Mermaid Twins- FB-FWG Flash fiction based on the picture below. 299 Words- No triggers- Sci-fi FANtasy.

“How did we get here?” I woke up covered in sand, head pounding, and my clothing torn.

“There’s a seashell stuck to your forehead, Rog.”

I smacked Tilly’s hand away when he tried to brush it off. “Don’t touch me! You’re still covered in grease from working on old Mrs. Carver’s Impala.” He dipped them into the loch. “Clean or not, don’t ever touch me!” I reiterated, rolled over and caught it as it fell from above my brow. “This isn’t a shell, It’s a tooth!” I screamed and tossed it as far as I could into the water.

Tilly’s grin exposed he was missing a front one. “Sorry man, I think that was yours.” Unfazed, he stuck his tongue through the gap.

“You still haven’t answered my question.”

Tilly stumbled back across the beach and fell. He let out half a chuckle.

“Ohhhh… No…. How’d the Carver’s pay you?” My memory was slowly coming back.

He pulled an empty glass bottle from his green and black flannel shirt. “Money….??”

I sighed having heard about this place before – The pointed rock, the purple and pink skies, the mermaid twins that lived below the sea. “You convinced me to search for Millicent and Miranda?” My watch stopped but I knew I was late for my shift at the warehouse.

“It was your idea.” Tilly didn’t lie so I went with his story assuming he was still tipsy. “The best night of my life!” He gazed out over the ocean.

“So you say!” I stood up and headed towards the road.

“There!” Simultaneous splashing threw water in our direction, soaking me again. Tilly retrieved a small golden trident with something attached to the middle prong. “She returned my tooth!” He held it up. “We’re coming back next weekend, Rog! I’m in love.”