As Ellysia tried to not drown in her rage, Ares reached their hometown.
He tried to get help, but no one was interested in hearing about it and when they did hear him out, they were too scared to help because what if they were next?.
Frustrated Ares turned to the fishes.
"You're my last hope," he said, "please help me save Ell. I know she can be a pain in the ass, but please, help me save her. She doesn't deserve this, no one deserves to be caged."
"We got your back, fren."
Ares twirled around. "Thanks, my friends. Please follow me."
They swam as fast as they could and hit the boat.
River ran outside and looked over the railing. "What the h-"
Hundreds of fishes, big and small, crashed against the boat over and over again, rocking the boat harder and harder.
"Stop it! I said: stop it."
They grabbed the fishing net and hit the water with it. "Stop."
But the fishes didn't stop. They kept hitting the boat until it capsized.
Water slowly filled the boat and so did the fishes, looking for Ellysia.
Ares broke the fish tank using a crowbar. Ellysia fell in his arms.
"Thank you," she whispered.
He guided her out off the sinking ship and called back their fish friends.
"She's safe! Ell is safe, thanks for your help. Without you it would have been impossible."
"Hooray!" the fishes cheered and soon dissappeared.
"Let's go home, Ell."
"We can't, not yet."
"Why not?"
"Humans can't swim long. We have to safe them."
"They locked you up and wanted to do Goddess knows what with you. Let them drown."
"I can't, ArAr, they're still a living being."
"What do you plan to do with them?" Ares gestured to River who angrily jumped up and down their sinking ship, still hitting the water with the net yelling: "Die, die, die."
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Ellysia swam to River. "Please let me help you," she said, but River was too angry. They hit her with the net.
Ares got pissed when he saw how bad that human treated his Ell and grabbed some piece of floating boat. He hit River with it from behind.
River fell down unconscious.
Ares flung the human over his shoulder.
"What's the next step?"
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Out of the Blue & Into the Deep
Short StorySince their encounter with a mermaid, River has been obsessed with finding her again. Will they succeed in tracking her down? And what will the mermaid think of it?
