Of course, this is late and I feel terrible about it but I have been busy...by busy I mean re-writing my original plan and outline for this story. Whoops...
Anyways, enjoy.
Let's hope not.
Marinette shook slightly, feeling the chills run up her spine. She felt the slight discomfort in the way he said that. Losing a battle to what? They weren't in any sort of battles right now so what could this crazy old man be talking about? Shrugging it off, Marinette and Alya decided to ignore it. Laughing nervously, they looked at each other.
"What do you mean? The humans are harmless. Honestly, you should be worried about the mermaids causing trouble" Alya stated. Marinette's dad nodded his head in agreement. She was glad she wasn't the only one who thought, that accusing the humans without necessary evidence meant they were causing the harm. "Alya has a point. How are you-" Marinette was cut off, seeing their surroundings slightly darken since the light from the sun was getting cut off. A low rumbling sound came from above them,a large object appeared to becoming toward them.
They all became silent, looks of terror plastered on their faces. The old man grinned proudly, although everyone gave him displeased looks. Was this really something that he should be proud of? Marinette's parents held her closer to them, in a protective manner. As did Alya's mom did to her.
"What's going on?" People whispered as they came out of their houses to check the scene. "They're coming for us!" The old man shouted. "Prepare to die!" He continued to scream. Of course, no one paid any attention to him, hurrying in different directions. The ship stopped directly above them, nets instantly shooting out from the bottom of the ship and above it as well. The people swam away, most of them getting away quickly, avoiding the net completely. However some were unlucky.
The nets had trapped them, catching them in the rough nets. Their skin scraped against the harsh threads, making slight scratches on their skin. More and more mermaids scattered around and screamed. Marinette felt the heavy ropes against her back and tightening around her tail. She began to panic, desperately moving her tail back and forth to escape.
"Marinette!" She heard Alya scream. Marinette began to get hoisted and dragged upward, out towards the surface. Alya swam upwards, taking a hold of her forearm, Alya was being dragged upwards rather than dragging her own best friend down with her, she goes up. "Alya! No, they're gonna take you too" Marinette began to squirm. Alya took a hold of the net clung to it. "I don't care, we're in this together. They're not taking you" Smiling, Marinette clung to her best friend's arm and looked upward.
The sun blinding them once again as they reached the surface, Marinette and Alya squinted seeing multiple nets rise up all at once that contained maybe 3 or 4 merpeople in each. "They got a lot of us" Alya looked at Marinette surprised. "What do you think they want?"
"I don't know..but it can't be good" The two girls looked around, hearing the screams of many. Marinette was terrified but she wasn't screaming like anyone else. Her curiosity made her stay semi-calm, as it did for Alya. They both approached the boat, seeing men reeling the ropes in, carefully but quickly. They were talking and shouting at each other, giving orders. The two girls braced themselves as they were lowered onto the ship.
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Adrien and Nino stopped mid way into their conversation when they felt the sudden stop if the ship. They heard hurried footsteps and the sound of metal clanking against its gears. The two boys scurried up the small stairs, lifting the small door for them to get a peek of the outside world. Many were running to the sides of the boat, throwing the nets and hooking them on the ships hooks.
Nino and Adrien crouched down, looking over the ship, seeing what it was they were doing. Without sparing a glance, their eyes were glued to the men reeling in the nets and shouting at each other. "Get them in quickly! We don't have enough time for this" Adrien bit his lip, pulling himself over the edge now to get a better look at what's going on.
Nino began to freak out, pulling out the boy who pretty much exposed his entire body to everyone. "Dude, what are you doing! We're going to get caught!" He refused to listen and continued to expose himself just to get a closer look.
Adrien pursed his lips into a frown as the nets reached over and released a handful of mermaids onto the boat. They all shrieked, terrified upon seeing so many people surround them. Marinette and Alya kept their eyes on the man in a suit, who was observing everything from a high platform. Hiding back down to their hiding spot, Adrien and Nino observed from the small cracks between the barrels.
"Alright, good job men. Get out the tanks out. We've got some work to do" Marinette and Alya linked arms, sticking together, and pulling other beside them. Their tails sparkled in the sunlight, they were unable to move, seeing their lower half of their bodies weighed so much on land than it did in the water.
"What do they want with us?" Alya whispered to Marinette. "I don't know...how can we get out of here?" Marinette squinted and looked around for an escape but couldn't find a way to get out without get themselves caught again. "What is it you want with us!" Alya shouted. Her voice trembled slightly, still it wasn't noticeable the least.
"All questions will be answered in time, right now. You'll listen to me if you want your entire species to survive" Gabriel threatened, his deep voice was startling, even for Adrien and Nino. They could feel the cold and harshness that dropped from his lips. Both boys eyed the two mermaids that sat up, linking hands together. Giving a sigh, they sat quiet, earning a satisfied grin from Mr. Agreste.
"Glad we're on the same page, Get them inside the crates, and turn the ship to shore. We're going home" Marinette and Alya looked at each other, embracing each other and whispering something to each other. Marinette rested her head upon Alya's shoulder when she looked in the direction of the barrels, Marinette locked eyes with Adrien's green ones for a moment. Her facial expression changed from sorrow to surprised.
Adrian's eyes widened and he immediately put a finger to his lips, signaling her to stay quiet. He sore for a moment that he saw her blue eyes, gleam a red color, almost like a vampires would. Marinette was then grabbed by one of the ship workers, being pulled apart from Alya. She shrieked, feeling the Man's arm under hers.
"No, no you can't do this, take me with her!" Alya screamed. "I'm sorry, everyone has to be separated" the man stated. Defeated, Alya leaned back onto her forearms. Adrien and Nino looked at each other with worried glances before retreating back under and into their hiding spot until the docked back to land.
When they returned, the crew unloaded the crates one by one carefully setting them onto some trucks. The news crew was there, camera crew and others gathered around in a big crowd. They cheered loudly as they saw the unknown creatures in crates. As Gabriel descended from the ship, cameras and news reporters surrounded and bombed him with all sorts of questions.
Seeing that he was distracted, the two teenagers snuck off the ship, quickly before anyone seemed to notice them, they blended in with the crowd. That is...until someone noticed him. "Ah! It's Adrien!" They screamed. It just went crazy after that. Smiling shyly, he waved at them while Nino pushed him through the crowd and towards his father. "Ah look who showed up to see his father. Such a nice boy"
Flinching, Adrien's smile fell slightly. Yeah, nice. "Mr. Agreste, you seem to have discovered these creatures, are they responsible for the disappearing people? Have you found the others?" He held his hand up, to get everyone to stop talking. "These may be the ones responsible for the loss of some of our fellow people of France, but there's still more answers that we will get out of them"
Adrien saw the slightest smirk upon his face. He knew was planning something. What are you up to? Planes and black vans swarmed the grounds. Officers swarmed the area, telling everyone to leave the area. Gabriel turned towards his son and frowned. "Go home, stay there. Natalie is going to keep an eye on you" Adrien gulped and nodded. He glanced at Nino and nodded his head to follow him.
"Alright, so your dad gave that scary vibe when yall talked, is there a reason for that?" Nino said swirling around in Adrien's computer chair. "He just told me to come home. He's planning something, I have to find out what it is" Nino shook his head. "Hold up man, let's get our facts straight first"
Adrien listened.
"First, People have been disappearing. Second, we saw that footage from the news this morning. Both you and I saw that those...things-"
"Mermaids" Adrien corrected. Nino gave him a look that warned him if he interrupted one more time, he'd kill him.
"Mermaids...were as scary as they were on the boat. Dude, they looked terrified" Thinking back on it, Adrien could see his point. They were in fact screaming and nervous because of how scared they were. Besides, there was no way to tell who did it, there could be a lot more others out there and they'd probably still wouldn't catch them.
"I'll agree with you on that"
"Third, why would your dad do this in the first place?" Adrien sat there thinking. He couldn't think of a reason at all. They didn't do anything to him, as far as Adrien knew, his father didn't know they existed until they recently started attacking. Shaking his head, Adrien gripped his blonde hair and sighed, clearly frustrated. "I don't know...him having a connection with these people makes no sense" He groaned. Nino curled his fingers into a fist and placed it to his lips, compleatly lost as well.
Hearing a knock on the door, Natalie peaked her head through the room door, warning him that dinner was ready. Waving it off, the boys stayed back to think a little bit more. "Should we do some researching on these people? I mean, Mermaids have been known to be like a myth for centuries to us, knowing that they're actually real, makes me think that theres a reason for them to be low-key hiding in the ocean"
Adrien grinned upon hearing the sudden instrest in Mermaids coming from Nino. He finally had something to look forward to than just his daily modeling routine and schooling. Seeing the blondes grin, the tanned skinned boy rolled his eyes, trying to hold back his laugh. "You are enjoying this way more than you should"
"Yes, yes I am. But who cares, you're enjoying this too"
"Whatever"
It wasn't even 20 minutes that the boys lasted at the dinner table. The table was neatly organized with food placed on the expensive silverware. The lights were dimmed and the atmosphere was calming for that warm night. They both quickly ate their food and even brought some in their hands and ran up the stairs, into the room. They immediately set the food on the table, going directly to the computer.
"Let's see what we can find on the internet"
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Marinette's heart was bumping faster than she'd ever thought would in her entire life. She was in a closed tank, a very tight space for her to move her entire body. It was half filled with water, so she felt slightly at ease. She didn't know what if expect if she didn't have water. She could breathe the air as well as she could breathe under water. She thought that she'd be fine, still there was no telling what would happen. Marinette sighed, feeling her tank move slightly and felt the vibrations coming from under her. The tanks were glass, but they must have covered them with a blanket, since she saw nothing but darkness.
There were jerky movement occasionally. Indication whatever they loaded her on, was stopping and going. "God I need to get out of here" she mumbled, her voice echoing. Marinette had been raising her hands up, touching the metal of the tube. Her hands went from feeling wet and damp from the water to a dry and smooth, leathery feel. This was a surprise, to feel the dry and leather like roughness.
The car stopped again, vibrations stopping and her tube moved. The cover was still on hers, but someone was moving her tube. She felt like she was being rotated upright. She let out a scream in surprise, banging her hands on the glass. "What..?" The cover slipped, light shined in, blinding her for a split second before hearing very soft and muffled noises. People were standing there behind a fenced area, cameras flashing. Marinette saw a man walk up and stand in front of them, holding something to his face and making gestures to her people. The tanks were aligned side by side as if they were be auctioned off.
"This can't be good" Marinette mumbled to herself. She felt around her neck to feel her small shell necklace around her neck. There was thin wire like thread around her neck holding a small seashell. It had a light pink pigmented color with various dark pinks and light reds streaks. Knowing she didn't lose it calmed her down.
After a while, the tanks moved once more, through a gate, down a pathway and into a gate. A man dressed in a black uniform stood with the man who talked to earlier. The man in uniform moved his lips and smiled. The tanks were placed upright, the lights went out quickly and the man left. A loud sound boomed.
"Sleep tight" The man in the uniform mumbled under his breath as she shut the door. A small smirk on his lips. Gabriel smiled, nodding at the man. They both walked off, people screaming to get their attention. Everything was being filmed by the broadcasts. Of course, two teenagers at home were watching all of it.
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