Chapter One ★ Bitten :: Cont’

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“Luna,” Pearl continued, “You can be so dense. I swear you’re brain was swapped with a jelly fish.”

“Hey!” I snapped back. Yeah I know not the best comeback but I am still confused as to what Pearl was gabbing at. How would the kid’s wallet ensure a promotion?

Pearl hustled up the wooden steps of the porch to lock the door to the house. She rushed back down, wrapped her arm around my neck and pulled me along with her, “C’mon we gotta get back to headquarters.”

Urk. My feet dragged along the pea gravel in the garden pathway. She was going to fast for me to keep up with her so I fell backwards on my butt. Using my injured hand I slowed my fall just a wee bit. Ouch. Pearl ran back to where I sat on the ground. She tapped her foot and huffed.

My hand twinged… okay not twinged. It throbbed. It throbbed like a mother sending out manic waves of intense burning pain. Man, I hope it isn’t infected. Of course merpeople don’t get infections often. Pearl offered her hand to me and I graciously grabbed a hold of it with my good hand.

With her hand clasped firmly in mine I yanked her down to the ground. Hard. She fell face first into the gravel with a satisfying yelp. Good. She deserved it. She mumbled, “Wha’cha do that for?”

“Payback.” I winced as another throb burned around the bite marks in my hand. Landing on it did not do it a world of good. Of course all the adrenaline from tonight’s events had worn off so I gather it did hurt this bad but I didn’t notice ’til now.

Pearl propped herself up on her elbows and glanced at my bloodied hand. She pursed her lips and said, “You really need to get Doc to look at that… it might be infected.”

I glared back at her. “No, it’s not infected. It just twinges that’s all.”

She pushed herself up to her knees and stood up. With an arched eyebrow she asked, “You’re not gonna pull me back down again if I help you up, are you?”

“Depends.” I replied.

“Depends on what?” She asked. Crickets chirped in the background. The evening air cooled down with a breeze carried in by the ocean. In the distance I could hear the waves crashing against the shoreline. Pearl was right on one thing we needed to get back to headquarters to give our reports.

“Fine.” I offered my good hand again. “Help me up, would ya?”

“Sure,” She grinned and grabbed my hand. With a solid yank I was back up on my feet. I did not let go of Pearl’s hand. She tried to walk away but I pulled her back and asked, “So do ya mind telling me what yer planning?”

“We have to go back.” She answered.

“Duh,” I rolled my eyes. “Obviously. But what about the kid? Standard protocol says we should do a mind wipe on him.”

Pearl glanced towards the ocean. I could tell her mind was on something else. She said, “We’ll deal with him later.”

“Are ya sure?” I asked. “Cus I don wanna get my butt handed to me by my own dad ’cause you wanted to do it later.”

She waved her other hand at me in a dismissive manner. “Yes, I’m sure. C’mon we’ve gotta get your hand looked at… it’s bleeding again.”

I didn’t notice it nor did I feel it. Looking down at the blood soaked towel droplet of blood stained the ground from where I stood. The bite surged another burning sensation throughout my entire being. I breathed in and gasped when another wave of pain pulsed throughout my body. The world begun spinning about me as the edges started to fade to black.

With one last gasp I said, “Oh for Triton’s sake…”

Pearl called out, “LUNA!”

The world spun sideways and my head bounce off the gravel path before everything went dark.

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ – Chapter 1 :: Bitten Done – Stay tuned for Chapter 2.. –☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙