The Little Angel (Phantom of the Opera/The Little Mermaid)

Chapter 21

ERIK: *waves for them to calm down* ONE AT A TIME!

*they all quiet*

ERIK: *picks one to explain what's going on*

MERMAN: There's nets!! Tons of fishing nets!! They're starting to swipe up the children!

ERIK: WHAT? *sets Ariel down on the throne and swims towards them*

MERMAID: *sobbing* Huge fishing boats! They've got my baby!

ERIK: calm down. I need some of the fastest, most agile merfolk and we'll deal with those ships.

*some volunteer*

ERIK: *says to everyone else* stay on the castle! Don't leave it for any reason. Ariel, I want you to keep everyone here. Understand? *looks back at her*

ARIEL: Understood. Everyone get close together

ERIK: *takes his volunteers and swims out of the castle*

ARIEL: *closes her eyes*

ERIK: *sees the nets* now, I want each of you to swim to the nets and cut them. Don't get caught!

*they nod and swim as fast as they can to cut the nets*

ERIK: *heads towards where he hears the children crying*

LITTLE MERMAID: Help!!!!

LITTLE MERMAN: Daddy!!! Mommy!! Help!

Baby mermaid: *whines*

ERIK: *swims up to the hull and knocks lightly on the bottom* children? *says through the wood*

*the children all yell at his knocking, signaling they're there*

ERIK: *by magic cuts the hull open so that the water won't come in but the children can slip out* come.

*they swim out, clutching onto him*

ERIK: *disentangles himself from the children* *reseals the hole and guides them down into a patch of a seaweed*

*they hide*

LITTLE MERMAN: Where's mommy?

ERIK: *smiles gently* your mommy is at the castle. I want you all to hide here. I will return for you and take you back. But, don't leave this hiding place.

*they nod*

ERIK: *swims away to see what the volunteers have done*

*all the nets have been cut and the ships are retreating*

ERIK: *swims back to the children*

*they're all shaking*

ERIK: *leads them back to the castle*

*they reunite with their parents*

ERIK: *hurries over to Ariel* is everyone alright?

ARIEL: Everyone is fine... We just have one small problem

ARIEL: *looks toward the children*

ERIK: what it is?

LITTLE MERMAN: *sobs hysterically*

ARIEL: Go talk to him...

ERIK: *swims over to him* what's the problem?

LITTLE MERMAN: M-My Mommy's gone!

ERIK: where did you last see her?

LITTLE MERMAN: The people t-took her in their n-net!!!

ERIK: *calms the boy down gently* was it a large ship?