"I just don't get it. Shouldn't they be trying harder? I mean if I'm going to catch someone or something I'm going to do everything in my power to get it. These guys aren't trying at all." Rikki said. They had gathered in Cleo's bedroom. Lewis was sprawled on the bed and the girls were scattered around the room.
"You're right and we still don't know who they are." Lewis said.
"We need to draw them out." Rikki continued, "We should lift the swim ban."
"Why so they can catch us? Are you crazy?" Emma asked bewildered, "We need to focus our attention on the full moon."
"Exactly. Lets get moon struck and go for a swim. Lewis will be waiting at Mako and if the boys follow us we will capture them before they capture us."
"That sounds kinda risky." Cleo said joining Lewis on the bed, "What if something goes wrong?"
"This waiting game is driving me mad, it's time to take action. If you don't want to risk yourself to be able to swim free again then don't come."Rikki said.
"I want to swim again, but I want to keep the secret also, I don't want to risk others finding out."
"Who would believe them? Everyone will think they've been hanging around Zane to much. Besides we have a week until the next full moon, right. We need to bait them all week. Lets go swimming."
"Right now?" Emma asked still wondering if this made any sense.
"Right now." Rikki grabbed the girls' wrists and pulled them out of the Sertori house.
They were led to the canal and stopped by the bank. Rikki let go and jumped in. Cleo and Emma looked at each other before they followed her in. The water felt invigorating after going so long without being in the ocean. It was just something about the saltwater that you couldn't recreate in the bath no matter how hard you tried. They raced off leaving Lewis to fend for himself in Cleo's room. He knew it would be useless to follow them out and even more useless to talk Rikki out of it. They had waited patiently for almost a month, trap or no trap, she was right it was time to settle this.
Emma, Rikki and Cleo swam like their lives depended on it. Being careful when they came up for air, they didn't want any surprises until the full moon, just in case they were being watched. The swim ended after midnight. The girls were exhausted and still had to figure out how to sneak back in Cleo's house. Luckily Lewis had foreseen this problem and was waiting at the back door. They thanked him then dismissed him. He wasn't supposed to there anyway, Cleo's dad thought he had already left. He didn't want to think about what would happen if he knew he was still there.
Cleo didn't get one foot on the first stair before a flashlight shined over her face.
"What do you think you're doing?" Kim asked with mock authority.
"Kim why are you out of bed? It's none of your business what I do."Cleo shoved past her younger sister.
"I saw Lewis let you in he was supposed to be gone at seven." Kim climbed a few more steps to block the way.
"Does it matter? Go to bed." Cleo reached out for the flashlight but only ended up with a fistful of air.
"I'm telling Dad." Kim turned around to climb the remaining stairs.
"How will you explain why you were up so late?" Cleo turned to Rikki, "Let's lock her in her room."
Rikki smiled and rush to grab Kim. Together they picked her up and shoved her in her room. Emma quickly froze the lock and they hurried off the bed. The rest of the week remained normal. They went of swims together and used their powers as they normally did. They would meet at the JuiceNet Café and talk about plans to meet at Mako on the full moon. Everything was going according to plan as far as they knew.