Chapter 37

Rikki's POV

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Zane's dad working with Denmen! That is just horrible. How can I tell Zane? He is going to be so upset when he finds out. Maybe I won't tell him. I'll just make some lame excuse so I don't have to see him. Yep, that's good.

I started to pay attention to Denmen and Mr. Bennett again.

"Why are you even helping me?" Denmen asked Mr. Bennett.

"I want my son safe. Being with that freak isn't going to keep him safe. He almost died!" he answered.

"I really don't care. I just want that girl to be fully mermaid before they find us."

Denmen went inside and Mr. Bennett got in his car and left. We slowly swam up to the shore. They had no cameras here. Wow, they're really stupid.

I dried us all of and looked at Emma.

"Where do we go?" I asked her.

"Inside and down the stairs on the left," she said.

I walked up to the door slowly and turned the knob. I stuck my head in and looked around. No one that I could see. I motioned for them to follow and let Emma lead the way.

We got to a door and saw Denmen heading down the hall. We wnet inside the room and I saw a crib in the middle of it.

"This is the room," Emma said.

I walked up to the crib and saw the most beautiful baby ever. She was the perfect balance between me and Zane. I picked her up and she smiled at me. I couldn't help but smile back.

"Someone's coming," Bella said.

They all ran around to the crib, but I stayed there, looking at my daughter. A woman cam einto the room and I turned around. She had a glass of water and a needle.

"Were you hurting my daughter?" I asked her.

"Umm…I..uh," the woman said. She raised the needle and ran at me.

All of the sudden there was a shield around me and my daughter. I looked at her. She had her hands up and was smiling.

"are you doing this?" I asked my baby, knowing that she was.

The woman ran into the shield and was thrown across the room. She was drenching wt and couldn't move.

The shield came down and we all ran out the door and up the stairs to freedom. We ran outside and saw Denmen. She was holding a gun.

"Did you really think that it would be that easy did you?" she asked us at she aimed the gun at us.

"No, not really. Why can't you let us go? I just want to go home, pick a name out, and put her in her room. This is the first time I'm holding her, and that's because of you!" I screamed.

She pulled the trigger and my baby brought the shield up just in time.

"You didn't think it was going to be that easy did you?" I asked her, using her own words.

I smiled and so did my friends. Emma brought her hand up and froze Denmen to the ground. Cleo used her power to knock the gun out of Denmen's hands. I saw scars on her arm.

"Did I do that?" I asked her. She nodded. "Don't worry, I won't do that again. Just leave me and my family alone." I heard cop cars in the distance.

"Did Zane call the cops?" Bella asked me.

"Knowing him, probably," I said to Bella.

We saw the cop cars appear and I melted the ice and Denmen's feet.

"Freeze," said a cop. It was Andy, my friends on the force.

"Any," I screamed.

"Rikki? What are you doing here?" he asked me.

"Rescuing my kid from a kidnapper with the help of my friends."

"That's your baby?"

"yeah, Dr. Denmen kidnapped me and took my baby once she was born."

"Arrest her," he told his co worker.

"Thanks."

"Do you mind taking the baby to the hospital. We need to see of it was hurt."

"She," I said.

"Huh?"

"My baby is a girl. I told you that months ago."

"I forgot. I can drive you."

Thanks. Can I use you phone to call Zane?" I asked him as my friends got in the car.

"No need," I heard Zane say from behind me.

I hugged him and kissed him.

"Is this our daughter?" he asked me.

"Yes, it's our daughter," I said as he smiled at our baby.

"She's beautiful, just like her mother." He looked at me and we got into the car. I held my baby in my arms and put my head on Zane's shoulder. He put his arm around me and kissed the top of my head.

We arrived at the hospital and I called my dad. I told him that he could come over tomorrow to see our daughter. Me and Zane decided on a name. Ariana.

The doctor did a full check up and said that they shot a harmless vaccine into her blood. It would be gone in a couple of days.

Bella went back to Will and Cleo is going to stay with Emma for the night. She had a flight back to school in the morning. Emma and Cleo went back to her house and I bought my daughter home with my Zane.

"I can't believe that we have her back and Denmen is arrested and in jail," I said as I handed Ariana to Zane.

"Neither can I. I should call my dad," he said.

"Don't."

"Why not?"

"I have something to tell you."

"What is it Rikki?" he asked me.

"Your dad was working with Denmen," I said quietly.

"What? Why?"

"He wanted to keep you safe." I sat on the couch in the living room. He sat down next to me. I took my daughter into my arms and began breastfeeding her.

"From what?" he asked me.

"From em," I said.

"That's ridiculous. I'm alive because of you and your friends. I need to go yell at my dad."

"Please don't."

"Why should I not call him?" He got up and got the phone.

"I don't want any more drama and I think your daughter wants some attention!" I screamed.

I looked at the floor and got up. I went into Ariana's room and put her in her crib. She smiled at me and played with a dolphin stuffed animal that I bought her as a welcome home present.

"Your right. I should pay attention to Ariana," Zane said as he entered the room.

He wrapped his arms around my an I placed my head on his chest.

"Let's go get some dinner. I can make you some lasagna," Zane said.

"That sounds good," I said and kissed him.

He let go of me and went downstairs to make us food. I picked up Ariana and checked her diaper. She needed a change. I brought her over to the changing table in the corner of her room. I took off her dirty diaper and threw it in the garbage. I put the diaper on and hoped that I put it on right. I never out one on a baby before. It looked like it was on right. I picked her up and put her in her crib. I tucked her in and gave her a kiss on the cheek. I'll give her a bath in the morning.

Life was pretty good right now. I hoped it stayed this way.

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Jk! Like I would really end it there. I don't know when this story will end. Hope you liked this chapter. Please review!

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