Chapter 14 - Slipping up
Makoto and Haru - Dock
I took a few deep breaths to calm down and looked down at Haru.
"We're here," I said.
"Are you okay Makoto?" Haru asked in a worried voice.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's get you home."
Just as I said that I heard running footsteps from the corridor behind us. I turned around to see Dr Hamada coming through the door.
"Now we've got you," Dr Hamada said and started walking towards me.
"No, you don't," I said and swallowed hard before turning around again and running out onto the dock.
Nagisa, Rei, Rin, Gou, Sousuke, Aiichiro, Momotarou and Mr Tachibana - Corridor outside Haru's room
"There's the door!" Gou shouted and pointed towards the door at the end of the corridor.
They hurried through the door to Haru's room and then through the door leading to the dock.
"We're almost there!" Mr Tachibana shouted back at the others.
They continued to run down the corridor until they reached the door leading to the dock. They opened it and they saw Makoto with Haru in his arms standing at the very end of the dock surrounded by Dr Hamada's men.
"Give us the merman Makoto!" They heard Dr Hamada shouting through the sound of the wind.
"Never!" They heard Makoto shout as a reply.
At that moment the wind picked up ever so slightly and they saw Makoto slip and both Makoto and Haru fell into the water.
"MAKOTO!" They all shouted at once.
Makoto and Haru - The end of the dock
We've got you cornered, there's nowhere to run!" Dr Hamada shouted.
We were now at the end of the dock and Dr Hamada was indeed right about the fact that there was nowhere to run.
"Give us the merman Makoto!"
"Never!" I shouted at Dr Hamada.
At that exact moment the wind picked up and I could feel myself losing my footing. I heard several voices calling my name just as I hit the surface of the water.