CHAPTER 11- So I'm back. Again. And stuff actually happens in this chapter! :D

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"Well, this won't end well."

GENERAL POV

Candace looked at Carl in horror. "What do you mean, Monogram's in the next room?" she hissed.

Carl gave her a look. "What else could I mean, Candace?" he growled softly.

Candace backed up down the hall a little, sinking in the water and rubbing her shoulders nervously. Carl sighed and paddled over to her.

"Ok, look, the water's still a good eight or nine feet deep. I'll swim in and distract him, and you swim as close to the floor as you can get. Hopefully he won't see you," Carl said gently, glancing back at the door with worry.

Candace hesitated and then nodded, not able to come up with another plan. "Ok. I'll give you thirty seconds."

Carl smiled and kicked his way into the meeting room, startling Monogram. "Sir, are you ok?" Carl asked warily, moving around the floating table and chairs to get to the man, who seemed to be stuck.

Francis frowned slightly. "I've been better. My foot's caught under this bookcase, and I think it's sprained. I can't get it out."

Carl grimaced and swam over to float next to the Major. Sure enough, a large metal bookcase had been knocked over in the flooding and Monogram's foot was now caught between the wall and the shelving unit.

"What were you doing in here?" Carl asked as he maneuvered around the man so that his back was to the wall and Monogram had to face him, thus taking his eyes off the door.

Monogram rolled his eyes. "Setting up for a meeting. All of a sudden the water just flew in here. It's a good thing it wasn't too deep."

Carl nodded and braced his shoulder against the bookcase, trying his best to ignore the shape of Candace swimming around the table and towards the door.

Francis raised an eyebrow. "This wouldn't have happened because of that clogged pipe, would it?" he questioned.

Carl sighed and heaved against the bookcase as best he could. It barely budged. "Yeah. I went to fix it, but I was a bit too late. It exploded and Agent P's lair was totally underwater. It's a good thing I opened the door," he said slowly, knowing Monogram needed some explanation.

Monogram shrugged and pushed himself forward with his arms, grabbing hold of the side of the bookcase. "You push, I'll pull."

Carl nodded.

"Ok," Monogram said. "On the count of three. One…two…three!"

The intern shoved the metal as hard as he could, straining his shoulder a bit. Monogram pulled with all of his might, despite having very little to push off of. The bookcase moved forward slightly and that's when Carl noticed the slight movement of the water, the way it was pushed up against the shelves.

His eyes rose quickly and he spotted Candace, hidden just around the corner, her eyes narrowed in concentration.

The intern gritted his teeth and continued pushing, knowing that Candace couldn't give that much help or she'd risk being discovered.

Finally, the bookcase gave and sank to the floor on its side, sending a large stream of bubbles up to the surface. Monogram moved quickly out of the way, grimacing in pain.

Carl swam next to the Major and sat him down on the top of the table that was in the room. "Stay here sir, and I'll go get help," he told the man.

The boy swam for the door and Monogram looked at him curiously. "Carl, I fired you. Why are you being so nice to me?"

Carl hesitated, kicking his legs gently in thought. "Because, sir, I may be upset with you, but I don't want you to get hurt. I do work for good, after all."

The boy smiled thinly and swam out of the room, leaving the man to think.

Carl caught up with Candace at the next corner, ready to yell at her for putting herself at such risk. All ideas of that, however, went out the door when he saw what she was looking at.

At the end of the hall was a tall staircase that went up to the next level of the agency. At the moment, the water only covered half of the staircase. At the top of the stairs were offices that belonged to the nocturnal agents, so they were most likely empty at the moment.

Carl smiled. "Well, there's our way out."

Candace frowned. "Maybe. Carl, I can't get back to normal unless I'm completely out of the water. I doubt I can get all the way up the stairs using just my hands."

Carl chewed on his lip in thought. "What about your water powers?" he asked.

Candace sighed. "They could move me up to the dry area, but when I move myself I get so drained that I can barely walk. So unless you really want to carry me home…plus, the water is still rising. The pipe never did get fixed."

Carl rolled his eyes. "That's right. Crud. Ok, let's give this a shot."

Candace swam over to the stairs and moved up them as far as she could. But her tail was still about half in the water, and her wet hands kept slipping from underneath her when she pushed on the steps, making it impossible to move.

"Ugh. Carl, a little help?" she pleaded.

Carl moved behind her and grabbed Candace carefully under the arms. He took one step up, pulling her with him. He smiled thinly and did it a few more times. On the fourth step, Candace was almost fully out of the water and on dry land.

And of course, that was when Carl's feet slipped out from under him.

He yelped and fell hard on the marble stairs, losing both his footing and his grip on Candace. His head smacked off of the steps and Candace whipped her head around at the horrible thwacking sound that resonated throughout the hallway. "Carl, are you ok?"

The intern grimaced and raised his fingers to his scalp, pulling them away a moment later to reveal blood. "Aw, shit," he muttered.

Candace stared at the boy in surprise and he waved a hand. "Sorry. Gah, come on, let's try that again."

The mermaid could only look at him in disbelief. "You want to try that again?"

Carl sighed, feeling a bit dizzy. "Do we have another choice, Candace?"

Sighing, the girl concluded that he was right. "All right, but you're getting help from me this time."

Carl nodded and resumed pulling Candace up the steps. She carefully used small amounts of water to get her up the stairs.

The tips of her fins were still in the water when Carl sank to the ground and put his head between his knees. "Ok, way too dizzy to keep going," he mumbled to the floor.

Candace sighed and looked down at the water, which was still rising slowly. Even as she watched, the level started creeping up her tail.

"Carl, come here," the girl said softly.

Carl winced and slowly moved to sit next to Candace. "Put your head down," she instructed him, turning so that she faced the intern.

He did so and Candace reached over, moving his hair so that she could find that cut. She grimaced at the sight of the blood, but placed her hand over it, pressing down firmly. Carl yelped slightly at the sudden pressure and Candace smiled thinly. "Chill, man."

When she pulled her hand away a minute later, the cut was completely gone. The blood was still there, but Candace waved her hand and washed it off quickly.

Carl blinked in surprise and felt his head. "Nice. Thanks, Candace."

Candace smiled. "Feel better?"

Carl nodded and cleaned his glasses off as best he could. "Yeah. I do. But the water's still rising," he pointed out. Sure enough, it had risen to the tops of Candace's fins and was now going up her actual tail.

Candace sighed. "Yeah, I know. We need to get out of here and then figure out a way to get rid of the water in the agency."

Carl rolled his eyes and stood up carefully. "Boy, isn't that the truth."

Candace smiled thinly and allowed Carl to gently grab her biceps. He squinted one eye shut, put his foot carefully on the step behind him, and yanked Candace up off the step and out of water.

And that was when Major Monogram swam into the hallway.

The area went dead silent as Monogram stared at the astonishing sight in front of him.

Candace, still a mermaid and practically dangling from Carl's grip, mouthed "Oh crap," and looked up at Carl in horror.

The intern opened and closed his mouth quickly, unsure of what to say as the Major stared at them.

"Sir," he finally said, "I can explain, I swear."

Monogram raised a shaky hand, his pointer finger raised as if to say something, his face deadly white.

And then Monogram promptly passed out face down into the water.

Dun, dun, dun. What now?

I know that this chapter was short, but you know…whatever.

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