(Emma swimming)
Emma – awesome that's point two off my personal best
Cleo – Emma you were really motoring out there
Emma – I'll do better than that tomorrow give me two weeks and I'll be ready for
Regionals
Cleo – this is so cool
(Emma dives back in the water)
(Next scene at boating dock)
Zane – Cleo, hey Cleo, yes that Cleo I'm having some trouble here can you help
Cleo – I don't think so
Zane – come on, please the zodiac wont go and all I need you to do is pass me the tools
Cleo – I'm not good with boats
Zane – you'll be fine. It took me a while to realize that someone took my sparkplug
Cleo – so does it work without one?
Zane – no, no spark plug no spark. I was getting sick of that thing anyway
Cleo – why me I didn't steal your spark plug
Zane – because you're here Cleo, my dad will buy me another boat anyway I tell you
what if you get it going you can keep it.
Cleo – this isn't funny
Zane – are you kidding it works for me right Nate (they both laugh)
Cleo – Zane
Zane – looks like you'll have to swim for it Cleo (they both laugh again)
Cleo – this isn't happening
(Rikki jumps in and Cleo screams)
Cleo – is this supposed to be some sort of rescue because there's a fatal flaw here I don't mean to state the obvious but were just floating out to sea both of us
(Rikki shows Cleo that she has the spark plug)
Cleo – you took that
Rikki – Zane Bennett's a pig anything I can do to get under his skin cant be a bad thing
now can it
Cleo – cool thanks Rikki
Rikki – you know my name
Cleo – yah well, I've seen you around school since you arrived oh I mean I meant to say
hello and everything
Rikki – hold on
Zane – wahhhhhh (Cleo laughs)
Cleo – yah
Cleo – hey Emma want a ride
Emma – are you licensed?
Rikki – are you my mother
Rikki – want to go out to sea
Emma – isn't that dangerous in a boat this sized
Rikki – chill out
(Boat runs out of fuel)
Emma – are we chilled out yet?
Rikki – so were floating its not like were sinking
Emma – not yet
Rikki – I think were out of fuel, feel like paddling to that island
Emma – Mako Island forget it
Cleo – no one goes there its surrounded my sharks and reefs and mangroves.
Rikki – well its all we've got
(Next scene at Mako Island)
Cleo – how are we ever going to get back home
Emma – good question Cleo ask your friend
Rikki – don't put this on me
Emma – oh it was someone else's fault, someone else took this thing miles off shore you
two are lucky I've got this
Cleo – Emma's always really prepared
Rikki – oh I'm so happy for her (Emma gives Rikki a dirty look)
Emma – I'm not getting any signal we should get to higher ground
(Next part scene)
Rikki – do you have any idea where your going
Emma – just up I'm still not getting a signal
Cleo – maybe we won't get a signal what then what if we can't call anyone what if
nobody finds us what then
Rikki – we'll have to draw straws and decide which one of us the others will eat
Emma – that's not funny
Rikki – I'm relieving the tension
Cleo – your making it worse
Emma – come on
Emma – mind your step
Cleo – I can't do it its too slippery there has to be another way (Cleo falls and screams)
Emma – Cleo, Cleo, Cleo, Cleo
Cleo – I'm ok, I'm fine
Emma – can you climb up?
Cleo - no
Rikki – are you sure come on just try?
Cleo – I cant there's no way it's too steep
Emma – I've got to go down there
Rikki – are you crazy it doesn't make any sense if u
(Emma screams)
Emma – are you ok
Cleo – my leg hurts a little
Emma – it's probably just sprained
Rikki – woo
Emma – what are you doing here
Rikki – well you came down
Emma – you were meant to stay at the top and throw down a rope or something
Rikki – what am I a mind reader? And what rope
Cleo – shouldn't we concentrate on getting out of here
Emma – yep
Rikki – there's no way out
Emma – lets try here
Rikki – Wow this is like the cone of a, volcano
Cleo – its um not going to erupt is it?
Emma – it's been dormant for 20 thousand years I think were safe
Emma – look title rings the level of the pool rises and falls
Rikki – so
Emma – so its connected to the ocean there might be a way out
Cleo – I'm not going to like this
Cleo – Emma, Emma
Rikki – relax, just give her a minute
Emma – I was right its about a twenty second swim to the reef outside straight through
plenty of room we can all fit
Cleo – through there, no way
Rikki – come on Cleo theres no other way out you can do it
Cleo – I can't do it and besides I can't swim
Emma – everything will be fine
Cleo – how can you be sure
Rikki – listen to her Cleo what alterative do we have stay stuck down here forever
(Pool arises)
Cleo – wow
Emma – spooky
Emma – ok now take a deep breath
Cleo – that was more than twenty seconds
Rikki – relax we made it didn't we
Emma – I'm proud of you Cleo I know you could do it
Water police – this is the water police please make your way to the forty ladder at the rear
of the vessel
Emma – come on
(Next part scene at the beach, Sertori house and park)
Emma – woo
Kim – come on Cleo you can't stay in there forever
(Sprinklers turn on and Rikki turns into a mermaid)
Rikki – whoa
(Next scene at Sertori house)
Cleo – it was orange and covered with scales
Rikki – the minute I hit water I was water for a second
Cleo – I was a fish
Emma – what's going on?
Rikki – yah that's what I want to know
Rikki – is there anyone else here
Cleo – no my dad is at work and my sister and mom are shopping
Emma – ok what happened to us
Rikki – about ten seconds after we touch water we grow these
Cleo – and it vanishes when were dry and that's the same for you two right
Cleo – the tails are like
Emma – exactly like
Rikki – we look like mermaids
Emma – I told you before your not funny mermaids don't exist that's just too weird
(Nocks on door)
Cleo – oh no its Lewis he's helping me with biology today
Lewis – Cleo, Cle-o oh do I got the time wrong
Cleo – no I said nine but sorry something has come up
Lewis – like what
Cleo – just something important, but not so important that you need to know about it sorry Lewis I have to cancel
Lewis – oh maybe some other time
Cleo – Lewis your smart do you know anything about mermaids
Lewis – no not really
Cleo – oh ok sorry bye, what
Rikki – do you know anything about mermaids are you crazy
Emma – Cleo this is really serious something strange has happened to us we don't know
how and we certainly don't know why
Rikki – there is a way for us to find out more
Cleo – how
Rikki – we get back in the water
Cleo – no way not me
Rikki – I'm going I just don't think I should go alone any volunteers
(Next scene at privet part of the beach)
Emma – I'm not so sure about this
Rikki – its alright I am
Emma – that gives me not confidence what-so-ever
Rikki – about ten seconds right
Emma – yep
Both – one, two, three, four, five
Rikki – whaaaha
(Next scene at juice net café)
Cleo – Lewis what are you doing
Lewis – well you asked so I thought id do some research
Cleo – that's really nice its just you didn't need to do that
Lewis – I know but I've got way too much time on my hands, hey look I found some
really cool stuff
(Next scene at the park)
Lewis – mermaid myths have been around for at least three thousand
Cleo – and people really believe in that stuff
Lewis – yah, sometimes they were good almonds and sometimes they brought trouble
with them
Cleo – what kind of trouble, oh no
Lewis – just ignore him
Cleo – lets go back
Lewis – watch out
Cleo – ahh
Zane – nervous
Cleo – what do you want Zane
Zane – my father didn't appreciate having the water police nock on his door
Cleo – well you shouldn't have told me to keep the zodiac
Zane – I don't like people making me look bad Cleo especially chicks like you
Lewis – afraid of your dad you mean, Zane, sounds like your scared of him
Zane you think your better than me Lewis is that it
Lewis – almost everyone's better than you Zane live with it
Zane – tough guy, got yourself a protector have you Cleo you and whose army. Its not going to do you any good you know one of these days with or without Lewis, something really might happen to you, whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
(last scene)
Emma – so we come out of the water and everythings back to normal when were dry like nothing ever happened
Rikki – but it did, ahh this is the best experience of my life I mean are there even words for that
Emma – I don't think so
Cleo – wait you'll never believe what just happened
Cleo – and it grows even more
Rikki – where's the extra water coming from
Cleo – I don't know
Emma – did I do that
Cleo – it wasn't me
Rikki – ok this is over the top I'm getting tingles now
Emma – all I did was
Rikki – ok why don't I get do cool stuff
Cleo – I don't think cool is the word its scary , but you should have seen the look one
Zane's face
Emma – this isn't funny we've got to keep this a secret from every one, we could end up
dissected or in the circus of something
Cleo – so this secret is just between the three of us
Emma – out secret our responsibility what ever happens were in this together
Rikki – it doesn't mean were married does it?
Emma – now that was actually funny