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MerMay Day Twenty-Two Lingering Trance

“You should meet them, Jackie, I think you’d really like each other.”

“Oh really? I dunno, I don’t know if I’m good with kids.”

Chase smiled. “Dude. You are, trust me. Besides, they’re twelve—sorry, thirteen in our years. They’re twelve in human years. That’s not really a ‘kid’ age, that’s almost a teenager.”

“Hmm I’ll think about it. Oh, sandbar!” As they swam over the sandbar, skimming just over, Jackie smacked it and caused particles to fly into the air. Chase spluttered. Jackie grinned. In response, Chase hit the sandbar with his tail, causing sand to fly in a wave towards Jackie. “Hey—eck!” Jackie coughed. “Alright, you win this round.”

It was the middle of the day, and the lagoon water was sparkling sky blue. The day was shaping up to be very nice, the perfect sort of day to go out and do something with friends. That is, if he was still at home and hadn’t gone out exploring already.

They’d reached the rock pool where Jack made his home. Jackie knocked on the rock wall and poked his head into the pool. “Hellooo?”

Something hit him in the face. “Akk!” Jackie backpedaled, shaking his head. He caught sight of something tiny and green darting back and forth in front of his eyes. “Sam? What’s up?” The tiny discus just kept darting back and forth. “Uh…” Jackie looked back. “Chase? Can you tell me what this is about?”

Chase swam forward, watching Sam swim around. “Umm...no, sorry.” Chase shrugged. “Sam may be smarter than your average fish, but I can’t understand her. I’m a clownfish, not a discus like Jack.”

“Oh yeah. Hey Jack!” Jackie swam into the pool. “Jack, why’s Sam acting weird?”

Jack was curled up, seemingly asleep on his bed. But at the sound of Jackie’s voice, he rolled over and yawned. His eyes opened and immediately landed on Jackie.

“Hey.” Jackie waved. “Sorry, did I wake you up?”

“I mean...yeah.” Jack yawned again. “I don’t think I slept well last night…”

“Oh...sorry.” Jackie backed up. “Chase and I wanted to go out or something. We were gonna ask if you wanted to come, but if you’re still tired—”

“What? No, are you kidding, of course I want to go out!” Jack stretched his body and grabbed his backpack, laying nearby. “Besides, sleep is for the weak.”

“I think Schneep would disagree with you,” Jackie chuckled, turning around and leaving the pool. Sam ran right into his face again. “Oof! Sam, c’mon. What’s up with you?”

“Hmm?” Jack followed Jackie out of the pool. “She’s scared of something. I dunno what’s up, though. Sam, it’s okay, it’s just Jackie and Chase.” Jack reached forward, but Sam swam away, going around him back into the pool. “Huh. Well, alright, you can stay home.”

“Hi Jack!” Chase waved.

“Hi Chase.” Jack waved back. “So, what were you thinking of doing?”

“Huh. I dunno. I don’t think either of us thought that far ahead.”

“Hey!” Jackie protested. “I thought—okay, actually, you’re right.”

Jack chuckled. “Maybe we could stick close to home? Swim around the rocks and see what’s up. I haven’t checked them out in a while.”

“Sounds good to me.” Jackie said, smiling. “Let’s go.”

The rocks around the entrance to the lagoon were giant, almost the size of small islands. And a few even had small plants growing on their surface. The three merms swam around the rocks, finding shells on the shores that were nice enough to keep. But eventually, Jackie grew bored. “Hey, want to go out to the kelp forest or something?” he asked.

“Yeah, one moment, I gotta put these in my bag.” Jack set his backpack down on a nearby rock, unzipping it and starting to dump shells inside. “I can sort through the keepers later—wait. What’s this?” He reached further down inside and pulled out a long, thin, human-made blade, made of rusted metal. “I don’t remember…” He trailed off.

“Um...Jack? Dude?” Chase swam closer. “You okay? You look a little...out of it.” When Jack didn’t respond, he reached forward and grabbed him by the shoulder. “Hey—”

Jack’s eyes suddenly flared a bright glowing green. He whirled around, slashing with the human knife. Chase yelled, swimming back. A cloud of red drifted through the water as Chase pressed his hand against a large slice on his chest.

Jackie was on the other side of a large rock, but he immediately jumped to attention when he heard Chase cry out. The smell hit him a moment later, and he darted around the rock. Upon seeing the drifted red in the water, Jackie rushed forward and tackled Chase, knocking him through the water.

“I’m not prey!” Chase yelped.

“I know!” Jackie yelled. He turned around to see Jack, eyes still glowing, charging at the two of them with the human knife. Jackie flicked his tail, pushing Chase downward while swimming upward at the same time. Jack barrelled right through the spot where the two of them had been just a moment before. He slowed to a halt, then spun around, glaring at the other merms. Quickly, he darted upward towards Jackie.

“Jack, the fuck are you doing?!” Jackie managed to dodge Jack’s attack, ducking below the swing of the knife. He tackled Jack around the middle, trying to knock him off guard. Only for something sharp to pierce his dorsal fin. Jackie screamed, and let go of Jack, swimming to the side. Another cloud of red stained the water, crimson trailing from a wound on his dorsal.

Jack didn’t let up, following Jackie, the knife at the ready. Jackie’s eyes widened, and he turned to get away. He swam through the water, mind racing as Jack pursued him. This had happened so suddenly! What was going on?! Why were his eyes glowing like that? Magic? What kind of magic would make someone attack their friends?!

It didn’t matter right now. Jackie had to figure out a way to get Jack to stop without hurting him. A hint of an idea came to him. He headed towards the rocks in the water, glancing backwards to see if Jack was still coming after him. Seeing that he was, Jackie began weaving around the rocks, sticking close to them and turning tightly. Jack kept up the chase, mimicking his movements. Jackie grinned, and headed to swim around one of the larger rocks. He swam around it in circles, once, twice, and on the third time he sped up. Jack may have been a fast swimmer, but Jackie was much faster. Within a few moments, Jackie went all the way around the rock, and soon he was behind Jack. Before Jack could react, Jackie lunged forward, grabbing Jack’s tail.

With a surprised yelp, Jack spun around to look at Jackie. He slashed with the knife, but Jackie leaned back, barely avoiding it. His hand shot up and grabbed Jack’s wrist as it passed, squeezing it. Jack gasped, and dropped the knife. It clattered against the rock, but Jack wasn’t deterred. He darted forward, other hand shooting out, curled in a fist. Jackie caught that as well.

On the sidelines, Chase watched as the two of them began to struggle and wrestle, tumbling through the water. It only lasted a few moments, but eventually they strayed too close to the rock. Jackie pushed, hard, and Jack’s head snapped backwards, smacking against the rock. He went still.

Immediately, Chase swam up to the two of them. “What happened?” he asked. “Why were his eyes glowing?”

“I-I don’t know,” Jackie said, panting in the water. “I mean, magic, but...what?”

“We need to bring him to Marvin,” Chase decided. “He’ll know what’s up with this.”

“Yeah, he will.” Jackie paused, staring at Jack while he floated in the water. “Did he...hit his head too hard?”

“I...don’t know. I mean, I hope not, but...it looked bad.”

“Okay. Okay.” Jackie nodded. “We need Schneep too. Here.” He passed Jack to Chase, who grabbed him and held him close. “You go to Schneep, get him to look at that and take care of that slash mark. I’ll go get the freshie. We can meet in the seagrass meadow between the reef and the river.”

“You were hurt too!” Chase protested. “Can you swim with a hurt dorsal?”

“I’ll be a little wobbly, but it’s fine. Well, i-it hurts, but it’s fine,” Jackie put on a brave smile. “You’re more important. That looks deep, and you lost a lot of blood.”

Chase unconsciously poked the wound on his chest and winced. “What, you smell that? With your blood-smelling nose?”

Jackie raised an eyebrow. “Yes, I can smell that it was a lot of blood. Which means that if there are sharks in the area, they can smell it too. So we should both hurry.”

Chase nodded. “Well, it’s in the same direction. Let’s go.”

The two of them set off, silent for a few moments. Then Jackie asked, “Why’d you shout out ‘I’m not prey’?”

“Um...well, I dunno,” Chase mumbled. “I just thought...that would activate your shark instincts or whatever.”

Jackie rolled his eyes. “I have instincts, but I also have a brain. Something that’s more debatable for you.”

“Hey!” Chase started to protest, but then he winced. He held Jack closer.

“Um...let’s just hurry,” Jackie repeated.

“Yeah, let’s.”

They picked up the pace, soon parting as they headed for their respective destinations.

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