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By the way. Kira and his family are mer people.
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Chapter 1
"Kira. Kira darling where are you?" Via called out in panic. "Kira" Ulen yelled in a stern voice, "come out right now. This isn't funny!" Silence was what greeted the worried parents call. "Where was he last" Ulen said sharply to Via. "He was right behind me one second then he just disappeared."
"Kira" Ulen yelled out yet again even louder sounding angry. Via watched her husband calling for their son. She could tell he was worried. When he got angry it was his way of showing concern well most of the time.
Via and Ulen were both feeling extremely worried. Kira had being missing for over two hours with no sight of him. What worried them even more was that Kira never strayed away from them. He would always be swimming up alongside his mum wearing his cute, bright smile.
"He can't have gotten too far. Hes not a very strong swimmer yet so he can't have gotten too much of a head start. We should split up so we can cover more ground" Ulen said pushing his worry which was increasing every second to the side so he could think logically. "Good idea."
"KIRA" Via called yet again feeling like she was about to burst into tears from worry. "Kira" She called into the seemingly endless blue. "Kira where are you" Via said in a broken voice tears now falling from her eyes though not visibly because they became one with the ocean surrounding her.
Many miles away… "Mummy. Daddy" Kira screamed calling out the only two words he knew. "Mummy" Kira cried tossing around to try get out of the fishing net he was caught in.
"Daddy" squealed Kira squirming only to further entangle himself. Sobs were breaking from Kira mouth as he continued to toss and turn with the ropes tightening around him cutting into his delicate skin and scales. Blood was rising up around Kira leaking from his deep cuts which were worsening as he tried to force himself through one of the nets holes.
"Mummy" Kira cried unable to move at all because he was now tangled so badly. Kira cried from fright and from the pain of the rope cutting into his flesh. Panic arose further in Kira as he could taste the metallic taste of his own blood through the water he was breathing in.
Suddenly the net began to move . Slowly at first but quickly picking up pace. Kira watched panicking unable to do anything as he was whisked away further and further from his parents and his home and life as he knew it.
A trail of bubbles and foam were left behind them from the boats propeller just under the surface of the ocean.
Kira observed his surrounds with fear. Looking up he saw an unnatural looking thing. It was white and shiny. It was like nothing Kira had ever seen before. At the end of it there was a propeller twirling round and round slicing through the water with enough force to cut through bone if it was butter. Kira's eyes widened with fear and he bit down on his lip as he saw a piece of kelp drawn into it and being sliced into a thousand tiny pieces.
He looked away from the frightening sight and turned his gaze to all the other fish trapped in well he didn't know. Thousands of fish squirmed and tossed just like he had without any success. Their scales reflecting the sunlight from above as it poured though the surface.
Kira looked up in fascination as sunlight broke through the oceans surface. Even though he was scared to death he was still stunned by its beauty. This was the first time Kira had ever being so close to the oceans surface and had seen the sunlight so bright. He loved the way that the sunlight danced across the sandy ocean floor and how the light dispersed .
"Ulen did you find him" Via asked desperately after many hours of searching. "No" Ulen said seriously looking concerned., "We should go home and report it to the police so they can organize a search party."
"No. We should keep searching" Via screamed not wanting to leave her baby Kira all alone in the big wide ocean. "He could get killed. There are sharks and other ferocious animals that would love to have Kira for tea. Hes only a baby he couldn't even defend himself! How could you be so cruel even to think about leaving him out there all alone!"
"Via. We can't keep doing this! Its soon going to be so dark we won't be able to see him. We need rest too. Wearing ourselves down pointlessly will not help the matter in anyway."
Though Via didn't want to agree she knew that her husband was right. The sunlight was quickly fading and she was starting to ache from exhaustion.
"Goss. it's a big load today" one of the crew members smiled and he and another reeled in the fishing net to see what they had caught from the day.
"I know. I hope these sell well. I'm, low on money at the moment" the other added. Both men began grunted with strain as they reeled the heavy net up for the last meter.
"There. Done like a dinner." one of them said smiling proudly and wiping his brow with the back of his hand.
During this time Kira had being screaming his lungs out as the boat suddenly stopped and he felt himself moving towards the surface. The net tossed and twirled Kira round and round making him feel sick and cry out from pain as the ropes tightened yet again.
Panic was quickly engulfing him as he rose. He took a deep breath just before he broke through the surface. The remaining water trickled down and dripped off his face and down his body as he felt a totally new sensation. Instead of begin surrounded by water Kira felt something cool brush across his face. He didn't know what it was. It was like nothing he had ever felt before.
Unable to hold his breath any longer he exhaled. "I'm going to die" Kira thought to his surprise he inhaled air. He breathed a couple more times. "I'm not dead?" He thought. Although the air was dry and made the inside of Kira's throat itch it was air and it was good enough.
After a couple more minute of lying still and breathing the air didn't feel too bad. It felt almost… natural.
"What have we here?" one of the crew men asked sorting through the fish and seeing Kira. Leaning forward he pushed some of the net and fish aside to see what fairytales described as merman.
The fisherman's jaw dropped in shock not really believing what he was seeing.
It looked like just a normal toddler. Short, messy chocolate brown hair and shining amethysts for eyes but his lower half was that of a fish. Its scales were a light shiny blue with a tinge of purple but at the moment they were smeared with a crimson red blood that was oozing from the deep cuts that the ropes had made.
Finding his voice the crewman began calling loudly for the captain.
"What is it" the captain said. He usually would tell them to go back to work but he could tell this was important judging by the urgency and shock in his crew members voice. "I think you should come and see this" the crew member said gesturing for the captain to join him.
The captain walked forward and looked down seeing a scared Kira cowering. "Now what do we have here. The captain muttered." I think one of you should alert the police or something.
He bent down too touch it and watched with amazement as the creature curved away from his touch. And would whimper when his fingers brushed over the wounds.
The captain been the kind man he was could see the creature was in pain and began carfully cutting the creature out of the net using his pocket knife.
"Hmm. What are these things. Could they possibly like the ones that fairytales described as humans?" Kira pondered to himself. "They don't seem as bad as the stories describe them to be though. This human seems to be quite kind."
The captain had shaggy blue hair which was about shoulder length and drawn back into a simple yet messy ponytail. It appeared like he hadn't shaved in a couple of days. He had small, bristly hairs growing around his mouth. He appeared to have recovered from the shock of seeing Kira and he now had a crooked smile pasted across his face that was that of someone with an easy going and friendly personality. (In other words Murdoch.)
"There you go little fella" he said cutting the last rope and gently lifted Kira out of the net and walked to his office with him in his arms where he wrapped him in a warm towel. Using a free hand he pushed some of the items too the side of his cluttered desk to make room for him to place Kira down.
"Mmmm" Kira sounded in comfort snuggling into the warm towel that reminded him so much of his mothers loving hug. Kira feeling his eyelids droop slipped away from reality into a deep sleep.
The captain smiled at how much the creature reminded him of how his children used to be when they were young.
"I don't know whats going to happen to you from now little fella. Your too hurt to be returned to the ocean. So your going to have a long and hard journey from now" the captain said in a sad voice speaking to deaf ears as Kira only nuzzled further into the soft, white towels.
Turning his back on the little infant and walked out of the room not wanting to think where he could end up. Feeling guilty handing him over to people who were most likely to use him as a lab rat and perform cruel experiments on him.
