In Search Of The Elusive Mermaid

CHAPTER 5/THE HELL BELOW

The information the old man brought was very important for it showed old and recent photos of mermaids....taken by different people around the world....the anatomy of the mermaid...and a brief history....it is claimed that the mermaids existed for centuries and there was one time they were friendly to humans...but the story say that humans started to hunt down these peaceful creatures killing off a majority of them and they just disappeared from view...it was so elusive that it joined other mythical creatures like big foot, fairies, dragons and duendes....soon humans forgot they existed one time.....they were like the whale and the dolphins.....they have lungs and needed oxygen to live.....the old man supplied the final parts to the gear....waterproof flashlights........Its been awhile since Jose did any diving and the old man was long retired....the strongest diver was Samuel........Don Carlos had an old F150 truck...very reliable work horse said the old man.....they packed all the gear and soon were heading towards the next town....for they had a date with the rock that was there waiting patiently on them

The old man was diving.....he was wondering why this mermaid decided to hunt humans instead of the abundances of fishes in the sea.....unless it came across a free meal....liked the taste and found out they were easier targets.....soon they were approaching the rock.....the plan was simple.....Don Carlos was to remain on land feeding them the rope that was tied to both divers.....Jose would be secondary diver he was to remain in the water just below a few feet just to be on the lookout for any strange movements and warned Samuel.....which being the stronger diver was going in deeper waters....the rope would be attached to a pulley that was on the truck.....Samuel was the first to go under....followed by Jose.....they were fully equipped...suit, tanks,fins,knife,speargun and flash lights....the time of the departure was a little after nine...it was bright sunny day....not a cloud on the horizon

Sam can see everything...the water below was very clear....he had on his lights....spotting everything in front of him....following the down flow of the rock he went further down....Jose was above him feeding him the rope as he went further....maybe fifty feet down it got much darker he kept a close look around him....there was a little sign of life...one and two fish swam by minding their own business....then he saw what he suspected an entrance....he carefully approached it remembering his dream...he pointed his light inside the hole it was large enough for one person....he wondered if he should go in.....he felt confident of his back up.....he cautiously entered the small cave it expanded a little as he got further in....he saw an eel peek out behind a rock and quickly shy away from the light.....he went a little further wondering what the fock he was doing here....he moved a little further down....he felt a slight tug of the rope but he paid it no mind thinking it was Jose tainting the rope.....he continued on.....suddenly he felt a more forceful jerk....he turned to see what was causing it....it was the mermaid....it was gnawing at the rope

Samuel tried to pull the rope but all it did was making it easier for this thing to gnaw through the rope quicker....he felt the rope snapped....he swam back deeper into the cave....the mermaid turned to him now coming fast....Sam turned and started to swim as fast as he could fidgeting with his speargun.....he noticed the cave turned upwards he was swimming full force ahead.....to his surprise he emerged in a clearing ....fresh air....he didn't have time to think he quickly climbed up on the rocks and hid behind a bigger rock.....it was an underground grotto...it was dimly lighted...he was holding his breathe taking off his fins and hold the knife in his hands....suddenly he heard a loud splash the mermaid surfaced forcefully from the water landing on a clearing.....he was using his hands as leverage lifting its head looking around in the cave......he was making a strange hiccup sound....he was alone

Samuel kept a close eye on him ready to defend his life......he remembered the spear gun....as he was reaching for it he saw it by the edge of the rocks where he climbed in...Fuck...he swear under his breathe...the mermaid was crawling towards him now flipping its tail as he came closer....it was making a growling noise now....Sam gripped his knife harder...for some reason the mermaid made a turn towards the water......a splash was heard and all was left was silence....Sam could hear his own breathing now...he was breathing heavily...he stood slowly looking around for movement in the water....he looked around the cave.....the light was coming in from high above.....he walked towards it when he stumbled and fell to the ground...shit...he grunted...he was not sure what he tripped on he could not see it clearly he reached for his flashlight turned it on......he jumped back in shocked....it was human remains...alot...he turned his light to look around to his dismay there were skeletal bodies all over the cave....it was unbelievable he was scared now he turned the light towards the water now.....there was no movement he walked a few steps towards where his speargun was.......as he stooped to pick it up....the mermaid jumped out of the water reaching for him.....but Samuel was a bit faster he jumped back slicing in mid air in full defense....the mermaid fell back in the water he stayed afloat watching him sizing him up he did this for a few minutes then slowly it submerged....and all was quiet again...leaving an intense sensation of doom for our good friend Samuel

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