Cassius had swam barely a couple miles in the direction of the underwater caves he knew surrounded the cliffs of a human port town when the ocean around him started fighting against his approach. He knew it was dangerous traveling so close to where humans might spot him but the storm he had sensed earlier was fast approaching and these caves were the closet form of shelter in the area. It was worth the risk as long as he stayed deep enough where light couldn't penetrate the dark water. Cassius remembered with a shudder the last time he had stayed out too long in a storm. The turbulent waters and flashing lights that cracked across the sky threw off his sense of direction so profoundly that Cassius had actually thought he might tire himself to death before he found somewhere safe to rest. Now that he really thought about it, he was unsure if sirens [i]could[/i] actually die. He had never been so much as wounded before but he was unwilling to test that theory.

Suddenly something broke the surface above him, startling Cassius out of his thoughts. Whipping his head up toward the source of the huge splash, Cassius actually thought for a moment that the storm was worse than he originally thought if it was throwing debris into the water. But then he realized with a jolt that it was a human drifting sluggishly through the water toward him. He was about to turn tail and make haste before he was spotted but then upon closer inspection he realized the human was tied and struggling weakly against their bonds.

[i]Shit[/i], Cassius cursed silently to himself. It should have been an easy decision to just leave the human to their watery fate. He had heard the horror stories about humans and what one might do upon discovering a siren. However, Cassius had always had a gentle heart and that fact might one day be the death of him. Before he could second-guess himself, hoping that she might actually be unconscious and not notice him at all while he swam her to safety, Cassius carefully grabbed her around the waist from behind and continued his trek toward the caves, only this time with a fervor that caused him to swim faster than he thought he was capable of.