Chapter 4: Sea Lions, and Loons

"Are you sure that's what I said? Go wait and forget it's what you do best?" Marlin asked.

"Yep." I said crossing my arms. "Yes dad." Nemo said.

"I said that?" He asked still unsure about it. "You said that, Dory swam to the surface, and she got taken by some..." Nemo started but Marlin cut him off.

"Alright, I don't want to hear the whole story again. I was just asking about the one part." He said swimming back and forth.

"Look, if I said that...I'm not positive I did. It's actually a compliment because...I asked her to wait and I said, 'it's what you do best'." He looked at us and we gave him a 'are you kidding me' look.

"So I...Oh, it's my fault! It's all my fault she got kidnapped and taken into whatever this place is. What if it's a restaurant?" He panicked as we came to the surface.

"Uh, doesn't look like one. It says 'Quarantine'." I explained and pointed to the building. "How can you be sure?!" Marlin asked.

"Oy! You three! Shut it!" Fluke called out annoyed. "Yeah, ya interrupted my favorite dream!" Rudder half yelled half yawned at us.

"Is that the one about you sitting on this rock? Fluke asked. "Yeah." Rudder replied, relaxing. "Oh that is a good one." Fluke said as the both lay in the rock.

"Um excuse me, hello! We're trying to..." Nemo waved trying to get their attention, but Marlin swam in front of him. "Nemo, Nemo. Those are sea lions, they are natural predators, they could pounce at any moment." He warned and I rolled my eyes.

"Oh for Neptune's sake..." I muttered and swam off towards the rock despite Marlin's pleads.

"Pardon me, we're worried about our friend. Could you please tell my friend that place isn't a restaurant?" I asked. Fluke gave a laugh before turning to Marlin.

"Mate it's not a restaurant, your friend is okay." He assured. "She is?" Marlin asked. "I told you." I said smugly.

"It's a fish hospital, Sigourney Weaver says she'll be rescued, rehabilitated and released." Fluke explained. "She'll be in and out in a jiff. We should know." Rudder said and they both raised their tails. They each had their own tags on them that, when put together, had A-113.

"Nasal parasite." Fluke said. "Anemia." Rudder said. "I'll fixed up and sent on our way." Fluke said happily.

"Oh thank goodness." Marlin said in relief. "Like I said, it's okay." I said calmly.

"She's right. You don't have to worry about..." Fluke started and was cut off when they saw an unwanted visited on the rock.

"Gerald! Get off the rock!Shove off, Gerald! Come on. Off! Off!"

"Get off! Now you know better! Off!"

"Off! Off! Off! Off!" The cried and scared poor Gerald off the Rock and he swam off. The two seals then turned back to us.

"Don't you worry about a thing. That place is the Marine Life Institute. The Jewel of Morro Bay, California." Fluke explained and Nemo gasped happily.

"She was right. It looks like Dory can do something besides forget." He said smugly to Marlin. I covered my mouth to keep from laughing.

"Thank you, Nemo. Thank you for that." Marlin muttered sarcastically. "So how are we gonna get inside?" Nemo asked.

"Gee why don't we go up and say we have pizza?" I joked causing Nemo to giggle.

"Wait. You want to get inside MLI?" Rudder asked. We nodded.

"Desperately. Our friend is in there. Lost, alone. She's scared. She'll have no idea what to do." Marlin said worriedly. "I have a feeling she's safe, but yeah we need to get to her." I agreed.

"Oh, we know a way." Fluke said looking at Rudder all knowingly. "You do?" Marlin asked then, without a word, they started doing loon calls.

"Ooo-roo. Ooo-roo-roo."

"Ooo-roo. Ooo-roo."

"What are they doing?" Nemo asked. "I don't know. It sounds bad." Marlin said, nervously.

Later they were still calling and Marlin was growing a little impatient. I mean it has been a while, I'm betting more than five minutes...yeah...I really should have brought my phone with me. Oh well, guess I'll have to live with it.

"I don't see how this is going to get us inside. What are you two even doing?" Marlin asked, snapping my attention back to him.

"We're calling her over, or course." Fluke said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Calling her over, calling who over?" Marlin asked. Then we heard familiar chirping and turned to see multiple loons fly into the water. I gasped happily.

"Aww, it's loons!" I cheered and swam over to them. "There so pretty!" I said petting one. It chirped happily.

"Lads, meet Becky." Fluke introduced as several loons parted showing a ruffled feather, cross eyed, Becky. She squawked and some feathers fell off.

"Flying?!" Marlin gasped. "No, no, no new information. Listen, tell her thank you. You guys have gone above and beyond. Really. But is there a way to get in that involves, like, swimming? Because that's really our strength." Marlin asked. I laughed.

"I thinks she's cute. Hi Becky." I said and patted her wing. She squawked again.

"Look, your friend is going to be in quarantine. That's where they take the sick fish." Fluke explained and we looked at the giant building that had the big word 'Quarantine'.

"And the one and only one way into that place is Becky." Rudder said proudly and Becky squawked again startling Nemo and Marlin.

"Uh, hi Becky." Marlin said nervously and, right on cue, she started pecking him with curiosity. "Ow, let's call her Pecky." Marlin said, annoyed.

"I think she likes you dad." Nemo laughed. "Aww you have a new friend." I gushed playfully.

"Becky love, these three need to get into quarantine." Fluke explained to her. "Are you free today Rebecca darling?" Rudder asked.

"Becky, is... would that work with your schedule?" Marlin asked, uncertainly. Becky started pecking him again. "Ow! She doesn't understand what I'm saying." Marlin huffed.

"All you have to do is imprint with her, mate." Fluke explained. "Imp... what?" Marlin asked as Becky squeezed his head with her beak.

"Imprint." The sea lions and I said.

"Look her in the eye and say, "ooo-roo" and she'll be in sync with you. Now look her in the eye." Fluke said boldly. "Yeah." Rudder nodded.

"Nemo, Angela." Marlin whispered, gesturing for us to get under water. "I think we should devise an alternate plan. One that involves staying in the water and someone sane. Because this bird, this bird..." Marlin pushed Becky's foot of him. "This ain't the bird!" He huffed.

"That's fine, Dad. And in the meantime, Dory will just forget us. Like you said, it's what she does best." Nemo said smugly.

"Oo, burn." I whispered. Marlin was not pleased. "Fine." He said, giving in and swam up to face Becky.

"Okay, look her in the eye. Which eye?" Marlin asked watching Becky's eyes move around. Like a chameleon, kinda cool.

"Just pick one, mate." Fluke said.

"Becky." Marlin called getting her attention and she stared him down. "Ooh. Ooo-roo. Roo-roo, Becky." Marlin siad and Becky then squawked and then tucked Marlin under her feathers, much to Nemo and my amusement.

"Okay, this is all great. How exactly is Becky supposed to carry us?" Marlin asked from underneath Becky.

"Oh yeah. I almost forgot." Fluke said looking at Rudder all knowingly. "Gerald!" He called and the sea lion poked his head out while holding a green Paul.

"Yeah, Gerald." Rudder said. "Come on, son." Fluke called. Gerald tilted his head with curiosity.

"Come on, Gerald. Give us your pail, we'll let you sit on the rock." Fluke urged. "Yeah, Gerald. We swear it." Rudder said. Giving the rock a pat with his flipper. Gerald perked up at that and started doggy paddling over.

"That's right. Shimmy on over here." Fluke said. "Come on. You can do it." Rudder encourage as Gerald started to climb on the rock.

"That's right." Fluke said smugly. "Mind you don't scuff your bum." Rudder said as Gerald was fully on the rock and put down his pail.

"Thank you so much, Gerald." Fluke said happily. "Welcome to your time on this rock." Rudder greeted.

"Comfortable, isn't it?" Fluke asked and Gerald giggled, nodding in agreement and relaxed.

"Time's up! Get off! Off! Off! Off! Off!" They yelled and scared Gerald of the rock again.

"Okay, I'm out." I said and started to swim away. "Wait what?" Marlin asked. I turned around.

"I'll look for Dory on land, it'll be better is we have more eyes looking in different places." I explained. Marlin was about to protest, but Nemo cut him off.

"She's right dad, we'll find Dory faster." He agreed. Marlin sighed. "Okay...just be careful." He said.

"Humans are my area of expertise, I'll be okay." I said and swam off.

Once I had it to a wall I jumped out of the water and climbed on to the surface and flipped onto the wall. I then transformed to my human form and saw that no one noticed my new presence. Gotta love the Pixar logic. I stood up and saw my crowbar was still in my back. I took it off the clamp and causally walked off to a restroom area. I saw that the employs only door was unlocked and open.

"Well that's lucky, and also irresponsible." I muttered, peaking in and saw a tool box and uniform. I closed the door and slipped on the shirt and put a hat on.

"Good enough. Hopefully it'll seem like I'm a repair lady." I said, satisfied and opened the door and shut it. Then I walked out into the people. Time to find Dory.

Author's Note:

Well that took longer than I thought. Sorry for the long wait, but it's been a crazy week. With school and a stupid cold that made me so sleepy. Well it's done now! Hope you liked it.

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