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So when the Merfolk were tearing each other apart. One of the adults took a few kids and hide them on the edge of the triangle. But never came back to get them, because they all died. Merkids are not strong enough to use their telepathic alibies on telepath until after puberty (just my interpretation). For my story Merfolk live to be about 400 yrs old.

The water was colder than they were used to. The oldest boy who would later be named Coal. Wasn't sure they had done the right thing going with these humans. They had been in their clan when some of them started to become violent. One of the Mermen took a group of 7 young ones to the edge of the Bermuda Triangle. He had told them to stay there until someone came for them, but no one ever came. Coal was the oldest boy at only 68 yrs. old. So he felt the need to protect the others. There was 1 other boy and 5 girls. Because of their young age their telepathic ability had not fully developed. They were not able to communicate with non-telepaths. The humans that had shown up didn't seem threating, but they avoided them. Until the next day when the humans returned and placed a recording from Sally in the water. The recording was a simple message saying that these were friends and would take them to safety. Coal thought the voice sounded familiar and decided to take a chance.

They had been loaded into 3 containers, and traveled a great distance. Sometimes feeling quite sick from the slushing of the water. Then they were lowered down into a cave. The humans had poked them with a sharp object. Then put in this strange and multi coved place/pond. They had no way to asks questions, cold and scared they stayed in the very back of the cove.

A total of 4 telepaths came from Sanctuary city 2, in order to help with the Merfolk that had just arrived. Pili greeted them as they exited the transit tube. She had a large helper Bromley take their things to the guest rooms. So they could get started right away, helping the merkids. The habitat had a step down area where you could see under water. Pili brought them there first. 3 of the telepaths were experienced and 1 (Lee) was there to learn. They called out to the Merfolk but there was no response. They waited 15 minutes and tried again, this time it worked. One of the girls swam to see who was calling them. Coal hung back and watched over her. The telepaths started asking her a list of questions, but after only 3 questions, she swam away. Coal swam up to the window and did his best to tell them to go away.

Pili was disappointed but that is why she was having the telepaths stay the night. So they could keep trying. What they didn't know was Merfolk edict. Without Sally there they were in trouble. Each telepath by themselves tried again, thinking the kids were afraid because there were 4 of them. But the kids would not come out of hiding. Pili was worried that perhaps the kids were sick or that the travel had been too much for them.

Lucky for the merkids there was one being who had arrived at the same time as them, her name was Jessica or Jess for short. Who happened to be a merfolk big fan and had read everything Helen Magnus gave her about the merfolk. She had even met Sally once. Jess was so overcome with Sally's beauty she had actually cried at the sight of her.

This was the 2nd morning Jess had woke in their new home at the underground Sanctuary. She was still very overwhelmed by everything. After breakfast everyone went off exploring. She had decided she could no longer wait to see the merfolk. Especially when Pili had mentioned they were younglings. She made her way down to the open water of their habitat/pond. She had brought a towel as she had plan to lay on the ground facing the water. Being 13 weeks pregnant she figured, she better enjoy doing that while she could.

Her husband, Chris, played the guitar and had a tuning fork. As she (being human) couldn't sing underwater, she thought this would be the next best thing to let them know she was there to see them. She hit the fork and held it in the water. Within a minute or two she saw the top of a small head and eyes. Jess smiled widely and took the fork out of the water. The eyes disappeared and she was worried until they popped up again but this time closer. Pili hadn't told Jess that the kids couldn't communicate. So Jess did the same thing she did with Sally.

Jess took a deep breath and cleared her mind. "Hello my darling" she said putting her hand in the water. Hoping to actually touch a merkid. It startled her a little when a small hand she hadn't notice grabbed hers. A reddish colored little girl had grabbed her hand. It made Jess giggle and a tear of joy fell from one of her eyes. Coal swam up to Jess and took her hand staring deep into her eyes. "Friend?" Jess heard, smiling ear to ear she replied "Yes, I would like to be your friend." His eyes bored into her sole, "Friend... cold." Jess looked puzzled, "Is the water too cold for you?" "Cold," she heard again. "I'll tell them." He tugged on her hand and with a smile on his face she heard, "Friend" as two tails one a greenish color and one a smaller reddish color slapped the water and disappeared.

She hadn't noticed two people walking up the path. Jess got up and slipped the tuning fork in her pocket before picking up her towel. The young Asian girl came up to her happily extending her hand. "Hello, I'm Lee one of the telepaths her to help the merkids." "I'm Jessica, a friend of Helen Magnus and a merfolk freak," she smiled. The other telepath was a skinning young man who didn't seem happy to see Jess near the pond. "If you will excuse us, we need to get to work." Jess felt a little put off but nodded and left them to it.

Coal and the others stayed in the same back spot hiding. They only eat a little and it was worrying Pili even more as the telepaths were leaving on the transit tube. Lee took the opportunity to tell Pili that a lady name Jessica had been at the merkids pond and there were 2 of them engaging with her. The other telepaths didn't like Lee mentioning it. But as Lee and her brother Cao were what they called feral telepaths and needed to learn a lot more. Before they were ready to give their options or serve in any really capacity.

Pili was trying to get through paper work but couldn't put what Lee had said out of her mind. She asked the computer to locate Jessica, she was in the housing unit. Pili used the video com to contact her, and asked her to come to the office. Jess knocked even though Pili's office door was open. "Dr Pili, you wanted to see me?" Pili motioned to chair opposite her desk, "Remember, I said you could call me Pili. Sit down I need to ask you a few questions." Jess sat down as if she was just sent to the principal's office. "Did you go to the merfolk habitat today?" "Yes why, was I not supposed to?" "Did they try to communicate with you?" Jess looked surprised, "Well... yes, a boy asked if I was a friend and then I think he was trying to tell me they were cold." Pili shook her head, "They shouldn't be cold. The temperature is the same that Sally lives in, but I guess I could turn one of the heater up to create a warm spot. To see what happens." Jess agreed that sounded like a reasonably good idea. That way if she heard wrong and had they made the pond to warm. Pili asked if she would visit them at least once a day for the next 3 or 4 days, as an experiment. Jess had absolute no problem doing that.

Coal was please when Jess came to see them in the morning and evening, for the next 3 days. She then brought another person called Gina, but Gina couldn't talk to them. Even when they touched her hand. Jess on the other hand could hear and talk with them. She even helped them pick out names, so they wouldn't just be merfolk A-G. They were Coal, Pearl, Opal, Coral (was the other male), Jade, Ruby and Jem. Coal and Ruby were the most outgoing.

Jess had read and re-read everything on merfolk until she found it. Male merfolk reached maturity at about 100yrs old, females reached maturity at 50yrs (seemed a little unfair, but oh well). Which is why the merfolk are a matriarchy society. It also explained why no one could talk to the merkids. Forcing Jess to have a little talk with Pili.

Jess walked into Pili's office and sat down. She was supposed to give her an update on the merkids. "So how are the merkids adapting?" Pili asked. "They are doing well now that, they have that warm spot to go to. However I did some more reached on the maturity rate of merfolk and when they have the ability to talk to non-telepath people." Pili swallowed, she did not want to have this conversation. However it looked like Jess had stumbled into why she had done a MRI and other tests on her, when she arrived. "So if I'm just a normal person why can I hear and talk with the kids?" Pili sighed and told her that Helen had a feeling that perhaps the women in Jess' family were empathic. But with being able to talk to the merkids, Pili thought that maybe she had telepathic abilities. Jess didn't understand why she was only now getting this ability. It would have come in handy when she was doing her animal rescue and rehab. Plus when someone touched her she was getting flashes and emotions now. Pili could only theorize that it had to do with the pregnancy hormones. Perhaps they were the catalyst. More tests would need to be run before they could know anything for sure.

Jess was a little mad at Helen after all this time, she could have said something. She could have said, 'By the way I think both your mother and your grandmother were abnormals. And oh you might be one too.' When Helen did finale come to the underground Sanctuary, she would have some explaining to do. For now Jess agreed to more tests.

Sally's message was just in merfolk language "we are friends and here to help"

Merkids were named after jewels or gems. Pili had to identify them and Jess didn't like A,B,C,D,E,F & G as names.

Jess helped the kids pick names they liked

Coal -68, male, slight grayish color

Pearl -33, female

Opal -29, female

Coral -25, male

Jade -19, female

Ruby -18, female, slightly reddish color

Jem -15, female