Chapter 10: Bounty:
The Codfather's POV:
Dat darn pearl ruined everythin' fo' me tha last time! Datz why I'm hirin' da best bounty hunters in da seven seas!
"They're here, Boss," says Gill.
"Letz peep what we got, Great White, Hammer-Ed, H2Overkill, n'... Timmy da Tuna?" I then looked at Gill, who just shrugged. I held up a picture o' pearl. "Ooookaaaay, well dis lil' mermaid be yo' target. Kill her n' yo''ll be rich, but if yo' fail, then yo''re sleepin' wit' da... humans. Naw git!" They all left.
Timmy the Tuna's POV:
"Isn't this exciting," I asked, "finally, I'm going to get some respect in the bounty hunter guild."
"It's just one mermaid," says Great White.
"A mermaid who also happens to be a Lemurian princess," I said.
"Right, I'll go first," says Great White.
Great White's POV:
The mermaid was with her eelfolk friend. My plan is simple, I'm gonna eat her. I was sneaking around and just as I was about to eat her... an underwater geyser stopped me.
"What was that," asks the mermaid.
"I don't know, but it sounded painful," says the eelfolk.
Hammer-Ed's POV:
The Mermaid and her eel friend were playing a game of tag. I was gonna hammer her flat. I know other hammerheads aren't actual hammers, but in my case, I am... don't ask. I was gonna get her, but then I got caught in a net. I was being abducted by humans! "HELP!"
H20verkill's POV:
Those dumb sharks may have failed, but this crab will not. I'm going to hit her with this air-bubble gun. It will trap her in a bubble filled with nothing, but air and she will suffer from the lack of water. Now, I just have to hit her with it and... now I'm trapped in a giant crab. Great.
Timmy the Tuna's POV:
"AAAGGGHHH!" What am I going to do? If the best bounty hunters in the business can't beat her, then there's no way I can! Forget it! I just wanted to be a legendary bounty hunter like my Dad, but I should've been a schoolteacher like my Mother wanted. I'm... no... I can't give up and do you know why? Because the Codfather will kill me if I don't do this. "I have to eliminate that mermaid or risk the Codfather's wrath!"
Timmy the Tuna: One way, or another, I'm gonna end ya
I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya
One way, or another, I'm gonna kill ya
I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya
One way, or another, I'm gonna slay ya
I'm gonna gut ya, gut ya, gut ya, gut ya
One day, maybe next week
I'm gonna gut ya, I'm gonna gut ya, I'll gut ya
I will drive past your house
And if the lights are all down
I'll see who's around
One way, or another, I'm gonna end ya
I'm gonna gut ya, I'm gonna gut ya, I'll gut ya
One way, or another, I'm gonna kill ya, I'll get ya, I'll get ya
One way, or another, I'm gonna slay ya
I'm gonna gut ya, I'm gonna gut ya, I'll gut ya
One day, maybe next week, I'm gonna gut ya
I'll gut ya, ah
And if the lights are all out
I'll follow your bus downtown
See who's hanging out
One way, or another, I'm gonna shoot ya
I'm gonna make your throat slit
A slip of the hip or another, I'm gonna shoot ya
I'm gonna stab ya, I'll stab ya
One way, or another, I'm gonna shoot ya
I'm wanna stab ya, stab ya, stab ya, stab ya
One way, or another, I'm gonna shoot ya
I'm gonna make your throat slit
I'll walk down the mall, stand over by the wall
Where I can see it all, find out who you call
Lead you to the supermarket checkout
Some specials and rat food, get lost in the crowd
One way, or another, I'm wanna get ya
I'll get ya, I'll get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya (Chorus: where I can see it all, find out who ya call)
One way, or another, I'm wanna get ya
I'll get ya, I'll get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya (Chorus: where I can see it all, find out who ya call)
One way, or another, I'm wanna get ya
I'll get ya, I'll get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya (Chorus: where I can see it all, find out who ya call)
One way, or another, I'm wanna get ya
I'll get ya, I'll get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya (Chorus: where I can see it all, find out who ya call)
One way, or another, I'm wanna get ya
I'll get ya, I'll get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya (Chorus: where I can see it all, find out who ya call)
One way, or another, I'm wanna get ya
I'll get ya, I'll get ya, get ya, get ya, get ya (Chorus: where I can see it all, find out who ya call)
One way, or another...!
"Or maybe I could just pull this rock and have this large boulder roll and fall on her. Yeah, that works too." I then pull the rock and the boulder goes rolling down. I heard a scream and I looked and saw the mermaid dead on the ground. "I did it... I did it!" I then swam away, cheering.
. . .
"Not shizzle," says the Codfather, "herez yo' reward."
I then left with the money.
Pearl's POV:
"Was it necessary to fake your death," asks Slippery.
"I felt so sorry for that tuna," I said.
"And what's gonna happen when the Codfather or that tuna find out you're alive," asks Slippery.
"That sounds like a tomorrow Pearl problem," I said, "let's go home."
In the next chapter, Jewel tries to fight the control of the siren.