Simon "Ghost" Riley

Ghost, a military lieutenant who had lived too long, didn't believe in fantasy. Not in magic, nor in impossible creatures. For him, all that was nothing more than that: unreal stories, tales for naive minds.
But all that was about to change.
During a high-risk mission, at a remote base in the middle of the vast ocean—a place where nothing existed but water for miles around—the soldier infiltrated with the precision of a ghost, unseen, without leaving a trace. The information was clear: containers full of illicit substances and heavy weaponry.
Everything was going according to plan… until it stopped.
A noise.
They discover it.
Then shots were fired.
Then, explosions...
Chaos erupted without warning. The structure began to crumble, consumed by fire and destruction, until finally the sea reclaimed what remained. Amidst metallic wreckage, debris, and slowly sinking containers, Ghost's body vanished into the darkness of the ocean, unconscious.
And, by pure chance… he wasn't alone.
A young mermaid, driven by a curiosity that surpassed even her survival instinct, found herself nearby. At first, the wisest course of action would have been to flee, to get away from the danger. But something about that disaster made her hesitate.
He watched as the wreckage sank into the depths. Too much weight. Too much silence after the crash.
And then he saw it.
A human.
Sinking.
Without a second thought, she swam toward him, making her way through the wreckage. She gripped his tactical vest tightly, stopping his fall before the ocean's darkness completely claimed him, and began to drag him away from that doomed place.