Chapter Seventeen ★ Rampage
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I don’t know what happened to me at that moment but something for sure snapped. Like the dam holding back the raging waters broke loose and the fury within took over. All I saw was red.
“Hold her down.” Pearl shouted. The reptilian men tried their best to stay on top of me. But due to the surge of power that was unleashed they didn’t have a prayer.
Their bodies scattered about the small room and splashed against the stone walls. I whirled around to see Pearl wide eyed and backing away from me slowly. She held up her hands in a placating manner.
A wide grin split my lips as the canines of my teeth extended. Tiny spines erupted along my arms with the blades extended from the elbow to fine sharp edges. Pearl continued to scream at her men, “Morons. Get up. You have to take her down, now, before she breaks the final seal.”
Final seal, eh? I paused and reached down deep feeling for that golden power that hid behind the darkness. The anger incinerated the final webbing of the spell that was put in place. Ah, there it is… a wet ripping sound emerged.
I could feel it. The transformation from mermaid to not a wereshark but a mershark. Like before in the lab with Doc and Pearl my body blazed with blinding light as the two powers combined making moi into a beast of power.
Claws extended from fingertips, a large dorsal fin emerged from the spine on the back and the teeth became all long and sharp with extra rows. Yet, the canines remained longer than the rest. The roar of the transformation kept the shouts and screams of the reptilian men at bay.
As the glow burned down to a low light I saw several bodies littered the floor. Pearl held one man in front of her using him as a shield. Looking over to one side of the room more men were scrambling to get out. One in particular shook as he tried to figure out which key to use to unlock the door.
I grabbed the man in front of me that Pearl held onto and clenched hard on his throat. He struggled using his hands to try and pry mine from his neck. A wet crunch sounded right before blood gushed from the wound that the claws slashed in his throat. He went limp and I threw his body to the side.
Pearl threw her arms over her head and let out a small whimper. I growled, “Don’t do that. I know yer faking.”
A smile curled upon her lips and she let her arm down then straightened up. She gazed up and down at my changed form then said, “Well, well, well. Tarot will be please indeed.”
Arching an eyebrow I said, “Huh?”
Pearl placed two fingers into her mouth in a ‘O’ shape then blew a sharp whistle. Out of the shadows came the lady from the docks. She snapped her fingers and all the powers dissipated from my body in an instant.
Falling to my knees I shook then fell forward onto my hands and let my head drop. Dirt crunched under the witch’s footsteps as she approached. I tried to look up but with little energy I found it hard.
Still I happened to see the witch hand Pearl an envelope. Pearl stuffed it into her top then turned to leave. Traitor or not, she was my friend, I reached and cried out to her, “Pearl, don’t.”
She stopped and twisted her head slightly back at me. For an moment her eyes softened but then hardened as she moved towards the door. I watched her walk away unaware of the tiny clicks that sounded as they place an iron collar around my neck.
Pearl left through the door along with two reptilian escorts. I so wanted to run after her but my legs refused to budge. With a feeble attempt to move I fell forward and crash landed face first.
A small tug made me turn to look up at the witch. She held a small chain in her hands with a wicked smile upon her lips. Clearing her throat she said, “Nay mind the traitorous ilk, mermaid.”
If I didn’t feel drained before then the feeling of dread continued to pull from my reserves. I laid there watching the final words escape the witch’s lips. The ones that no mermaid wants to hear… “From hence forth you belong to me.”
‧͙⁺˚*·༓☾ – Chapter 17 :: Rampage Done – Stay tuned for Chapter 18… –☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
