Chapter 10: Captured...?
After finishing their lunch, Mikau, Japas, and Tobieas went into the living room. All of them sat down on top of the uncomfortable chairs that were in the room. Bubbles floated in the water around the area from the air pockets that were in the walls. Japas had to shake the lamps that were around the four corners of the room. The Florescent Fish were fast asleep.
"Haha, that's fun to watch, Japas," Mikau laughed out loud. "Your Florescent Fish are asleep!" *(1)
Japas grumbled something incoherent as he shook the lamps even harder. Finally, yawning, the fish woke up and began to glow. Tobieas sighed weakly.
"Well, what can ya expect when you see how poor my family is?" Japas sat down opposite of Mikau.
"The Fish shouldn't fall asleep, you know?" Mikau grinned.
"Ah well. They are alight now, and that's all it matters," Tobieas rubbed his neck.
Mikau saw other small fishes swimming in front of him. He grabbed one swiftly and brought it up close. It wiggled around within his grasp. "Don't you ever clean up your house?"
"What do you mean?" Japas exclaimed. "I wiped-"
Tobieas shot a dangerous look.
Coughing, Japas rephrased what he was going to say. "I mean, Tobieas wiped the floor and dusted off the shelves almost every day!"
"Yea? Well why is this Garbage Fish doing here?"
The fish was small. About five inches long, and three inches wide. The color of its body was black, with two whiskers extending out from the side of its mouth. Its head was fairly flat, with two protuberant eyes glittering on the side of its head. Its tail was covered with tiny spikes. It was quivering with fear.
"Whaaaa?" getting up, Japas swam to his friend to investigate. After a while, he spoke, "really, I have no idea why is this vile creature doing in my house. Here, let me have it so I can throw it away."
"And letting you eliminate the evidence?" Mikau's giant blue eyes glimmered.
"What in the world are you talking about?" the young Zora yelled with confusion.
"Never mind! It's a joke!"
Tobieas yawned. "I guess his fever is still there, lingering within his head."
Japas poked Mikau in the ribs. "Then let me fix you up."
Yanking his friend's tail, the Zoran Hero shook his head. "Nuh-uh. Don't even think about it."
Tobieas' gaze suddenly became worried. He looked at Mikau. "Don't you think you should go back home? Your parents will be worried."
The smile on Mikau's face disappeared. He exhaled a long breath. "Maybe... I don't know."
Japas swam in circles around his friend. "You know, you really should check in with your folks. Don't you want to see your mom and dad?"
"My dad is dead..."
Looking at Tobieas, Japas didn't know what to say.
"Look," Mikau said after he couldn't stand the gaze from his buddies, "I will go back and see how things are going all right? Now stop looking at me like that!"
"How are you going to meet us? We are supposed to go up to the shore you know?" Japas asked.
"I will meet you at night okay? At your house. Then we can go together from there."
"You sure?"
"I promise," getting up, Mikau swam to the door. "I will be going now. Thanks for helping me."
Both Tobieas and Japas flushed. "Naw, don't say that. It's nothing."
"Bye!"
Mikau swam out of the house.
* * *
Mikau progressed through the streets in Termina with lightness. After his sickness, he felt so energetic, so alive.
"Hey!"
"Watch it, you moron!"
People dodged from the Zoran Hero's path. They cursed and yelled as he charged past. Bubbles were trailing closely behind his finned legs. A clear trail of water current could be dimly seen. Mikau's arm blades sliced through the water with ease, letting him gaining speed by the second. Suddenly, a large white figure stopped in front of him. Mikau braked hard as he squinted his eyes.
"Hey! What's the big idea?" he protested. When he reopened his eyes, his mouth hung open.
An Enforcer stood there.
"Mikau Loencraft. Finally, we've found you," the big Zora said with no expressions.
Extending out his arm blades, Mikau stuck out his tongue. "Yea? Well nice to meet you too. But I gotta go now."
Swimming to the side, he tried to get past the officer. Without warning, another Enforcer appeared from the alley in the front, on the left. The young Zoran Hero stopped short. A second later, another officer appeared, this time, to the right.
"Oh, so now you want to pick on a little kid?" Mikau glared at the Zoras before him.
"No. We are not going to 'pick on' a little kid. We want you to come with us peacefully," the first Enforcer spoke.
Mikau snorted. His almond shaped eyes narrowed with exasperation. The three patrols converged up upon him. Mikau got into a defensive position. His arm blades held up in front of him. The sharp edges were shiny.
"If you do not cooperate with us, then you have left us no choice."
"Leave me alone. I am going home now," Mikau said slowly.
One of the Enforcers stood forward. "Then allow us to escort you to your house."
"No, thank you. I don't need any ushers. Now can you please get out of my way so I can get on with my business?"
All three giant Zoras contracted their eyes. Rapidly, they dashed forward. Their arms stretched out, trying to grab their victim by the throat. Mikau reacted by lying down onto the rocky floor. One of the officers overshot his target. He flew over Mikau's body. The Zoran Hero rolled to the left as another Zora tried to grab him. Bringing up his right arm, Mikau slashed at the nearest Enforcer. A red line appeared on the chin. He then jumped backward and brought up his left arm. The blade cut through the water and placed another neat cut on the other Enforcer.
Breaking off the attack, both injured Zoras moved away from the young boy. Their eyes were wide with surprise. They could not believe that the ten years old boy could be such a dangerous adversary. Blood trickled down the wounds.
The third Enforcer crept upon Mikau from behind. He thought he could surprise the kid, but he was wrong. One of the coolest characteristics of being a Zoran Hero was that you could have outstanding hearing and outstanding awareness. Mikau tilted his head to the right just as the big guy tried to grab his neck. He planted a solid back elbow to the stomach of his opponent. The Enforcer was choked with pain as he reeled backward *(2). Grinning, the Zoran Hero swam away from his attackers and stopped in a safe distance.
"Told you to let me go, but you guys didn't want to listen to me," Mikau said with hatred. He turned around and began to swim away.
"Stop...!" the first officer yelling with agony. He looked down at his chest. The cut was deep. Luckily, it didn't go in too far.
Mikau was near his house when he felt a movement behind him. Whirling around, he saw nobody there, only an empty street. Shrugging, he continued forward. Without warning, he felt something flying through the water. He tried to dodge from whatever it was that was coming toward him. Too late. He felt a sharp prick on the back of his left leg. Frowning, Mikau looked down. He saw a weird shaped fish sticking its needle like mouth into the skin. The fish had a yellowish body. It was long and slender. It didn't have any gills, which was extremely rare to see. Its beady eyes were staring at him.
What the heck...? Mikau thought with confusion. He tried to pull the animal away from his leg, but a sharp pain shot through his body.
"Ahhhh!" Mikau yelled with ache.
Apparently, the fish was stuck into him solidly. Only by having an incision on his leg could remove it. He began to feel weird. He felt as if he was tired. His eyelids began to drop.
"What... is... going... on?" his face contorted painfully while the unpleasant sensations flowed through his body.
A shadow fell upon him. Mikau looked up as he drifted to his knees. He tried to move, but his body felt like a statue.
"Don't worry Mikau," the figure said. It was a male voice. The light was being blocked by his muscular back. The shadow had concealed his appearance. His fins fluttered with excitement. "You will only fall asleep. You will live... for now."
The juvenile lad tried to speak, but he couldn't move his mouth. His vision began to blur. His consciousness began to darken. Mikau groaned once more before he finally fell to the ground, unconscious.
Two more figures appeared beside the first one.
"Pick him up, and bring him to my lab. Be sure to drug him, we don't want him to hurt any more people once he wakes up," he ordered.
The two beings nodded as they grabbed the child's arms. They swam away without questions.
He heard a noise behind him. Turning around and facing one of the pathways, the anonymous character smiled. "See? I told you that I can get him easily with the Yeli Fish *(3), even though that I am not an Enforcer but a doctor."
"You are sure that you won't hurt him?"
Laughing, he shook his head with amusement. "Do not worry. We won't hurt him. You will probably get him back in about a day or so. By that time, his problem should be solved."
"... All right. Don't forget to contact me frequently about his condition."
"You have my word, as a doctor."
Sighing, she swam away with unease. When she had disappeared around a corner, the doctor snickered evilly. "Fool. Mikau will make a fine specimen for my newest experiment. Yes..." Laughing now, only this time with an evil intention, he voyaged down the side road and submerged with the crowds in the boulevard.
* * *
Mikau moaned as he began to stir. His head felt as if it was going to split in half. He slowly opened his eyes. He felt dizzy. Sitting up, he noticed that he was in some kind of a room. Soft, transparent sponges were embedded into the rocky walls. The floor was covered with subtle blue seaweeds. A small lamp with lighting fish was hung on the ceiling. The orange light moved back and forth as the lamp wavered with the currents. In front of him, there was a rusted metal door with electric eels sticking onto the surface.
Mikau tried to lengthen his blades, but he found out that he couldn't. Somehow, someone had drugged him or had done something to him that had prevented him from using his weapon.
Now everything came back like a flood. The encounter with the Enforcers, the needle like fish in his leg...
Getting up, Mikau swam to the door. He tried to touch the group of fish, but he got a shock in return.
"Let me out of here!" he screamed. No reply came.
Swimming in circles within the small confinement, the Zoran Hero tried to think of ways to escape. Finally, he sat down in the middle of the room. He closed his eyes as he tried to calm his mind. At this sticky situation, he should amass as much energies as he could, tiring himself up would only make it worse. His mom had taught him that. In fact, his mother had also taught some of the moves that he had performed on the Enforcers. "It is only for self-defense, Mikau," that was what his mom had told him when he was only eight years old. Well, now it was for attacking, not for defense.
When he saw an opportunity later on, he would use the energies conserved to escape. Thinking about it, Mikau felt more assured. Whoever it was would not be able to hold him captive for long.
~End Chapter 10~
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:::[NOTE]:::
(1) Florescent Fish should not fall asleep. In fact, because they served as light bulbs, they rarely slept. In this case, Japas' Florescent Fish were asleep, which it proved that his house was poor. Am I making any sense right now?
(2) Not only being a Zoran Hero could have acute senses, but you could also wield surprising strengths that are within you. Although Mikau was only ten years old right now, but he now had the strength of two adult Zoras combined together. And that is the reason why he could cream those officers.
(3) Yeli Fish contained enough venom that could paralyze up to three Humpback Whales. However, it was possible to extract some of the poisons to make the effect weaker. The fish could also be used as a weapon; you could call it a 'tranquilizer'.
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Author's Note: Gasp! Shock! Mikau was captured? Yes. Heh, sort of a funny idea isn't it? I mean, making a ten years old Mikau, a Zoran Hero, being captured by some crazy doctor. I don't know where I thought of that... You know, ever since I started another story (Future is Like a Dream), I felt as if I am beginning to have those "writer's block" for this story. Bah, I guess I just have to think harder then. *Screams out loud in frustration* *Brain got overheated and blew open*
After finishing their lunch, Mikau, Japas, and Tobieas went into the living room. All of them sat down on top of the uncomfortable chairs that were in the room. Bubbles floated in the water around the area from the air pockets that were in the walls. Japas had to shake the lamps that were around the four corners of the room. The Florescent Fish were fast asleep.
"Haha, that's fun to watch, Japas," Mikau laughed out loud. "Your Florescent Fish are asleep!" *(1)
Japas grumbled something incoherent as he shook the lamps even harder. Finally, yawning, the fish woke up and began to glow. Tobieas sighed weakly.
"Well, what can ya expect when you see how poor my family is?" Japas sat down opposite of Mikau.
"The Fish shouldn't fall asleep, you know?" Mikau grinned.
"Ah well. They are alight now, and that's all it matters," Tobieas rubbed his neck.
Mikau saw other small fishes swimming in front of him. He grabbed one swiftly and brought it up close. It wiggled around within his grasp. "Don't you ever clean up your house?"
"What do you mean?" Japas exclaimed. "I wiped-"
Tobieas shot a dangerous look.
Coughing, Japas rephrased what he was going to say. "I mean, Tobieas wiped the floor and dusted off the shelves almost every day!"
"Yea? Well why is this Garbage Fish doing here?"
The fish was small. About five inches long, and three inches wide. The color of its body was black, with two whiskers extending out from the side of its mouth. Its head was fairly flat, with two protuberant eyes glittering on the side of its head. Its tail was covered with tiny spikes. It was quivering with fear.
"Whaaaa?" getting up, Japas swam to his friend to investigate. After a while, he spoke, "really, I have no idea why is this vile creature doing in my house. Here, let me have it so I can throw it away."
"And letting you eliminate the evidence?" Mikau's giant blue eyes glimmered.
"What in the world are you talking about?" the young Zora yelled with confusion.
"Never mind! It's a joke!"
Tobieas yawned. "I guess his fever is still there, lingering within his head."
Japas poked Mikau in the ribs. "Then let me fix you up."
Yanking his friend's tail, the Zoran Hero shook his head. "Nuh-uh. Don't even think about it."
Tobieas' gaze suddenly became worried. He looked at Mikau. "Don't you think you should go back home? Your parents will be worried."
The smile on Mikau's face disappeared. He exhaled a long breath. "Maybe... I don't know."
Japas swam in circles around his friend. "You know, you really should check in with your folks. Don't you want to see your mom and dad?"
"My dad is dead..."
Looking at Tobieas, Japas didn't know what to say.
"Look," Mikau said after he couldn't stand the gaze from his buddies, "I will go back and see how things are going all right? Now stop looking at me like that!"
"How are you going to meet us? We are supposed to go up to the shore you know?" Japas asked.
"I will meet you at night okay? At your house. Then we can go together from there."
"You sure?"
"I promise," getting up, Mikau swam to the door. "I will be going now. Thanks for helping me."
Both Tobieas and Japas flushed. "Naw, don't say that. It's nothing."
"Bye!"
Mikau swam out of the house.
* * *
Mikau progressed through the streets in Termina with lightness. After his sickness, he felt so energetic, so alive.
"Hey!"
"Watch it, you moron!"
People dodged from the Zoran Hero's path. They cursed and yelled as he charged past. Bubbles were trailing closely behind his finned legs. A clear trail of water current could be dimly seen. Mikau's arm blades sliced through the water with ease, letting him gaining speed by the second. Suddenly, a large white figure stopped in front of him. Mikau braked hard as he squinted his eyes.
"Hey! What's the big idea?" he protested. When he reopened his eyes, his mouth hung open.
An Enforcer stood there.
"Mikau Loencraft. Finally, we've found you," the big Zora said with no expressions.
Extending out his arm blades, Mikau stuck out his tongue. "Yea? Well nice to meet you too. But I gotta go now."
Swimming to the side, he tried to get past the officer. Without warning, another Enforcer appeared from the alley in the front, on the left. The young Zoran Hero stopped short. A second later, another officer appeared, this time, to the right.
"Oh, so now you want to pick on a little kid?" Mikau glared at the Zoras before him.
"No. We are not going to 'pick on' a little kid. We want you to come with us peacefully," the first Enforcer spoke.
Mikau snorted. His almond shaped eyes narrowed with exasperation. The three patrols converged up upon him. Mikau got into a defensive position. His arm blades held up in front of him. The sharp edges were shiny.
"If you do not cooperate with us, then you have left us no choice."
"Leave me alone. I am going home now," Mikau said slowly.
One of the Enforcers stood forward. "Then allow us to escort you to your house."
"No, thank you. I don't need any ushers. Now can you please get out of my way so I can get on with my business?"
All three giant Zoras contracted their eyes. Rapidly, they dashed forward. Their arms stretched out, trying to grab their victim by the throat. Mikau reacted by lying down onto the rocky floor. One of the officers overshot his target. He flew over Mikau's body. The Zoran Hero rolled to the left as another Zora tried to grab him. Bringing up his right arm, Mikau slashed at the nearest Enforcer. A red line appeared on the chin. He then jumped backward and brought up his left arm. The blade cut through the water and placed another neat cut on the other Enforcer.
Breaking off the attack, both injured Zoras moved away from the young boy. Their eyes were wide with surprise. They could not believe that the ten years old boy could be such a dangerous adversary. Blood trickled down the wounds.
The third Enforcer crept upon Mikau from behind. He thought he could surprise the kid, but he was wrong. One of the coolest characteristics of being a Zoran Hero was that you could have outstanding hearing and outstanding awareness. Mikau tilted his head to the right just as the big guy tried to grab his neck. He planted a solid back elbow to the stomach of his opponent. The Enforcer was choked with pain as he reeled backward *(2). Grinning, the Zoran Hero swam away from his attackers and stopped in a safe distance.
"Told you to let me go, but you guys didn't want to listen to me," Mikau said with hatred. He turned around and began to swim away.
"Stop...!" the first officer yelling with agony. He looked down at his chest. The cut was deep. Luckily, it didn't go in too far.
Mikau was near his house when he felt a movement behind him. Whirling around, he saw nobody there, only an empty street. Shrugging, he continued forward. Without warning, he felt something flying through the water. He tried to dodge from whatever it was that was coming toward him. Too late. He felt a sharp prick on the back of his left leg. Frowning, Mikau looked down. He saw a weird shaped fish sticking its needle like mouth into the skin. The fish had a yellowish body. It was long and slender. It didn't have any gills, which was extremely rare to see. Its beady eyes were staring at him.
What the heck...? Mikau thought with confusion. He tried to pull the animal away from his leg, but a sharp pain shot through his body.
"Ahhhh!" Mikau yelled with ache.
Apparently, the fish was stuck into him solidly. Only by having an incision on his leg could remove it. He began to feel weird. He felt as if he was tired. His eyelids began to drop.
"What... is... going... on?" his face contorted painfully while the unpleasant sensations flowed through his body.
A shadow fell upon him. Mikau looked up as he drifted to his knees. He tried to move, but his body felt like a statue.
"Don't worry Mikau," the figure said. It was a male voice. The light was being blocked by his muscular back. The shadow had concealed his appearance. His fins fluttered with excitement. "You will only fall asleep. You will live... for now."
The juvenile lad tried to speak, but he couldn't move his mouth. His vision began to blur. His consciousness began to darken. Mikau groaned once more before he finally fell to the ground, unconscious.
Two more figures appeared beside the first one.
"Pick him up, and bring him to my lab. Be sure to drug him, we don't want him to hurt any more people once he wakes up," he ordered.
The two beings nodded as they grabbed the child's arms. They swam away without questions.
He heard a noise behind him. Turning around and facing one of the pathways, the anonymous character smiled. "See? I told you that I can get him easily with the Yeli Fish *(3), even though that I am not an Enforcer but a doctor."
"You are sure that you won't hurt him?"
Laughing, he shook his head with amusement. "Do not worry. We won't hurt him. You will probably get him back in about a day or so. By that time, his problem should be solved."
"... All right. Don't forget to contact me frequently about his condition."
"You have my word, as a doctor."
Sighing, she swam away with unease. When she had disappeared around a corner, the doctor snickered evilly. "Fool. Mikau will make a fine specimen for my newest experiment. Yes..." Laughing now, only this time with an evil intention, he voyaged down the side road and submerged with the crowds in the boulevard.
* * *
Mikau moaned as he began to stir. His head felt as if it was going to split in half. He slowly opened his eyes. He felt dizzy. Sitting up, he noticed that he was in some kind of a room. Soft, transparent sponges were embedded into the rocky walls. The floor was covered with subtle blue seaweeds. A small lamp with lighting fish was hung on the ceiling. The orange light moved back and forth as the lamp wavered with the currents. In front of him, there was a rusted metal door with electric eels sticking onto the surface.
Mikau tried to lengthen his blades, but he found out that he couldn't. Somehow, someone had drugged him or had done something to him that had prevented him from using his weapon.
Now everything came back like a flood. The encounter with the Enforcers, the needle like fish in his leg...
Getting up, Mikau swam to the door. He tried to touch the group of fish, but he got a shock in return.
"Let me out of here!" he screamed. No reply came.
Swimming in circles within the small confinement, the Zoran Hero tried to think of ways to escape. Finally, he sat down in the middle of the room. He closed his eyes as he tried to calm his mind. At this sticky situation, he should amass as much energies as he could, tiring himself up would only make it worse. His mom had taught him that. In fact, his mother had also taught some of the moves that he had performed on the Enforcers. "It is only for self-defense, Mikau," that was what his mom had told him when he was only eight years old. Well, now it was for attacking, not for defense.
When he saw an opportunity later on, he would use the energies conserved to escape. Thinking about it, Mikau felt more assured. Whoever it was would not be able to hold him captive for long.
~End Chapter 10~
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:::[NOTE]:::
(1) Florescent Fish should not fall asleep. In fact, because they served as light bulbs, they rarely slept. In this case, Japas' Florescent Fish were asleep, which it proved that his house was poor. Am I making any sense right now?
(2) Not only being a Zoran Hero could have acute senses, but you could also wield surprising strengths that are within you. Although Mikau was only ten years old right now, but he now had the strength of two adult Zoras combined together. And that is the reason why he could cream those officers.
(3) Yeli Fish contained enough venom that could paralyze up to three Humpback Whales. However, it was possible to extract some of the poisons to make the effect weaker. The fish could also be used as a weapon; you could call it a 'tranquilizer'.
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Author's Note: Gasp! Shock! Mikau was captured? Yes. Heh, sort of a funny idea isn't it? I mean, making a ten years old Mikau, a Zoran Hero, being captured by some crazy doctor. I don't know where I thought of that... You know, ever since I started another story (Future is Like a Dream), I felt as if I am beginning to have those "writer's block" for this story. Bah, I guess I just have to think harder then. *Screams out loud in frustration* *Brain got overheated and blew open*