Lily went with Michael and Vincent around town to try and see where they took Dolly and Raphael.
Vincent had slunk off, clutching a sheathed knife. Michael stayed beside Lily who sensed he had grown protective over not only Raphael.
They snuck around, eventually winding up in the town hall, behind some heavy curtains on the stage and peeked out.
In the dim dying afternoon light streaming in from the windows, there was two tanks. They looked much like the sort of tank one might see at a carnival to dunk people. But there was no obvious escape from these ones.
Dolly and Raphael floated in them. They luckily seemed to be fine if a bit scraped up, Raphael pissed and Dolly looking panicked.
"See anyone?" Lily whispered to Michael who gave a low hum which she expected, what made her jump was the low and gravelled voice whispering,
"No, doesn't mean there isn't anyone"
Lily turned to stare at Michael a moment, blinking at him before shaking her head, looking back over.
"So now what?"
"...Risk it I guess" Michael whispered, "I'll go with you"
Lily nodded, the two taking each other's hand to head over to the tanks and not be separated.
Upon seeing Lily and Michael. Dolly looked hopeful, Raphael seemed shocked.
"You came!" Dolly exclaimed, her voice a bit muffled and Lily nodded, starting to look for a way to get Dolly out of the tank,
"Obviously!" She exclaimed, "we weren't just gonna leave you!"
"Where's Rosalie, Bo and Lester?" Raphael asked as Michael started to look at the seals of the tanks,
"Went to go get sirens" Lily said, fingernails scrambling at the seals, "To distract others...we have earplugs"
"Please hurry" Dolly pleaded, "they're-extremely angry..."
"Why? Cause you're with Bo?"
Dolly bit her lip, carefully moving her arms from her torso and Lily squinted, taking a good look finally.
She usually saw Dolly in motion, lately she'd been spending a lot of time at Bo's as well and so when Lily saw the slight swell of Dolly's tummy, her jaw dropped.
Raphael also stared, looking like he may faint. Michael had also gone still.
"....Cause I'm with Bo" Dolly said softly, laying a hand over the bump and Lily finally snapped from her shock.
"...let's get you to your baby daddy" Lily said firmly, climbing on top of the tank and looking at the lock.
"Shit" Lily mumbled before she was yanked down with a shriek.
Looking up, her eyes went wide as she stared at the villager over her. The man raising what looked like a garden trowel before his eyes went wide.
Coughing blood, he fell off of Lily, showing Vincent. One of his knives bloody and his eye pissed.
Lily trembled, Vincent kneeling beside her and carefully helping her sit up.
"I'm okay" Lily whispered to Vincent, smiling at him weakly before standing.
Dolly gave Lily a look and Lily just shook her head,
"Don't"
"Should we wait for the sirens?" Raphael asked and Michael held up a finger, picking up a large steel pipe and mimicking swinging at the tank that held Raphael.
It would be too close. It would get them out, but they were too small, only enough space to sort of wall sit and float. It could hurt Dolly and Raphael.
Michael nodded in response to Raphael,
"We can keep guard" he spoke to Raphael, placing a hand on the tank, "we won't let them harm you"
Raphael hesitated, placing his hand over Michael's,
"I know you won't..."
YOU ARE READING
Message in a Bottle.
RomansaBo Sinclair is a fisherman to support his family. Merpeople are known but not well liked, however Bo doesn't pay attention to that mush. Until he risks his life to safe a mermaid. Then things get complicated for him, her and their families.
