They had of course turned into merfolk,and Emily was eager to meet mermaids
her own age.
So she tried to get away from Patrick but the kid kept following
his big sister in the ocean.
They were engaged in this activity when a mysterious unearthly
fog rolled in and they were cut off from all sight and sound
beyond themselves.
They were lost.
Then came the splash of waves against a metal hull and
the two temporary merpeople swam in that direction.
When Emily heard a foreign sounding gruff say
"Kapitain Voorhees,Ich ist Fluge Deutchlander" (probably not
correct,but Flying Dutchman )
Emily(who knows her German better than I ) immediately
had a sick ghastly feeling and tried to yank that curious
brother of hers away from the danger
Too late!
The fog began to lift and Emily and Patrick saw a
17th century ghost ship transfering goods to a rusted out
torpedoed out death submarine from WW!,arisen from its
watery grave this fateful night.
The two German phantom captains broke their embrace and turned to stare
at the two merfolk with blood red eyes and pale ghastly skin...