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Sorry it's been a while. I've had a case of writers block and it sucked so much.

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Charlotte and Joshua arrived in The Gold Coast late in the night and stopped by their hotel quickly to drop off their bags.

"Alright, I suggest that we go tonight while we still can. The sooner, the better," Joshua suggested.

"What exactly are we going to find? Cleo said that the Moon Pool was destroyed," Charlotte reminded him.

"Hopefully, some residue."

Nodding, the two departed the hotel and took their rental down towards the beach where there were boats for rent. Joshua paid for the boat and the two boarded. Charlotte operated the boat and drove them towards Mako Island. Charlotte struggled as the waves rocked their boat.

"Woah!" Charlotte cried.

"What's wrong?" Joshua asked.

"The currents are really strong tonight," She mentioned.

A loud whooshing sound interrupted the two and a strong ripple was created by something speeding underwater. Charlottes first assumption was a mermaid swimming with super speed, since they created those affects. But it was much stronger than that. The boat rocked violently.

"Should we abandon ship, Captain?" Joshua asked in mock fear.

"Not yet. I know how to handle these waters. We're almost there," Charlotte replied through gritted teeth.

She took control and persevered towards Mako Island. As they drew closer, the same thing happened. This time, a large wave formed and came rolling towards them.

They abandoned their boat and dove underwater. Plunging in to the cold dark water, Charlotte squinted her eyes and turned on her underwater flashlight that was strapped to her jeans. She surfaced and taking a deep inhale of air, she looked over to Joshua as he surfaced.

"What the hell was that?" He asked, swimming towards her with the last case.

"I'm thinking that a mermaid was speeding through, but I can't imagine why," Charlotte replied.

"Well, maybe they're heading for the Moon Pool. Come on, we're not too far away to swim to shore."

The two swam towards the shore of Mako Island and once they made it, they stopped for a quick break before journeying on.

"I wish I was a mermaid right now. I could have us dried off in an instant," Charlotte wished out loud.

"Well, you're not. We're just going to have to deal with it. Come on, let's get going," Joshua replied, as he got to his feet.

He extended his hand to Charlotte and helped her up. The two turned on their flashlights to see their way in the dark on the Island. Joshua ran in to police tape and pulled it aside to let the two through.

"I can't believe that they already taped off this place," He muttered.

"Why would anyone come here to begin with? Everyone knows that Mako Island is a shark breeding ground. Wouldn't that discourage some investigations?" Charlotte asked.

"When it comes to strange phenomenon, nobody really cares," Joshua answered.

She shrugged. It made sense. They hiked up the trail that had been made so much from Lewis, Zane and Will that it didn't take much longer to reach the above ground entrance. Charlotte slid down first, rather carefully and Joshua followed behind her. Charlotte soaked it all in and she sighed. It had been too long since she was last here. She walked in to the moon pool and was horrified by what she saw. Cleo was right. Everything had been completely obliterated.

"What the hell...?" Joshua chimed as he walked on in.

The place was a shambles. Rock was scattered along the floor and the moon pool water was dark and murky.

"I'd like to find this Sophie and strangle her!" Charlotte seethed.

"Someone did this? They could wind up in jail for that," Joshua frowned.

"Then let's do it. The girls know who it is," Charlotte replied.

"Calm down. We would need proof first before doing anything about it," He reminded her.

Nodding, the two further assessed the damage of the moon pool. There were sounds of rock shifting about and a few crumbled from off of the ceiling. Charlotte quickly dodged getting hit.

"This place is not stable," Joshua winced.

"Tell me about it. Hey...look what I found!" Charlotte called out, shifting rocks around.

Coming over, Joshua saw a large yellow and red object that had been hidden underneath the rocks of the cave. On the object, was a silver looking spiked object.

"Oh! I know what this is! It's a laser that separates rocks. This must have been used to destroy the moon pool," Joshua explained.

"Where did it come from?" She asked and picked it up to look it over.

One the other side of it, there was a label with the words Park Ranger on it.

"Hmm, that's odd. A Park Ranger was here," Charlotte pointed out.

"Huh..."

There was a disturbance in the water of the moon pool and it caught their attention. Was it that supposed mermaid that swam through the waters earlier? Because the water was dark and murky, they weren't able to tell. Finally, a head of dark hair surfaced.

"Elizabeth!?"

The green tail mermaid looked up at the two, and then around the moon pool. She seemed more concerned about the conditions that it was in, rather than seeing her fiancée and co-worker.

"I can't fix it..." She muttered.

"Elizabeth?" Charlotte called out.

The mermaid looked up at them, but with no surprise on her face. Joshua got an unsettling feeling off of her and he had no idea why. Something just seemed...different.

"I can't fix this..." She repeated.

She dove back underwater and sped off.

"Wait!" Joshua yelled, but he was too late.

The two looked at each other.

"What the heck...?" Charlotte asked.

Joshua only shook his head. Suddenly, the cave shook violently.

"We better get out of here," Charlotte said.

"Good idea."

Grabbing the piece of equipment, the two dove in to the moon pool and swam out through the tunnel to get to the reef. As they swam, there were strong currents being created by Elizabeth.

"What the hell is her problem?" Charlotte thought to herself as she swam.

One came in so strong, it forced the two forward with great speed and Charlotte almost took an inhale of salt water. She was spun as she tried to regain herself and for a moment, Charlotte thought that she felt a tail brush up against her. Finally, she surfaced and Joshua was already waiting for her. He had a look of concern on his face.

"What's wrong?" Charlotte asked.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? I'll tell you what's wrong. There are mermaids behind you!"

Charlotte turned around and sure enough, there were about a thousand mermaids in the water, all dazed and confused.

"What's this? What's going on here?" Charlotte asked, fear creeping up inside her.

Elizabeth surfaced right in front of Charlottes face and Charlotte jolted.

"What are you doing?" Charlotte asked.

No answer came and Charlotte asked again before the green tailed mermaid threw her left hand up in the air to create a water spout. It engulfed the mermaids that were already dazed and confused, and she sent it towards Charlotte and Joshua.

"Elizabeth? What the hell? Stop!" Joshua shouted.

The water spout only grew stronger and the three were trapped inside it, with Elizabeths hand still up in the air as she controlled it. All that Charlotte and Joshua could do, was hold on to each other as they were swirling around in the watery tornado. They both shut their eyes.

Meanwhile back on the Gold Coast, the locals all stood around in shock and horror at what they were witnessing in the ocean. Among the locals, were Cleo, Rikki and Bella.

"Well, this was never warned about on the news," Rikki mentioned.

"We should get inside, you guys," Cleo suggested.

"Good idea," Bella added.

They walked back in to the Ocean Café as others joined in. There were murmurs of worry amongst the teenagers.

"Don't worry, it'll pass. These things are normal here," Cleo reassured Bella.

"Yeah...I know..." She muttered.

"Hey everybody, look outside!"

"What is it?"

"The water spout is gone."

"What are those?"

"Are those...mermaids?"

The commotion caught the girls attention. With eyes wide with horror, they bolted up from the booth and made their way outside. There were a dozen figures washed up on the beach, all with golden tails. No...

They raced on down before the locals could even react. Arriving, they got a better view and indeed, all the mermaids that lived in the caves under Mako Island, were all washed up on shore. The leader of the pod, Veridia, looked up at the girls.

"Did you three have something to do with this?" She snarled.

"No! We were way up there when we saw you!" Cleo defended.

The mermaids were all ready to turn invisible when Veridia spoke up.

"It's too late. There's no use in hiding now."

The locals finally came rushing in waves.

"Are they really mermaids?"

"They look real!"

"Quick, take some pictures."

"Hey, leave them alone!" Rikki defended, snatching one boys camera away.

"But...they're mermaids!" He exclaimed.

"Yeah? Well you're an idiot for treating them like they're on exhibit. Beat it!" Rikki ordered and tossed his camera in to the water.

However, the three girls could not defend the entire Mako pod and they were shoved aside as the locals came up close to observe the mermaids. Veridia and Ondina looked at the girls helplessly.

"We've got to do something," Bella said.

"Yeah, but what? If we do anything, people will get suspicious of us. We've got to protect our secret," Rikki pointed out.

"What I want to know is how this happened. Those caves were meant to protect them," Cleo mentioned.

"We know what happened," A voice spoke up.

The three turned around to see Charlotte and Agent Reynolds standing there, damped from the ocean water.

"Don't tell me you two are caught up in this," Rikki shook her head.

"Sorry," Charlotte apologized.

"Elizabeth happened," Joshua replied.

"Who's Elizabeth?" Bella asked.

Right...she didn't remember anything that happened last year. Lucky girl.

"She's a very powerful mermaid with a green tail. She created the water spout. I don't get it...it's like she's out of control," Joshua explained.

"She just exposed the entire Mako pod. I'd say she's more than out of control," Rikki chimed in.

Joshua frowned and shook his head.

"There's nothing we can do for them. This is too big to handle on our own. It's going to make it on the news in a matter of minutes, thanks to cell phone and social media. I fear the worst."

"Like what?" Bella asked.

Joshua looked at the girls with displeasure on his face.

"There are mermaids. The world knows about it now. There will be people who will not take kindly to it; who will see them as a threat that needs to be eliminated. In other words, we could see a war in the near future."

Scared and shocked that this could potentially be the outcome, the girls stayed close together and Charlotte joined in on giving them some comfort. As he looked at the three mermaids and former one, Joshua shook his head and then looked out towards the ocean, knowing that a war was the least of his concerns. He was more concerned about what would happen to Elizabeth once she met the same demise.

I promise that things will calm down after this chapter. It's been an intense beginning, that's for certain.

Anyways, tell me what you think about this chapter. Leave any thoughts about what could happen in the future.

In the mean time, I will be working on a short story about Kim Sertori, so stay tuned for that!