The tidal lance

The reef is completely totaled from that ball of fire yesterday. There're so many dead fish just floating around here. Man! This is hard to look at for too long. What was that thing? And where did it come from? Everyone in town is freaking out about this. They're making up so many theories about what could have caused this. Some people think it's because of all the trash we dumped in water, and some think it's the ocean being mad at us for overfishing, while others think it's aliens.

All those theories don't bother me much though because ultimately, they have no proof. I wish I could say the same about my grandparents' theory; well mostly my grandma's theory. She told everyone she saw a demon on the docks, and apparently, she has proof. A bit of slime I must have left on the docks when I transformed yesterday.

Luckily, it doesn't seem like anyone believes her. Phew...I really dodged a bullet there; though I wish I could tell them about it. I hate keeping this a secret from them, but considering how she acted when she saw me, it's probably for the best. Telling them would only make things worse. Well, maybe only grandma. For some reason, I feel like grandpa would understand.....somehow. He knows more than he lets on, I could just feel it. He's strange, and that's saying a lot coming from someone like me.

Well, if I'm gonna do this, I need to get him somewhere alone. Uhhhhh, but how am I gonna do that? The whole town is on high alert, and grandma doesn't want to be alone. She's gonna be a problem if I want to get grandpa away from everyone. What can I do........?

Suddenly, I had that feeling of danger again and this one felt like it was putting a hole through my chest.

Why did this have to happen when everyone is crowding near the docks? I need a way to clear them all away. It's now or never. I gotta tell grandpa I need his help; he's the only one that I can trust right now. Grandma seemed to be busy at the moment.

Maybe I can pull grandpa away. She somehow got involved in a very heated debate with the town's banker, Mrs. Hooks, so she was very distracted. While I had the chance, I quickly pulled grandpa to the side and asked for his help. I told him something was coming and I needed him to get everyone away from the docks.

With this deep concerning stare, he kneeled down in front of me, placed his hand on my right shoulder and said:

-Grandpa: "I know that what I saw two days ago wasn't a dream."

Then he let out a big sigh and said:

-Grandpa: "What you are is something dark.....and dangerous.......something capable of great destruction. Fate is truly twisted."

He said that he would help me but only if I agreed to listen to him from now on. I had so many questions. I knew he was hiding something and this might be the only way I can find out what he knows. I agreed to his terms, and he got everyone's attention and persuaded them to go to the mayor's office. Now all I have to do is wait.

When everyone left, I sat on the docks in my new awesome squid form. Man, I really need to come up with a name for this thing. Oh well, it'll come to me. I waited for about two minutes wondering if I was wrong about the danger, but I knew I felt something coming. 

-Henry: "Maybe I was wrong."

I turned around and started to head back to town, but as soon as I did, something flew at the back of my head. Luckily, my head tentacles caught it before it could pierce my head. I grabbed the thing from my tentacles then quickly turned around, but I didn't see anything. This thing that almost killed me, looked like some kind of lance with some strange markings on it. Where did this come from?

Then out of nowhere, something shoots out the water; Just a ways out past the reef. It looked like a giant ocean cockroach, but its armor was black and it had a body like a person. I didn't know what its deal was, but it looked really angry. I could just feel it glaring at me from all the way out there. 

"It's not moving........man, this thing is weird. Is it dead? He's just floating there. Maybe I should talk to him, probably break the ice with a little conversation.

-Henry: "Ummm...HELLO!.....SIR! I think you might have accidentally thrown this thing at my head....do you...do you want it back?" 

Can this guy even hear me? Oh, it looks like he's raising his hand. Is he saying hi back? Woah! What's going on with the sky? Looks like a storm might be coming."

 I already don't like this. Wait, where did "armor guy" go?!! Huh? Where'd the lance go?!! Oh man, am I losing my mind? What in the world was that guy? What's his deal? And what's with all this wind? I can't catch a break. The sky is looking pretty bad. What's with all that lightning? Hang on a minute, I think I could see someone up there.

That's gotta be "armor guy". Ahhh man, what's with this wind? It's ridiculous. At this rate the whole town might be going under. These waves are massive. Thank goodness the reef is dragging them down a bit. Wait a minute, I think the waves are pulling back. Uhhh what now!!!? Hold on, they started going up....it looks like the water is spiraling towards the sky, what in the carp is going on?

I can't focus man, one thing at a time! The ocean is turning into a cyclone and some mysterious stranger that literally came out of nowhere is causing it. I'm not sure what the armor guy's plan is, but I bet my grandma's best frying pan that it's bad. Well, at least I've got a way to get to him now. I just gotta swim up the water drill, cyclone thingy. 

-Henry: "Alright!!! here we go!!!! Woooooohh!!! This is awesome, I can't believe I'm not getting dizzy from all this spinning."

Hang on.... something feels off.....did this thing switch direction? Ohhhh Noo!!!!!! This thing is heading towards the town. Looks like this guy's plan is to wipe out Moby's bay, but why? Ahh this thing is moving fast, ok come on Henry think! How can I stop this? I'm trapped in this thing and I can't even move. I'm going down along with it.

-Henry: "STOP!"

If I don't stop this, everyone in town is going to drown; I can't just let that happen. I refuse to let this guy kill everyone; I'm sending this thing back if it's the last thing I do. Suddenly, I felt something shift in me. My whole body began to pulse like an echo in a cave. My vision began to change and just like that I was somewhere else entirely. A strange cold room. There were many different paths and different directions all around me. I could see portals of water surrounding me in every direction like I was in a sphere covered in holes. 

-Henry: "Oh carp...."