Starter: Caught
Category: Stories

 Christine got up from her coral bed in the mercastle and swam out of her room and out the door. She couldn’t tell how early it was ,but she was awake and she wanted to start hunting for seashells early.

She swam for a while and then surfaced and spotted land up ahead.Christine submerged and swam up closer till she could see a beach . It seemed to be deserted. Perfect, she thought. She resumed swimming up toward the sand , but didn’t go completely out of the water.

Right at the water’s edge she started searching the sand also digging in the sand to find some perfect shells. Even though the sea floor might have the best Christine had found several on an empty beach before.

So intent was Christine searching for shells that she didn't realize she wasn’t alone until it was too late. She felt a net falling on her and looked up into the leering face of a fisherman. He started pulling on the net to pull her out of the water. Christine flailed around and struggled, but just became more entangled as he pulled her out of the water.

As Christine was pulled completely free of the water her fin changed into a pair of legs which left her completely defenseless. She started to scream for all she was worth being dragged on the sand within the net. She continued to fight to get free until the fisherman struck her so hard Christine felt a sharp pain and then everything went black.