Alofa

Unlikely Hero

A low hiss came out of the baby blue and grey-toned woman. Roni's gill-like ears were straight back as she hissed before attempting to gorge a man with her claws as he walked past her. The woman had heavy mental chains wrapped around her feet that limited her movement. Then, what looked like a padlock belt wrapped around her mouth that made her unable to sing, Roni was unable to defend herself. She didn't even recognize the group who had caught her. More than everything, she was confused about how they knew Roni would be there. Even though Roni wanted to hope she would be free. She somehow accepted her fate. Roni knew how much the black market dreamt of getting their hands on sirens to sell. That was how she even met Mauga. She was caught in a net and pulled on the ship he was working on with the Deepsea Raiders. The two have shared a lot of memories: bloody, sad, chaotic, lust-filled, and many other types of memories together. Sadly, Roni believed Mauga saw their relationship as a situationship. She understood he was a mercenary. Almost everything to him had a cost. She assumed she even had one that he would take if offered. Also, he loved her ability to boost his strength with one of her siren songs. She had a use to him in his chaos.

    When the man jumped out of the way from her quick jab motion, the man slammed the butt of his rifle against the side of her head. The man's walkie-talkie came to life blurting, an order in a language she didn't recognize. His fatal flaw was he stopped right next to their prisoner. Without a second thought, Roni plunged her razor-sharp claws into the man's gut. Then, his innards out, spilling them across the floor. Her bloodied hand struggled to pull the walkie-talkie out of the man's pocket while being partially chained up. She began to pick up other frantic messages from the other crew members (13), some in English. "Dump the monster. We're out of time." Roni blinked, confused at the petrified English command. "Boss said drop it off in China-" "There isn't time! Unless you want all of us killed," then the rail of gunfire followed. The rally of a chaingun firing echoed in the background. That was when Roni felt her heart flutter and then almost leap out of her chest in excitement. He came. Roni was in disbelief, but it broke when the door flew open. In the doorway stood two men, both holding rifles to her, one shot at her missing by an inch. "The bitch killed Rome," The one hissed over the radio. Before stomping over to the siren and grabbing her by the hair. The man pulled the mouthguard down for a moment. Before kicking the creature's side, he clicked the button to send Roni's scream to the Walkie-Talkies. He then moved the guard back over her lips.

    While the lackeys attempted to get rid of Roni before Mauga got onto their ship, it was too late. He had just boarded the Yacht. Mauga needed to be violent and would quickly be fed, which he was excited about. Some of the crew he threw overboard then open-fired, staining the crystal blue waters with crimson red from their blood. Then his sadist blood-craving laughs began to leave him. Some of the crew tried running, but they didn't get far before being shot to pieces. Blood, brain matter, and guts painted the boat's interior. Mauga's hulking 7'5 frame came to a crashing halt when he heard the echoing of Roni's scream break out around him from all the different radios. In a fit of rage, Mauga grabbed a man by the head before slamming it against the boat deck. Until the man's head was a pile of bloody mush, Mauga kept slamming it against the deck. Finally, Mauga stopped. After, the man was, without a doubt, dead. Mauga ripped the radio from the man's belt. Next, he quickly pressed the radio button to relay a message to whoever was left.

"Where was my invite boys?" It came out in a charismatic, friendly tone. But he was fighting back his rage as he seethed his question into the radio. There was nothing but dead silence. He got no response. Then he raised Gunny and was about to blast down the door to the cabin.  At the same, the metal door flew open, and a man stood in the doorway. Then, in his left hand, was a handful of Roni's wavy blue hair. She was thrashing like a shark out of water, using her claws to try to cut the man as he dragged her behind himself. When they stopped at the doorway, the smell of blood hit Roni like a train, and muffled hisses filled the air. Then, he stopped when Roni saw Mauga even in danger. It was a relief just seeing him. Most that she knew would be shitting themselves if they had to stare down the giant Soman in combat. "Come on, Buddy. It looks like all your teammates are dead. How about you drop the act? We can all have a good time," Mauga purred, still in a charismatic tone but now dripping with danger, his crimson eyes studying the man.