Notes!: The longest chapter with plenty of action to make up for a couple of weeks missing. It took forever, but it's my favorite.

Chapter 6

At the convention center, Lyla burst into the door as she looked around at everyone. The same thing that happened to the boy outside, seemed to be working on the mermen here. They all stood around with a blank look on their faces as she turned and looked for Zac, Tanner, Ryan, Dean, or someone in the throng of zombie like people.

"We need to find Zac and the others," said Lyla as she told them what happened on the way to the park. Ondina already knew what was going on. Weilan and Karl only looked at her like she had six tails.

"So there are mermen all over the coast and we didn't know for the last four days?" demanded Weilan as she opened the door to a program room. Karl only shrugged before muttering that's cool.

Inside of the room sat all of them just there frozen as something happened. All of the boys sat in a row together. Nixie sat next to Dean and so forth. Lyla walked over and found Nixie trying to wake up Dean from his zombie like state.

"Oh I'll wake Erik up," said Ondina as she walked over to him. Putting all of her hatred toward him into the center of her mind, she slapped him right across the face. Then before he could react at all to the quick wake up, she kissed him.

Raising their eyebrows Weilan and Karl walked up to the others that Nixie identified. Karl slapped Tanner and Ryan. Lyla tried to wake up Zac with Weilan. Until most of them were awake from the trance. The only people that didn't wake up right away was Tanner and Ryan.

"What's going on?" asked Zac as they heard the door open.

"Oh look looks like I get the fun part," said a dark haired girl. All of them swiveled around to find a familiar looking girl. Zac had seen her at the park a few times. Then he realized that he had been seeing the girl all week.

She had pulled out her hand and started making the water in a fish tank bubble. She made her hand crook as it started to rise out of the tank threatening them to get wet.

"Go!" cried out Karl as he made them all get out of the room out of the exit. They had to physically drag Tanner and Ryan out of the room.

"That was Amethyst," said Ondina. "Why does she have legs? She's a mermaid on the council!

"Got to my house," said Zac as he stumbled a bit. "Nerissa and my parents are there and we can figure out what is wrong. We can get Ryan and Tanner out of the spell."

"What's going on?" asked Mimmi as she changed into her work uniform.

"Come with us!" cried out Weilan as she pulled her hand to run. Amethyst was looking for them as she came out of the building behind her. Mimmi kissed Chris as she passed him only shrugging.

! #$%^&*()

It took about an hour to adequately describe what was going on to Nerissa. The girls had started out with their fighting and now how they were here. Rob and Lauren watching them from the main house and looking over paperwork.

Nerissa only stood stonily listening as she could only think. The only mermaid that could be that powerful to control a bunch of mermen could only be the result of a powerful mermaid.

"This has to be Aurora's work," said Nerissa as she only looked at the mers and Karl. He was in way over his head, but there was nothing they could do at this moment. "Only she could do something like this. What she could be doing sounds like a power draining spell. Touch ocean water come the moon rise they won't have powers or even a tail anymore. Amethyst was likely being controlled and they are operating from Mako."

Ondina and Erik looked at one another angry at the idea. They could spend hours just swimming together. Dean automatically reached to touch Nixie's hand. Zac could only feel anger bubble up in him. No way, he had learned more about his heritage to only have it taken away from him.

"I have a plan," said Zac as he tried to make sense of everything going on. He looked at the others from around the room. Nerissa, Ryan, Tanner, Dean, Erik, Ondina, Lyla, Mimmi, Weilan, Sirena, Nixie and for some reason Karl all looked at him. They were lucky to find Sirena quickly. He tried to think of what he could do. He could only watch helpless as Ryan and Tanner tried to get themselves out of his bungalow looking for water. "Alright maybe I don't. Any ideas?"

"I have one," said Erik standing up and playing with his Rubik's cube. "If there is anything I learned at all, is that we need to work as a team. Zac, I know we don't exactly get along and you have no reason to trust me."

"You're right I don't," he growled feeling frustrated. "Erik why don't you just back off and let me figure this out."

Pent up in frustration and anger Erik only stood to him. He had his best dark look on his face as he tried not to push the boy into the wall. "I tried to apologize and I tried to show you that I have changed. Clearly no one will ever trust a merman around here." He looked at the girls as they stared stonily up at him. Even Ondina was giving him that look. "I don't need your permission or for you to even like me at all. Those mermen are my family and all I have anymore."

Erik could feel his head pounding as he looked at Ondina trying to find the right words. "Make up whatever plan you want. I'm going in as a distraction and if I'm killed, you got what you want. Whatever it going on is at Mako and I'm going to figure it out."

He pulled open the door and before anyone could stop him, he slammed it and they heard a splash.

"Erik," cried out Dean. He turned to the others and as he tried his best to stand up for his friend and some respect from the mermaids. "I know you don't like mermen, if the stories are true then I understand. He's right though, we're a brotherhood and we look out for one another. Even if we do some of the stupidest stuff known to mankind. Erik is probably halfway to Mako by now but I'm going with him as a distraction."

"Dean no," cried out Nixie standing up. "We can figure this out."

"Listen, if you care at all. Half of you go to the convention center and keep the mermen from going into the ocean. Someone should watch Ryan and Tanner. Send whoever is left to Mako. I don't want to go down without a fight."

With that they heard the door open behind them. Rob and Lauren stood in the doorway looking very confused.

"Excuse me," he said quietly walking past them and then running into the water.

"What is going on? We saw a bunch of people disappearing into Zac's shed," said Rob looking very confused. The mermaids looked at where Erik and Dean stood with a look of shock on their faces. Nixie got up and picked up the Rubik's cube that Erik had left dropped to the floor. Ignoring that Zac's foster parents stood with them now, she got empowered by the speeches.

"Listen, I know that we might not care for them but Aurora did stuff to mermaids too. Nerissa was turned into a giant water dragon. The entire eastern pod was driven on land because of her. The northern pod went into a civil war. The western pods became scattered. I don't know about you but I'm going to fight her. Not just because I like a merman, but because she threatened our sisterhood at the same time."

Rob and Lauren looked at her with a surprised look as did the others. Nixie turned to them first.

"Mr. and Mrs. Blakely would you mind watching my friends for me. Tanner and Ryan can't go into the ocean, could you watch them for me?"

"Of course Nixie, we'd be happy too, right Rob?" said Lauren elbowing her husband sending him a look. He only nodded in agreement with her and then at the others. The two nodded together and lead the two boys into the main house.

"Are any of you even with me?" she asked looking at her friends. Both old and new as she looked at Weilan and Lyla with a hopeful look.

"I'll get whoever goes into the back area of the parks," said Karl. "We could probably beach all of them by turning on the sprinkler system. Any strays we could turn a hose on them."

"I'll go to the convention center," said Lyla with a hopeful look on her face. Nixie looked relieved that someone stood up besides the land boy. She looked at Weilan, Ondina, Zac, Sirena, Mimmi, and Nerissa looking for someone to follow them. The only person that looked remotely impressed was Nerissa.

That was when Ondina stood up next. "Nixie I'll go with you," said Ondina surprising herself.

"Ondina no!" cried out Mimmi not getting up from next to her mother. The blond only looked down her at her friend before turning back to Nixie who was running out of time. There were only so much two mermen could do.

"No, Mimmi I'm going. I'm going, not just because Erik actually needs me to save him, but because there are mermaids out there that needs us. Neppy, Amaris, all the hatchlings. It was a thousand sisters that convinced Rikki to give us the bracelet to save your mother. And it's a thousand sisters again that will keep Aurora from ruling the seas."

"I'll go with Karl to help the mermen," said Sirena walking over to the boy. He only nodded along happy to have a mermaid aid. Even if it wasn't Weilan, this was going to be awesome. Not even needed to be convinced Lyla had gotten up and joined them as well.

"I'm with Ondina and Nixie," said Weilan. "Aurora nearly wiped out the entire eastern pod. I'd like to face her myself."

Everyone then turned and looked at the remaining people sitting down still. Nerissa, Zac, and Mimmi only looked up at their divided friends. They all were entirely unsure about what they were going to do.

"I don't need to be reminded that Aurora turned me into a dragon. Nixie, Weilan, Ondina would you mind me coming with you?" She smiled at the three girls as they only stood just looking at them.

"It would be an honor Nerissa," said Weilan a little star struck. They soon looked at Zac and Mimmi who were still making up their minds. Zac looked up and thought for a moment. He wanted to help his mother but he also wanted to help the mermen. He couldn't help but feel guilty. The way he snapped at Erik felt as if he was snapping at all the other merman.

"I'll help Lyla, Sirena, and Karl," said Zac as he walked over to them. They smiled as he joined them. He hoped that he was doing the right thing. They didn't have much time since Erik and Dean already ran out of them. The only person left was Mimmi.

Mimmi only stood feeling betrayed. Her mother was going to face Aurora again. What if she never came back? Then Zac was going to leave her to save some mermen that he just meets. If he saves them, Zac will spend all of his time with them and won't be with her.

"Neither," said Mimmi as she looked at her friends and she could see disappointment in their eyes. "I'll stay back and help Rob and Lauren with the boys. They might use their powers on them. It'll be good to defend them when they really need help."

She lied almost through her teeth. She would help Rob and Lauren protect themselves from those boys. She never fully forgave Erik about what he had done. She could trust no other merman besides her brother, of course.

"That's a good idea," said Ondina siding with her. Ondina could tell that Mimmi was lying but didn't press it. The other agreed as Ondina, Weilan, Nixie, and Nerissa went and jumped into the canal heading toward Mako. Zac had decided to lead the others to the park through the water entrance. The dolphin pool to be more exact.

! #$%^&*()

"Mimmi, is everything okay out there?" asked Rob as she let herself in. She looked up at him from searching the room for the boys. Tanner and Ryan were nowhere to be seen however.

"Yea, they have it all under control. I'm here to help you guys in case they start using their powers on you," she said giving them a nod. Although she wouldn't be that much help. Two mermen up against one mermaid? Yea, this wouldn't end well.

Rob opened his mouth and then shut it. It was a good thing Mimmi decided to come help them. He wouldn't have any idea of what to do then.

"Good idea," he said as she looked around their house. She never went up to the main house, only to Zac's shed. The living room looked nice and big. The two boys sitting on a nice comfy couch.

"Hi Mimmi," said Lauren looking over at the girl. "We're looking for a way to get them out of this trance."

"Trance," said Mimmi in a deadpanned way. Her eyes glanced over at the boys as Lauren gently slapped their cheeks. Snapping her fingers and clapping her hands didn't really work. She put a pair of headphone on each of them as she turned up something on a small device. It looked like Evie's tablet that she gave her, but smaller.

Rob came in from the kitchen with a pitcher of water in his hand.

"Mr. Blakely I wouldn't…" she started but it didn't stop the older man. Rob took the pitcher of water and dumped half over Ryan and another half on Tanner. It took less than 10 seconds for their tails to grow.

"That's right I forgot," said Rob as he leaned over the two boys. He only stared, because he was not used to seeing random boys with tails. Only his son. He shook his head as he took a towel from the nearby bathroom.

Mentally Mimmi groaned. She didn't want to be reminded of this and what was really going on. She felt some tears start to prick at her eyes. Lauren looked over at her and she put her hand on Mimmi's shoulder.

"Do you want to talk?" she asked as she lead the younger girl into the den. Rob only nodded at the two of them as he tried to think of another plan. It wasn't until Mimmi felt that she couldn't be overheard, she broke down crying.

Lauren reached out and just hugged the girl stroking her hair. It felt nice to this since Zac hadn't really came to her about his problems. She could never really fully understand the girl's problems, but she could surely try.

"Do you want to tell me what's wrong?" asked Lauren.

"Everything is wrong," started Mimmi. Lauren and Rob both knew about them and everything but there was so much that she could comprehend. "My mother went out to fight an evil mermaid and might not come back. Zac is making friends with mermen and I feel as if he'll want to spend more time with them then me. Ondina made up with her ex-boyfriend and won't want to spend time with me."

She cried harder after realizing about what happened with Ondina. She was about the give up her life with the pod for him. Surely, they weren't completely made up, but when she would Ondina would leave. Everything on land is really complicated and she just wanted to go and hide. Lauren stroked her hair which felt really nice. Until she realized that it wasn't her own mother that she would probably never see again. She cried into her shoulder harder.

"Mimmi, if there is one thing I know about Zac, he's not going to abandon you. I see the way he lights up when he's with you. Nothing can change the way he feels about you. Ondina as well, she knows that your best friends," said Lauren still consoling the girl. "And what little I do know about your mother, I know she's a kind and compassionate woman that is doing what's best. She's brave and I think she can come out of whatever is going on just fine."

Mimmi wiped her eyes from the tears as she pulled away from Lauren. Of course, she was right. Ondina and Zac were always going to be her favorite people. Her mother is powerful, but she felt pretty useless. She could never trust the mermen like Zac oh so willingly did. Her mother brought three other mermaids with her. Not only that, but she volunteered to be here.

"Got it!" shouted out Rob from the other side of the house. "The water did work in a different way."

Mimmi and Lauren walked in to find the boys looking around their house. Mimmi couldn't help but think that they would steal something.

"We have that same ice cream maker," said Tanner. "I could totally go for some chocolate chip right now. Oh hello!" He finally took notice of both women as they walked into the room.

Ryan nodded them as he looked around at the antiques in the house. They had a couple of nice things. Rob and Tanner went off to see if they could get the ice cream maker working.

"The paintings are beautiful," said Ryan as he pointed to one above the fire place. "I'm not much of an art critic, but I love the color and the shading. Do you know who did it?"

Lauren flushed, when Zac decided to make the pool house his, she made his room into an art room. She did most of her painting in there where she could watch the waves.

"Oh I painted them," she said proudly.

"They're really good," he said looking around more. Besides paintings and antiques the room had nice big and comfortable furniture. Mimmi only kept a sharp eye out on him.

"Puzzle boxes, I used to love solving those as a kid. I locked Erik's watch in one and it took him four hours to figure it out. It was actually really hilarious since he ate my ice cream."

Lauren laughed and Mimmi only smiled thinly. It was kind of nice to hear about everything Erik went through before. Although, looking at the puzzle boxes made her think. They couldn't lock a water dragon in one. A person could get pulled in one though. Mrs. Trumble and Poseidon were in it. It would be impossible to lock Aurora in one though. She would have to reinforce it with two moon rings. Let's face it, she's the only mermaid here.

That is, unless one of the mermen would help her. That would, again, be impossible. She wouldn't trust any of them. Besides, they don't even have any moon rings to even try it.

"You okay there?" asked Ryan to her.

"Yea, I'm fine," she said embarrassed to be caught thinking like this.

"Mind if I try them?" he asked Lauren. She nodded as he picked one up. They watched a he solved the first one pretty easily. Then the second, third, fourth, fifth, and the final sixth one.

"You're really good," said Lauren and Rob came back holding ice cream on a tray. Tanner eating one already in a small plastic bowl.

"I couldn't solve any of them," said Rob handing his wife one.

"Well the last one was tricky. By the way, thanks Rob for getting that trance out of us," said Ryan as he took one. Mimmi grabbed one for herself. "I didn't think chlorine water would work, but it did."

"Actually, it's just plain water in the pool. Zac was supposed to add the chemicals the other day," said Lauren. Mimmi only watched her ice cream melt a little contemplating on asking them for help.

"I don't know anything about pools but it sounds like he needs to up his game," joked Tanner. "I've never had a pool before."

"Where are you from?" asked Rob curious, he sounded a bit like Mimmi.

"Canada, the cold part," he said with a smile. "My mom was doing ice fishing with her boyfriend of the time. I brought home more fish than she ever did and they broke up. Not because I'm clearly the better fisher of course."

Rob and Lauren laughed at the joke he made. Mimmi was going against her moral code as she couldn't help but feel helpless. These boys weren't even going to attack either of them. Ryan was busy complimenting Lauren and smiling. Tanner making cracks with Rob and learning how to make ice cream.

"Can you two help me?" she finally asked. Veridia was going to kill her for getting help from a merman. "I want to go help my mother on Mako. I have a plan kind of and I need help."

Everyone looked at her as she explained her plan to them. She told the boys about how she wanted to use a puzzle box to lock Aurora in. Mimmi looked hopeful at Ryan and Tanner wondering if she was just crazy for even asking.

"I think I could work," said Ryan. "Tanner?"

"Woo!" he cried as he did a little dance and pointed at Mimmi. She looked affronted at what he was doing. "We're going to help you win. A little merman magic and a mermaid spell or two. The strongest puzzle box known to mankind. Fist bump around."

Rob, Lauren, and Ryan knew what to do as Mimmi copied them. This was so weird, especially the way the boy acted. Ryan carefully selected a box with Lauren's permission. It would be difficult for anyone else to solve but easy to them. He showed all of them how to open the box as well. Mimmi was pretty confident that Weilan could solve it. So that made six people that knew the unlock mechanism.

"So I remember the spell from the first time," she said as she pointed her moon ring at it. "Now you try."

The boys didn't have rings but they did know other magic. Tanner moved his fingers inward as the box started to move on them. Ryan made his hand a fist and slowly moved his fingers out. Rob and Lauren only watched anxiously. That was when a gust of wind came from it and they ducked.

"Now you have an indestructible box," said Tanner as he handed her his phone. "Let us know if it works." They stared at him as she hesitantly took his phone. "It's a crummy phone and I need a new one. Destroy it while you're out there too."

! #$%^&*()

They slide into the entrance of the moon pool from the land entrance. Thank goodness that Amaris had found a land entrance to the moon pool. Everyone thought that the cave walls were solid rock. There had been this little entrance way that they could just barely slip into.

"Welcome girls," said a haunting voice from the pool.

"Looking for them?" said a girl with dark blond hair who kicked someone with her stolen converse. On the ground next to her feet lay Dean with a pool of what looked like his own blood. Ondina gasped as she covered her mouth as she saw him. Nixie ran over to him and put her hand on his pulse point as she could faintly feel it underneath her fingers.

"Dean, Dean," demanded Nixie trying to shake him awake. She dropped to her knees as she tried to shake him awake. She then turned and looked at Aurora with her eyes wide.

"Nixie?" he said weakly as he could only make out a head of dark hair. For all he knew it could have been Nerissa shifting in front of him.

"Where's Erik?" demanded Ondina as Weilan took notice of another girl. Ondina turned and looked around the moon pool looking for him. She was going to hurt him for leaving before making a plan. It took a while to decide who was going where. "Erik!"

He was on the other side of the moon pool as the other girl was holding him down as he tried to fight it. He looked beaten and bruised as he was restrained on the cave rocks.

"So Aurora has minions?" asked Weilan as she stepped fully into the light of the moon pool. The woman in the moon pool didn't even look up at her.

"It's a pity that the eastern pod had to send one mermaid to avenge them." She only picked at her nail as Weilan tried to figure out what to say or even do. She temped on using something huge and powerful, but for all she knew Aurora had mastered turning the tide. "Have you meet my daughters yet? Shelly and Asia.''

Shelly gave them a look as she was the one holding down Erik. Her long straight blond hair cascaded down her back and a beauty mark just above her lip. Asia only smirked as she glared menacingly at them. Her blond curls about the same length as her sisters.

Nixie only just realized that she had seen both of her daughters wandering around the convention. She assumed that they were foster siblings or something. She thought for a moment before coming to a conclusion that they were spying on the merman on land.

Everything was quiet as they only heard water beat down on the moon pool. Then Ondina turned and used her moon ring on the girl holding down Erik. That was all the other girls needed to launch their own powers on them. The girl that held Erik dropped her hold on him as she turned to use her moon ring on Ondina. Ondina readied herself to use her own power back as she felt her legs give out underneath her. She fell on her side as Erik had pushed her out of the way.

"Erik," she said as he landed on the rock hitting his head on it.

Chaos escalated from there quickly. Aurora only sat in the moon as the two mermaids with legs fought with their moon rings and powers. Nixie, Weilan, and Ondina all held their moon rings out at the girls as they used their powers on each other. Both of her daughters held their own really well.

Nixie had hit the dark blond girl with a jet of water that she easily avoided. Shelly summoned some water from the moon pool before crystalizing it and threw it directly at Weilan.

"They're western pod?" said a surprised Nixie. Western pods only had two main powers but their weather powers were beyond incredible. They had the powers of the earth. Tsunami's and earthquakes were at their disposal at any given time. Aurora from in the moon pool only watched amused.

Angry and concerned for the pod, Nixie and Ondina nodded at one another. They took their other hands and caused lightning to strike down in front of Asia. The green eyed girl stumbled and landed on top of her mother in the moon pool. Together again, both girls knocked Shelly into the moon pool.

A surge in the wind made a hush in the moon pool. Nerissa had waltz right into the moon pool with a hard look on her face. Aurora had a smug look on her face.

"Well look who is here," she said. "Your savior."

Using their powers, Nixie and Ondina attempted to create another lightning bolt before getting thrown back by Shelly.

"What are you doing here Aurora?" asked Nerissa holding out her arms keeping him steady.

"Ever since I turned you into the water dragon and made you attack the eastern pod, I fled to land. One of the most powerful mermaids was out of my way. I went to America and had my daughters. We had caught wind of merman activity on land. We wanted to get rid of all of them. A mass extermination and one of Nerissa's children out of our way," she said with a smirk trying to invoke a reaction from Nerissa.

Nerissa only grew quiet and kept her eyes on her rival. No one was supposed to know about Zac. After she had him, there was uprisings in the northern pod caused by Aurora. She had taken Mimmi to the southern pod, specifically the Mako pod and Zac to the mainland, before returning. Nobody even knew she had a second child.

"We got information about nearly all of the world's mermen in one place. We waited five years for an attack."

That was right, the convention center, where the others would be keeping the mermen from the ocean. All of them remained quiet as they studied one another ready for another attack.

"Mermaids are afraid of mermen," said Weilan as she watched the daughters.

"Yes, when they have powers and a trident," said Aurora. "I've been watching those boys." She sneered in the direction of an unconscious Erik and Dean. "I've made enough potion to slip into their water supply. As soon as they jump into the ocean tonight during the full moon tonight; they'll have no more powers or tail of their own and nobody on land to turn to."

Nerissa stayed quiet at this. Aurora had managed to create a massive memory wipe potion and mixed with power stripping potion. Aurora, Asia, and Shelly were going to kill innocent mermen all by themselves.

"Why?" asked Ondina as she gulped at the plan.

"Why? Mermen are dangerous and to have them around is a disgrace. If I recall this one tried to kill all of us," she said nodding toward Erik. Ondina only stared at her all of a sudden feeling protective of Erik. "If I get rid of all of the mermen, who would get the credit for being the most powerful mermaid now Nerissa? Now that you're back."

A surge of anger swelled up in Nerissa as she calculated what she was going to do next. She was going to try to kill her child. All of those innocent people that didn't do anything.

Both women held a long gaze as Aurora raised her hand and started to make the ground of Mako Island shift underneath them. It stopped when tentacles lifted out of the water around the island. They weren't sure what exactly it was but they knew what they were for. Weilan flashed back to the night that her pod was practically destroyed.

She raised her arms and threw a powerful gust of wind directly at the elder mermaid. Aurora didn't even flinch as she redirected the tentacle right at her. Ondina had started to heat the water up which made the tentacle limp back into the water. Now if only they could do that on all the tentacles in the water. Asia and Shelly had climbed back out of the water.

Nerissa raised her arms as she directed her anger into her powers. If there was one thing she was good at not letting her emotions get to the better of her. They made her stronger in the long run.

The moon was starting to rise over the island as they looked up. Nerissa started to use her powers on the other mermaid as Aurora started to use hers. Ondina, Nixie, and Weilan all turned to use their powers on the two daughters as well.

Asia had flung her arm and Ondina flew into the wall as she fainted. Nerissa watched in her peripheral vision but kept a strong contact with Aurora. She thought of the others that were back on land. That was when a puzzle box bubbled up to the surface of the pool.

Everyone looked at it puzzled themselves until the magic on the box started to work. What the? Weilan and the girls looked at one another as it swirled orange looking for its target.

"Mom!" cried out Mimmi as she swam into the cave. The magic on the box lifted a weakened Aurora into the box. The magic from her ring disappearing with her. Nerissa who had been holding her own against Aurora fainted on the rocks in the moon pool.

Asia quickly reached for the box that held her mother before Nixie levitated it back to her. The two girls fought over the box that held Aurora inside.

"How is she not breaking out?" asked Nixie as the two girls brawled. Mimmi had gotten herself out of the water and dry to help her weakened mother.

"I used a couple different northern spells on it. Rob had managed to get the spell off of Tanner and Ryan. They helped put some merman magic on it."

"Where did you get a new puzzle box?" asked Weilan.

"Zac's other parents had one in their house. They said they got it from an antiques store years ago. I asked if I could have it."

They heard a shout as Nixie and Asia fought over the box as they watched concerned about what to do. Take the box with their own powers? What if they destroyed it? Would Aurora die in there or would she break free? Without even thinking, Mimmi in turn used her hand to put the box in her arms.

"It's too late," said Asia. "The full moon is out and all of the mermen will be lost. You may have our mother but you don't have us."

With that Asia and Shelly left to finish what their mother had started. The island shook underneath him as Mimmi only looked around. Erik, Dean, and Ondina were all knocked out. Mimmi couldn't help but think that Erik was just about even with Zac as dryly as she possibly could.

"What do we do about them?" she asked as she rushed over to Ondina. She checked her pulse to make sure she was breathing. Taking a deep breath, Nerissa held out her moon ring over the girl. Ondina would be just fine, it was the boys that Nerissa was more concerned about. She had no idea what Aurora had done to them.

She then walked over to Dean as he was hurt more.

"Can you help him?" asked Nixie as she was on her knees next to him. She tried to blink back tears. There was no way she was crying over a boy. Much less one that she only meet two or three days ago. Nerissa held out her arm as Weilan and the others watched.

It didn't work fully, but soon enough Dean was gasping for a breath as he made a grab for the water.

"Don't touch it," said Nixie remembering Aurora's plan. There was no way, he was not going to forget his parents or his friends or her. They had to stay on Mako Island until they dealt with Asia and Shelly.

Nerissa moved on to help Erik. Ondina got on her knees to help him, but Nerissa gave her that look. Erik stirred as he woke up from black. Weilan had moved back when she felt something hit against her ankle. She gasped and covered her mouth with wide eyes.

"Guys," she said weakly as she pointed to what she just hit.

Everyone only stared at Nixie turned even paler than usual. The girls only stared when they saw Veridia and Rita laying there on the floor of what looked like a tunnel. Both of them were laying in blood. Oh no.

"Rita," said Weilan weakly running over to both women. Nerissa looked over both women trying hard to wake them and heal them.

"I think we lost Veridia," replied Nerissa looking apologetic as she tried her hardest on Rita who was struggling to breath.

"Girls, you did great holding back her daughters, I'm very proud of you. We have Aurora locked away for now. I'm going to try reviving both of them. It's up to you know to go after Shelly and Asia."

Ondina, Mimmi, Weilan, and Nixie all nodded ready to attack the other girls.