"Dude, I need to enter the mystic mode, we gotta get out of here."
The guards just left, and Steven is now right next to me in his tight black wetsuit. He puts his hands on his hips and gazes around with his squinty eyes.
I'm in my glittering gown still, sitting on a clean pad on the stone floor. I'm in some sort of small cave with a pool doorway, the air pressure keeping the water from pouring in. The blue of the sea makes aqua designs on the cave walls, illuminating the cave with a faint teal glow.
"Can't we just swim out?"
I look around, realizing they did not chain me up. "Maybe they think I can't swim?" I'm on edge, my pulse hammering. The shock of what happened still numbs my senses, confusing me.
What a mess.
We both stare at each other as I take a shaky breath. I slowly crawl to the edge of the pool and peer into the ocean. I put my hand into the water and see that there is a light source down there, lighting up the water. "Is there something in the water?"