"There ain't much been given to me in my brief, miserable life, there's the truth in it, but by God, I'll have it said that Scrum had himself a kiss from a proper mermaid!" Scrum struggled free of his fellow pirates. He leaned in closer to hear Tamara's song.
"My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold," The mermaid's voice grew louder, " There is nothing that can console me, but my jolly sailor bold."
Soon, other mermaids began to rise up from the water around the dingy. Tamara began to swim away from the boat, Scrum scrambled towards the side of the boat. Tamara placed her hands on either side of his face and pulled him closer to her.
Scrum couldn't believe his luck, a kiss from a proper mermaid. Tamara smiled up at him and pulled him closer towards the water. His head was now completely submerged. Tamara opened her mouth and bared her fangs.
Scrum screamed and wrenched free of her grip. The rest of the men on the dingy whirled round to look at him. Tamara screeched and jumped out of the water, taking one of the men with her.
That's when all hell broke lose. The other mermaids screeched and leaped back into the water. The men on the shore ran into the water with the net. The mermaids began to smash the boat, Scrum pulled out his cutlass and began to hack at the mermaids.
Meanwhile, Jack was running up to the lighthouse. There was too many mermaids, there was dozens, perhaps hundreds of mermaids. And would they be lucky enough to catch one? Probably not. The dingy was already smashed.
Scrum started swimming towards the shore. It was a slim chance that he would make it back to shore, but he sure as hell was not going to stick around in mermaid infested water and end up one if their dinners. Thee was a loud explosion. Scrum turned around: the lighthouse. Jack must have thrown the whale oil onto the fire.
He could hear more screeching. The mermaids were swimming towards the shore. His slim chance at surviving was now gone. However the mermaids weren't interested in grabbing any sailors and dragging them to his watery death. Scrum was carried in the current made by the all the mermaids swimming inland, in his haste, he grabbed the closest mermaids arm. He may not have been blessed with much, but for once he had been given a chance to prove himself to the captain.
"Captain! We caught one!" A pirate yelled for Blackbeard.
"Have you now?" Blackbeard strode over to them. "Let's see her then."
The pirate dragged the net onto the beach and began unraveling the net.
"Yeah, caught yourselves a real mermaid, Scrum, are you gonna sing for us again?" A pirate in the back called out.
"I caught one all by meself, thank you very much!" Scrum held on tightly to the mermaid, who was now struggling feebly to get away from Scrum. Scrum looked at the mermaid. "And the queen too!"
Blackbeard eyebrows shot up in astonishment. "Well done Scrum, turns out you aren't completely useless after all. You!' Blackbeard pointed to one of the zombies. "Go get the container, fill it with sea water, and put the creature in it! And you!" Blackbeard pointed at Scrum. "If you let go of her, I'll kill you."
Scrum nodded, several other crewmen ran to grab hold of Tamara. She hissed at them and struggled.
The zombies brought out the container several minutes later, filled it with sea water and dumped Tamara in it. They slammed the lid down before she could make an escape.
"Jack!" Blackbeard yelled. "Where be our heading?"
Jack took out his compass. "Er...that...no...this way."
"Are you completely sure about that?' Angelica raised an eyebrow at him.
"Yes."
Blackbeard clapped his hands. "Go then."
The zombies looked at one anther, shrugged, then picked up Tamara's container and followed Jack.
Scrum stared at Tamara. The mermaid bared her fangs at him. She was breathtakingly beautiful, even when she was angry. "All I wanted was a kiss" Scrum thought miserably.
How did he even end up here again? One minute he was in England, playing his guitar, having a few laughs and now he was following Blackbeard and Jack Sparrow and Angelica into a jungle with a mermaid he had just had a hand in capturing.
Questions? Comments? Anything else?
By the way: anyone out there interested in beta-ing? I'm in dire need of one.
And Lastly: I want to clear something up, people, please stop saying the mermaids are vampire/fish/things. They aren't vampires. If anything their fangs are like fish on the bottom of the ocean floor like the angler fish. They'd need those teeth to eat men! Why would they be vamps if they can go out in the sun and not sparkle and or burst into flames? Sorry, but I just had to say that.