Alexandria was curious looking down at the manta ray below them but for some reason something looked off and she decided, and it was probably about time to investigate so she jumped over the side.
One of the militia members looked over and called out, “Captain, do you need assistance?
She came up from out of the water and waved up at him as she responded, “No, I want you to find me something to transport this animal in. I think there's something wrong with it, do it now.”
The militia member nodded and left for a few minutes. Something came back with a huge glass container tied to a rope and lowered it down to Alexandria.
The large container splashed in the water and Alexandria maneuvered it underneath the animal and emotion for them to pull it up and she held onto the rope and went up with it.
Once they were on deck Alexandria moved the large container into her borders and started to check over the animal. She decided that it looked like it needed something so she grabbed a syringe from her dresser that had medicine inside it and injected it into the manta ray.
Water started to splash all around as the ray thrashed about and started to change and Alexandria's eyes widened and she spoke softly, “It's a shapeshifter.”
The woman sat up in the water and she was completely naked, and she looked around extremely puzzled looking like she hadn't slept for days as she looked at Alexandria in the eyes.
Tears flooded her face, and she jumped out of the container and almost nearly tackled Alexandria who was able to study her feet and wrap her arms around the woman as they locked eyes again the woman spoke, “Alexandria is that really you?”
Alexandria looked puzzled looking the woman up and down trying to figure out what was wrong the only explanation that she could think of was that while the ray was swimming by the boat someone must have called out her name but then she got these seven senses of warmth in her chest, and she tells her head to the side and looked at the woman speechless.
It was a silence for a few moments until the woman finally spoke, “I'm your mother sweetheart. It's been some time, but I was taken to one of the facilities a few years before you and I've been trapped in that ray body ever since.”
Her eyes widened, she looked the woman up and down again and her hands started to shake as she tried to speak but only a whisper came out, “Mom?”
This shock was a little much in Alexandria can barely feel the planks of the boat beneath her as her entire body started to shake. Her mother noticed this and tried to ground her as they both made their way to Alexandria's desk where her mother sat her down.
“You have to get a hold of yourself sweetheart and I think I need to find some clothes so when you compose yourself, I'm going to be over here seeing if anything you have fits me.”
Her mother walked away, and she just sat there at the desk pretending to look at the map just trying to picture what life would have been like if her mother had been there the entire time of course that was impossible because it wasn't true and now, she was just left ponder about it while her mother rifled through her extra clothes to see if there was anything that could fit her.
It wasn't long before she came back wearing one of Alexandria's old outfits. Alexandria looked up and smiled as she spoke and even though she was talking normally she felt like it was barely a whisper. “How in the world have you been able to keep that form for so long I mean you've been in the ocean for years and it's only because I got curious that you got out if my curiosity hadn't gotten the better of me, you'd still be down there what would you have done if I hadn't pulled you out?”
“Well, I guess I would have waited until someone finally pulled me out since I don't have the ability to jump into a boat of his size and a small rowboat wouldn't have done because they wouldn't have had the ability to break me out of this transformation and of course I might have died in any case.” She called for a moment straightening up her outfit and she gave Alexandria a warm smile and continued, “By the way if you don't know or weren't told or just don't remember your mother's name my name is Lorelai.”
She couldn't believe her ears and for some reason that name did sound familiar but she probably heard it when she was just an infant and it was a fading memory that would probably be gone in a few years but it was nice to replace it with this one because now her mother wasn't going anywhere and she was going to make sure that whoever put her in that place paid for it with their life.
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“That is a beautiful name and for some reason it does sound familiar so maybe it was told to me when I was very young but let's not throw in the past and since you're here how about I send you an offer we are about to go to war with the walled city not too far from here I want to give you the position of Commander over the first fleet in my Armada as well as the leader of my personal guard until such a time as I can find a suitable replacement.”
Lorelei was shocked and she wasn't sure what to say even though the correct answer was going to be yes at the same time she had spent a third of her life as a manta / stingray and now it was maybe time for her to do something different and she wasn't sure if joining her daughter's pirate crew was the right move but on the other hand she hasn't seen her daughter since she was an infant so neglecting this chance to spend the rest of her life with her daughter would be her failure as a mother.
“I think that is a perfect idea and I am honored she would give me such a prestigious title even before some of your crew members who have been here since the beginning of your crew but as I said I will accept with humility and a bit of grace.” She did her best courtesy even though it had been a long time it didn't seem like it looked bad but there was no one really to measure it against and there was no way Alexandria was going to be negative about it so they all just enjoyed the moment.
The joy on Alexandria's face was palpable and radiated like the sun she had been dreaming of this since she was a little girl after her mother was taken from her and now, she had a chance to build that relationship back up and there was nothing and no one that was going to stop her from succeeding in that.
“I'm glad to hear it once we get everything finished that I was doing here we will return to the settlement, and I will introduce you to the rest of my crew and then you can meet some of the top officials the militia leader and others who live here we're in high standing and you'll be able to meet my wife.”
Lorelei's eyes widened and she moved closer to Alexandria and grabbed her arm. “Do you mean to tell me that my daughter is already married, and it is to a woman well I guess congratulations are in order I can't wait to meet her.”
They exchange smiles of pleasure and happiness between each other, and Alexandria went about her duties on the ship making sure everything was ready for their departure since soon they would attack the nearest walled city and another name off her list would be crossed off.
It only took about an hour and then the two of them got into a rowboat and went to shore going to the main hall into the back room while Alexandria had called all of her crew and the important officials some were still coming in but standing near her desk hands on the back of her chair stood her wife Judy with a smile on her face.
The two of them walk to the back of the room since Alexandria wanted to introduce Judy first. That's what was going to happen: everybody else lined up against the wall here to meet this woman.
Alexandria was able to send Judy a message ahead of time, so she already knew who this woman was which is why she was extremely flustered and didn't know where to put her hands and she tapped them against the back of the chair as Lorelei and Alexandria stopped in front of her.
“My love I would like to introduce you to my mother Lorelei she is actually a shifter just like me about her power is a bit different she can change based on her imagination or my change is based on what I'm able to see and so happens that we have been followed since the moment we got our first ship my Manta or stingray apparently it was my mother transformed by a drug that had been injected into her system right before she was able to escape from one of their testing facilities. I hope the two of you can get along and be great leaders to This ever-growing crew.”
There was a strong silence for a moment and Judy didn't know what to do or say she did her bestie and smile looking Lorelei in the eye as she finally spoke, “It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance man I haven't known your daughter for long but it is a pleasure to be her friend or business partner and her wife along with her vice-Captain I hope that the two of us can be good friends now and into the future.”
Lorelei let out a playful giggle and she put her hand on Judy's shoulder and responded, “No need to be so tense sweetheart I'm a very accepting person I knew my Alexandria was different I was never expecting her to be married much less to a woman but you are gorgeous and it's only fitting that you are the vice-Captain of this crew she has given me a coveted spot of Commander or should I say provisional Commander over her personal guard along with commander of her first division fleet.”
A sigh of relief escape Judy's lips and she smile and gave Laura lie a big hug it wasn't every day you get to meet your mother-in-law so quickly after the wedding and this day and age meeting family that close took some time because everyone was separated but now it was as if the old days had come again and no one had to worry about trivial nonsense.
Alexandria went around the room introducing everyone to her mother and setting the stage for the battle to come she also that everyone know that all the commanders shifts for each fleet were built and finished the only one that has been jealous and onto the water though has been her mother's they'll be seven fleet designations she won't grow it any bigger than that each fleet will just grow in Mass but you will not add commanders so now it was time to make the preparations everything was set and by preparations that meant it was time to depart it was time to show the enemy what happened when they mess with Crimson Judgment.