Trigger warning: extreme violence towards the middle

Chapter 2

No place was safe, Everytime we got away from one onlander, another took their place.

Non-stop swimming, we made sure we stayed on the move.

I remember it, the night my parents were killed, they swam with all their might; desperately trying to find somewhere safe...anywhere.

A fishing net came crashing down on us, my brother and I were the only two caught as we started struggling to get loose.

We could see the fear in our mother's eyes,and the desperation on our father's face.

We desperately shouted out to them.

"Mother!!....Father!!..."We shouted as loud as we could, hollering and yelling for them to help.

I watched as my older brother reached out his hand to our dad, But out of nowhere a large spear like missile,attached to a long rope crashed through the water.

My father body stiffened from the impact, and pain as he spewed up blood.

Before we knew it, his body started being pulled to the surface along with us.

We shouted louder, yanking and pulling on the net,our tails were becoming more and more entangled.

"Father!" We continued to scream in horror.

My mother looked torn between our father and us, but she prioritized our safety

She looked hopeless as she stared down, while crying and pulling on the net.

Her voice came out as a whisper as she apologized.

"My babies,my sweet babies... I'm sorry..." She whispered in a sorrowful tone.

As a tear escaped, another spear came crashing through the water,the sight of the spear penetrating our mother's neck left us speechless.

They reeled her in, before we knew it we too was above the water.

"Mother...father...mother...father..." My brother repeated continuously.

"Get the tank prepared!" A voice hollered.

The onlanders started walking towards us, a mesmerized glint in his eye, as he dragged the net we were entangled in towards a dark room.

We spotted our parents corpses, laying on top of each other drained of all color.

I reached out, wishing I to had two legs, a desire to be able to walk like them, just to run over to my mother.

My body trembled in fear, I couldn't control the noises coming out of my mouth- as I sobbed uncontrollably.

"Shut it up" one of the onlanders shouted.

My brother stared at me with worry, as we felt the fishing nets being removed .

I watched as they exchanged looks before picking each of us up, two large men grabbed my brother.

He quickly started thrashing around.

"Let go!....Let go of me!" He struggled to get free.

The sudden shout I let out, Drew both my brother and the other men attention.

"Perseus!" My brother shouted while pushing the two guys away.

He bumped the other away using his teal, scaly tail as he dropped to the wooden deck.

"Let go of him!" My older brother demanded.

"Primus! Help!" I pleaded while reaching out to him.

The chuckling of the men as we struggled to get to one another, the helplessness I felt made me tremble in fear.

One of the large men from before, grabbed my brother and dragged him  by the tail.

While the one holding me followed close behind him.

Before we knew it, we were thrown into a large tank.

We could feel the vibrations in the water, my brother clutched my hand as something swiftly moved though the water.

It was hard for us to know what it was, all the objects that were down here- anything could easily hide; anything smart enough to hide.

"Primus...um... Are we going to be okay?" I asked timidly.