ME: Hello this chapter is co-authored and beta by Prue162 who has helped me a lot so please give her/him the same amount of credit you give me! Btw neither Prue162 nor myself own H2o Just Add Water and thereforth we do not own money for writting this story. Thank you and please enjoy!
Samantha P.O.V
I was swimming around the ocean floor again. I had to find something else to do besides cook, when I get board. Mum said that she still had the large pot of seafood soup and 5 loaf's of bread that I made 3 days ago from when I was board for an hour. she had made me promise not to cook when I was like that ever again. I couldn't go to school because the papers with my school information was lost and the school said it'd take a week maybe two to get then sent again. So I have spent 4 whole days eating at home, then going swimming to collect seashell's, pearl oysters - I had found a large group of Oysters near my secret cave and so far most of them have at least two large pearls in them. So not only do I have dinner but I also have pearls!- I have also found two different Fossil's that were fossilized in opal or crystal not rock. I was lucky! I have a ton of Shark's teeth in all shapes and sizes.
I have started to make jewelry, Wind chimes, jewelry-boxes out of most of the stuff I have found. As of right now I have 5 white pearl necklaces, 2 White pearl bracelets, 1 black pearl ring, I have 24 seashell necklaces that have a main peace that I hand craft something a dolphin, flower, anything out of wood (wood colors: White, Black, brown, gray) I also have a few made with sharks teeth. I have 4 Jewelry-boxes that are made with a mixture of seashell's and sharks teeth, my favorite That I have made is a jewelry-box that is shaped like a seashell, it is covered in different colored shells and has in the center of it sharks teeth that are shaped like a ship. and in the center of the sharks teeth is a Snow white pearl.
I also have 2 wind chimes that have larger shells. I think I could open up a shop with all the stuff I made.
anyway I went back to collecting when I remember that I still have to work on my salt water fish tank, why did I just think of that?
I let out a long sigh while I swam along the reefs, minding my own business when I hear a boat above me. I swim to hide only to swim right into Cleo?!
She looked just as surprised to see me as I was to see her. Then Rikki and Emma showed up.
Rikki shook her head and pointed right towards... is that Lewis and his sister Eva? and who is that other person? I wanted answers. but Lewis spotted something and swam over to were Rikki had gone.
Suddenly I was being pulled by Cleo forcing me to follow her.
When we got back to Emma's I couldn't hold back my questions. SO I started to ask them at a rapped speed.
"Why are you spying on Lewis and his sister? Who was the other person? Why did that boat look beyond expensive? What happened in the last four day's?"
Cleo held out a hand for me to stop.
"Okay so far what you have missed in the past few days. first is that there is one other person other then our boyfriends that know our secret, her name is Eva McCartney and she is the older twin sister of Lewis. She had known since the pool party when Lewis had to get me out of the water when Destiny had shoved me into the pool." Cleo answered first.
"As for who that was with Lewis and Eva? Her name is Dr. Linda Denman she is a leading Marine Biologist who studies mutation in Marine animals. She also had gotten her PHD at 21." Emma continued after Cleo
"As for why we are spying on Lewis, well that is because He took a DNA sample so he could use her equipment to run test on it. But he had let her (The Marine Biologist) see it. and then he takes her to Mako Island." Rikki finished
Nobody's P.O.V
"Who's DNA sample Lewis has?" Samantha asked, dread crawling up her spine.
"Mine." Cleo sighed. Emma and Rikki both were concerned at the new situation that threatened their secret.
"What about Eva? How much does she know?" Samantha demanded as she managed to (somehow) keep her cool.
"Well she know's about me, Rikki, and Emma being mermaids." Cleo started "but I don't think she has any idea that you are a mermaid." Cleo finished looked somewhat curious at what she just said.
"And she also know's about what our powers are, and if water touches us we have a 10 second window until we transform." Rikki add in what she knew.
"And she knows how the full moon makes us act crazy..." Emma said Both she and Cleo cringed. It was not fun being moonstruck.
"Okay so everything but me." Samantha stated she really wanted to hit something or someone. She then paused and asked "Moonstruck? You had said that word before. When we first meet after I had changed. What is it? and why do only Emma and Cleo make a face that mean I-wish-that-never-happened?"
Rikki smirked glancing at Cleo and Emma before she started to explain how full moon makes them go grazy and affect their powers. She also told Sam briefly of what had happened before.
Samantha blinked, trying her best not to laugh out loud. The looks on Cleo's and Emma's faces told her clearly that now was not the time to fool around. Besides they had bigger fish to fry. "Let's forget about Eva for a moment 'kay? What are we gonna do to Dr Denman? There is no way she'll let this slide especially if she has seen the DNA sample Lewis has."
"Sam is right we have to do something." Emma said pushing aside the bad memories. "We have to get the sample back. But how? And can we trust Lewis on this?"
Cleo glared at Emma. "Of course we can trust Lewis. He was the first one to find out our secret. And he's been helping us this whole time."
Seeing the argument starting Samantha stood up. "Whoa easy there Cleo. We know you want to protect your sweetheart, but this is important. What Dr Denman finds the moon-pool? I know there are some underwater do-hickeys or what ever they are called to monitor sea life. It would be really really bad if they get a picture of us." By the end of her speech Sam was pacing around biting her nails.
Silence. Complete, utter silence followed after that. The situation finally seemed to sink in causing all of them to shiver. If Dr Denman were ever to find out about them they could end up who knows where! And there wasn't any guarantee that Eva was 100% on their side either. Cleo's phone then beeped.
"It's from Lewis." She said reading the text. "Eva is going to help Dr Denman on her research. He also lost my DNA sample."
Rikki seemed ready to explode. "Great! I told you it was a bad idea to give your DNA sample to Lewis! I know it's important and all, but this is about our lives! I happen to like my freedom thank you very much!"
"Rikki! We know, but what is done is done. Just live with it!" Emma snapped drawing everyone's attention to her. "What?"
"It's not like you to lose your cool Emma." Samantha said quietly. She was starting to wish there was a way for them just grab the DNA sample and forget everything, but it was impossible. "There has to be someone who can help us."
Cleo looked up at Sam. "Let's call Lewis here and ask his opinion."
Samantha just nodded to her twin as she sat down to wait.
Lewis was looking at the girl's upset . "Did you really think that I didn't see you guy's spying on me?" He asked "I mean where is the trust?" To Samantha he looked like a kicked puppy. and she felt like the person that kicked said puppy, but the other girl's didn't seem to share Samantha's thoughts. Because Emma glared at him. and said
"Trust? I think it died when you gave our DNA to a world known Marine Biologist."
"Nope I think it died when you took Dr. Bay-watch-babe on a date to Mako." Rikki said while glaring at Lewis.
"I don't have anything to say to you, Lewis ." Samantha said to him, she didn't feel the need to talk bad about his actions. He knew he made a mistake and he felt bad about it, but his girlfriend and the other two weren't making it easy on him.
"You've gone too far, Lewis" When Cleo said that Lewis looked hurt.
"You don't trust me?" Lewis asked his voice cracked a little. "After everything I have helped you with?" His voice held so much pain that Samantha went out side she couldn't stand hearing him like that.
after about 5 minutes Lewis came out of the house upset.
"Lewis!" Samantha called to the upset and angry Blonde. He turned his head towards her. "You do know that Cleo is worried? She is worried about you leaving her because she has scales and isn't normal." That's all Samantha said before she went back inside.
"Give him time Cleo. Lewis is scientist, he doesn't understand magic like we do." Sam whispered to her twin as they walked back home. "If he really does love you then he'll forgive you. And if he doesn't...well lets just say that I'll ask help from Rikki."
After a while Cleo and Samantha went to the Marine Park for different reasons while Cleo had a job to do she wanted to spy on Denman. Samantha wanted a job but she wanted to make sure her twin was safe. Cleo still has no clue that Samantha is Her twin sister, but their dad is having a family meeting tonight so that may change.
Anyway Cleo and Samantha opened the door and went inside they were lucky that no one was around while Cleo opened the laptop.
"'H2O - Just Add Water?'" Cleo whispered in shock, staring at the computer screen. "What is this?"
"Probably Denman's research files." Sam whispered back. She had refused to let Cleo come alone. "Let me see if I can delete it... Damn where is a computer wizard when you need one?" Samantha kept going through the files and deleting everything she could. "If there is a back up copy then we are so screwed."
"Let's go find Emma and Rikki. They need to know about this. Besides we need to get rest of the sample back." Cleo tugged at Sam's hand as they silently crept out of the lab.
"Knowing Rikki she'll blow a gasket." Sam murmured to herself.
Samantha was right both Rikki and Emma blew up. Lewis denied what they told him and so now it was up to the girls to save the day. or so it seemed
Lewis thought hard on what Samantha had said to him about Cleo. He was so deep in thought that he jumped little when Eva suddenly called out for him. Turning around Lewis saw his twin and Dr Denman waiving at him. "Did I miss a memo or something?"
Eva was practically shaking in excitement. "Lewis this is so great! Dr Denman asked me if we wanted to come with her in her next trip! It lasts 6 months! This is a dream come true!"
Instead of sharing his twins enthusiasm he looked at Dr Denman. "Did you keep some of the sample I had?"
"Yes I did." Dr Denman answered calmly.
"Then I have to refuse." Lewis shot back. "I can't work with someone if there is no trust between us."
"Lewis!" Eva exclaimed in shock. "Dr Denman I apologize for my brother..."
"Save your breath Eva. I refuse the offer and that's final." Lewis turned around and walked away. The girl's were right and he felt so stupid for not siding with his girlfriend Cleo. How could he have been so blind?
Meanwhile in the water right after Lewis left-
Samantha saw Emma and Rikki near the docks as she swam closer. 'So they came too. No wonder we couldn't find them. Hopefully Cleo finds Lewis.'
Emma smiled when she saw Sam. Rikki nodded to show that she too saw her. They silently surfaced under the dock.
"Miss McCartney is there anything you can do to change your brother's mind?" Dr Denman spoke briskly, glancing towards to cooler that held the stolen sample piece.
Eva seemed to close to tears. "When Lewis makes up his mind no one can change it."
Sam and Rikki rolled their eyes, both wondering how on earth Eva and Lewis were related to each other? Even Cleo and Samantha were closer now a days.
Rikki tried to grab the sample twice, but both times she had to duck down, because Denman kep glancing at their way. Emma kept glancing around, hoping that no one would see them.
Dr Denman picked up the cooler and placed it in her boat. She spoke so quietly that Sam, Rikki nor Emma heard her. They lost their chance to get the sample back so they dived.
On the Docks after the Boat left-
"Eva went with Dr Denman." Lewis sighed when Sam, Emma and Rikki found him and Cleo.
"Who went with Dr Denman?" Someone asked behind them. The girls turned to look at the speaker smiling, but keeping quiet.
"I just said it. Eva went Dr Denman and she could be telling her everything." Lewis snapped turning around only freeze in his tracks.
"Geez bro, I though you trusted me more than this." Eva pouted childishly.
"But- I thought you-" Lewis tried to speak, but failed.
Eva showed them the missing sample piece. "I saw how upset you were about this Lewis. That's why I was so 'happy' earlier. There's no way I would betway my own twin. Denman will also find a massive computer virus from her mainframe. Though someone had already deleted most of the files."
Samantha hummed. "That was my handy work. I did what I could."
"The good thing is that everything ended in our favor." Cleo said before kissing Lewis.
"Get a room you two." Sam, Rikki and Eva chorused.