Chapter 1: The Monster Returns
[Date: August 4, 1991; Scene: In the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maryland]
Serena: "Angel, I see him! It's time to go!"
Angelica rushes out from behind some rocks and seaweed to greet her lover who has come to take her away before her father Triton, god of the sea forces her to marry another merman that she does not love.
Angelica: "Samson!" she cries out.
He embraces her in his arms with a hug and she quickly kisses him. Samson feels her blue body trembling in his arms so he rubs her shoulders to calm her down.
Samson: "It'll be okay I promise. I had to make sure I wasn't being followed. I'm sorry I took so long."
Angelica nods at him and hugs him tighter. Serena looks around nervously still worried they will get caught escaping.
Serena: "The Kraken is out tonight. It killed some men maybe we should turn back before it's too late."
Samson shakes his head and frowns at that.
Samson: "No! We can't go back. Don't worry the Kraken is only after humans not us. They're just a late night snack for the beast. All we have to do is get to shore before your father finds out you've left home so come it's not much further. I know the way. Come!"
Samson pulls on Angelica's fin. She nods at him once then reaches back to take Serena's so they can stick together while they swim for shore.
The three meres swim as fast as they can for miles and miles while a huge storm above starts to rain down hard causing the ocean waves to rise and fall furiously around them.
Schools of fish feverishly scatter away for cover because this is no ordinary storm. The mere sisters quickly realized this is a sign of their father's angry when the ocean behaves this way.
Angelica: "He knows!"
Samson: "Just keep swimming come on!"
Samson starts to swim ahead of them even faster and Angelica despite being very tired already manages to keep up with him, but Serena falls behind them.
Angelica: "Wait, I don't see Serena. Where she'd go?"
Angelica looks around frantically for her, but sees only water.
Samson looks down and quickly spots the Kraken beneath them and it already has Serena in its grasp covering her whole face up with its huge tentacles so she can't scream for help.
Samson: "Serena!"
Samson pulls Angelica close to his body and covers her head up just as the Kraken rips her sister into pieces.
Angelica cries out in fearful anguish when she hears the sound of Serena's bones crunching in the Kraken's grasp.
Angelica: "No!"
Samson starts swimming even faster pulling her away from the Kraken and towards the shore nearby.
He soon sees light above them shining onto the sea from a lighthouse on land so he races upwards to the top of ocean with Angelica by his side. Samson knows that Krakens hate light so he makes sure to keep them in the path of the light. Angelica clenches her teeth and bites her tongue to keep from making any noise.
Samson makes sure to keep swimming in the path of the light so the Kraken sea monster can't see them in the water and it eventually swims away back down to bottom of the sea blinded by the light. Samson pulls her towards the dock and they wait beneath it for a moment to rest. Angelica starts crying deeply and flipping her tail around angrily in the water splashing it against the dock.
Angelica: "This is my fault! I never should have let her come! She's dead and it's all my fault!"
Samson grabs Angelica's arms to steady her and holds her close once again.
Samson: "Shhh! Shhh! Hush! Don't even talk like that. It won't do you any good. Serena wanted to come you know that she did. I should have protected the both of you better out there. I thought we'd have more time before Triton came for us. I sorry, Angel I'm so sorry!"
Angelica: "She was my sister, his daughter! How could he do this to her, his own flesh and blood?"
Angelica sobs louder and her body shakes from cold and painful resentment towards her father for sending that beast to murder them. All meres know that krakens only attack them if ordered by their godfather Triton.
Samson shakes his head sadly then kisses her forehead gently. He knows how close these daughters of the sea were even though they were only half-sisters and it makes his scales ache to see his sweet Angel so hurt like this. She's giving up everything so they can be together and seeing her so upset brings tears to his eyes.
Samson: "Triton never shows mercy you know that better than anyone after what he did to your mother. He will never stop coming after us so we have to get out of the sea tonight. He can't touch us on land. We will finally be free of him and then we can get married."
Angelica keeps crying and desperately looks up at him.
Angelica: "But, I don't want to be a human Samson. You know how much I love the sea, it's our home."
Samson: "This is our only hope Angel. I won't let that bastard take you away from me. You are all I care about in this world. Did you bring what we need?"
Angelica sadly nods again, wipes her face and pulls out a very rare blue oyster pearl from inside her front pouch. Samson takes out his silver knife from his own fish pouch and cuts his arm with it. He wipes his blood on the pearl then holds up the pearl under Angel's eyes until a few of her large tears fall onto the bloody pearl. He places the pearl in a small bag full of tiny shark bones and fish scales. Then Samson slowly peeks out from under the dock to make sure no one is on the beach.
Samson: "Wait for my signal before you come out okay just in case. I've heard the sea witch is very temperamental at times and we need this deal to go right."
Angelica: "Just be careful please I can't lose you too."
Samson squeezes one of Angelica's fins a bit to reassure her they will be fine, but inside he isn't sure this plan of theirs will even work at all. If it doesn't he knows they are both doomed.
