Turtle H2O Series

Splash 6

Venus and her family have returned for a week now. Leo was eating lunch with his brothers and his friends at school. They were noticing Leo and the mermaids were deep in thought again. Raph nudged Leo. "What's bothering you guys this time?" Leo came out of whatever daze he was in and sighed. "It's Venus and her family. We're happy to have them back, but something doesn't feel right with them."

Everyone looked confused. "What do you mean? They seem normal to us." "You guys seriously haven't noticed?" Angel's voice sounds higher than normal. "They accepted our apologies, so what's wrong with them?" Leo and the mermaids shared distressed looks. Everyone began to grow worried. "They have accepted everyone's apologies, but their demeanors are colder towards you guys.

Just be careful around them okay. We could be just paranoid, but just in case something is going on." At that moment, Venus approached the table. "Hey guys, want to go for a swim after school?" "Sounds like a great idea. We'll bring scuba gear so we can join you guys." Donny said. Venus's eyes darkened. "Oh, I was kind of hoping it would be just Leo, April, Gerry, and Angel."

Now everyone realizes how she's staring at them; with the mermaids she's fine, but with the rest of them, she stares at them as if they're her prey ready to be hunted and killed. This made everyone's skin crawl. She put her hand lovingly on Leo's shoulder.

"Maybe another time then." She left. Leo and the mermaids looked at their friends and families expectantly. "Okay, now we can see why you guys are worried. We'll be careful, we promise." Mona said. As Leo and the others were leaving school, Venus and Mars intercepted them before they can rejoin their families.

"Can we talk?" they pulled them to the side. April decided to confront them first. "You care to tell us why you guys are acting so different?" they tried to act like nothing has changed. "Us? We're the same people you know and love." They weren't buying it. "You guys are colder to anyone who isn't a mermaid or creature of the sea."

"Yeah, and your eyes are freakishly darker than normal." Angel cut in. she coughed awkwardly. "No offense to you guys but you aren't the same people we saw a month ago. What is going on with you guys?" she held Mars's hand. "Please tell us." She hates to admit it, but she is starting to fall for Mars and is very worried. Leo held Venus's hand to try to get her to open up as well.

They can see them struggling to talk to them. "We're sorry guys, but we no longer trust normal people and mutants. The way they treated us. We can't forget what happened." Gerry tried to reason with them. "That was a month ago. Plus, they apologized and feel remorseful for what they said and did." They don't believe it. "Like how they're treating you guys right now?"

Their eyes' widened. "What does that have to do with?" April began, but Venus cut her off. "You were planning on leaving like us, and for that they are all babysitting you. It's ridiculous. Why should they have to watch over you guys? If they truly trust and love you guys, they wouldn't need or have to watch over you." Angel growled at them. Venus hissed at them. Leo's brothers saw them looking tense and decided to intervene.

"Guys? What's going on?" Venus hissed violently at them. They jumped in fright. "We'll talk again later. We met a siren named Karai on our trip. She and her father are coming over next week. They want to meet you, and only you." she pointed at Leo and the others. "They are weary of humans and mutants. If you guys could leave us alone with them, we'd appreciate it. C'mon Mars." They left.

"What happened?" Raph asked feeling uneasy. Walking home, Leo and the others told them what they said. "They don't trust us but pretended to accept our apologies. How dare they play us like that." They weren't happy is an understatement. "I think it has something to do with this siren they met. We'll get to the bottom of this once we meet them." April said in determination. Everyone halted.

"There's no way you guys are seeing this siren and her father alone." They said with conviction. "Really guys? They won't see us if you guys tag along. We need to see what they are up to. You have to trust us on this." The others weren't hearing it. "Forget it guys, there's no way in hell we are leaving you alone with them." Leo and the others crossed their arms in perfect harmony.

"We can take care of ourselves you know. If you're that worried about us, how about just put a wire or camera on us?" Angel said sarcastically. That earned them a smirk from everyone. "You're not seriously thinking about doing that are you?" they smirked wider. After convincing their parents to support this plan. The mermaids convinced Venus and Mars that they were able to get alone time with them and their new guests.

"All we had to do was guilt trip them and it worked out very well." She looked pleased with them. "See? All you had to do is take control of the situation." She hugged them enthusiastically before grabbing Leo and kissing him with gusto. He was wiggling his arms frantically.

Not knowing why Venus is being so gun ho. She's never acted like this before. When she finished she said to meet on Wednesday after school at the beach. She left them. Leo rubbed his neck in pain. "You okay Leo?" "That really hurt." They checked his neck to see a bruise. They winced. "Ouch, that's a dark bruise." "You don't think she was marking him do you?" Leo's eyes widened. "We definitely need to figure out what's going on with them."

With that, they reported back to their friends and families to say the meeting is going to happen. They got their equipment ready for Wednesday. Before going to school, they asked the mermaids to meet at Leo's house. "These earrings are hidden cameras that we can see through this tablet." Donny chirped excitedly.

"We have these ear buds that are as small as hearing aids that we can easily slide in and out and no one can see them, but we can hear everything that's going on." he installed hidden cameras on Leo's and Gerry's academic pins that they wear to school. With everything set, they headed to school anticipating what's ahead of them after school.