His blood ran cold and he quickly climbed up the table. He examined the box-there were no air holes on the glass box. If she didn't get air soon, she would die! He tried to lift the lid up but it was tightly shut. He grabbed his pocketknife from his pocket, flipped it open, and fiddled with the huge lock, and was failing.
The girl stared at him, but was too weak too react.
He tried pushing the chest off the table but no success. It was too heavy. Suddenly, the ship gave a violent lurch, he lost his footing and fell on the floor. He hit his head on the floorboards and he saw white spots dancing around. He was glad he managed to recover quickly because he was just in time to see the glass cage follow after him. He backed away quickly, enough for the case to tip off the table and smash onto the wooden floor.
The case hit the floor with a loud crash, flooding the floorboards with huge amounts of water and sending thousand shards of glass scattered in many directions. The brown skinned mermaid was now free and she gasped and choked for air. Her long brown hair clung to her small frame, covering her chest.
Her tail weakly flipped up and down . The sparkles began to fade and the scales began to fall.
"N-no..!" her voice was filled with panic.
The scales began dropping effortlessly revealing the brown skin underneath, revealing two legs. Her big fin shrank inwards and turned into feet.
She was now nothing more but a human like the boy in front of her.
She looked at him, frightened of what he was going to do next. Mako got up and slowly walked to her, slipping his coat off. The broken glass crunch under his boots. The girl whimpered and tried to crawl back but failing miserably because her hands were bound tightly and she wasn't use to her new 'form'. She winced as her new limbs scratch against the broken glass.
She squeezed her eyes shut, expecting him to grab her roughly by the arm or by her hair- like what the horrid man had done to her, the leader, the one who hurt her with the blue sparks coming out from his hand, but she never expect him to be kind and merciful.
Her eyes flew open and she sees the boy kneeling in front of her, adjusting the buttons. His brown coat was draped around her small frame, leaving him in his long collar white shirt.
Mako gently took her bound wrists into his hand. They were warm. With his other free hand, he reached down into his pocket and pulled out his pen knife. He flipped it open revealing the blade. Upon seeing the weapon, she tried to pull back, thinking he would hurt her. But his grasp was tight.
"Shh, it's ok," he whispered reassuringly. She whimpered. "I'm not going to hurt you,"
He quickly drove the small knife into the ropes and sliced through. She was shocked, and stopped struggling and gazed at her free wrists and began rubbing the red lines.
Mako sighed in relief and slipped his pocket knife back into his pockets.
He thought she would put up a fight like what had happened on the deck. But he realized she was too weak and scared. The Captain must've threatened and hurt her badly. He was afraid of the big man too.
He wondered if she could speak. He doesn't know what language mermaids talk.
He also wondered if she understood him as well. She didn't seem to understand that he was going to release her when he tried to calm her down.
He thought he heard a sound and he quickly turn his eyes to the door. Panic ran through him as he thought of the captain entering his private chambers and would be raged to see the mess on the floor and most importantly, the mermaid, now human, released. Mako would get blamed for it and would probably get tortured. He would return home with empty pockets and Bo and him would starve again.
To his relief, there were no footsteps approaching or any other noises. It must be his imagination. He let out a sigh.
Then, he felt a wet hand cupping his cheek and was turned to meet blue eyes. His heart raced.
The mermaid had her hands out reached and was cupping his cheeks and staring at him. He blushed. She was looking back at him and his features, probably examining him since he was a different kind of specimen.
He in return, began to study her. Without her tail, she looked just like any ordinary girl. He had never seen a dark skinned person before- most skins were peachy or whitish. Those who work at the docks were all tanned, but he had never seen a darker skin than that before. He reached out and touch her silky, wet brown hair.
Her hands were soft under his cheeks. He looked deeply into her ocean blue eyes. Her eyes had a sparkle, and they were deep as the afternoon sky. They look wild . He thinks it's the most beautiful thing in the world.
She pulled his face closer to her, and she rose up to meet his. Mako blushed. Their faces were inches apart from each other. As if they were going to kiss…
"You have weird eyebrows,"
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