Revy came back and I was awake but weak. "Revy? How long has it been since I touched water?" "Why is there a certain amount of time you need water now?" "Crap I didn't tell you. I need to get in some water fast. Warm the tub up." "OK if it will help. Yeah I'm sure that is the problem." So Revy fixed the water for her until it was full enough. "OK Revy. I need you to leave me alone in the tub and not to come in until I come out ok?" "Is there a problem?" "No I just don't want you to see yet." "Ok that's fine. I'll use my bedroom bathroom." So Revy left and I locked the door. I went into the tub and it felt nice an cool. "Ah this feels great. I feel better already." Then I saw my legs change into a fin. "I have got to get used to this new routine and tail. I wish I had a female mermaid to help me at this time. Maybe I can talk to father and arrange something."
After awhile I got out and my fin changed back to feet. Then I dried off and put my regular clothes back on. "Revy I'm out." "Oh good. How are you feeling?" "Much better thanks. I forgot to tell you. Every hour in a half or 2 hours I need to get into water or I will get sick. Any longer than 2 hours and I will get sick." "Oh ok. I will keep track then." "Thanks Revy. Dad's leaving today so I need to see him off. I will see you later ok?" "Yeah sure. I'll drive you." "Oh thanks Revy. Take me to Nova's remember mom lives there now." "Oh yeah sure. Go ahead and get in." "Ok thanks Revy." Once I got in the car not long Revy got in and drove me to Nova's
"Well thanks Revy. I will see you in two days. Tomorrow I am busy I will see you the next day ok?" "Yeah sure. Then we can talk about your last concert." "yeah thanks." Then I got out and knocked on Nova's door. (Knock Knock) Nova opened the door and said, "Oh hey Zee. Come on in. Your father and mother are waiting for you." I walked in and saw my parents snuggling. It was a beautiful sight to see. "Hello mom and dad. Did you two have a good day?" "Yes we did." Said mom blushing. "Since we are all mermaids or mermen except mom who is the only one who knows I want to ask father something. Father I got sick because I lost track of the last time I got in the water. I told my friend I just needed to get in the tub and I will be fine. Don't worry she doesn't know. I told her not to come in until I got out. I was wondering. Is there someone my age or more experienced that can be my aid while I am on land? That way we can keep track together. It would be easier that way." "Your mom and I actually were talking about that. We have someone who is 10 years older. She is 28 I talked to her before I had business up here when you called." "Oh really? Who is it?" "Its Aquarius. I saw you hang out with her and her group while you were here. She said she would be happy to help you. She hasn't been on land in 8 years." "Oh good. I like her as well. Oh and what about the times I want to visit you father?" "Oh well take your mother and Nova. Nova can put the spell bubble on your mother." "That's a relief."
"Ok how are we going to split up in our cars?" I said. "Well its just us 4 why don't we take my car?" Said mom. "Ok sounds good. Mom. Hey dad when was the last time you were in water? You don't look very good." "I'm fine don't worry. I know it's a 15 min drive. I will live." Said dad. "Mom when we get going step on it ok?" "Yes maam." So we all got in the car and mom drove off.
10 minutes later we got there. Nova and I rushed dad to the water. Once we got him in he was looking much better. "Dad you should know better. I mean I know you missed mom but there is something called a bathtub or a shower." "Haha Yes I know. I won't do it again I promise." "You better not. We just found each other again. You just found mom. You can't die on us." I swam over and hugged my dad. He was shocked at first but then he hugged me back. "Have a safe trip home father. Call me when you get back ok? Promise?" "Yes I will. I will also call your mother." "You better." Said mom. "Hehe so it begins a family being brought together after years of being apart." Said Nova. "Hey Nova. Don't make it sound like it's a story your not a narrator you know." "Haha yeah well it was a perfect moment." Mom said goodbye to dad and Nova said he would see dad later. I waved to dad as well. Once he was gone we left back home.
Once we got home my phone rang. I saw the number was from Revy so I answered it. "Hello?" "Zee. Its my brother. Its black Crystal as well." "What happened Revy? Are they ok?" "I don't know. I walked in the house and saw them unconscious. I don't know what they were doing in my house in the first place." "Ok I'll get Nova to take me to your house. I will see if I can help." "Thank you. I'll see you soon." Then we hung up. "Nova? Mom? We need to get back in the car. Something happened. We need to get to Revy's house fast." So we all rushed in the car and Nova stepped on it.
We finally got to Revy's house and I said, "Revy. Where are they?" "I moved them In the studio. I tried to make them comfortable as possible." "OK lets go then." So we walked to the studio and I saw them laying side by side. "Why are they laying next to each other?" "That's just the way I put them. Is there a problem?" "No none at all. Let me take a look at them." I felt their heads and smelled around them to see if I can find out what was wrong. "That's strange. Revy. I'm sure you recognize the smell on them." Then Revy went over and smelled it as well. "That's….." "Yeah that's the same poison I was subjected to. What the hell were they doing here? Who poisoned them? Revy I need to use the soundproof room to make a call." "Yes go ahead." So I ran to the room and dialed the bosses number. "Hey Boss its Zee. We have a problem. Someone came to Revy's house and poisoned her brother and Black Crystal. It was the same poison I had last time. Who poisoned them?" "(Sigh) They weren't poisoned there. They were running and ended up there I am assuming. I told them not to chase after those guys. Those dim wits. You have 2 antidotes right?" "Yeah I do." "Once they are healed bring them back here. I need to have a talk with them." I shivered. "Ok see you tomorrow." "Yeah see you then." Then we hung up. I went inside my purse and got the 2 antidotes.
"I'm back guys. I have a couple of antidotes hang on. She lifted Revy's brothers head up and helped him with the antidote. Then she did the same with Black Chrystal. "Now all we can do is wait. Revy is it all right if I stay here until they are cured?" "Yeah sure." "Nova I'll be ok. Go take mom home with you. Watch her please." "yes my pleasure." "Ok thanks." So they left and I sat there waiting.
Two hours later it looked like Kiran was waking up. He was Revy's brother. "Hey Kiran. You ok now?" "Cough Cough I think so. How is Crystal?" "She will be fine as well. We just have to wait for her to wake up. I heard from boss I gave him a call. Your lucky I carried around a couple antidotes. Now I have to go get more. Tomorrow I have to be somewhere. It's a mission I have to bring mom." "Oh so you finally found out that Nadine was your mother after all. The first time I saw her, I noticed some similarities in your looks I didn't know for sure. That's why I didn't say anything. I'm glad your back together with them." "Thanks Kiran. I am too." Then I checked Crystal to make sure she was doing ok. After I touched her forehead, she was waking up. "Hmm. Where am I? Ow my head hurts." "How you feeling Crystal?" "My head hurts and body aches." "That's normal. Especially since you had more poison than Kiran had in his body." "Yeah I covered him in the nick of time but he still got poisoned." "Crystal listen to me. You almost died. If I hadn't given you the antidote when I did you wouldn't be here right now. Kiran had maybe a day left at the most if that. You two are lucky to be alive. Now when boss says not to do something he says it for a reason. Start listening to him. Plus I thought he should have been the boss in the first place before the one that crystal killed was." "We try our best to listen to him ok Zee?" "You better not try and do listen to him." "Now that you guys are fine I need to go back and get ready for my mission tomorrow. I've got to call Nova to give me a ride back." So I left them and made a call to Nova.
A few minutes later Nova showed up and I told revy I was leaving and to take care of Kiran and Crystal. Then I headed out to the car and mom was in the passenger seat. It was a quiet ride home. I saw Nova looking at me worriedly and I smiled to let him know things were ok.
We finally got home and mom got out. "I'll be out in a minute Nadine. Go on in the house if you'd like." Said Nova. "Ok sure I'll see you in awhile then." So she went in the house and it was just me and Nova. I was in a daze and Nova called my name a few times. "Zee. Zee? Hey Zee?! Zee!" "Huh what did you say?" "I didn't say anything yet but are you ok?" "Y-yeah I'm fine." "Are you sure? You were quiet on the ride here." "I'm fine I'm just worried about the mission tomorrow." "It will be fine don't worry. Even if you come back hurt even if its just a scratch you will be fine." "Its not me I'm worried about. Its mom. Your right I'm with her she will be fine. Thanks Nova." "OK then lets go inside."
It was getting late and almost time for bed. Mom was still here. "Hey mom? Since we have to leave early tomorrow I was thinking maybe I can stay at your place tonight." "Nova is taking us to the park right? You stay with him. If Its all right maybe I will stay on the couch bed." "Yeah let me talk to Nova. I'm sure its fine. Hey Nova? Can mom stay here since we have to leave early?" "Yeah sure." "OK thanks. OK it sounds good." "OK mom goodnight. I have to get ready for the mission tomorrow. You don't need to bring anything do you mom?" "No I got everything I need in my bag but thank you sweetie." "Oh before I forget mom. Should I call you Nadine or mom at work." "Oh you can call me whatever you'd like. It would be easier if you called me by name at work if you called me mom no one would know who you are talking about." "Yeah your right. OK Night mom." I gave her a hug and went into our room.
As I was getting my stuff ready, Nova came up and hugged me from behind and scared me. "Nova! You scared me." "Sorry about that. Are your senses weakening?" "No I was focusing on getting ready for tomorrow." "Haha ok. No need to get your bow in a tangle." "Sigh. Nova? Do you think everything will really be ok tomorrow?" I said after finishing my packing. "I think your fight skills are really good. You have weapons if you need them. I think you will be fine. Just promise me you won't die ok?" "haha you know I can't make that promise. There is no guarantee of what will happen. I will try not to die though Nova. But if someone tries to kill my mom you better know that I will jump in to save her even if it costs my life." "Yeah I know just try not to get hit in a vital organ ok? Try not to make it too serious." "I will try not to Nova. I love you too much for that." "OK lets go to sleep then." We kissed a long while then we cuddled up and went to sleep.
The next morning mom got up to make breakfast. "Hmm. Cough cough" I woke up to something smelling different. Nova had just woken up right after me. "What's going on Zee?" "I don't know lets go out to find out." I got dressed as well as him and we went out to the kitchen. "Hey mom. What's going on?" "Oh hey you two. I thought I'd make some breakfast?" said mom. "What exactly is it? Its smells different." I saw it online I thought I would check it out. It is something Mer people should like except I cooked it. I hope you like it." "Oh mom thanks. What about you though? What are you going to eat?" "Oh its fine. I already ate I made myself some bacon eggs and toast. I hope you enjoy it." We both looked at her weird and said, "Thanks mom." So we took a bite and surprisingly it didn't taste as bad as it smelled. "Its really good. Thanks mom." I said. "Yeah thanks Nadine its not bad." "Oh Nova you can call me mom. Since you will eventually get married to my daughter." "Ok thanks." So we finished our food then it was time to get going. I picked up my bag and mom got hers. Then all 3 of us headed to Nova's car. We got buckled and headed to the park.
We got to the park a few minutes early which I like to do in case something happens. "OK we can get back ourselves. Get some more sleep Nova ok?" "I'll try Then he drove off. It was 4:55am we were 5 minutes early. "Hey mom. Whatever happens, I will protect you." "I know you will honey but make sure you are still alive doing it ok? I'm letting you know there is a change my form may come out. If it does just be careful ok? You know what it is right?" "Yeah it's a fox wolf type of look." "Hehe Yeah that's what I called it that's what I told your father as well when he first saw it. I was surprised he accepted me even with my form." "I'm happy for you mom." Then a hooded person came by and took us to the organization.
As we were waiting for boss, we were attacked. I was hit with a needle but I was still trying to protect mom even if I was poisoned. "You will not…. Take my mother…" I said Panting because of the poison. They tried to push me aside but I used my sword. "Like I said you will not take my mother." I was barely standing. I fought with some guys and I got one really good then I fell. I heard my mom scream my name. "Zee! Please Survive!" Then I passed out.