Sorry for the wait. I've been really busy, I've been freaking out about the hurricane. Here is the next chapter. Some important things might happen. Maybe I'll end with a cliffhanger….. Thanks for all the reviews! Please review this chapter. I love all the reviews! They make me happy! :D

Chapter 33

Rikki's POV

I woke up on the table again. I was tied down and my feet were this time too. I was sitting in a pile of water. Why don't I have a tail?

"Someone?" I asked the air.

"Don't bother screaming Rikki. It won't help," Denmen said as she came into the room.

"Why don't I have a tail?" I asked her. She already knew that I was a mermaid, so why not ask.

"I researched that. When mermaids are in labor, they can't grow a tail."

"What? I'm not in labor," I said. Then it hit me. My water had broke and that was the liquid I was sitting in. "Let me go!" I screamed. I tried to get up, but I was hit with pain from the baby.

"No can do Rikki. You have to stay here. If you don't, the baby will be hurt. I need that baby."

"Let me go, please. Wait, what day is it?" I asked her.

"It's the day of the full moon. Your baby should be coming soon. Charlotte, check the time between her contractions." Charlotte came out of the darkness in the cave. Wait, cave? I looked around. I was at the moon pool.

"Why am I here? They will come and fight. They'll save me!" I screamed.

"The baby must be born under the full moon. It has to be here, where you turned into a mermaid," Charlotte said.

"Did you tell her how I became a mermaid?"

"Yes, I did."

"Why did you tell her? Ugh! Why do you need my baby if you know how I was turned?" I asked Denmen.

"I need your baby for some test. A daughter of a mermaid! It's extraordinary! Who knows what she will be. She could be a mermaid fully, a full human, or both like you. Your daughter can be the key to our success. If she is stronger than an average mermaid then we have a stronger army!" Dr. Denmen told me.

"Why do you need a freakin army?" I screamed at her.

"You'll know in time," Charlotte said as she timed my how long till I had another contraction. Contractions hurt like a bitch!

I looked up at the sky and saw the darkness. It was night already?

"HELP!" I screamed. "BELLA, CLEO, EMMA, ZANE! SOMEONE HELP ME!"

"Shut it!" Denmen said.

I did. I was too scared that she was going to kill me after she gets my baby. I can't let her do this. If I made my hands catch fire and get my hands untied, I wouldn't be able to escape. I really need help.

"Don't even bother trying to escape," Charlotte said after everyone left.

"Why not?" I asked her.

"Wouldn't do you any good. You can't swim as a mermaid and you can't go out the other way. You would be caught in a minute."

"I guess that's why they left me alone with you."

"What are you talking about?"

"You bought me Emma. They still hate you. She's just keeping you around for information," I told her. Please let this work.

"If she hated me, she wouldn't have come to me asking for information." She slowed down after she said 'come to me'. She understands that there just using her.

"Told you," I said to her.

"Don't believe a word she says," Sophie said as she came into the room. "She has the tendency to lie."

"I'm the one who lies? You're lying to Will. I wonder how he's going to treat you after he finds out."

"That's the thing, he won't find out." She looked up. "Denmen, it's almost time!"

I looked up. The moon was starting to come over the moon pool.

"Ahh!" I screamed. This kid really wanted to come out. She can't. She's not safe.

"Charlotte, get the baby out," Denmen said to her.

"No!" I screamed.

"Push Rikki," Charlotte said to me.

"Not a chance in hell."

"If you don't push, the baby might die. You never know. I didn't get to that part of my training."

"You're not fully trained? Get me out of here!"

Sophie took a piece of duct tape and was about to cover my mouth, but Denmen stopped her.

"Don't! She needs to scream. That's half the fun."

"What the hell happened to you Denmen?" I asked her.

"Not now Rikki."

I was forced to push and push. I was crying and was in so much pain. Finally, my baby was out. I didn't see her. Charlotte cleaned her off and handed her to Sophie.

"Bring her to her room," Charlotte said to her.

"No, no! Don't talk my baby away from me!" I screamed. I kept screaming until I passed out.

"Rikki!"

I looked around and saw my mom.

"Mom?" I said.

"You need to wake up. Your daughter needs you."

"Where have you been? I've needed your help for so long, but you never came. I don't know how to be a mom."

"You can be a mom darling. But, you need your baby to be a mom. Wake up and go find her. Save her and keep her out of danger."

"Okay."

"For me Rikki."

"I love you mom," I said as she disappeared.

I woke up and saw Bella. I looked up; it was the morning or the afternoon.

"Rikki!" she screamed. She pulled herself out of the water. I looked around. I was on the floor. The table was gone and so was everything else, including my daughter.

"Where is she?" I asked her.

"Where is who?" Bella asked me.

"My daughter. Denmen took her. She is going to wish she was dead. She will be dead after I'm through with her."

I stood up, but sat back down. I felt dizzy.

"Rikki, don't go back asleep. We need to get you out of here. Can you swim?" Bella asked me. She looked at me with a worried expression.

"I can swim."

I made my way to the pool and jumped in. I wasn't in as much pain as I thought I would be.

"Bella, how long have I been missing?" I asked her.

"Two weeks." She went underwater and so did I. Two weeks? I was gone that long. How long have I been asleep? My baby is probably long gone, along with Denmen. I cried as I swam to the beach.

We reached the beach and I dried us off. I sat there, still crying.

"Come on Rikki, we need to get you home," Bella said as she helped me up. She helped me walk to my house. I walked into the living room and saw a worried Emma.

"Rikki!" she screamed as she ran to me and hugged me. "I am so happy that you're okay."

She let go of me and I sat down.

"Do you want anything?" Emma asked me.

"My baby," I said.

Emma looked confused. Bella brought her into another room. I guess she was explaining what happened.

I grabbed the phone and dialed Zane's number. I needed him.

"Hello," he said when he picked up.

"Zane, come home, please," I said.

"Rikki? Oh my god, you okay! I'm on my way home now!" he said as he hung up. I put the phone down and grabbed a blanket. I pulled it around me and started crying again.

Emma and Bella came back into the room. I told them I called Zane and they sat next to me, hugging me as I cried.

Zane came into the living room and looked at my red, tear stained face. Emma and Bella got up so he could sit next to me. He pulled me into a strong embrace.

"I am so happy you're okay," he said to me. "You better not go missing again. Our daughter wouldn't like that."

Zane was so oblivious. Bella and Emma looked at each other

"What?' he asked us.

"She has her," I said.

"Who has who?"

"Denmen has our daughter. She wants to do tests on her."

"What!" Zane screamed.

Bella jumped in. "I found her on the floor of the moon pool. She told me that they wanted her baby, that's why they took her."

"They tied me down and I escaped, but Sophie stopped me from escaping," I said to my friends and my future husband.

"Sophie?" Bella said in shock.

"Yeah, Charlotte was there too. They were there when the baby was born. I didn't get to hold her, I didn't even get to see her!" I said with more tears showing themselves.

"We are going to get her back, I promise Rikki. I won't let our daughter grow up with them. Go upstairs and rest. I'm calling the police," Zane said. He got up and went to get the phone.

"No!" I screamed.

"Why not?"

"You can't tell them what happened without telling them about us being mermaids," Emma said.

"I think I should call Cleo," Bella said. "I should probably tell Will about Sophie."

"Fine, I won't call, but I will find our daughter," Zane said. "Go rest," he told me.

I got up and went to my room. For once, I will be sleeping in a bed. I went into the bathroom and took a bath. Zane came in and saw me crying as a mermaid.

"I hate seeing you like this," Zane said.

"As a mermaid?" I asked him. How could he not be okay with that?

"No, I'm perfectly happy that you're a mermaid. I hate seeing you upset, sad, and just what you are right now."

He sat on the floor next to the tub.

"I just wish that Denmen would leave me alone. I want our daughter back. That bitch is going to pay. Help me out of the tub," I said to him.

He helped me out and I dried myself off. I put on my pajamas and climbed into bed. Zane lied down next to me. He told me that Bella was staying in the guest room. Emma went home and called Cleo.

Zane pulled me into his arms and I started to cry again. Why the hell do I have to cry so much?

Hope you liked the chapter! I won't be able to post new chapters for a couple days or even weeks! The hurricane is gonna knock out my power and that means my internet connection. Don't get mad if I don't post for a while. I will still write, but you won't see the chapters. That actually is a good thing. Then I can definitely post one every day until I run out of chapters. It'll be harder to post more during school. Don't hate me!

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