We will not throw you back in

"Please!" She pleaded.

Nate agreed. "No, you will dry out and become a human. We have plans for you. It has been a lonely journey."

The two men grabbed Ariel's arms and freed her from the net. They laid her on the hot ground in the sun.

"No!"

"You know as soon as you dry out that you are ours to keep. You are bound to this ship until we decide otherwise. You will be obedient." Theo watched as the sun slowly dried her and fin and shells faded until she lay there naked.