Meanwhile with the others...
"All right, we're here, dudes!" Crush alerted. "Get ready! Your exit's comin' up, man!"
"Where!? I don't see it!" Marlin replied.
"Right there!" Dory smiled. "I see it! I see it!"
"You mean the swirling vortex of terror?!" Patch asked.
"That's it, dude!" Crush replied.
"Of course it is." Marlin deadpanned.
"Okay, first: find your exit buddy!" Crush instructed them as Dory held onto Marlin. "Do you have your exit buddy?"
"Yes!" Atticus and Mo told him.
Patch soon joined Penny and Atticus joined Mo.
"Okay, Squirt here will now give you a rundown of proper exiting technique!" Crush told them.
The young sea turtle soon swam out in front of them. "Good afternoon, we're gonna have a great jump today! Okay, crank a hard cutback as you hit the wall! There's a screaming bottom turn, so watch out! Remember: rip it, roll it and punch it!"
"In English?!" Penny called.
"It's like he's trying to speak to me, I know it!" Marlin said to Dory before looking back to Squirt. "You know, you're really cute! But I don't know what you're saying! Say the first thing again!"
"Okay, Jellyman! Go, go, go, go, go, go!" Crush said once it was time to go.
"Well, here we go." Mo said.
Penny felt scared, but Patch held her in comfort as they soon went for a ride down the current.
"Trust me, this is going to be tame compared to some other adventures!" Drell told Atticus and the others.
"If you say so!" Atticus replied.
They soon kept riding through the current and soon made it back out to the plain ocean water which wasn't as intense.
"You okay, Penny?" Atticus asked his little cousin.
"Let's go again!" Penny beamed.
"That was fun!" Patch added.
Atticus then smiled in relief that it went well for all of them.
Even Marlin had fun. "I actually enjoyed that!"
"Hey, look! Turtles!" Dory pointed out.
"Most excellent! Now, turn your fishy tails 'round and swim straight on through to Sydney!" Crush smiled to them. "No worries, man!"
"No worries!" Marlin replied. "Thank you, dude Crush!"
"Yeah, thanks!" Mo added.
"Bye! Bye, Jellyman!" The young sea turtles called out to Marlin.
"You tell your little dude I said 'hi', okay?" Crush called out.
"See you later, dudes!" Squirt added.
"Bye, everyone!" Dory told them.
"Oh, Nemo would've loved this," Marlin smiled until he soon thought of something. "Hey, ooh! Hey, Crush! Crush, I forgot! How old are you?"
"150, dude, and still young!" Crush told him as he left with the others. "Rock on!"
"150! 150, I gotta remember that." Marlin told himself.
"Look what's ahead." Atticus said.
They soon all took a look.
"Whoa. We goin' in there?" Dory asked.
"Yep." Marlin told her.
"P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney?" Dory asked.
"Yep," Marlin repeated. "We're gonna just swim straight."
"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming~" Dory then sang.
"Dory." Patch sighed.
They soon kept on swimming which took quite a while.
"Boy, this is taking a while." Marlin commented.
"Hey, how about we play a game?" Dory suggested.
"Um, okay." Atticus said.
"Uh, okay," Dory then began. "I'm thinking of something, uh, orange, and it's small..."
"It's me." Marlin sighed.
"Right." Dory replied.
"Not very hard to guess." Mo said.
"Okay, orange, and uh, small..." Dory tried again.
"It's me." Marlin told her.
"All righty, Mr. Smarty Pants," Dory replied as they seemed to be going in the same place over and over again. "Orange and small, and white stripes..."
"Me. And the next one's just a guess: me." Marlin replied.
"Okay, that's just scary." Dory said to him.
"That's because he's the only orange and small thing here." Patch said.
"Oh, I didn't notice." Dory said.
"I'm very sorry." Drell told Atticus, Mo, and Patch about dealing with Dory.
"How long have we been swimming?" Penny asked.
"Feels like forever." Patch frowned.
"W-W-Wait, I have definitely seen this floating speck before," Marlin began to panic. "That means we've passed it before and that means we're going in circles and that means we're not going straight! We gotta get to the surface, come on! Let's figure it out up there. Let's go! Follow me!"
"Marlin, calm down." Atticus said as he stopped him.
"Hey! Relax," Dory told him. "Take a deep breath. Now, let's ask somebody for directions."
"Oh, fine. Who do you wanna ask, the speck? There's nobody here!" Marlin replied.
"Well, there has to be someone. It's the ocean, silly, we're not the only seven in here. Let's see... Okay, no one there. Uhh, nope. Nada."
"I think I see someone." Penny pointed out.
"Really?" Patch asked. "Where?"
"There." Penny pointed to what she saw.
"Excuse me! Woo-hoo! Little fella? Hello," Dory called out. "Don't be rude, say 'hi'." she then scolded Marlin.
"H-Hello..." Marlin called.
"His son Bingo-" Dory began.
"Nemo." Marlin corrected.
"Nemo, was taken to, uh..."
"Sydney."
"Sydney. Yes. And it's really, really important that we get there as fast as we can," Dory soon asked. "So can you help us out? Come on, little fella. Come on."
"Dory, I'm a little fella," Marlin said nervously. "I don't think that's a little fella."
"Then what is it?" Mo asked.
They soon heard a slight moan sound.
"Oh. Oh, oh, big fella. Big fe-whale. Okay. Maybe he only speaks 'Whale'," Dory smiled before she attempted to speak like a whale. "MOOOOO-WEEEEEEE-NEEEEED... TOOOOOOO-FIIIIIIND... HIS-SOOOOOOOOOOOON..."
"Dory, could you please stop? It sounds like you have an upset stomach." Patch said.
It seemed like the whale was swimming away.
"Maybe I should try Humpback." Dory suggested.
"No, don't try Humpback." Marlin begged.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOO! WAAAAAAAAAOOOOOO!" Dory soon bellowed.
"That's even worse!" Patch complained as he covered his ears.
"Do you speak 'Whale'?" Mo asked her boyfriend.
"Erm... I don't think so, honestly." Atticus said as he was unsure himself.
"Well, it can't be that hard." Penny said.
"Uh, I mean I should, right?" Atticus replied. "My aunt was a mermaid."
Dory continued to attempt to speak the sea mammal's language, but neither of them seemed to notice that it was coming right behind them.
"It's just as well, he might be hungry." Marlin sighed.
"Don't worry. Whales don't eat clownfish, they eat krill." Dory told him.
"She's right." Atticus smiled.
Suddenly, they were met with a school of krill. "SWIM AWAY!"
"Oh, look, krill!" Dory smiled.
"Why did they scream to us to run away?" Penny wondered.
"It's a warning from that." Drell said, pointing behind them.
They soon turned around and yelped as a whale came to eat them.
"Swim for your lives!" Mo panicked.
The whale soon came towards them.
"Any ideas, Drell?" Atticus asked.
"Swim away and hope you don't get digested?" Drell replied, though he knew that wasn't helpful, but he didn't know what else they could do in this situation.
"Just swim!" Patch told them.
They soon attempted to swim away from the whale, but it seemed hopeless.
Meanwhile, the fish tank was now icky and grimy.
"Look at that. Would you look at that?" Gil commented as they looked through the grotesque fish tank. "Filthy. Absolutely filthy. And it's all thanks to you, kid. You made it possible-" he then glared to the French shrimp. "Jacques, I said no cleaning!"
"I am ashamed." Jacques frowned as he was unable to resist.
"If this doesn't make the dentist want to clean the tank, I don't know what will." Cherry said.
Gurgle had an issue of course because he liked things being neat and tidy.
"Hey, look! Scum angel!" Peach laughed as she waved her arms all around while sticking to the tank.
Bubbles tried to enjoy his bubbles, but it wasn't as much fun as they were now disgusting.
"Flo! Flo! Has anybody seen Flo? Flo!" Deb called out, unable to find her 'sister'.
"Any sign of the dentist yet?" Cherry asked Peach.
"Not yet, but it should be soon," Peach told her before checking. "Ah, here we go. 9:00, and cue dentist."
"Hello, Barbara," Dr. Sherman smiled to his receptionist as he came into work. "Sorry I'm late."
"Okay. Okay, here we go. Here we go, okay." Peach told them all.
"Now we just have to wait for him to check the tank." Cherry said.
"Bloat, that's disgusting!" Gurgle complained to the puffer fish as he seemed to eat the flakes and wallowing in the filth.
"Tastes pretty good to me." Bloat smiled before burping.
"Eww!" Gurgle grimaced. "Don't you people realize we are swimming in our own-"
"Shh! Here he comes." Peach interrupted.
The other fish soon hid away which made Nemo and Cherry follow them.
"Crikey, what a state," Dr. Sherman grimaced as he opened up the tank, sliding his finger on the inside before looking at it as he wiped it on his patient's cloth. "Oh. Barbara, what's my earliest appointment tomorrow?" he then called out.
"Uh, 10:00, luv!" The woman replied.
"Leave it open, would you?" Dr. Sherman asked her. "I gotta clean the fish tank before Darla gets here."
"Good choice, Dr. Sherman." Cody smiled.
"Thanks, buddy." Dr. Sherman said to him.
"Did you hear that, Sharkbait?" Gil smiled.
"Yay! He's gonna clean the tank! He's gonna clean the tank!" Nemo cheered as he soon swam out. "We're gonna be clean!"
"Are you ready to see your dad, kid?" Gil asked.
"Uh-huh." Nemo nodded.
"Of course you are," Gil said before they looked out to the window to the outside world. "Y'know, I wouldn't be surprised if he's out there in the harbor waitin' for you right now."
"Yeah." Nemo smiled.
"I'm sure your friends are waiting for you too, Chumlunch." Gil added to Cherry.
"I sure hope so." Cherry replied.
Meanwhile back with the others...
They were soon inside of the whale as it swam around.
"Digested by a whale..." Atticus sighed.
"Won't be the first time." Drell replied.
"When is this whale going to digest us?" Mo asked.
"Eh... Maybe he won't," Drell smirked. "Maybe he's actually gonna help."
"I doubt being swallowed by a whale is going to help us." Patch deadpanned.
"If he did swallow us, then why didn't he send us down to his stomach?" Drell asked.
"Well, he-" Atticus glared until he paused with wide eyes like he was now thinking about it.
"Yes...?" Drell smirked.
"Dang it." Atticus groaned.
"See? I'd never put you guys in any real danger." Drell replied.
"I guess so." Patch said.
"When have I ever put you guys in real danger?" Drell asked.
Atticus, Mo, and Patch gave him a look of deadpan.
"Just trust me, okay?" Drell said. "We go with the whale, we'll get to Cherry and Nemo."
"Alright, but you might wanna tell Marlin that." Penny said.
"But will he listen though?" Drell replied. "Man, he's been a nervous wreck since Coral's accident."
"We could've saved her, but noo! You made us let her get eaten!" Mo complained.
"Why did you have to let her get eaten?!" Patch added to Drell.
"Because Marlin had to learn a lesson when it comes to being a parent to his son!" Drell replied.
"And you thought that losing his wife is a good lesson?!" Atticus glared.
"Ugh... I can never explain things to you people," Drell groaned slightly. "Maybe I shouldn't let you go on adventures like this if you're just going to make things complicated. I'll just take you all back home and erase your memories about me and everything else you've been through thus far."
"Well, sorry if we think it's selfish that Nemo never gets to know the feeling of a mother's love!" Mo glared.
"Hey, I did what I could to get you here!" Drell replied.
"Well, we wish you had let us stop Coral's death!" Atticus glared.
"I am a warlock! Not a genie!" Drell glared back. "Do you think it's easy having my job?! It's going to be okay in the end!"
"But it's not fair!" Patch replied.
"LIFE isn't fair, Spot!" Drell glared.
"Let's just hope that we get to Sydney soon." Penny said.
"Trust me, we will," Drell replied before grabbing Patch and Atticus. "And don't you two yell at me like that again or I'm sending you both to Mars!"
"The planet or the god?" Atticus asked.
"I'll let you find out for yourselves." Drell grinned evilly.
"Planet, right." Atticus sighed.
"You'll see if you talk to me that way again." Drell said before dropping them on top of each other.
"Yes, sir." Atticus and Patch replied.
Marlin seemed to be feeling anxious while Dory was having the time of her life.
"What is with her?" Mo asked, referring to Dory.
"You know that Dory has... Erm... 'Special needs'..." Drell replied. "I suppose this is because of what happened with her parents when she was very young."
"Ooh," The group smiled. "Story time?"
"How old are you all?" Drell raised an eyebrow at them.
"Oh, come on, tell us." Penny begged.
Drell looked to her until she gave him a puppy dog pout. "HA! Little girl, I'm centuries old, do you really think that old trick is gonna work... On... Me...?" his voice then grew soft as he looked like he was going to give in. "Well... All right, I suppose I could tell you while Marlin and Dory try to figure a way out... Would you guys like that?"
"Oh, yes." The others smiled.
"All right, all right, I'll tell you," Drell replied. "Now, Dory, like many fish, was born in the ocean. She can't help the way she acts, it's just the way she is, and her parents always had to remind her what her name was and how to play simple games. She didn't really have a lot of friends as a guppy."
"Whoa." Patch said.
"She got separated from them one," Drell continued. "She tried to look for them everywhere."
"How did she get separated?" Mo frowned.
"She was looking for a purple shell because her mother loves them." Drell said.
"When did she reunite with them?" Atticus asked.
Drell looked to them and looked down as he tried not to cry as this was actually pretty sad.
"She never did, did she?" Atticus frowned.
"I'm afraid not," Drell replied. "That moment she swam into Marlin... She was still looking for them."
"Oh, my..." Penny frowned.
"Wow, Drell... That feels so sad..." Patch commented.
"I think Dory could stay with Nemo and Marlin for a while as a family since she lost hers and even though she might not remember, she knows what it's like to lose a family." Drell replied.
"I think I do too." Penny whispered about her biological family.
"So when do you think we'll get to Sydney?" Mo asked.
"Are we there yet?" Penny added.
"Not yet... Soon." Drell replied.
"How soon?" Penny pouted.
"Children..." Drell sighed.
"I'm just curious." Penny pouted.
"Don't worry, we'll get there soon." Drell told her.
"I hope so..." Penny replied.
"Eventually... I know it's scary being inside a whale, but it'll get better." Drell coaxed.
"Aww... You do care about us." Mo smiled.
"Yeah, yeah." Drell rolled his eyes.
Penny scooted beside Atticus. Atticus soon hugged his adoptive little cousin to comfort her since she didn't like being here. Eventually, the whale growled and it sounded like they were about to be swallowed by it.
"Uh-oh..." Patch gulped.
"Okay, this is it, we're gonna go flying in a minute." Drell told them as he knew what was going to happen.
"What do you mean?" Mo asked.
"Just trust me, alright?" Drell replied.
"Alright." Atticus said.
"Okay, that one was a little tougher," Dory said after a while. "He either said we should go to the back of the throat or he wants a root beer float."
"Of course he wants us to go there!" Marlin glared. "That's eating us! How do I taste, Moby!? Huh!? Do I taste good!? You tell him I'm not interested in being lunch!"
"Okay," Dory replied. "HEEEEEEEEE-"
"Stop talking to him!" Marlin told her.
"Calm down, he's just going to blow us out of his blow hole!" Drell told Marlin.
"How do you know?!" Marlin asked him.
"Relax!" Drell replied. "Trust Dory on this one, ya psycho!"
"Yeah, besides, you don't want a repeat of what you said to Nemo before he and Cherry were taken by those divers." Mo said.
Marlin looked over, he still felt unsure, but it looked like he had no choice. They soon dropped down, and eventually, before they knew it, they were spit right out of the whale's spout and flying through the air as the whale came up for air.
"Wahoo!" Atticus cheered.
"This is crazy!" Mo cried out before smiling. "I kinda love it!"
"Adventure, that's the life for us~" Patch sang like a pirate before laughing.
"That felt like a ride!" Penny giggled.
They soon splashed back into the water.
"Ha ha ha!" Marlin laughed in victory. "We're alive!"
"Look! Sy-d-ney... Sydney!" Dory said as she found signs that they were now where they needed to be. "Uh, Sydney! Sydney again!"
"You were right, Dory! We made it!" Marlin beamed. "We're gonna find my son!"
"Along with Cherry!" Atticus smiled.
The whale soon began to swim away after dropping them off.
"THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK-YOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUU-SIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" Marlin told the whale.
"Wow. I wish I could speak 'Whale'." Dory commented.
"Come on, we have to find the white boat." Patch said.
"Right!" Dory replied.
"Come on, guys, we can do this." Marlin said, feeling determined now.
"Oh, yeah!" Mo smiled.
And so, they went off as they were almost there to finding Cherry and Nemo at long last.