Metanoia

Chapter 12

Panic and terror was all I saw in the vaquita's eyes, the more he struggled the harder they would press on him to hold him down. The sight was profoundly disturbing, I couldn't bear to see them hurt Ozzy anymore, "Hey! What on earth do you think you are doing?", I shouted anger evident in my voice. "Let him go right now!", I bellowed.

"Ma'am I suggest you stay back unless you want this thing to hurt you!", one of the men told me sternly. I rolled my eyes and scoffed at his comment, "Well that thing you are scaring to death has a name and I am his Aquarist!", I said resolutely. "Therefore if neither Dr Thomas or I have given you permission to do or go anywhere near that vaquita, I suggest you let him go and leave.", I announced confidently.

The man looked at me bewildered, just as he was about to reply to me Dr Thomas and Maggie approached us. "What's going on here?", Dr Thomas asked sternly. "We are here for this thing. You no longer have to worry about it.", he said giving me threatening smile. "Who are you to take him? You have no right!", I say raising my voice. "Do you have a warrant, or any papers stating that this vaquita belongs to you?", I asked raising my eyebrow, the man look flabbergasted; looking back at his friends and then back to me. "I'm going to take your silence as a no, in that case I suggest you leave.", I said pointing to the exit.

Giving me a death glare the man still didn't budge, "You heard the girl, now if you would please leave my clinic. I suggest you do so now before I call the police for trespassing.", Dr Thomas said giving a final warning. The man put his hands up in surrender, "Fine. We will leave.", reply to Dr Thomas. "This isn't over.", he said lowly when he walked past me. I ran up to Ozzy as soon as they left, checking to see if they didn't hurt him any more than what they did. "You poor thing, who would be so cruel as to try and hurt you?", Maggie said looking at Ozzy sympathetically.

Well whoever they are, they wanted Ozzy for something. But what? One thing is foreshore I am never going to let them take or hurt Ozzy ever again. "I will try and do so me research and ask around about those guys, maybe file a restraining order so they can't come back to the clinic.", Dr Thomas said breaking me out of my thoughts. "Let's do a quick check up on Ozzy, make sure they didn't do too much damage. We might have to give him something to calm him down.", Dr Thomas said to me, I nodded my head in acknowledgment.

I went to go and put on my wet suite so that I can assist Dr Thomas in the water. We did that until we were sure that Ozzy was okay; I gave him his food and played with him for a bit teaching him a few tricks hoping it will get his mind of things. Sarah texted me saying that she was outside the clinic waiting for me. I said my goodbyes to Ozzy and saw Sarah looking at me with a 'I want all the details' look, and so I told her everything that had happened in the car ride home.