Chapter 22 power of the moon part 2

Author's note; Summary: The gang have to rescue Melora and Parker from the hunters before they destroy the mermaid world.

The whole cave went silent as Vivian spoke.

"You mean George and Yuria are the hunters?" stammered Annie.

"You mean that man from the car accident?" asked Elaine. "That George Clemons and his girlfriend?"

"I think she might be right," said Rachel thoughtfully. "I mean think of it, they're always looking at us with interest like they're obsessed with us. It seemed like they knew we're mermaids."

"I remember when George stopped by when we were having dinner with Mrs. Wellington a while back," added Alex. "He looked at Melora with surprise and she seemed like they'd seen each other before."

"Yeah, I've had mixed feelings about them when they've visited my mom," admitted Irene. "The way they've asked questions to me is like being interrogated by the police."

"Why would they take pictures of you girls?" asked Kelsey.

"They must be spies for their headquarters," said Annie. "They must've sent them to get information and prove we're mermaids."

"How did they know your mermaids?" asked Cat.

"Last year we killed three hunters," said Annie thoughtfully. "Remember two of them kidnapped me and Irene, but we used our powers to make them crash the car and they died in the crash. That man Nick Wetmore claimed he was a high-ranking hunter, must've found out that we were mermaids and went to Florence to avenge his hunters and we destroyed him."

"Rachel does hang out with Annie a lot," added Vivian. "So, they probably had her suspicions that she was a mermaid too."

"Not to mention she killed some hunters when she first got moonspelled" Kelsey pointed out obviously.

"Rachel and I have become mermaids recently," admitted Trish. "So they must've sensed magic on us like Annie and Irene."

"They must've kidnapped Melora, since she and Dawn know more about magic then we do!" exclaimed Rachel.

"We've got to find her," said Annie. "Before it's too late."

Annie, Rachel, Irene and Trish climbed out of the moonpool and Annie and Rachel used their heat powers to dry them off and regain their legs.

Just then Annie saw a vision, she could see Parker unconscious, being tied up by Yuria.

Annie gasped and stood silent.

"What's wrong?" asked Rachel.

"I, I saw a vision," gasped Annie. "They've captured Parker!"

"Where?" cried Rachel.

"I don't know," said Annie. "But we'd better go find them."

Mrs. Wellington and Haru were driving around town in Mrs. Wellington's car, but they couldn't find Melora.

"We've been looking for hours," sighed Haru. "Where would they have taken her?"

"I don't know," replied Mrs. Wellington worriedly.

Just then Mrs. Wellington saw a vision. She could see Melora tied up to a table and looking in pain. And she also saw Parker being tied up by George and Yuria.

Mrs. Wellington gasped and stopped the car.

"What is it?" asked Haru.

"I just saw a vision," said Mrs. Wellington. "Melora was tied up in a warehouse and they had Parker tied up too."

"He must've went looking for Melora and was caught," cried Haru.

Mrs. Wellington turned the car around and they drove off.

George was standing on a dock starring out at the night sky.

Yuria walked up to him.

"What are you doing?" she complained. "We have that mermaid's boyfriend, what are we gonna do?"

"I'm not sure" said George softly.

"What's wrong?" asked Yuria.

"She told me who the mermaid who killed my father is," muttered George. "I now know who he is. I'm so close to avenging my father. We were in Portland when the storm happened, so they're pod is somewhere near there."

"Look," sighed Yuria in a serious tone. "We have a mission to carry out for head office. Once we discover the realm where mermaids come from, we'll be promoted to council members."

"After all these years I'm so close to avenging my father," George argued. "I can't just stop now."

"Don't worry," said Yuria sympathetically. She held up the transport pearl. "Once we enter the oceanic realm, we will be able to bring head office there and capture the mermaids and destroy them. Then we'll be back and you can hunt down the mermaid who killed your father."

George grinned and shook his girlfriend's hand.

Inside the warehouse, Parker groggily opened his eyes and looked around. He saw Melora tied up at the table. He looked down and saw his hands and legs were tied up.

Irene and Sean were outside the warehouse.

"Are you sure they might be here?" asked Sean.

"Well Annie's vision saw Parker in a building," said Irene. "And the warehouses here are a good place for criminals to hide."

The two mermaids turned invisible and went inside. They couldn't see George and Yuria, but they could see Parker and Melora tied up.

Parker looked up to see Irene and Sean making themselves visible again.

"Irene, Sean," exclaimed Parker. "How'd you get here?"

"Annie had a vision of you here," explained Sean.

"Untie Melora," said Parker. "They've been torturing her."

Irene and Sean looked back to see Melora still in pain from the electrical shocks. The two went over and began to untie her.

"Thank you" muttered Melora weakly as they untied her.

"Not so fast," said a voice.

The two looked up to see Yuria holding out her gun.

"Go!" cried Melora.

Irene and Sean turned and ran. Yuria shot her gun, but missed as Irene and Sean turned down a hallway. Yuria ran after them, shooting the gun a couple more times.

Irene and Sean rounded the corner into the hallway just as Yuria threw water from the water bottle at them. A bit of the water hit Irene on the wrist and she transformed into a mermaid and fell to the floor.

"Irene!" cried Sean and ran back to help her.

Sean bent down and picked up Irene by the arms and started to drag her along. Just then Yuria turned around the corner and shot Sean in the shoulder.

Sean screamed in pain and let go of Irene and dropped to the floor.

"We were supposed to destroy you mermaids when you got moonspelled," complained Yuria. "But no, George is always obsessed about finding the mermaid that killed his father and ruined the plan."

"You broke into my house so you could moonspell me?" cried Irene furiously. "You could've destroyed the town moonspelling all four of us and you've shot my boyfriend!"

"Once we've finished you off," declared Yuria. "We're going to kill all you mermaids."

"Humans can't travel into the oceanic realm without magic" groaned Sean rubbing his shoulder with a hand.

"Which is why we have this" said Yuria grinning, holding up a brightly colored pearl.

"That's my transport pearl!" cried Sean.

"When we enter your world," explained Yuria. "We're going to report it to head office and after we get promoted to council members, then we'll be coming back to the oceanic realm taking more and more mermaids."

"We won't let you" growled Irene her temper rising.

The room began to grow colder, frost started forming on the walls and snowflakes started swirling around.

Yuria stared nervously for a moment; she then shot the gun again. The bullet flew towards Irene, but she used her telekinesis powers to freeze the bullet and threw it to the side.

She then held her hand her hand out and Yuria went flying backwards screaming. Yuria picked herself up and ran off.

Irene transformed back into human form and got up. She then helped Sean up and grabbed and cloth and tied it around his shoulder to stop the bleeding.

They then ran back into the main room and saw Mrs. Wellington and Haru untying Melora from the table. Melora weakly sat up panting.

"Thanks guys" she said breathlessly.

"Mrs. Wellington!" cried Irene.

"What are you two doing here?" exclaimed Mrs. Wellington.

"George and Yuria were the ones stalking us," explained Irene. "They snuck into my house and moonspelled me, and they moonspelled Annie, Rachel and Trish too. They're planning on going to the oceanic realm and destroying the mermaids, they moonspelled us so they would destroy us."

"They stole the transport pearl I brought with me," added Sean. "It's only a matter of time before they make the portal."

"Why did they kidnap Melora?" asked Haru.

"George wanted some information from me," replied Melora. "Remember that story I told you about a member of our pod made a storm to sink a ship?"

Mrs. Wellington nodded.

"Well George was the child who was on it," Melora went on. "His father was killed by the merman. Our mother saved his life and sent him back to shore. He's now after mermaids for revenge. He tortured me for information of who the mermaid was. And I told him."

The four friends all stared at Melora in surprise.

"I didn't want to betray the pod by ratting him out," said Melora guiltily. "But the shock was too much. I feel like a bad leader by giving in."

"It isn't your fault," said Mrs. Wellington hugging her sister. "You're a great leader."

"Parker tried to help me," said Melora. "But Yuria knocked him out and tied him up too."

"Where is Parker?" asked Sean.

The others looked and noticed Parker was gone.

"They've taken him!" cried Haru.

"Why?" asked Mrs. Wellington.

"Probably as a hostage," said Melora. "He's Annie's boyfriend after all."

"We've got to find them!" cried Irene.

Annie and Rachel were walking through the woods.

"You think they might be out here?" asked Annie.

"Maybe," said Rachel. "They'd hide her somewhere outside of town where no one would find her."

Just then Rachel's phone went off. "

"It's Irene," said Rachel. "They've found Melora, but they've kidnapped Parker!"

"What?" cried Annie.

"Parker went to rescue Melora," explained Rachel. "But he was caught and now they've kidnapped him."

"Come on," cried Annie. "We've got to find my dad and go after them."

In Mrs. Wellington's car, Mrs. Wellington, Haru, Melora, Irene and Sean were driving along town. Irene, Sean and Melora sat in the backseat.

Melora sat in the middle seat, resting her head against Irene.

"How are you doing Melora?" asked Mrs. Wellington.

"Little better" muttered Melora. She was talking better than she was when they rescued her from the warehouse, but she was still in a weakened by the torture, she even still looked wary.

"You sure they went this way?" asked Irene.

"If they're planning to use the pearl to go to the oceanic realm," said Mrs. Wellington. "They'd have to go to somewhere where there's water. So, they'd probably go around the water."

George and Yuria drove their car along a road that rang by the sea. They parked their car on the side of the rode and got out.

George opened the trunk where Parker was tied up. George helped him out and pushed him along, they joined Yuria by the water's edge. It was almost the dawn; the sun was just starting to rise.

"How do you plan to get into the oceanic realm anyway?" asked Parker. "You can't breathe underwater."

"We took this from your vice principal," explained George holding up the page from Mrs. Wellington's spellbook. "It's a spell that'll help us breathe underwater."

"You got the spell ready?" asked Yuria.

George nodded.

"Water rise above fair, help us breath your air."

Three bubbles made of water rose up from the water and landed on each of their heads for a minute and then they disappeared.

"These bubbles will help us breath underwater," explained George. "And now we can go to the oceanic realm."

Mrs. Wellington's car drove along, when suddenly Irene saw the black car. In the faint sunrise, she could recognize the figures standing near the edge of the water.

"Look!" she cried. "There they are!"

Mrs. wellington stopped her car and they all climbed out.

"George, Yuria stop!" cried Mrs. Wellington.

Haru held out his sword as he stood next to her.

George, Yuria and Parker turned around in shock.

George held out his gun.

"You again?" said George in annoyance.

"You can't go into the oceanic realm," said Mrs. Wellington. "I'm sorry about what happened to your father, but he wouldn't want you to do this."

"I took a spell from you're spell book," declared Sean. "It'll allow us to breath underwater in the oceanic realm. we'll take care of you mermaids when we get back, including the kappa too."

He noticed the Yesconises Chevy approaching.

"Yuria!" he called. "Get the pearl ready!"

Yuria threw the pearl into the water and the portal opened.

Alex parked the car behind Mrs. Wellington's and he, Vivian, Annie and Rachel got out.

"Oh my gosh," gasped Rachel. "They opened the portal."

"Parker!" cried Annie.

George and Yuria grabbed Parker by each arm and they jumped into the portal and it closed.

Everyone ran up to the water's edge.

Just then Kelsey, Trish, Elaine and Cat came out of the woods.

"What we miss?" asked Kelsey.

"George and Yuria got Parker!" cried Annie.

"They stole Sean's transport pearl and are on their way to the oceanic realm" added Irene.

"Is that what happened to your shoulder?" asked Trish sympathetically.

Sean nodded.

"It's like that vision the seer told me," sighed Annie gravely. "She saw Parker being kidnapped by hunters and it's come true."

"They'll kill all the mermaids if we don't stop them," said Vivian. "And all the other magic beings in the oceanic realm too."

"We have to go save Parker" said Annie determinedly.

"But how?" asked Rachel. "We can't open the portal in the moonpool without a full moon and we don't have a transport pearl to get there."

"Maybe Dawn and I can use our moon rings," Melora spoke up. "We could use them to open the portal."

"If Annie's going to the oceanic realm," said Rachel boldly. "I'm going too. I've been wanting to go to the oceanic realm."

"Irene," said Mrs. Wellington. "I think you should go with them since you've been there too."

"Well," Irene spoke up. "I do like saving the world."

The group walked to the sea lion caves and went inside to the moonpool.

"I'd love to go too," said Trish. "But we should be getting home, my parents are probably getting worried."

Elaine and Cat nodded in agreement.

"I should be going with you Irene," said Sean worried for his girlfriend. "You'll need me to protect you."

"Don't worry Sean," said Irene assuringly. "I'll be fine; besides you need to go to the hospital and have your shoulder looked at. Mrs. Wellington and Melora will take you there."

"Be careful Annie," said Alex hugging his daughter.

"Don't worry dad," said Annie. "I'll be fine."

"I'm your father," said Alex humorously. "It's my job to worry."

"Good luck," said Mrs. Wellington.

"We will Dawn," said Annie.

Mrs. Wellington and Melora held their moon rings out at the pool. The rings glowed blue and the water in the pool started bubbling. Then a portal opened up.

Annie, Rachel and Irene lined up next to each other. Then Annie jumped in and Rachel and Irene followed. Then the portal closed behind them.

Annie floated through the portal determined to find Parker and save him from the hunters.

Author's note; We've come to the end of this season; I hope you enjoyed it. Season 3 will be coming out soon. This chapter was based on the Once upon a time episode and straight on till the morning light.