Agents swarmed Mako Island in search of the merpeople. Many carried nets, stun guns and harpoons with them. Charlotte and Agent Reynolds were in with the crowd, putting on the charade that they were part of the hunt to capture the merpeople.

"I don't like this, Joshua. I don't like this at all. I'm expecting mermen to pop up out of nowhere and killing us," Charlotte whispered to her partner.

"Don't worry. Just stick to the plan, okay?" Joshua reassured her.

Charlotte nodded, turned away, and unclipped her flashlight from her belt to turn on. It was growing dark and the full moon would be rising soon. The two slowly made their way towards the land entrance to the moon pool and upon arriving, Joshua looked around to make sure that no others agents were nearby. He moved the rock aside and allowed Charlotte to slide on down the entrance. When it was his turn, he moved the rock back, giving him just enough space to head on down, then climbed a bit back up to move the boulder back in place.

The two entered the moon pool, where Cleo, Rikki, Emma, Bella and Evie were. There were two others with them. An elderly woman with long brownish red hair, and a young man with blonde curls.

"Uh..." Joshua spoke up.

They all turned around and the elderly woman seemed rather surprised.

"What is the meaning of this? Who are you?" She demanded.

Joshua and Charlotte looked to the mermaids and noticed a look that Evie was giving them, as if to go ahead and tell them.

"We're friends with the mermaids. I'm Charlotte, this is Joshua," Charlotte spoke up.

"Friends? You're friends with the agents who seek to destroy us?" The woman asked, her tone sharp as she stared at the girls.

"We're on your side!" Charlotte spoke up.

"Why should I believe you? You almost killed me!" She snapped.

"Veridia, they're telling the truth," Evie spoke up.

Veridia looked towards Evie with a glare, before turning back to the two agents.

"It's true. We are on your side. Look, we know why you're here. You're here because they told you about a green tailed mermaid, who is causing all this trouble, am I right?" Joshua said.

"How did you know?" Veridia asked.

"Because she's one of us. We came here only so that we can reach out to her," Charlotte replied.

"You won't be able to save her," Erik chimed in.

Joshua looked at Erik with a look of confusion, and with pain. Why would he say such a thing? They were going to save her, he knew that. Suddenly, there was a disturbance in the water of the moon pool and they all turned their attention to it. A mermaid came swimming on in and when she surfaced, it was revealed to be Elizabeth. She looked up at the others in the moon pool and her darkened eyes slanted in to a glare.

"What are you all doing in my home?" She snarled.

Joshua felt a lump catch in his throat. This was not the Elizabeth that he knew.

"This is our home too, and we're here to protect it from you!" Veridia announced.

Elizabeth stopped speaking for a moment and she finally noticed the moon pool. She noticed that it had been fixed and for a brief moment, she smiled with gratitude.

"It's fixed!"

Joshua excused himself and pushed past Veridia and Erik, to kneel down at the edge to come in eye contact with Elizabeth. He reached his hand out to her and she looked at with confusion for a moment.

"Come on out of the pool," He told her.

She looked at him as if he had gone insane.

"No...no, I won't get out," She refused.

"Elizabeth..." Joshua spoke only her name.

It caught her attention. She looked at him; her eyes softening at the gentle tone of his voice. It was as if she hadn't heard her name in a long time. Looking at his outstretched hand, Elizabeth reached out to it and grabbed hold. Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Joshua helped to lift her out of the water. Her green tail shimmered. Veridia gasped when she saw Elizabeths full mermaid body and she shook her head. She thought it was impossible for any mermaid to have a green tail, or black seashells. She couldn't quite grasp what she was looking at.

"This is impossible," Erik gasped, when he saw it as well.

He bent down to take a look at Elizabeth, who had started to dry herself to get her legs back.

"Wait...you've never had to do that before," Charlotte spoke up.

"Things changed..." Elizabeth muttered.

She looked up to see Erik knelt beside her, his hand outstretched to touch her green tail. She felt violated and she suddenly hissed at him, showing off her scary sharp fangs. Erik let out a cry and he backed away.

"Veridia...what is this!?" Erik asked, pointing at Elizabeth.

She shook her head and looked on up at the volcanos opening. The full moon would be overhead soon.

Meanwhile, the rest of the mermen and mermaids came out of their hiding caves and surfaced to reveal themselves to the agents who were on Mako Island. The ones that were really close to shore took notice of them and announced to their fellow agents that the merpeople were here. They began to make their way over to them.

Of all the mermaids in the waters, Mimmi, Ondina and Sirena were closest to shore, with mermen right close behind them. They looked to each other, with looks of worry on their faces. They held their eyes back towards the agents who all came their way.

Into the Sea

Hold you close to me

Slide 'neath the waves

Down in to the caves

Kiss me my love...

The three sang the Enchantment song to lure the agents in to the waters and as they came approaching under the trance, the mermen readied themselves to drag them down in to the depths of the ocean to take care of them. They were after all, a threat to their kind. They couldn't risk ending up being in tanks. They had to do what they as mermaids had to do to protect themselves, even if they didn't like it.

As the mermen were about to drag the agents down to their deaths, there was a muffed boom, followed by a ring rippling through the water. Large waves formed and the merpeople were tossed about for a couple of seconds before the waters calmed.

Mimmi, Ondina and Sirena turned to the mermen.

"What was that?" Sirena asked.

"The cave. It's finally here. Quick, everybody swim down!" Elder Shar ordered.

The mermaids and mermen dived beneath the waves, with the agents mindlessly floating in the water. Ondina and Mimmi resurfaced for a brief moment to reverse the enchantment on them, then took off again.

"Uh...what are we doing out here?" Agent Owens asked, coming out of the trance.

The others shook their heads, not remembering anything. They all got out of the water.

The finale will be coming up soon and I want it to have its separate chapter.

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