Curse of the Seas

Afraid and Alone

WARNING: The following chapter contains mentions of sexual acts such as attempted rape. Viewer Discretion is advised.

Rodrigo has been asking around for about an hour now. So far he didn't find anything that would give him a clue as to what was causing the disappearances. Despite this, he assumed that this was the doing of a bunch of sick perverts. He decided to check on Amara to see if she found anything of interest. He started to telepathically call Amara. One second. Two seconds. Ten seconds. Amara was not replying but he was hoping that she was just busy with something. Eventually a minute passed by. Still no response from her. He was now getting very worried for Amara. When two minutes passed by, he assumed the worst happened to her. He quickly swam around to see if he could find her. As he was looking through the streets, he heard a scream. He quickly followed the noise until he came upon the source of the scream. It was a helpless mermaid who was being assaulted by a merman in an alleyway. He quickly swam over to them and punched the merman off of her.

"Swim away from here!" He said to the mermaid and she quickly obeyed.

The merman then punched him in the face but Rodrigo barely flinched from the hit. The merman was visibly scared at the reaction but before he could retreat, Rodrigo grabbed him by the tail and hit him against the wall in the alleyway. The merman tried to get up and Rodrigo didn't let go and continued to smash him against the wall three more times. After the fourth strike, the merman started begging for his life.

"Please, have mercy!" the merman desperately said in a Texan accent.

"Why should I? You were trying to have your way with a helpless woman!" Rodrigo angrily said as he punched the merman..

"Please! I'll tell you anything! Anything!" the merman pleaded.

Rodrigo was about to strike him again until those words came out of his mouth. Maybe he knows what happened to Amara.

"Fine then," He then dropped the merman onto the ground. "Talk," he sternly told him.

"Ok, Ok... You see, you probably heard of those disappearances, right?" the merman asked while still trying to recover from the beatdown he received.

"Do you know anything about them?" Rodrigo asked in a serious tone.

"You see, those disappearances... There's a cult operating here that kidnaps young ladies and uses them as sex slaves," the merman said in between coughs.

Rodrigo was alarmed at those words. He had to find Amara quickly before anyone could get their way with her. He was blaming himself for letting her get into this situation in the first place. That didn't now though as there were more pressing matters at hand.

"Tell me more," Rodrigo said with desperation in his voice.

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Amara opened her eyes. She still felt groggy from what happened a while ago. She couldn't believe she fell for a trap. She tried to get up and take a look at her surroundings. She found out she was inside a cage and she also realized her hands were tied up behind her. It was rather dark except for a little underwater plant illuminating the cage. She was wondering where she was taken to and how she could escape until she heard a voice.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?"

She had a hard time telling who the voice came from until the owner approached close enough to be illuminated. It was a caucasian merman with a red tail and wearing a cowboy hat. He also spoke with a heavy southern accent.

"Where am I? What did you do to me?" She yelled at him to show that she wasn't afraid.

"Oh you don't need to know the answer to that, missy. We haven't even gotten started with you," the man said in a playful tone. "Boys, escort her to the main room!"