Hi everyone! Wasn't sure if I was going to be able to upload a chap today, but because of the amazing amount of reviews for Chap 12 (9 in one day! :O), I really made sure I was able to! :) THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE THAT REVIEWED! :)

You wouldn't believe it! First day of school was today, and I have a test tommorow & Wednesday AND an assignment due on Friday! What sort of world are we living in! ? :( :(

Cause this is such a major chapter, I won't upload unless I have 46 reviews! :D

To the story, are you guys ready for a major twist? Here it is...

Enjoy & review,
CheddarFetta :)

Remember any song/storylines or other ideas are more than welcome!

Chapter 13 – It's My Life (By Bon Jovi)

Rikki's POV

"Doctor Denman" I said calmly, even though I was totally shocked. My insides were churning around & my heartbeat began to race rapidly.

"Rikki! Long time no see! How's life been treating you?" Doctor Denman said, walking closer to me with a little entourage of two men standing behind her.

"Fine. What do you want?" I said bluntly as I took a step back, edging closer to one of the rocky walls of the moon pool. I wasn't going to get all coffee-and-chat-ish with her!

"I heard a few things about the Comet and Mako. Thought I should check it out again" she said as she ran one of her 'Baywatch Babe' fingers along the dark rock of the wall."

You better stand tall
When they're calling you out
don't bend, don't break
Baby, don't back down

"I thought you were a scientist, not a geologist" I said as I crossed my arms, making sure she didn't sense my inner fear.

She ignored my last statement and said "What are you doing out here anyway Rikki?"

"Meeting some friends" I said not giving away much more.

"Long way to go to hangout..."

"We like the privacy."

"How did you get here? I didn't see a boat…"

"A friend dropped me off."

"I thought you were meeting your friends here."

"Actually it was Zane that dropped me off, and I made him leave because we wanted some girl time."

"Ah are you and Bennett boy still together? Isn't it all a bit hard? I mean the boat trips going back and forth? Waste of money too."

"You'd be surprised how much we like to be alone…"

"Fair enough. Life must be very different not being a mermaid."

"I'd actually forgotten all about the mermaid thing."

"Do you ever regret it?"

"What is this? 20 questions? I think you're up to 16 by now."

"Do you ever regret it?"

"Sometimes I suppose, but it had its downsides… like you for instance"

"I thought you forgot about it"

I rolled my eyes and changed my crossed arms' position to a variation of what they were currently.

This is for the ones who stood their ground

Tomorrow's getting harder, make no mistake
Luck ain't even lucky, gotta make your own breaks

Doctor Denman bent down to the water and neither of us heard the two voices outside of the moon pool.

She dipped her hand in and I feared for the worst & held my breath, not being unable to do anything to stop what I knew was coming.

"Rikki!" two male voices interrupted my dreads. I whipped my head to the direction of the voices and I smiled as I saw Zane running towards me, but I also saw Doctor Denman's hand flicking out of the water, with millions of little water drops headed for me. My reaction was to cover my head with my arm.

How much of an idiot am I? I go to cover my head, or more importantly skin, with my bare arms! Anyway, I felt about 15 little droplets land on my arms & I panicked. I took my arm away from my head and my worried blue eyes looked into Zane's brown disbelieving ones.

"Zane…" I said with a shaky voice.

His mouth dropped open a bit and his arm gestured towards the moon pool water "Go! Now!"

I mentally reached the number nine as I hurried towards the pool, but as I reached the water, half of my body was entering the water, and the tail half flopped in after it.

I was too late, and I knew I was trapped.

Even if I was able to escape through the moon pool, I knew I was trapped in the sense that Denman would follow me, for sure, no doubt, or even worse, she might even capture Zane like she did with Lewis. No, I know I have to stay.

I surfaced in the pool. "Zane, can you help me out?" I said putting my hand up towards him for him to pull me out of the moon pool. He crouched down and looked at me, giving me a look as if to say "Are you sure?" I nodded, and he took my arm and lifted me out.

Once on the ground I dried myself and stood up. I looked at Zane's dad, trying to work out what he was thinking. He's a hard book to read… totally unlike his son!

"So….. What are you going to do to me?" I said breaking the silence between the 6 of us.

This ain't a song for the brokenhearted
No silent prayer for the faith departed
And I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd
You're gonna hear my voice when I shout it out loud

Doctor Denman looked totally shocked, along with her two assistants. Harrison looked astounded but calm, & Zane looked concerned.

"Well!" Doctor Denman said, still baffled. Then Harrison sort of shocked me saying "Doctor Denman, can I please have a word with you?" Doctor Denman thought about it for a minute before she confirmed saying to her assistants "Keep an eye on them" and the two walked out to the other part of the cave. Harrison can't be helping her can he? What about Zane?

I looked at Zane, who looked at me back and we had a silent conversation with our expressions.

After about 15 minutes, Doctor Denman & Harrison walked back into the main part of the moon pool. I was now sitting on the ground, legs crossed & Zane was leaning against a wall.

"So?" I said, thinking that whatever was coming at me was inevitable. Boy was I wrong!

"We have come to an arrangement; we just need you to agree."

I grunted and Doctor Denman continued "In exchange for your freedom, Harrison & I will marry."

My mouth dropped open and I looked at Zane, who was a male mirror image of my current expression and we simultaneously said "WHAT?"

It's my life
and it's now or never
I aint gonna live forever
I just wanna live while I'm alive

Well! Did anyone see that coming? ;) Hahaha ;) I LOVED writing this chapter! :) Think this is a twist, well the twist is going to bring another twist! :D :D I have soooo many ideas it's not funny... and that's just for this storyline! I still have other mega ones for the other girls too! :) Remember for chapter 14, I need 46 (or more) reviews!

Have a good one,
CheddarFetta