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James grabbed his sister by the wrist as they headed through the ships wreckage. Holly was still in shock. She just witnessed some unGodly creature eat all of the ship's crew. And she was sure that it had eaten her father, and Alicia as well.

She felt numb as James forcefully pulled her along. The whole thing seemed like an intense nightmare. Reality itself seemed to be warping all around her, as if time was moving at a slower pace. She looked up, and saw James screaming at her.

"Come on!" He yelled, "We have to go!" As they kept running around what was left of the ship, they seemed to be running out of options to find a means of escape. As they continued to run around the deck, they heard the creature roar. A giant tentacle then shot up from the sea. James then grabbed her, and the ducked into a small room. Terrified, she started to ask him what they should do.

But as she opened her mouth, someone reached from behind, and clamped her mouth shut. James had a surprised look on his face.

"Mother!"He cried.

"Shh...Be quiet!" she whisper. "That thing will hear us!"

Slowly Holly turned around, and looked at her mother. As she did so, tears began to fill in her mother's eyes. She then placed her hands on both sides of Holly face.

"Mother?" Holly asked feeling confusion.

"Oh baby!" Vivian cried. "I am so sorry! I said some horrible things. I didn't mean any of it, I swear. I was drunk, But this sobered me up rather quickly. I don't know what I would have done, if I hadn't had the chance to tell you both that I love you. And that I am sorry!"

"Oh mother!" Holly cried as she gave her a hug.

"Look mom." Said James. "I'm glad you're making a breakthrough, but right now we have to get out of here."

"I know." Said Vivian. "Where are Roger, and Alicia?" James and Holly's faces both went stoic, and then Holly broke down in tears.

"Oh my god!"Cried Vivian.

"If we don't find a way off this boat right now." Said James. "We're going to meet the same fate."

"Listen to me!" Exclaimed Vivian. "We're going to get out of here, do you understand me?" She then walked to the back of the room, and grabbed a harpoon gun.

"Here, take this." She said the James. As she put it in her son's hands, he just looked at it.

"What d you want me to do with this?" He asked sounding much confused.

"The three of us are going to find a lifeboat," She told him. "And we're going to try and get away from here, and whatever that thing is, without being noticed. But if it catches us, I want you to shoot the fucker right between the eyes."

"Alright." Said James. "Let's go!" But before they could leave, a giant tentacle crushed through the door. Holly screamed in terror as it ripped the room apart. They had been forced out in the open.

"Well look what we have here." they heard a strange man say. As they looked at him, no one could believe their eyes. The man standing before them had eight tentacles instead of legs.

"I don't know what the hell you are!" Cried Vivian. "But get away form my children!"

"So the fair haired enchantress is your daughter." He replied in a smug tone. "Yes I can see it in your eyes. I can tell that at one time you too were a woman of great beauty. But I can also tell that you have poisoned your body over the years. What was once young and beautiful, is now old and haggard. Pity."

"Where is my ex-husband, and his wife?" Vivian demanded.

"My brother has already dealt with them." The octoman explained.

"Why are you doing this?" Vivian cried. "What do what form us?"

"The fair haired one." He told them. "She is to be my mate, and the bearer of my seed."

"Over-my-dead-body!" Vivian growled. The Octoman just looked at Vivian and smiled.

"I couldn't agree more." He said. All of a sudden one of the monster giant tentacles came out of nowhere, grabbed Vivian, and pulled her off the boat. Holly heard her mother scream, and then nothing. Her mother had been permanently silenced.

"NO!" Cried Holly "MOTHER!" She began to sob as she buried her face into her brother's shoulder.

"If there is one thing I don't have any use for, it's an old hag." The octoman Said with a maniacal chuckle.

"Don't even think of putting your slimy tentacles on sister!" James exclaimed.

"In case you have noticed yet—human!" The octoman replied. "You don't have a say in the matter."

"Wait!" Cried Holly as she slowly pulled away from her brother's arms. "If I go with you willingly, will you spare my brother?"

"Holly, no!" Exclaimed James. She then looked into her brother's eyes, as he had both a look of concern and sadness.

"He's going to take me no matter what." She told him. "But I can't let you die!"

"Oh my dear." Said the octoman. "You are as noble as you are beautiful. And as soon as I have you in my arms, it'll be a pleasure to grant your every hearts desire. However, I'm afraid that I can't let your brother leave here alive."

"Why? She cried.

"Because I can't let your world know about us." The octoman replied. "If I let him go, he will inform the entire world of our existence. Man had interfered in our waters long enough, and that was without his knowledge of us. If I let him live, your kind will declare war on us. And I have even less use for him, than I would an old hag. But I am not completely heartless. Come with me willingly my dear, and his death will be quick and painless. Resist me, and you'll be begging me to kill him as you watch him slowly die. So how shall we do this my dear, the easy way? Or the hard way?"

"Here's your answer!" James yelled. All of a sudden James had the harpoon gun pointing at the octoman. Before anyone could react, James fired. In a blink of an eye, it headed straight for the octoman. However, he caught it only a few inches before it penetrated his chest. As he held onto it he looked at it, and sighed.

"Well then," he began. "I guess were doing things the hard way." With that he ran the harpoon right through James's abdomen. Holly screamed in terror, as he lifted the up the harpoon and let his victim hang from the sharp spear. Blood began to slowly drip out of James's mouth as he was slowly dying, and gasping for air.

"Please!" Cried Holly. "Please don't let him suffer like this!"

"Very well my dear." He just simply sighed. With James's dying corps still hanging from the harpoon, he tossed it into the ocean with all of his might.

"Well." Said the octoman with a wicked smile. "I do believe that the sharks probably just got a good meal. Now my dear, shall we go?" He gave her a courteous smile, and extended his hand. Holly couldn't believe how he could be acting so causally.

"I'm not going anywhere with you!" She cried. He just looked at her, and laughed.

"My dear." He replied in an amusing tone. "You act as though you have a choice."

"I swear I'll kill myself if I have to!" She cried.

"And how do you propose do that?" He asked. "Jump in the ocean, and drown. This ocean in my territory, I would rescue you before you could even start to hold your breath. And if you expect my little friend to eat you, I can assure you he knows better. Our little pet is very loyal to my brother, and me. Also he knows that I would kill him, if even he tried to eat you. You cannot run, or even hide from me, not even if you try to hide from me in death. I'm too powerful to let that happen. Why don't you just be a good girl? Just except that you belong to me. It will be easier on all of us in the long run."

"No!" She cried as she shook her head. Tears were welling up in her eyes. As she slowly back away from him.

"I said come here! Holly!" He ordered. Then all of a sudden, something made large splash as it shot out of the water. Was it another large tentacle? Whatever it was, left the octoman with a surprised, and angry look upon his face. Out of nowhere, two muscular arms wrapped around her upper body. Her arms were, pinned to her sides in a tight embrace. Holy then screamed in a panic as she felt it pull her off of the boat, and into the sea.

As she went under, it had turned her around so that it was facing her. It was a man, but she couldn't make out his face. And like the octoman, he was only half human. But unlike the octoman, his lower body consisted of a giant fish tail. Was he a merman? At that moment she began to gaps for air. Was he trying to drown her?

As she began to panic, the merman all of a sudden pressed his lips to hers. But he wasn't trying to kiss her. He was breathing oxygen into her lungs, but how was he breathing? After everything that had happened, her mind couldn't take anymore. Holly became dizzy, and could feel herself slipping into unconsciousness. She was too defeated to fight, and just let the darkness take over her mind. With any luck, she hoped she would never wake up again.

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"No! Please let me go!" Cried Alicia, as she struggled against against her captor's hold. They were still on what was left of the boat. He had both arms, and all eight tentacles wrapped around her body. She kept fighting against his grasp, but it was impossible.

"Sorry, my pretty little human." He replied in a sultry whisper. "But you belong to me now. You are mine. And I must admit, you have a lot more spirit than I had originally anticipated. I'm going to enjoy fucking you until I finally break you."

"Go to hell!" She cried. A cold stoic expression soon appeared upon his face. He then grabbed her neck, as he held it in his firm but gentle grasp.

"You have such a pretty mouth!" He whispered. "But I don't like what's come out of it."

"I don't give a—!" She began to yell at him. But as she did so, he held up a shell, that seemed to be a pendent attatched to a neckless. As he held it close to her, she all off a sudden went silent. She could feel her lips moving, but nothing was coming out of her mouth. He had used the shell to steal her voice. But how?

As he stared back at her, he had a triumphantly smug smile upon his face. He then let the chain hang from his index finger.

"When, you learn to be a good little girl." He whispered, "You may have this back. You see, you're now my little kitten.

As you know good kittens get pampered, and bad little kittens get declawed. But even the declawed ones soon learn how to properly treat their masters. Be good to me little kitten, and I will be very good to you. But before we go back to our home, I want a taste things to come."

To her horror, he smashed his lips into hers. She did her best to try and break the kiss, but he held her head with his hands. He was too strong, and she couldn't fight him no matter how hard she tried.

"Dammit!" someone out of nowhere screamed. With that her captor broke the kiss. As Alicia looked at the man who was angry, she couldn't believe her eyes. Much to her dismay, there was a second octoman.

"You interrupted a special moment, brother!" Her captor exclaimed.

"Oh please forgive!" The angry octoman sarcastically replied.

"What is your problem?" Her captor exclaimed. "Wait! Where is the fair haired enchantress?"

"He took her before I even had a chance!" Yelled the angry one.

"Who?" Her captor asked in anger.

"Who do you thing?" Asked the angry one.

"The Atlantan." Her captor growled as he let out an angry sigh.

"Yes, dear brother!" Exclaimed the angry one. "The Atlantan. He took the fair haired on from me, right out from under my grasp. She was to be my my mate!"

Oh my god! Thought Alicia. Holly! she's alive! At last, she felt some sort of hope.

"Calm down brother." Said her captor. "She will be, we will figure out a way. I promise you, she will be your's soon enough."

"That's easy for you to say!" Snapped the angry one. "You were able to claim your mate." Her captor just looked at his brother and smile.

"Don't worry brother." Her captor said reassuringly, "As we stated before, we are brothers. We share everything, we'll just have to share a lot sooner that we originally planned. I will gladly share the onyx haired enchantress with you. I only ask that when you procure the golden haired one, that you be as generous."

"Oh course, brother." He replied. "I wouldn't have it any other way." He then stared back at her with a lustful smile

"Good." her captor replied. "It's probably for the best anyway, I think it will take both of us to break her." Alicia closed her eyes, as she could feel the warm tears running down her face. She began to tremble, as she was still in her captor's tight embrace.

Her captor then whispered in her ear.

"Come my pretty little kitten, time to show you your new home. I think you'll like it there, and I think you will like getting to know us better. Then your stepdaughter will soon join out little family, and the four of us are all going to be good friends. But in the mean time my lovely one, the three of us are going to have a very good time.

Alicia^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^