The night was almost over as a young fisherman rowed out to the center of the Acapulco cove, his powerful arms pulling his oars through the choppy water. He sighed, wiped the sweat off his brow and tossed his net overboard. Within minutes, a tug came on the net. Excitedly, the fisherman yanked the net into the boat.
Dismayed, he found the net ripped to shreds, apparently from the rocks and coral below. The man sighed, muttering a curse in Spanish. From the depths below, the man heard a deep throaty chuckle as a shadowy form rose from the water.
The fisherman stared in fright as the breaking dawn illuminated the figure: a scaled, humanoid creature with razor-sharp claws. Its face contorted into a cruel smile as it reached toward the fisherman. With a shout of horror, the poor fisherman rowed away in a panic.