Gazing out at the ocean, twenty-one-year-old Callum Waters felt relaxed. Ever since he could remember, he loved the ocean and growing up in Bar Harbor, Maine, gave him a better understanding for the men who made their living as fishermen.

Growing up, Callum never knew who his real father was and his mother had died, when he was only two. Not having any children of their own, his mother's older sister Elaine and Uncle Rob had adopted him. Since then, he considered them his real parents.

Callum's childhood was great and never gave his Aunt and Uncle any trouble. During some weekends and summers, he would often help his Uncle, on his fishing boat but despite his Aunt fussing over him, she knew how much Callum loved fishing and relented.

It was right after high school, he became a full-time fisherman on his Uncle Rob's boat. Callum was built for it too, at 6'0 and medium build he was able to carry heavier loads than his older counterparts and his help was appreciated too. Callum was also popular with the ladies, with his wavy brown hair and his piercing green eyes, women were clambering all over him, especially at the local pub. He was also popular in school where he was number one swimmer on his swim team and all the girls at his school, would go to his swim matches just to cheer him on. But despite the fact he was popular with the girls, he only had one girlfriend throughout high school. Last year, he had broken up with her to focus on fishing and although Callum missed her, he didn't love her anymore…

"Callum," his uncle shouted " I need your help!" he shouted again, with a worried look on his face. Although The Triton, his Uncle's fishing boat was built to withstand major damage you could never be sure how much damage it could really take and so his first priority was the safety of his men.

As the men were busy preparing the Triton for the storm, the wind began picking up causing waves to pound against the side of the boat. Feeling defeated, Callum's Uncle shouted at his men to abandon the deck and take cover inside the boat. As Callum was making his way towards the other men, a large wave formed beside the boat and came crashing down on him, causing him to lose his footing and fall into the water. The last thing he remembered before falling into the abyss, was someone calling his name…

Gathering all the sea life in the area, Maerin Aquas used his echolocation to guide them to safety. Sometimes the work was tedious, but at twenty-three it was the half Merman half Atlantean's job, to make sure that every living creature in the ocean, was safe.

After Maerin was certain that the Kelp forest was clear, he did one last sweep of the place and as he was about to swim away, something caught his eye. Thinking he forgot a fish or something, he swam up to it… "A human," he said out loud and wondered how the man ended up in the ocean. Not sure if the man was still alive, Maerin quickly blew an air bubble on the man's face so that he could breathe underwater. Looking around for a ship, Maerin didn't see one and he grabbed the man by the waist and began to swim towards his homeland of Atlantis. The human would be safe there, Maerin thought as it covered by a dome and besides he thought, there were other humans living there too.

When they reached the entrance of Atlantis, the guards gave Maerin a puzzled look and after waving his hand at them, they let him through. While inside of Atlantis-Neptune, Maerin, with his newly transformed legs, took the man straight to the nearby infirmary. After he laid the man down on the hospital bed, Maerin got a better look at the man… He was beautiful, Maerin thought causing his heart to thump fast. The human wasn't much older than him he thought and oh, that face of his was sculpted like one of those statues he had seen, in the Atlantis-Neptune Metropolitan Museum.

Finally, after thirty minutes of waiting, the nurse entered the room but before she could tend to him, Callum woke up and began to cough violently until all the water was extracted from his lungs. When he opened his eyes, he began scanning the room. "Whe - where am I?" he asked the nurse confused but before she could answer, Maerin answered for her…