Malevolent Mermaid

"It Was..."

After the strong hit, Decimis finally starts opening his eyes, feeling completely lightheaded, his vision blurry, with no prescription but he could not see clearly.

He tries to lift his hand up to touch his head, to feel himself for a second, and make sure he was alright, but his body felt too heavy at the moment, he could not feel a single bone staying in its place.

Clearly, he got a hard hit.

After moments of laying cold, his vision starts to clear, and he finally finds some strength to turn to the other side and give himself some power to stand up.

But of course; he fails.

He only manages to sit up and rub his eyes to clear his vision a bit more, but nothing comes handy.

When finally, he regains his consciousness, he realised he got hit, but still could not exactly remember what happened, except the moment he saw all dark. All he could think of was Lues using this against him.

But he is proven wrong seconds after he turns around to see that Lues was also hit, even harder than Decimis, as there was red water going around him, indicating he had blood around the place he got hit.

But Lues is not alone, there is another girl next to him, a figure he could not recognize.

He goes towards her and twists her around by grabbing her from her arm.

"You hit me, didn't you?" Decimis asks the female siren.

"No, I did not, but I saw who did it!"

"Stop lying! You hit Lues too!"

"I can promise you I did not!"

"Lues made promises he could not keep too, so why should I trust you?"

"I promise you! I am on Lues side, he got hit too. By a female!"

"Yes, it was you!"

Meanwhile Decimis pushes his suspicions towards the female, Lues, wakes up, first not being able to understand what is going on.

After a while of struggle, he manages to hardly mouth the words:

"Decimis..." He lets out a hard groan

"You! This was your plan wasn't it?"

Lues not being able to talk he just nods no, powerless. Him for once, telling the truth!

"You two worked together, to play with me! I will not fall for it!"

"You idiot why would I hit myself then? I told you, you are stupid. And you proved me right once more."

"So I would not suspect something? This is not the first time you are doing it."

"Decimis, I know I am skanky douchebag that lies, cheats and only works on his own favour, but this time I did not hit you."

"Yeah, right?"

"What if it was your plan? How do I know you did not do this on purpose?"

"As you stated earlier, I am stupid. And I cannot work like you do."

"So, who was it then?"

"You got hit after me. You must have seen who it is?"

"I genuinely do not remember!" Lues plays the naïve, trying not to make it obvious he was scared from Venefica. "But whoever it was, they definitely are trying to play with us."

"And I for once agree with you. Even if I still have my doubts!"

"Decimis you can believe whatever you want! Except I am telling the truth this time!"

Lues wanting to prove himself hopeless and hurt.

"What if it was her?" Lues points at the unknown girl.

"I am sure it was not her!"

"How do you know?"

"Remember when I called you stupid? Yes, she is more of one than you."

The girl looks down disappointed at Lues disrespecting her repeatedly, but she still could not react.

"In all honesty Lues, who in earth is she? And can she reveal her face instead of her eyes only?"

"No, she cannot!"

"Why?"

"She has to stay protected as a shadow; nobody will know who she is!"

"Not even me?"

"Nobody besides me!"

"Can she tell us who it was? That hit us. I am sure she saw everything?"

"Did you? Good girl?"

Lues eyes her down evilly, meaning she should not tell who it was.

"Yes, I saw it." She said looking at Lues sharply in the eyes.

Lues not being able to control his anger he asks; "Who was it?"

"It was..."

Decimis gets impatient, at how the girl keeps on butchering her words and not telling them.

"It was... Ianthe!"

Decimis stuns shocked, meanwhile Lues smirks, at the sudden move the girl did.

Decimis looks shocked and hurt.

He asks:

"Ianthe...?"