Swim or Sink

After the battle with Elodie, the Bodega Heroes went and arrived at the docks where P.O.I.N.T. had arranged for a ship to take them to Singapore. They all boarded the ship and the crew was able to set sail.

Just as the ship was leaving the port a figure managed to sneak into the ship without anyone noticing.

Once the ship was far out in the ocean did four more arrived panting. They were Lord Boxman and his three robots.

"Son of a biscuit, we missed their ship!" said Lord Boxman

"We did want you father that you shouldn't have eaten that raw scorpion." said Shannon

"At least the oil they gave us wasn't so bad." said Darrel

"Speak for yourself brother, that thing went right through me." said Raymond feeling sick.

"Enough moaning like a bunch of babies! We need to catch up with them pronto!" said Lord Boxman

"Hey, you four! We need you to move out of the way to bring in our catch of the day." said a sailor from a fishing boat

Boxman and his children smiled evilly at this. They then looked at the boat and quickly jumped at it. In a cloud of punches kicks and laser blasts the fishermen were tied up and dropped at the dock.

A short while later, Boxman and his robots were sailing right behind the ship the heroes where.

"You won't get away this time, but in the meantime cook one of those fishes for me!" said Lord Boxman


Back at the heroes' ship, everyone was trying to eat their food as they smoothly sailed through the Chinese Ocean. However, there was a little bit of tension amongst the group, particularly between K.O. and Enid and a little bit with Carol.

K.O. has a bandage on his right cheek where Enid had scrubbed Elodie's kiss. Turns out that she put so much effort into it that she nearly set K.O.'s cheek on fire.

"I said I was sorry." said Enid as she took a bite of her sandwich.

"Still I think you over did it. But why were you so set on erasing the leftover lipstick? Where you jealous or something?" asked K.O. as he finished his sandwich

Then Carol lightly hit her son on the head. K.O. rubbed his head in slight pain.

"K.O., you don't just ask that like it isn't a big deal. A woman's heart can be quite dangerous." said Carol

"Hey, Radicles, Dendy, why don't you accompany me to check our progress with the captain." said Mr. Gar wanting to give the trio some space

Without saying a word Rad and Dendy followed Mr. Gar to the other side of the deck.

Once they were alone Enid just looked away from both K.O. and Carol.

"Hey Enid, what's your history with Elodie you seemed to have some history together?" asked Carol figuring what was bugging Enid

"Let's just say she taught me a tough lesson and leave it at that." replied Enid

"Beat up boys for no good reason?" asked K.O. trying to liven the mood.

Enid just shot K.O. a icy cold glare and then walked off to the other side of the deck to look at the ocean.

Sensing that he did something wrong K.O. went right next to Enid to figure things out. He tried to get her to talk to him but she just ignored him.

"Were you two friends or something?" asked K.O.

"Something like that." admitted Enid with a sigh knowing K.O. wasn't going to drop something just like that

"You want to talk about it or do you want to talk about something else?" asked K.O.

"Yeah, I do have a question. Why do you alway wear that long trench coat I don't think it suits you?" asked Enid

"Oh that's because it belonged to my dad according to my mom. I never actually met him, mom told me that he passed away before I was born. She told me that he was a great hero. I use it because it makes me feel close to him in a way. It's something that pushes me forward and gives me strength. It is something to care for." said K.O.

Enid looked down to the ocean water and thought for a minute and then sighed.

"Elodie and I were friends a long time ago. She was the one that helped me through my shyness in my early years. Then one day, we saw this P.O.I.N.T. Prep entrance exam open to the public. We trained for months and we made it to the finals. We fought to enter the academy but at the last moment I couldn't hurt my best friend. She however, shot me in the back and won. She then told me that she only became my friend to get the upper hand when we fought." explained Enid

"Enid, I had no idea." said K.O. with sympathy

"You couldn't have. She taught me to never truly care about things, because that way you never get hurt." said Enid

"That's stupid. If you never truly care about anything then you are only limiting yourself from fully applying yourself. Even if you get hurt, you get up and try again. Plus, if you have trouble getting up, I'll help you up." said K.O. getting a surprised look from Enid

Enid allowed those words to sink in and couldn't help but feel a little warm inside. Enid couldn't help but smile.

"Looks like you do have a nice side Enid." said K.O.

"You'll never melt my icy exterior that easily." said Enid with a laugh

K.O. joined Enid in her laugh as they only focused on the calmness of where they were.

Suddenly a ruckus caught the attention of the heroes. They all turned to see some of the members of the crew chasing none other than Elodie, who was making the seamen run in circles around her.

"Hold it right there lady." said one of the crew members

"Sorry honey, but you'll need to improve your tone if you talk to me." said Elodie

"What's the meaning of this, I thought it was just supposed to be us on this ship?" asked Mr. Gar

"Sorry sir, Miss Elodie must've gotten on without us knowing." said one of the crew members

"What are you doing here Elodie, you should be in a hospital and then going back to P.O.I.N.T. prep academy?" asked Carol

"You just so happen to be going where I happen to be going. Nothing more nothing less. Besides my business is my own. I'll let you guys cool off before you allow me to talk." said Elodie calling her stand P!nk

Elodie then began to fly off a little with her stand but then something came out of the water straight at her. It looked like a humanoid fish with blue scales, webbed hands and feet, fins on its back and rows of razor sharp teeth. The strange creature roared as it jumped towards Elodie with its jaws opened and ready to bite into her. Everyone paled at the sight. Elodie tried to pull at her bow but her arm was still in pain from her fight with Rad. Just when it seemed that she'd turn into fish food, K.O threw a rope and wrapped Elodie with it. He pulled her back onto the ship while the creature bit the air and fell down to the water once more.

"What the heck was that?" asked Rad

"It looked like a sea relative of the Monster of the Black Lagoon." said Carol

"Hey, you ok?" asked K.O. to Elodie

"Yes, I'm alright thank you." said Elodie getting back to her feet.

"What's going on here? I heard a commotion and something about a stowaway." called out a voice from behind everyone.

Everyone turned back and saw a big buff man with tanned skin and short blond hair, wearing a blue shirt, beige pants, a red ascot and a captain's hat.

"You must be the captain." said Mr. Gar

"Yes I am, my name Captain Tennille. And don't worry I'll deal with the stowaway." said the captain walking up to Elodie

"Hang on sir, she almost got eaten by a sea creature. You should take it easy on her." said K.O.

"I can't believe I'm saying this but K.O.'s right." said Enid

The Captain seemed unmoved by K.O.'s words and proceeded.

"Listen here pipsqueak, you still need to grow some chest hair and a few more inches before you get to talk back to me. You may be guests here on my ship but understand that I choose my crew with great standards and I will not allow stowaways, neither men nor women or children. She has to be taken care of." said captain Tennille finger flicking K.O.

K.O. stood his ground as he glared at the captain.

"Mr. Gar, have you ever heard of this captain before?" asked K.O.

"No this is the first time I've met him." answered Mr. Gar understanding where K.O. was coming from

Suddenly one of the crewmen lit a cigaret and began smoking getting the captain's attention. The captain then grabbed the cigaret off of the man and crushed it in his palm.

"There will be no smoking on my ship. You got that?" asked the captain all menacingly

"That's odd because according to P.O.I.N.T. records you are a very heavy smoker captain Tennille. You also don't look much like your profile picture." said Dendy catching the man off guard

For a moment everyone stood still as they eyed the supposed captain. The man turned around slowly.

"That's a weird sudden change from smoking packets to hating smoke isn't it." mentioned Carol

"You're one of Shadowy Figure and Dio's lackeys aren't you?" asked K.O. cracking his knuckles expecting a fight to break

"Where's the real captain you smug bastard?" asked Enid

"At the bottom of the ocean by now." said the fake Captain with a dark small smile.

Just as the fake captain Tennille said that, he received a powerful left hook from K.O. that sent him flying overboard. They all saw how the body just floated upside down and slowly sank to the bottom of the ocean.

"How needs to grow some chest hair now, huh?" asked K.O. mocking the fake Tennille

"Great work K.O., but now we are short one captain." said Mr. Gar

"Oh, right. Sorry." said K.O.

"I don't suppose anyone here knows how to sail a ship?" asked Elodie

Right after Elodie asked that question the boat began rocking wildly from the waves. Out of the blue the ship was caught in the middle of a vicious whirlpool. The sounds of metal being cut and sliced caught the attention of the heroes. They all watched as inside the whirlpool swimming in circles was the same sea monster that nearly ate Elodie a minute ago. The creature was using its fins to carve through the metal of the ship slowly cutting it to pieces. Right next to the aquatic creature was none other than the fake captain swimming like nothing.

"That over grown fish must be that bastard's stand." said Mr. Gar

"My stand is called Blue Moon, and it represents the Moon card. My stand is the most powerful one in the water, capable of moving at super sonic speeds in the water and its claws, teeth and fins are able to cut through anything in its path. For my masters you heroes and that failure Elodie will perish." said Tennille laughing

K.O. had enough and decided to take the fight to the stand user.

"Hey jerk! Let's see how you fight for real." said K.O. jumping into the water with his stand Foo Fighter powered up and ready to fight.

K.O. looked the fake captain straight in the eye and they began their battle. The stand Blue Moon charged at K.O. and Foo Fighter at high aquatic speed with its claws ready to tear him apart. K.O. prepared himself to fight but was feinted by the stand as it swam passed him and continued to generate the whirlpool. This in turn confused K.O. but he was quickly dragged by the strong currents of the water. Then as K.O. was being taken by the currents Blue Moon began attacking him. K.O. used Foo Fighter's great endurance to resist the attacks, but it would not last for long.

"Ha ha ha ha ha, you thought coming to my element would give you a fighting chance?! Get real! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" mocked the fake captain as he waited at the center of the whirlpool

The captain was so focused on mocking K.O. that he didn't noticed that K.O. had begun swimming with the current.

"Once you are nothing more than sea food I'll take my time with those punks you call friends." said the fake captain laughing

Just as the captain had finished that sentence he sent his stand to finish off K.O. but then K.O. did his move. In a swift motion K.O. and Foo Fighter fired up their aura and spread their arms and legs expelling the energy. This blast of energy and force pushed all the water away creating a small pocket empty of water. Caught mid movement both Blue Moon and its user were right were K.O. and Foo Fighter wanted them.

Following a second of realization, Foo Fighter and K.O. pulled back their right arms and then charged with their crystal blue power they punched both enemy stand and user square in the face with nigh titanic force. The punch sent both of the stand and the user across the ocean pushed forward with a large blue fist.

"But how?" asked the captain

"You aren't as though as you claim to be. All I needed was to be close enough for this." answered K.O.

The fake captain had been defeated and sunk down into obscurity.

K.O. then began swimming back up to the surface and once he reached it he took a large breath of air. Everyone back at the ship seemed to be alright and cheered K.O. for defeating the enemy. Sadly the celebration didn't last long.

The ship was then split apart due to the damage the enemy stand had done.


A few minutes later the heroes were stuck on three live rafts. Mr. Gar, Rad, and K.O. were currently rowing the three boats hoping to get to their destination or come across some ship passing by.

"Well this is a fine mess we're in." said Elodie

"Quit your whining, we're at least not at the bottom of the ocean." said Enid

"Do you guys know how far it is to Singapore?" asked K.O.

"Only a day or so at our current speed heading North West." replied Dendy trying to create a motor for the boats.

Everyone else just groaned at the young girl's words.