Chapter 75

Lewis and Zane returned. Zane had been ignoring his headache.

"Could I hold her?" Zane asked Rikki quietly. Rikki looked at Lewis who shrugged. With a small smile, she passed the little girl to her Daddy. He beamed as he held her gently. Rikki could not help but marvel at how much Zane had changed and matured over the years. His flicking to past and present had reminded her. It had been a gradual process as they were living through it.

"She looks so much like…"

"You," Rikki finished. "She has your eyes and hair,"

"But your face," Zane continued. Fi cooed and smiled.

Zane began to tickle her gently. Fi wriggled and giggled. The others looked on smiling until Cleo noticed something. Fi's hands were sparking. Her eyes widened.

"Zane maybe you should stop…" she began. Suddenly, a tiny, but powerful, lightning bolt was called from heaven and Zane was flung across the room. Fi dropped onto the couch. She was still giggling, her clothes not even smouldering. Rikki ran over to Zane.

"Oh my… God help us, not again," Rikki panicked. "Can you hear me?"

As she touched him, the electricity was absorbed into her hands. Fi still looked up innocently, oblivious to what she had done. Rikki felt for Zane's pulse. He was just unconscious. A few seconds later, they saw his eyelids flutter and then open.

"Well, whatever just happened was certainly a punch to the gut," he said with a wince. "and to the head," he tried to sit up.

"No, just lie back Zane," Cleo said, "We don't know the extent of your injuries,"

"I'm fine, really," he protested. When Rikki gave him the look, he lay back submissively.

"What's the last thing you remember?" Cleo asked the question that was on Rikki's mind.

OoOoO

Meanwhile, Jessie and Anna were at work, sorting out their files. They felt Hunter's eyes on them. He had been watching their every move for weeks now and they were finding it extremely nerve-wracking and annoying.

"Hunter, I would appreciate it if you focused on your work more than us, thanks," Anna said in a forced tone.

"I am," he replied, feigning innocence, resuming typing. He had already drawn a connection between Jessie and water. Anytime she was around an open glass, she would keep her eye on it and avoid any spillages of liquid at all costs. Of course, she was very good at hiding it, Hunter only clued on after seeing that magical feat in the office weeks earlier. Since that day, he had been observant, taking in her reactions to everything, especially towards water. With Anna, he had been surprised to also note that she had the same reactions. Both would avoid water, make excuses and both drank either with straws or from a water bottle with a sports cap. He had wondered why if he had seen Jessie controlling water – she still denied he had seen that, she was scared of it. Previously, Hunter had searched the internet for sources on magical creatures or people of the like that did control water. The search result that most often came up was a mermaid. If they were mermaids, why did they have legs? Why would they be living on land? He had started researching more in depth about mermaids. He wasn't sure what to believe – if he should believe in mythical creatures at all – there were so many different accounts of what mermaids did and looked like. A common thread was that mermaids were beautiful women with tails. He searched 'can mermaids have legs?' He did not know what to expect, as mermaids were not supposed to exist, but surprisingly some people had already answered that question. Yes. Mermaids that appear as humans on land transform on contact with water. He had never heard that version of the legend as a child. But if Jessie and possibly Anna were mermaids, this description fit them. When his brother had used his laptop and looked at the search history, he had been surprised at just how much was on mermaids, having Hunter on about it.

"You're obsessed, bro," he said in disbelief. "You don't believe it right?"

"I'll make up my mind once I've proven it either way," Hunter replied.

As the days passed, Hunter's brother laughed at him more and more. Hunter had had enough. He looked at the women, sorting files, and grabbed the empty glass from his desk and went over to the dispenser to fill it up. This would either prove something, or get him into great trouble. He walked over to them. No going back now.

OoOoO

"I was playing with Fi," Zane replied, a puzzled expression on his face. "Did I…did I not remember things about my life?" he asked. It was all rushing back. Every memory from before and after his accident. "I had amnesia?" Rikki squeezed his hand while nodding her response. Rikki was not getting her hopes up, she did not know whether this was temporary or not.

"Zane, we need to take you to the hospital to get you checked, just in case," Cleo said.

"Okay," he replied, sitting up wincing.

"Be careful," Cleo said. "Do you feel like you can walk?"

Zane nodded. "I'm actually only aching a bit, I don't feel that bad. If I remember that spark correctly, I know that that's a miracle."

Using mind speak to Bella, Cleo told her to look after Fi while they took Zane to the hospital. Rikki and Cleo helped Zane up and down to the boats. Donning a raincoat, Rikki drove the boat to the mainland.

OoOoO

At the hospital, the staff could not believe that Zane had electrocuted himself again. Dr Harvey consulted them after a check over. The doctors were baffled. Zane had a singed appearance, yet seemed absolutely fine, just with a minor concussion and a little bruising (from flying across the room, no doubt), and a few minor burns. Zane was scheduled for another MRI scan the following week – this would be able to register how much swelling had gone down since the first one.

As they left the hospital an hour or so later, Zane's memory still had not relapsed. They all hoped it would stay that way.

OoOoO

Hunter moved quietly behind his colleagues with the precarious glass of water. When Jessie moved to retrieve the next file to sort, Hunter pretended to accidentally spill his glass all over her arm. Both Jessie's and Anna's eyes widened in horror. Anna rushed to close all the blinds before the ten seconds was up. Thankfully, she was able to do so.

Hunter did not know what to expect but by their reaction, he knew he was on to something. Jessie lay down on the office carpet, helpless. It was futile. Hunter had found out. He watched as her body changed from human to water to mermaid.

"Whoa," he breathed.

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