Elizabeth reached Mako Island by jetty and immediately made her way towards the entrance to the Moon Pool. As she walked, she kept checking her surroundings for any clues or signs as to whether there were strangers on the Island. So far however, she found
/nothing.

She found the rock entrance and avoided falling in. She went in the forest and found a nice strong vine that was long enough to reach down the entrance. She tied one end to the closest tree trunk, then threw the rest down in to the caves entrance. Carefully,
/she made her way down.

Walking in to the Moon Pool, Elizabeth basked in its beauty. She never realized how truly beautiful it was down here. With her senses, she could pick up the magic that resonated in the cave. She walked around, looking for any clues that could help. Near
/the pool, she found orange scales that came from some mermaid. It was still fresh. One of them had recently been here. Looking still, she saw fresh footprints in the sand. Scratch that...someone was still here.

"Alright, I know you're here, so you may as well show yourself," Elizabeth called out as she got to her feet.

Out of a hidden corner in the cave, Zac came on out.

"How did you know?" The brunetteasked.

"Well, footprints in the sand are a dead giveaway. What are you doing here, Zac? I told you to go to with the mermaids," Elizabeth reminded the mermaid.

"I know, and I went. But Veridia forced me to leave, saying that I was not welcome," Zac explained.

"Who's Veridia?"

"She's the leader of the pod. So, I decided to just hide here," Zac finished.

"Well, I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you don't mind, but I'm searching the entire Island, hoping to find out if there is some clue as to how your sister, girlfriend and Principal went missing," Elizabeth explained.

"That's...also another reason why I'm here. I was looking for answers myself. So far...nothing," Zac replied.

"Would you like to help me?" Elizabeth offered.

"Sure," Zac shrugged his big shoulders.

She led him back to the slope and she gripped the vine that waited there. She climbed up and Zac followed.

"Well, this is a good idea. We never thought about that," Zac mentioned.

"That's because you're all fish..." Elizabeth remarked.

Zac chuckled and they reached high ground. Elizabeth and Zac fanned out in opposite directions from the entrance, looking for clues. Finding nothing, they continued on. Taking out her phone, Elizabeth checked the time and realized that at this point,
/she and Zac had been searching for three hours already. Her stomach grumbled.

"Are you hungry?" Elizabeth called out.

"Starving!" He shouted out.

"Let's go catch some fish," She suggested.

They took a quick break and went to a stream nearby. Zac couldn't touch the water without transforming in to a merman and Elizabeth chuckled.

"When I was a mermaid, I had complete control over my transformation," she remembered.

"That's not fair!" Zac whined.

"Well...it's a long story. Wait until I catch these suckers," she replied.

Finding the two perfect fish, Elizabeth snatched them with her two hands and held them in the dry and crisp air as they wiggled about. Zac started up a fire with his merman powers. They cooked their portions and Elizabeth told Zac about her time as a
/mermaid and explained the abilities that she already had. Zac was amazed by her tale and expressed that he wished he was there to witness it.

"I don't think you would have wanted to. Those powers killed people," Elizabeth told him.

"Wow, Veridia would have had a field day with you," Zac commented.

Elizabeth laughed. She didn't doubt it, judging by what Zac told her about the leader of the pod. Finishing their food, the two continued to search the Island. Elizabeth used vantage points on nearby trees and would use her heightened vision to see what
/she could find. Eventually, something caught her attention and she jumped from her vantage point. She walked towards the shoreline on the opposite side of the island.

There were plenty of indications and they all set off alarm bells in her brain. There were many people here at some point. Footprints were still in the sand, undisturbed by nature. But...how was that possible?

"Zac! I found something!" Elizabeth called out.

He came running, but was thrown awayfrom Elizabeth by some unknown force. He landed harshly on his back. Elizabeth looked in shock. What just happened? Getting to his feet, Zac shook himself free of sand and tried again. Again, he was throw away.

"There is magic on this part of the Island, I can feel it," Zac spoke out.

It made sense. Mako Island was full of mysteries. Maybe this was like a force field to keep merpeople out, and was a way for humans to enter. As she checked her surroundings, Elizabeth realized that no animals made a sound in any general direction that
/she was in. There was no wind, no sound of rushing water, not even water movement. It was all just...still. It was bizzare.

Pushing the weirdness aside, she looked at the footprints and tracked them in to the still water. There were indications of scuffling and dragging of feet. Oh god...

Then, Elizabeth stepped in to the ocean water. It felt oddly warm, unlike the other side of Mako Island. She waded out until the water hit just below her shorts. She looked up and saw that Zacjust waited patiently for her. Taking a deep breath,
she dived

underwater and swam down. Opening her eyes and using her night vision ability, Elizabeth found something. She picked it up and resurfaced.

Looking at theobject in her hand, she saw that it was some sort of equipment. It looked like a sonar radar.

"There was definitely a boat here! And people! I think this is where the girls were taken!" Elizabeth shouted out to Zac.

"Is there anything else?!" He yelled back.

Throwing the piece of equipment to shore, Elizabeth dove underwater again. She went further then she could stand and had to resurface to catch her breath. The warm water was oddly calming on the stresses that she carried in her life. She almost just wanted
/to stay there and bask in it. She caught herself and dived again.

Her hands grabbed something short, thick, and rectangular. She resurfaced and took a look at it. It was a magazine clipping. They had guns! She threw that to shore as well. Elizabeth floated in the warm water and began to lose focus on her mission. She
/just wanted to feel like this forever.

"Agent Striker! Agent Striker! Get out of the water!" Zac yelled.

She could hardly hear him as she began to mutter softly to herself about how she didn't want to get out. The water...it was just so calming. Little did Elizabeth realize that the water had its own magical properties, and that creatures began swimming
/towards her.

Zac, seeing movements in the water behind the woman, began to worry. He ran forward, only to be thrown back again. Darn this magic! Wait...what if...? He remembered that he had Evies moon ring and he took it out of his pocket. Putting it on his pinky
/finger, Zac used it on the invisible force in front of him. He walked towards it,hoping to make it past. There was a loud shattering sound and the moon rings glow died down.

He took three steps forward and had gone past the line that had kept throwing him back. He raced towards the waters edge.

"Get out of the water!" He yelled.

"Hmm?" Elizabeth hummed, as if just hearing him for the first time.

She barely had time to move when she felt something sharp grip the bottom of her feet. A short scream ripped from her throat before she was pulled under.

Zac dived in after her and transformed into a merman. Looking underwater, he saw that two creatures has grabbed hold of the female agent. They were creatures that he had never seen before, but they looked almost like eels. Giant eels. He thrusted his
/hand forward in a tight half closed fist and unleashed his heating powers. He boiled the water around the creatures. They screeched and released their grips, swimming off in defeat.

Zac grabbed hold of Elizabeth and brought her up to the surface for air. Swimming to shore, he laid her unconscious body there.

"Come on...wake up. Please, wake up. You've got the find Evie and the others," Zac pleaded.

A quick drying off of his tail and back to human form, Zac became startled when Elizabeth suddenly shot up, spewing water out of her mouth.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

She nodded and looked down at the items that she had retrieved from the water. Taking them each in her hands, she studied them and found an indication as to who they belonged to. There were no names or any engravings.

"No...there's got to be more..." She muttered.

Elizabeth got to her feet, only to fall back down in pain. She looked down at her ankles, seeing the bite marks that the creatures left on her. Blood was oozing.

"Oh...oh god..." Zac blubbered as he saw the sight of blood.

"Don't be such a whimp, it's just blood," Elizabeth said to Zac.

She got back to her feet and bite through the pain. She had been through worse. She looked around, until finally, she found something that was more of a clue than anything else. Half buried in the sand, was a gun. Picking it up, she looked it over. A
/look of recognition lit up in her eyes and she gasped.

"I know who it is. I know whose behind this!" She cried.

"Who?" Zac asked.

She didn't reply, but quickly pulled out her phone. Oddly enough, she had a signal on this side of the Island. Quickly, she placed a call to Joshua, but got his voicemail.

"Joshua? Joshua listen, answer the phone! I know who it is. You've got to get Charlotte out of there and find the others..." The signal suddenly was lost.

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