The Tail About Me

Chapter 12

My scream caught the attention of the guards. When they come over to me I lie and tell them that it's hard to breath in the bottom of the boat and that I need some air. For some reason, they believe me!

"Ok little girl. I'll take you on deck but no trying to escape you rat!" He yelled with his Jersey accent. He carries me (still tied up in the chair) up the wooden stairs and onto the main deck.

"Thank you. Now please, could you untie me? This isn't very comfortable being tied to this chair." I say.

"No way that I'm letting you outta there! You're gonna escape!" The man yelled. Then Tyran came out of the chart room and stomped his foot when he saw me on deck.

"What are you thinking! Are you nuts? !" Tyran yelled in his face. His stubby beard blew in the wind as did my long hair.

"Sorry sir. I am stupid sir. I promise this won't happen again sir." The sailor stuttered back like an army man. I wonder why they were so afraid of him. I know that he is a horrible man, but they all look so well fed and seem pretty healthy.

"You are stupid and I'm glad that you admitt that. But, you shall be my example to show Mallory what happens if you betray me. Henry!" Tyran called. "Get up here immediately!" Tyran looked at me and laughed. "Hope you enjoy the show."

Henry, the other guy who had help kidnap me, comes out from below deck. I've never noticed the good in people before but I can tell from his shining eyes that he is good inside. He reminds me of Brady by his green eyes but his hair is red like the shell of a crab. He looks a little older than me but I am still in wonder over his gorgeous eyes.

"Yes sir!?" Henry called back.

"Ah, Henry. Please take a seat. We are here to watch the death of Dear Sam Morgams." Tyran smiles at me then laughs again. I don't understand why he keeps doing this.

"Why are you going to kill him?" I ask.

"He is an idiotic brainless thick skull who thinks its "okay" to let our most precious gem up on deck." Tyran smirked.

"Well that doesn't seen fair. We all make mistakes. Even you do Tyran." I reply. Henry seems shocked by my comment.

"Fair! Haha no such thing as fair! When I was married to your mother, she always got the attention of being a beautiful mermaid! And me! NO! They all just called me Mr. Shark because of my tattoo. That is not fair!!!!" Tyran yelled.

"Sir, she didn't know. Please, be kind towards her." Henry added. He looked deep into Tyran's eyes which seemed to calm him down.

"You're right... I'm sorry.... Mallory... Please forgive meh...." Tyran fell onto the wooden floor below us.

"What was that?!" I shout surprised.

"I do it all the time. He'll wake up in about an hour." Henry added.

"No, how did you do that?" I ask as I look at the relieved Sam Morgams still trembling in the corner.

"Oh, well I'm a mermaid like you. And you know everyone has some sort of power so..."

I interrupt,"Wait! So I have powers too?!" I ask.

"Well you outta. Mr. Tyran has a lotta powers. Like GPS, the moon,the waves, the wind and I can't even remember the rest of them!" Sam Morgams said. He has a strange accent. The jersey accent. Sam's old wrinkly face has a glimmer of youth in it. I can tell that he has lived a long life but a good one until he met Tyran. My mom had told me stories of this man named Tyrex. Now I know that she meant Tyran and she didn't want me to know his name. She told me stories of him kidnapping people and stealing young strong men. She also told me that he had a beautiful wife and 2 daughters that were good and didn't like what he was doing. She also said that the girls ran away out of the sea except for 1 who was only 3 months old at the time. My mom was telling me everything that had happened and yet I didn't know it at the time. I really miss my mom. She was so kind and loving....

"Mallory?" Henry asked, "You ok?"

"Oh yeah, yeah i'm ok."

"Ok that's good. But we better clean this place up so Tyran's not as grumpy at us when he wakes up. :)