id: 447
name: Mermaid hunter
author: Maelstrom
date: 24th July 2021
text len: 1730
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>Reports of mermaids in the great lakes causing ships to crash and murdering swimmers go on for months now
>sick of their shit
>take the IP-5 rebreather and diving suit i bought for shits and giggles
>grab RPO-4 speargun and a pack of improvised explosives, replacing the fuzes so that they work underwater
>wait a week for my mail order co2 Injection knife to come in
>i'm ready

>drive over to a beach on lake Erie and move in
>I swim above the water until it gets deep, the waves are stronger out here too
>suddenly, I feel a hand grab my leg and start to pull me down into the water
>quickly fasten my mask and then go for the hand with my knife
>cut it and it lets go
>when I look down I see my attacker
>a mermaid with dark green hair clenching her hand in pain in her other hand is a rusty dagger
>I swim backwards and try to take aim with my speargun
>the mermaid sees this and starts moving towards me
>she's faster, and I'm worn down from all the swimming
>she tries to stab the rebreather bladder
>i manage to knock her knife away with my speargun and then ventilate her head with it
>her body goes limp and floats away slowly

>if she attacked me, they must be nearby
>reload speargun and dive further down
>find a structure close to the lake's floor
>it's some kind of stone tower, about 10 feet tall, colored blue, and with a single hole entrance on the side
>this must be the entrance to their... colony? Hive? Town? fuck if I know
>start swimming towards the entrance, but two merman with crudely made metal armor and a simple metal spear come out first
>I see their mouths move with some noise, but I can't understand them
>I shoot at one with my speargun, but it hits the armor and does little but push him back.