Love To See You In My Shoes

[Harley]

The young mermaid yelped as a rope tightened around her tail. The bubbles from her thrashing tickled her bare skin, but she ignored the pleasant sensation and tried to undo the rope. Red Hair was floating calmly every time she tried to catch her breath, oving in harmony around her. "Let me out!" She cried, desperately trying to follow the band of mermen and mermaids who were swimming for their lives.


Yank! She was up out of the water and into the air. Pain shot through her tail as all her weight hung from it. A white net was quickly placed around her and she was thrown into the boat. Three strange humans looked at her, and dumped salty water on her. "We will be there soon." One said, obviously female.


Flyte was given a gas, and she quickly dropped her eye lids. In her off stage, she could feel cool water touching her skin along with a glass bottom.

Her eyes fluttered open, and scientists were surrounding it. Her tail was aching from the many needles that had been shoved into it, and it was a bit raw from where the rope had gotten her. The humans left,leaving her in eerie darkness.

Suddenly, the light few on and young male human entered the room.

You be the male human.


(Male, human wanted)

[Man O' War Lover]

Would you like me to take a whack at it?

[Harley]

Sure.

[Man O' War Lover]

Here goes-

The glass case was necessary, we knew water was an important element for her even though she could breath above the water's surface she needed to stay in the water like we couldn't stay under it to long because we needed to breath. Walking into the room I remembered the first time how the light's use to make me squint now it felt natural on my dark blue eye's. Me and two other assistants of Dr. Henderson came to a stop once we saw the girl. She of course appeared as they had described her. I had helped design the glass case so the environment she was use to could be all enclosed in the case itself. It was hard to estimate how tall she was, the case was ten feet long to give her room to move and five feet wide. She was built light for speed, like some fish in the sea they needed stealth to escape predators. But she looked just as human as me, from the waist up that is. Her hair was incredibly long as if it had never experienced a hair cut, her hair was a dark red in the water but I was guessing dry it must be more of a lighter color. Walking over to stand by Dr. Henderson more like the leader of our group she was talking low to the other's. Most of us where marine biologist's and some specialized in other field's of science. I held the clip board of test result's for the DNA samples. The top of the glass case was at least four inches thick to prevent any escape but I doubted she wanted to break through glass, she couldn't walk anyway so she wouldn't be able to get far. I looked at her for a moment before glancing at the clip board thinking of how strange this all seemed.



(His name is Gabriel )

[Harley]

Flyte slammed against the back of the glass, hissing, but it only came out and bubbles that released into the air. The young creature desperately looked for a way out now. She swam to the surface, banging at the glass and yelling in English. "If you dare go after my family I will hunt you down myself and drag you to the bottom of the ocean!" Her voice had a growl in it. Somehow, her long hair swirled around her bare chest to keep its contents hidden.

Flyte gently curled at the bottom, springing up and ramming the glass with her elbow. The mermaid yelped, rubbing the soon to be bruise and diving back under. The smell of blood tainted the water, and she looked down at her tail. Where the rope had gotten her was a small cut as long as a pin and wasn't bleeding to much, only enough to sting.

With a small whine, Flyte desperatly looked around for the under sea herbs used for this kind of thing, but there were none.

[Man O' War Lover]

The first time she slammed her body against the glass everyone took a step back rather surprised. She glanced in different directions as if seeking for an exit. We watched quietly as she banged furiously at the glass yelling at us. We should have been quite please she had spoken, her voice was loud enough the hear "If you dare go after my family I will hunt you down myself and drag you to the bottom of the ocean!" I looked at her for a moment wondering even why she tried to communicate. Her threats just made thing's worse, not that anyone thought she could do any harm on land but other's could easily scare. I snapped back to reality when I hard Dr. Henderson's flat but calm voice say "Hey no banging on the glass." This must have just angered the girl even more, she struck again at the glass banging her elbow or her forearm against it only to retreat back to the bottom. "Don't you think we should provide more space for her, that might calm her down?" I said looking at Dr. Henderson. She shook her head "No, not until we get all these test's done." She pointed at the girl "And some one will have to vonlinter to fix that cut." I saw her curled up on the bottom just a bit as if trying to get away from everyone as much as possible. "I can do it." I said "If a couple of people can help keep her calmed down." Dr. Henderson looked at the girl again "If you insist." Already the other's had left the room to go back to their stations so only Vic was left besides Dr. Henderson and me. I went over to the glass case looking at the lock clasps on the edges. "When I open this we might have to grab her for only a moment." Dr. Henderson said unlocking the case but keeping an eye on the girl. Vic went to stand by me as he waited to help. "Grab the shot, just a small dose can kill the infection we can't put any special bandages on her yet not unless we find a way to give her to go to sleep." Dr. Henderson said unlocking the last claps on the glass case. We opened the case top and stood ready with the needle. I was to inject the medicine in the shoulder-

[Harley]

Flyte went up again, panting. "I'll do what I please, seeing as you have me in this small place." She growled, flicking the glass. "Volinter? I don't think so..." She snapped, tilting her head with a pleased look.

They unlocked the clasps, and Flyte hurried to the bottom. Did they think she was stupid enough to try to escape when there was no other water around? Gently, she swam up the opoistie wall, coming up to air. "I am not a wild animal. Though I am desperate to escape, I am not stupid." And she quickly flipped back under, managing to knock the needle out of the man's grasp and into the water.

Flyte picked it up, pricking her finger on it and shrugging. "Pretty big needle here..." She taunted, letting her voice be trapped in an air bubble and letting them here it once it reached the surface. With a careless shrug, Flyte let it drop to the bottom and returned to the surface. She rested her arms on the glass, smile beaming. "Anyway, I'm Flyte! Now that you don't have that great big needle, I don't think I need to be afraid."

[Man O' War Lover]

When the needle feel to the bottom Dr. Henderson went to lock the glass case. There was a lot still left for her to be afraid of I thought as she broke through the surface of the water "Let's get this locked." The Doctor was already pushing the case top down on the- Flyte. I went to help close it not trying to hurt the girl in the prossese "If she want's to get an infection she can wait for us to get a new dose of medacine." Clearly Dr. Henderson was not very pleased with what Flyte pulled. After pushing the top down and starting to lock the claps Dr. Henderson went to go find the guard so we could move to case into the next room where a much more spcacius tank of water waited. I stayed in the room by myself keeping an eye on the girl. So her name was Flyte, that was a strange name. But then she was not human and she probably would think Gabriel was a silly name. I sat in a plastic chair in the corner of the room rubbing my forhead wondering where this was going anyway. But then how did she become half fish? That made no sense to anyone here at the lab. When the guide for Dr. Henderson told her of a strange fish she went to go take a look at it and adentify it. And it turned out to be a mermade, well I really did not bealve in them before but know with some facts to back it up and a sientific exsplamation they would be reall. Then again I wondered if it really mattered and if it was safe for tohse her kind. Taping my feet slowly agianst the tile floor I sat there thoughtfuly. Looking at the glass I stared at her for a moment "Why does it matter?" I really thought it wa sbeacuse it was one of the most inportant discoverys in history but then after that, then what? I got up and walked over to the glass case lookign at the lock's. "Must be pretty strange to be in there when you had almost to much room to move around before you where caought." It was not a question beacuse I was sure she was thinking the same thing. Frowning I look at the door wondering when they would be back. I waited for a while standing there next to Flyte.

[Harley]

Flyte glared at them, hissing slightly. She flicked her tail and drifted bac down to the bottom. In answer to his question, she simply snapped. "By capturing me, you hhave put my entire race in danger. Now everyone will hunt and we cannot live in peace! DO you think these things through before you put your thoughts into money!" Piercing orange eyes glared at his head, tail flicking like an annoyed cat. "You realize this, right? Even if they make rules against it, people are still going to hunt, find us, use us for money! These aren't my words, bu my fathers!" Flyte grossed her arm, turned away from him slid the wall until she hit the bottom and sat.

[Man O' War Lover]

"I already knew that, to tell you the truth the only monay I'm getting is my pay check wich will be the same amount as it's always been." I said looking at her. "Besides I don't care about money the company does and they don't want to pay us more than they already have to." I said sitting down in a chair in front of the glass case. "I also hope you remember there is only one location your kind is at or will be so anything that seem's endangered in the envierment will be protected, people who brake the law get arested or given fine to pay, and some still go to jail if they can't pay it and even when they do." I said. "They are most likely to reasles you once it's all over, my advice is just coaparate with them and it will all be over in no time." I said knowing she would nto agree.

[Harley]

T"hey wn't catch all the people! Even if you don't care about the money, other people do!" Flyte said, slamming her hand into the glass. "They will be endangered once this all gets out!" She had faced him the minute he spoke. "Oh, yeah, really, 2 months I will be free."

[Man O' War Lover]

Yes others did care about money but then their where to many people passionate about this sort of thing and very strict about the suivle of rare beings. "Hey if I promise you that your family is safe will you try and corporate with me?" I was asking something that was near imposable but I could get Dr. Henderson to cop with me. At least till some kind of act was made maybe the company would agree they where interested in helping her kind thrive more than steal or kill there was no reason why any one should do that. After all they didn't have magical powers but they could breath under water and such. Maybe worth a lot of money but nothing any one should kill, endangered species usually where in a scientific interest and very well protected.

[Harley]

Flyte groaned. "Fine, if it gets me out of this hellhole." She said, picking up the needle. "What happens if I break this?" Flyte asked, mocking slamming it against the side of her cage.

[Man O' War Lover]

"Hey stop, please don't touch anything if you don't know what it is, used for, and what it has." I said as she pushed the needles vile against the glass. "Just let me do it." I said "It wont hurt." I said shaking my head. "All you need to do is keep still as I open the case and then I will be quick about the shot it can stop infection and from you getting sick."

[Harley]

"Eh, quick? The sea urchin shots were never quick, they hurt!" She cried, going up the surface. "But, fine...." she growled, flipping the needle up. "Hmm?" She said, catchig it.

[Man O' War Lover]

Grabing a stool I sat down next to the glass case and took the needle "Better let me do it and hold the vile." I said "Just prop your arm on the edge of the case so your not just holding it up and I can inject the shot in your shoulder." I said waiting for her-

[Harley]

Flyte sighed, gently putting her arm over the edge and using her tail to keep her up so she could relax the arm. She turned her head away, gritting her teeth. "I really hate this...."

[Man O' War Lover]

"To tell the truth I'm not much of a fan of shot's eaither but this is nessary." I said pushing the end of the shot down as the needle quickly perced flesh. It was over very soon, I got up to place the shot on the small examanation table near by. "It should kill any infection." I said sitting back down on the stool and looked at her shoulder-

[Harley]

Flyte growled as the razo sharp tip pierced her skin, but sighed when it was over. "So.... you know, sea creatures like privacy." She motioned to the empty tank. "Like, I don't know, a little bit of tall sea weed or a little cave, nothing special." Red hair floated around her in harmony.

[Man O' War Lover]

"Well I'm sure they planed on getting a bigger space for you." I said "I'm sure it will have simulareties to your origanal setting." I said "But since you might be stying there for a little longer I will see what I can do." I said standing once again and noding. I pause for a moment "But would you like any, um- cloths?" I asked. "Untill we find some sutible...uh seaweed." I said-

[Harley]

Flyte flicked her tail , staring at him blankly. "I'm not the little mermaid. I'm just as human as you are." The mermaid said. "Only half fish." Red hair, some how, always floated around her bare chest, never completely exposing.

[Man O' War Lover]

That's not exactly what I asked about but okay... I sighed "Look, would you like some cloths or not?" I asked a bit more firmly. "I will talk to them and see if I can get you more space but you also need to do something for me and that's try and cooperate. At least try." I said looking at her hopelessly. "I need to leave for only a minute and then come back with both matter's taken care of just stay here and try not to cause any trouble okay?" I asked looking at her. Admittedly it was hard not to stare, it was getting late anyway and I needed to go see what the others where going to do about more space for her.

[Harley's Rainbow]

(sory two in the morning when I wrote that)

"yes..." She muttered, glaring at him. "You all treat me like I'm a puppy! Stupid and unstable!"

sorry, so short

[Man O' War Lover]

(It's okay, is that one of your older acounts?

I sigh, "Thanks I'm going to go get you some cloths and hopefuly permision to get you moved to a bigger place." I walk over to the door then exit to go find my partners. We could use the indor pool, they used it all the time for fish. It really wasn't a swiming pool but more or a space for use to be able to get to the fish more better and be able to get closer to the larger life. I went into the sitting room near the office and walked over to the counter where Vic wa standing. "I'm going to get a shirt or something for her, then I'm going to see if we can use the pool so she has more space." Vic looked up at me suddenly. "Might be hard for the second one but the first is easy. Jessie can get some cloths, or shirts anyway." I just nod and walk around the counter into the back room where I could find Jessie. She was sitting at her desk reading some paper work. "Hey do you have a spare lab shirt I can give to a new patent?" I leaned against the door as she just got up and left to go fetch one. After she left I used her phone to call Phil who could give me permission to use the pool. Talking to him for a few minutes I relized it wouldn't be so hard to find her a place to stay that had mroe room. Once I got a yes I was able to make my way back to the lab brining the new shirt along with me. Walking back into the lab I look over at the glass case. "I got you a shirt to wear." I closed the door and walked over to the case. "And a bigger place to stay." I added-

(sorry for spelling I was in a type mood- 0.o

[Harley's Rainbow]

(Newer, lost my password, and my dad has the email address Isent it to and I need his password to get it)

Flyte closed her eyes as they left, tail keeping the water moving nicely. As the door opened again, she flicked her tail, sending her head above water.

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