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Chomp
Hero found themselves in quite a precarious position, swinging upside down with their foot caught in a snare.
Now, this wasn’t exactly uncommon for them. Getting caught in a trap was nothing new. Such was the perilous life of a hero after all. What was unusual, though, was the pit of crystal clear water beneath them.
Oh, and the dozen or so sharks swimming around in it.
They were suspended over a pool fit for Olympic swimming. Hero was no marine biologist, but they were pretty sure those sleek grey fish weren’t dolphins.
Coarse rope dug into their ankle, but Hero found they didn’t mind too much. They had the core strength to be able to reach the knot but, unfortunately, untying it would probably send them plummeting into the water, and Hero wasn’t particularly up for such a literal swim with the fishes today.
Deciding to save their strength, Hero hung limp, tucking their shirt into their pants and leaving their arms to flop loosely with gravity.
Soon, the one responsible for their current predicament made themselves known from the ground.
“Welcome, Hero!” The villain’s voice boomed excitedly.
There was no catwalk, nothing covering the top of the tank. That left Villain to stand next to the glass at the bottom and having to yell up the dangling hero.
Before Hero could think to ask what they were doing here, Villain answered unprompted, “I wanted to show you my new collection!”
“Is this…legal?” Hero questioned, the words difficult to form with the blood rushing to their head.
“Absolutely not!” The villain exclaimed.
Right. That was probably the point.
“Are they…ok?”
Hero blinked hard, trying to stay present in the conversation.
“Who? Bruce, Anchor, Chum, Brooklyn, Barbara, Mark, Lori, Robert, Kevin, Lennie, Daymond, Nado, and Krill?
Their processing was gradually slowing down but those names seemed…oddly familiar.
“The…the sharks.”
Hero supposed they didn’t look too unhappy, chilling in their own space, not circling for an impending meal. Hero certainly couldn’t claim animal cruelty with the size of the aquarium. The oversized fish must be well fed to be able to coexist like this, which was…concerning for the hero, to say the least.
Their vision blurred as they watched a pointed fin breach the surface.
They realized belatedly that they were about to pass out.
“And they’re just fine with each other?”
“Oh, you see, that’s where my new invention comes in-“
The sound of Villain’s voice faded out as Hero’s consciousness slipped away.
…
They awoke to the sight of teeth flashing in front of them. They tried to scramble back before their brain could process the several-feet thick wall between them and the apex predator.
“You’ve been quite a rude guest.”
Hero turned to the source of the voice, finding Villain standing over them. The rope that had previously entrapped just one ankle now looped both feet together, as well as connecting both their wrists.
“I’m…sorry?” Hero spoke carefully.
That seemed like a reasonable answer, given their ultimate goal of not ending up as chum.
“You fainted before I could finish my monologue,” Villain pouted, crossing their arms and looking down at the Hero sitting against the wall of the tank.
“That’s…uh, my bad,” Hero answered, preoccupied with wondering when the sharks’ last meal was.
“Please, continue.”
Villain crouched down, looking intently into the Hero’s eyes as they started to explain.
“First, you have to understand the aggression patterns of bull sharks vs those of great whites and tigers…”
And that’s how Hero learned way more about Selachimorpha than they ever wished to know.
Honestly think mimic is a great villain if he’s used right