3010

Alannah looked up from the pop-up hologram screen and saw no kid in sight, as one librarian walked by her she stopped the lady for a moment to ask her why everyone left. "They didn't like all of the love scenes, and also were too scared to see what happens next." The librarian waved at Alannah and dissolved in thin air as she now got transported home. With a gloomy look on her face she picked up her hover board that has been here the whole time and went to the beach. She decided to hang out there the old fashioned way; no floating beach chairs or having a holographic beach scene just a towel and her in her swim suit lying on the warm sand. Her best friend way flying by when she saw Alannah all by herself. She stopped, got down on the ground, and went by where Alannah was laying.

"Why do you look so sad? More importantly, why are you not using technology!"

Alannah just turned her head over to the piece of plastic next to her and then turned back to look at her best friend,"Things didn't go too well at the library today."

"Aw" her friend frowned. "Did you use the door instead of popping in?!"

"No!" Alannah laughed. "No one liked my story. It was too different."

"Everything is different! People just can't hate different."

"I know." she sighed.

Her friend stared at Alannah for a moment. Her eyes lit up as an idea came to her, without another word she flew off and left Alannah alone once again. Minutes later she was teleported by her friends to a strange location. Right in front of her were her best friends; Katy, Lucy, and Rachel. Along with their boyfriends; Jake, Danny, and Simon. She defiantly recognized her boyfriend, Bryan.

"What are you all doing here, more importantly where are we?"

"We want to hear the rest of your story Everything will make sense after that."

Alannah smiled and pulled out her plastic sheet that soon turned into a big screen holographic movie.

2012

The men who work for Denman came back with a report of no sign of the girls. Denman called up one person before continuing on with her plans,"Hi, this is ...yes it has been a long time. Now do you know by any chance were your son is?...I see...Okay...thanks,bye." She then hung up and talked to her men for a moment,"Rikki's Cafe." She said and then once they left Charlotte told Denman something.

"If we are going to get the mermaids then we need to do this right. Lewis is on Cleo's side and will protect her."

"Zane will try to help them escape. We need to make sure both of them are locked up this time."

Rikki's Cafe

Zane's POV

I couldn't find Rikki anywhere. I checked outside, in the office, even by the water. I called her, texted her, and I am starting to worry. I left the cafe and went over to her place. No sign. Finally as I was running over to Cleo's house to go and see Rikki called me back,"Hey." She said calmly.

"Rikki, where have you been I have been looking for you!"

"Gosh. Don't start to sound like my father. I am at Will's shed with Bella and Will."

"Good your okay. Well how about everyone come over to the cafe, we are closing up for the day early because of the event. Maybe I could make some smoothies and we can chat for a while?"

"Sure. In a bit though, how about around dinner time?"

"Ok, bye." I hung up on her, went back to the cafe and once I saw no one there I closed the place up. Later on Rikki came to the cafe with a smoothie already in her hand.

"I thought I was making us some smoothies?"

Rikki looked at the floor while talking,"Will made a...smoothie." she whispered.

I brushed it off told her to take a seat. Tonight I decided to show her how much I have changed, and to start with-

Ring! Ring!

I am interrupted, great. I answered the phone the way I usually do,"Zane speaking." I said.

"Zane, thank goodness you answered!" I was slightly confused on who it was and when I asked..."It's Charlotte." she said to me. "Look I'm calling from the beach. I just saw Denman go to Mako and she is planning on destroying the cave."

She has no idea who else tried that one.

I thanked Charlotte for letting me know, hung up, and informed Rikki. She ran out of the cafe while dialing her friends' I called Will and told him to meet me at the dock. Our plan is to stop the destruction this time. By the time I got to the dock the girls were already in the water, Will came moments after me, not even out of breath. I told him to get into my motor boat, he hopped in but before I could even get in a hand touched my shoulder,"Going somewhere."

Mako Island

Once the girls were dry they ran as fast as they could to the cave. Bella has never really met Denman, and now is a strange time. She still was prepared for the worse, and so were the others. Soon they arrived in the cave, as they looked around they noticed something. Everything was fine.

A familiar women rose out of the water, like one previous time. She took off her mask and had something in her hand. It was a photo protected by a thick piece of water proof plastic, and the photo was of them.

"Before we hurt anyone, how about we drop the whole powers fight. We wouldn't want this picture to...get in the wrong hands."

"It already has," said Rikki. "and besides, we're not mermaids anymore" she lied confidently.

"Oh really..." by that note she pushed the girls in the water and with the help of some of her men they used medal bars by the underwater exit to block a way out. "When I get back we will be doing a few tests and some questions,cooperate and you will be out of here in no time." Dr Denman went down the stairs in the cave and left, a few of her men remained guarding the area.

Rikki took a deep breath and tried not to panic, but it was no use. She knew this time they were not going anywhere.

Back at the dock Zane and Will were now inside Denman's boat, the same place Lewis was in when he was trapped. Dr. Denman and Charlotte opened the door and went in with the boys to ask them a few questions,"Zane good to see you." Dr Denman started with.

"We're not going to tell you anything." said Zane.

"I see, but their secret is more important right now."

Zane made a slight chuckle, he rolled his eyes, and mumbled under his breath,"how can their secret get any worse. You already know!"

Charlotte got hot-headed as usual,"Just tell us information about them!"

Will reacted with fear to Charlotte. He could tell Zane was giving the look of don't do it, but he cared more about the safety of his friends. He told them how they got their powers and who Bella was, how the boys found out about the girls' secret, what made Mako Island so special, etc. Denman was fascinated by everything Will said, she knew that he knew some good information.

Once Denman finished writing things down on her notepad she asked Zane again to answer some questions but he still refused. At that moment Gregg burst the door open to say something,"Someone's here for you, ."

"Alright, thanks Gregg." Denman responded. "Charlotte come along." they then shut the door and locked the boys in.

Zane rubbed his face up and down, he laid on the bottom bunk bed and sighed.

Will seemed concerned,"What's wrong Zane?" He asked.

Zane stood up face to face and seemed angry at Will's question,"What's wrong? What's wrong! YOU JUST TOLD IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE KEPT A SECRET, NOW WE ARE LOCKED IN HERE, RIKKI WILL THINK I TOLD DR. DENMAN EVERYTHING, AND THE GIRLS WILL BE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS!" Zane took a deep breath and continue,"Nothing is wrong." he said sarcastically.

Will knew Zane was right, but he only said something because he would rather spill information than have harm done to his friends.

Outside the small room, Denman sat beside Charlotte as another girl came over. Denman greeted her politely and then asked what brought her here.

The girl seemed very neutral,"I want to know what's going around Mako." Dr. Denman seemed confused, and also worried. She asked the girl what she exactly saw. "I was on my boat with friends taking a little joy ride. We went far out in the waters and as we were just floating around harmlessly a small boat came over and one men with a megaphone said Please turn around the boat, please turn around the boat. Beyond here is top secret researching property I thought they were too kids just playing around so I drove forward. Next thing I knew my boat was being turned around by the two weirdos. At one point they mentioned your name. Who are you, what's so important by Mako?"

Dr. Denman was silent. She didn't want to tell the girl the truth but she didn't know how to lie to her, as she was thinking the girl said another thing.

"Something special is at Mako, isn't it? My old boyfriend once told me about how some weird girls always have things happen to them around there, those girls also have a strange fear of water."

"Who are these girls?" Denman asked.

The girl responded quickly,"Cleo,Emma, and Rikki."

Dr. Denman and Charlotte's eyes lit up. Next Denman asked who was her ex and who is she.

"His name is Zane Benett and I'm Miriam Kent."

Back in Mako's Moon Pool the girls' were afraid of the unknown.

Cleo has been panicking for a long time inside, this is the first time since they were captured today that she really has spoken her mind,"I never thought I would say this," she said fairly loudly."but we're doomed!"

Bella slightly swam over to Cleo and Rikki and made sure they all whispered after this point,"Didn't you two escape from her before? You can just use the powers on the men guarding us, and we'll be fine!"

Rikki gave the stink eye to Bella,"and risk them hurting Will or Zane?"

Bella seemed doubtful about what Rikki just said,"She wouldn't hurt them, she's just bluffing."

"When it involves mermaids she does not kid around."

"And neither does Miriam." The girls were frightened when they turned around, their hearts raced as they saw Miriam step closer,"I always knew you three had a secret."

They all put their hands up and were prepared to use their powers if necessary, Dr. Denman walked in seconds later telling them to put their hands down."Meet Miriam, the one who will fund all of this."

"No way." Rikki mumbled under her breath, then her voice fluctuated quickly,"You're letting her pay for our funding? Might as well let an Alien do it!"

"Calm down Rikki." Denman told her.

Miriam's phone began to buzz, she stepped outside for a moment to answer the call and came back to report to Dr. Denman. "The lab is ready."

"Excellent, now get a boat over here with three large buckets."

Next Dr. Denman called over one of her fellow workers and whispered in his ear. She then told the girls to get out of the water and on the sand,"but don't dry off." she added. The worker soon came back and the girls felt something go into their arms, and their vision turned...black. No they aren't dead, but on the outside they were lifeless.

Next thing they knew they were all inside one large tank. A big rock was beside a corner, otherwise it was just water. Bella was the first to awake, she found herself underwater, and her necklace gone. It took her a few minutes to get her coordination alright once she did Bella swam over to Emma and gently shook her arm,"Emma...Emma, wake up" she said softly. "I need your help."

No response.

She quickly swam over to Rikki who was on the rock,"Rikki, wake up, please. I need you"

No response.

Just as she was about to go to Cleo she heard some mumbling behind her, Emma had just woken up. She had major headache that didn't clear up fro a few minutes, when it did Emma and Bella carefully moved Rikki off the rock so they could have a talk. They both slid up on the rock, and with the water splashing their fins Bella started.

"We need to get out of here," said Bella. "I don't know much about the people we have been seeing lately, but I know enough that we have to leave."

Emma agreed,"Trust me that's a brilliant idea, but they'll notice we left, plus Dr. Denman...she kinda scares me. I don't trust her knowing our secret."

Bella and Emma went back and fourth thinking of the pros and cons, as they were talking a boy in a lab coat came in. He did not say a word to the mermaids, he pulled out a camera and started snapping pictures, then left. The girls just shrugged and continued.

In another room Denman, Charlotte, and Miriam watched them through a video monitor. ~Bella and Emma were just swimming around for the fun of it~

"I want to do more tests," Denman instructed. "I want to know every detail about them."

Everyone nodded in agreement. Charlotte then walked out of the room and into another,"How's it going?" She asked Ryan.

"Great!" he responded. "It's remarkable what you gave me, the research is going well except I need one of our guests...Cleo."

Charlotte pulled out a walk-e talky and told Denman to send Cleo Setori in room 305. When Denman sent someone to get her, she was still unconscious. Rikki finally awoken but Cleo was floating around still with her eyes closed, her hair flowed back and forth, and you could see her stomach go up and down. Ryan would just have to wait.

While Dr. Denman was in the Surveillance Room, a colleague of hers walked in with a very special cardboard box. Denman opened in awe.

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