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Chapter 2: Phase 2

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That evening Rikki went out for a swim, she headed for the moon pool and swam in only to find Cleo leaning back against the edge of the moon pool her arms spread out to support herself as her tail stretched out and floated in front of her.

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"Hey, how are your legs doing?"

"I wouldn't know; I kinda have a tail right now."

"Wow I'm impressed, I didn't think you had a sense of humor, but seriously, when you're not a mermaid how are your legs?"

"Fine, no problems."

"So they obviously took the bait; tell me, what'd you do?"

Cleo turned to face Rikki as she began to tell the story. "Well it started when Emma decided to tell me that I'm wasn't allowed to use my powers during the game. I naturally was insulted and we got into an argument -and we made it seem very realistic. Once we got the game underway I waited a few points and on one of Lewis' serves I blew the ball a long way back so Ash had to go and retrieve it. That is when I raised a nice tower of water out of the guys drink cooler and dumped it on Emma."

"Nice." Rikki commented approvingly.

"What did you say about me?" Emma had just surfaced hearing only the mention of her name.

"Nothing, I was just telling Rikki about earlier today."

"That reminds me are your legs okay?"

"Just fine, but how did you come up with the idea to freeze my legs?"

"It just came to me, spur of the moment."

"Well it was brilliant."

"Thanks."

"Ok can we get back to how you leg got frozen, you had just gotten Emma wet."

"Well Cleo and I had planned ahead of time for me to get wet; so when it hit me I told her that I was going to get even with her."

"Right, and after her tail appeared Ash was ready to catch her and set her down and I tried to leave and that is when she froze my legs as her way of getting revenge. Yeah I had a momentary panic but then I remembered Mirriam and knew that with your help I'd be fine."

"Well I must say I am sorry I missed it. So I take it we're ready for phase two?"

"Ok, how do we handle this?"

"It's probably best that I go up and talk to Cleo myself. She'll probably think that whatever you say will just be you defending Emma because you're dating."

"Yeah, but, what if Emma's there, I mean I haven't been able to get a hold of her and have no clue where she is. After the fight today it seems likely that she would be at the moon pool."

"Don't worry about that, she's helping Zane put away all the gear from today."

"Still, you sure that it is safe, she was pretty pissed when Emma froze her feet."

"The worst thing Cleo will do to me is dump a couple hundred gallons of water on me. Wouldn't be the first time; after the eclipse incident they kept me on top of a geyser for a like five hours."

"They did what?"

"I'll explain another time."

"All right then, let's go."

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Ash and Lewis slid down the hole into the cave that would lead them to the moon pool and began to make their way through the cave. Just before the final climb up to the moon pool and came to a halt.

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"Wait here till I come get you."

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Lewis climbed up to the moon pool to see Cleo and Rikki relaxing.

"Cleo we need to talk."

"What about?" Cleo said annoyed knowing what Lewis wanted to talk about.

"Today; and what you did."

"Oh c'mon, you've got to be kidding me." Rikki interrupted and turned to face Lewis, "Emma had it coming to her and I find Cleo's actions rather funny."

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But not as funny as what you've got coming.

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"Rikki this is between Cleo and me."

"She's right Lewis; Emma had it coming to her and didn't need to freeze my legs."

"Look Emma shouldn't have suggested that you would use your powers and cheat; and was out of line to freeze your legs, but what you did was uncalled for."

Cleo turned around to face Lewis as well. "Save it Lewis!"

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Cleo had been growing increasingly annoyed and finally had had enough. She pushed herself back a little and raised a ball of water up out of the pool and circled it around Lewis' feet and raised it up to his knees.

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"Cleo what are your doing." Lewis was baffled and confused as to what Cleo was doing, and then it got worse when the water suddenly froze, "Hey what the…"

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Ash heard the commotion and climbed up to the pool and as soon as Cleo spotted him she gave him the same treatment she had given Lewis. Ash had no idea what had happened when he suddenly found his legs surrounded by water that turned to ice just as quickly as quickly as it had gotten there.

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"Perfect." Cleo was suddenly grinning from ear to ear with evil mischievous delight as Emma surfaced in the pool with a grin just the same as Cleo's.

"Somebody want to explain to me what is going on here?"

"It's really simple Lewis," Rikki began, "You and Ash have fallen into a trap set by Emma and Cleo."

"Emma and I had planned to get into an argument to trick you guts and get you to let your guard down. With you guys not expecting anything and not paying attention I would be able to get Emma wet. Her freezing my legs wasn't planned but a nice touch none the less."

"We knew that if we had a big enough fight and our actions were drastic enough you two would come out here to try and talk to us and resolve the fight just like you did. Once you were out here we could trap you just like this."

"Ok I have a question here; why? Why did you trap Lewis and me out here like this?"

"No particular reason, we just thought it would be fun to mess with you guys," Cleo responded, "Turns out we were right."

"Yep, it has been fun but now Cleo and I need to be going; but don't worry, we leave you in the very capable hands of our very own Rikki Chadwick."

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Lewis and Ash looked at each other nervously as their girlfriends submerged beneath the water and swam out leaving the boys with Rikki who had a mischief grin on her face.

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We're in serious trouble.

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"Ok boys, here's how this is gonna work…."

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A/N (part 2): Part of the fun of this chapter is the endless list of possibilities of what Rikki would do to Ash and Lewis; esspecially Lewis. I encorage you use your imagination, because it makes it more fun to let each person imagination what they want instead of me picking something. Please read and enjoy, and if you feel like it please feel free to submit a review.