Chapter 4
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The boys were at Zane's house in the living room, Lewis and Zane had told Ash that it did take 10 seconds to transform to merman form and that they had discovered that they could swim super-fast, they were discussing how Ash had saved Emma.
"That was amazing Ash", Lewis said and Zane nodded grinning.
"Thanks, I think I have gained a new power", Ash said excitedly.
"Yeah, slowing down time. That should help if you get splashed, and it would be great if it develops and you are able to stop time that would definitely help", Lewis added eagerly.
"Yeah, I just need to practice", Ash agreed.
"How come you guys get two powers, and I don't have any it's not fair", Zane complained.
"I'm sure your powers will show themselves soon don't worry", Ash said in an attempt to comfort Zane.
"I hope so", Zane said sounding disappointed.
"Hey, there's going to be a science fair on this afternoon, would you guys like to go to that?" Lewis asked to change the subject.
"A science fair? Seriously?" Zane questioned incredulously.
"Yeah, it will be educational and fun" Lewis replied.
"Maybe to you, I would much rather go to the Juicenet Café. What do you say?" Zane said.
"Fine", Lewis replied reluctantly.
"Awesome, what about you Ash?" Zane asked. Ash didn't reply he was staring into space.
"Hello, is anyone in there?" Zane asked poking Ash's head.
Ash jumped startled, "Huh?" He inquired.
"Would you like to go the Juicenet Café with us?" Lewis asked.
"Yeah, that sounds cool", Ash replied still in a daze.
"Hey, what were you thinking about?" Zane queried poking Ash's arm.
"Nothing, and don't poke me", Ash retorted.
Zane ignored Ash's request and continued to poke him, "I won't stop poking you until you tell us what you were thinking about", Zane replied with a smirk.
"Stop it!" Ash said and tried to move away from Zane but was unable to prevent Zane poking him. "Lewis make him stop", he said irritably trying to ignore Zane's laughter.
"Sorry Ash, I'm with Zane on this one", Lewis said.
"Nice one buddy", Zane said happily and high fived Lewis.
"Okay, Okay, I'll tell you, just stop poking me", Zane reluctantly did so.
"I was thinking about Emma", Ash said grudgingly, "Before yesterday, we didn't get on so I haven't had a chance to get to know her. What is she like?"
"Very annoying", Zane said.
"But she was very nice to me yesterday", Ash protested.
"Ignore Zane Ash, she's very friendly", Lewis said reassuringly.
"So you like her?" Zane asked smirking.
"Not like that", Ash replied too quickly.
"Really?" Zane said sounding unconvinced.
"How about we head to the café? Ash said before Zane could say anything else.
They set off for the café, unfortunately Zane wouldn't let the subject of Ash's crush on Emma go and the two bickered about it the whole way to the café, while Lewis tried unsuccessfully to stop them arguing. It didn't take them too long to get there, and when they arrived they sat in a booth next to a window.
Emma walked towards them, when she reached them she smiled, "Can I get you guys anything?" She asked.
The boys gave her their orders and after smiling at them once more went to get their drinks.
Ash was staring at Emma's retreating figure, she was so beautiful and he-
"Earth to Ash", Zane said waving his hand in front of him, he was opposite Ash so he had to lean forward to do this.
"What?" Ash asked startled.
"You zoned out again", Lewis said patting his shoulder sympathetically.
"Oh, sorry", Ash said.
After a few minutes Emma returned with their drinks, they thanked her for the drinks. Emma and Ash's eyes locked for a few moments until Emma broke eye contact, she smiled at Ash and walked away.
"Dude you need to ask Emma out", Zane said grinning at Ash.
"I can't", Ash protested.
"Of course you can, she really likes you", Zane said.
"Really?" Ash asked.
"Yeah, Zane is right Ash", Lewis said.
Before Ash could reply Miriam came to their table, "Hey Zane, do you want to come to our table? Miriam asked gesturing to the table where her two best friends were sitting.
"Sorry, I'm with Lewis and Ash", Zane replied.
"Come on, surely you don't want to hang out with these losers", Miriam said surprised.
"They are not losers!" Zane said angrily as his hands clenched into fists.
"The smoothie is bubbling", Lewis said in amazement.
Zane unclenched his fists and the bubbling stopped, Zane took a sip and jumped, "It's hot".
"There must be something wrong with the drink", Miriam said.
"Yeah, there must be", Zane said sharing knowing smiles with Lewis and Ash.
"You sure you don't want to join us Zane?" Miriam asked.
"Yeah, but thanks anyway", Zane said trying to remain calm down, so that he wouldn't draw anymore unwanted attention.
"Fine, your loss", Miriam said and walked back to the table.
"Yes, I finally have a super power!" Zane exclaimed.
"That's great Zane, I told you your powers would show themselves", Ash said.
"Yeah, hey we need to work on controlling our powers. We need to have complete control over them before school, or we could end up exposing ourselves", Lewis said.
"Yeah, your right Lewis, we could go to my house later and start practising, everyone's out", Ash suggested.
"Yeah, that's sounds great", Zane replied excitedly and Lewis agreed.
Zane ordered a new drink and they continued discussing Zane's newfound power and how they would practice controlling their powers.
After a while of talking, Emma came to give Zane his drink, but as she was about to give it to him, Nate walked towards them, and bumped into Emma which caused her to spill the drink on Zane.
Ash and Lewis looked at Zane in horror, because they knew what was about to happen.
"Hey watch where you are going!" Emma called to Nate as he walked away.
Zane looked frantically at the bathroom and the storeroom, but people had gone in both rooms. He jumped from his seat and sprinted out of the café, he ran as fast as he could to the beach. He had nearly reached the ocean but only had a few seconds left, he put on an extra burst of speed and managed to reach the sea just in time. He transformed into a merman as soon as he had jumped into the water, he super sped to the moon pool.
When he arrived he was breathing heavily, his heart still pounding from the danger of nearly being exposed. After he had calmed down he looked around the cave, he realised that it was beautiful and peaceful. And had an air of magic about it, he rested against the surface for a while. And then he turned around and left the pool to swim super-fast to the secluded part of the beach so that he could return to the café.
Meanwhile, Lewis reached for his phone to call Zane. After a few seconds Zane answered the phone.
"Zane, are you ok?" Lewis asked concerned.
"Yeah, I managed to get to the sea in time. I'm on my way back to the café", Zane replied.
"I'm glad you're ok", Lewis said with a sigh of relief.
"Thanks, hey we should check out the moon pool later it's great in there", Zane said.
"Yeah, that sounds cool", Lewis said.
"Ok, see you in a bit", Zane said and hung up.
About five minutes later Zane came back in and sat back in his original seat.
Emma came over with Zane's replacement drink, "I'm sorry about your drink, here's your replacement".
"Thanks, don't worry it wasn't your fault", Zane said and smiled reassuringly.
Emma smiled back and smiled at Ash who smiled back, before serving another customer.
"Are you okay Zane?" Ash asked.
"Yeah thanks, while I was swimming I went to the moon pool and-"
"Wait, moon pool?" Ash asked confused.
"Yeah, you know? The place where we transformed", Zane explained whispering the last word.
"Oh I see", Ash replied in understanding.
"Why are we calling it the moon pool?" Lewis inquired grinning.
"Because we were in the pool and there was a moon duh! Anyway as I was saying, I think we should go back there, the moon pool is really cool" Zane said excitedly.
"I'm not sure if that is such a good idea", Ash said nervously.
"Come on Ash, it'll be fun", said Zane.
"You can borrow my boat to get there, and you don't have to go into the water", Lewis reasoned.
Ash sighed he really didn't want to go, but he knew he had to get over his fear of water so he agreed to Zane's delight.
The trio finished their drinks and left the café and went to the moon pool. Zane and Lewis super sped there in the sea, while Ash used Lewis' boat. When they got there, Zane and Lewis leaned against the edge of the pool, while Ash sat on the floor opposite them.
"See, isn't this cool?" Zane said happily.
"For once I agree with you", Ash said grinning at Zane.
"We should come back here more often", Lewis said.
"Yeah, hey we should make this our HQ", Zane said.
"Our HQ?" Lewis asked.
"You know, Head Quarters", Zane explained.
"I know what it means", Lewis said irritably. "But are you sure that is a good idea? What if people come down here and see us?" Lewis said.
"He has a point", Ash said.
"But people don't usually come here because Mako Island is surrounded by sharks. This place would be great, we could come here to discuss merman stuff, or other things, or we could just come here if we needed some time alone", Zane said.
"I suppose that is true", Lewis said slowly thinking it over.
"Great, so are we making this our HQ?" Zane asked excitedly.
Ash and Lewis both nodded their agreement, which made Zane very happy. The boys talked for a couple of hours before they decided it was time to go home.