Hook, Line and Sinker

Summary: while Rikki is on the balcony with Zane, it begins to rain and she gets wet. Zane sees her tail and things go from there.

"It looks like it's going to rain" Zane said looking up at the sky. Rikki paled and stood, but it was too late. A drop of water landed on her skin. She looked at Zane, horror on her face as she toppled over. Zane looked down at the orange tail and with a strange expression. After a moment he knelt beside her.

"It was you, wasn't it? You saved my life" Rikki knew that she really shouldn't take credit for it, but she wanted Zane to stop looking for the "creature" that had saved him and Emma and Cleo would be safe. She began sliding towards the balcony door as it began to downpour. Zane grabbed her arms and pulled her to the door. She leaned against the building and he sat next to her. Finally she looked at him.

"Yes" she said quietly. "I saw the boat go down and I needed to save you. There were photos in the boat of me and I knew you were diving down there, I didn't know you had seen me until you mentioned it to everyone" It was clear that Zane was thinking everything.

"The mermaid I saw, she had red hair" He said. Rikki nodded.

"I dyed my hair, but because you need water to dye hair, it only turned red when I was wet. I didn't like it, so we died it back" Zane was quiet, but Rikki had to know.

"Are you going to tell everyone?" She asked, biting her lip. Zane turned to look at her as the sky cleared.

"No" He said. "When I told everyone about the "creature" I thought it was something that lived in the ocean. If I tell them about you, you'll most likely become a science experiment" Rikki moved her hand along her tail and steam dried herself. Zane looked at her in amazement.

"Cool" He said. He helped her up, just as Zane's dad opened the door.

A/N: The rest of the episode is pretty much the same. I can continue from here, with Zane having the knowledge of Rikki, or I can leave it as a one shot. It's up to my readers.