The lady walked over to a pad and held down a button.

" Can you hear me?" she asked. I nodded my head and Marcel looked towards her. He went up to the glass and banged on it. She pushed the button again and her voice was heard.

" I would stop, we will shock you." She said, Marcel stopped and he looked towards me.

" This is your fault!" Marcel yelled as he got closer to me.

" I know! I didn't mean to-" " Why where you on the surface?" Marcel asked. " I don't know." I said softly. Marcel tensed up as he clenched his fist.

" Stop fighting." The voice said. Marcel sent me a glare as he listened and went to the bottom of the tank. I looked around and the lady was writing notes down. I went over to the glass and she looked up at me.

" Can we leave?" I asked, she looked at me and soon shook her head no.

" Why not?" I asked. She looked at me and pushed the button. " Don't worry, Soon you will be in a better place then the scary ocean." She said. I sent her a confused face and she walked away. I sighed and looked around for Marcel, he was at the bottom, messing with the sand.

His black tattoos flexed with his every move as he made pictures in the sand. Marcel was special, he got his tattos at the age of sixteen. we get our tattoos at the normal age of eighteen.

The tattoos hold a meaning. They tell others, what tribe or pod they are from, and the initials of a future lover. I'm seventeen and I'm going to get my tattoos in a few weeks.

oh I forgot to tell you that Marcel is now eighteen, I swam over to him and sat down.

" What are you making?" I asked and he made an x in the sand. above that was some horns. I was confused, maybe he was just in that mood.

" I need to be alone for a second." Marcel said. I nodded and left him alone. I was thankful that Marcel was able to speak his mind. If he was angry then he would say so.

There was a low beep and I looked over to the lady. She held up a paper and was writing things down.

" Whats your names?" Marcel got up and swam to me, before I could talk. he covered my mouth and sent me a ' Shut up' look. I nodded and the lady frowned.

" We aren't saying anything." Marcel said. The lady scoffed and she walked over to a table. She set up a tripod and a camera was on it. She looked like she was talking to someone. She pointed the camera at us and she smiled.

Marcel tugged my arm and moved me behind some of the corral that was in the tank. We hid and Marcel looked over. He came back down and sighed.

" I think we are in a lot of trouble." "w-what?!" I asked the fear was evident. " It looks like she is talking to a superior." Marcel informed.

"Marcel! What if they split us apart?!" I was starting to panic. He placed his hands on my shoulders and told me to breath slowly and was telling me that we weren't going to split up. The water pulled slightly, meaning that the boat stopped.

"Stay here, I will be back." Marcel said. I nodded and hid in some coral. He left and I looked over to watch him. " Where are we?" Marcel asked. "We had some changes, you are going to be given to the MRP." the lady said.

" Whats MRP?" Marcel asked as she looked at him again. " Mermaid Research Program. " the lady turned around and was met with other people walking into the room. They walked in and saw Marcel. The lady walked over to them and they did something that was terrifying.

they shot her!