Cry of the Sea by D. G. Driver

Author:D. G. Driver
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Environmental activists, High school, cry of the sea, oil company, best friend, oil spill, marine biologist, environmental disaster, Coming of Age, dg driver, Conspiracy, fate of the mermaids, Native American, manipulation, popular clique, Intrigue, mermaid
Publisher: Melange Books LLC
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“I have to go,” I told Carter and Dr. Schneider. Before they could open their mouths to argue, I was up and heading for the door. “Carter, can you give me a ride home?”

“We’re kind of in the middle of a discussion here, June,” he said, gesturing to the computer.

“There’s nothing else to discuss here,” I said, heading out the office door.

Carter pushed back from the desk and followed me. “I think there is.”

I stopped and looked him dead in the eye. “Affron knows about the mermaids. I’m sure of it. I’ll bet they discovered them long before we did.” I turned to Dr. Schneider who was standing in his office doorway wringing his hands. “Those men last night weren’t here to check you out for grant fraud. They were looking for the mermaid. They knew exactly what we had and where we had her. My video only made them move faster so they could snatch up the mermaids before anyone else had a chance to see them. I’ll bet the next move is to prove that you never saw them, Dr. Schneider. You said yourself you had no evidence. And then they’ll figure out how to prove my video is a fake.”

I started toward the double doors again. Carter reached out and grabbed my arm. “But why? Why would they do all that?”

“Because my mom is right. If people, ordinary people, knew that there were real mermaids swimming around in the Pacific Ocean, they wouldn’t allow Affron to continue leaking oil in the ocean. People will finally stand up against them.”

“Why do you think it would make a difference?” Carter said. “Polar bears, whales, sea otters... I could go on. The slow extinction of those beautiful creatures hasn’t stirred that kind of reaction.”

“They don’t look like people,” Dr. Schneider said. “The mermaids are very humanesque in their upper torsos and face. Human looking enough to stir the mind into thinking they are like us. They are also mythological, and the human race will go to extremes to discover and protect a find such as that. And what if we can prove that the mermaids can communicate? People will want to know how many mermaids exist. Are there male as well as female mermaids? Where do they live? Are there cities under the oceans? Are the mermaids immortal? Could they have existed since the age of the Ancient Greeks? If so, does that mean that the Greek gods are also in existence—or that other mythological creatures exist? What impact could that have on the religions of the world and our existence on this planet?”

“You’ve thought a lot about this,” Carter said to the scientist.

“Up all night.”

Okay, that was taking it a bit further than my brain could handle at the moment. But it sounded right. I only nodded and said, “So, are you going to drive me or not?”

“Where are we going?”

“My house. We’re going to let the secret out and make Affron scramble.”

“I don’t understand,” Carter said. “Don’t you want to help find them?”

“Yes,” I answered.

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