Chapter 15

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SURFACE

Ron ran towards the docks, Rufus was not far behind his human master. The mole rat didn't know what to do either and was also worried.

Ron got into the boat on the docks and began to row the boat out into the open ocean.

"Huh?" Rufus exclaimed when he saw his owner taking off without him. "Hey! He shouted, waving his paws.

"Sorry, Rufus." Ron called out as he paddled off. "I've got to save Kim, and it'll probably be dangerous. Stay there."

Rufus watched helplessly, wishing he could come.

As Ron rowed, he noticed a harpoon at the bottom of the boat. "Hmm." He murmured and then focused on rowing out into the ocean. "Hang on Kim, I'm coming. I'll find you and that freaky lady octopus too."

UNDER THE SEA

"You sure your dad won't see us?" Wade asked uneasily.

"This cloaking spell is pretty effective." Tim assured Wade.

"Unless Dad uses his trident." Jim suddenly added. "It can overcome most spells."

The three boys soon reached their destination. King Possible floated silently in the water, clutching his trident, his face perplexed. The three boys were careful not to speak, knowing it wouldn't be long. Moments later, two figures could be seen coming followed by three eels.

"Kim?" James exclaimed. Then he glared at Sea Witch. "DNAmy!"

"Well, hello, your highness." DNAmy sneered as she came closer. "Allow me to present your lovely daughter."

The Sea King looked at Kim with concerned. "Kim, are you alright?" He asked desperately.

Kim could only stare helplessly her father.

"Oh, she can't speak." DNAmy cut in. "Becoming human had a price, and that was her voice."

James scowled. "Let her go." He demanded.

DNAmy scowled back. "Not a chance, you big meanie," She declared defiantly. "We made a deal, and now she belongs to me. Not even you can undo it."

King Possible raised his trident menacingly at DNAmy. "Release her now!"

"Remember." DNAmy warned, wagging a finger, "what happens to me will happen to her. Besides," She added scornfully, "using your trident didn't fix the problem with your daughter before. Why would you think it will work now?"

King Possible clutched the triton tightly, his face tense. He was contemplating what he should do.

"Now, don't be so moody." DNAmy added with mock casualness. "I'm a girl who has a thing for bargains. While your little daughter would make a charming addition to my collection of cuddle fish, I am willing to make an exchange for someone much better." She grinned, showing off the gap in her teeth. "Can you guess who?"

James took a few breaths, troubled with the implication. Unseen, Wade, Jim and Tim watched the whole affair, troubled, unsure what to do.

"Maybe you need some convincing." DNAamy sneered. "Now what I'm about to show you is only a temporary demonstration. It's my way of making a point." She gestured and Kim was surrounded by bright light that transformed her into a small fish, trapped in a magic bubble.

"Kim!" James exclaimed in horror.

"Kim!" Wade exclaimed in horror.

"Huh?" King Possible exclaimed, looking around for who had spoken.

"What is the meaning of this?" DNAmy demanded, glaring at the Sea King. "I told you to come alone!"

"You tell me what's going on, sea witch." James growled.

"Oh dear." Tim whispered.

"We're in trouble." Jim finished in the same quiet voice.

Wade frowned. "Wait here." He whispered to the twins and left the cloaked spell, becoming visible.

"Wade?" James exclaimed in surprise. "What are you doing here?"

"I had to find Kim." Wade replied and glared at the Sea Witch. "Let my friend go." He then grew nervous. "Please." He added weakly.

"Don't worry, her transformation is just temporary." DNAmay assured Wade with a smile. "For now. If you want your friend to become a mermaid again, your king will have to agree to the deal I'm offering." She then conjured up a new contract and a quill and looked at the Sea King. "This one is simple. Agree to take her place, and she is free. And look, no fine print. In fact…" She pointed and new words appeared. "Any fine print and your both free."

James eyed the writing on the contract.

"Now do we have a deal?" The Sea Witch asked again.

James hesitated. He looked at the writing uneasily. Then with a sigh, he took the quill and signed his name.

DNAmy became excited. "HA! Now you're going to get what's coming to you!"

The bubble vanished and Kim reverted to her mermaid form, while a magic mist swirled around King James.

SURFACE

Above the ocean surface, Ron's boat was nearby. He saw a glow down below water and figured it was Kim's captor. "Okay, freaky lady, here I come." He grabbed the harpoon and got to his feet.

UNDER THE SEA

When the glow vanished, there on the ocean floor was a polyp, the trident lying nearby. Wade gasped in shock and horror. Kim silently stared in equal horror.

"Dad?" Tim and Jim exclaimed from their hiding place.

DNAmy looked in the direction of the new voices and smiled. "I guess the brainy princes are nearby too." She waved. "Hello, cuties."

"It looks like you're queen of the ocean." Monty commented dryly.

"What else is new?" Shego shrugged her mood sullen.

"Congratulations Mistress." Drakken flattered.

"Thanks, but I'm not queen quite yet." DNAmy smiled as she looked down and picked up King Possible's trident, and grinned. "Now I am Queen of the Ocean!" She giggled, reveling in her triumph.

Kim continued to stare in horror at the polyp that had been her father. She felt so foolish. All this time, she had been a pawn in DNAmy's plan to overthrow her father. Her horror was replaced with anger. She glared at the giggling Sea Witch and swam at DNAmy and wrestled with her.

The Sea Witch grabbed Kim with a tentacle and tossed her to the seafloor.

"Don't mess with me, you little brat." DNAmy snapped. "Attacking your elders is very disrespectful." She then pointed the trident at Kim. "You may not belong to me anymore, but I can still bla- AH!" She cried out in pain as something sharp nicked her arm.

On the ocean floor was a harpoon. Kim looked up in surprise. DNAmy looked toward the direction the harpoon had come and couldn't believe it. Floating several feet over her head was that human prince. Ron was holding his breath while glaring down at the Sea Witch.

"Why, you nasty little meanie!" DNAmy snarled. Kim tried to tell Ron to look out, but she still didn't have her voice and was still restrained by Sea Witch's tentacles. "Get him now!" DNAmy ordered her eel minions.

Shego, Drakken and Monty complied, swimming towards the young human. Ron turned to swim away, but the three eels caught him, wrapping their slimy bodies around him and pulling him towards the ocean depths. Tim and Jim looked at each other.

"Hick-a-bicka-boo?" Jim asked boldly.

"Hoosh-a." Tim answered, his voice equally determined.

The twins abandoned their cloaking shield and swam towards Ron and the eels. Jim grabbed Monty's dark hair and pulled.

"Yow!" Monty screamed. "Let go!"

Tim did the same with Drakken's ponytail. "Arg, let go of me, you little brat!" The blue eel shouted as the twin continued to pull his ponytail.

Shego groaned, annoyed with this development. She then bared her teeth and attempted to snap at the two merboys. They moved out of reach, letting go of Monty and Drakken's hair. The male eels glared. Abandoning Ron, the two eels charged at the twins, who turned and swam away.

Ron had his arms free and grabbed Shego by her long hair. "AH!" She screamed. "Why you little- AAAHHH!"

DNAmy glared at the fleeing royal twins in rage. "Take this, you little brats!" She aimed her trident at the fleeing princes, ready to blast them.

Kim pulled herself free of DNAmy's tentacles and grabbed the Sea Witch by her hair. The Sea Witch cried out, the pain throwing off her aim. The lightning blast that came from the trident struck Drakken and Monty who cried out in pain as they got flung across the ocean to a far-off ocean bed.

Tim and Jim kept swimming. Wade watched the whole thing in shocked silence. Shego and Ron stopped wrestling and looked at what had just transpired in equal shock.

"Babies!" DNAmy exclaimed horrified at what she had done.

Shego grunted and pulled herself out of Ron's grip. "Drakken!" She cried out as she headed towards where spot Drakken and Monty had vanished to.

DNAmy's grief was suddenly replaced with rage. She glared down at Kim and swung her against a rock, knocking her out. She clutched the trident tightly and was about to blast the little mermaid, but suddenly two pairs of hands grabbed her. It was Tim and Jim.

"Unhand me you nasty meanies!" The Sea Witch screamed as she grabbed them with her tentacles and threw them through the water. Suddenly the trident got yanked from her hand. She glared up and saw Wade with the trident, swimming towards Ron, who was heading up to the surface to get some air.

Ron's head broke the surface and he took a deep breath of air. He was about to dive back down when a small black boy surfaced, holding the trident.

"Take this!" He declared.

"What?" Ron exclaimed, still catching his breath. "What about Kim?"

"Listen, you've got to keep this out of the Sea Witch's hands, or we're all doomed." Wade told the human desperately,

The water exploded as the Sea Witch rose up, her tentacles reared up like snakes. She glared at the two boys. "Give me back my trident now, you horrible meanies!" Her tentacles lashed out like whips; one grabbed Wade while another grabbed Ron.

Ron swung the trident like a club and struck one of the thrashing tentacles, nicking it. The Sea Witch cried out in pain, losing her grip on Wade and Ron. Falling back into the water, Ron turned and swam away, carrying the trident with him in one hand.

Wade jumped at DNAmy, grabbing her arm. With a grunt, she grabbed him with two tentacles and threw him into the air, watching him fly up high and hit the water before glaring back at the retreating human.

"Hey lady!" A voice shouted.

"You not pretty!" A second voice shouted.

DNAmy turned and saw the royal twins waving their arms and making faces.

"Meanies!" She screamed. She lashed out four of her tentacles but the boys swam out of reach. She stopped and looked back. Ron getting away with her trident. She hesitated.

"Your glasses are cheap!" Tim shouted.

"And you're not much of a queen either."

With a yell of frustration, DNAmy turned and resumed pursuing Ron.

"She's not chasing us." Tim stated uneasily.

"We got to do something." Jim declared.

Ron swam to a large rock and got on top of it. He turned around, panting. The Sea Witch raised her hands and the water around her bubbled and levitated her five feet above the surface.

"Listen you pathetic human, that trident is mine, and no creature of the sea can oppose me." DNAmy growled. "Now give it to me now!"

Ron held the trident like a spear in front him, glaring at the Sea Witch. "In case you haven't noticed, I'm not a creature of the sea, and I'm certainly not an ugly freak like you!"

DNAmy bared her teeth in rage as her tentacles lashed out. Ron swung the trident like a spear, deflecting the tentacles till one grabbed him by the chest. Ron gagged as the Sea Witch pulled him off the rock and held him several feet above water.

"You'll pay for your meanness with your life." DNAmy snarled. "Then I'll deal with your little girlfriend too."

Though he had trouble breathing, Ron glared at the bloated Sea Witch and with what little strength he had left, he swung the trident at DNAmy's belly.

The Sea Witch screamed in pain and horror. Tim and Jim gasped in horror at what they saw. A short distant away, Wade also watched in horror.

DNAmy swung Ron into the water with a splash. Gasping for breath, she grabbed the trident shaft, but her hands trembled and she couldn't pull it out.

With a choked gasp, the Sea Witch began to weep, tears dripping down her face. She knew she was about to die and that her hopes and dreams for power, revenge and cuddle fish were about to die too.

The Sea Witch then toppled off the rock into the water below. The water soon turned red with her blood. There was a flash, and then her body disappeared. The trident began to sink to the ocean floor.

Tim and Jim rose to the surface and grabbed Ron and swam and carried him to the shore.

"You alright human?" Tim asked.

"Yeah, say something."

Ron just panted as he climbed farer from the water and collapsed from exhaustion. On the beach, Rufus ran up to his owner's body, worried.

"I think he'll be alright?" Tim told his brother.

"We better check out Kim." Jim responded and he and Tim dove into the ocean.

UNDER THE SEA

The trident sank to the ocean floor near the polyp that had been King James Possible. Suddenly the polyp suddenly glowed and morphed back into James Possible. He examined himself in joy. He picked up his trident with a smile.

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In another part of the ocean, Monty and Drakken were laying on an ocean bed, sore and barely moving. Shego was nudging Drakken's eel head with her own.

"Come on, wake up!" She grumbled as she gave another nudge.

Drakken woke with a groan. "Oh my aching everything." He rasped.

Nearby, Monty was also groaning. Suddenly Shego began to glow. She jerked up, looking at herself in surprise. Monty and then Drakken were also glowing. Then with a flash, they… were different.

Shego looked at Drakken and Monty in shock. They were mermen again. She then looked down at herself in surprise. She had arms, hands, and a fish tail and wore a green top. She touched her face, which was mermaid too and then ran her fingers through her long black hair.

"What?"

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Gill the Shark was swimming through the wilderness. Suddenly he glowed and morphed back into a little mer-boy.

"Hey, what gives?"

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In DNAmy's cave, a cabinet shook. The magic orbs containing tiny cuddle fish in it began to glow. Then several soared out of the cabinet and vanished while the cuddle Fish transformed into mermen and mermaids.

More orbs came out, and then vanished, releasing more mer-folk from the Sea Witch's spells. Gasping and exclaiming, they quickly swam out of the lair, followed by more and more. Soon the cave was empty.

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"Dad!" Tim and Jim shouted as they swam up to their father.

"Boys!" He exclaimed.

"You're alright!" Jim exclaimed.

"I guess when DNAmy died, her spell got undone." Tim concluded.

"I guess." James then grew grim as he looked sideways. "Kim!" He exclaimed in horror as he swam away.

Both brothers turned and followed their father.

Kim was lying unconscious on a flat rock, completely still. Wade floated a short distant way, sore and very discouraged.

James swam over to his daughter and cradled her in his arms. Jim and Tim arrived and didn't say anything, their faces grim.

Kim suddenly moaned; her eyes fluttered.

"Kimmie guppy?" Her father asked hopefully.

"Dad…" Kim gasped and then jerked up in surprise. She touched her throat, her eyes wide in disbelief.

James waited uneasily, his emotions in turmoil. He wanted to speak but was afraid he would make things worse.

Kim began to sob. "Dad, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you."

James hugged his younger daughter. "It's OK, Kim. It's OK."

Kim returned the embrace while Tim, Jim and Wade waited anxiously. Kim's eyes widened in horror and pulled away from her father. "Where's Ron?"

Wade looked up at the surface and then at Kim. Jim and Tim threw uneasy glances at each other.

"Dad I…" Kim stammered.

"Go." James told his daughter.

Kim turned, and with a flick of her tail, swam to the ocean's surface. Breaking the surface, she looked around anxiously. She then saw a figure on the beach. It was Ron. He was on his hands and knees, looking weary. Rufus was nearby, concerned for his owner.

"Ron!" She called out, swimming closer to the beach.

"Kim!" Ron exclaimed in surprise. Then he got to his feet and ran into the shallow water towards his redheaded friend and took her hands. "You can talk again?"

"Yes," Kim said, hugging Ron. "Ron, I'm sorry. I ruined everything."

"Its okay, Kim." Ron assured his mermaid friend.

"No it's not." Kim suddenly snapped, withdrawing from Ron's embrace. "I shouldn't have made that deal with the Sea Witch. I wish we'd never met."

Ron stared in shock. He then touched Kim's cheek, looking sympathetic. "Kim, I don't really know what you did or what happened exactly, but if you did anything wrong, I forgive you."

Kim hesitated. Then she sobbed. Ron was about to speak when he gasped. Kim looked at Ron and then behind herself.

Jim, Tim, Wade and King Possible were floating a short distant from them, their expressions ranging from awkwardness, perplexity and uneasiness. On the beach, Rufus watched the unfolding drama in awe.

"I understand you saved my life, human." James stated his voice low.

Ron suddenly grew tense. "I take it you're Kim's father."

"Yes." James answered, looking at Kim and then at Ron, his eyes stern.

"Look, I… I get your not a big fan of humans but I really like your daughter." Ron stuttered. "What I mean is…"

James held out a hand, silencing Ron. He looked at Kim and then at the others. He then looked at Ron. "Look, human, I… we have much to discuss. But first I need to take Kim home."

"Yeah, of course," Ron stammered. "So when do you wish to talk about… whatever it is we need talk about?"

King James considered the question carefully. "Take this." His trident glowed and produced an orb which levitated toward the human's hand. "When it glows, it means I am trying to contact you."

"No problem, your highness." Ron assured the Sea King.

King James looked at Kim and the boys. "Lets' go."

"Yes, dad." Kim replied in a sad voice.

"Yes, dad." Tim and Jim answered dutifully.

The royal family and Wade dove down while Ron and Rufus watched the water quietly, wondering if he and Kim could still be friends after all this.

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To Be Continued

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Author note. I wanted to update sooner, but an array of personal problems delayed me. Plus I had doubts on the story's quality. Ultimately I decided to update despite my doubts.

As you can see, this chapter is basically a parody of the battle scene from the Disney the Little Mermaid. If you seen the deleted scene of the final battle- which is similar but different from the completed cut, you'll see my chapter is closer to the deleted scene.

While the eels died in the film, I didn't want to kill off Drakken and Shego and Monty for various reasons.

DNAmy wasn't one of my favorite character, but I still felt she fit the Sea Witch well. I also wanted her death to be emotional and I hope I pulled that off.

The chapter is a bit of a cliffhanger. I decided that rather than an instant reconciling, Kim and those she cares about have to work through their issues and it will be slow and awkward. I hope you will enjoy what will come.