Disclaimer: I do not own H2O. That's the first time I've had to say that o.o

;;/;; Rikki's POV ;;\\;;

"Sophie?" the curly blonde haired, blue eyed mermaid called out, staring at the notes currently in hand.

"Yeah?" the redhead called back to her from the office.

"Who paid with 50's today?" The blonde questioned. They were both fake.

"Some guy asked for a delivery. He must of paid with those." she sounded truly confused. "Why, what's the problem?"

"They're fake." she looked up at the me, the question of how I knew clear in her eyes. The bills were shown to the redhead, which were blackened from me drying them.

"Counterfeits?"

"Yeah."

"Don't worry, I'll sort it out." I said as the girl handed the fake money back.

Rikki stormed out of the café without another word. I was going to show the guys their money and demand to be reimbursed. It didn't even dawn on me to tell someone other than Sophie where I was going.

When I got to the boat that Will had taken the delivery to, I saw a teenage boy messing around with a few things on it. "Hi," I called out "Did you get a delivery today and pay for it with these?"

"Why?" he asked, pausing for a moment to look up at me before going back to his work.

"They're fake." he looked at me again, but still went back to his work as if he were uninterested. Then he stopped.

"Really?" He called out, getting up.

"Yeah really. I thought you might want to take them down to the police station-"

"You bet, sure-"

"Right after you reimburse me." He paused, but then he started walking towards me again. He took the money and said:

"Yeah of course, come aboard." He smiled at me. I smiled back. This wasn't too difficult at all. "I'll go get my wallet." He said, backing off into the cabin.

I watched him doubtfully for a moment before following him in. I didn't bother looking around, just followed him. When he stopped to look through his bag, I stopped just behind him in the entryway.

Just then, another man came from the other side of the boat. He looked at me oddly before looking at who I presumed was his son. "Is there a problem?"

"Looks like there was a mix-up with a couple of fake 50's so I'm just fixing up the bill." I said without thinking. He kept looking between me and the red haired boy.

"Really?" He questioned. Now he was staring at me, making me more uncomfortable by the moment. He said something I couldn't make out to the red haired boy, switching his gaze from me to him.

"Do you remember where you got them from?" I asked, before I could lose my nerve.

"Yeah, that's a good question." the older man responded to me. "You remember, Chris?" he asked the younger boy. Chris shook her head no. I was getting the feeling that this was a bad idea. I looked over my shoulder at the boats exit which was to my back.

"Look, I might leave it to you two-" I said, wanting to leave.

"Don't you wanna get reimbursed?" he asked, holding his hand up as if to stop me.

"Um... I'm in a bit of a hurry, so if you could drop it at the café, that'd be great-"

"I think you'd better stay." the older man interrupted me.

"I- I think I should go.." I stuttered.

"Just let her go." Chris supported me.

"I don't even know your names, if it's all the same.." I rambled nervously. The older man had been getting closer and closer to me. I just kept backing off. I tilted my head. "Did I tell you.. It's my birthday today?" I added hopefully.

"Happy birthday." The older man said, not meaning it at all.

;;/;; Emma's POV ;;\\;;

"You might want to move the candles a bit farther away from the water." The calm, cool-headed mermaid suggested. It had been up to me to plan Rikki's party. Well, it wasn't up to me. I chose to do it though. She deserved a birthday party even if she didn't want one.

Cleo and Bella, the only two here at the moment, went to do my bidding. I saw the dark-haired Cleo smile as if she knew some secret. As if she knew what I had figured out for myself about a couple months or so ago. Which was why I didn't go on the world wide trip with my parents. I wanted my chance.

"Is this good, Emma?" Bella's voice roused me from my thoughts.

"Hm? Yes, that's fine. What do you think? Everything looks good, doesn't it?"

"Everything looks amazing, Emma. You did such a great job without anyone to help you." Cleo said. I blushed. It was true, I had gotten to the Mako moon pool before anyone else just to set up for Rikki's party. I did most of it on my own, the last finishing touches were thanks to Bella and Cleo.

"Now all we need is to wait for two o'clock to roll around and for Rikki to get here." I thought out loud.

"Well its one now. Want to go get juices really quick?" Bella inquired. Juices sounded like a really great idea, actually.

"Sure, lets go." I said. We all jumped into the moon pool in turns, first Bella, then Cleo, and last, me. I smiled as the magical transformation from human to mermaid overtook my body. It was a sort of tingling feeling, but it made you feel good afterwards. "Race you to Cleo's house!" I shouted, diving under once again.

Cleo's was the closest to Rikki's café, and as an added bonus, no one was there at the moment. I sped out of the underwater entrance, with Bella close on my tail. Cleo would probably be rolling her eyes. She wasn't competitive like the rest of us.

;;/;; Rikki's POV ;;\\;;

I could hear the two men talking about me from where I was tied up in a separate room. They had put duct tape over my mouth and bound my hands together with rope. I struggled with the rope around my wrists to get to my phone in my back pocket. If I could only reach it and tell someone...

Got it! I flipped it open and carefully typed out my message: HELP. I sent it to the only people I could think of- Emma, Bella and Cleo. Hopefully they were all in the same spot. I looked up to make sure they weren't coming into the room and put my phone down to where I could easily reach it. Now all I have to do is wait. Hopefully.

;;/;; Emma's POV ;;\\;;

Bella, Cleo and I were all sitting at a table in Rikki's café when Cleo's phone buzzed. "Ah, its from Rikki." she stated. "It just says HELP." She shot a confused, yet slightly concerned glance at Bella and I before looking back at her phone.

"What does that mean?" Bella questioned.

"I dunno." Cleo answered. Both Bella and I scooted closer to see Cleo's phone, and more importantly, the message. I was getting a bad feeling. "She needs us?" Cleo said, confused.

"It couldn't be a joke, could it?" Bella asked.

"Maybe she found out about the party and she's trying to pay us back." Cleo said, smirking slightly.

"Call her." I suggested. The bad feeling was crushing me, to where I almost couldn't speak. But there was no doubt to me that this wasn't a joke. Cleo nodded and hit the 'Call' button on her phone, also putting it on speaker so the rest of us could hear.

;;/;; Rikki's POV ;;\\;;

I could still hear Chris and the older man arguing about me in the cabin of the boat. Chris seemed to be arguing in my favor. I slowly managed to get the duct tape off my mouth, and took slightly deeper breaths now that I could. I wasn't stupid enough to try to scream. No one could hear me, and Chris and the older guy would undoubtedly just come back and put it on my mouth again.

My phone rang at that moment, making me jump, but I quickly moved to try and stop the traitorous sound. No, no no! Why'd they have to call? I worked to try and muffle the sound but quickly just hit the answer button. They'd get that this wasn't a joke.

;;/;; Emma's POV ;;\\;;

The phone rang three times before Rikki answered it. We almost said Hi, but quickly decided not to when we heard loud footsteps and angry voices from Rikki's side of the phone call.

"I'll take that." An angry mans voice said.

"Hey-" We heard Rikki say in protest.

We heard the phone be thrown to the ground, and Rikki making protesting sounds as the phone call ended abruptly.

We all stared at each other in a stunned silence over the table. I spoke first. "We have to save her. Whatever's happening its not a joke."

The other two nodded in agreement as we all got up from the table. We were almost out the door when we ran into Will.

"Hey- did you guys hear about the counterfeit 50's? I made a delivery for Sophie and the guy paid with fakes! Sophie said Rikki went to check it out." As Will said this, we all looked at each other. We did need to know where Rikki was...

"Will, we think Rikki's in trouble. She sent Cleo a text saying HELP. We called her and when we answered we heard men's voices and Rikki. We need to know where you took the delivery."

To our surprise, instead of just telling us where he said: "I'll help, follow me." We couldn't protest because he knew where and yes, he probably could help. "But you have to tell me what you've been keeping from me." We froze. We looked at each other again. Then we decided we had no choice, and led him away from the café.

"We'll tell you, but on the way." I said. He already knew that Bella was a mermaid, but we now had to tell him that Rikki, Cleo, and I were mermaid's too. So as we ran to where Rikki was, we told him.

"All four of you?" was his only question.

"Yes." Cleo responded.

He shook his head in wonder, then pointed. "That's the boat. If you don't mind, I have a plan. Bella will call the cops. Emma and Cleo will go search for Rikki from the water. I'll wait for Bella and then we'll both cause a distraction from the front. Okay?"

"That sounds good, now lets hurry!" I exclaimed, half pushing Cleo towards the water by the boat. We could hear Bella talking to the police as Cleo and I dove in the water to look for our friend.

;;/;; Rikki's POV ;;\\;;

I had gotten the duct tape they had put back on my mouth off again easily enough. At the moment I was pacing around the small room, looking for a way out. When I couldn't find one, because the sliding door was locked from the outside, I almost groaned and sat back down in my original spot.

I was trying to think of a clever way to get out of this mess when I happened to look up and see Emma and Cleo outside of the sliding glass door. I almost cheered when they saw me. They both put a finger to their mouths and I nodded. I could now hear Chris and the older man talking to someone- Will and Bella?- which I presumed was the distraction. Wait, Will? We were going to have to talk about that.

I was moving around anxiously, having gotten back up, when Emma and Cleo appeared again, this time on two legs. They started straining with the sliding glass door, both trying their mermaid magic on it. I heard Will yell "Rikki!" as he tried to get back here towards me.

Police sirens started to sound in the distance. Will was fighting with the men in the front, I could hear it. Bella now joined Emma and Cleo trying to get the door open. I was at the door, looking nervously back and forth between the girls and the door the men could come through. I jumped a little, wanting the girls to hurry but knowing they couldn't.

Will joined the girls and they finally managed to pry the door open by sheer strength. Emma was fastest at getting to me, and she immediately started at the ropes on my wrists.

"Rikki are you okay?" she asked anxiously.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine just hurry, please." I said, almost in tears.

Will had disappeared for a moment but reappeared wide-eyed. "There's a fire, quick!"

"Forget the ropes then just go!" I yelled, not so much concerned for my safety anymore as for Emma's, Cleo's and Bella's.

Cleo, Bella and Will all jumped off the boat. Emma stayed by my side, waiting for me. I nodded at her for her to go first and we jumped off the boat together. Just in time, too, because the boat chose that moment to explode. We were in the safety of the water though, and the ropes around my wrists just fell off.

We all surfaced. Emma was hugging me fiercely, which was hard to do considering we had tails instead of feet and had to stay afloat. Cleo was smiling at the both of us as if something she suspected was proven to be true. Will and Bella were both smiling at us- just smiling.

"How?" I asked. What I meant was how did they not get away by boat, and how will the police know that they're the bad guys.

"Will threw their counterfeit money onto the shore and Bella jellified their propellers to make sure they couldn't leave by boat. They ended up running straight into the Police's hands." Emma responded, seeming to understand me perfectly.

"Lets go to Mako, before the police come back here." Bella said worriedly. We all went back underwater, and the four mermaids swam off towards their island, leaving Will to his devices. Emma didn't let go of my hand the whole time. I didn't get why, but I didn't exactly mind, either.

;;/;; At Mako, Emma's POV ;;\\;;

"This looks so good, you guys." Rikki said appreciatively.

"We thought you might like it." Cleo answered, beaming. "Emma put it all together."

"But- but you all helped." I stammered, wanting the spotlight away from me. I was afraid Rikki already knew how I felt since I didn't let go of her before we got here. Even now, I was unconsciously staying near her as if I could protect her from imaginary enemies.

Zane chose that moment to come in. I froze. I had forgotten about him. At least he and Rikki hadn't been dating for a long time. "I know I wasn't invited, but..." he handed Rikki a square box. "And I know you already have one of these, but..."

She grinned suddenly. "A phone is exactly what I needed."

Zane smiled as well. "That's... Good."

"Yes... And now can.. Can you please leave? I'd like to actually spend time with real people I care about."

Ouch. Poor Zane. But I had to smile. It really only meant more room for me- I know that sounded selfish... But I really care about Rikki. I froze again. That's the first time I had actually thought it to myself. I whispered "I really love her..."

Unfortunately, Rikki has sharp ears. "What was that?" she asked me. I stood completely still. No... Wait. Maybe she hadn't heard me. Though I was certainly blushing enough... "Nothing.." I decided to mumble.

Rikki frowned and looked concerned, but fortunately she dropped it. I guess she didn't hear exactly what I said after all. I relaxed.

;;/;; A couple hours later, Emma's POV ;;\\;;

Rikki and I were the only ones left. Me, because I was cleaning up the moon pool. Rikki, because she insisted on helping. She was so stubborn sometimes.

"Hey, Em.." she said slowly, when we were done.

"Yeah, Rikki?" I asked without thinking.

"Who's this... 'her' that you love so much?" I turned quickly, staring at her wide-eyed.

"You heard that?" I asked, horrified.

"Yeah... I didn't bring it up in front of the others because you seemed so embarrassed about it. I won't tell." she added.

"Well.. I... Um..." I stared longingly at the moon pool, wanting to just run away. Rikki saw this and moved forward to grab my arm.

"Please?" she questioned.

Rikki said please? In a non life-or-death situation? I guess.. It wouldn't be so bad to tell her that I liked her... But what if she didn't feel the same? How could she?

"Em.. It's okay."

"Its you." I blurted out, without thinking about it more. She looked stunned. She let go of me. I took the opportunity to jump into the moon pool. I could never face Rikki Chadwick, the girl I love, alone again.

A/N:

Ehhh? :D. This made me happy to write. Again, I don't have access to a computer, so I can't exactly upload it myself... But BrutalicTragedy will! So thank her! :D. Thank her for a lot of things, actually. Including this story. Because she told me to write it. And she's uploading it for me. Yay for her! And Remma :D. Rikki/Emma, by the way. I'll update my other stories shortly (I hope). By the way, I only plan for this to be a two/three-shot. I can't really do more than that. So, on that note, review you monsters! :D. Tell me what you think! Also, follow me on Twitter(if you want)! SableSayomi