Beauties and beasts

Prologue

Author's note: This story is a crossover from one of my favorite series "H2O just add water" an Australian TV series, and one of my favorite creatures "The creature from the black lagoon" or Gillman has they call him. I was curious at what would happen if the creature and it's kind ever encountered the mermaid beauties of H2O, let's find out shall we. Hope you like it.

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The storm raged on the pacific ocean, lighting and rain shooting threw the sky. And flying against the elements a military carrier aircraft appeared from the clouds. Inside there were six soldiers all armed with rifles sitting in their seats, their uniforms bore the mark of Australian special forces, while keeping their eyes on the enormous 12 meter long rectangular glass container filed with water. The water was so murky that almost nothing could be seen has what was inside it, except the occasional shadow of something swimming inside it.

One of the soldiers, apparently bored out of his mind, spoke "Can someone please tell me why are we supposed to bring these things back home from Brazil."

An older looking soldier answered with annoyance. "Because we were ordered to by the brass, it doesn't matter why we're doing it."

"Actually your colleague is showing a great deal of initiative by asking about the importance of this mission" said an older looking fellow emerging from the cockpit, he didn't wear a uniform but yes civilian clothes.

The older looking soldier looked at the older man and said "Dr Oliver Smith, how nice of you to join us. Please enlightened us about the importance of the mission."

The man known has Smith smiled and he started. "This mission his paramount for us human beings to understand better the evolution of the natural world and maybe ourselves in the process. Since for the first time in history man has discovered that we are not the only sentient species in the planet, has evidenced by our guests in that tank."

The younger soldier listen carefully, "Is it truth theses things were discovered in the Amazon?"

Smith smiled "Yes it is, private. A Brazilian science team found them and managed to capture them four months ago, they notified the Brazilian government who notified the United Nations who have taken special interest in the study of these creatures, in order to avoid world panic these creatures are, for now at least, to be studied in secret. An international team of specialists was studying the creatures in special facilities in Brazil, but now the UN has decided we might learn more from them, in Gold Coast's ocean center in Australia, which has more advanced facilities."

The private kept listening with delight "Then is it true that these creatures are the same has the one who supposedly fled the ocean Harbor Oceanarium in Florida, in 1955?"

Smith replied "Yes they are."

"So the stories about the Gillman are true? Most people think they were a ox."

"It was no ox I assure you. A team of scientists discovered the creature leaving in the black lagoon in the Amazon, where it killed most of the people who came to study the remains of one of its kind. It was later captured and taken to Florida where it escaped and went on a rampage before being shot and killed by the police."

The private though on that for a while and then asked. "So it's true than it had an attraction for beautiful woman." Several of his colleagues whistled at that, one of them even whispered naughty boys.

"Yes, the creature showed unusual attraction for the woman present during they're encounter. Nobody knows why despite the obvious difference between our species, it is unknown if this is driven by simple instinctual behavior, or if the creature suffered a crush, either way it was driven to abduct Kay Lawrence and Helen Dobson."

The private asked "Was this behavior only shown in the Gillman of that time or do theses show the same behavior?"

Smith smiled "Why do you think your female colleagues weren't allowed on this mission? Because we didn't want them getting excited. In fact some of my colleagues have a theory about why the Gillman took a linking to Ms. Lawrence and , both had something in common, they were excellent swimmers and they swam in the presence of the Gillman. It is possible that the Gillman, being an aquatic species, associated their act of swimming with behavior from his own kind, and thus although it was aware they weren't from the same species, it saw them has close enough to him to the point they were attractive to him."

The private said amazed "I see, there are some species who display courtship behavior through swimming."

"Precisely, have you been paying attention to science class?"

"No doctor I just watch a lot of National Geographic."

Smith should have seen that coming. "Good enough then."

The older soldier said annoyance dripping from his voice. "Who cares, it's just a stupid animal."

Smith was shocked "Excuse me, these are sentient beings, it is no more an animal than you or I."

The younger private asked "How intelligent are they?"

Smith was glad to have something take his attention away from that buffoon. "Where not sure yet, but so far we have determined they are almost has intelligent has a human being, in fact they may be has smart has us."

"Yeah" said the older soldier. He then raised his voice towards the water tank. "Like some stupid fish can ever be has intelligent has a human."

Suddenly a loud growl came from the tank and a scaled palmed hand appeared on the glass has if it was about to break it.

An irritated Smith quickly said "They can sense your aggression towards them, it wouldn't be wise to provoke them, and they have far superior strength than a normal human being."

The older soldier was about to reply when suddenly the whole plane shook. "Pilots what is going on."

One of the pilots in the front screamed "The left wing has been hit by lighting, it's on fire. We are loosing altitude quickly towards the ocean."

The older soldier was quick to order everyone up. "Everyone take parachutes we are abandoning the plane."

Smith protested "We can't leave them."

To which the soldier replied "Sorry doc, but your little science project will just have to survive the landing, now you come with me and jump."

He opened the rear hatch of the plane and they all jumped one by one. After the last one had jumped the plane increased speed had it fell and reached the water, then sunk towards the bottom.

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Cleo woke up alarmed like if she had been in some sort of nightmare. She felt a gentle hand touch her shoulder "Sssshhh it's alright I'm here with you" whispered the soft voice of Lewis sitting in bed with her. Cleo was quick to calm down, although the sense of dread she felt had yet to disappear.

Thank God Lewis was here for her, unlike what most people would think they weren't doing anything inappropriate. Lewis had come back from America to spend the summer vacations with her here in Gold Coast, unfortunately her father kept a close watch on them, so Lewis had decided to sneak in at night through her window. No reason for alarm they had yet to have an intimate relationship, they were simply spending the night holding each other and comforting each other.

"Was it a nightmare?" asked a worried Lewis.

"No" she replied "I just had this feeling."

"What feeling?" asked Lewis, now more intrigued than before?

"Like if something dangerous has just arrived in the ocean."

Lewis though about it for a while, "Maybe it's the stress of you, Rikki and Bela saving the world from that asteroid. That's bound to give you some sleepless nights."

"No after the asteroid was thrown away from Earth I actually slept better."

"Maybe you are so used to avoiding the disasters that came at you theses past three years that you have come to expect new disasters at every turn."

She smiled "So what you're saying is that I'm out of my mind."

He smiled "I would never call you crazy Cleo."

He leaned towards her face and gently kissed her soft lips.

"Now we better go to sleep so I can get out early tomorrow morning, otherwise your father might catch us and drowned me in the beach." And he laid on the bed.

Cleo looked at him, then at her window straight at the ocean, she really felt like there was something new in those waters now. Or else maybe, like Lewis said, she was so used to trouble that she had come to see it everywhere. She lay in bed next to Lewis and hoped to God that it was only it.

Author's note: So here it is, what happens now? How will the Gillmans react when they encounter the mermaids? I'll let you guess.