Chapter 3

(Chalen POV)

We ran faster the ever. We would have been a lot slower if it was me in that tub. But I knew we would never out run them. I stopped and handed Kendra to Iggy.

"Chalen. I know what you're going to do. Don't. You don't know how to control it yet." Iggy said. He was way too protective.

"I have to do this Iggy." I told him. I took some water out of the air. Yeah, mermaids can do that. I threw it at them. All of the men got wet. Soon The giant Butterfly and the giant woman joined them. If I had just practiced more maybe I could have froze them all but I was too busy day dreaming on the beach. I had lost some of my strength and stumbled. Iggy caught me and handed me Kendra.

"Iggy don't!" I shouted. He lit up a fireball in his hand. He's my protector and protectors have the power of fire.

"Take another step and you all die." Iggy threatened. The monsters stood still.

"Son, get rid of the fire." Said the general.

"Not until you leave my family alone." Iggy said with such bravery. Monger smiled.

"Plan B." He said. Just then he was shot with some type of tranquilizer dart. He dropped to his knees. and fell on his face. I looked up at where the dart came form. A bunch of men with dart guns were kneeling on top of a bunch of buildings. Ready to shoot.

"STOP IT!" I screamed. They all looked at me. Kendra began to cry. Her Pink eyes drenched in tears.

"You can do whatever you want to do to me just don't hurt my siblings!" I yelled.

"My dear, we aren't going to hurt you or your siblings." Dr. Cockroach stated they all inched forward. I formed another water ball. They kept walking towards me. I guess water wasn't as intimidating as Fire.

"Hey kid, just come with us. I swear nothing bad will happen to you." Link said. I stepped back. Bad move. I was then shot with a tranquilizer dar. My vision went blurry. The world started spinning and I fell.

(Iggy POV)

I woke up in a strange room. In a strange jumpsuit. My first thought was of my sisters. Where were they? The bed I was on pulled out from under me and the room began to drop. When it stopped. The door opened in front of me. I walked out into a big room. With two tables. A normal one and a giant one. The monsters who kidnapped us were sitting at the tables. I instantly formed a fireball. They all looked at me.

"Where are my sisters?" I asked.

"Don't worry they're safe." The tall woman explained.

"Where?" I asked. I the noticed a couch was towards the corner of the room. Chalen and Kendra were both sound asleep. I ran up to them.

"Chalen...wake up." I said gently shaking her awake. Her eyes fluttered open. She instantly stood up, Kendra in hand.

"Where are we?" Chalen asked, scared. The monsters had began to filter over to where we were.

"It's fine my dear you and your family are safe." Dr. Cockroach said to Chalen.

"I want answers. What do you want from us?" Chalen asked.

"We just collect monsters to help us defend the earth." Link said.

"What makes you think we'll help you?" I asked.

"Cuz you don't have a choice." Link explained. I looked at Chalen. She exchanged my Amethyst look with her Turquoise one. At that moment Kendra woke up. She looked around and clung on to Chalen's neck.

"You people have a TV?" Chalen asked. They pointed to a small TV in another corner of the room. I looked at my watch. It was 8:00 am. Time for Kendra's favorite show. Ruby and Max. Chalen sat her in front of the TV and turned it to Nick. The two rabbits voices were going on about a backyard beach and a dump truck. We walked back over to the table with the monsters.

"So......Hi." I said trying to start a conversation.

"Hiya!" B.O.B. said.

"So you wanna explain the whole mermaid thing to us?" Link asked.

"Well there are no such thing as mermen so mermaids fall in love with humans and they have kids like me and my siblings." Kendra started to explain.

"Fascinating." Dr. Cockroach said while taking notes.

"Well all the girls in the family eventually get the mermaid gene and all the boys in the family become protectors of them......with fire powers." I explained.

"Why do you need protection?" B.O.B. asked.

"If you kill a mermaid then you live forever." Chalen answered sadly.

"Really?" Link asked. Chalen nodded.

"So I'm just protecting my sisters from people who want immortality." I said.

"So is that why you are so protective of your sisters?" The tall woman asked.

"Pretty much." I answered.

"Hey, I'm sorry, I don't think I've meet you before." Chalen said pointing at the tall woman.

"Oh, it's Susan. And you must be Chalen." The tall woman answered.

"It is." Chalen said.

"So where are your parents?" Dr. Cockroach asked. Chalen wasn't ready to talk about them again. It had only been 2 years since......well the incident. She got up and walked over to Kendra.

"That's kind of personal." I told them.

"Oh....." B.O.B. said. It was real quiet for the rest of the day.