It was not long before the three found themselves at the college, where they spotted Sonata walking to the nearby bus stop.

“Hey, want a ride? They say you shouldn’t ride with strangers, but I got candy.” Max called out from the driver side as he pulled up along side and using his driver side master lock and window system to roll the passenger window side down.

“Ooh, Candy.” Sonata said with a smile as she looked at Max, then looked down at Adagio in the front passenger seat, and Aria in the back. As it dawned on her, her face fell and she took a step back.

“Sonata? Please, we came to pick you up to take you to the beach.”

Sonata seemed ready to flee, of course, despite being on the side of the road, Max was willing to chase her down on foot. When it came to something he set his mind to, it was impossible not to succeed.

With a long sigh, and looking as though she was giving in, Sonata nodded and climbed into the back seat, after Aria moved over to make room.

Adagio passed a small bag to the back to Sonata, and Max set off down the road. When the sirens had told Max they were going to go with him, he decided to grab a few things so they would have that rather than having to ride all the way back. He had taken time to remove all of his stuff from his duffle bag, laptop, movies, books, and many other things, set aside nice and neat before stuffing in four towels, a beach umbrella, and several other beach articles. After which he made sure to change his clothes before they all left to get Sonata.

He had packed it all into the trunk, and now as they made their way down the rode, they came to a part of the city limits where houses were replaced with trees. Whenever there were spaces between the trees, the passengers could see small ponds in the distance surrounded by trimmed green grass and small hills. Before long they passed a bend in the road where there was a sign showing this area belonged to a golfing club. Further they came to another main road, where Max turned left. The moment he did, they could see the lake and the beach stretched out to their right side. After driving for a few minutes, Max slowed and turned onto gravel where he parked at a long pipe raised out of the ground and jumped out before vanishing into the small convenience store.

“Be right back, Okay?” He took off before the girls had a chance to say anything.

They waited in the car for a few minutes longer before finally returning with a large blue ice chest, he stopped on the side of the store and grabbed two bags of ice he must have already paid for as he casually brought the items over and placed them into the trunk and climbed back in. Reversing, he continued their trip only another five minutes before finding a spot that wasn’t over run with people.

The four made their way down the grassy hill to the collection of trees that separated them from the beach, Max carrying his duffle and the blue ice chest. Once down on the soft brown sand, they looked around and found a decent spot a short distance from the trees.

Max set down the chest and bag, before opening it and pulling out the umbrella and setting it into the ground. Adagio grabbed a large beach towel and set it down under the umbrella before laying down with a book. She took a moment to settle down on her side and open the book.

“Wow, bring you to the beach and you wanna read a book. I figured a former all powerful siren who, according to legends preferred water over land would go straight for the water.”

“I’ll live.”

“Do I need to carry you over my shoulder and toss you into the water?” Max threatened.

“Do I need to kill you?”

“Point taken. See ya.” Max turned to the other girls who were a short distance away waiting for him. In one swift move, he lifted his arms, grabbing the bottom of his shirts and removed them up and over his head. He carelessly tossed them down onto the duffle bag and took off running to the water at full speed.

Sonata and Aria were waiting for Max, having already moved down near the water as he set up the umbrella for Adagio. When they looked at him as he removed his shirt, they were both surprised.

“Damn, that boys been working out.” Aria spoke out loud. Max had finally gotten rid of the fat that had collected in his stomach, his chest firm and taught, his abs, where as not totally ripped, were certainly flat. His arms now held two large lumps of muscle. Aria felt stunned as she stared at his body, she could feel heat rising up to her cheeks as she saw him drop his shirts and head full charge towards the water. His body seemed to compress as parts of his muscles worked as he moved before splashing out into the water and diving head first once he was waist deep.

Once he vanished below the surface of the water, Aria was able to shake her head and focus, without another thought she undid the cut jeans and dropped them to her ankles, revealing a soft blue and white stripped swim bottoms that hugged her ass and thighs. Then she removed her black tank top, to reveal a matching top, allowing her breasts to be nestled comfortable, the strings of her top tied up and over her shoulder to tie up with a single large knot right between her shoulder blades.

Sonata, for her self had changed into a dark red bikini two piece with a large pink bow at the front of her breasts. As she watched Max running straight into the water, she could not help but to think back to that morning and find herself blushing again. She lowered her head and began walking into the water, taking her time.

Right after she was calf deep, Aria went running past her, splashing her lightly as she ran by. Sonata wiped the water from her face and looked up to spot Max a short distance away up to his chest in the water. He had an easy smile, his short brown hair spiked and splayed all around his head. He raised an arm and waved at her, before Aria popped up next to him.

Aria began to splash Max while he was staring open mouth at her body, taking advantage of him. He yelped before growling and brought both hands down, shifting them just slightly to force the water at Aria. The effect being like a small tidal wave that overtook her.

“Hey, watch those gorilla hands.” Aria chastised.

“Oh, no hands? Then how about this?” Max asked before inhaling and diving backwards, leaving his feet above the water and splashing, sending up an even bigger torrent of water, before it stopped. Max rose up out of the water and started laughing at Aria, who now looked somewhat like a drowned rat.

“Wow, how do you do that, Max?” Sonata inquired when she reached the two.

Max shrugged, “Big feet,” then turned and dove under the water again. The two girls looked at each other and started making their way to where he was. They expected him to pop up right there, but instead they could not find him, Aria even lowering herself under the water to look. The cloudy water did not reveal him, so she rose up, clearing her eyes and looking around.

“Max?” She called, “Maaax!” No answer. Aria cupped her hands to call out again when something grabbed her ankle, drawing out a scream as she jumped and fell back to flounder in the water.

“Aria, what happened?”

“Something grabbed me.”

Just as Sonata was going to respond she heard something rising up out of the water from behind her, and before she could turn,. Felt strong arms reach around her waist and lift her up into the air.

“Gotcha!” Max called out, making Sonata scream and giggle. He did not keep her in the air for long and set her back down into the water.

“Okay, I’ve had my fun, so what now?” He asked, looking from one girl to the other.

Aria and Sonata shared a look that quickly turned sinister. Noticing this, Max took a step back, “Uh, Oh.”

The girls screamed as they jumped on top of him forcing him down into the water, all three vanishing for a few seconds. Max brought his head up sputtering and coughing, “Yeah, I really should have seen that coming.” He turned and spotted Adagio looking up from her book, “Hey, Adagio, why don’t you come join us?” To his disappointment she turned her head back to the book.

Shrugging, Max turned and dove back under the water just as the other two came up for air. Max moved as deep as he could, brushing his body on the sand and silt below the surface of the water. As he propelled himself forward his both arms and legs, he kicked up plenty behind him, while everything in front remained fairly clear. He remained under water for as long as he could, managing to go a short distance before turning his body in the water, placing his feet below him and launching to the surface of the water.

There he caught his breathe and settled on his back and floated for a minute or two. The sky above him was bright blue with tufts of clouds here and there. HE closed his eyes, spreading his arms out as far as they would go and just let his mind go. He felt free of all the burdens of his life recently.

He turned to find himself all alone, no sign of either Sonata, or Aria in the water. His eyes scanned the surface, before moving up to the beach to find that Adagio was gone as well. He took note that his stuff, and the umbrella and towel were still there, but no sign of any of the girls.

“Where did-” He started to ask himself as he went to turn, only to find a ball suddenly hit him in the face. It bounced off and landed in the hands of Sonata, who laughed, along with Aria, and Adagio. “Sonata, did you hit me with that?”

“Nope. That was Adagio.” She immediately replied once she was able to stop laughing.

Max turned a scowl to Adagio who was smirking, “You invited me out to the water. Are you regretting that now?”

“Kind of, yea.” Max replied tersely. He wasn’t really mad, but he wanted to see how long he could repress the laughter and remain focused.

“Aw, are you gonna cry now?” She asked as she moved closer. He could not help his eyes lowering down to the her breasts, no longer in a white shirt, but in a purple top with straps. What drew his attention was as the natural waves of the water moved towards shore, her breasts seemed to lift and fall with them, mesmerizing Max.

“Well, I’m not gonna cry, but I do want something for an apology.”

At this point, Adagio was within arms length of him, and noticed where his eyes had been. She grinned as an idea formed in her mind, “Oh, poor thing,” she said as she lifted an arm up to his shoulder and wrapped it around, drawing herself close so her breasts were right against his chest. “I’m such a bad girl, how about I give you to make it better?” She offered in almost a whisper.

‘Wow, his body is really hard with these muscles. He’s not overly ripped, but just, he looks, and certainly feels just right.’

She moved her other hand down his chest, waiting for a response, before trailing a finger down his stomach.

“Or, maybe, you would be interested in something else for compensation?” She asked as she raised a leg up to his waist which was still under the water. She could see the heavy blush on his face, even though while she distracted herself with watching her finger trace circles across his chest and stomach, he had turned his face away.

She leaned up to him, his eyes watching her as she drew closer, “I can make you forget all about anything else, if you want.” She said in a whisper as she drew herself up to his ear. Then, without warning she lowered herself and used both hands against his chest to shove him backwards into the water. She laugh and watched as he came up sputtering.

That was until she saw the dark look on his face. No longer was he blushing, he was just pissed. Adagio took a step back as he took one forward. Then by his second step, she turned and dove into the water.

‘No way he can catch me under water.’ She thought as she moved away from him.

Just as she started to get into a good rhythm, she felt a hand wrap itself around her leg, followed by another and grasped her firmly before yanking her back, stopping her forward momentum completely. She almost shrieked under the water in surprise. ‘How the hell did he do that?’ She thought before she felt less pressure on her leg and a strong arm wrap around her waist.

The surprise of surfacing without being able to do it for herself was a little frightening, sending her heartbeat into a fit as it pounded in her chest. She shrieked a little when she was finally able to work her body to breath. As she was set back down into the water, she felt herself being pressed up against something hard behind her, then a rough sensation brushed her cheek.

“Don’t ever think you can get away from me in the water. You will only get away if I let you.” Came the growl from Max. Adagio didn’t want to react, yet she couldn’t seem to help but to let out a small whimper as he remained against her.

Without warning he released her. She had not realized how hot her body was with him pressed right up against her. Adagio could barely keep herself steady on her legs as they shook, eyes wide.

“Whoa, did he actually catch Adagio under water? No one, and nopony has ever done that before.” Aria said.

“Maybe she made him mad hitting him in the face with the ball.” Sonata offered.

Adagio heard a series of splashes, when Max replied that he wasn’t mad, he just wanted to prove a point.

Hearing this, Adagio stiffened, her hands clenched into fists, ‘wanted to prove a point?’ Just then as she finished her thought, she felt something hit the back of her head. Granted, her large mass of hair, even wet, really kept whatever hit her in the head from actually affecting her, but still.

“Did you just hit me in the head, with that ball?” She screamed out. Max stood a few feet away from here, arms crossed, his body seemingly relaxed, and a cocky grin on his face.

“You girls seem to be out of practice with the whole sirens and mythological sea creatures bit.”

‘Okay, that’s it, he’s dead,’ Adagio thought as she stalked forward. Aria and Sonata both moved back away from the two. Max did not wait as he dove straight ahead and into the water.

“Oh, no you don’t.” Adagio reached into the water, barely able to grab hold of some part of him. As she did, she was jerked forward slightly, and felt something loose and heavy in her hands. She lifted it up to find a pair of swim trunks.

Max surfaced a second later, staying low, his face red but held a fierce determination, “Care to toss those back?”

An evil grin found its way to Adagio’s face, “Girls, get to shore quick, it might teach this man a lesson in who is truly the master of water.” All three jumped and dove into the water towards shore as Max roared and gave chase. As they swam, Adagio felt a strong hand try to grasp around her ankle, a quick kick, gave her a little leeway to get away from him.

The sirens emerged from the water and all three made a mad dash for the shore, and stop to turn back to Max yelling.

“Come on, this isn’t funny.” He said keeping most of his lower body in the water. The girls glanced to each other, Sonata a fearful look on her face, Aria a little unsettled, and Adagio trying to keep control of herself, with a smug look.

“Come and get them." She called back.

“That would be a bad idea. Just toss those back, please? Look, if you had enough for today, fine we can leave. I’m sorry I grabbed you and pulled you out of the water.” He was almost begging.

Adagio raised an eyebrow, why didn’t he just stand in his underwear and come to shore. She would know he had balls then and just toss them at his face, and feel they were even, “Come on, it’s not like your naked.” She shot out.

Max let out a growl and turned his head. Adagio heard a gasp from Sonata, while Aria let out a breath, “No way.”

Adagio knew she had Max right where she wanted him, as her grin grew and she stared right at him waiting for him to look back. He met her gaze with a fierce one.

“Fine, apologize and I’ll let you have them.” She offered.

“Or just let us see your junk and come get your shorts yourself.” Aria called out.

“Aria, what are you doing?” Adagio turned to the other siren, feeling a flash of anger out of embarrassment.

“It’s not like he has the balls to do something like that.” She countered.

“Uh, girls...” Sonata said with a quaver in her voice.

The other two sirens turned their attention to her, as saw she was pointing out into the water.

They turned, and their eyes shot wide open, their pupils shrinking as they saw a man stand up and march out of the water in the full buff. He did not stop as he came up to them and snatched his shorts from her hands.

After that, Adagio only knew darkness.

Author's Note

Next chapter should be the start.