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Femme Fatale

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Nene is one of the countless unions of a man and a mermaid, when she reached the age of eighteen, she changed to her mermaid form, but instead of golden scales just like her mother, she got bloody red fish-tail. From pain, anger, and sorrow because of her mother’s murder and father’s suicide, she emerged as the malicious young woman who bring vicious death to every human who’s worse than a monster. This is not the story of a mermaid who falls in love with a human and dissolved into foam at the end, this is the story of what will happen when hatred wins over love.

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Chapter 1: Mermaids are real and so are Monsters
A mermaid is a water spirit, with the head and upper body of a human and the tail of a fish, some of their attributes are enticement of men and their beautiful song. The only job of a mermaid is to produce generation, which means all of them are able to give birth to a child whether with a merman or a human being. If they choose to marry a human, she must wait for her turn to reach the age, which is equivalent to eighteen in human age, when she will be allowed to emerge from the sea and go onto dry land to grow human legs, that would take two minutes in human time. My mother, she’s a mermaid with a golden scale and violet at the end of her tail, from the undersea kingdom in Busan, she met my father at Andong, who’s an American naval architect from Massachusetts. My father was working for a project at that time and he was deployed in South Korea for the completion, he met my mother who was selling a pearl necklace that time in exchange for money. It was my mother’s fourth time in the upper world that’s why she had the hang of being a human, the jewelry shop owner buying the necklace lower than the price that it should cost and my father interfered. Since then father teaches mother to be wise and not to get outsmarted by anyone, the next thing they know they already fall in love with each other. When father proposed marriage to mother, mother told the truth to father that she’s a mermaid and not human. Father couldn’t believe at first and he told mother to give him some time to think, though it took him two months, he still married mother in the end. A water spirit could acquire an immortal soul through marriage with a human being but only by achieving true love will her soul bind with a human’s and become everlasting. My father and mother achieved true love with each other, and when a human and water spirit interbreed, the children of such union have the ability to breathe and live underwater, that’s why I’m better than anyone else in water sports even though I’m just a kid. Sunday, 14th of July 1968, Massachusetts, U.S. “Kitten, do you mind picking up your mother at the beach?” father preparing dinner at the kitchen “I’m going to make Chicken Almond Pilaf.” “I’m on it, father.” taking the bag with me that contains mother’s clothes “Looking forward to your creation, chef!” saluting father before walking out from the house “I’ll be going now.” “Go straight home, alright?!!” father said in a loud voice for me to hear From our house to the beach, it’s just 20 minutes’ walk as long as I’m not getting side track because it’ll take me more than 20 if I do. I got scolded last time when it took me over an hour to get to the beach when I went alone to pick mother up. That day, I never let anyone or anything distract me and went straight to the beach, I saw mother about to sit on the rock where she usually gets herself dry, but there’s something on the rock. “A net??” it took me a while to realize what’s happening “No, mother … mother, it’s a trap!” running towards the rock “Mother, don’t go to …!” “Ne- …” mother looked at my direction as she sits on the rock but then she got caught by the net “Argh! Argh!” squirming to release herself from the net but she can’t “Ddal! Run!! Go, save yourself!!!” speaking in Korean as she’s being taken away by strange men I stepped back but my legs lose it strength to move that I just plopped at the sands while watching my mother forcefully transferred to a container. I couldn’t see clearly what the cover was but a man and a woman sit at both sides and their seats went down quickly then I couldn’t hear my mother screaming anymore. The next thing I see, the glass container was all red inside as they drained the red water, I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs but I’m all trembling that I there’s no sound coming out, that was my mother awhile ago but now I couldn’t recognize the chopped body inside. Those two, they cut my mother into pieces, and it didn’t end there, they even cooked my mother’s flesh and ate it like she’s just a mere fish and not human. People say that mermaids are monsters but these people they’re worse than monsters, how could they kill my mother viciously to cook and eat her flesh as if they caught a big fish?!! “Humans, there’s no ending to their greed.” strange man suddenly standing beside me “In a few minutes they’ll notice that you’re here, I think you should listen to your mother’s last words.” looking down at me “Go and save yourself, kid.” “Who??” when I looked up at him, he’s not human, he has a pair of golden horns on his forehead, wearing a red suit and pants that looks like made of scales, and a carp-like tail end shoe “What are you??” “I’m Philip.” smiling at me as he helps me to get up “I’m a water spirit.” turning me around “Run, Nene, you must live.” It’s like I was half hypnotized that I ran as he told me, when I arrived home I went immediately to the sink and throw up. My father was currently watching TV that time and when I saw the two people on the news, I began spilling what happened to mother. “Those two! Father, they killed mother!!” pointing at the TV as I start crying “I saw everything! Their people trapped mother in the net and put her to a glass container with water then those two, they ended mother’s life by sitting at the corners of the cover and when their seats went down, mother’s body was chopped into pieces!!” recalling the scene made me puke “They cooked and ate mother’s flesh, father!” vomiting again on the floor “Wh-What?!! What are you talking about Nene??!” father looking at me curiously as he grabbed my shoulders “Why are you saying that the Godeth ate your mother??? How did they know that your mother’s a mermaid??! Why would they eat a mermaid’s flesh?!!” crying frantically “I must go and …” “No, you’re not going there.” Philip suddenly get inside our house when father opened the door “Not tonight, wait until tomorrow sunrise.” “What are you??!” father stepping back from him “Get behind me, Nene!” standing in front of me “Why are you here in my house?!!” yelling at Philip “I’m a water spirit and I’m here to keep you both safe from the enemies.” Philip walked towards the dining room “Ooh, chicken!” sits on the middle where father usually sit “You two not going to eat this??” looking at me and father who’s watching him eat our supper “Excuse me, who are you??!” Father muster his courage to get near towards Philip “Ah, I’m Philip.” continue eating his meal “Hmm … this is delicious, do you mind if I eat everything?” “Do you think I care about food when I just out that my wife got violently murdered and there’s a strange man with horns preventing me to go as he eats comfortably at my dining room?!” father said mockingly “Then I’ll have it all for myself.” Philip eats on the serving plate instead “In exchange for this delicious meal, I’ll give you a tip, you two must leave the country before Sunday, America isn’t safe for the kid, they’re going to abduct her and have the same fate as Hyebni.” “What?!!” shivering as I got reminded again how my mother died Father heed the warning of Philip, we moved into Andong, South Korea on Friday evening. Philip retrieved mother’s ashes for us and we brought it to our new home. But ever since that night when my mother got murdered, I couldn’t get the incident out of my head as it keeps on repeating over again. The sun almost set that day when mother about to sit on the rock, she looked at me with a smile but she’s calling out my name the net captured her. She tried to fight for her life but when she got transferred to the glass container, all she could do was scream, it was too loud but no one came to save her. I’m too terrified that I couldn’t move an inch on my position, I just watched how those monsters slaughtered mother, they butchered her into pieces and ate her flesh after cooking. They enjoyed supper that evening when me and father couldn’t even eat for days, they’re humans but they scared me the most than real monsters. I was screaming and crying out loud when I woke up in the morning, father is kind of used to me waking that way, he always gives me a glass of water after he calmed me down in his embrace. He’s worried and apologetic towards me because he wasn’t there to protect me or mother, it wasn’t his fault but he keeps on blaming himself for what happened to mother and what I saw that any child shouldn’t see. It’s already September, but instead of starting fourth grade in class, I attended the second semester of fourth grade like everyone else. Apparently, the school year starts at March in Korea not September like in America. Because mother’s first human language was Korean, she taught me well how to speak even read and write the language, though she didn’t have proper education at all since she’s a mermaid, if not for father who’s learning also Korean that time then she’ll just learn English then. “Good morning children!” class adviser told me to wait outside the classroom as she introduced me to the class “How’s everyone summer vacation? … but before you answer me, I have someone to introduce, she’s an American but she completely looks Korean and speaks the language fluently too so it’s alright to talk to her, she’ll be joining our class from now on.” opened the door for me “You may come in now, go on don’t be shy.” smiling at me I walked straight ahead as I observed everyone while standing in front of them, there’s already twenty in this class and the chair at the back, it’s obviously for me who’s the extra student and late enrollee. “Why don’t you introduce yourself to your classmates first?” class adviser said as she put her hand on my shoulder “I’m Nene Puth, born on February 14, 1959, from North Eastham, Massachusetts, United States of America.” slightly bowed my head to them after “Is your family name, Nene?” one raised her hand as she threw me the question “Ah apologies, my family name is Puth, my father is Jack Puth and my mother is Hyebin Lee, I’ll have my Korean name next year as Lee Nene so for now I’m using my English name Puth Nene.” “She’s a half-breed.” girl sitting at the middle said loudly as she gave me an uninterested look Half-breed, even in my former school they called me that name, because my father’s American and my mother’s Korean, though she only fabricated her identity, but still the undersea Kingdom is in Busan so she’s Korean. It was also the reason I got bullied at school since first grade, but if my nationality being half is already an issue, what more if they found out that I’m ¾ human?? It was lunch break and almost everyone rushed out from the classroom, father made me a bagel sandwich that only has lettuce, tomato, and cheese as fillings. Since we moved in, I couldn’t bring myself anymore to eat any kind of meat, because my stomach is turning upside down whenever I tried. “Does Americans only eat burgers?” boy moved his chair backwards to get near me “Hello, I’m Philip Lee, my parents will be sending me to America after graduation so they got me an English name, if you don’t mind, will you teach me how to live in American way??” “I see, fine with me, in exchange will you also teach me the Korean way?” making a negotiation with him “My father and I just moved here on the third week of July, I was born and raised in America so I don’t know much about Korea.” “Deal!” Philip smiling at me “Do you want to have a taste of my lunch, I’m allergic with a lot of foods that’s why I can only eat vegetables and fruits.” opened his lunch box “I want to eat meat too but whenever I do, I have rashes all over my body and its itchy.” looking at my sandwich “First of all, this is not a burger, this is called bagel sandwich, secondly, I don’t like any kind of meat and just like you I’m an herbivore.” showed him “Got it, no burger patty at all, but at least you have cheese, I can’t have dairy products so I can only look at it.” Philip pitying himself “Well at least you’re leading a healthy lifestyle.” continue eating my bagel sandwich This boy why do I feel like I already seen him somewhere? I suddenly remembered the name Philip, though he looks like an American on his mid-40s but he’s obviously not human because of his golden horns and his hair isn’t black at all. When the class ended, most of my classmates hanged out together since they haven’t seen each other during summer vacation. I’m about to leave the classroom when Philip opened the door for me acting like a gentleman. “I’m also new to this class, I came from Busan and studied there until third grade.” Philip walking beside me as he continues talking about himself “I see, but at least you already made friends with everyone.” climbing down the staircase “Nah, I don’t make friends with useless kids.” Philip said with a smile “Then you’re befriending me because I have a use for you??!” staring at him after we reached the ground “We had a deal, right?” Philip staring back at me “Let’s start our lesson tomorrow, your father is waiting for you.” pointing at my father standing out “How did you know, he’s my father??!” the moment I turned to him he’s already gone by my side “Where did he go??” looking around but he’s nowhere to find as if he just vanished instantly “That’s weird.” walked towards my father “How’s your first day, Nene?” father patting my head “It’s fine, most of them are interested in America than me, at least I’m not a complete outcast.” looking up to him “How about you, how’s your day?” “I just got my first client today; I’m going to make him a yacht.” father opened the car door for me “That’s good news.” getting inside the car “You’re one of America’s top naval architects, so that man made a wise decision to have business with you!” “I’ll take that as a compliment, how about you? Any friends??” father on the driver’s seat beside me “I guess I made one, his name is Philip Lee, he was a transferee from Busan and he’ll be studying in U.S. after elementary so he befriends me.” I said “Whenever I hear the name Philip, I always reminded of that water spirit who helped us.” father start driving the car “Me too, Philip is quite a common name.” looking at the side of the road from the car window “Are we going to Dr. Tranter again?” “It’s Monday, so yes, you’re not getting any better Nene, you need more than just two sessions a week, I scheduled you for Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays instead of Tuesdays and Thursdays.” father glance at me “I know it’s hard but you have to get through with it, I already lost my wife I don’t want to lose my daughter too, so hang in there for father, I need you Nene, I can’t do this without you, you need to be better, I don’t want you to have those nightmares again, I want you to remember only the happy memories that we have with your mother so you can sleep at peace.” “Forgive me for worrying you father, I don’t want those nightmares too, I want to dream of our happy memories and sleep normally, I’ll do my best to get well father.” staring at my father who have a bit smile on his face as he keep his eyes on the road Dr. Tranter, he’s the psychologist who convinced me to go back to school when I lost the will to socialize with everyone. I had sessions with him for two Wednesdays last July, he was the first person we visited when we moved in the country and he helped us to settle in this foreign place even though he himself is a foreigner too. Father trusted him because he’s also like me, he’s a son of a mermaid mother and a human father. “Still one-night break from your nightmare, let’s make it at least two this month alright?” Dr. Tranter gesturing me to lay down on the reclined chair “That one-night break it’s all blank but I rather have that than playing a horror movie on repeat every night.” lying down on the chair “You’ve got a strong mind Nene, some children wouldn’t be able to talk as if they become mute, some would just lose their sanity, but you, you surely can talk but you get it together somehow the only thing we need to fix is your nightmare then you’ll be freed.” Dr. Tranter starting to hypnotize me “I want to be fix so I can be free.” eyes starting to get heavy “Happy memories …” closing my eyes When I opened my eyes, I’m on the beach and mother is sitting on the rock as she dried herself up to grow her legs. Her golden tail with violet at the end, it was shining as the moonlight hits, she’s so beautiful with her long flowing hair. I lay my head down on her lap as we both wait for her mermaid tail turn into human legs, then I suddenly feel something wet fell down on my cheek. I thought it was just a tear but when I looked up to see my mother’s face, my eyes widened from terror. It’s blood, then lines started to appear from her face down to her tail until she’s tear apart into pieces. I was too scared that I lost my balance and fell to the sea, it’s impossible for me to drown as I can breathe underwater but I couldn’t breathe so I swam to emerge from the sea. The moment I had my head above the water a net captured me and no matter how hard I tried to release myself it’s no use. Men with blank faces were holding the net as they transferred me to the glass container with water then the Godeth couple sits on both end of the cover. I can’t see what’s on top of me but it keeps on piercing me like knives. I’m trying to lift it up but my hands are cutting down into pieces. Then there’s a boy walking towards me, Mr. and Mrs. Godeth are screaming in pain but I can’t hear it, both of them lying on the sands holding their legs. This boy he lifted up the cover for me and I’m all back into one piece without any injuries. When I got out from the container, I’m holding something, I don’t know what but my hands are covered in blood, and my surrounding become all white. The couple are sitting on their wheelchairs and they’re talking to me but they’re not making any sounds, when I turned around, I stepped backwards because of what I’m seeing. “What are you seeing?” Dr. Tranter said calmly but then I woke up without screaming like I usually does after every session with him “May I have some water, please?” thirsty after all the talking I’ve done “Here.” Dr. Tranter gave me a glass of water “This is the first time you’re all calm upon waking up, though you’re still screaming and panting earlier but it subsided eventually.” observing me thoroughly “I don’t know I saw something horrible but I can’t feel anything after that boy showed up, there’s no pain, anger, or sorrow, it’s just nothingness.” “This boy that you’ve talking about, have you met someone recently that made an impact on you? Since this is your first day at school, have you made friends with someone in particular that make you feel at ease?” Dr. Tranter waiting for my answer “I don’t know if he has an impact on me or make me feel at ease because we’re just both casual to each other.” empty the glass of water “So, there is someone, whoever this boy is, he’s good for you but it’s better if you also make friends with others and not just him, Jack might accuse me of telling you to have a love life at such a young age.” Dr. Tranter chuckles “What love life are you talking about Dr. Tranter??! I’m only nine.” getting out from the chair “By the way that boy’s name is Philip Lee.” “Philip??!” Dr. Tranter think deeply “The yōkai, you and Jack met last July? That’s the name of that water spirit, right??” “Yes, but this boy doesn’t have a pair of golden horns, he’s just a human with some kind of attitude, he told me that he doesn’t make friends with useless kids, he’s going to America after elementary so he thinks I’m useful to him that’s why he befriends me.” walking towards the door “It’s not that bad but not good either.” Dr. Tranter opened the door for me “Jack, may I speak with you for a moment?” calling out to my father who’s sitting on the couch near the door “I’ve got some news for you.” “Is it bad or good?” father stand up from his seat “Wait for me here, Nene.” walk inside the room to have a private conversation with Dr. Tranter That evening, father cooked dinner for us, whenever he had a meat dish for him, he cooked it first then he put my mixed vegetables next for me to still taste the meat even though there isn’t on my meal. He’s not just a naval architect, he’s a good cook too, that’s why he’s the best father for me. Because it’s just us two in the house, since he’s working and the only thing he does is cooking, I have to do all the household chores aside from studying. When December comes, I still have nightmares twice a week but unlike before I don’t scream and cry anymore every time I woke up in the morning. It’s Christmas Eve and the first Christmas that we’re celebrating without mother, because it’s too sad if it’s just me and father, we invited Dr. Tranter and Philip’s family to spend the eve with us. “Ugh, Justin will you just leave the kitchen?!” father getting frustrated to Dr. Tranter “I can handle this by myself, just set the table in the dining room, Nene please take Dr. Tranter out of the kitchen.” “Justin-samchon, can you help me with the table setting please?” taking out the plates from the shelf “I’m a bother in the kitchen so I have to get out, fine, I’m just trying to help but you find me a nuisance.” Dr. Tranter pouting “Please don’t read our minds, it’s rude Justin.” father said without looking at Dr. Tranter “What can I do? I can see what everyone thinks.” Dr. Tranter taking out the plates to the dining room “I wonder what my power will be when I turned 18.” setting the spoon, fork, and knife “You eat and speak fast so it’s probably had something to do with your mouth.” Dr. Tranter setting the plates and glasses “Hmm … it’s not going to be a weird power, right?” getting anxious all of a sudden “Nah, I don’t think so, it’s an amazing power, so don’t worry.” Dr. Tranter chuckles “ding-dong” door bell ringing “They’re here.” walking towards the door “Philip, Mr. and Mrs. Lee, good evening, come on in.” opened the door for them “Your house is quite unique.” Philip looking up “You’ve got the kitchen in the middle of your house.” see the kitchen five steps up from the living room “You’ll get confused if the owner is naval architect or a chef who likes cooking show.” Dr. Tranter going down the stairs to living room “You must be Nene’s boyfriend, I’m their family friend, Dr. Justin Tranter.” place his hand on Philip’s head “You … what are you??!” eyes widened from shock

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