Chapter 26: Waterbodies

Mr. Hansel received a phone call from Idris at midnight while he was filling in some documents for the wellbeing of the city...

" What's the news this time?" Mr. Hansel asked Idris

" We found the creature" he answered

" Was there any damage done again at the laboratory?" Mr. Hansel asked

"There was no struggle sir, we found her lying unconsciously at the storage room" Idris responded

"Have you placed her back into the tank? she needs water to regain her strength" Mr. Hansel said to him immediately

" Yes, we did but..." Idris paused for a while

" But what?" Mr. Hansel asked

" I think someone is helping her" Idris responded

" What do you mean by that?" Mr. Hansel asked

" The CCTV camera was turned off few minutes before we found her body, the creature wouldn't have done that judging from her current state " Idris told him

" It must be an insider, a novice in particular " Mr. Hansel said

"Do you think Mr. Charles had a hand on this?" Idris questioned

" Only one way to find out, I want you to figure out who acted more suspiciously throughout the whole incident" Mr. Hansel ordered

" Yes sir" He responded.

Mr. Hansel ended the call looking lost in his own thoughts.

Lava silently tiptoed back to his room after eavesdropping his father's conversation with Idris.

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Mr. Charles walked into the room, there was no sign of Vashi inside of the house...

" What about the woman?" He asked his maid

" She had returned, she went to the pool and demanded privacy" the maid said

" Privacy again?" Mr. Charles said suspiciously

" I believe she needed a time alone at the pool, she might have grown up at the sea" the maid told him

" Don't prepare her any dinner, she won't be needing it today" Mr. Charles said to her

" Yes sir" she responded.

(AT THE SHIPYARD)

Fishermen dropping in their fishing equipment's

" I told you it was a fuckin sea turtle" the first fisherman said

" He thought it was a shark" another teased

" Thank you guys for making my day a joke" the one being teased on said

" Don't be offended, it was so funny seeing you make a fuss about it; it really cracked me up" another teased

" See you guys tomorrow, I need to go back to my family" the man said grabbing his bag

" Hey, what happen to joining us for a drink today?" Another asked

" Next time guys, I really need to be home today" he said waving them goodbye

" Damn it, I wanted him to pay for the drink" another said frowning his face.

" Let's pack up quick. you know ever since the murder incident at the facility; I have been scared to death" another said looking around the shipyard.

" They were probably ran over by a car or got killed by loan sharks, we often meet a lot of them" another said...

They were disturbed by the sound of something opening from one of the fish containers...

" What now?" One out of five of them asked

" Probably another cat, they just can't stay away from fish" another said.

They continued taking their stuffs to leave the shipyard, just as they were almost done, they were again disturbed by a louder noise from outside.

" Thieves, they must be stealing the fishes" another said picking up his gun.

The rest quickly followed with their bag hanging around their shoulders.

When they had gone outside, they headed towards where the sounds came from as it was becoming more louder and clearer...

They almost fell from the slippery substance on the ground, they quickly flashed their torchlight to the ground to see what it was, on the ground were fish skins; butchered and scattered on the ground, there were a lot of them including on the fish containers

"What the fuck is all these mess here?" One questioned raising his leg up in disgust

"Who is there?" Another asked when he saw a body move from the tank

"Come out you piece of shit before I shoot you" another cursed pointing his gun towards the direction.

They saw a female figure walk out behind the big tank; she was covered with blood from the fish she had been feeding herself

" What the hell are you doing over there?" Another asked the ugly looking woman whose body was almost peeling off

" What happened to your skin?" Another asked in disgust almost vomiting

" Oh this? You won't see it in a few minutes because I have fed on half of the fishes" Olga said walking closer to them

" Stay back, don't come any closer you psychopathic bitch" Another cursed

" I am just going home, you are blocking the path" She told them still walking closer, this time faster than before

" This are real gun, stay back" another warned.

" Are you going to shoot an innocent lady?" Olga asked as the fishermen saw her old skins regenerate into new ones

" What the hell just happened?" Another asked as they kept drawing back in fear.

Olga walked more faster to them with her hair color changing and water dripping from it. The men quickly turned in a hurry to run for their dear life as it was beyond them, few of them fell to the ground after they had been tripped by the slippery fish skins; only one of them managed to escape as Olga pounced on the rest.

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Morning hours...

Oma retuned back from her morning exercise, she has been exercising alone to clear her head from all that had happened so far, as she was about to open the gate; she was stopped by some unknown girl

" How can I help you?" She asked looking around as if she was been followed

" You must be Oma" the young lady said

Oma quickly looked at her suspiciously

" What if I am?" She asked

" You are just the way she described you" The young lady said

" Who are you talking about?" Oma asked in curiosity

" I am Imelda by the way, Erica sent me and whatever that I am going to say to you right now is confidential" She said to her

" Erica?" Oma asked looking at her with her eye almost tearing up

" Yes, Erica " Imelda told her