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I sighed trying to contain my agitation. "So does anyone else, aside from those here and this Dr Denman know that you're mermaids?" I asked them.
"My boyfriend, Ash." Emma said. I nearly rolled my eyes, did everyone have a boyfriend? At least Fang and I were of the same species. Whoa, where did that thought come from?
"And Miss Chatham." Cleo said interrupting my conversation with myself.
"And Charlotte." Rikki reminded them. "But she's not around anymore." She said to me.
"You didn't kill her did you?" I suddenly wondered if I had underestimated these girls.
"No, we just, kinda took her powers from her." Cleo wrung her hands, looking at the ground guilty.
"If she was trying to push you in the water then it was ok that you pushed her in right?" Angel asked staring intently at Cleo. She was reading the girl's mind.
Cleo looked up sharply and met Angel's eyes, wariness in her own.
"Ange, it's rude to read people's minds without permission." I reminded her for the hundredth time.
"Sorry Max." She said, grinning up at me.
"Is that it?" I turned back to the mermaids. "No one else?" Jeez, these girls couldn't keep a secret could they?
The girls looked at each other and at Lewis before nodding.
I glanced over at Fang again only to see him looking sideways at Zane who was returning the same look. Boys and their egos. I shook my head.
"Uh oh." Cleo said. I immediately tensed ready to fight "I've got to get to work." She said.
Feeling stupid, I relaxed. I saw Fang smirk at me, but I just raised an eyebrow. I had seen him relax a split second after me. He looked away. Point Max! Angel looked at me strangely.
"Where do you work?" Nudge, who had been strangely quiet all this time, asked. "Is it in a shop, oh, do you sell clothes? Do you get like an employee discount or something?"
"No, I work at the Marine park." Cleo said, "And I'm going to be late."
Suddenly Angel's eyes lit up. "Can I come? Please? I want to see the dolphins again. I was talking to them yesterday. They were really friendly. I really liked them."
"You talked to the dolphins?" Lewis asked sceptically
"It's another one of her powers." I explained.
"Please Max, please can I go?" She turned her bambi eyes on me. How could I refuse? At least if she was with a mermaid she was sort of safe. I hoped.
"S'alright with me. If it's alright with you that is?" I asked Cleo. She nodded
"Sure. I'd love you to come Angel. You can help me feed Ronny."
Angel squeaked with delight and hurried after Cleo as she headed off, Total trotting behind her muttering about something I didn't catch.
"Who's Ronny?" Fang mouthed at me.
"Dolphin." I mouthed back. Angel had been telling me about him last night. Apparently he was 'sooooo cute'.
"Maybe we could go check out this Dr Denman?" Iggy suggested.
"Yeah, we could be like spies and stuff, and sneak around, take pictures. Oh, Max we could all dress in black and paint our faces."
"Nudge we are not painting our faces. But I do agree a little recon wouldn't hurt. Fang?"
He nodded. Typical.
"Sounds good." Rikki said. "You guys coming?" She asked Zane and Lewis.
"Er, actually I've got a biology paper to do. Sorry. Let me know if you find anything though." Lewis said, "I'll talk to you guys later. It was, er, nice to meet you." He said to us.
"Same." I told him as he side stepped around Fang.
"Zane?" Rikki asked
"And miss all the action? 'Course I'm coming." He replied grinning at her as he took her hand.
We headed up the beach and back to civilization. Suddenly I thought of something "Does anyone know where we're going?"
"I do." Zane said. "Dr Denman checked into the Pacific Hotel last night and her boat is in the harbour."
"Great, we can split into two groups." I was going to say teams but that sounded a bit…competitive. It was only a recon mission.
"Fang, Iggy and I will go to the hotel and you guys, Nudge and Gazzy go to the boat. We'll be able to break in better and you guys have water if you need a quick get away." I also wanted to separate Fang and Zane, the testosterone levels were getting unbearable, but I didn't want to leave one flock member alone with strangers. Even if they were mermaids.
Zane showed up the hotel and I told him we could take it from there. The others went off in search of the boat, under strict instructions to get well clear if anyone so much as looked at the boat. We really didn't want to get caught.
Fang, Iggy and I walked through the front doors of the hotel. Time for a little breaking and entering.