Marcie took a deep breath, let some air out, then lept off the rock. She arched her lithe body as she fell, then sliced into the water off the rocky beach. She was a tall blonde woman, almost six feet tall in her bare feet, but still only just topped the scales at 145 sopping wet. She was muscular from her workouts, wide shouldered and lean hipped, thighs and belly tight. The bikini she was wearing was small and a bright yellow, offsetting her shoulder length hair which darkened when wet.
When she first opened her eyes in the crystal clear water her vision was blurry, but a few blinks cleared things up and she could see as clearly as if she were flying above the dry land above. Strong strokes of her arms and kicks of her legs brought her closer to the floor of the bay. Mild currents in the warm water tugged at the bikini top, trying gently to remove the thin yellow cloth from her large breasts as she swam.
The rocks and wildlife in the bay were incredible- bright schools of fish darted everywhere, some of them so unafraid they surrounded Marcie for a few psychodelic moments as they swam together. Bright greens and reds and yellows swayed in the currents, both underwater plantlife and colonies of harmless tubeworms, beautiful in the light of the mid day sun filtering through the flawless water.
If only she could stay underwater forever, thought Marcie as she darted back for the surface. She breathed the summer air as she tread water, enjoying herself thoroughly. Another gulp of air and back in she went.
As she neared the floor of the bay again, she noticed that amidst the brilliant hues of the rounded rocks below her there were smaller stones with even brighter colors. Curious, she picked one up and surprised at how soft it felt. A sea creature? she thought to herself as she headed back to the surface, treasure in one hand. Then, treading at the surface again, she examined the bright and circular object in her hand.
It was a bright red and shaped like a thick coin, but soft. She mushed it gently between her fingers and was surprised when the surface cracked. Inside was a lighter material. This is weird, she thought to herself, then leaned forward and sniffed. And though the bay was saltwater, the water was so clean and unpolluted that there was so odor to muffle that of the thing in her palm. And it smelled like-
Smiling and frowning at the same time, she pulled the object open, then tasted the lighter material inside. It was! Not only was it a candy, it was a Mentos candy! She ate one half of the candy as she floated in the water, confused. What was candy doing in the bay, let alone this far away from civilization? This bore further investigation. Popping the other half of the candy into her mouth she ate it quickly, then breathed deeply for a few breaths, let some out and dove beneath the surface of the bay once more.
At the floor of the bay, she noticed that the Mentos candies weren't scattered randomly, but rather there was a general direction to their distribution. Bubbles trailing from her mouth she followed the trail of underwater Mentos. She had plenty of oxygen in her bloodstream and the surface wasn't far away; there was no danger in pursuing this strange occurance. Gently strokes took her forward, tanned legs pulsing easily, her skimpy yellow thong bikini completely invisible from above.
Slightly less than a minute later she came upon a small pile of the Mentos candies and she hovered in the water. For a moment she could see nothing but flashing silver fish bodies as another school of tiny fish surrounded her. Shadows moved in the clear water as currents waved fans of Dayglo colors, streamers of sea grasses, and tall bunches of tubeworms.
A quick trip to the surface for more air and back down she came to the pile of Mentos. Briefly she wondered why the waters of the bay hadn't melted the Mentos candies- after all, Mentos weren't waterproof- but then shrugged that question off as less important. She reached down and pulled off a Mentos candy from the top of the pile, then kicked her legs lightly as she felt some stray sea material brush against her.
The Mentos candy fell from her hand as she was suddenly jerked backward, the brightly colored disc sinking slowly through the clear waters. Surprised, a burst of air bubbled from her mouth before she closed her lips again. Blinking eyes took in a whirl as she was pulled willy-nilly about in the water- the bright sun in her eyes, then the darkness as she was pushed through a patch of undulating sea grasses, then bright colors again as she passed near the sea floor.
Then, head still spinning, she suddenly still in the water. Bubbles from the bay floor wavered in silver spheres past her face and another burst of colors as a school of fist sized fish swam quickly before her. Her legs were tightly wrapped in some thick green vine of some sort- vine or tentacle, she wasn't sure in her confused state- her lungs were starting to become air hungry and that wasn't helping her concentration either.
Her confusion cleared as fear pushed it from her mind- a huge patch of tubeworms was peeling back from the sea floor and all the fish around her had suddenly vanished. It was if the sea floor had developed a sudden pimple, and the tubeworms were peeling back in rolls away from it's center. Her eyes widened as she realized that was roughly what was happening, only it wasn't a sea pimple. It was a gigantic tubeworm that had lain hidden under it's covering of tubeworm decoy.
Decoy indeed, she thought as the tubeworm unrolled toward her, it's tentacles wrapped around her legs and holding her captive. The Mentos candies were a decoy for the tubeworm she realised as the creatures mouth suddenly gaped before her. How the creature had evolved to lure in its prey with Mentos candies she didn't know, and she didn't care as she screamed underwater, air streaming from her hungry lungs.
As the tentacles holding her shoved her head into the tubeworm's mouth, she struggled desperately, arms waving in the water that was now as thick as molasses. Kicking her legs was out of the question, as the tentacles entwining her legs had too tight a grip. Still, her pelvis bucked as she felt the tubeworm swallowing her head, trying to work her shoulders into it's mouth.
She felt her bikini top come off as she struggled, her melon sized breasts jolting as she fought to live. But she felt the creature still swallowing, and her shoulders slid into the expanding mouth. She realized she could see through the skin of the tubeworm as her eyes rolled, her head in it's throat.
Gasping for breath inside the creature, knowing that to breathe meant drowning, she felt the creatures mouth fight to open wide enough to take in her breasts. But with terror and a sinking feeling of fate she knew the inevitable would occur. And it did- With a sudden muscular pull, Marcie felt her breasts now inside the tubeworm's mouth. The lips of the creature now pinned her arms to her sides almost to the elbow and her legs were still wrapped tightly. Shoulders and head traveling down the throat of the tubeworm, Marcie still fought.
At last she had to take a breath and choked immediately as water flooded her lungs. Her thrashing increased momentarily then was brought to a sudden halt as the creatures swallowing had brought it's lips down over Marcie's hips. Sparkles began to dim her vision as she stared through the skin of the tubeworm, feeling the throat of the beast around her upper body like a too tight wetsuit.
The tentacles holding Marcie's legs relaxed and let go entirely, feeling the prey relax so thoroughly. The tubeworm had swallowed Marcie alive down to mid thigh, though her body was still dimly visible through the skin of the tubeworm. Her face slackening as she drowned, bubbles still trickling from her lips, her breasts compressed against her chest in the throat of the worm, her arms and belly. Her pelvis was still in the creatures mouth, but another swallow that took Marcie in to her knees brought her groin into view in the throat of the worm.
Darkness filled Marcie's vision, her lungs full of water and her brain starved for air. The last thing she felt was the rasping of the creatures lips over her shins, then unconsciousness and death soon took her.
The tubeworm swallowed again, leaving only her well formed feet emerging from between it's lips, Marcie's body to her knees in it's throat. The bottom third of the gigantic tubeworm was opaque, and Marcie's body was sliding slowly into that section of the worm- down into it's belly.
Another worm swallow, and Marcie was fully inside the beasts throat. Then there was only a series of rhythmic pulses and Marcie's corpse was tucked away from sight in the stomach of the creature.
The tubeworm swayed for a moment in the gentle warm currents of the bay as if enjoying the meal it had just devoured. Then it slowly curled into a coil against the bay floor and after a moment the peeled back seafloor began to unroll. In less than a minute, the tubeworm colony decoy was back in place and it was if nothing had happened.
There was a sudden burst of activity as the tubeworm decoys spat out streamers of Mentos candy. However the creature had developed it's lure, it had found the trick very useful. And then schools of fish were again swimming around as if nothing had happened.
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Later, as the sun was going down, a micro bikini top of brilliant yellow washed ashore, tangled in a mass of seaweed. It was never found, washed back out to sea the next day.