Chapter Seventeen ★ Rampage

｡☆✼★━ Luna ━★✼☆｡

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I don’t know what happened to me at that moment but something for sure snapped. Like the dam holding back the raging waters broke loose and the fury within took over. All I saw was red.

“Hold her down.” Pearl shouted. The reptilian men tried their best to stay on top of me. But due to the surge of power that was unleashed they didn’t have a prayer.

Their bodies scattered about the small room and splashed against the stone walls. I whirled around to see Pearl wide eyed and backing away from me slowly. She held up her hands in a placating manner.

A wide grin split my lips as the canines of my teeth extended. Tiny spines erupted along my arms with the blades extended from the elbow to fine sharp edges. Pearl continued to scream at her men, “Morons. Get up. You have to take her down, now, before she breaks the final seal.”

Final seal, eh? I paused and reached down deep feeling for that golden power that hid behind the darkness. The anger incinerated the final webbing of the spell that was put in place. Ah, there it is… a wet ripping sound emerged.

I could feel it. The transformation from mermaid to not a wereshark but a mershark. Like before in the lab with Doc and Pearl my body blazed with blinding light as the two powers combined making moi into a beast of power.

Claws extended from fingertips, a large dorsal fin emerged from the spine on the back and the teeth became all long and sharp with extra rows. Yet, the canines remained longer than the rest. The roar of the transformation kept the shouts and screams of the reptilian men at bay.

As the glow burned down to a low light I saw several bodies littered the floor. Pearl held one man in front of her using him as a shield. Looking over to one side of the room more men were scrambling to get out. One in particular shook as he tried to figure out which key to use to unlock the door.

I grabbed the man in front of me that Pearl held onto and clenched hard on his throat. He struggled using his hands to try and pry mine from his neck. A wet crunch sounded right before blood gushed from the wound that the claws slashed in his throat. He went limp and I threw his body to the side.

Pearl threw her arms over her head and let out a small whimper. I growled, “Don’t do that. I know yer faking.”

A smile curled upon her lips and she let her arm down then straightened up. She gazed up and down at my changed form then said, “Well, well, well. Tarot will be please indeed.”

Arching an eyebrow I said, “Huh?”

Pearl placed two fingers into her mouth in a ‘O’ shape then blew a sharp whistle. Out of the shadows came the lady from the docks. She snapped her fingers and all the powers dissipated from my body in an instant.

Falling to my knees I shook then fell forward onto my hands and let my head drop. Dirt crunched under the witch’s footsteps as she approached. I tried to look up but with little energy I found it hard.

Still I happened to see the witch hand Pearl an envelope. Pearl stuffed it into her top then turned to leave. Traitor or not, she was my friend, I reached and cried out to her, “Pearl, don’t.”

She stopped and twisted her head slightly back at me. For an moment her eyes softened but then hardened as she moved towards the door. I watched her walk away unaware of the tiny clicks that sounded as they place an iron collar around my neck.

Pearl left through the door along with two reptilian escorts. I so wanted to run after her but my legs refused to budge. With a feeble attempt to move I fell forward and crash landed face first.

A small tug made me turn to look up at the witch. She held a small chain in her hands with a wicked smile upon her lips. Clearing her throat she said, “Nay mind the traitorous ilk, mermaid.”

If I didn’t feel drained before then the feeling of dread continued to pull from my reserves. I laid there watching the final words escape the witch’s lips. The ones that no mermaid wants to hear… “From hence forth you belong to me.”

‧͙⁺˚*·༓☾ – Chapter 17 :: Rampage Done – Stay tuned for Chapter 18… –☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙

Chapter Seventeen ★ Rampage

｡☆✼★━ Luna ━★✼☆｡

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“Dalphine.” Pearl said then looked away. Her shoulders shook as silent sobs racked her body. I kept quiet. No point in rubbing salt in the wounds.

Traitor or not, Pearl had a reason to hate me. Dalphine, her beloved, was executed for treason only because yours truly caught her. Back then I thought it was a casual meeting between her and some mermen.

Now that I think about it those men weren’t mermen but merlocks. A flash shot through me when I realized who was the true mole in our organization. It wasn’t Pearl. No, she was only carrying out Dalphine’s plans.

Plans that were now coming to light. I ground my teeth and slammed my fist onto the dirt floor. How could I be so stupid? If only I had paid attention then I would have noticed that my partner was indeed committing acts against our kind.

I shot her a venomous look and growled, “Dalphine, was a traitor. Why are you carrying out her plans?”

Pearl choked out her reply between sobs, “Your tiny brain wouldn’t understand.”

“Try me.” I countered and reached within for that golden warmth that would imbue my body with incredible merpowers.

Cold darkness twined around my insides and I let out a gasp. No, this can’t be. I tried again but the dark grew as the cold cut through me like a sharp deadly knife.

Pearl turned towards me. Her mouth quirked up at one end and bitter callous gaze bored right through me. She said in a hollow tone, “Don’t bother. I took the liberty of removing your powers along with the curse.”

“Why?” I said and tried to ball up as the piecing sensation increased. The creatures that piled on top of me made it worse. Again, I cried out in pain.

Her heartless eyes looked down at me as she replied, “Why, Luna, I thought you knew.”

Another flash of pain rolled throughout my being. I cried out trying to breathe through the agony. Clenching my teeth, and with labored breath, I asked, “Knew what?”

She placed a foot on my shoulder and ground her spike heel into it. White hot searing pain throbbed and I almost blacked out. Still, I asked, again, “What?”

A small chuckle escaped her lips, “That to break a curse you have to…”

“Ngggnnnnhhh.” I grabbed fistfuls of dirt to distract myself from the constant torment. “You have to what?”

Pearl bent down close to my ear and whispered, “Sacrifice.”

‧͙⁺˚*·༓☾ – TO BE CONTINUED… –☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙