Issues 21-23
In a traveling carnival, a mermaid is held captive by a man named Lucas. It is evident that she hates him and plagues him each night with nightmares. Lucas however has control over her behavior as he is holding her daughter captive. In a conversation between him and another carnival worker though, it is revealed that the mermaid's daughter is actually dead. During a show, a carnival girl is killed by a group of religious people and Lucas forces her boyfriend to retrieve the body. After a fire is started killing another worker, the group decides to move to another location. Shortly after, Lucas begins to experience extreme pain. The mermaid escapes her tank and takes two jars from Lucas's room, one containing her eggs and one containing the body of her daughter. She is confronted by a carnival worker named Mea and it is revealed that Lucas kidnapped her and raped her. As a result of the rape, he was impregnated with her eggs, one of which grew into the baby. The eggs and baby were removed via C-section and Lucas hated the mermaid for causing him so much pain. The mermaid tells Mea that there is another baby which Lucas is giving birth to. As the baby comes out, Lucas dies. The mermaid takes the baby and Annabelle (who was on the shelf with the jars) and leaves with Mea to find the ocean.
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