Sorry for the long wait, I will try to upload much sooner next time. I want to thanks my fans that kept waiting for this chapter, but I had a really hard time trying to figure out how to continue this story. So I hope you guys like it.

Hidden truth

Cleo goes into her room followed by Lewis and Emma. Both Emma and Cleo sit down at the bed, while Lewis makes himself comfortable in a chair. Emma is rubbing her shoulder painfully.

"Let me take care of you shoulder."

Emma takes off her sweater to reveal a huge wound on her shoulder. "How does it look?" Emma turns around and sees Cleo's face. "You know what, I think I don't want to know."

"Alright, this is going to sting a little bit." Cleo says while putting a compress against the wound. Emma winces. "Sorry, but you know I can't use water, right?"

"Sure, just get it over with."

After a minute Cleo puts a bandage over the wound. "There you go, as good as new." Cleo stands up to put her first-aid kit in her closet again.

"Thanks. I just don't understand. I thought that three demons were already many in one week, but this was already the fourth demon this week and it's not even weekend yet."

"I know, it's really strange. Lewis have you found anything about why the demons are going crazy?" Emma and Cleo look at Lewis, who is clearly not paying attention. "Earth to Lewis!" He still doesn't answer so Cleo goes over and shakes him by the shoulders "Lewis!" Lewis startles as he realizes Cleo was talking to him. "What are you thinking about?" She sits back down on the bed.

"Well, remember that Imara that took over Cleo's body?"

"How can I forget, you guys didn't even realise that that wasn't me."

"That doesn't matter now."

Cleo looks angrily at Emma.

"Hello has your body been taking over by someone else lately?"

"Remember Frankie and Lulu, I almost got married."

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that."

Lewis moves his chair closer to the girls to get their attention.

"Guys, maybe we should think about our recent demon and not the old ones?"

"Alright, Lewis, what do you think?"

Lewis shows the smile that he always shows when someone asks him something.

"Alright, Imara was always talking about defeating this guy she called the source. That only proves that he must be very powerful."

Emma nods understanding.

"Maybe even powerful enough to make other demons to do his dirty work."

"Exactly."

"I still don't understand one thing." Emma and Lewis turn to Cleo. "Why does he only sent demons after us, I mean Rikki is also one of the chosen ones and she is all alone so a much easier prey right? So why only us and not Rikki?"

"Well maybe he has send demons after her too but hasn't she told us about it. We're not really on speaking terms at the moment."

"Okay, so let's ask her then?"

-h2o-

Cleo, Emma and Lewis are walking towards the juice net to find Rikki and Zane sitting outside. They come closer so Rikki and Zane can notice them. Rikki looks up, bored. "What do you want?" Zane looks strangely at Rikki. He knows that Rikki and the girls are having a fight right now, but he didn't realise that it was this bad.

"We would like to speak to you Rikki."

"Go ahead."

Emma looks at Zane.

"In private."

Rikki looks at Zane. He smiles at her. "Don't worry, I can miss you for a couple of minutes." She stands up and walks away from them, only to stop a couple of feet further. Cleo, Lewis and Emma want to follow.

"Uh, Lewis, why don't you keep Zane company?"

"Sure, why not?" He lets himself fall down in Rikki's chair and looks at Zane, not really knowing what to say "Nice weather, don't you think?"

Zane looks up.

"I guess so."

-h2o-

"So what did I do wrong this time. Oh wait let me guess, not only did I try to kill you in the future, but in the past too."

"Rikki, we are sorry, we should have known better. We know you would never do anything to hurt us."

Rikki loses up a bit.

"Alright, what's wrong, I know that look on your face Emma."

"Well we have been attacked by demons all the time for the past two weeks. We wanted to know if you were attacked too?"

"No, only one and he actually made a run for it, before I could even start vanquishing him."

"Strange."

"You know what, I'll ask my mom about it."

"Oh no, you don't have to do that."

"We'll figure it out on our own."

"What do you guys have against my mom, she only helped us so far?"

"We just don't think she has such a good influence on you. I mean how long do you really know her?"

"Not much longer then I know you two and maybe you guys forgot but she is my mom, which makes her much more trustworthy then two, claimed to be, friends, who accuse me as soon as they can. I'm out of here."

"Rikki wait… Ouch."

Rikki had pushed Emma against her painful shoulder so she could get trough. Rikki stops in her tracks.

"What happened to your shoulder?"

"Nothing, just a little bruised."

"Yeah right." And before Emma could say anything Rikki pushes Emma's shirt to the side, so she can see the wound. The bandage covering the wound is already turning red from the blood coming trough. "This doesn't look like nothing, you should see a doctor."

"No, they would only tell it to my father, he is a doctor too, and then he would start asking questions."

"Alright, then come with me, I've been working on something."

"What?"

"You'll see, just have to say goodbye to Zane first."

-h2o-

"They say it's going to be clear all week."

"That's good."

"Yep, sun all the way."

Lewis and Zane smile uncomfortably. They immediately get out of their chairs when Rikki comes closer.

"So how did it go?"

"Not that good. Zane I have to go, the girls need me."

Zane puts his arms around Rikki's waist.

"But I haven't seen you all week long."

"That's not true, you see me at school."

"Yes, but that's school and outside of school, you're almost always spending time with your mom."

Rikki pulls out of Zane's embrace.

"Sorry for wanting to get to know my mother better. Why does everyone treats her like the bad guy when she has only been good to me."

"Rikki…"

"No save it Zane, I don't want to hear it and I've got to go anyway."

Rikki walks away followed by Emma and Cleo. Zane looks at Lewis not understanding Rikki's reaction.

"Do you understand anything from girls, you say you want to spent more time with them and they run away angry."

Lewis steps closer and taps Zane on the shoulder.

"If you find the answer to that, you would be a very rich man."

-h2o-

Emma's doorbell rings. She opens it and finds Rikki. They immediately go to Emma's room.

"Sorry it took me so long, dad was asking questions."

"So what did you bring?"

"This." She takes a cream out of her bag. "I've been working on this for a couple of weeks now. It's a healing cream. It doesn't heal completely but it speeds the healing process. I have only been using it for little cuts and stuff, but I think it can work too on bigger wounds. At least I hope." Rikki sits down behind Emma and rips the bandage off. Emma winces in pain. "Sorry. This is going to be a little cold." She opens the jar and starts putting the cream on the wound.

"Rikki, how did you came up with the idea of making this."

"I found the recipe on Mako Island. There you go, now let's hope it works. Well it's late, I should get home, let me know if it works, alright?"

-h2o-

Rikki walks up to Lewis and Cleo that are sitting in their usual spot in front of the school.

"Hey guys, so how does it goes with Emma?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen her yet. But she will be here soon, I know Emma all my life and she has never missed a school day."

Lewis looks at his watch.

"Well, if she isn't here in exact a minute, today will be premiere."

"I hope this isn't a result to the cream."

Rikki looks worried at Cleo.

-h2o-

After school Cleo and Rikki walk up to Emma's house. Just when they want to ring the bell, Emma's mom opens the door.

"Hey Cleo. And Rikki, well that's been a while since I last saw you. Why did you stop coming over?"

"Oh you know, family stuff." Rikki sees Emma's mom worried face. "But nothing to worry about."

"Alright then, oh where are my manners, come in."

"Thanks, Mss. Gilbert."

"We were actually wandering if Emma is okay?"

"She is fine, why wouldn't she? Did something happen at school today?"

"Well Mss. Gilbert Emma didn't…"

Rikki gives Cleo a bump and end Cleo's sentence.

"Emma didn't had her assignment for next week finished and that isn't usual for Emma so we thought why don't we stop by and help her a little bit."

"That's awfully kind of, but Emma isn't home right now."

"Oh, she probably is in the library. We will go there. See ya Mss. Gilbert."

"Bye Mss. Gilbert."

"Bye girls. Oh and tell Emma that dinner is at seven."

"We'll tell her."

-h2o-

Cleo and Rikki start walking away from the beach.

"Alright, if Emma isn't home and isn't at school."

"And isn't at the Juice net café or at Mako, where is she?"

Cleo looks worriedly at Rikki.

"You don't think that another demon got to her right? I mean, they have been attacking us for two weeks straight."

"I don't think so."

"Why not?"

"Because Emma is looking perfectly fine."

Cleo looks in the direction Rikki is looking and notices Emma sitting on the beach watching the ocean. They run towards her.

"Emma, we have been worried sick, where were you all the day?" Emma doesn't respond. Cleo tries again. "Emma, are you alright?" Still no response. Rikki decides it's time for action and shakes Emma by her shoulders. Emma looks straight at Rikki.

"You shouldn't have done that."

She stands up and moves towards Rikki, making Rikki step back.

"Emma, it's me Rikki, I know we had our differences, but you should still be capable of remembering me, Rikki."

Emma stops. "Rikki?" Rikki nods. "I'm not suppose to harm you." She looks at Cleo. "But am suppose to kill you." She turns around and starts walking towards Cleo, who starts backing up, in the direction of the ocean.

"Emma, what are you doing? You're scarring me."

Rikki pulls at Emma's arm.

"Emma you're not yourself, snap out of it, you don't want to kill Cleo."

"But I have to, my master told me so."

"And who is your master?"

"I'm not suppose to tell you."

"Then what are you suppose to do?"

"Kill Cleo and you are stopping me from fulfilling my assignment."

She gives Rikki a punch in the face, making Rikki fall down on the sand.

"Rikki!" Cleo wants to run towards Rikki, but stops when Emma starts moving towards her again. "Emma please, don't do this." Cleo starts crying. "You don't want to do this."

"My master told me I had to kill you."

Rikki sits up, holding her hand against her cheek.

"Cleo use your powers."

"But I don't want to…"

"You don't have to hurt her, just turn her into a mermaid, so we can get out of here." Cleo does as Rikki said and uses her powers to make a waterbal and shoots it at Emma. It hits Emma in the face and after a couple of seconds, she falls down as a mermaid. Rikki takes Cleo's hand. "Quick, let's go."

-h2o-

"I don't get it, why would anyone try to kill me but wouldn't want to hurt you?"

"Beats me, you're usually the one the people like the most." Rikki and Cleo sit down at a bench in the park. "Alright what could have triggered this?"

"A demon?"

"A demon would want the two of us dead, not just you. Wait a minute, what demon gave Emma that huge wound on her shoulder, maybe it infected her. And because it only saw you and Emma, she only has to kill you."

"That would be a reasonable explanation, but Emma got that wound from a demon pushing her trough a wall."

"Alright, there goes that idea."

Cleo suddenly sits up straight.

"What if not the thing that caused the wound caused Emma's strange behaviour, but the thing that is suppose to heal it?"

"Wait, are you blaming this on my healing cream?"

"It's not your fault, maybe Emma is allergic to something in the cream, do you have the recipe with you?"

"Yeah sure."

Rikki goes into her bag and gets a paper out. Cleo takes it from her and starts reading, after a couple of sentences, she cries out.

"You put salmon eyes in it."

"I know, it sounds awful, but…"

"No, no, you don't understand Rikki." Cleo points to the paper. "Salmon eyes are not for healing, it's for controlling."

"But I have used the cream several times, and I never noticed anything."

"But you only used it for minor wounds, Emma's wound isn't."

Rikki stands up and starts pacing up and down.

"I still don't get it, shouldn't I be the one to control her then, I mean I'm the one who put it on her."

"Rikki, how did you find this recipe again?"

Rikki stops. "I didn't find it, my mom gave it to me." She suddenly looks at Cleo. "And she was the one who put the salmon eyes in the cream. She sits back down next to Cleo. "I don't get it why would my mother do this?"

"It does make some sense to me." Rikki looks at Cleo. "Emma wasn't allowed to harm you, but she could kill me. And you were supposed to be the one who used the cream, not Emma. She wanted to control you, Rikki not Emma."

"But why?"

Cleo stands up.

"Let's find out."

-h2o-

Rikki and Cleo stand in front of Eleanor's door.

"Are you ready for this?"

"I don't think I'll ever be ready for this, but we have to this for Emma."

And without another word, Rikki opens the door. Once inside, she finds her mother sitting on the couch.

"Ah, Rikki, how nice to see you. Oh and you brought your friend, how nice."

"Mom, I have a question for you? Do you remember that cream we made to help the healing?"

"Off course, why?"

"Do you also know what characteristics salmon eyes have?"

Eleanor swallows hard and starts laughing.

"Oh please Rikki, you shouldn't believe everything that's said on the internet. Salmon eyes don't control."

"Then how did you know I was talking about controlling?" Eleanor smile disappears. "Why did you do it mom? Why do you want to control me?"

"I had to, the source gave me orders. Either I had to kill you or I had to control you, the decision wasn't that hard to make. You know that I love you Rikki."

"Do you? Cause if you really did, you wouldn't have chosen neither. Just tell me how we can stop the cream."

"Once the wound is healed, the effects of the cream stop. But Rikki, you have to believe me, I don't mean any harm to you."

"But you do to my friends. Emma had to kill Cleo."

Eleanor steps closer to Rikki.

"Please Rikki, I'm your family. I just wanted to make things right. You'll thank me for it later. Rikki, I'm giving you a chance to choose. Either you're with me or with them, but you can't be both."

"Well, you surely made things easy for me."

"I knew you would turn around." Eleanor smiles at Rikki and puts her arms out for a hug, but the only thing that Rikki does, is taking a step back towards Cleo. "Rikki, what are you doing?"

"Making my decision."

"But you belong with family."

"That's where I am."

She takes Cleo's hand in hers and leaves the room, barely hearing her mom last words.

"You'll regret this decision Rikki. You don't belong with those two."

-h2o-

Rikki and Cleo are sitting back in Emma's room, who herself is lying in the bed.

"God, it feels like I haven't slept in days." She turns towards Cleo. "I can't believe what I almost did to you. All thanks to that witch." She quickly turns to Rikki. "Sorry Rikki, I didn't mean it to come out that way."

"That's alright, I understand why you are not a big fan of her. I'm also on the anti-side right now. I just can believe she actually did it and that you guys were right all a long."

"Well for what it's worth, I'm really sorry that we are right."

"I should have believed you in the first place. We're the chosen ones, we have a special band."

"Yeah we do." Cleo smiles at Rikki and takes her hand in hers together with Emma's. "Back together at last."

"Hey, Rikki, how did you get that bruise on your face?"

"Your mean right hook did that."

"Wait, I did that."

"Emma, you don't have to look so smug about it."

"Sorry, can't help myself."

Cleo takes out a jar. "Nothing a little cream can't fix." Rikki and Emma don't believe what Cleo is implying. "Don't worry. I made a new cream, with the right ingredients."

"You're a wondermermaid, you know that."

"Yes, but remind me of it, when I do forget, alright?"

"Deal."

They all laugh at loud.

-h2o-

Rikki finds Zane sitting in his boat.

"Hey."

Zane looks up and sees Rikki holding out her hand. He takes it and gets out of his boat.

"Hey."

"Look, about this morning, I wanted to apologize for acting the way I did. You were right that I was spending way to much with my mom and neglecting you. But I promise it won't happen again and if it does…"

Zane puts a finger against Rikki's mouth. Once she is silenced, he removes his finger.

"Do you know that you always babble when you apologize." Rikki tries to answer, but Zane beats her to it. "I think it's cute." He takes both her hands in his. "Rikki, the only reason why I didn't like you leaving is because I want to be with you all the time because I love you."

"I love you to, Zane."

"You better do."

Rikki smiles at Zane, who kneels his head and kisses her. A kiss that is soon answered by Rikki.