One month has passed since the heavy Storm at Ocean Shores, but life beyond, has remained normal and happy as it always should be in the South California coastal city, even after the disastrous event.
On the pier, Otto, Sam, Twister, and Reggie were skating and performing several tricks, while Sam continued to take notes of his friends movements and mobility. Otto leaped onto a bench and grinned against the wooden back rest before landing back onto the wooden planks, which would be quickly mimicked by his older sister and friend, as Twister and Reggie followed quickly after.
"Wow you guys are just getting more and more experience when it comes to sports." Sam said with a large smile as he wrote down more notes on his friends stunts, before stopping in front of them.
"Ha ha, don't forget squid, friends always learn from others. Right guys." Otto stated with an even bigger smile on his face as he turned to look at Reggie and Twister.
They just nodded their heads in agreement. "So Squid, what are you going to do now?" Twister than asked with a look of excitement on his face. "Oh I'm working on other Projects now, including a new game called Super Squid vs Rogue Squid" Sam replied with a look of moral on his face.
"Rogue Squid?" Reggie asked with a look of worry in her face. "Ugh Sam, didn't you promise us that you wouldn't mention that name anymore." Reggie stated with a hint of concern in her voice.
"Don't worry Reg, I'm not going to really become Rogue Sam again, I just decided to make a game where Super Squid would have to work together with his friends in order to stop Rogue Sam." Sam then replied with a smile on his face.
"Whoa! That is rad." Otto applauded with a huge look of amasement on his face. "Thanks Otto." Sam replied to his friend before returning his gaze back upon Reggie. "Oh well okay, just be careful in the future." Reggie teased as she rubbed Sam's hair a bit, as he laughed. "Don't worry Reggie, after all... I am a super genius."
"You mean like last year, when you had us pay for all those fries and Ice cream, when we had to empty out the pool so Eddy wouldn't get busted by his parents?" Otto pointed out with a hint of laughter in his voice.
"Maybe." Sam groaned with annoyance, as his friends just laughed around him. He had always hated when people rubbed that in his face all the time. "Don't sweat it Sammy, what's done is in the past." Reggie said waving off Otto's small joke.
"Hey guys I'm hungry, anyone up for a meal at the Shore Shack." Otto insisted as he raced towards the direction of his father's workplace on the pier. "Hey Get back here!" Reggie yelled with a laugh as she chased after Otto, followed closely by Sam and Twister.
The four friends raced for the Shore Shack, with Otto being the victor, much to Reggie's annoyance and Sam's amazement. While eating at the Shore Shack, Otto just continued to brag at Raggie how he had beat her in the race once again.
Reggie just did everything she could, to both agree and ignore her older brother. "Otto, how many times do I have to tell you about bragging, to others?" Raymundo pointed out with a look of disappointment on his face.
"Sorry dad, I guess I just got so stoked on winning, I just had to tell everyone." Otto stated agreeing with his father, only to get snapped at by Reggie. "Everyone?! You were always bragging to me this whole time." Otto just ignored his sister as he was constantly looking at Raymundo.
"You should never try to make the subject worst Reggie." Tito insisted as he smiled warmly at her. "As the ancient Hawaiian's always say, Those who speak out their minds too much, will regret their words in the future." Raymundo just nodded in agreement as he looked at both Otto and Reggie at the same time, much to Sam and Twister's laughter.
"Tito's right you two, you shouldn't brag about a single win as others will be willing to beat the victor eventually in the future." Raymundo started off first staring Otto down, before turning to Reggie to finish off his statement.
"And it is not a good idea to add fuel to the fire either, Reggie, as doing so will only make the person who brags, act even worst." Reggie and Otto looked at each other for a few, than turned back to Raymundo and smiled.
"Your right dad, I won't brag anymore." Otto swore with a hand of honesty held up high. "Me too dad, I won't add on to the subject anymore either." Reggie herself then added as she than raised her hand in the oath of her promise.
Raymundo just smiled as he could never be more happier than his own children listening to his advice, and were willing to even try and change their ways for the future that lies ahead.
"As the ancient Hawaiians always say, those who follow the words of others, are very wise and ahead of those who do not." Tito stated as he felt an even wider smile move across his face. "Always leave it to Raymundo to raise his kids very well."
Otto and Reggie just laughed at Tito's words as Raymundo joined in with a laugh of his own.
"Say Tito, you never told me, where and how did you get the boat last month? And where were you in the 3 days prior to the storm?" Raymundo couldn't help but ask as Tito smiled and answered "I decided to pay a quick trip to the Northern shoreline, in order to hunt for lobsters, that would be used for a new dish I had for the shore shack, called Boiled Lobster Crisps." Raymundo and the kids look interested as they continue to hear Tito out. "So I rented a speed boat that could get me there and back in just a few days, its a good thing I did too, for If I had not you and the little cuz's could have been done for."Tito answered with a hint of worry and happiness in his voice.
"But I did lose most of the lobster catch that I caught from the Northern shoreline because of the heavy winds and rough seas." Tito than added with a look of sadness on his face.
"Don't worry about it Tito I'm sure you'll get more later on this week." Raymundo just said with a smile on his face as Tito looked up at his manager and said "You really think so?"
"Yeah you are our hero Tito, we know you will get more lobsters in the future."Reggie just replied with a smile as she sipped her soda, all of asudden a thought soon rung in Raymundo's head, as he quickly turned over to Tito.
"Oh yeah Tito, I almost completely forgot, We're going to close a bit early today, because we still have to head back to my house in order to see this new surf movie I rented, a movie that you promised to see." Raymundo stated with a smirk on his face as he just looked at Titio who, he himself almost forgot. "Of course, how could I forget." Tito groaned in frustration as he rubbed his head.
Raymundo just laughed after seeing Tito's playful frustration mood, before turning back to the kids. "In the mean time, you kids can play and do as you wish." The kids looked excited. "Just be back home around 8:00 sharp"
"You got it Dad! Come on lets go catch some waves!" Otto said with excitement as he jumped off his seat and ran outside followed by Twister, leaving only Sam and Reggie alone in the Shore Shack with Raymundo and Tito.
Raymundo laughed. "Golly your brother left in such a hurry, he didn't even give me a chance to ask them for a little help with something." Reggie and Sam looked amazed and curious on what Raymundo needed help with.
"I was going to ask if you kids can head out to the beach and unclog a small amount of sand clusters, that Tito and I were instructed to watch over until they can be claimed for the upcoming Beach festival." Raymundo asked with a smile on his face, only to be greeted with a small look of confusion on both Sam and Reggie's faces.
"Sand Vents? Why do we need Sand vents?" Sam couldn't help but question as he looked at Raymundo with a huge look of confusion on his face. "Yeah dad, we have the beach, there's plenty of sand on the beach." Reggie herself added with a tone of surprise which revealed to Raymundo that she was just as confused as Sam was.
"The Sand vents are portable fans which are strategically designed to both store sand from a tank at the bottom and blow the particles out into the air, its something similar to that of a Geyser. We keep them on the beach for safe keeping until the indoor festival that starts about a week from now." Raymundo said with a hint of confidence in his voice before he finished off.
"I know it sounds ridiculous, but hey that is what the world becomes some times. They had Tito and I watch after them until the current owners can retrieve them for the Ocean Shore's Stadium indoor beach festival, and even I find it ridiculous, to have a beach festival inside a stadium when there is infact a beach right outside." Sam and Reggie both turned at each other for a second before turning their gaze back upon Raymundo.
"Wow, I think i get it now." Sam stated with a small smile on his face. "Good, I'm glad to hear it." Raymundo replied while crossing his arms over his chest with a smile of his own, "So will you kids check them for me?" He than asked again.
After hearing Raymundo's explanation. an even bigger smile appeared on both Reggie and Sam's faces.
"You got it, Raymundo, Reg and I will go and clear it now." Sam automatically volunteered, as he jumped from his stool, hoped aboard his skate board and rolled out of the shack. "Don't worry dad, you can count on me and Sammy, to get this job done." Reggie then said with confidence in her voice as she then jumped from her Stool landing on her roller blades and left the Shore Shack while waving good bye to both Raymundo and Tito.
Raymundo could feel happiness rise in his heart as he sighed. "Raymundo you are soooo cool, ha ha ha" He said to himself as him and Tito began to close down the Shore Shack.
The Beach
The waves were just right for surfing, as Otto shredded through several waves with his surf board. "Yahoo!" He cried as he steered the board for the top of the wave and leaped off the roaring current landing on another wave, that was forming from behind.
Twister was moving under the wave, just as it was about to close. "This is RAD!" Twister called out as he narrowly got out from under the wave before it closed from behind him.
The two continued this nonstop until eventually, the both of them fell into the water with a laugh. After getting back on their surf boards, Twister began to notice something strange, neither Sam or Reggie were enjoying these waves, they were not even with them.
"Yo man, where's Squid and Rocket Girl?" Twister asked with a hint of worry, as he looked around to see absolutely no sign of the two friends. "Ahh their probably just helping Raymundo close down the shack" Otto said with a calm voice, "They'll be out here in no time." Otto than added as he paddled his way to a second wave in hopes of riding another.
"Yeah, maybe your right." Twister said after thinking about it, as he paddled after Otto in hopes of catching this next wave as well. Little did the two know was that on the beach shore, Sam and Reggie, who were still in their normal clothes, and no longer in their swim wear, were walking towards the other side of the shore line where the sand clusters were located.
Sam had a look of confusion on his face as he and Reggie walked through the sands in their shoes. "I just don't get it, Reg, why do we need to have a Beach festival indoors, when we have the beach right out here?" Sam couldn't help but ask as he stared at the other end of the shore.
Reggie just sighed, she didn't know how to answer that question at all. "I'm not sure Sammy, things have changed since that storm hit Ocean Shores last month."
"Yeah, but the beach didn't take much damage by it. So why would-" Reggie just cut Sam off before he could finish his sentence as she just turned to look at him.
"Like i said before Sam I don't know, Ocean Shores always keeps everyone in the dark when it comes to surprises." Sam just huffed with a groan and said "Yeah, if only others wouldn't do things like this in other cities."
The two was about to reach the blocked clusters until they notice Lars and his friends pouring water into the sand clusters, further damaging the vents and jamming the blades, only one was left intact, but it was about to suffer the same fate as the other three.
"Check it out." Lars said to his friends as he had just poured the last of the water from his bucket into the vent before moving away, and watching the first vent blow, shooting out a large stream of muddy wet sand into the sky. "I made a Sand Volcano" Lars stated as him and his friends bursted out laughing hard from Lar's sense of humor.
"Lars!" Reggie called out getting his attention, as he and his friends turned to see Reggie and Sam glaring at the 3 Teens. "What are you doing, those vents are not to be messed with!" Sam said with a snap in his voice as he glared Lars and his friends down.
"Oh I'm sorry I'll be more careful." Lars said in a false regretful voice as his friends just laughed from behind, which was closely followed by him soon after. "You Lamoes are something else!" Lars said with a mischievous chuckle as he tossed his bucket aside "Ha, good luck unplugging these four vents" He than said as he walked away with his friends.
Sam and Reggie could do nothing, but just glare at them until they disappear off the beach, and out of sight.
After Lar's and his friends have departed, Sam and Reggie were struggling hard to fix the four wet sand damaged vents, however while doing this favor for Raymundo, they were eventually spotted by Otto and Twister who were still out in the water surfing. After coming ashore, Otto and Twister quickly meet with Sam and Reggie, but both look like they are heavily annoyed at what they are doing.
"Yo what are you guys doing, get your swim suits on its time to surf!" Otto instructed with excitement only to see Reggie and Sam not paying that much attention to either him or what he had just said.
"Sorry Otto we can't talk now, Reg and I are trying to fix one of the four Sand vents that Lars damaged with wet sand, we had already unclocked one, but we still have three to go." Sam said looking at Otto and Twister for a moment before yanking out another glob of wet sand from the fan shaft.
"You and Twister left in such a hurry, that you never got to hear dad's request for help." Reggie than added as she removed her hands from the shaft, revealing them to be all coated with sticky sand.
Otto and Twister cringed with disgust, at the look of both Sam and Reggie's appearance as their arms were coated with wet dry sand that stuck to their hands all the way up to their elbows.
"Ugh do we really have to do this Reg?" Otto couldn't help but ask with a look of disgust, as Sam and Reggie just glared and snapped at the same time. "Yes Otto."
Otto and Twister just groaned with annoyance, as they helped Reggie and Sam unplug the final three Sand Clusters.
3 Hours Later...
After 3 hours of unplugging, all four Sand Clusters were finally cleared, and were once again blowing Sand back up into the air once more.
"Finally!" Otto praised with releif as the kids were returning home. The sun was beginning to set over Ocean Shores, as the four friends neared their block. "I thought we'd never Finish those stupid vents."
"You have been complaining for the last 30 minutes." Twister groaned as he turned for his house hopping to escape anymore of Otto's complaining. "Bye Guys" Twister called out as his friends all said their good byes and parted separate ways, and back towards their own homes.
The door to the front door flew open as Otto was still complaining about the job they had to do with the sand clusters only to see an empty house. "Dad we're home!" Reggie called out, only to receive no response.
"Hey Dad you home?!" Otto then called out himself, only to receive the same luck as Reggie. Both looked at each other for a second, before searching around the house for Raymundo. Minutes passed as the two were looking all over the house for Raymundo calling his name much to no avail. Eventually the two leave out of their house only to see Sam, and Twister out in the middle of the cul-da-Sac looking for their parents.
"Mom, Dad! Lars! Where are you guys" Twister called as he looked into a trash can. "Mom! Come out Mom!" Sam yelled as he looked inside his garage. Otto and Reggie ran to both of their friends with confusion and worry in their voices.
"It happened to you dudes too?" Twister asked with shock. "My mom is no where in the house I even tried callin her on her work phone, not even they know where she is." Sam added with an even more worried tone in his voice.
"You think thats bad, our dad is no where in our house either." Otto mentioned pointing a thumb in the direction of the Rocket Residence. "No note no nothing" Reggie said as she can feel panic grip her.
"Now lets not panic, maybe something came up and our parents had to go somewhere in a hurry." Sam Insisted hoping to keep the peace, which temporarily worked on his friends.
"Squids right, maybe my mom and dad are trying to send lars to a school where teens learn how to behave?" Twister insisted feeling a slight bit better.
"Yeah and maybe Raymundo and Tito decided to instead go out to the movies to watch another surf movie." Otto then added on feeling a bit better himself.
"And maybe my mom just went out to look for me, and could be back at any time." Sam than finished off with a smile on his face.
"Yeah, maybe we are just freaking out over nothing, lets just go back home and we'll wait for them to come back." Reggie said proudly with her hands on her hips, as the others agreed and turned around to return once again back to their homes.
However 5 hours had passed, as it was closing in onto the next morning, and still the kids Parent's had not returned.