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This is an AU crossover.
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"You want us to what?" Rikki asked, almost as if unsure what she was hearing.
"Fix the moon pool," Charlotte repeated.
"Uh...I don't know if you remember this from your investigation, but the moon pool was destroyed. How on earth are we supposed to fix it, when the real mermaids could?" Rikki pointed out.
"Well...it took the four of you to create the tower of light, right?" Joshua asked, looking to Rikki, Cleo, Bella and Emma.
"Actually, I wasn't there for that," Emma spoke up, raising her hand.
"Oh..."
"But the point is, you created it when the moon pool was already destroyed and had no magic," Charlotte added.
"There are still things that science can't explain when it comes to magic," Lewis raised his voice, crossing his arms across his chest as he looked to Zane, Will and Ash.
They nodded in agreement with the science geek in the room. Rikki couldn't argue with that logic and she nodded her head, wrung out her hands and sighed.
"I guess not. But what about the agents swarming the Island?"
"Don't worry, they won't be able to find the land entrance. I sealed it off. You can take the underwater entrance. Charlotte and I will make sure that no one goes near there," Joshua spoke up.
"Alright, but again...why can't the real mermaids do it?" Rikki repeated.
"They're all preoccupied with preparing for war. Plus, I think that they think that they can't fix it either. They don't know what you four did," Joshua spoke up.
"Three," Emma sighed.
"Right."
"Maybe we can get Evie to help," Cleo remembered the other part-mermaid.
"That is if her secret is safe. We should make sure first," Emma suggested.
"Good idea. We'll talk to her and then set out," Cleo said.
"Are you sure that this is going to work?" Bella asked Charlotte.
Charlotte shrugged. She honestly didn't know, but she had faith that the girls could do it. With a nod, the four girls left and Joshua and Charlotte stood in the boathouse with the four teenaged boys.
"Is there anything that we can do to help?" Lewis asked.
"Actually yes. I didn't want to say anything in front of the girls, because I knew that they would protest, but we need you four to be there for them, to make sure that the agents diving don't go near there. We have other business to attend to," Joshua replied.
"Can you do that for us?" Charlotte asked.
They all nodded with eagerness. They all wanted to make sure that the girls were safe and that their secrets weren't exposed to any of the agents swarming Mako Island.
"Don't worry, Will is a good free diver and I've got diving equipment that the three of us can use," Zane told them.
"Great. Good luck then," Joshua told them.
"Hey man? Thanks...for being on our side," Will spoke up.
With a grin, Joshua and Charlotte left the boathouse.
"Evie, hey, can we talk to you for a minute?" Cleo asked, approaching the girl at the Ocean Café.
"Sure," The girl responded.
She finished up with her job, closed her shop and joined the four mermaids outside, where they went to a secluded section on the deck to talk. The girls explained what was going on and asked Evie if her secret was still safe. She said that it was and then Cleo went on to explain what they were going to do.
"Wait...you were the ones that created that tower of light?" Evie asked, a bit surprised about this piece of information.
"Yeah. So anyways, will you help us fix the moon pool?"
"What about the moon pool?" A tall blonde haired man approached.
"Erik..." Evie scowled upon seeing him.
"Evie..."
"What are you doing back here?"
"I'm sorry...who are you?" Rikki asked, pointing at Erik.
"Sorry, I'm Erik," He introduced.
"Erik, why don't you get lost?" Evie asked in annoyance.
"Wait...if you know about the moon pool, then you must be..." Cleo spoke up.
"Yeah...I'm a merman. I just ask this because, I know something about the moon pool that you may not be aware of," He whispered to the girls.
"Really?" Emma asked.
He nodded and in hushed tones, Erik told the girls all about what he and the mermen pod discovered on their way to Mako Island.
"...so the moon pool still has magic in it," He finished explaining.
"Wow...what's this cave got to do with Mako Island?" Bella asked, a bit curious.
Erik shrugged.
"Just that it's preparing for something dangerous, probably to protect the mermaids and ourselves."
"Or Elizabeth..." Rikki spoke up.
"Who?" He asked, not sure what he just heard.
"It's a long story. We may as well continue this at the part of the beach where Lewis goes fishing," Cleo suggested.
"Listen, General, we have to find a way to stop this war from breaking out," Joshua told his superior over Skype.
"How? Tell me Agent Reynolds, how exactly do you plan to stop a war from breaking out, when none of these merpeople will cooperate with the government? It's not like they can come on to land without legs!" General Leblanc yelled.
"You have no idea..." Charlotte muttered to herself.
"Isn't there anything that you can do?" Joshua asked.
"No! And unless Agent Striker were here, this whole situation could be handled. She's the only one with this kind of experience, and she hasn't been heard from in a year! She doesn't answer any calls I make and I'm fairly certain that she would come back upon hearing this news," General Leblanc argued.
"I'm sure that she'll turn up," Joshua lied.
"You better hope so. It's not just the Australian government that's preparing for war...it's the entire world," General Leblanc mentioned.
"What? What do you mean by that?" Charlotte asked.
"Have you two been that far out of the loop? Have you not been listening to the news?" General Leblanc asked in annoyance.
The two apologized for not being up to date. General Leblanc sighed.
"These mysterious disasters that are happening aren't just happening in the Gold Coast. They're worldwide. Merpeople have shown up all over the place. Here in Canada, the southern hemisphere, the east and the west. There's an entire world out there that has been exposed to us. It's not just Australia...the entire world is preparing to eliminate merpeople from off the face of the earth," General Leblanc explained.
Charlotte and Joshua looked to each other with terror in their eyes. This was way bigger than they imagined. Supposed they couldn't fix any of this? Suppose that the world was doomed for destruction. Suppose both races canceled each other out?
"Do me a favor. Find Elizabeth! She's the only one who can put a stop to this."
With that, General Leblanc ended the call. Charlotte looked to Joshua.
"What does he mean by that? How is Elizabeth the only one who can stop this war, when she's the one who caused it?" Charlotte asked.
Joshua sighed, rubbed his tired eyes and hung his head as he closed his laptop.
"About two years ago, Elizabeth went through a very difficult time. She had been under the command of the new General of IDA at the time, but he turned out to be a dangerous criminal who managed to turn her in to a weapon because of her abilities. She had been out of control. We couldn't stop her, or the criminal. It was kept quiet from the public, but the government planned to kill her in order to have her stopped. We fought with them, hoping to convince them to let us handle it, but they wouldn't listen. It became the biggest fight that we had with the government. But somehow, Elizabeth managed to come out on top. She took back control of herself, and of the government. She stopped both IDA and the government from turning on each other."
Silence fell between the two as Charlotte took in the story that Joshua had finished telling her. She had no idea what to say. She had no idea that Elizabeth held that much power and authority. It explained why she intimidated everyone that she came in contact with. Suddenly, an idea popped in to Charlottes' head.
"I think I know where we can find Elizabeth."
"Where?"
"Where besides Mako Island does she feel safest?"
It finally clicked in his brain. With a grin on his face, Joshua popped open his laptop and went back in to Skype to type in a recipients address.
While the four mermaids headed for the moon pool, Erik took his new discoveries to The Elders and Mermaid Counsel. He told them about what he learned from the mermaids and their plans to fix the moon pool. He then went in to great detail about the mysterious green tailed mermaid that he was told about.
"But that's impossible. No such mermaid exists," Veridia claimed.
"Well...she does. She's the reason why we were all exposed to humans. She may also be the danger that Mako Island is preparing for," Erik explained.
"How...exactly? Is Mako Island protecting us from her, or protecting her from us?" Lee Chang asked.
Erik shrugged. He had no clue.
"All I know, is that she's dangerous because she's out of control."
"And how do we even know that you're telling the truth? I mean really...a green tailed mermaid? It's not possible for a land person to already have 'abilities' as you put it. You could be making this up," Veridia scoffed.
"I don't have proof. You're just going to have to trust me on this," Erik mentioned.
Veridia sighed and rolled her eyes. She wasn't sure if she believed what Erik told them. It was just not possible for there to be a green tailed mermaid. There would have been myths and legends about something like this...a prophecy even. But...she had to take the merman's word for it. She just wondered what Mako Islands purpose was for. There was still so much that they didn't know about the Island.
Meanwhile, Cleo, Rikki, Emma, Bella and Evie swam to the moon pool and had luckily done so, undetected. They entered, hoisted themselves up on to solid ground, then Rikki and Evie dried off to gets their legs back before helping the others. Once they were all on their feet, the five girls looked around the moon pool. It was still a total disaster and the water in the moon pool made them cringe.
"We swam in to that?" Evie asked, a few tears prickling her eyes.
"Yup. Alright...how do we do this?" Bella asked, looking around.
Rikki looked at the blown apart wall in front of her and saw a small glimmer of moon rock within. Erik was right. There was still a bit of magic left.
"Come over here, all of you," Rikki motioned.
The girls came over and Rikki pointed out the little glimmer.
"There's still a small bit left. He was right!" Evie gasped.
"What made you think that he wasn't?" Cleo asked.
"Long story. Anyways, let's do this," Evie grinned.
The others smiled also as they all brought up their arms and positioned their hands, focusing their energies in to that small moon rock that held on to hope. With a deep breath, magic was released. The moon rock glowed, brighter and stronger. The entire cave seemed to be filled with it and the girls shielded their eyes with their free hands.
When the glow finally died down, eyes were unshielded and the girls looked around the moon pool, gasps escaping their lips and eyes wide in amazement. Cleo broke out in to a big smile.
"Guys...I think we did it," She slowly said.
"We sure did, Cleo. We sure did," Evie smiled, a tear trickling down her cheek.
The moon pool is fixed! The moon pool is fixed!
YAY!
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