A large tanker ship was just charging overhead. The captain completely mad out of his senses pushing his rig to its absolute limits. “CMON YEH BASTARD!” He shouted to the Pitch black before him, his crew panicking behind as they tried their best to keep the tanker afloat. His madness mixed with the sheer chaos of the storm ended up being a terrible match, a singe lightning strike illuminating a wave many times the size of the lone tanker. With an expression of sheer determination and insanity, the captain shouted obscure profanities before it slammed into the tanker. The last thing anyone of them saw was the hull of the ship tearing open as the freezing water swallowed them whole.
located just 30 nautical miles from the nearest coastal city, a single mermaid swam freely. When most think of mermaids, its usually the kind with beautiful color scaled fish tails. This one, however, was far from what many would imagine.
Her tail was a light grey and appeared very smooth to the touch. At the end of it however, the tail ended in a menacing set of tailfins reminiscent to that of a shark. The long shark like tail stretched all the way to the mermaid’s bellybutton, before abruptly changing to more natural human looking skin.
Her human half to put simply was absolutely shredded in muscle. Her abs bulging out in a 6 pack that no doubt was tougher than leather. Above them was her well-proportioned breasts, had they been on a normal 5’8 woman, they would for sure be around a D-cup. The breasts while hefty, still had a perkiness many woman would kill for.
Her arms however seemed to diverge back into monster girl territory as from shoulder to finger was smooth grey skin ending in webbed hands. Like her ab muscles, her biceps and triceps bulged outward like a pro female body builder. Every miniscule twitch of her arm sending ripples throughout as it flexed to match the movement. The skin of her arms while similar to her tail, still possessed enough human traits to be considered humanlike. Her webbed hands however were a different story.
Like the type of hands you’d expect a fish-person to have, her hands looked more like claws and only numbered in 4 fingers. Capping each finger however was a short claw. The claws could be considered like overgrown nails and only extended an inch at most from her finger. They were a utility for gripping smooth surfaces and minor self-defense more than anything.
Her face on the other hand was quite the intriguing mix. While her face and hair were definitely human, her cheeks and eyes were more animal like. Similar to her arms and tail, her cheeks possessed a little more of the grey skinned hue that faded into her human like skin. Her eyes were more of a low amber yellow, the irises at the center a bit more narrower than a human.
This mermaid or should we say “this sharkgirl” only went by one name… Mako.
Mako had been out hunting for food one evening when a strong storm soon began to develop overhead. While not too much an issue for Mako, the same could not be said for anyone unlucky enough to be treading it above the surface. The currents were also rather brutal now, so most sea life had fled to the lower depths. This left Mako with little game to hunt and in a moment of annoyance, left her sighing.
She accepted that today she would just relax and wait for the next school of fish to return once the currents had slowed. However, just when she had given up, a strange shadow began to loom over her. Looking up, she caught sight of a massive man-made ship slowly descending towards the ocean floor. A myriad of debris and supplies bleeding out a massive gash in its center.
“WOAH!” she shouted in excitement as this was the first time, she had ever seen one so close before. Forgetting about her previous hunt entirely now, Mako began to quickly swim for the sinking shipwreck, taking care to avoid any dangerous debris.
“So cool!!! I wonder what it looks like inside!?” Mako’s eyes beamed with excitement, her curiosity bringing her closer and closer to the giant gash in the ships mid-section. Upon reaching it however, Mako was met by dozens of strange canister like compartments. Each one holding something rather securely, no doubt to prevent a leak or possible tampering. Unfortunately, it seemed that even with all the fail safes they incorporated into the design, 1 of the canisters had begun to leak. A strange green hued liquid leaking into the water and dispersing into the open sea as it left the confines of the torn hull.
“I wonder what the humans were transporting? I’ve never seen anything like this before!” Mako questioned as she put a finger to her chin, pondering the situation before her. Rather than take precaution though, Mako quickly dove into the torn hull, her sense of adventure ignoring the dangers of the strange liquid.
“AMAZING! THERES SO MUCH STUFF IN HERE!” Mako beamed once again as she ogled the interior of the midsection. “I wonder what they used this for?” she questioned in excitement as she grabbed a plunger that floated by. “OH! What could this have been used for!?” she beamed as she grabbed a ruined cellphone. “THERES SO MUCH COOL STUFF IN HERE!” Mako shouted, her mind somewhat overloaded from the strange and exciting things around her.
But that’s where the excitement seemed to end. When Mako took a moment to collect herself, she realized something felt off. Something about the area she was in was changing something within her being. When Mako looked once more upon the leaking canister, she suddenly began to feel a tinge of need, it was almost predatory in nature. “since nobody’s around, it should be fine if I open this right~?”
like a moth to a light, Mako absent mindedly swam towards the leak, taking a deep inhale of the green liquid through her gills. “mmmn, im not sure what this is, but for some reason, it makes me feel really, REALLY, goooood~”. Her voice rapidly changing from its cheery nature from earlier to one of need with a tinge of arousal.
While the canisters were made to be tamper proof, no one probably expected a mermaid with the strength of a shark to open it.
*CREAAAAK*
The canister roared as Mako’s muscular arms bulged, her hands nearly tearing the top off completely. “C’MON! Mako just wants a pea-“ *CREAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-BOOM!* the canister exploded open, smothering her entire form in an impossible to see through cloud of green.
The last thing Mako saw, being the sight of her hands steadily increasing in size before her.
A few days had passed since the tanker had gone missing. Those in charge of searching for it scoured the open sea relentlessly, hoping to find any sign of where it may have gone down. To their luck, some of the ship’s debris were still floating above the water line, helping aid them in pointing to the area it most likely sank.
Leading the search was a single massive cargo ship, designed for salvage and rescue operations of maimed vessels. Alongside it for added security, were a dozen small craft, each carrying a trained team of divers, as well as armed security forces. Those leading this operation seemed to have an air of secrecy and espionage about them, taking care to keep everything going on as hidden as possible.
The first diving team of 12 descended past a depth of 700 feet before catching site of the sunken wreckage. At around 750 feet down, they could vaguely see the silhouette of the aft half of the tanker, the front disappearing into the void beyond. The leader of the dive team began to signal the surface teams of their discovery before diving further down.
A sigh of relief could be heard from many of the suits and professionally dressed men on the cargo ships bridge, the news giving them hope. With a steadfast and resolute go ahead, the support dive teams were deployed alongside a few drone subs to venture beyond to help search for the ships front section.
Several hours passed, everything seemed to be going swimmingly as the dive teams inspected and hauled away undamaged crates and canisters. Those that were damaged were photographed and recorded for future testing.
Not much further away from the aft’s wreckage, one of the subs came upon a massive cliff underwater, the depth beyond dropping well below 10,000 feet. those controlling the drone came to the conclusion to risk one of their expensive drones, for the sake of finding the other half of the tanker.
Its descent was slow and gradual, but beyond that was a dull wait of looking at endless ocean.
After another hour, the drone finally reached the floor, the monitors back on the surface occasionally flickering on the monitors as the signal fought to reach them. *flick* the drone sounded as its front search light activated, illuminating the dark ocean floor for all to see.
In the distance, only a few hundred feet away, the drone’s operators cheered with joy. The front of the tanker had been found! Those cheers rapidly faded however when the drone approached it.
Something had ripped through its entire frame, as if it were a chick hatching from an egg.
Before the drone operators could contact the cargo ship, their drone suddenly went silent, the signal cut off.
The drone in question merely hovered in place, its light continuing to shine. “hmmm? What’s this thing?” a loud deep voice echoed through the water. Suddenly a pair of clawed webbed hands descended upon the drone, plucking it between claw tips, carful not to damage it, “I’ve never seen a fish like this before?”.
as the drone’s light shifted, the face of Mako came into view. But something was off, Mako while large before compared to a human, was now insanely huge. In fact, she was just around 1200 feet long now from head to tail fin. An astonishing difference from her size just days ago.
“hmm, I guess there’s only 1 way to find out~” mako smiled before tossing the drone into her mouth. *CRUNCH!* the drone compressed between shark like teeth, many of which, much larger than even a great white. *BOOM* the drones circuitry exploded, not even making a blemish on the foot-thick enamel.
“hmm its rather bland, maybe theirs a bigger one nearby that could have more flavor” Mako said to herself, her brain jumbling around ideas on what to do. “hmm, everything I’ve hunted so far was mostly just strange looking krill, maybe if I head closer to the surface, I’ll find better game!”.
With that said, Mako nodded in agreement with herself, her muscles flexing and bulging as she knelt down. *THOOOOOOOM* the ground beneath her shattered, her powerful tail propelling her thousands of feet in mere moments.
Before going to far though, she suddenly caught site of more of the same strange fish, scouring the wreckage of the ship she had ventured into days earlier. “Oh! How interesting!” she thought, quickly using her arm muscles to adjust her direction before carefully propelling herself towards the shipwreck.
Back on the aft section of the ship’s wreckage, around 30 divers were preparing whatever they could salvage for ascent. The lead diver seeming to have a chill run through him as he tightened the last rope.
“OH! YOU FISH LOOK SO CUTE!” a loud distorted voice rumbled. Turning around as quickly as he could, the dive leader went pale. Just a few hundred feet from where he and the others swam, a goliath of a sea monster swam menacingly closer. The only thing his mind processing in the moment, DANGER.
Mako couldn’t help but grin with excitement, a small school of strange fish was scouring the ships wreckage, completely unaware of her presence. She picked up more and more speed as she barreled towards them faster and faster, but quickly halted her advance when she was just a few hundred feet away. Upon closer inspection, these ones were completely alien in form, they reminded her of some type of black mobile starfish. The only sound in her mind being the sqeeuing of a schoolgirl, “OH! YOU FISH LOOK SO CUTE!” she shouted aloud, completely ruining her element of surprise.
The strange starfish like creatures suddenly halted their work, taking a few moments to look at Mako before rushing around in a panic. Many suddenly began swimming as fast as they could upwards, hoping to reach the waters surface, while the rest seemed to pull out various tiny metal sticks and held their ground.
“what weird fish? I’ve never seen a starfish swim up before, nor have I seen one use tools?” Mako said, confused by the show before her. “hmm, lets have a closer look!”.
As she drew closer, the strange starfish like creatures that held their ground began to break off one by one. Only a few still standing their ground by the time she was upon them. “they’re even cuter up close!” she screeched, her voice shaking the sea all around.
After a long 30 seconds of holding his ground, the lead diver realized to late just how massive this monster was. Before he could fire his harpoon gun, he witnessed the full form of the behemoth like monster come into view. “THEYRE EVEN CUTER UP CLOSE!” the monster screeched, her words sounding human yet alien. Once she seemed to drop her guard though, the lead diver and a couple of the others who also stood their ground fired.
*PING*
The special tungsten tipped harpoon crinkled upon impacting her stomach, grinding away between her abs. the other harpoons did similar, one of which hitting her in the naval and lodging itself within.
Mako was taken by surprise, but more so with fascination rather than concern. “WOAH! You guys can shoot stuff with your metal sticks? You must be some kind of advanced sea race!” Mako chimed, her eyes sparkling with excitement.
In a frantic moment of desperation, the dive leader and the others attempted to reload their harpoons. An act that should take full concentration to do.
*SHRIIIP*
A cloud of red began to slowly waft out of the arm of one of the divers. His panicked state causing him to slice himself with the head of the harpoon. Before he could use the special bandages to seal the wound, a loud gurgle began to roar through the water.
“MMMMMMMMMMMMN, i- I don’t know what this smell is, but its making me really, REALLY, HUNGRY!” Mako shouted, her excited expression rapidly turning into one of a mindless predator. The next thing the divers knew, Mako’s massive jaws were outstretched all around them, not even getting a moment to process what was happening before her jaws slammed shut.
*GULP*