Mermaid Camp: summer of new beginnings
Chapter 10: Sarah's Choice
Theresa's POV.
Sarah sat up quickly, and almost instantly grabbed her head. I felt bad, whatever she was running from, was obviously very dangerous. She wouldn't have passed out otherwise. I could tell she was about to start talking but I didn't want her to strain herself.
"Shhh, Sarah, don't talk. You just fainted, do you remember what happened before you passed out?" She nods and I see a look of fear cross her face.
"Sarah, what happened?" Rikki, Nicole's advisor questioned. Seems like she's just as patient as Nicole is.
I could tell Sarah was still weak but she managed to mutter out one word.
"Denman." She pauses. "She found me at Mako. She knows about me." All eyes are on her now, none of us know what to do. That is, until we hear something downstairs.
"Lewis, could you go see what that is?" Emma nearly demands. Lewis wants to protest but Cleo gives him a pleading look and he's off.
"So, what are we going to do about Denman?" Cleo asks curiously.
"Simple, the only one she knows about is me. I'm the one she wants. And, honestly, the only option we have is to let her take me. She can do what she wants. I won't let her touch any of you." I can't believe what she's saying. She can't be serious. None of us would ever let her sacrifice herself for us.
"Sarah, you can't possibly do that. You don't know what Denman's capable of." Emma says concerned.
"She's right," Rikki pauses, "She's the only one Denman know about, and we can use that to our advantage." Everyone exchanges nods in approval, all except Sarah.
"I don't care what all of you say, I have to do this. I couldn't bare with myself if any of you got hurt." Sarah speaks once more.
"No, you are not going to do that." I state simply. Sarah's stubborn, and I'm sure she's guilt ridden for hurting me.
"But… I hurt you… I don't want to hurt anyone else." Sarah stutters out.
"You may have hurt me, but I healed myself. Don't worry, it's okay. I know it was an accident." She looks at me, she still feels hurt and afraid. I don't blame her either, I've known Sarah long enough to know when she has a guilty conscience she won't let it go.
"I don't care. You have to let me do this Theresa." Sarah pleads and I know she won't stop until she gets what she wants.
"No. Sarah, you have no idea what she's capable of. Frankly, none of us do. So the answer is no." I replied cooly but with my own twist off sly.
"But… Theresa, you know why I have to do this, I can handle it because of…" She gives me a look and I look at everyone else who are staring at Sarah, catching her secrecy.
"Can you guys give us a minute?" I ask with my pleading look. I can see that Nicole and Rikki want to protest but before they can say anything Cleo ushers them out giving me a look of understanding.
"Alright Sarah, why do you want to do this so badly?" I ask needing to know the truth.
"I'm the only one who stands a chance against her. You know what I can do. Well, maybe not my fullest potential, but most of it. Theresa, I have to do this. You know I have to do this." I don't say anything, I know there's no fighting her. She's my best friend, sometimes I have to let her do this, even if it's at her own expense.
"Sarah…" I pause, not sure what to say.
"Theresa…" She gives me the everything will be okay, don't worry' look. And yet, I still worry, I always do.
"Sarah, you know I won't stop you, but are you sure you can handle this?" She nods reassuringly, she knew exactly what she was doing.
"Theresa, you have no faith in me." She laughs and motions for me to sit down next to her on the bed. I forgot, she was still wet from my 'healing'. I saw her shock as I removed all the water from her tail enough so she'd revert back to her human clothes.
"Thanks. I see you've been practicing." She smiles but frowns after a second. "And apparently I haven't been practicing enough." She mumbles and looks away when she sees I caught her.
"It's okay. Look, I'm not injured anymore. Sarah, you didn't hurt me, I'm fine." I grab her hand in reassurance and she looks to them, shocked.
"How… But… I hurt you? How is this possible?" She questions and I just smile at the irony. We all have magic powers, heck, we are all mermaids and yet she's surprised at the fact that I can heal myself?
"I can heal myself, one of the many properties of water I guess." She nodded in realization.
"Thank you, for healing me." My smile augments, why wouldn't I want to heal her, she's my best friend.
"No problem, you're my best friend. Now come on, I'm sure the others are waiting." I say and start to get off the bed.
"Hey Theresa," She pauses, catching my attention. "Thank you for understanding. I would never ever want to hurt anyone, especially you. You are my best friend after all." We give each other a big hug and walk downstairs. I hate to admit that I'm excited to go have some fun and get to know the others.
The shock of who was waiting for us at the bottom of the stairs hit me too late as Sarah pushed me aside, to avoid the water that was aimed for me.
10 seconds later…..
Sarah stared up to the evil blue eyed woman looking down at her as if she were a test subject instead of a human. She didn't even care about the rest of us staring at her, still standing. She just kept her glare at Sarah.
"It's good to see you again Sarah. You too, Rikki, Emma, Cleo." Denman smiled a little too maliciously.
"I wish I could say the same to you." Rikki states a little too sarcastically.
"And I don't believe I've met the two of you yet? My name is Doctor Linda Denman, and you are?" Denman answers a bit too friendly.
"We don't answer to the likes of you." Nicole states sounding just like Rikki.
"Nonsense, it's just a name." Denman answers slyly.
"What do you want Denman?" Emma asks changing the subject while moving in front of Sarah in a protective stance.
"I want my mermaid." I notice how she only said one mermaid, she didn't want all of us? Not that I'm complaining, but I wouldn't let her take any one of us, unless… she took me.
"What, no response? I don't care if the rest of you are mermaids. The only one I want is her." She looked straight at Sarah and smiled. None of you had better stop me, because if you even try, I'll take all of you. So, what will it be, all or one?" I don't want to even consider it, and yet I do. I know what Sarah wants, but I don't know what to do.
"Sarah…." I say looking down to her.
"I'll go with you." I'm shocked, and yet I'm not. Sarah would do this for us, even for people that she just met.
"Sarah, you can't. We won't let you give yourself up." I speak though I know my words will have no effect on her.
"I have to. I'm sorry Theresa." I see Sarah wave her hand and then the next thing I know, she's standing up and moves in front of Emma. "Goodbye." I hear her mumble before I'm on the floor. The last thing I see before blacking out, is Sarah winking at me before closing the door.
So, I'm not sure what made me come back to this story? I'm 17 now. I don't really have time to write current, but I guess I'll keep going as much as possible. I hope you all like this. Let me know what you think, to anyone who actually reads this Hope you enjoyed reading this. Please review or pm me with your thoughts. Thanks for everything. -Chinaluv