Sweet little mermaid,
Once again...he was on the beach. For the past week, First had been doing everything in his power to avoid it, but sadly, his luck had run out. The people of his town were still going missing, and now, the blame was being put on him just because he wasn't doing his job. He kicked the sand angrily.
"I can't fucking help them! I fell asleep the first night! What can I do? Act as bait?" He shouted. He fell into the sand with a huff.
'Maybe I'll get kidnapped... Then they'll see they should have picked someone else.' He glared at the sky. A wave was splashing against the rocks of the coast, and he sprang into a sitting position. Though he really didn't want to admit it, he didn't exactly enjoy the idea of being kidnapped. His dream, vision, experience, whatever had happened when he first slept there had gotten to him. He hated hearing water splashing now, so much that he had to move his bedroom, which so happened to be the only room near the creek he had in his backyard, to the opposite end on the house. But still, he could hear it.
He wrapped his hands around his knees and propped his chin on them.
"Maybe...I'll just leave and say I fell asleep again…" He glanced at the horizon. It was twilight.
'Well, I can watch the sunset at least.' The last sun rays were warm on his face. He found himself getting falling more and more into sleep.
'I'll just...close my...eyes...for a moment...' and he passed out.
The first thing he realized when he woke up was the ground.
'Wet..and cold. Just like before.' He opened his eyes and looked around. Everything was the same. Dim light, wet ground, the sounds of the water, even his clothes were damp like last time. Well at least he knew that what happened a week ago was not a dream. He stood up, or attempted is a better way to put it since the ground seemed to move under him. He got on his hands and knees to try and get his bearings.
"Okay, this is new." He thought out loud. He felt like is was swinging in the air and quite frankly it made him feel sick. He crawled to the edge and felt metal bars surrounding him.
"What the hell? A cage?" He grabbed onto the higher bars and used them to help himself to his feet. The cages started to swing again and he held on tightly.
Unknown to First he was being watched as he swayed in his imprisonment. It watched him with curious yellow eyes, noting his every movement. Every so often it would lift its golden scaled tail out of the water and bring it down with a hash 'slap' which would cause the hunter to freeze his movements.
'Interesting...' It thought before submerging itself.
"HelloOOoOOOo!' First screamed. He continued rocking back and forth which probably isn't the smartest thing to do, but at the moment he didn't care. Suddenly the felt the cage shift and start moving to the water. That got him to stop all his movements.
'Is something trying to drown me?!' He panicked. He backed away from the bars and pushed himself against the back of the cage.
It came to a stop less than a foot above the water and continued to rock. First, who was still freaked out carefully edged himself towards the spot he had been in. He looked over the edge. And he was met with a pair of golden eyes looking back at him from under the murky depths.
"AHHGG!" he jumped up and fell backwards on his butt. "Oww…" The creature grabbed the side of the cage with it's webbed hands and started to lift itself up, tipping it so First slid forward. It raised its head up, looking over the floor and it almost lost it's grip when First pushed his face against his.
"What the hell are you?" He questioned without missing a beat. It continued to stare at him but moved back so they weren't so close. First glared at it. A shimmering golden tail appeared behind the creature and he give it a questionable look.
'A mermaid?'
"Hmm, are you the reason people have been disappearing?" It gave him a dumb look.
"Come on, Speak! You look human enough! I'm sure you can answer me!" Still nothing. First smacked himself in the face out of frustration.
"Hmph, well do you have anything you can say? A name? Anything? Or do you not understand that too?"
"T-third."
"Wait..What?" Well that was a bit of surprise. The creature, now known as Third moved back a little further referring back to his muted self. It didn't suspect that First would be like this especially when he passed out the last time he had taken him. Maybe he had the wrong guy?
First clenched his fists in anger.
"Fine! Stay quiet! You stupid fish!" He got up and walked to the furthest end of the cage and sat down with his back to Third. The merman made an angry hiss and started to swim away.
'Pushy brat. How could I think you were cute.' It thought with a splash of it's tail. First looked over his shoulder.
"No wait! Don't go! I need answers!" He moved back to his place and started reaching through the bars. Third looked back at him with a cocky smirk.
'hehe shouldn't have been so pushy.' He snickered. First saw that and started to get pissed off again.
"Oh I get it! You just think you're a cocky little shit!" He started shaking the bars to his cage and caused the it to start swinging. Third watched him, curious of what he was doing. First continued to swing.
"What? Not going to do anything? Maybe I should just rock this thing hard enough that it falls off the ceiling!" First threatened. Now Third was worried.
'Doesn't he know he'll get hurt? Or maybe even drown?' He wondered. Carefully he waded his way closer to the cage. Then there was a snap. The link that had held the cage up broke and sent it down to the water, breaking on contact with its semipermeable surface. Third watched in horror, unsure of what to do. He swam under and started to look for the hunter but it seemed that wasn't necessary for First had already gotten free of the wreckage and was making his way to the edge. Third swam closely behind his and watched him climb out before turning back around to swim away.
"Oh no you don't. Where do you think you're going?" He felt a hand on his shoulder and he froze. First turned him around and brought his face close to his. He shook out of his shock and started to struggle to get a way but First kept his grip firm.
"Now give me my answers before I turn you into an artifact." he threatened. He panicked. How could he get out! His only option was to...was to...Third leaned forward and planted a firm kiss on First lips.
He looked at the mermaid in shock and his grip loosened. And with himself free, Third moved away from him but not before whacking First over the head with one of the stray metal bars and knocking him out.
'Hehe, sleep tight pretty boy.'
'Oh god my head...what happened?' First opened his eyes and looked at the sky above.
"God dammit!" He screamed, bashing his fists into the sand. "That asshole got away!"
'That sexy asshole.' He shook his head. Why did he think that? He stood up and walked to the water.
"I know you're here! Show yourself!" He yelled at the water. The only response he got was the waves. He rubbed his temples with his fingers, a headache starting to form.
"Gahhh, what did he do to me?" He cursed. "Bewitch me? Stupid fish." He grabbed his things and started hiking back to his home.
He took a path that hugged the side of a creek. The same one actually that he had running in his backyard. At it's mouth was the ocean he had came from and for his whole walk he swore he could feel someone watching him. And every so often he thought he could see a gold tail out of the corner of his eye.
'Great. I'm being stalked by a fish boy.' He grumbled.
When he finally made it home he slammed his door shut and locked it tight. He wasn't sure if that thing could come out of the water but he didn't wish to find it in the house after he was finished with his nap. He flopped on to his bed and sighed.
"Have me wake up and find out all of that was a dream…" he said before falling to sleep.
A/N And the Mermaid is here~ Okay I just had to say that, also First can sometimes be a weakling but not all the times~ At least he didn't pass out again. Thanks for reading, Yami Gir signing off!