Ch. 1: Robbery by Water
At the mall in the Pacific Heights District, it has closed up for the night. A guard is making his rounds as he strolls through the dark hallway with his flashlight and dugong, making sure there aren't any intruders bent on stealing. Suddenly, he sees a shadow of some kind in a Lacy's department store. He gets out his walkie-talkie to alert other guards.
"This is Carl to Surveillance," the guard called, "Spotted someone inside Lacy's doing "late night shopping". Proceeding to suspect. Over."
"Be careful, Carl," someone on the radio says, "No telling if he's armed and dangerous."
"Roger."
The guard slowly walks to the store and hides behind a rack of women's dresses. He peeks to look at the thief. He is shocked to see it as a blue, snake-like monster with webbed claws and a tail fin from behind. The monster grabs some pieces of jewelry and a nice, magenta dress from the casual wear section.
"Freeze, Freak!" Carl commands as he points a taser gun at it.
The creature angrily growls when it turns and reveals its human face and tentacle hair. The guard screams and gets back on his radio.
"I need back-up!" he called on the radio before the monster tail whips it from his hand.
The creature slithers fast while holding the goods. It turns itself and the stuff into water and phases under the door, escaping, leaving a water trail.