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    Mermaid Conspiracy
    Mermaid Conspiracy
    Mermaid Conspiracy
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    Mermaid Conspiracy

    By C.J. Lanet

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    Are mermaids for real?
    The government thinks so, while the public is mesmerized with misinformation. MERMAID CONSPIRACY is an honest attempt to tell the truth within a body of fiction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherC.J. Lanet
    Release dateJun 21, 2013
    ISBN9781301286058
    Mermaid Conspiracy
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    C.J. Lanet

    If you dare to waste one hour of time you lost the value of life. From my pen is this creed - the golden rule to prevent the mind from rusting. I have often regretted my writing, never my silence. Yet through it all - my words are not faked. Hands-on experience makes the difference. Indeed, it's impossible to be a writer without having lived. My short list of skills may offer an insight to what I say. Artist Gambler Gangster Industrialist Inventor Pilot Pirate Prizefighter Prophet Tycoon "Magic happens only when you make it happen." ________

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      Mermaid Conspiracy - C.J. Lanet

      MERMAID CONSPIRACY

      Published by C. J. Lanet at Smashwords

      Copyright 2013 by C. J. Lanet from excerpt of Author's Scrapbook Series Three.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes: This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever including Internet usage, without written permission of the author.

      Chapter 1

      Ted, get in here now! She got out ... on the floor. Damn it Ted!

      He enters the clamber to see me wrestling with a 55-pound pubescent mermaid. Her body is a glistening blue as she violently slaps her tail on the metal floor. Howling screams are heard while the aquatic manual attempts to flip and push away from me.

      "Get the wipegel!" I shout.

      Ted removes from one of the service bins a near invisible membrane that retains excessive water when applied, and throws on the mermaid.

      With a hose he sprays the animal with water.

      The 60-inch creature finally calms down and emits low crying sounds.

      I remove the cover from her head and arms.

      Easy now, I continue to hug her. To Ted, I say, Get the feeding platform. No! I can handle her. Go! Go!

      As Ted gets the scaffold, the mermaid places its arms around my neck and appears to smile, while its big blue eyes show fear.

      Once the platform is in place, I walk up the eight steps to the opening on top of the tank and allow the mermaid to slide from the wipegel into the water.

      All right! Lock the feeding hatch.

      The mermaid settles at the bottom of the tank.

      This time bolt it.

      I did. She picked the lock.

      Well, rig-it so it doesn't happen again.

      Sure boss.

      And mop up the floor. Towel it dry. Raise the temperature manually by five degrees. I want it at a consistent 57°.

      Maybe I should stick the broom up my ass?

      Hey, I told you a dozen times to fix the lock. ... Don't look at me like that!

      Handsome Ted Northrop is my smart-ass lab assistant exclusively assigned to the project.

      Once the floor duties are taken care of, he checks the overhead display of monitors. After recalibrating an analog computer sequence, a fourth screen to the left of the main console is activated.

      Oh yeah, sorry about that. The video waveform sensor must ...

      Just do it! We have Captain J. C. Jones making a star appearance at one.

      Wow, the big man himself! I hate these dog and pony shows.

      "This is a special occasions."

      He taps on the tank to get the creature's attention and says, Don't you feel sorry for all this?

      Stop asking! Get the temperature up and straighten up the place. Are the files in order?

      How should I know? While you're at it, tell the big guy we need to replace the calibrating analog video waveforms and go to digital.

      Nicholas Greenspan enters the large indirect sunlit chamber with stainless steel walls and floors, overly animated computer screens on three walls and the massive Plexiglass tank in the center square with unrestricted visibility on four sides. As he walks toward them the reflecting shades of blue and white transform his lab coat and face into liquid motion. But when the motion stops you realize he's an 85-year-old man on his last leg. With more degrees than a thermometer, Dr. Greenspan is a world-class marine biologist and leading authority on prehistoric deep-sea creatures.

      In a slow and weak cadence, he says, "They will be here shortly. Let them do all the talking. Just answer the questions given by Captain Jones. I prefer yes and no answers. After pausing for a moment, Greenspan looks at Ted as if he's a limp goldfish in a cloudy bowl, continues to say, and you, pointing at him with a bony, shaky finder, stay away. Get lost, take a break and disappear."

      "Sure doc, I'll go down to White Castle and fill up on sliders. You want ...?"

      What, what are you saying?

      I intercede. Just take care of the temperature and get lost. No! I don't want grease hamburgers.

      Ted mockingly salutes them both and departs.

      You sure about him?

      Ted is reliable. Has this set-up working like a charm even though we need better equipment.

      Not now! Okay then. Remember. Let them do all the talking.

      Greenspan gently taps her hand and slowly shuffles away. At the massive mechanical sliding doors he stops, turns and says. I will refer all inquires to you. It's your show. Understood?

      Chapter 2

      I am a marine biologist employed by a third-level federal agency. My primary sense of duty is to keep alive a female aquatic mammal. Since the creature evolved on land like all marine and semi-marine warm-blooded animals, she has brought many terrestrial adaptations into the water. She doesn't breathe underwater as fishes do, while her valvular nostrils and an intranarial larynx exclude water from entering the lungs during breathing and swallowing. To deal with water salinity, the cetacean has evolved reniculate kidneys, which

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