Chapter 19

Rikki's POV

I woke up to find Zane not in bed. I went downstairs and couldn't find him.

"Zane!" I screamed.

I grabbed my phone and called his number.

"Hello," Zane said.

"Where the hell are you?" I asked him.

"I went to work."

"Oh, I didn't know that." Wow, I'm an idiot.

"Were you worried about me?" he asked me.

"Maybe," I said.

"You were."

"I didn't know where you were. I thought you were kidnapped again," I said in a small voice.

"I promise, if I get kidnapped again, I will tell you before I leave."

"You are such a smart ass!"

"Love you."

"I love you too," I said to him.

"I got to get back to work. Are you staying in the house today?" he asked me.

"I haven't decided yet."

"Tell me where you're going before you go."

"Like you did?"

"Haha, very funny."

"Bye Zane."

"Bye love."

I hung up and got changed. I put on a denim mini and a black tank top. I threw on my converse and called Bella.

I told Bella to meet me at the beach and she brought Cleo with her.

I walked down to the beach, but before I could get out of my door, I saw Denmen. She was walking up to my house. I locked the doors and the windows.

I called Zane again.

"Hey Rikki," he said.

"Denmen is outside."

"What?"

"She is walking up to the house. I told Cleo and Bella to meet me at the beach. What should I do?" I asked him.

"Go hide in the basement."

"We have a basement?"

"It's the second door in the hallway downstairs."

"Okay."

I ran to the door he said to go to and opened it. I saw stairs and I walked down them.

"Where is the light switch?" I asked him.

"On the right when you get downstairs."

I felt for the light and turned it on. I gasped at what I saw.

"You had to get a pool table?" I asked him.

"Yep."

Not only was there a pool table, but there was also a foosball table. In the corner, was a mini fridge and a soda machine. I opened a door and found a pool.

"Why is there a pool in our house that is near the ocean?" I asked him.

"I thought it would be cool," he said.

"You are so weird, now where can I hide?"

"There is a door that leads upstairs and out the back, not the same door you came in through."

I found the door and walked up.

"Thanks Zane."

"No problem." I hung up and walked outside, hands ready to burn someone. I ran to the beach and found Cleo and Bella.

"We have to get out of here," I said to them.

"Why," Bella asked me.

"Denmen is surrounding my house. Let's just get to the airport and meet Ash there."

We walked to the airport and went inside. I immediately saw Ash juggling his luggage.

"Need help?" I asked him.

"Yeah, thanks," he said as he turned around and saw me.

He gave me a hug and then gave Cleo a hug. By then, his luggage was all over the floor.

"Ash, this is Bella," I said.

"Hi," Bella said. Ash said the same thing back.

"Let's go."

We grabbed his luggage and called Lewis to come pick us up. He got a car, finally! We loaded his luggage in the car and got in.

"Your house Rikki?" he asked me.

"No! Denmen is surrounding the place," I told him.

"Did you tell Zane?"

"Yeah and I got out because we have a basement. It has a pool in it."

"We can swim without anyone knowing," Bella said.

"You know?" Ash asked her.

"He doesn't know about me?" Bella asked me and Cleo.

"Nope," Cleo answered.

"Bella is a mermaid too," I told Ash.

"Oh. Where's Emma?" he asked me.

We were all quiet.

"What?"

"That's what we wanted to talk to you about. I'll tell you later. Should I call the police about them surrounding my house?"

"I think you should," Cleo said.

I took out my phone and called the police. They told me to go somewhere near my house, but not to my house. The police went there and found Denmen and them still there. He arrested most of them for trespassing and kidnapping me and Zane, but not Denmen. She got away.

We drove to my house and I showed Ash to his room. He unpacked and I told him to meet me downstairs so we could talk.

We sat on the couch as we waited and he finally came down.

"So, what did you want to talk to me about?" he asked us.

"Emma," I said.

"What about her?"

"Do you know that she's missing?" I asked him.

"Wait what? Nobody told me that." He sat on the couch.

"Emma was taken by a group who wants mermaids dead. We don't know if Emma is alive or not." I told him about everything that has happened. I told him about the mermaid who I see that I believe to be Emma.

"If you see a mermaid and you think its Emma, then she got away."

"No Ash, she didn't escape. Denmen said that they still have her. She said that she wasn't in any condition to talk or do anything. I am so sorry," I said to him.

He bent his head down and started to cry.

"How did they get her?"

I told him about my dreams.

"That's probably how she was taken."

Zane walked in and said, "Honey, I'm home." He looked into the living room and wiped the smile off his face when he saw Ash. I already told Zane that Denmen was gone and some people were arrested.

"You told him?" he asked me.

"Yeah. Ash, were going to go back in there and find Emma. We will bring her back. If she is just severly hurt, I can heal her. I have this new power," I told him.

Zane went upstairs and got changed. He got a job at his dad's company. He's just working there till he finds something he wants to do. After he got changed, he made everyone dinner. He made past and it was amazing.

I went to the basement with Cleo and Bella.

"We can't go in their base!" Bella screamed. I walked to the door with the pool inside. I opened it and jumped into the water.

"We have to. I promised Ash and I am not breaking my promise," I told them as they jumped in.

We were all swimming in the pool.

"I think it was a great idea for Zane to add this," Cleo said.

"Don't change the subject Cleo. Rikki isn't getting off that easy. Fine, we'll go in there, but not without a plan. Got it?" Bella asked me.

"Okay."

We swam for hours until Lewis came down saying that he had to leave. We got out and I dried us all off. They left and I went upstairs.

I knocked on Ash's door and he said, "Come in."

"Hey. How are you doing?" I asked him.

"Horrible. I just hope that she isn't dead. I haven't seen her in a year. A year Rikki. I had so many things I wanted to say to her."

"You still have a chance to say those things. You just have to trust us."

I left the room and went into my room. Zane was there and I kissed him and again we had some fun in bed.

He is freakin amazing!