Depths

3. Feed

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Danny readjusts the rope into a bigger loop, ignoring the stinging on his bleeding ankle. He used his 10 years worth of research on cowboys in movies like, 'the ridiculous 6,' and video games to throw the rope towards the edge of the boat. It was slowly floating farther away and was just out of reach.

Danny cursed in fear when the rope landed in the water a couple feet away from the edge of their only salvation. He looked down at his feet and wanted to scream in frustration when he found that he was only just inside the comfort zone away from the edge of their little island.

He didn't have time to contemplate anything, the boat was not going to wait for him to stop being afraid. He drew the rope back in and nervously took a couple steps closer to the edge of the island, looking around as he did so for any sign of the mermaids.

"Come on, come on!" He expertly threw the rope at the boat again but missed it by mere inches. "Fuck!" He couldn't get any closer without stepping into the water.

He needed to get that boat back before it was too late.

He breathed and prayed to whatever higher power was out there that he would be okay. He looked around himself once more and tentatively stepped down into the water leaking onto the island, the tide coming in an unforgiving pace.

He only had the balls to step down ankle deep, but he pulled the rope back in and threw it once more. He wanted to cry when the rope barely missed it's target, latching on only to fall off back into the water with a splash.

"No."

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Glowing green eyes stared up from the yard down under the surface, waiting, and observing.

The boy doesn't react to the siren's singing, huh? Phantom thought curiously as he sat on his little rock, looking up at the foolish boy who freed him. He smirked evilly as he watched the human pointlessly throw the rope towards the boat floating hopelessly out of reach.

He looked delicious.

Phantom was the only male in the cove and by far the most powerful. Every mermaid had one special power, but he had multiple powers. Unlike all the mermaids who had a fire core, Phantom an ice core, so he could live in extremely cold temperatures, but it was detrimental to his health that he never gets too hot. It was the opposite for the females in this cove.

The only one in the entire cove and the only one Phantom had ever heard of, that wasn't able to sing like a hypnotic siren, was Ember. The blue haired, black tattoo decorated mermaid, with a black tail and blue fins.

Poor thing. She was considered the handicapped because the only thing she had going for her to hunt was her beauty. It was much harder for her to get her prey when she couldn't hypnotize them into walking right into their deaths.

Right now the mermaids were in the cave, resting after being injured by the humans strange gun. They knew the tide would come in and the humans would be without the safety of land, so they were waiting patiently.

Phantom watched in amusement when the human had the gull to step foot into the water. The smell of the human's blood hit his nose, and he knew his eyes flashed red briefly. The kid's ankle was bleeding and the human didn't even seem to notice that he was practically baiting merpeople to come after him. The human so ignorantly made himself an easy catch when there was a merman sitting right beneath his nose just out of sight, but definitely not out of reach. If Phantom wanted to, he could reach out a clawed hand and drag the unsuspecting boy down before he could even know what was happening.