large fish and some are seen digging the tunnel using tools such as spears and pickaxes

Melodie's eyes seemed to grow and sparkle with admiration when she saw the carvings and reliefs in front of her.

“Try you bring your dagger here Bob, I'd like to see this side more clearly.. “ucap Melodie to Bob Barry.

“Wait a minute Mel, I wet the dagger first with sea water because the light began to decrease.” said Bob Barry while moving towards the entrance hole and dipping his dagger for a while.

The light rays of the comet dagger belonging to Bob Barry was again brightly lit when exposed to sea water, and after that Bob Barry stepped towards Melodie and raised his dagger high above the head to the part designated by the girl.

“Hei…! Is this not a sea map…! And.. Gosh…! This marine map engraving is very accurate and precise..!” bob Barry said in a surprised voice!

“You're right Bob…! This is indeed a sea map carving…! But let's look at this section.” Melodie said as she pointed towards one of the sections of the sea map engraved on the pyramid wall.

“This is obviously the island of Sulawesi.. Then this is Lembeh island... And this is Serena island! Then the symbol of the triangle beside the carving of the island of Serena is certainly referring to this underwater pyramid…! And look at Bob…! Try watching…! There are still many other triangular symbols around the world.!” melodie half yelled!

“Masalembo Sea..Maluku Seram Sea..Japan Devil's Sea..Moro Bay Waters Philippines..Bermuda Sea...Greek Aegean Sea…” hiss Bob Barry while glued seriously staring at the points where the triangle symbol is located.

“This means Sirens' colony is still widely spread all over the world Bob..! Absolutely an amazing thing..!” exclaim Melodie joy

“And that also means even more treasure spots to loot...!!!” said one sudden voice from behind them accompanied by the breaking of the cries of the Heart of the Ocean!

Melodie and Bob Barry turned around and were shocked to see that behind them were three men wearing diving suits and tubes. Two of them were seen aiming the harpoon gun at the two of them, while the other man was seen standing while hugging and crossing his pointy claws towards the Heart of the Ocean that seemed to cry in his mouth!

Who else if not the billionaire Jefri Kalangit?

“Ha.ha.ha. it turns out that what you said the other day is really not just nonsense Miss Melodie.. I say a big thank you to all of you who have been willing to show me this place.”.

“Master Kalangit.. Please return the Baby to us.. You may take all the treasures that are in this place, but please do not hurt the baby…” says weld Melodie while shedding tears.

“It seems that I cannot grant your request that Miss Melodie.. This baby has value far exceeding all the treasures that are in this place…! So obviously I'll keep him! Except. Well unless you and Bob Barry and his friends want to help me lift all the treasures in this place and go all the pyramids that are engraved on that wall and drain all their contents, just wanted to consider returning this baby to you..!” jefri said as he laughed

“Truly greedy old demon! Does your mountain-high wealth not make you satisfied to have to do dirty ways like this.?” the Beaver Bob Barry

“One bread is never enough Captain Barry... One loaf of bread will never be enough for someone like me.!!!” jefri Kalangit said with a chuckle.

“Then what do you want now?” snapped Bob Barry

“First of all... I want you and the girl to help these two boys to bring out all the gold from this Pyramid…” Jefri Kalangit had not finished his speech, the billionaire suddenly shouted loudly when the pointed teeth of the Heart of the Ocean hit his arm!

Bob Barry who saw the opportunity also immediately lunged quickly towards Jefri Kalangit with a comet dagger drawn forward!

“Stop him.!” jefri Kalangit shouted at the two men who immediately shot harpoons in their hands towards Bob Barry!

The eyes of the first Harpun pass by while slicing a little meat on the shoulder of Bob Barry while the eyes of the second harpoon successfully stuck on the thigh of the captain of the ship The Promise Land!

“Booooobbb.!” melodie shouted loudly when she saw the captain suddenly slammed into a daze on the floor of the Pyramid with a harpoon eye stuck in his thigh! The girl immediately hunted Bob Barry with worry

Meanwhile, with Bob Barry crashing onto the stone floor, suddenly a loud vibration was felt in the Pyramid building and one by one the rock walls contained in the Pyramid began to fall! Sea water began to look gushed from behind the walls of perforated rocks!

“This building will soon collapse Boss! We gotta get out of here! Said one of Jefri Kalanngit's men.

The billionaire surveyed his surroundings and was then seen spitting on the floor

“At least I had to snatch the baby out of their hands before escaping from this place!” the inner billionaire.

Then unexpectedly Jefri Kalangit was seen jumping and trying to seize the Heart of the Ocean from the sling of Melodie!

“Don't hope you can snatch it old devil.!” bob Barry shouted suddenly as he thrust his dagger straight towards Jefri Kalangit's claws!

Apparently the Captain with his last strength tried his hardest to get up from the floor and lunged to thwart the Billionaire's attempt to snatch the Heart of the Ocean from Melodie's embrace!

“Hurricane..!” curse the billionaire while quickly pulling back his claws. Just now the billionaire was preparing to re-launch the next attack suddenly heard one of his men screaming bitterly!

Apparently a large rock fell right on his head so that the lives of the men broke at that moment!

“Sorry boss, I do not want to lose my life in this place.” shouted one of Jefri Kalangit's men while jumping into the entrance of the Pyramid tunnel.

Seeing this, the billionaire immediately swore and ran after the men jumped into the water tunnel.

“Goodbye you two.. Sorry I can't send you to the door of hell.” Shouted the billionaire while laughing wickedly before finally disappearing from sight.

Meanwhile Bob Barry who is basically still weak due to various injuries he got during the fight in the Sky Tower now looks very tired. The harpoon wound on his leg made him unable to move his body down!

“Go you Mel.. Soon this building will soon collapse.” said Bob Barry in the arms of the girl.

“No Bob! I don't want to get out of this place without you! Dead life we should always be together.” Isak the girl while hugging the head of the Captain.

“There is no way Mel.. There is no way we can both get out of this place together…’ said the captain weakly while then pulling the harpoon stuck in his thigh!

Blood immediately gushed from the captain's wound but was quickly pressed and tied firmly by Melodie using a tear in her sleeve.

While biting his lips withstanding the pain of the captain then said.

“That Harpun Eye.. Not only did it hurt Mel's thigh.. But it also damaged BigMouth that was stored in my pants pocket… Besides I also have no more energy to swim out..”.

By biting his lips suddenly the girl was seen trying to get the body of the captain up! His teary eyes seemed to then emit a striking light!

“We won't just give up Bob! You should come out together with me…! Said the girl while then lifting the body of the captain who was drooping weakly and then carrying him!”

“What.... What are you doing Mel?” shock Bob Barry

“I will try to take you out of this place and we will use BigMouth alternately Bob…! Remember that! You're the one who these last few days taught me that..!”.

“Ta.. But Mel... I...” Bob Barry said confusedly

“Have been quiet there... Don't say anything else.!” Silencing Melodie

The girl stepped while carrying Bob Barry and then immediately plunged into the water hole followed by the Heart of the Ocean! With a deflated spirit, this amazing girl then swam along the underwater passage while holding a weakly rolled Bob Barry on his back!

Once a few minutes the girl is seen alternately giving her BigMouth to the captain so that even though the passageway they have to pass is quite long, but not a meaningful obstacle for both of them.

A while later, the two of them along with the Heart of the Ocean were finally able to escape out from inside the Pyramid which slowly looked collapsed! And when the giant coral building finally collapsed in its entirety, a powerful pressurized current swirled in the room to make some stalactites that were on the cave ceiling began to fall!

Seeing this, Melodie who carried Bob Barry and also the Heart of the Ocean appeared to swim frantically here and there while trying to avoid the pointy stalactite ruins that fell right on their heads!

Really very stressful! Only the lucky fate and persistence of the girl's determination that made the entourage of Bob Barry was finally able to reach a large room where Melodie and Maikel had been ganged by the Sirens creatures before.

But the threat did not stop there, the walls of the cave room suddenly shook again accompanied by the collapse of several rocks from the ceiling of the room! Melodie was forced to go back to swimming in panic while holding the captain until finally entering the tunnel that leads to the mouth of the Serena niche.

Getting closer to the mouth of the niche, the vibration intensified and the peak was when a rock suddenly inevitably fell right over the bodies of Bob Barry and Melodie! The captain who first saw this as fast as lightning pushed Melodie forward so that finally the big stone just overstretched her and not both!

Melodie who bounced due to the encouragement of Bob Barry was immediately flabbergasted when she saw the captain crushed by a large stone! The girl then swam closer and tried to pull Bob Barry but was immediately dismissed by the captain! The girl's eyes were reddened by the sign of crying in the water when she saw the captain looking at her with an angry and desperate expression while pointing towards the mouth of a niche!

Again the girl tried to pull the captain's hand but her hand was back on the edge! The girl then tried to give BigMouth his mouth to the young man but not in the gubris! This is done by the captain because the captain knows, if to be able to reach the surface, Melodie still have to rely on the tools of Marco Ferdinand's creation! That's why our captain refused…

Although he could not speak because he was in the water, but the girl knew that the Captain of The Promise Land was apparently determined to surrender and die buried in that place! Therefore, the girl suddenly swam closer and hugged the captain's neck with the intention of dying together in the sea floor aisle!

The vibration in the bottom of the Serena niche was getting stronger, Bob Barry who was embraced by the girl suddenly rebelled and rejected Melodie until she was released! The girl then looked with stunned eyes when she saw Bob Barry looking at her with reddened eyes as he unsheathed a falling star dagger right above her heart!

The young man was apparently determined to kill himself in front of the girl if Melodie still insisted on not leaving the place!

The Captain knew and strongly believed that the Melodie he knew was quite religious, it was impossible to let him kill himself, because that way if he died then his soul would go straight into Hell!

This was the only way the Captain could think of in the last seconds and it turned out that this way was truly powerful!

Melodie with sobbing then finally pulled the Heart of the Ocean to swim out of the niche leaving Bob Barry who was crushed by the rock.

“Goodbye... Melodie.. Take good care of yourself..” said bitterly Bob Barry in heart while staring at the girl's departure.

It is undeniable, the heart and feelings of the girl are very torn because they have to take heavy steps like this. Melodie knows how hard Bob Barry is. What he thought would be done immediately, and the girl did not want the real soul of the man who had managed to regain his heart this must end up in Hell because of the decision he took! Therefore, with a very heavy feeling finally Melodie was forced to continue swimming forward carrying a fainter heart.

As it was about to reach the mouth of the niche, trouble re-occurred! Samuu the baby mermaid suddenly rebelled to escape from Melodie's handrails and swam back into the tunnel!

The surprised girl then tried to chase her back inside, but that was when a loud sound rang out along with Melodie's body that was thrown out of the tunnel of the Serena niche due to the strong current coming from inside the tunnel!!

The view of the sea in the sea was suddenly blurred by dust and material coming out of the mouth of the niche, and when the sea view began to clear, the view of the sea began to clear, Melodie who managed to get out of the niche found that the hole of the Serena niche that was originally there has now been covered by rocks of various sizes!

With a snarling sound in the throat, this girl then tried to dismantle the stones until both hands bleed but everything was in vain. Let alone shifting, flinching not even a little! With a sobbing and desperate voice, the virgin then swam towards the surface.

As soon as it came to the surface, Melodie's heart-wrenching roar finally sounded shrill breaking the night sky!

Not long after, a fast boat appeared to approach the girl who seemed to cry while roaring in the middle of the sea.

“See…! That's Melodie..!” shouted one voice from the top of the fast boat or the speedboat that just came. The speedboat stopped and three passengers were seen jumping into the sea and swimming closer to the girl.

“Melodie…?! It's me Son! Why are you crying alone here…? Where's Samuu…? Where's Captain..?’ said the young man while shaking the girl's shoulder.

But alas, the inner blow that was too deep as to make the girl as if she did not hear what was asked by Bob Barry's colleague..The girl continued to sink into sadness and continued to roar crying so badly!

Marco, Son and Maikel looked at each other with pale faces. The three of them instinctively then suddenly took out their respective BigMouths and directly dived down to the surface!

After a long dive they finally arrived at the place where the Serena niche should be. And the three of them were immediately flabbergasted! The niche has been tightly sealed by rocks of various shapes! The three were then seen looking at each other for a moment before then trying to move the stones.

Seeing Melodie's heart-wrenching cry, their respective instincts could already guess that their captain must have been trapped inside this stone-covered tunnel.

Unfortunately, like Melodie, none of them were able to make the rocks that cover the mouth of the Serena niche budge. Until almost destroyed the hands of the three colleagues Bob Barry punch the rocks but still the results are free.

In desperation, the three then finally returned to swim to the surface and found the girl still crying heartbreakingly facing the starless night sky.

Heavy rain then fell on the four people who seemed to be floating in the waters of the island of Serena. Over time, the sounds of crying began to increase one by one to decorate the night sky which increasingly poured heavy rain...

The roars and cries of those who were wounded and lost the figure of the most precious person…

 

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