Gentle Killers
Gentle Killers
Ulysses sat at his desk, his pencil tapping against the desk a little too fastly. His anger was at an all-time high, his 'mother' had just pulled the last straw. She had just beat him, again. The difference this time was she had used his belt. He looked over the buises, some of them a deep purple. His mother had regularly beat him, it was her way of having a 'healthy' mother-son relationship. His father, a drunken moron, had left her the minute he had heard she was knocked up. Her rage, instead of being directed at him, was put on Ulysses's shoulder. She beat him for all her problem in her life: Her alcholicness, her boyfriend (well.. his father, although the two weren't married) leaving her, everything. Ulyesses was a fine boy, he hung out with the right crowds, he didn't smoke or drink, he had straight A's... But she still blamed him
Now, you would think, why not call social services? Well he hadn't been so sucessful. His mother had the only phone in the house, and she had blackmailed the neighbors into not calling them. He didn't put it past them, he'd heard a lot of the stories... and... ya.
Right now she was probably going back to having sex with this week's boyfriend. She always had men at the house, usually for... well i'll let you guess. The men weren't all bad, although some of them had hit on him. Practically half the town had made it into her bed some way or another. Sometimes it got akward when it was his teacher, or a shopkeeper, or... one of his friends (those friends became his ex-friends.)
His life wasn't all bad, it had it's perks. He was well liked around his town and helped out. Santa Mastes was right on the water and the population was about 5,000. During the summer it gained a couple thousand to it's roster. This summer was surprisingly deserted - he guess it was something to do with the fact that some sharks began to move closer inland. It always became a bit of a tourist attraction during the summer, just not this one.
Ulysses Walked out of his room and past his mothers. Of course he saw his mother and her gentleman of the week. Sighing to himself, he grabbed his jacket and headed to the beach. During every other season except summer, it was his little walking place. Since the inhabitants lived on the ocean, no one was really there. He always walked the yellow sand trail to an old abandoned dock.
Sigh "Why does everything bad happened to me..." He moped, his legs dangling over the waves. Soon he saw a small shark's fin approach him. He didn't flinch he just watched the thing get closer and closer. "I don't assume you have an answer to my problems, eh shark?" He asked it, giving a little smirk
"Depends." Something said. He began frantically looking around, trying to find the speaker of the voice.
"Down here." The voice said again. Soon the fin began to sink from the water and a head came into view. The head was a deep blue and gray, Ocean's blue eyes and the fin from before pertruding from the top of its head. It also had the slits for a nose and a pair of lips
The boy began to freak out, just muttering a bunch. Although he was freaking out, he wasn't yelling. The shark wasn't fazed at all, like she'd seen this before. He began to get up slowly, he might be able to run away. Before he could do so, he heard it's voice
"Don't runaway..."
Ulysses looked back to see the shark with a sad face.
"What?"
"I said 'Please don't go away" It said with a sadder voice
"O-Okay..." Ulyesses sat back at the edge facing the the shark
"So... Uh... Wh- Who're are you" He said, wishing to not ask what it was, it would've sounded wrong...
"I'm... I'm a shark."
"But.. you're speaking english..."
"I'm a special breed... kind of like... some sort of hybrid..."
"Oh..."
"I'm Veronica, By the way."
"Ulysses. So.. do you have a tail or..."
"No, i have fins, like a shark, but i have a basic human appearance, except for my teeth, skin, and fins..." She said, baring her razor-teeth
Veronica and Ulysses talked for another hour. She told him of her life. She lived with her father and mother in a cave a few miles from here. The reason her and her fellow sharks had gone closer to the coast was due to the fish moving inland. She appologized for scaring away the others, but Ulysses told her he liked being alone. Ulysses had told her of his life and his drunken mother.
"Ulysses, I'm so sorry..." Veronica said. She wanted to make him feel better, or at least help with his problem...wait...
"It's okay... i just want to leave this town and all these bad memories"
"Ulysses... Come into the water"
"Oh- Okay." He trusted her completely by now. After their first ten minutes, he was still nervous. So, to calm him down, she told him by now she could've easily just bit into his foot and eaten him right there. It did help... a little. Ulyesses was now facing her, trying to keep himself afloat.
"Ulysses, what would you say if you could do that right now."
"I would say... do whatever's possible"
"Great" She said with a smirk before.. rushing for him. He thought she was going to eat him or something. He closed his eyes and awaited his fate until... he felt a pair of... warm lips against his. Veronica began to push her tounge into his mouth, being adventerous and exploring every bit of it. Veronica moaned into it as she enjoyed the bliss.
Soon they spread apart, both panting. Ulyesses began to feel weird. "Veronica?"
"Hmmm?" She asked, her eyes with a dreamy expression
"Why do i feel... weird..."
"Huh?" She said before snapping out of her strange state "Oh... you're... going to be changing."
"Changing? How?" He asked as he noticed his arm becoming like a fin, his finger's starting to fuse together
"You're... going to become a shark, like me."
"WHAT!?!?"
"You... You said you wanted to get away from this! I'm sorry!" Veronica cowered before him
"It's okay Veronica, it's just... strange."
"I guess it is a little weird..." She said with a giggle
"So... what does this mean for me? For us? If i remember correctly, you were really enjoying that kiss..." He said as his nose began to take shape
"Ya.. I... I... love you. I know i've only known you for an hour, but... you're the greatest, sweetest most awesome guy in the world. I know this is a big shock-"
"Well... i could tell from the kiss and... i feel the same way. I love you, Veronica."
The sharkess (that's a word... probably) hugged the still transforming boy and they shared another kiss.
After some time, the boy was fully a bi-pedal shark now and was heading back for Veronica's home to tell her parents of her new-found mate. The two were now heading back, both looking at each other, gazing up and down their bodies. As they swam, Ulysses put his fin in his mate's and continued out to sea.